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For TRP's tribute to Tori Amos! WIN!
Please, View On Black.
One of my very favorite songs by her, "Silent All These Years" -
Excuse me but can I be you for awhile,
My dog won't bite if you sit real still,
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
Yeah I can hear that
Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know but nothing comes
Yes I know what you think of me you never shut up
Yeah I can hear that
But what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of his
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care 'cause
Sometimes, I said sometimes
I hear my voice and it's been here
Silent all these years
So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
I think there's a heaven once the screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough
To get us there 'cause...
What if I'm a mermaid in these jeans of his
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care 'cause
Sometimes, I said sometimes
I hear my voice and it's been here
Silent all these -
Years go by, will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand
Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds raining in my hand
Years go by, will I choke on my tears
'Til finally there is nothing left
One more casualty you know
We're too easy easy easy...
Well I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now
And baby don't look up, the sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
It's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody lookin' at you
You take hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them...
But what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of yours
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care 'cause
Sometimes, I said sometimes
I hear my voice
I hear my voice
I hear my voice and it's been here
Silent all these years
I've been here
Silent all these years
Silent
All these
Silent all these years
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
Tail from this photo and hair from this photo .
I had a shoot yesterday that was billed as a competition between photographers, sort of a "Battle to Win". However, since it took place in the hard core inner city--shooting amongst graffiti laced walls while dodging traffic--I prefer to call this competition 'Urban Combat'.
There were about a dozen photographers and an equal number of models, however as I worked with just a few models, I will post images from those 4 here.
Enjoy!
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UPDATE: Oct 23 ... VOTE FOR ME
It finally happened--the competition website is up and running.
I'd really appreciate if you can take a minute and vote on my pics...just click on the pics (Photographer 11) and then underneath it select the rating...5's would be fantastic. :-)
Note: We were officially allowed to submit 2 pics per model we'd shot with, however at least half of the other photographers went overboard and flaunted the rules entirely, some posting 4, 5, or even 7 pics of several of their models! C'est la vie.
UPDATE: Oct 21
The organizer had a change of heart and thanks to the help of another photographer has decided to let me back in to the competition, saying something about it not being fair to the models if I was not part of this. However, I still have no answers for what happened earlier. :-(
See earlier updates to understand the comments below.
Hecho, Huesca (Spain).
ENGLISH
Valle de Hecho is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 984 inhabitants.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_Hecho
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CASTELLANO
Valle de Hecho (Val d'Echo en aragonés) es un municipio del partido judicial de Jaca, provincia de Huesca. Pertenece a la comarca de la Jacetania.
La capital del municipio se encuentra en la población de Hecho (Echo en aragonés). Otras localidades pertenecientes al término municipal de Valle de Hecho son: Siresa (Ziresa en aragonés), Embún, Urdués y Santa Lucía. Hasta finales del siglo XX, el nombre del municipio era Hecho.
La vitalidad de las gentes del valle se muestra a través de la vida cotidianda y de sus constumbres. La fabla chesa, el folclore, la gastronomía, las fiestas... se miman y celebran para disfrute de vecinos, visitantes y amigos.
Es uno de los lugares en los que sigue en uso la lengua aragonesa, en la variante conocida como cheso, nombre tomado del gentilicio que se aplica a los habitantes del valle.
La música y los bailes tradicionales, junto con la rica indumentaria antigua, se exhiben gracias al Grupo Folclórico de la Val d'Echo, al palotiaú d'Embún y al grupo A Ronda d'Os Chotos d'Embún. Sus músicas traspasan las fronteras de Aragón pregonando constumbres y tradiciones ancestralesy el sentir de las gentes de hoy.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_Hecho
The mission of the supermarket, like everything in our modern culture, is supposedly dedicated to one end: choice. Sad to say it is not so much for your choice; rather it is the retailer's. It turns out that each inch of space is scientifically calibrated to hold only what you will buy at the highest possible margin. Consumer attention is "malleable," according to some researchers who investigated "space elasticity," and whose study sought to "parameterise a model that allows us to compute an upward bound on the returns that might accrue to an 'optimal' shelf set."
On the other hand, here I've compiled the 10 interesting games you can play in a supermarket:
1. Take shopping carts for the express purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations.
2. Ride those little electronic cars at the front of the store.
3. Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day.
4. When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask, "Why won't you people just leave me alone?"
5. Play with the automatic doors.
6. As the cashier runs your purchases over the scanner, look mesmerized and say, "Wow. Magic!"
7. Try on bras over top of your clothes.
8. Get boxes of Condoms and randomly put them in peoples carts when they don't realize it.
10. Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.
Have a blasting weekend everyone :-)
Gears: Leica R6 with Summicron-R 2,0/35 on Konica Centuria 100
Location: Mydin Mall, Padang Hiliran, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Processing: None
Day 1 - Reykjavik
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Street art in Reykjavik is so creative - you can spend the whole day just walking the streets. I found a couple of really interesting links that showcase the "wall poetry" as they call it - a must see. Click on the links below.
Reykjavik: Photo tour of Street Art
Reyjkavik: Building & Street Art
I wish I bumped into these links before visiting Reykjavik. Oh well, just another reason to go back to charming Reykjavik.
To see other photos from Iceland album (in-progress), click here.
View Sunrise over the trees on Black
View Sunrise over the trees Map/EXIF
Canon EOS 7D + EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM @ 24 mm - 1/160 sec at f/8.0, ISO 100
Manual mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: ∞
I was up at 4am shooting the sunrise. For 2 hours, I heard nothing but surf and the wind and didn't see another soul. Talk about putting things in perspective.
47°56'18.09" N 124°38'51.35" W
Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park
Forks, Washington, USA
Taken on 09.04.2010, uploaded on 09.15.2010.
©2010 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
And if you go chasing rabbits; And you know you're going to fall
what I love about street photography in Tokyo is that you just never know what you are going to see (or, quite often, if what you're seeing is actually happening...)
I had just crossed the street with a group of friends, leaving the madness of a crowded matsuri behind me, and I looked to the right and saw this photo in front of me - all alone with his rabbit and in a world of his own...
Kristie from Tilburg
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in acqua i pinguini sono agili e veloci ma fuori sono proprio buffi :-)
Life at the zoo
Pairs with this one
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Grazie!
A 365 project first for me, which I am not entirely sure I should be ashamed or inspired. Today was a blah day, until one of my friends decided that he wanted to meet up and shoot some pictures around town. Now while thats all hunky dory, he wanted to go to the UW-Arboretum: with the rains and excessive humidity we have had recently I gave him plenty of warning that the bugs would be bad. He ignored my warning and we met up, thankfully he brought insect spray for I have none myself. We trekked through the woods stirring up plenty of bugs, mosquitos were the main concern and they definately made their presence known. Within ten minutes of walking, we stopped in the path to snap a few frames of some mushrooms growing in a neat pattern along the trunk of a slowly dying tree. This was quite the mistake; as we walked closer the tree a swarm of at least two dozen mosquitos came from underneath and started to attack us. We ran from the tree, and back to the path waving our tripods in the air to battle these blood sucking bastards. Eventually we gave in and decided that we would find the way back to our cars, and venture somewhere the bugs had not infested the surroundings with the intent of eating us alive.
We agreed to meet off Bedford for it was free parking, for at least two hours anyway: Also far enough from the majority of the craziness of move-in weekend on campus. I took what I thought would be the easiest way down, which turned out to be a series of unfortunately events. Turns out a train bad back up along the North Shore corridor and at that North Shore was my route to Bedford. Driving aimlessly, I found myself squirming with an upset stomach and decided to just find my way home. Once home I proceeded to take a nap, for three hours: being excessive lazy or maybe just not able to catch up on sleep from the previous nights accounts of being up til 3a.m. I am not entirely sure which one it was.
The light was still overcast, a dark ominus gray covered the sky and I figured there wasnt much going to happen for a sunset but I drove West anyway. Struggling to find a nice vantage point over the main highway to the West, I pulled my car off the road and walked to an overpass and started shooting. Trying all sorts of lenses to see what I could pull into the frame or select FROM the frame that was the most enjoyable for my eyes. As it turns out the skys dull red started to fade, into a multi-tude of blues, grays, and reds. My 18mm was the onlens thatt I could find that was able to capture a good portion of the image, which leads me to the confession.
Tonights image is a first for me, a panoramic: now maybe you read the stories or maybe just look at the tags, or simply just the picture. But this for me is as ground breaking as was when I broke down last summer and cropped an image. Something I swear by that Id never do in my project, as it breaks the rules via POD "picure of the day," should really only be ONE frame. But alas my friend Brian helped me break down and realize that if I wanted a winner shot to remember today by, it was definately the pano. These two shots are seemed together with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, seemlessly a SOOC: but there was a slight contrast adjust with the right side. We debated back and forth for a good 30 minutes if it was the clouds or a slight change in exposure, until I managed to get the right adjust on the contrast. The only way that I could have done this shot without having to do a pano was if I had a full frame sensor and had used my 18mm for one shot vs two, but heck sometimes the cheaper alternative wins.
I think I may have confused a few people with yesterday's image. I apologize. I posted it with only the title "Platform 9 3/4s". Never thought to explain it given the Harry Potter coverage. Sometimes I'm too geeky. Apologies to everyone who didn't get it. Some people did get it though, and I think some that did get the reference believed it was a joking reference.
I wasn't joking. That is Platform 9 3/4s. Honest. The real thing.
I took that shot in King's Cross Station, which is the train station where J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, has Harry and his friends leave from at the start of each year to travel to Hogwart's School of Wizardry and Witchcraft.
That column is the actual column you see in all the Harry Potter films and read about in the books. When Harry and the Hogwart's students from London leave for their year at Hogwart's they run "into" that brick column. It's a sort of gateway to a special train platform that's hidden in another "dimension" so normal non-magical people (called "muggles") can't see it. The platform is number "9 3/4s" as it lies 3/4s of the way from platform 9. Actually, I think J. K. Rowling called it that because it's just a more interesting name than Platform 9 1/2 or Platform 9A (there actually is a 9A and a 9B Platform in the real world so that really wouldn't have worked).
However there was a problem that was only discovered after the books were published. The column to Platform 9 3/4s is in the older part of King's Cross. The problem is: the older part of King's Cross only goes up to Platform 8. Platforms 9 through 11 are in a modern addition to King's Cross and look nothing like the older section.... and there are no brick columns. As well, Platform 9 lies on the other side of the ticket booth behind a security wall. The kids of Hogwarts couldn't get to the platform without "muggle" tickets, and even if they did their parents definitely couldn't have accompanied them as they do in the books. I suppose magic could have solved all that though.
So the film crew had to fudge it and pretend the landing between Platform 4 and 5 is where Platform 9 3/4's is. And frankly, who's to say that the Wizards didn't add it to King's Cross magically but get the platform location wrong? ;-)
The management of King's Cross didn't have it so easy, though. When the books became popular they were inundated with thousands of children who wanted to see Platform 9 3/4s, but where do you hang the sign?? If in the old section it would be wrong (and goodness, think of all the little children who would be so confused by that encounter they could never again navigate their way through a British Train Station! ;-). Unfortunately, there was nothing to hang a sign on in the new wing, and you couldn't let any kids past the security to see it anyway! So a compromise was come to: Management found a quiet little archway next to the entrance to the new wing where they could hang the sign. Technically it's close to being the right location, but it's not in the new spiffy, steel and glass wing that has no brick columns and it's outside the security area. To finish it off they also took one of the station luggage carts the Hogwarts students use in the books and mounted the rear section to the wall so it looks like it's "passing through" the wall on its way to Platform 9 3/4s.
Hence the title of this shot: "Platform 9 3/4s Official Location"
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: THE DATE (1 of 1) /
LA CITA (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 18 of 36) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Reira: Here you are! ^^
Shin: Hi Reira...
/
Reira: Has venido! ^^
Shin: Hola Reira...
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
Winter Tea VI - 3.5 x 3.75 - Wood Fired
Paul McCoy Professor in Ceramics at Baylor University
www.baylor.edu/art/index.php?id=5308
Raised in Chicago’s south side, Paul McCoy began working in clay in 1964 under the direction of Daniel Edler at Scattergood Friends School, a boarding school in rural West Branch, Iowa. He received his undergraduate degree at Northern Illinois University in 1975 and taught ceramics in Chicago-area high schools for several years before moving to Texas to work in the oilfields. During this period, McCoy enrolled in evening ceramics courses at the University of Houston/Clear Lake, where he spent two years working under the supervision of Professor Nick de Vries, who McCoy credits as one of his most significant influences and mentors. McCoy received his M.F.A. in ceramics at the University of Iowa in 1985, moving to Waco, Texas in 1986 to direct the ceramics program at Baylor University, where he currently holds the position of Professor & University Ceramist-in-Residence.
McCoy’s creative endeavors embrace both functional and sculptural ceramics. His work has been exhibited, published, and collected at national and international levels for the past 21 years.
Paul A. McCoy
2605 Westbury Circle Department of Art, One Bear Place #97263
Waco, Texas 76710 Baylor University
Home Phone: (254)751-0507 Waco, Texas 76798-7263
Office Phone: (254)710-4415
Fax: (254)710-1566
E-Mail: Paul_McCoy@baylor.edu
EDUCATION:
University of Iowa MFA/Ceramics 1983 – 1985
University of Houston/Clear Lake 1981 - 1983
Northern Illinois University BA/Studio; K-12 Art Cert. 1974 – 1975
CURRENT TEACHING POSITION:
Professor & Ceramist-in-Residence: Baylor University, Waco TX 1986 – Present
SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
2007: Ritual Vessels (solo exhibition): University of Houston/Clear Lake, Houston, TX
Clay: Applied Art vs. Fine Art (intl. juried): Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
By The Ounce (intl. juried): Louisville Stoneware, Louisville, KY
Vessels 2007 (ntl. juried): Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC
2nd Annual National Juried Cup Show: University of Arkansas Gallery, Monticello, AR
Line to Volume (ntl. invitational): Indiana University SE, New Albany, IN
2006: Marker (solo exhibition): Olympic College Gallery, Bremerton, WA
FREE-form: Sculpture (intl. invitational): Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
Pots & Vessels (intl. invitational): University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
3rd International Ashes to Art Exhibition: Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
* Best of Show Award
Vantagepoint (2-person invitational): Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
History in the Making (ntl. juried): Genesee Pottery Gallery, Rochester, NY
Affinity for the Cup II (ntl. juried): Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
16th National Ceramic Competition: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
6th Annual National Juried Cup Show: Downtown Gallery, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH
Strictly Functional Pottery National (juried): Market House Craft Center, E. Petersburg, PA
Cup: The Intimate Object V (ntl. juried): C. Cummings Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN
Teaching Clay in Texas (reg. invitational): University of Texas, Tyler, TX
2005: 2nd International Mosaic Biennial (invitational): Argentine Center for Ceramic, Art,
San Nicholas, ARGENTINA
The Visceral Vessel (intl. invitational): Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Earth, Wheel, Fire (intl. juried): International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
Cup: The Intimate Object IV (intl. juried): C. Cummings Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN
Made By Hand; Meant For Use (ntl. juried): Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Pots: Objects of Virtue (ntl. juried): Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Ceramics 2005 (ntl. juried): Guildford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
On The Edge (ntl. juried): Fish House Gallery, Stuart, FL
In Our Cups (ntl. juried): Lockhart Gallery, SUNY, Geneseo, NY
Clay Cup X (ntl. juried): Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL
State of Texas – Clay (reg. invitational): University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
2004: Ceramics Biennial 2004 (ntl. juried): New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
George E. Ohr National Arts Challenge (juried): Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Ceramic Sculpture (ntl. juried): Celadon Clay Art Gallery, Water Mill, NY
North American Sculpture Exhibition (ntl. juried): Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
Out of the Fire (ntl. juried): Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
Vitrified Clay National: Form & Content (ntl. juried): Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
2003: 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition (invitational – 2 yr. tour/U.S. & Taiwan):
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI *Purchase Award
1st International Mosaic Biennial (invitational): Argentine Center for Ceramic Art,
San Nicholas, ARGENTINA
Origins In Clay III (ntl. juried): Hill County Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
Craftforms 2003 (ntl. juried): Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Ceramics USA 2003 (ntl. juried): University of North Texas Gallery, Denton, TX
National Ceramics Invitational: Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
2003 National Clay Art Invitational: Collin County College Gallery, Plano, TX
One Medium, Four Men…(reg. invitational): Art Center Waco, Waco, TX
2002: Solo Exhibition: Center for Spirituality & the Arts, San Antonio, TX
Solo Exhibition: Tarrant County College SE, Arlington, TX
Pushing Clay (intl. juried): Southern Maine University, Gorham, ME
*Best of Show Award
I-45 Combined (reg. invitational): Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX
Texas Mud (reg. invitational): Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2001: Greater Midwest International XVI: Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
Ceramics 2001 (ntl. juried): Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
Viewpoint: Ceramics 2001 (ntl. juried): Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
Below 2002 (ntl. juried): Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Origins In Clay II (ntl. juried): University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Vessels of the Soul (reg. invitational): Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX
2000: Journey (solo exhibition): Sarofin Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
6th Great Plains National (juried): Moss-Thorn Gallery, Hays, KS
National Prize Show (juried): Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Solo Exhibition: Midwestern State University Art Gallery, Wichita Falls, TX
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Agency of Czech Ceramic Design, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Anvil Office Center, Lombard, IL
Argentine Center of Ceramic Art, San Nicholas, Argentina
Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C.
Okinawa International University, Naha, Okinawa
Scattergood Friends School, West Branch, IA
Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan
The Very Reverend Michael & Alison Mayne, Salisbury, England
The Very Reverend Wesley Carr, London, England
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
University of Houston/Clear Lake, Houston, TX
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
University of Tasmania Museum of Art, Tasmania, Australia
Wright State University Galleries, Dayton, OH
Yonok College, Lampang, Thailand
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Yunnan Institute of the Nationalities, Kumming, China
REPRESENTATION:
Eureka Craft Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Funeria, Graton, CA
Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge, MT
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
- Contemporary American Ceramics Archive
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS:
2007 Ashes to Art (exhibition review w/ portfolio entry), Clay Times, January, pp. 8, 18-20
Ceramics Monthly, Annual Poster (portfolio entry)
2006 Turek, “Paul McCoy”, Ceramics Monthly, October, cover & pp. 37 – 39
“3rd International Ashes to Art Exhibition” (exhibition catalogue portfolio entry, p. 12)
2005 Roberts, “The Visceral Vessel” (exhibition review), Ceramics Monthly,
November, pp. 17 – 18
2004 McCoy, “Lincoln Arts: Breathing Life Into Dreams”, Ceramics Monthly,
May, pp. 55 – 59
Watkins, Wandless, Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques, Lark Books
(portfolio entry, p. 100)
“North American Sculpture Exhibition”, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
(exhibition catalogue portfolio entry, cover & p. 16)
2003 “8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition” (portfolio entries/exhibition catalogues)
- University of Hawaii Art Galleries, Honolulu
- Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“1st International Biennial of Contemporary Mosaics”, Argentine Center for Ceramic Arts,
San Nicholas, Argentina (exhibition catalogue portfolio entry, p. 51)
2002 Defore, “Asking Unanswerable Questions” (exhibition review), San Antonio Current,
2/14/02, p. 15
2001 Feats of Clay XIV (exhibition catalogue/juror’s statement), Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
2000 McCoy, “Aesthetic Tension: The Art of James Tisdale”, Ceramics Monthly,
January, pp. 56 – 59
1999 “Up Front” (exhibition review), Ceramics Monthly, February, p. 14
“Kennedy-Douglass National Ceramic Competition” (portfolio entry/exhibition catalogue)
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
“39th Annual Invitational Exhibition” (exhibition catalogue portfolio entry),
Longview Museum of Art, Longview, TX
“Greater Expectations: Hands of the Maker” (profile article); Baylor Line;
Baylor University, Waco, TX, Spring, ’99 issue; pp. 20 – 35
1998 McCoy, “Texas Studio Ceramics: 1930 – 1960”, NCECA Journal
“Functional Ceramics” (exhibition catalogue portfolio entry), Wayne Center for
the Arts, Wooster, OH
“Raised, Assembled, Constructed: Texas Artists & Ceramic Sculpture” (exhibition
catalogue portfolio entry); University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
McCoy, “Harding Black” (exhibition catalogue); Baylor University, Waco, TX
1997 McCoy, “Field of Vision”; Ceramics Monthly, November, pp 63 – 66
“The Human Nature Series” (sabbatical exhibition catalogue), Martin Museum of Art,
Baylor University, Waco, TX
1994 Ceramics Monthly Annual Poster
“Feats of Clay” (exhibition review & portfolio entry), Ceramics Monthly, March, p. 91
1993 “29th Ceramic National” (exhibition review & portfolio entry, Ceramics Monthly,
November, p. 50
“29th Ceramic National” (exhibition catalogue portfolio entry), Everson Museum
of Art, Syracuse, NY
“Texas Clay II” (exibition catalogue portfolio entry), Southwest Texas State University,
San Marcos, TX
1992 “Great Enigmas/Personal Myths” (exhibition catalogue portfolio entry), Cultural Arts
Center, Temple, TX
1991 “Harding Black: Sixty Years of Discovery”(article essay), Ceramics Monthly, December,
pp. 36 – 41
McCoy, “Harding Black: In Celebration” (exhibition catalogue), Martin Museum of Art,
Baylor University, Waco, TX
“Feats of Clay III” (exhibition review & portfolio entry), Ceramics Monthly, May, p. 36
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The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich in the UK. It is housed in one of the first major public buildings to be designed by Norman Foster.
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In 1973 Sir Robert and Lady Lisa Sainsbury donated to the university their collection of over 300 artworks and objects, which they had been accumulating since the 1930s. The collection has since increased in size to several thousand works spanning over 5000 years of human endeavor, including pieces by Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore (numerous sculptures can be found dotted around the grounds of the university), Alberto Giacometti, Francis Bacon and John Davies, alongside art from Africa (including a 'Fang Reliquary Head' from Gabon and the Nigerian 'Head of an Oba'), Asia, North and South America, the Pacific region, medieval Europe and the ancient Mediterranean.
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The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts building was opened in 1978. It was designed between 1974 and 1976 by the then relatively unknown architect Norman Foster (now Lord Foster). It is situated on the western edge of the University campus, beside the River Yare, and also houses the School of World Art Studies and Museology.
The main building is sited on sloping, turfed ground, and consists of a large cuboid, clad steel structure. One face is almost entirely glazed, with the prefabricated skeleton clearly visible. Internally, the museum gives the impression of being one vast open space, lacking any internal divisions to interfere with the interplay of natural and artificial light. Services, lighting, toilets and maintenance access are housed in triangular towers and trusses, and between the external cladding and internal aluminium louvres.
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5XP
Ronda, Málaga (Spain).
ENGLISH
Ronda is a city in the Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about 100 km from the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalucía. Its population is 35,512. It is also accessible by rail from Algeciras and from Córdoba.
Ronda is situated in a very mountainous area about 750 m above mean sea level. The Rio Guadalevín runs through the city, dividing it in two and carving out the steep El Tajo canyon upon which the city is perched. Ronda was first settled by the early Celts, but its Roman and then Moorish rulers are reflected most prominently in its architecture. The forces of Catholic Spain took control of the town in 1485.
Three bridges, Puente Romano ("Roman Bridge", also known as the Puente San Miguel), Puente Viejo ("Old Bridge", also known as the Puente Arabe or "Arab Bridge") and Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge"), span the canyon. The term "nuevo" is a bit of a misnomer, since this bridge was completed in 1793. The Puente Nuevo is the tallest of the bridges, towering 120 meters above the canyon floor, and all three serve as some of the city's most impressive features.
Another important site in Ronda is the Plaza de Toros, the oldest bullfighting ring in Spain that is still used, albeit infrequently. It was built in 1784 in the Neoclassical style by the architect José Martin de Aldehuela, who also designed Puente Nuevo.
The partially intact baños árabes ("Arab baths") are found below the city and date back to the 13th and 14th centuries. Both Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles resided in Ronda for many years, and both wrote about its beauty, contributing to its popularity.
Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls describes the murder of Nationalist sympathizers early in the Spanish Civil War by being thrown from the cliffs of El Tajo by the Republican forces.
The name of the eponimous Jewish hero of George Eliot's well-known novel Daniel Deronda seems to indicate that his ancestors lived in Ronda prior to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
The Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo) is endemic to the mountains surrounding Ronda.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronda
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CASTELLANO
Ronda es una ciudad perteneciente a la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía, situada en el noroeste de la provincia de Málaga (España). Es la capital de la comarca de la Serranía de Ronda.
La ciudad se asienta sobre una meseta rocosa a 739 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Está dividida en dos partes por un cañón, conocido como el Tajo de Ronda, por el que discurre el río Guadalevín afluente del río Guadiaro. A continuación de la garganta del tajo propiamente dicha también se extiende el tajo sobre el valle de los Molinos. Al este de la ciudad se encuentra el parque natural de la Sierra de las Nieves, al sur el Valle del Genal, al oeste la Sierra de Grazalema y al norte otras tierras más llanas en dirección a Campillos.
Aunque en el entorno de la ciudad se han encontrado restos prehistóricos que se remontan al Neolítico entre los que destacan las pinturas rupestres de la Cueva de la Pileta, los orígenes de Ronda son celtas quienes en el siglo VI a.C. la llamaron Arunda. Posteriormente los fenicios se instalaron en una aldea cercana que llamaron Acinipo. Arunda, tras ser conquistada por los griegos, pasó a denominarse Runda.
Pero Ronda como tal fue fundada como consecuencia de la Segunda Guerra Púnica, durante la campaña que el general romano Escipión llevó a cabo contra los cartagineses que dominaban la Hispania a finales del siglo III a.C. Es entonces cuando se mandó construir el castillo de Laurus el cual favoreció el asentamiento de la población a su alrededor y alcanzando en tiempos de Julio César el rango de ciudad alcanzado sus habitantes, y los de la vecina Acinipo, la cualidad de ciudadanos romanos.
En el siglo V, con el fin del Imperio Romano, la ciudad es tomada por los suevos al mando de Rechila, pasando después por un período bizantino, en el que Acinipo fue definitivamente abandonado, hasta que Leovigildo la integró en el reino visigodo.
En el 711 se produce la invasión musulmana de la península y, en 713, la actual Ronda abre sus puertas, sin presentar batalla, al jefe bereber Zaide Ben Kesadi El Sebseki. La ciudad pasa a denominarse Izn-Rand Onda (la ciudad del castillo) convirtiéndose en la capital la capital de la provincia Andalusí de Takurunna.
Con la desintegración del califato de Córdoba, Ronda se convierte en un reino de Taifas independiente regido por Abu Nur Hilal Ben Abi Qurra, y será durante este periodo cuando se crea la mayor parte del patrimonio monumental con que cuenta el casco histórico de Ronda y los arrabales. Abu Nur Hilal fue sucedido por su hijo Abú Nasar quien tras morir asesinado provocó que Ronda pasará a formar parte del reino sevillano de al- Muthadid
El periodo islámico de la ciudad finaliza cuando, el 22 de mayo de 1485, el rey Fernando el Católico logra tomarla tras un prolongado asedio. Tras la conquista muchos de los monumentos erigidos por los musulmanes son remodelados adecuándose a la nueva situación que vive la ciudad que inicia un nuevo florecimiento que la hace crecer extendiéndose en nuevos barrios como los del “Mercadillo” y “San Francisco”, pasando a conocerse el antiguo núcleo árabe como “La Ciudad”.
En 1572 se funda la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda con fines de entrenamiento para la defensa y las guerras del reino.
En el siglo XVIII la ciudad vive una etapa de importantes construcciones entre las que destacan el Puente Nuevo, que ha pasado a considerarse el símbolo de la ciudad, y la Plaza de toros.
A partir de esa época se crean los mitos románticos de bandoleros y toreros. El Castillo del Laurel, alcazaba de Ronda, es derribado por los franceses en su retirada. Durante los siglos XIX y XX la actividad económica de Ronda sigue siendo principalmente rural, siendo el punto de encuentro para los habitantes de los pueblos de la Serranía y teniendo momentos de esplendor a principios del siglo XX con la llegada del ferrocarril.
En 1918 se celebra la Asamblea de Ronda en la que se fijó el actual diseño de la Bandera, el Himno de Andalucía y su escudo. En esa época se empieza a consolidar la Caja Ahorros de Ronda que ha impulsado fuertemente la economía de la ciudad hasta su desaparición en 1990 al fusionarse con otras entidades bancarias en Unicaja.
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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual
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Aunque de aspecto primitivo y algo extraterrestre, Keratella serrulata es un rotífero de nuestro planeta y de nuestro tiempo, que con su gruesa y rígida coraza de tortuga armada, se abre paso entre los caminos del agua. Cuando esos caminos están libres de obstáculos, Keratella serrulata vuela en planeo suave con la agilidad de un ave que se deja llevar confiada por el aire, pero cuando cualquier pequeño obstáculo se interpone a su paso, el vuelo de Keratella se transforma en travesía de barquito en medio de un temporal y dando tumbos intenta llegar a tierra, con la seguridad siempre de llegar a buen puerto.
Hoy Keratella ha volado como ave y ha estado dando tumbos como un barquito a punto de un naufragio imposible, pero al final ha llegado, quizá sin proponérselo, al puerto que buscaba. De este modo, anclada con su espinoso casco a una orilla llena de grumos de vida, descansa y reposta tomando su alimento. Los cilios de la pequeña corona de Keratella crean corrientes y barren el agua arrastrando hacia el interior de su cuerpo las pequeñas algas de las que se alimenta, fundamentalmente doradas crisofitas y otras minúsculas transparentes, verdes o pintadas por cualquier pigmento que tome la energía de la luz del sol.
La robusta lorica de Keratella está repujada en amplias placas que recuerdan gruesas escamas de pez dispuestas como tejas y adornada de minúsculos botoncitos granulados. La parte anterior de esta armadura se prolonga en varias espinas suavemente curvadas y dentadas en los bordes que confieren a este pacífico rotífero un aspecto agresivo, se trata de una estrategia de defensa para hacer frente a los innumerables peligros que la acechan en este universo de lo desconocido y de las sorpresas que encierra una simple gota de agua. Las esquinas laterales posteriores de la lorica pueden estar o no armadas con dos espinas de longitud variable que cuando están presentes, ayudan a estabilizar el cuerpo de este rotífero cuando navega.
Keratella serrulata es un rotífero cosmopolita que no se encuentra en las regiones tropicales, tiene preferencia por las aguas ácidas y es relativamente común en turberas en las que se alimenta de pequeñas algas. En la Península Ibérica la mayor parte de las citas proceden de masas de agua embalsada situadas en el NW.
El ejemplar de hoy se ha fotografiado a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y ha sido encontrado en una muestra recogida en la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, en las inmediaciones del Lago de Sanabria (Zamora).
Today, I chilled on the couch all day. Why you may ask? I totally had a headache ALL DAY long. Still have one while I'm typing this. My headaches link to change in weather, so although I've been enjoying the rain, the changing weather is really messing up my head. :(
This weekend is going to be crazy because I have to cram a bunch of school assignments because I'm a procrastinator. :/
I sat around and watched all sort of videos such as:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvrcdQWzH-8
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgnRKyPLxng
Can I have both of those for pets?!? PLZ!!!!?
Anyways, cute videos make my head not hurt so badly.
Okay so this QOTD should be fun! :):
What is your FAVORITE Youtube video?
Here's some of mine (These are in no order):
WIZARD SWEARS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTHmzMk0Cw
This guy is an amazing pianist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ0E3dsHRV4
SEVERAL gymnastics videos!!!
Mary Lou Retton:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uvxNzOTKNc
Shannon Miller:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTtR17QkZ_Y
Shawn Johnson:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQq9lhNwHA
Mitchell Davis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp7iOwRySwY
(I've met him, and Kyle for all you people who know lots about Mitchell)
Me meeting David Archuleta's family:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G96F00fGH0
Me, Madison and Cristen being really stupid a long time ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwxipxGG5c
Hope you all enjoy! :D Give me one or more of your favorites!
ALSO I MADE A LIKE PAGE ON FACEBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGGG
like it please?!!! :)
www.facebook.com/pages/Holly-DeVane-Photography/128303547...
José Honorato Lozano (1821 - 1885)
Letras y’ Figuras (Views of Manila)
signed (lower right)
Ca. 1850
gouache and watercolor on paper
22” x 33” (56 cm x 84 cm)
Opening bid: PHP 5,000,000
Literature:
Roces, Alfredo. Felix Resurrección Hidalgo & The Generation of 1872.
Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc., 1998, p. 66.
Provenance: The Benito J. Legarda, Jr. Collection
This enchanting work in watercolor by Jose Honorato Lozano from the 1840s shows a vanished, magnificent Manila inevitably altered by the 1863 and 1880 earthquakes, Spanish decline, Revolution, American modernization, the World War II holocaust, postwar demolitions, and careless city administrations. The painting is composed of three horizontal panels: the top and bottom panels have three sections each while the middle panel is a panoramic view of the Manila Bay.
The first section of the top panel shows Calle Anloague in Binondo (“Street of the Carpenters,” now Juan Luna street leading to the Divisoria entrepot) where several foreign trading firms are headquartered. We see an all–stone building or house on the left with the flag of the United States of America (in the 1840s), it is likely the head office of an American trading firm. (It can be disputed that this is a view of Calzada de San Sebastian [now R Hidalgo street] with its rows of elegant houses. The said street rose in importance during the 1830s when the rich of the long–established arrabales (districts) of Intramuros, Binondo, and Santa Cruz, in an effort to escape their crowded and smelly communities, started constructing big urban villas with the (then unheard–of) luxury of fruit and vegetable gardens and passable, clean estuaries/waterways at the back which were impossible to build in the older arrabales. However, the view really seems to be that of Calle Anloague, which is a much more important street at the time than Calzada de San Sebastian.)
The initial letter V is composed of well–dressed, hat–wearing laborers carrying logs. The letter I is formed by a well dressed native woman with a parasol and her companions. The second/middle section of the top panel shows a view of the commercial buildings, warehouses, and big houses lining the Pasig river from Santa Cruz to Binondo to Tondo (right to left). (This brings to mind personalities like the very rich Don Narciso Padilla, who during this exact time owns a fleet of ships, boats, and cascos [big bamboo rafts] which carries goods from the Pasig river all the way up north to the Ilocos and all the way down south to the Visayas, as well as rows of warehouses that stretch from Binondo to Tondo. This shipping and logistics empire is inherited by his daughter Dona Maria Barbara Padilla y Flores [“Dona Baritay”] who subsequently becomes known as La Reina de Rio Pasig because of her immense shipping and warehousing businesses; she becomes the mother of the master painter Don Felix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla.)
The letter E is formed by laborers carrying logs and an ambulant Chinese vendor selling lugaw rice porridge and its condiments as well as gupit noodles to his hungry customers. The letters W and S are composed of veiled women and well–dressed men. The third section of the top panel shows a bahay kubo/nipa hut in a rustic setting which is probably the Gagalangin area in Tondo, even then the most populous district of the city. There is a simple couple huddling in a bamboo shed. Tondo in the 1800s, specially the Gagalangin area with its charming front gardens, is a pleasant residential district inhabited by people of modest means but also by some of the richest families in Manila with fortunes from international and domestic trading, warehousing, manufacturing, financing, and even micro-financing. Tondo in the 1800s up to the prewar was a vastly different community compared to what it is today.
The second section is a panoramic view of the Manila Bay with many ships and boats. It is a beautiful, swimmable beach with fine sand, just like all the lovely beaches of Las Islas Filipinas. Tragically, the Americans would fill it with boulders, stones, and sand to make Dewey boulevard (now Roxas boulevard) during the early 1900s. There is a succession of interesting vignettes on the beachfront. From the left going right, we see a young, well–dressed principalia couple of the ruling class on their horses; two men with sparring roosters (cockfighting); a man on a carabao; the letter O formed by a man inside a casco (raft) or a boat; a mother and child just finished bathing in the sea; the letter F formed by a couple pounding rice on a wooden mortar; a female vendor with a small tapayan / earthenware water container on her head, a male vendor balancing a pole hung with 2 baskets, a mature, well–dressed principalia couple, and a female vendor selling rice cakes she is preparing on a papag or bamboo daybed.
The first section of the bottom panel shows a view outside Intramuros looking north to the Pasig river. From the left, we see the Puente de Espana (Bridge of Spain) which has been there since 1630, the Pasig river, the Magellan monument, and the Maestranza wall. The Maestranza is a long portion of the Intramuros walls facing north to the Pasig river with many chambers built in the early 1600s to accommodate soldiers as well as all sorts of goods being traded downstream and upstream. There is a big woven rice thresher in the middle of it all, likely for the processing of rice being grown in the areas around Intramuros.
The letter M is formed by musicians with a harp and guitar with chickens on top. The letter A is composed of a man amidst bamboo.
The second/middle section of the bottom panel shows the Plaza Mayor of Intramuros with the three major buildings flanking it: We see the Manila Cathedral in the middle (south), the Palacio del Gobernador on the right (west), and the Ayuntamiento/Casas Consistoriales on the left (east). It is still about 20 years before the great earthquake of 1863 which will level them all. (It is after that devastation that the Governor–General will transfer the seat of power to the far more modest riverside villa in the nearby San Miguel district that is the Palacio de Malacanan. The transfer of the Governor–General to San Miguel impels the rich --- specially the Spanish peninsular and the Spanish mestizo rich --- to construct grand villas with sprawling lush gardens in the area, setting off the most European incarnations of the Filipino bahay–na–bato. The idea of luxurious urban villas conceived in Calzada de San Sebastian achieves perfection in nearby San Miguel. Calle General Solano and Calle Aviles become the most fashionable addresses of the Filipino rich towards the end of the Spanish regime in 1898.)
The letter N is formed by women with a horse. The letter I is composed of a group of men with top hats and women. The letter L is made up of a bahay kubo, a big woven rice thresher, a man with sacks, and other men.
The third section of the bottom panel shows the Binondo church with a frontage of greenery (unbelievable to contemporary eyes). It looks like an orchard with rows of fruit trees.
The final letter A is formed by an old woman cooking with palayok earthenware pots, and there is a Chinese vendor balancing a pole from which hang a pair of tapayan vessels, probably filled with clean water.
Jose Honorato Lozano was one of several painters in Manila during the first half of the 1800s, along with the pioneering Damian Domingo, Juan Arzeo, and the younger Antonio Malantic and Justiniano Asuncion (“Capitan Ting”). In the tradition of miniaturismo (highly detailed art) popular in those days, Lozano specialized in the quaint art of letras y figuras, in which a full name was exquisitely spelled out with letters formed by vignettes with all kinds of subjects --- people, animals, plants, musical instruments, conveyances, landscape views, etc. These incredibly detailed works charmed the affluent locals who hung them in their reception rooms as well as the expatriate Spaniards and other Europeans who commissioned and brought them home as souvenirs of an exotic Asian sojourn.
This utterly charming Views of Manila from the erudite Benito J. Legarda , Jr. collection was likely commissioned by a British or American client. The work in watercolor was signed por Jose Honorato Lozano in elegant script on the lower right side. It is not known how it made its way to Legarda’s collection; it could have been acquired from a prominent Filipino family but it was most likely purchased from leading rare maps and books dealers in the USA or the UK (many of whom were his longtime friends), as were many of Legarda’s Filipiniana collections. This Jose Honorato Lozano Views of Manila stands on its own as a great Filipino work of art and an important, unassailable pictorial document of Spanish Manila as it was in the 1840s, almost two hundred years ago.
Lot 70 of the Leon Gallery auction in February 2021. Please see leon-gallery.com for more details.
I have climbed highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes I'm still running
You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...
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'...there's nothing left keeping us together
Sunshine on a rainy day
Makes me want to move away
I think I've got it sorted
I'm going to get myself deported
I'm considering a move to LA
Hang around with Axl Rose
Buy myself some brand new clothes
Everything is gonna be just fine
I hear the murder rate is in decline
Get me a southern accent
Maybe grab a piece of action
When I get off the plane
The first thing I'm gonna do is
Strip naked to the waist
And ride my Harley Davidson
Up and down Sunset street
I may even get a tattoo
My problems are never gonna find me
I'm not sending one letter
or even a postcard back
I'm drinking Henessey
WITH MORRISSEY
On a beach
Out of reach
Somewhere very far away'
Art Brut: 'Moving to LA'
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It’s my first time with texture and PS, so please, be placable =)
Saturday, 15.11.2009.
It was exceptional day, even if I felt so tired later.
It was day without sleep at night before (because I was afraid that I miss my (really!) morning train), 4 hours at train, than wonderful time with someone really special and than another 4 hours at bus on my way back home.
Some people make us smile, some make us happy, some make us special and some wake up to live and than keep us still alive.
Yep, that’s right: so close no matter how far and now nothing else matters.
Thank you my dear.
trust I seek and I find in you
every day for us something new
open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters
so close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
no nothing else matters
The Ferrari 360 is a mid-engine midsize two-seater sports car produced from late 1999 until 2005. The 360 replaced the Ferrari F355 and was itself replaced by the fairly similar Ferrari F430. For the 360, Ferrari partnered with Alcoa to produce an entirely new all-aluminum space-frame chassis that was 40% stiffer than the F355, yet 28% lighter despite a 10% increase in overall dimensions. Along with the new frame was a new Pininfarina body styling that broke ranks with the last decade's sharp angles and flip-up headlights, replacing them with a rounded appearance that harkened to the 1960s. The new V8 engine, common to all versions, was only slightly larger and more powerful than the F355's at 3.6 litres and 400 bhp (300 kW) of power, but the lighter frame and added stiffness improved performance; the 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) acceleration performance improved from 4.6 to 4.4 seconds, . An engine replacement resulted in the V8 road model that followed, the F430 (internally referred to as the evoluzione or evo) which came out in 2004.
I was on my way to the store where I bought my Nikon D90 to change the Nikon Camerabag, which was falling apart after only half a year, with a friend of mine when I saw this Ferrari appearing in my rearview mirrors.
I quicky grabbed my Nikon from the backseats and set the settings so I would be able to get some decent shots.
When I was to busy watching the traffic and trying to keep up with the yellow beast, I passed my camera to my friend which managed to get some shots too.
Madrid (Spain).
High, in the centre of town, ventilated and sunny.
Alto, céntrico, ventilado y soleado.
ENGLISH
The Plaza Mayor built during the Habsburg period is a central plaza in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is located only a few blocks away from another famous plaza, the Puerta del Sol. The Plaza Mayor is rectangular in shape, measuring 129 by 94 meters, and is surrounded by three-story residential buildings having 237 balconies facing the Plaza. It has a total of nine entranceways. The Casa de la Panadería, serving municipal and cultural functions, dominates the Plaza Mayor.
The origins of the Plaza go back to 1581 when Philip II of Spain asked Juan de Herrera, a renowned Renaissance architect, to devise a plan to remodel the busy and chaotic area of the old Plaza del Arrabal. Juan de Herrera was the architect who designed the first project in 1581 to remodel the old Plaza del Arrabal but construction didn't start until 1617, during Philip III's reign. The king asked Juan Gomez de Mora to continue with the project, and he finished the porticoes in 1619. Nevertheless, the Plaza Mayor as we know it today is the work of the architect Juan de Villanueva who was entrusted with its reconstruction in 1790 after a spate of big fires. Giambologna's equestrian statue of Philip III dates to 1616, but it was not placed in the center of the square until 1848. Amazingly enough if you go in there today you can still see the blood on the walls from some of the bull fights held there in earlier years.
The Plaza Mayor has been the scene of multitudinous events: markets, bullfights, soccer games, public executions, and, during the Spanish Inquistion, "autos de fe" against supposed heretics and the executions of those condemned to death. The Plaza Mayor also has a ring of old and traditional shops and cafes under its porticoes. Celebrations for San Isidro, patron saint of Madrid, are also held here. The Plaza Mayor is now a major tourist attraction, visited by thousands of tourists a year.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Mayor_of_Madrid
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CASTELLANO
La Plaza Mayor de Madrid está situada en el centro de la ciudad, a pocos metros de la plaza de la Puerta del Sol y de la Plaza de la Villa junto a la calle Mayor.
Los orígenes de la plaza se remontan al siglo XV, cuando en la confluencia de los caminos (hoy en día calles) de Toledo y Atocha, a las afueras de la villa medieval, se celebraba en este sitio, conocido como "Plaza del Arrabal", el mercado principal de la villa, construyéndose en esta época una primera casa porticada, o lonja, para regular el comercio en la plaza.
En 1580, tras haber trasladado la corte a Madrid en 1561, Felipe II encargó el proyecto de remodelación de la plaza a Juan de Herrera, comenzándose el derribo de las "casas de manzanas" de la antigua plaza ese mismo año. La construcción del primer edificio de la nueva plaza, la Casa de la Panadería, comenzaría en 1590 a cargo de Diego Sillero, en el solar de la antigua lonja. En 1617, Felipe III, encargó la finalización de las obras a Juan Gómez de Mora, quién concluirá la plaza en 1619.
La Plaza Mayor ha sufrido tres grandes incendios en su historia, el primero de ellos en 1631, encargándose el mismo Juan Gómez de Mora de las obras de reconstrucción. El segundo de los incendios ocurrió en 1670 siendo el arquitecto Tomás Román el encargado de la reconstrucción. El último de los incendios, que arrasó un tercio de la plaza, tuvo lugar en 1790, dirigiendo las labores de extinción Sabatini. Se encargó la reconstrucción a Juan de Villanueva, que rebajó la altura del caserío que rodea la plaza de cinco a tres plantas y cerró las esquinas habilitando grandes arcadas para su acceso. Las obras de reconstrucción se prolongarían hasta 1854, continuándolas, tras la muerte de Villanueva, sus discípulos Antonio López Aguado y Custodio Moreno.
La Plaza Mayor se convirtió desde sus inicios, no solo en el principal mercado de la villa, tanto de alimentación (surtida por los numerosos tablajeros vigilados por el Repeso) como de otros géneros (instalándose en sus soportales los principales gremios); sino también en el escenario de numerosos actos públicos, como corridas de toros, autos de fe, inmortalizando el pintor Francisco Ricci el celebrado en 1680, ejecuciones públicas, colocándose el patíbulo delante del portal de pañeros si la pena era de garrote; frente a la Casa de la Panadería, si era de horca, y ante la Casa de la Carnicería, si era de cuchillo o hacha. También se celebró en la Plaza Mayor la beatificación de San Isidro, santo patrón de Madrid.
La Plaza Mayor es actualmente un importante punto turístico, visitado por miles de turistas al año. En los locales comerciales ubicados bajo los soportales, abundan los comercios de hostelería, que instalan terrazas junto a los soportales de la plaza.
Todos los meses de diciembre, se celebra el tradicional mercado navideño, costumbre que se mantiene vigente desde el año 1860.
También se celebra todos los domingos y festivos por la mañana el mercado de Filatelia y Numismática.
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I was fortunate to grow up in a family of great readers!
We had a wealth of books in different languages to choose from!
The novel Peony, by Pearl S. Buck, I read at a fairly young age, in English, because, I was raised in 3 languages.
I remember enjoying it, but now realise I did not fully understand...
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The Concepts of Yin-Yang
Presented Throughout
Peony
A revisiting is imminent!
Pearl was a wise lady and proved it in everything that she wrote, no wonder she was awarded the Nobel Prize!
Here are some of her quotes that I favour:
"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To him... a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death."
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating."
— Pearl S. Buck
"Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness."
— Pearl S. Buck
"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."
— Pearl S. Buck
For years I 'experimented' in the studio, to get that Flemish painter's light? Well, I was born in Flanders, it must be in my blood? LOL.
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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Hermosas, como gemas pálidas de esmeralda, las piezas -células- de Merismopedia parecen jugar sobre un tablero una partida al juego de la vida.
Ancladas todas sobre un tapiz transparente que las mantiene unidas, flotan en el agua viajando en esta alfombra mágica, balsa a la deriva, que recoge sol fabricando nuevas vidas.
Mientras esto ocurre, sobre el tablero, la partida sigue su curso, por cada una que se divida se formarán dos, por cada dos cuatro, por cada cuatro ocho…y así en sucesión interminable, rítmica como el latido y ordenada como un panal, siempre sobre el plano del tablero, siempre alternando en dos direcciones perpendiculares, tejiendo este mosaico de gemas verdes…Es así como juega la vida, multiplicando a saltos, construyendo, si es preciso, nuevos tableros donde seguir el juego.
Y sobre este mismo tablero se restan las piezas de Merismopedia que han llegado al final de su existencia, es un goteo incesante y lento, el sacrificio de su esfuerzo se ha multiplicado en descendencia.
Está claro que en el juego sobre este tablero con gemas hermosas gana la vida, es una partida que comenzó en el origen de los tiempos y que finalizará con ellos, juego de sabiduría que nos regala las formas, el orden y el color de su belleza.
Merismopedia elegans es una cianobacteria muy característica por la ordenada forma de crecimiento de sus individuos que permanecen unidos flotando, en una matriz plana, transparente y gelatinosa. El gran tamaño de los individuos y su particular forma de crecimiento permite diferenciar a esta especie de otras hermanas.
Merismopedia elegans vive formando parte del plancton en charcas y lagunas. La que aparece aquí fotografiada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia procede de unas muestras recogidas en las charcas de las inmediaciones de la Laguna de Peñalara durante el “testing” organizado en homenaje a “Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente” por Biodiversidad virtual. La fotografía se ha realizado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
nhà văn Bửu Ý (một người Huế gốc) từng ngưỡng mộ thốt lên: ''Không đâu có loại trang phục nữ nào kín đến thế, cũng không có loại áo nào hở cho bằng, nhất là khi khoác trên mình những cô gái dịu hiền xứ Huế''.
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Chiếc nón bài thơ ngày nay cũng là kết quả của nhiều lần sàng lọc, qua thực tế sử dụng che mưa, nắng. Để làm ra những chiếc nón đẹp, người thợ làm nón phải chọn những lá non của cây cọ đem phơi khô, là phẳng để lợp nón. Bên trong lớp lá trắng ngần như lụa là hình ảnh con đò, bến nước quê hương và vần thơ quen thuộc.
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Els orígens del Beagle són confusos i remots. L'any 350 a. de C. Jenofonte ja descrivia a uns gossos de tipus sabueso (hound en anglès)que coincideixen en la majoria de detalls amb el Beagle. Segons es creu van ser els romans qui els van dur a Anglaterra com caçadors de conills i una vegada allí van ser creuats amb gossos de tipus sabueso del lloc. Els Talbot Houndson són considerats els ancestres del Southern Hound, el Beagle, i el Foxhound. Entre el 1300 i el 1400 els Beagles van arribar un elevat grau de popularitat entre els monarques britànics. Eduard II i Enric VII ja tenien gossades de Glove Beagles, anomenats així per la seva reduïda grandària, fins i tot cabien en un guant. Isabel I tenia Beagles que amidaven fins a 22 centímetres. Les gossades de sabuesos eren populars en gairebé totes les grans propietats campestres. Cap al 1400, els Beagles ja s'havien estès per Gran Bretanya, Itàlia, Grècia i França augmentant així la seva popularitat. Sobre el 1700, existien dos tipus de sabuesos especialitzats en la caça del conill: el Southern Hound, i el més veloç North Country Beagle. A causa del gran auge que estava experimentant la cacera de la guineu, els Beagles anaven perdent terreny en favor dels Foxhounds. Afortunadament per a l'existència del Beagle, els grangers a Anglaterra, Irlanda i Gal·les van seguir mantenint gossades amb les quals sortien a caçar.
A principis de la dècada del 1870, els Beagle donen el salt als Estats Units. Norman Elmore de Nova Jersei i el general Richard Rowet, de Illinois van importar Beagles anglesos d'excel·lent tipus i pedigrí i van donar inici a la idea de dur registres dels aparellamments i ventrades per a un major control de la raça. Fins a aquest moment, el Beagle anglès havia estat ensinistrat principalment per a perseguir guineus, i havia estat criat per a arribar a una altura de 37-42 centímetres dedse la creu.
El reverend Phillip Honeywood criava la seva gossada d'Essex (Anglaterra) potenciant les seves habilitats caçadores sense importar-li l'aparença, mentre que el seu compatriota Thomas Johnson s'encarregà de criar línies de Beagle que poguessin tant caçar com ser atractius. A Amèrica, no obstant això, el Beagle va ser criat amb la finalitat de reduir la seva altura. Actualment, no és difícil trobar Beagles d'una altura de només 25 o 30 centímetres desde la creu. Durant tot aquest temps, el Beagle era vist estrictament com a un gos de caça, sent criat i ensinistrat exclusivament a tal efecte. No ha estat fins a més tard quan el Beagle va començar a popularitzar-se per les seves qualitats com animal de companyia, tot i que sempre ha estat i estarà molt unit als caçadors.
El nom que rep la raça té dues possibles orígens. D'una banda es considera una derivació de la paraula cèltica beag que significa petit, mentre que per un altre se sosté que prové de la paraula francesa begueule que significa boca oberta, potser en referència al fragorós clam que produïxen en el grup.
No són gossos especialment cridaners, solen bordar durant les caceres per a avisar als caçadors que es troben sobre la presa. A més dels sons comuns a tots els gossos. Es caracteritzen per un udol típic de la raça, una 'cant' barreja de bordar i udolar. Generalment, emeten aquest so quan detecten una olor que crida la seva atenció. L'udol d'un beagle és més aviat fort a causa de la seva gran capacitat pulmonar però no arriba a un to molt greu.
English
The Beagle is a medium-sized dog breed. A member of the hound group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller with shorter legs, and longer, softer ears. Beagles are scent hounds developed primarily for tracking hare, rabbit, and other game. They have a keen tracking instinct and an excellent sense of smell, which has seen them employed as detection dogs for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. They are popular as pets because of their size, even temper, and lack of inherited health problems. These characteristics also make them the dog of choice for animal testing.
Although beagle-type dogs have existed for over 2,000 years, the modern breed was developed in Britain around the 1830s from several breeds, including the Talbot Hound, the North Country Beagle, the Southern Hound and possibly the Harrier.
Beagles have been depicted in popular culture since Elizabethan times in literature and paintings, and, latterly in film, television and comic books. Snoopy of the comic strip "Peanuts" has been called the world's most famous Beagle.
Dogs of similar size and purpose to the modern Beagle can be traced back to around the 5th century BC. Xenophon, born around 433 BC, in his Treatise on Hunting refers to a dog that hunted hares by scent and was followed on foot.[1] Dogs of this type were taken to Rome and may have been imported to Roman Britain. Small hounds are mentioned in the Forest Laws of Canute which exempted them from the ordinance which commanded that all dogs capable of running down a stag should have one foot mutilated.[2] If genuine, Canute's laws would confirm that beagle-type dogs were present in England before 1016, but it is likely they were written in the Middle Ages to give a sense of antiquity and tradition to Forest Law.
In the 11th century, William the Conqueror brought the Talbot hound to Great Britain. The Talbot was a predominantly white, slow, deep-throated, scent hound derived from the St Hubert Hound which had been developed in the 8th century. At some point the English Talbots were crossed with Greyhounds to give them an extra turn of speed.[4] Long extinct, the Talbot strain probably gave rise to the Southern Hound which, in turn, is thought to be an ancestor of the modern day Beagle.
From Medieval times, beagle was used as a generic description for the smaller hounds, though these dogs differed considerably from the modern breed. Miniature breeds of beagle-type dogs were known from the times of Edward II and Henry VII, who both had packs of Glove Beagles, so named since they were small enough to fit on a glove, and Queen Elizabeth I kept a breed known as a Pocket Beagle, which stood 8 to 9 inches (20 to 23 cm) at the shoulder. Small enough to fit in a "pocket" or saddlebag, they rode along on the hunt. The larger hounds would run the prey to ground, then the hunters would release the small dogs to continue the chase through underbrush. Elizabeth I referred to the dogs as her singing beagles and often entertained guests at her royal table by letting her Pocket Beagles cavort amid their plates and cups.[5] Nineteenth century sources refer to these breeds interchangeably and it is possible that the two names refer to the same small variety. In George Jesse's Researches into the History of the British Dog from 1866, the early 17th century poet and writer Gervase Markham is quoted referring to the Beagle as small enough to sit on a man's hand and to the:
little small mitten-beagle, which may be companion for a ladies kirtle, and in the field will run as cunningly as any hound whatere, only their musick is very small like reeds.[6]
Standards for the Pocket Beagle were drawn up as late as 1901; these genetic lines are now extinct, although modern breeders have attempted to recreate the variety
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Bas-relief Number 3 from the 2nd century AD in the Tang-e Chowgan gorge by Bishapur is extremely worn by a flooding after an aqueduct was constructed in the gorge in the 1960s. The aqueduct wasn't removed until the 1970s, by which time a deep groove had formed throughout the gorge damaging this relief between the fourth and fifth register, near the bottom. Regardless of the damage, the rich detailing of its former glory can still clearly be distinguished.
There are many Sassanid bas reliefs in throughout the Sassanid Empire, with some excellent examples of 'vistory' and 'equestrian' reliefs found in Naqsh-e Rostam and Nasqsh-e Rajab (photos coming soon).
Bishapur' s 'Relief Number 3' is often referred to as Shapur's Victory. 'Triple Victory' would have been a more apt description. The great quantity of horsemen firmly makes this an equestrian victory relief, but the gift bearers are reminiscent of the Achaemenid Eastern Apadana Staircase reliefs in Persepolis, while the cavalries are similar to those depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome.
Sassanid King Shapur I is depicted at the heart of the relief, roughly in the centre of the third register, on his horse and victorious over three Roman Emperors.
The upper left first and second registers and lower left fourth and fifth registers the show the cavalry approaching from the left, as with all Sassanid reliefs. Notwithstanding the flood groove in the fifth register, the use of less well defined figures located on the lower registers would suggest this to represent lower orders of the cavalry.
The middle left third register shows the best defined horse riding figures, probably representing the courtiers and officers of the cavalry.
The upper right first and second registers depict people carrying tribute by way of gifts and offerings to Shapur. Unlike the identifyiable Eastern Apadana Staircase reliefs of Persepolis the graphical identitfication of the ethnicity of the gift bearers is somewhat open to speculation, but the most agreeable interpretation is that these figures depict Romans.
The middle right third register shows the well defined infantry section approaching Shapur from the right. Apart from he Romans there is also the curious presence of an elephant on the extreme right...
The lower right fourth and fifthe registers are damaged by the flooding, which makes identification of the gift bearing figures more difficult, but even before the erosion there has always been speculation about these figures
See also Bishapur Reliefs Number 1, Number 2, Number 4, Number 5, Number 6
Due to the challenging form and placement of this relief, this is not strictly speaking a photo (hence no EXIF metadata), but a rather composite, like the Chehel Sotun composite.
The life size figures of this relief all together form a notable size, and certainly the largest relief in Bishapur. Photographing it is easy lightwise and access wise. The light was perfect to create the shadows required to define the relief and there is some 10-15 metres of space in front of the relief. Yet it is difficult to maintain relations and proportions, due to the curvature of the relief which is accentuated by the convergent lines created its sheer height. A pair of binoculars are a useful tool when viewing this actual relief in the Tang-e Chogan Gorge. This gave me the idea to shoot the relief in five photos per register, and thus 25 shots in total, with the longest lens available to me - the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR with the 2x multiplier - to minimise convergence and curvature. I then shot a reference shot with the Sigma 10-20mm, which I 'deconverged' and 'uncurved' in photoshop before expanding it to 12000 by 8635 (well over a meter wide at 300dpi) as a base to deconverge, decurve and place the 25 detail shots, each measuring 2852 by 3872 pixels. Apart from accentuating the shadows and highlights and sharpening the overall composite a little, the result is very much as it appears in Bishapur, albeit hopefully easier to view.
The uploaded version is a much lower resolution version than the actual composite, but seven detail shots are uploaded individually at about half the original resolution, while the centre piece featuring Shapur is uploaded at full resolution.
Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates....
- H L Mencken
9th July, 2009 (4.30 pm IST) - BTW, a colleague of mine just told me about an abandoned kitten outside my office, that had just escaped from the clutches of a dog! That simply means another addition to my family. :)
She's very thin, and has big watery eyes and is limping slightly & is snuggled in my back pack while I'm wrapping up for the day :) Will put some pictures of her tomorrow if she poses for me in the morning after her tummy is full :)
Got to go.... Good night flickr. :)
Shooting into the light is like taking it on the chin! I love the challenge and offcourse the result! Summer woodland after a bout of July rain in Glen Maye.
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The activity of so many boats has stirred the bottom and muddied the waters of the strait.
From the stern of the Tractor Tugboat Andrew Foss. I'm very fortunate to be standing here. It was also a sad day, as the 887-foot Battleship IOWA is headed to the "Mothball Fleet" in Suisun Bay, California; there she'll languish for 10 years, before being saved for future generations.
The Iowa's three sister battleships already have found permanent homes as museum ships.
BB-62 New Jersey is in Camden, New Jersey.
BB-63 Missouri is at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
BB-64 Wisconsin is at Norfolk, Virginia .... and NOW the last,
BB-61 Iowa is at San Pedro, California (Port of Los Angeles)
Go to Battleship Iowa's website, www.pacificbattleship.com...
AND go to the "albums" on this Flickr page, scrolling down to albums beginning with "Battleship Iowa" and "BB-61" - here's one of the largest albums: www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/albums/72157663712763495
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IOWA opened to the public on the 4th of July, 2012 in San Pedro, CA at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA).
Note 'Konabish' in blue letters on the tug ;)
Edited Aqua MODIS PR image of smoke from the Camp Fire burning in Paradise, California.
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Original caption: By September, 2018, California’s destructive, wildfire season made new records when the Mendocino Complex Fire consumed more than 410,000 acres to become the largest wildfire in that state’s history. Ignited on July 27 and declared 100 percent contained on September 18. That fire also destroyed 157 homes, and killed a firefighter.
Less than 2 months later, a new fire has reached the record books as the most destructive fire in California’s history. As of November 10, the Camp Fire had charred 100,000 acres, destroyed 6,453 homes and 260 commercial buildings, with some early estimates of more than $2.9 billion in damages. Nine fatalities have been confirmed, although late on November 10 local media reported that Butte County government officials announced that 23 persons had been confirmed killed with 100 more missing. Prior to the Camp Fire, California’s most destructive fire was the Tubbs Fire which burned 36,807 acres in Napa and Sonoma counties and destroyed 5,636 structures. The Tubbs Fire burned in October 2017, killing 22 people. The most deadly fire in California history was the Tunnel Fire. In October, 1991, that fire killed 25 people as it burned in Alameda County.
On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of Sacramento, California. Strong winds pushed the fire to the south and southwest overnight, tripling its size and spreading smoke over the Sacramento Valley. More than 2,000 personnel have been sent to fight the Camp Fire, which is predicted to be fully contained by Nov. 30. Firefighters are having difficulty containing it due to strong winds, which fan the flames and carry burning vegetation downwind. The area also has heavy and dry fuel loads, or flammable material.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image on November 9. Heavy dark gray smoke rises from the large burn area and pours across the state and over the Pacific Ocean.
Many new fires have started in recent days in tinder-dry California with the flames fanned by high wind, low humidity, and warm temperatures. As of November 10, the National Interagency Fire Center reported five “major” fires burning across the state. These include the Camp Fire, the Alder and Mountaineer Fires in Sequoia National Forest, Eden Fire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, and the Woolsey and Hill Fires in Ventura County.
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Tujuan operasi kali ini bersifat serampang dua mata berdasarkan kepada permintaan dan keadaan seperti yang tertera dibawah :-
Permintaan
Operasi ini adalah satu permintaan dari sahabat-sahabat fotographer yang mahukan satu operasi bercorakkan sessi/bengkel fotograpi untuk bukan sahaja mengambil gambar flora dan fauna tapi juga untuk bertukar-tukar pendapat dan menimba ilmu photographi dari sahabat-sahabat photographer yang lebih berpengetahuan.
Keadaan
Berdasarkan kepada laporan dari operasi terbaharu yakni pada bulan Nov 2008, keadaan sampah di AT Lansir berada pada paras yang membimbangkan. Oleh itu pihak KHK ingin melakukan satu operasi kecil membersihkan/memulihara keadaan di AT Lansir supaya ianya tidak menjadi lebih parah.
Merujuk kepada pekara-pekara diatas, pihak KHK mengalu-alukan penyertaan dari mereka2 yang berminat samaada untuk menimba ilmu photographi ataupun mereka2 yang berminat untuk melakukan kerja2 amal pemuliharaan hutan. - markas.bintang3.net/viewtopic.php?t=2547
For others photos activity can be review here - markas.bintang3.net/viewtopic.php?t=2581
"OK... on a count of 3... " Simon and his brothers were supposed to be home over an hour ago. Mama was gonna be hoppin' mad, but the crazy old troll had taken forever to doze off so they could make a break for it."
These adorable little field mice were photographed by Catherine Houston (iolanthe on flickr). Sadly, Catherine passed away last January. Her photostream is still up and running, thanks to her sister, Ruth, so please feel free to visit and enjoy her love of animals and nature through her lovely photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/iolanthe/
thanks to nicolas gent for the awesome sky texture
www.flickr.com/photos/21680590@N06/5525811456/in/set-7215...
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模特兒:
陳世承
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簡廷倪
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湯思祈
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004023167785&fref=ts
陳亭妤
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001360149209&fref=ts
吳采倩
www.facebook.com/yoyo.0521?fref=ts
戴良銳
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攝影師
張家偉
Worklog (French) : www.overclocking-pc.fr/forums/showthread.php?58465-Waterc...
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Configuration :
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU: Hexacore Intel Core i7 4930K
RAM: 4x4 Go de Ram Corsair Dominator Platinum 2666 CAS 10
GPU: 3way-SLI GeForce GTX TITAN
Sound Card : Asus Essence STX II with 7.1 daugther card
SSD : Crucial MX 100 (512 Go)
HDD:
- WD Vélociraptor (1To)
- WD Green (2To)
- WD (1To)
Case : Phanteks Enthoo Primo
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Watercooling Material :
Waterblock :
-CPU / Motherboard - EK Water Blocks - Kit for Southbridge, Mosfets/VRM & CPU - EK-FB KIT ASUS R5E Monoblock - Nickel / Acetal
-GPU-
- XSPC - WaterBlock VGA Razor TITAN / 780 / 780 Ti
- XSPC Backplate.
Thermal Compound :
- Gelid GC Extreme Thermal Compound
- Phobya thermal Pad XT 7W/mk 1mm
- Phobya thermal Pad XT 7W/mk 0.5mm
Pump :
- 2x Laing DDC 3.25 TP 12 Volts
- XSPC - Top Plexi DOUBLE for 2 Pumps Laing DDC V2
- 2x EK Water Blocks - EK-DDC Heatsink Housing - black
Fitting :
- Nanoxia Coolforce Acrylic Fittings 10/12
- Nanoxia Coolforce flex Fittings 10/13
- Some Barrow Fittings
- Koolance QD3 Quick Disconnect No-Spill Coupling 10/13
Tubing :
- Acrylic Tubing 10/12 [OK]
- Transparent Masterkleer flex Tubing 10/13
Reservoir :
- Alphacool - Reservoir HF 38 Cape Cyclone 250 V.2
Liquide :
- KooLance -High Performances 700mL - LIQ-702CL-B
Radiator :
- Alphacool - Radiateur NexXxoS Monsta 360 [Push/Pull]
- Alphacool - Radiateur NexXxoS UT60 Full Cuivre 360 [Push/Pull]
- Watercool MO-RA3 360 PRO black (3x360mm Rad) [Push]
Rhéobus :
- Lamptron CW611
- Hub Phanteks 11 Fan
- 2x PCB Y Phobya 8 Fan
Fan :
- Aerocool Dead Silence black (120mm & 140mm)
- Aerocool Dead Silence white (120mm)
- Phanteks PH-F140SP white LEDs (140mm)
Controleur :
- AquaComputer - temperature sensor 1/4"
- Barrow flowmeter 1/4"
Depuis le 3 Octobre, plus de 200 familles dorment dans la rue de la Banque pour protester contre l'absence de logements décents. Français ou immigrés en situation régulière, tous travaillent mais vivent dans des conditions déplorables: le plus souvent à l'hôtel, ou dans des appartements minuscules, parfois menacés d'expulsion.
Ce 25 Novembre, une grande fête a été organisée pour célébrer la naissance de 4 bébés parmi les familles de la rue de la Banque depuis le début du campement. Ici, l'un d'entre eux avec sa mère.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set