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HBM!!!! :D
Special thanks to my dad who moved the bench and three different vehicles around the back and front yard, trying to get the headlights just right for this picture. :)
Deer In The Headlights by Owl City One of my favorite music videos. ^_^
I am doing well! So much going on this week! Work, and preparing my grandma's old house to move into (She's doing fine, just at an assisted living care center now), and Saturday Is my best friend's wedding!!! :D
I'm so happy for her!!
Next week school stars, and I'm glad, but also wish I had another week or two to get ready for it.
Also, we are starting up a young adult group at my church finally! I'm really excited about it :D
So that's what's up with me!
I hope you all had a wonderful Monday and have a blessed rest of the week!
:D
my bench monday group (you should join!)
Oh The Places You'll Go! <New group! Check it out!
PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR MY FRIEND ANDREW! (He's doing so much better!! Thanks for all your prayers!)
Sant Romà de Sau, Girona (Spain).
Title thanks to / Título gracias a carolinabalmes (Karol).
ENGLISH
The reservoir of Sau, constructed between 1949 and 1962, covered the town of Sant Romà de Sau, the rest of which, specially of the bell tower of the romnesque church of 11th century, they are visible when the level of the dammed water is low and at times of drought prolonged the town is in the open and even it is possible to visit.
The origins of Sau go back to year 917, and the parochial church to 11th century. The present population formed in 1962 when finalizing the construction of the dam and the waters had to cover the old town of Sant Romà de Sau. Although he was enough uninhabited (in the nomenclator of 1860 the parish appeared like “uninhabited”), counted with some masias, a Romanesque bridge and a Romanesque church of 11th century of Lombard style.
At the moment of the photos the reservoir is approximately at 10% of its capacity, its historical minimum, mainly because the long run drought that has been undergoing this part of Catalunya for years. The proliferation of nonnative fish introduced by practisers of sport fishing, the low water level and the high insolation of the zone cause a high level of plancton and microscopic seaweed that contaminates the water, reason why in autumn of the 2005 began a draining of this dam in the one of Susqueda to improve the quality of the drinking water, and the collection of fish before they die by lack of oxygen and gets worse still more the quality of the water. Rains of October 2005 temporarily interrupted the draining, that has become to reactivate at beginning of 2008.
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CASTELLANO
El pantano de Sau, construido entre 1949 y 1962, cubrió el pueblo de Sant Romà de Sau, los restos del cual, especialmente del campanario de la iglesia románica del siglo XI, son visibles cuando el nivel del agua embalsada es bajo e incluso en épocas de sequia prolongada el pueblo queda al descubierto y es posible visitarlo.
Los orígenes de Sau se remontan al año 917, y la iglesia parroquial al siglo XI. La población actual se formó cuando en 1962 al finalizar la construcción del embalse y las aguas debían cubrir el antiguo pueblo de Sant Romà de Sau. Aunque estaba bastante despoblado (en el nomenclátor de 1860 la parroquia figuraba como "deshabitada"), contaba con algunas masías, un puente románico y una iglesia de estilo románico lombardo del siglo XI.
En el momento de las fotos el embalse está aproximadamente al 10% de su capacidad, su mínimo histórico, debido principalmente a la larga sequía que sufre esta parte de Catalunya desde hace años. La proliferación de peces no autóctonos introducidos por practicantes de pesca deportiva, el bajo nivel de agua y la alta insolación de la zona provocan un alto nivel de plancton y algas microscópicas que contaminan el agua, por lo que en otoño del 2005 se inició un vaciado de este embalse en el de Susqueda para mejorar la calidad del agua potable, y la recogida de peces antes de que mueran por falta de oxígeno y empeore aún más la calidad del agua. Las lluvias de octubre del 2005 interrumpieron temporalmente el vaciado, que se ha vuelto a reactivar a primeros del 2008.
This ran in shorter, more readable form on Seattlest.
This is Red Mill Burgers, in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood at 1613 West Dravus.
This store opened in 1998. The first store was a bit north in the Phinney Ridge, and opened a few years earlier.
The old photo at the Seattle Municipal Archives shows the same building in 1960, with "Interbay Pharmacy" painted on the side. Needless to say there was no Starbucks in the background.
Whenever I look at photos taken by government employees, I think "why?" More than 9 times out of 10 there was a good reason to take the photo and then subsequently archive it -- it wasn't a random photo like you or I take. Sometimes you can tell by the file that it's in, or the assession number. Other times it's the story of the building or business that clear it up. It takes a bit of digging to find that.
A quick web search shows that Interbay Pharmacy is older than 1960. Google Books has several trade magazines like a 1907 edition of "The Pharmaceutical Era" which mention Interbay Pharmacy. This first mention is worth quoting:
"W. S. Pierce, proprietor of the Interbay Pharmacy, Seattle, Wash., was blown by a gas explosion from the rear end of his store almost to the front door the other day. When he opened his store, Pierce started a fire in the gas stove, but he had no sooner applied the match to the jet than he felt himself propelled toward the door. The explosion had driven out the glass, thus making a clear path into the street."
A 1916 issue of "The Era Druggist's Directory of the United States..." lists Interbay Pharmacy, but gives a different address: 1500 Grand Boulevard. I've looked at enough engouh old plat maps of Magnolia to know that Dravus used to be known as Grand Boulevard. So the pharmacy used to be over at 15th.
But we're still missing the story here. I'm going to switch to tutorial mode to show you how I found out the "why" and at the same time learned an important part of this neighborhood's history.
When I'm dealing with a property, after a quick web search the next thing I like to do is open King County's Property Viewer or iMap to check it out. I'll cheat for you. Here's 15th and Dravus. Down in the bottom right, expand "Imagery" and choose "1936 B/W Aerial Photos". After the map refreshes, it shows that 15th Avenue used to look quite a bit different. It was just a small local road like 14th or 16th. 1500 Dravus, which would be the northwest corner, is right in the middle of the blank space. (The square are property, and long lines are roads; blank space is public property, usually streets.)
The assessor's report for 1613 Dravus, meanwhile, tells us that the Red Mill building was constructed in 1959.
The scenario is beginning to play out... a city employee photographs the new home of Interbay Pharmacy in 1960. The old home at some point became a city street.
The next step is to hit the Seattle Times archives and see what it says. These archives are one of the greatest and most frustratingly hidden secrets in local history. 1900-1923 are currently only available through a database called World Newspaper Archive, available locally through the University of Washington. From 1923-1980 are also covered in a database called America's GenealogyBank, which you can get at from home with your library card, click the link here.
I narrowed the search to newspapers, in Washington, and just for the kewords "15th widening" in 1952-1960. Result #4, 1959-06-02 page 20, is perfect:
"The city began condemnation proceedings in Superior Court... yesterday for widening 15th Avenue West form West Garfield Street to the Ballard Bridge.
"Twenty-two feet will be taken on much of the west side of the avenue. The east side will not be affected.
...
"A six-lane depressed roadway will go beneath Dravus Street, whish will remain at its present grade.
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"Wilcox said 98 pieces of real estate are involved. He said settlements are being arranged with all but five owners."
So there's our story. Interbay Pharmacy, as well as all of the other pioneer businesses at the intersection of 15th and "Grand Boulevard" -- and all of the well-established homes on the main street between Seattle and Ballard -- were destroyed in 1959 to widen 15th to add six lanes of traffic.
It's odd that such a big deal is made about Interstate 5 and the other freeways, but no one talks about major widening projects like this. The monorail project which was supposed to be built to Ballard would have run on 15th. I remember an editorial in the Times or PI which railed that 15th was inhospitable to people, it was a car street that wasn't built for mass transit. There were so many editorials arguing that we couldn't afford to transform our city, which was built for car travel. But when you really look back, you find that our city was, of course NOT built for cars, but built for streetcars and people. We spent truckloads of money to rebuild it for cars.
Strips like 15th are still recovering from the economic hammer that was dropped.
BTW, Red Mill has great burgers. Get some onion rings while you're at it! There's bus service on 15th if you can afford the time and money.
Brandmeldeanlage, Graf-Zeppelin-Platz
Vermutlich löste wieder mal im Meilenwerk die Brandmeldeanlage aus.
Fehlalarm !!
Die Feuerwache im Röhrer Weg
Die reine Brandbekämpfung macht mit nur rund einem Drittel tatsächlich den geringsten Anteil der Feuerwehrarbeit aus.
Die Feuerwehr heute ist also weit mehr als „nur eine Gruppe zur Brandbekämpfung“; sie ist ein Dienstleister für die Sicherheit der Gesellschaft. Diese Leistungen kommen der Bevölkerung, Industrie, Gewerbe, Handwerk und Handel sowie der Natur und der Umwelt zugute.
Durch diese Vielfältigkeit ist die Feuerwehr in der heutigen Zeit gemeinsam mit den anderen Hilfs- und Rettungsdiensten das Rückgrat nicht nur der kommunalen Daseinsvorsorge, sondern auch des gesamten Katastrophenschutzes im Land. Die Feuerwehr hat ihren Platz in diesem – in der Welt einzigartigen - System zum Schutz unserer Städte und Gemeinden. Anders als in anderen Ländern wird dieser Schutz nämlich weit überwiegend durch freiwillige und nicht durch hauptberufliche Kräfte sichergestellt – eben durch Bürger in Uniform. In Böblingen und Dagersheim sind dies 143 Männer und Frauen, die im Notfall alles stehen und liegen lassen, um anderen Menschen zu helfen. Rund um die Uhr, 365 Tage im Jahr.
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Retten, löschen, bergen, schützen
Die Aufgaben der Feuerwehr:
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Retten ist die Abwendung einer Lebensgefahr von Menschen und Tieren durch Sofortmaßnahmen sowie das Befreien aus einer Zwangslage durch technische Rettungsmaßnahmen. Zum Beispiel bei Bränden oder Verkehrsunfällen.
Das Löschen, der sogenannte abwehrende Brandschutz, ist die älteste Aufgabe der Feuerwehr.
Die Feuerwehr kann weiterhin für das Bergen von Sachgütern, Tieren oder Menschen verantwortlich sein.
Zu dem Bereich Schützen zählt der vorbeugende Brandschutz, zum Beispiel die Bereitstellung von Brandsicherheitswachen bei öffentlichen Veranstaltungen und die Kontrolle von Hydranten und Löscheinrichtungen. Der vorbeugende Brandschutz soll Brände im Vorfeld vermeiden und die Bevölkerung schon im Kindesalter auf Gefahren aufmerksam machen, zum Beispiel durch Brandschutzerziehung in Kindergärten und Grundschulen.
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Feuerwehr Böblingen
Florian Böblingen 01/33 (BB-2312)
Drehleiter mit Korb (DLK 23/12) der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Böblingen.
DLA (K) 23/12 GL CS - Drehleiter mit Korb -
Funkrufname: Florian Böblingen 1/33
Besatzung: 1/2
Fahrgestell:
MB Atego
Typ:
1528
Aufbau:
Magirus
Erstzulassung:
20.09.2004
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Die Kreisstadt Böblingen liegt im "Speckgürtel" der ca. 17 Kilometer (bis Stadtmitte) entfernten Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Über 47.000 Einwohner und breitgefächerte Ansiedlung von Weltfirmen wie zum Beispiel Agilent Technologies, Daimler, Eisenmann, Hewlett-Packard, IBM Research & Development und Philips Medizintechnik bilden die Rahmenbedingungen für eine große Freiwillige Feuerwehr mit hauptamtlichen Kräften.
Die Freiwillige Feuerwehr Böblingen besteht aus den Abteilungen Böblingen und Dagersheim mit je einem eigenen Standort. Beide Abteilungen rücken im Einsatzfall gemeinsam aus. Das heißt, bei jedem Alarm werden Kameraden von Böblingen und Dagersheim alarmiert, die vom jeweiligen Standort abrücken und dadurch gute Einsatzzeiten erreichen.
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This is the weirdest pice of rock I've seen. Taken on the way up the mountain where I shot my last upload. this rock is in the middle of the trail. The weird thing about it is all the small holes that makes it look like the surface of a golf ball. All the way up the mountain the rocks were like this. Not only this type of sand coloured rock, but "normal" grey rock as well. (PLease excuse my horrible geological skills).
Anyway, I liked the way the sun coming in from the left giving character to the mountain in the back while at the same time lighting the foreground. A great sky over the background mountains which the pola really made "pop" was the icing on the cake.
Canon 5D
Canon 17-40 @ 17mm
f/16
1/2sec
ISO100
Lee .9 soft ND grad.
Heliopan polarizer
Cheers
Håkon
PS: Thanks for all your comments and favs! Trying to reach over as many other photo streams as I can!
Random facts about me, because i am bored. No i wasn't tagged, i usually ignore it when i am so consider it a make up for all the ones i ignored.
1. i am a natural blond, and i love it. In fact i miss my blond hair very much.
2.i have to brush my teeth in the shower. Even if i brushed them 15 min earlier and then decided to take a shower, i would have to brush them again...it is what i do while i let my hair condition for 2 min. I suppose that makes me somewhat OCD.
3. In Middle school, i was what they now call "goth" i hadn't heard that term back then, but it is what i would be called now if i were still in school. My girl Becky and i, and 3 other girls, Arrington, Michelle, and Christina (who was there on and off) we were all the "freaks" of school. lol. At one point in time we actually got called names like satan, LMAO! Now keep in mind, we went to school in a very rich snobby ass city, and we just didn't conform to the standards i suppose ;)
4.i drink Rockstar energy drinks like a crack head lsmokes rocks. I lie and say i only drink UP TO 3 a day, but i usually drink more. Sick, i know.
5. i hate dark meat
6. speaking of meat, i cannot eat chicken that i have handeled and prepared.
7. i will make my kid smell something to see if it smells OK before i wi=would ever do it. eww. lol
8. i am deathly afraid of spiders
9. i am obsessed with words, i say it all the time, if you use fun adjectives, and you aren't a lazy speaker (even though i am at times) i will probably want to talk to you more, just to listen to you talk.
10.hmmm, always the last one to get you stuck....i used to wear a biker jacket. i loved it to death, it smelled like my perfume i wore religiously, ciggarette smoke, and leather, and it made my nose sing, i loved the smell so much. One day we were partying over an old..friends house, and were at a bonfire, so the coat came off. I never saw it again, and i came to find out, a girl about 3 times the size of me stole it...nice.
Cubelles, Barcelona (Spain).
Effects of the East storms. / Efectos de los temporales de levante.
ENGLISH
The reclaimed wetlands of the river Foix estuary have made this area into one of the main attractions of the town. The River Foix, which is dry during most of the year due to construction of the Foix Resservoir is another of the most emblematic places in Cubelles. At the Foix estuary, you can spend the day enjoying nature and birthwatching, or at one of the picnic areas. This zone is also intended for school visits, as it is a place where children can study the ecosystem of a Mediterranean river such as the Foix.
The estuary is separated from the sea by a sand barrier which has accumulated over time, due to sea currents and rainwater sediments, forming freshwater laguens behind the barrier. The natural area of the Foix Delta has a branch of land that sticks out into the sea. This was formed during the floods of 1994 and joins onto another branch, leaving an island in the middle. Tourists can visit the island by crossing a wooden footbridge.
Source: www.cubelles.net/docs/20050211004068.htm
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CASTELLANO
La recuperación de los espacios húmedos de la desembocadura del río Foix ha convertido la zona en una de las de mayor atractivo del municipio. El río Foix -que desde la construcción del pantano del Foix está la mayor parte del año seco- es otro de los elementos más emblemáticos de los cubellenses. En la desembocadura del Foix, además de poder pasar un día rodeado de la Naturaleza, se puede observar el comportamiento de las aves autóctonas de esta zona o disfrutar de las áreas de picnic. El espacio también está dirigido a las escuelas, que pueden visitar y estudiar el ecosistema de un río mediterráneo, como es el del Foix.
Su desembocadura está separada del mar por una barrera de arena acumulada por las corrientes marítimas y los depósitos pluviales, formando lagunas de agua dulce en su interior. El Espacio Natural del Delta del Foix, mantiene el brazo de salida al mar que se formó por las riadas de 1994, a la que se ha añadido un segundo brazo dejando una isla en el medio, conectada con la zona de entretenimiento a través de unas pasarelas de madera. Otra pasarela de madera sobre uno de los brazos del río, sirve de punto de observación del desarrollo natural de la desembocadura del Foix.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN CALLS GABRIEL (1 of 1) /
SHIN LLAMA A GABRIEL (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 38 of 38) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Shin: (How many problems! Everybody here has a personal drama... And I also have to eat the troubles of the rest, damn me! … XD)
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Shin: (Que de marrones! Aquí todo dios tiene un culebrón personal, vaya tela... Y encima tengo que comerme los marrones de los demás, manda cojones... XD)
LINKS:
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Gabriel en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Gabriel en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Saw Canceled and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr
Im going to be very nervous this wednesday as i get to meet Sebastian Boyesen.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00szzhv/Angel_of_the_Valleys/
While i was at The Miner today was talking to a local who's Husbands father and his brother died in the disaster
Sorry for the poor quality low resolution uploads as you may have gathered this is my first commission for a book on the mining disaster.
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Tragedy at Six Bells
By David John Withers, Brynmawr
My father worked in the colliery all his life and I sort of followed him into the pit. I went to work in Six Bells Colliery at 17 years of age.
When I first went on the 0.18 coal face as a collier's helper I was introduced to my 'batty' Reggie Poe who showed me the tools we were using and two chalk marks 15 yards apart on the coal face. This was our working place, 15 yards long by 4-foot-6 deep by 5 feet high. I thought 'bloody hell' - it seemed a huge amount of coal to shift.
Although the other coal faces in our district were more modern with hydraulic roof supports, we were still using the older friction posts and linked bars. I've still got the scars where one of the bars came down on me!
We had quite a few problems with gas on the 0.18 coal face and the dust was killing. At times the conveyor would start up and you couldn't see each other until the dust settled down.
As boys we often refused to go onto the face because of the amounts of dust there - being youngsters we stuck together even when the officials threatened to send us home. It wasn't much of a threat as I was only earning about £6 odd!
I had been working about two years when the explosion happened. I was working on the 0.18 face at Six Bells on the 'turning shift' and arrived at the colliery on the bus to see the place in turmoil and heard that an explosion had happened. As the explosion had occurred at our place of work, we offered to go down and help as we knew the place, but the Rescue Brigade had it under control and wouldn't let us go down.
It's hard to say my feelings about it all. We knew there was gas there and they said a spark had set it off. I had mostly enjoyed the colliery up to then. I remember four of the men who died - I used to give them snuff with powdered bark mixed in as a joke - there was a good spirit amongst the men at the pit.
Once the explosion had happened it put me off. I finished and I put my notice in soon after. I was too young to lose my life in the colliery. If I had been working the day shift that week it would have been me. The explosion opened my eyes to the dangers and I went into the construction industry instead - I was always good with my hands. The pit made me grow up.
The deaths of 45 men killed 50 years ago in a colliery explosion have been remembered with a service at the site.
A gas explosion ripped through the Six Bells colliery near Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent at 10.45am on 28 June 1960.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, led a service of remembrance at the site.
He also unveiled a memorial to the tragedy, a 20m high sculpture of a miner by Sebastian Boyesen.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN VISITS NOIREL (1 of 1) /
SHIN VISITA A NOIREL (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 36 of 55) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Noirel: Hahahaha, XD What are you doing?? ^_^u
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Noirel: Jajajajaja, XD Pero que haces?? ^_^u
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
bighugelabs.com/flickr/scout.php?username=edson+costa&...
Senhor, fazei-me instrumento de vossa paz.
Onde houver ódio, que eu leve o amor,
Onde houver ofensa , que eu leve o perdão,
Onde houver discórdia, que eu leve a união,
Onde houver dúvida, que eu leve a fé,
Onde houver erro, que eu leve a verdade,
Onde houver desespero, que eu leve a esperança,
Onde houver tristeza, que eu leve a alegria,
Onde houver trevas, que eu leve a luz.
Ó Mestre, fazei que eu procure mais
consolar que ser consolado;
compreender que ser compreendido,
amar, que ser amado.
Pois é dando que se recebe
é perdoando que se é perdoado
e é morrendo que se vive para a vida eterna...
© Brian Callahan 2009 All rights reserved.
The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and locally as the Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building, named after real estate developer Donald Trump, was designed by architect Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Bovis Lend Lease built the 96-story structure, which reached a height of 1,362 feet (415 m) including its spire, its roof topping out at 1,170 feet (360 m). It is adjacent to the main branch of the Chicago River, with a view of the entry to Lake Michigan beyond a series of bridges over the river. The building received publicity when the winner of the first season of The Apprentice television show, Bill Rancic, chose to manage the construction of the tower.
Trump announced in 2001 that the skyscraper would become the tallest building in the world, but after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the building plans were scaled back, and its design has undergone several revisions. When topped out in 2009 it became the second-tallest building in the United States after Chicago's Willis (Formerly known as "Sears") Tower It is expected to be surpassed by the Freedom Tower in New York City in the middle of 2013, and by the currently on-hold Chicago Spire if completed. Trump Tower surpassed Chicago's John Hancock Center as the building with the world's highest residence above ground-level and will hold this title until the Burj Dubai claims it.
The design of the building includes, from the ground up, retail space, a parking garage, a hotel, and condominiums. The 339-room hotel opened for business with limited accommodations and services on January 30, 2008. April 28, 2008 marked the grand opening with full accommodation and services. A restaurant on the 16th floor, called Sixteen, opened in early 2008 to favorable reviews for its cuisine, decor, location, architecture, and view.
The building topped out in late 2008 and construction was completed in 2009.
For Christmas '08, my wife got me a nice shaving kit which included a Gillette Mach 3 razor. (featured here) I used it for a year, and was about to buy another pack of M3s when I realized how freaking expensive they were. I decided to give a Double Edge razor a shot. My per razor cost went from $2.25 to ¢10 (¢25 if I splurge and get the really nice ones.) The dirty little secret that Gillette doesn't want you to know: disposable cartridges with multiple blades do not necessarily give you a better shave. They're simply a matter of convenience, but that convenience comes at a price. If you'd rather not do the DE razor, go with something like a trac II, Atra, or Sensor... anything else is just more expensive, not better. Eventually, using the DE is just second nature.
I used that for a few months and decided to give a straight raozr a shot. Some say it's the closest shave you'll ever have, but I'm not quite there yet. I haven't got the nerve to go against the grain. One thing though... it feels kind of bad ass to shave with a straight. It takes me probably an extra 5-10 minutes to shave this way than it would with a regular razor, but it's worth it. No more wasting of plastic cartridges... and my use of DE razors is greatly reduced.
For this shot, I used a cross processing technique. Here's the tutorial I used. It's specific to GIMP. Mr. Sharp referred me to one for photoshop... I couldn't quite get it to work, which I think is the result of not having 'effect layers' in gimp. I probably could have adapted it to work in GIMP, but the other one seems to work on a similar premise, and required no translation on my part.
I also did the orton effect, in conjunction with the "smart sharpen" (see previous) The smart sharpen is quite a few steps, but worth it.
Question for those that might know: this cross processing technique is very similar to what I've seen for lomo effect. The end result is somewhat similar too. Makes sense because the distinctive use that lomos became famous for was because the film was developed with a cross process technique. So, my question is, what distinguishes digital lomo edits from other types of cross processing?
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2.000.000 heavy Trucks are crossing Tyrol per Year - Trend straight upwards. Tyrol has the shortest and lowest Way through the Alps (Brennerpass). But the EU don't even allow us to collect the Road Charge, that we want and we must tolerate the Trucks without any Limit, because the EU commands us (and our wise Politicians made a glorious "Century-Contract" with them - that's how they called this Contract 15 Years ago...). So we don't have that clean, fresh Air which you may believe. The Inntal-Valley - which crosses Tyrol - is a whole Smog-Dome.
I hope this desastrous "Union" goes to Hell soon - the Chances are good.
Experimenting...
This genre of photography is new to me.Looking at the works of many here, i thought it would be fun to experiment with what i could find in my home....
The collection of this bright shiny red seeds was gifted by the girl who used to take care of my ma-in-law.She found them in our backyard and the collection grew as days passed by.
I did find a very interesting story on this beautiful seeds that are also associated with Lord Krishna from a blog by Anjali Menon (April 2008).
The lucky red seeds or Manjadikuru are placed in Krishna temples in the state of Kerala, India. The origin of this practice lies in folklore of the temple of Guruvayur. Guruvayur temple houses the deity of Vishnu, and this particular idol is believed to have been worshipped by Lord Krishna of Dwaraka in ancient Hindu mythology. According to the story, a peasant woman who lived in the northern province of Kerala was an ardent devotee of Krishna and aspired to someday visit Guruvayur temple. It was customary to bring offerings to the temple, but she was too poor to afford any gifts. She knew of an old tree that shed beautiful shiny red seeds, so she gathered a pouchful of them. Leaving the safety of her home and loved ones, she set out on her quest to reach Guruvayur. It was a long, perilous journey on foot during which she had to traverse rivers and deep forests.....
I hope you found the shot and the accompanying story interesting...
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This is a vertorama made of 2 sets of images taken with a wide angle lens. Much distortion correction was required. I was trying to get a less distorted view that still showed the entire arc and the buildings behind. It ended up in square format.
I love the "Labor Legacy Landmark". In my humble(?) opinion, it is the finest piece of public art in Michigan.
The Labor Legacy Landmark
With its shining arch rising 63 feet above the ground, the Labor Legacy Landmark, "Transcending," draws attention to itself as one of the newest additions to the Detroit skyline. The piece, commissioned by the Michigan Labor Legacy Project and funded solely through donations from union members without the aid of public or corporate money, is designed to celebrate the history and contributions of labor. The only such monument in the United States, the Labor Legacy Landmark is the work of local sculptors David Barr and Sergio De Giusti.
Barr, a teacher of sculpture and an internationally acclaimed artist, created the "Four Corners Project," in which he placed four carved marble tetrahedrons at equidistant sites around the globe, in effect creating the largest sculpture ever made. The Italian-born De Giusti is best known for his representative relief works, on display at public institutions throughout the state and around the world. One of De Giusti's works,a nine-foot bronze freestanding relief, is prominently displayed at the main plaza of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Building.
Barr, whose work is primarily abstract and symbolic, sought out the collaboration with De Giusti in order to add a more intimate dimension to the project. Both men envisioned something other than the funereal, European tradition of famous leaders commemorated by solemn statues. Instead, they set out to create a space - an environment where viewers can enjoy art as they come to understand and appreciate the struggles of labor.
From afar, (the piece can be seen from Canada) the work's great stainless steel arch is its most visible aspect. The notched, rounded arch resembles the ubiquitous symbol of labor - the gear and serves as a testament to labor's spirit of exuberance and defiance.
"Transcending's" circular form also stands in contrast to the city's grid-like design as a symbol of inclusion. The bottom of the gear appears to merge into the earth. Barr says, "The world drives industry and labor, and industry and labor drive the world."
The arch rests on a circular, raised dais, and is partially encircled by seven granite boulders all split symmetrically in two. According to De Giusti "Stones have a great presence and have always been used to commemorate events. They are markers of a people and a generation." Brought from Vermont, the stones suggest a strong linkage to the past and their permanence creates a link towards our future.
The boulders' polished surfaces are adorned with De Giusti's bronze reliefs which depict the sacrifices and achievements of labor. His method of presenting objects pushing through and receding into the flat surface of the relief, suggests the embedding of fossils in stone. In direct sunlight, the bronze shines like a geode from within the split rock.
The piece also includes a twisting marble path. A tile at the beginning of the path is engraved with the words, "Labor's achievements are America's strength," and subsequent tiles enumerate those achievements - "Free public education," "Human rights," "Equality for women." Other tiles feature historical labor-related quotes such as "Without struggle there is no progress" (attributed to Frederick Douglas), and Martin Luther King's words, "The arc of history bends toward justice."
De Giusti's reliefs line the path at it spirals inward. At the spiral's center are two boulders - one displaying chains and the other displaying hands - directly below the apex of Barr's arch. A look straight upwards reveals that the arch is divided by a narrow gap at the top. This separation symbolizes how far labor has come and how far it still has to go. At night the arch is made whole by lights projecting from the two disconnected ends.
When the piece was still in the proposal stage, then-Mayor Dennis Archer told the Detroit Free Press, "What the labor movement is doing is reminding everybody who builds buildings that public art also has a place in the betterment of a city." In "Transcending" Barr and De Giusti have created not only an important piece of art but also a significant historical and educational setting designed to connect viewers to the past and inspire them to affect their future. - Nick Sousanis
www.familistere.com/site/index.php
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_de_Guise
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_(Guise)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_André_Godin
« Ne pouvant faire un palais de la chaumière ou du galetas de chaque famille ouvrière, nous avons voulu mettre la demeure de l’ouvrier dans un palais ; le Familistère, en effet, n’est pas autre chose, c’est le palais du travail, c’est le PALAIS SOCIAL de l’avenir.
Ce qu’il n’est pas possible de faire au profit de familles éparpillées et sans lien, les améliorations qu’on ne peut introduire dans le tohu-bohu des habitations ouvrières, ni à la ville, ni à la campagne, ni dans les caves, ni dans les mansardes habitées ; ce que ne permettent pas même les habitations ouvrières isolées les mieux construites, quel qu’en soit le système : le Familistère le permet, le palais social le rend possible, bien plus, il le rend nécessaire. »
Jean-Baptiste-André Godin La Richesse au service du peuple, le Familistère de Guise. 1875.
Les chiffres du Familistère : ( source Wikipédia )
10 millions de briques sont nécessaires à la construction des trois pavillons du Palais Social.
30 000 m² de surfaces sont offerts par l’ensemble des trois pavillons.
1 kilomètre de coursives parcourt les trois pavillons du Palais.
500 fenêtres percent les façades des trois unités d’habitation.
495 appartements sont aménagés dans l’ensemble des cinq pavillons du Familistère avant 1918.
1 748 personnes habitent au Familistère en 1889.
50 berceaux peuvent être installés dans la nourricerie du Familistère.
796 invités participent au banquet de la cinquième fête du Travail dans la cour du pavillon central en 1872.
1 000 spectateurs prennent place au théâtre en 1914.
1 526 employés travaillent dans les usines de la Société du Familistère en 1887.
2 500 est le nombre de record d’employés de l’Association du Familistère de Guise et à Bruxelles en 1930.
4 000 modèles d’appareils et d’accessoires sont fabriqués par la Société du Familistère en 1914.
210 000 appareils sont expédiés par les usines de Guise et Bruxelles en 1913-1914.
664, c’est le nombre de pages qui composent le livre Solutions Sociales publié par Godin en 1871.
JEAN-BAPTISTE GODIN ( ENGLISH )
Jean-Baptiste André Godin (26 January 1817 -29 January 1888) was a French industrialist and social experimentor born on the 26th of January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne).
The son of an artisan, he entered an iron-works at an early age, and at seventeen made a tour of France as journeyman. Returning to Esquéhéries in 1837, he started a small factory for the manufacture of castings for heating-stoves. The business increased rapidly, and for the purpose of railway facilities was transferred to Guise in 1846. At the time of Godin's death in 1888 the annual output was over four millions of francs (4,160,000), and in 1908 the employees numbered over 2000 and the output was over 280,000.
An ardent disciple of Charles Fourier, he advanced a considerable sum of money towards the disastrous Fourierist experiment of V. P. Considerant (q.v.) in Texas (known as La Reunion. He profited, however, by its failure, and in 1859 started the Familistère, or community settlement, of Guise on more carefully laid plans.
The Familistère forms a town within the town of Guise. It comprises, in addition to a large factory, three large buildings, each four stories high, capable of housing all the work-people, each family having two or three rooms. The main building consists of three rectangular blocks joined at the corners. Each of these blocks has a central court covered with a glass roof under which children can play in all weather. There is no church of any sort. (There are, of course, churches within the rest of Guise). At the back of the main block there was a nursery. There is a separate block, known as the "economat", containing various shops, refreshment rooms and recreation rooms of various kinds(?), stores for the purchase of groceries, drapery and every necessity. This has recently (2008) been restored and is now a cafe, a shop selling books, postcards etc and an exhibition area. There were also allotments for the workers.
Opposite the main block there was a building containing a theater for concerts and dramatic entertainments and a primary school. There was also a communal laundry and swimming pool. This was a few years ago derelict but has now been restored. The swimming pool is still a swimming poll but the laundry is a meeting room and the drying room is now (2008) an exhibition room. In 1880 the whole was turned into a co-operative society, with provision by which it eventually became the property of the workers.
Godin manufactured cookers and heating stoves of many kinds mainly made from cast iron castings. Sometimes these were enameled. These are still to be found in use all over France. They can be found for sale on eBay.
This business was still owned by the workers in the 1950s but soon after was taken over by Le Creuset. It is not obvious that the factory is still functioning. It is seems the domestic building were privatised. The state of the domestic buildings was deteriorating but has recently been awarded EU money for it to be restored.
In 1871 Godin was elected deputy for Aisne, but retired in 1876 to devote himself to the management of the Familistère. In 1882 he was created a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Godin was the author of Solutions sociales (1871); Les Socialistes et les Droits du travail (1874); Mutualité sociale et association du capital et du travail (1880); La Republique du travail et la reforme parlementaire (1889). See Bernardot, Le Familistère de Guise et son fondateur (Paris, 1887); Fischer, Die Familistère Godins (Berlin, 1890); Lestelle, Etude sur le Familistère de Guise (Paris, 1904); D. F. P., Le Familistère illustr, résultals de vingt ans d'association, 1880-1900 (Eng. trans., Twenty-eight years of co-partnership at Guise, by A. Williams, 1908).
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Happy Hour time!!! DUMBO!! Brooklyn, NY.
I thought this capture is a nice prelude for few future posts!!! I am joining the second annual Photowalk!! This event is in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. I wonder if some of you will be there, I know at least one who will. If everything goes right, I will have some good shots to share with you all!!! Meanwhile enjoy your Saturday/Sunday, it's gorgeous weather here in NY, for now!! LOL!! Hope does'nt rain on our photowalk!!
P.S. I guess I am having flickr problem, if you have new posts, they are not showing on my contact list :(((((((((( I will for sure return comments and faves when I see yours or in my contact list!!! :))))))))
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Adam and I went with our friends Jesse and Natalie down to the Hal & Mal's St. Patty's Day Parade today. This parade is one of my favorite holiday traditions. The fun to be had is endless. And our parade is ranked one of the best in the country. So, with that being said, i had a complete blast! I got hella sunburned, drank way to much beer, and ate a waaaay yummy mexican meal at 3 in the afternoon! Ahhh, what a glorious day. More parade pics coming...Right now, I am off to bed. I'm exhausted!!!
Oh, and in case you want to know more about our little parade, here are some facts from a little Q&A session that I found:
Q: Who is Mal, anyway?
A: "Mal" is Malcolm White...Jackson's resident club owner/restauranteur/promoter/head of the Mississippi Arts Commission,
writer/publisher/piano-playing blues-ologist/philanthropist/philosopher, and most importantly, "Leprechaun-at-Large."
Q: Why a St. Paddy's Parade?
A: Because Jackson didn't have one! It all started way back in late '70's when a young(er) Mal lived and worked in New Orleans' French Quarter. Mal was fascinated and excited by the concept of parades. There were Mardi Gras Parades, Jazz Funeral Marches, and small street parades happening all the time, and Mal became a "Parade Man" for life.
Q: When was the first parade?
A: The first one was in 1982 (or was it '83?).
Q: How about a little parade history?
A: The original idea was to have a "pub crawl" from CS's to George Street Grocery. But when the inspiration for a parade struck him, Mal figured "We might as well take a dip through downtown." What ensued made headlines in the Clarion Ledger: "PARADE STOPS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC!" It was quite a news story and all that was needed to capture the attention and imagination of Irishmen (both real and imagined) across the state. This first parade was an amazing assortment of enthusiastic participants and was, in retrospect, a surreal sight to see. Highlights included the first Grand Marshal, the late ARTHUR MAHONEY, a true Irishman and ex-boxer in his 90's waving to onlookers from a convertible...the debut of the venerable and voluptuous "SWEET POTATO QUEENS' ...the inaugural appearance of the "RUDE BOYS", a "frat party on wheels' ...the great blues legend "SWEET" SAM MYERS standing in the sunroof of "BROTHER PETE'S BLUES VAN" waving an Irish flag ... the fondly remembered KENDALL WILSON on roller skates being pulled by a motorcycle ... the newly-formed "BLUZ BOYS" band playing loudly on a flat-bed
trailer with the assistance of a generator ... neighborhood kids on bicycles ...parade co-conspirators MARSHALL, JOEY, and PAT surely wondering "What the BLARNEY-hell have we let Malcolm talk us into?!?" ... SERGIO FERNANDEZ recording the whole thing for posterity while perched atop a beer truck driven by DINK ... and of course, leading the procession, MAL himself decked out in green (what else?) Army pants, his beard spray-painted red, carrying an Irish walking stick and flanked by his beloved Dalmation "PEARL" ...
What a "MAL-function"!!!
Q: How about the parade today?
A: It's gotten bigger and better than ever. You still have the "SWEET POTATO QUEENS",
"RUDE BOYS" and other annual favorites plus more recent traditions like the "O'TUX SOCIETY", "KREWE of KAZOO", "GREEN LADIES", and a real New Orleans brass marching band. And new
entries are lining up every year! 2009 Grand Marshal Leland Speed will be joining an illustrious list of luminaries which includes the late, great TINY TIM, musician MAC McANALLY, THALIA MARA, MAESTRO COLMAN PEARCE, O.C. McDAVID, "Toons til Two" radio personality DAVID ADCOCK, "COUSIN" CLETA ELLINGTON, DEUCE McALLISTER, CAT CORA, and BERT CASE, and many others.
Q: Where does all that money from the entry fees go?
A: There is a function to all this frivolity. In recent years, the parade has raised over $250,000 for the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children.
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The Loco
This engine is a beast. If it were a lorry it would be an earth mover, built for shifting massive loads over short distances, with big cylinders and very small wheels. It is rated at 800h.p., a tractive effort of 28,000lb, a weight of 66tons and wheels of only 3' 6" diameter. This compares with the STD class 5 at 26,120 lbs tractive effort, and a weight of 76 tons.
Polish engineering is not known for it's high quality, and the engine is no exception. For example, the cylinder bore on engines should line up with the axle centre - not here, the cylinder centreline is clearly inches above the axle centreline. General construction is simple, for example the smoke box door is made from flat plate welded together, where most engines have a rounded door made from pressings / castings. Many of the steam valves are made from steel / iron, which can corrode, where other loco's would use brass or bronze which doesn't corrode. Oddly, for a simple machine, it has the complexity of superheaters; more superheaters than an LMS Jubilee. On a machine that is for shunting and not designed for speed this is unusual, as superheaters are thought to be effective only when an engine is working for long periods and has time to warm through.
It has been said that we are asking too much of this engine, with its small wheels at 25MPH. An A4 Pacific has 6'8" wheels, and at 75MPH (Network Rail's max speed limit for steam) this equates to 315RPM. 5485, with 3' 6" wheels, at 25MPH is only running at 200 RPM. Indeed, the engine's stated maximum speed is 40km/h, and it has proven itself capable of easily keeping to time.
For the crew it is an easy engine to fire, with a large boiler that has plenty of steam generating capacity, and a medium size firebox where the first time fireman won't have trouble getting coal to the far end of the fire. There is also a drop grate in the firebox and a hopper ashpan, making the disposal of fire and ash simpler. The injectors have been proven to be reliable, after fettling work. For the driver, the controls are well placed and all reachable from the cab window. However, the regulator is difficult, steam can be admitted on a little or lots basis, there's not much in between. If you see the engine starting a train and it slips frequently, you know the driver is battling with the regulator. The engine has the luxury of very bright electric lights, in the cab and above the wheels as well as front and back. Some crew like working in the dark with this loco as you have the rare luxury of being able to see where you are going. Due to the long wheel base, two of the axles have a large amount of side-play. This lets the engine go around curves, but it means that there is a lot of side - side waddle, especially on straight track, and there is a lot of that at Nene Valley!
History
This engine is fairly modern as steam engines go, being built by Fablok of Chrzanow, Poland in 1959, as one of a large class of 406 loco's, built from 1950 - 1963. 90 of the class were exported to China. Visit hobby.ien.com.pl/kolej/Freight Tank Locomotives/TKp.htm for further info. It worked for 36 years in the Coalfields in Bytom, southern Poland and was withdrawn in 1995, when the mine closed.
The engine was bought by it's current owner in 1996, in working order with a current boiler ticket. It came complete with it's entire service history, all in Polish, from when it was built, on the 14th of Maja 1959! Many of these documents still have their wax seal from the works. The documents show that the engine had a heavy overhaul in 1990, with a new firebox, a new front tubeplate and new portions of the boiler barrel fitted at Olesnica, Poland. The resulting good condition of the boiler is why it was preserved.
The loco was moved to Belgium by rail through Holland and Germany, in a convoy of loco's devoid of their rods, at a cost of £2,500 for each loco; 900 miles at 25mph. One of the loco owners videoed the convoy and saw sparks from the axlebox of loco. A hurried conversation with the driver (in German) followed! The damaged loco went on to be preserved in Northampton.
5485 Came to England in 1997 and was stripped and overhauled at Llangollen. All the steel pipework was replaced with copper, the smokebox was replaced and a new cab and cladding, was fitted. The boiler is now in very good condition; when in steam it is as dry as a bone. Whilst at Nene Valley, the loco has spent much time out of traffic for repairs to badly worn bearings and bushes on the coupling rods and connecting rods, and a failed main steam pipe. The loco is now back in traffic, but further repairs may soon be required. The valves and pistons have always been blowing-by; the leakage of steam can be heard as a whoosh from the chimney when starting away. On occasion, the blow-by is so bad that the loco will move backwards when starting off in forward gear!
(Incidentally, put 'Slask' into your spell checker and it will suggest 'slack' - Bill Gates is well informed!)
Recent Mechanical Group Reports
Recent reports by the Mechanical Group on 5485 can be found by clicking here
before we got inside the mission inn, we had heard that they did not allow photography inside by people who weren't guests of the hotel or customers of their restaurants. we assumed that they would have security posted and that our group, albeit a small one, of photographers would easily be spotted and we would not get shots inside. however, that wasn't the case at all. it was so busy in the main lobby that it was esay for us to walk by the hotel employees into the areas that were designated for hotel guests only and walk around and take shots as much as we wanted. now i'm not sure if this is the case all the time... maybe at other times of the year it might not be possible. i don't want to give others the impression that this place is completely open for exploration and photography if you aren't a paying customer. it all depends i guess. i really wanted this shot of the rotunda having seen other people's shots... i think i might have been distracted by the supposed rules that i had mentioned earlier but i wasn't too happy with most of my shots inside the hotel. ehhh... at least i got this one i guess.
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This marks the 52nd shot of my 52 weeks of self portraits. It was the toughest one to do (although there were some about 3/4 the way through that seemed impossible to do as well). I have to say I'm sick of seeing myself and sick of doing self portraits. I honestly don't know how all the 365 'ers manage to do it. 52 is nothing in comparison. Still, I'm going to take a break from selfies for a while. [insert applause track here] I'm not sure for how long. Just long enough to be motivated. This may occur sooner than later since the pressure to take a weekly shot is off. I say pressure because after you've taken about 15 weekly portraits, you start to run out of original ideas. Not that original ideas won't surface, it's just that they take time to develop. I noticed that even after I had taken this photo, the creativity started seeping back in. Anyway, I chose this tunnel for the final shot. I'd had it in mind for over a month because I felt it symbolized both beginning and end in that you can see the light, yet I also have the choice to turn around and go the opposite way, not towards the end, but to the entry. There's light there too. I think there are certain times when you want to see the light at the end but often, the journey needs to continue. So you either wander around in the tunnel or proceed back to the entry. Me? I'm headed back to the entry. It also seemed fitting since this is New Year's Eve -- another end and beginning. With that, I wish everyone a very happy and safe New Year. Cheers!
[side note: the tunnel was quite busy with people passing by. I waited for quite a bit before I setup my equipment. Once others saw the tripod and camera bag, and that this might be a cool place to photograph, it was like a feeding frenzy -- people started snapping photos all over the tunnel (not of me, but of the tunnel). One guy even set his tripod up about 10 feet behind me. I had to check to make sure there wasn't one of those 'Kodak Picture Spot' signs nearby.]
ISTANBUL PHOTO CONTEST 2008 WINNERS
Hecho, Huesca (Spain).
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The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. The species is currently endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa, though formerly also occurred just outside in northern Iran. It is a rare species which is resident in the milder parts of its range in western Europe and northwest Africa, but birds from northeastern and central Europe winter further south and west, reaching south to Turkey. Vagrants have reached north to Finland and south to Israel and Libya.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kite
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El milano real es una de las rapaces más frecuentes en Europa; similar en aspecto al milano negro, es inconfundible su cabeza de color gris plateado y su silueta.
Los ejemplares que anidan en el Norte de Europa se desplazan al sur para invernar; algunos de ellos atravesarán el Estrecho hasta llegar al Norte de África. Su distribución llega hasta Canarias y las Islas de Cabo Verde.
El Milano Real tiene una longitud de 60 a 65 centímetros, una envergadura de alas de casi dos metros (190 centímetros) y un peso que oscila, desde los 900 gramos a los 1.200 gramos de peso.
Se diferencia fácilmente del Milano Negro, que es totalmente oscuro.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milano_Real
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La lavandera blanca o aguzanieves (Motacilla alba), conocida popularmente como pajarita de las nieves ó pitita, es una pequeña especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Motacillidae. Se encuentra en casi todos los hábitats, pero principalmente junto al hombre, al que anuncia la llegada del tiempo frío.
Descripción
La lavandera blanca es un ave pequeña y elegante, de 16 a 19 cm de long., con su característica cola siempre móvil.
Diferencias entre subespecies
La subespecie Motacilla alba alba es básicamente grisácea arriba y blancuzca debajo, cara blanca, copete y cogote negros.
La subespecie residente en Gran Bretaña Motacilla alba yarrellii cambia el gris con negro (o muy negro grisáceo de hembras), pero es idéntica en su conducta.
La diferenciación de Motacilla en dos subespecies en Europa oriental se ha llevado a cabo debido al parcial aislamiento de la forma británica, aunque ahora a M. a. yarrellii se la ve criando en áreas de Europa central.
Hay un número de otras subespecies, pero cuestionables en su validez. Difieren en el color de las alas, el dorso, y la cabeza, con algunas como M. a. personata con toda la cabeza negra y una máscara blanca en la cara, y M. a. subpersonata bastante similar a dorso grisáceo y garganta blanca del Motacilla africano.
Descripción
La lavandera blanca es un ave pequeña y elegante, de 16 a 19 cm de long., con su característica cola siempre móvil.
Diferencias entre subespecies
La subespecie Motacilla alba alba es básicamente grisácea arriba y blancuzca debajo, cara blanca, copete y cogote negros.
La subespecie residente en Gran Bretaña Motacilla alba yarrellii cambia el gris con negro (o muy negro grisáceo de hembras), pero es idéntica en su conducta.
La diferenciación de Motacilla en dos subespecies en Europa oriental se ha llevado a cabo debido al parcial aislamiento de la forma británica, aunque ahora a M. a. yarrellii se la ve criando en áreas de Europa central.
Hay un número de otras subespecies, pero cuestionables en su validez. Difieren en el color de las alas, el dorso, y la cabeza, con algunas como M. a. personata con toda la cabeza negra y una máscara blanca en la cara, y M. a. subpersonata bastante similar a dorso grisáceo y garganta blanca del Motacilla africano.
Distribución y hábitat
Esta especie vive en muchas partes de Europa, de Asia, norte de África. Algunas residen permanentemente en esos lugares, y otras migran a África.
Es un ave insectívora de campo abierto. Prefiere áreas despejadas para empollar, donde puede ver y seguir a sus presas. En zonas urbanas se adapta a forrajear en el pavimento como son áreas de estacionamiento.
Anida en grietas de paredes rocosas y similares natural o en estructuras humanas.
Miscelánea
En varias provincias alemanas la lavandera (Motacilla alba gatha) es considerada como la patrona de los cerveceros y sus clientes. Tal mito nació hace siglos en la provincia de "Hessen" en la que la tradición requería que las tabernas produjeran su propia cerveza en el lugar de venta. El aroma emitido por el proceso de elaboración atraía a varias especies de aves. Pero la lavandera sabía aprovecharse mejor de los residuos producidos por los cerveceros. Por entonces, la gente humilde le atribuía distintas habilidades, entre otras que supiera saltar - a diferencia del ser humano - con las dos piernas simultáneamente en cualquier momento que fuese necesario. Además, se creía que si uno daba de comer a una lavandera, ésta le enseñaría el camino de vuelta a casa en caso de estar muy embriagado (las primeras pruebas escritas de dichos mitos provienen de la comunidad de "Wetzlar
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Si apre il sipario sulla 69esima Mostra del Cinema di Venezia
Pochi ritocchi ancora e poi si aprirà il sipario su questa nuova edizione
della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia. Gli ultimi allestimenti da sistemare, le
ultime disposizioni impartite alle manovalanze e poi il cinema prenderà il
sopravvento sulla tangibilità. La scenografia sostituirà i cantieri. Le persone,
anche quelle più comuni, reciteranno le loro imprescindibili parti.
La commistione tra finzione e realtà è palpabile. Basta fare due passi sulla
spiaggia antistante l’Hotel Excelsior per averne sentore. All’alba quando
ancora in molti riposano i propri pensieri, sono solo le impronte di piedi scalzi
a lasciare traccia. Un veritiero passaggio che lascia il proprio calco su una
sabbia ancora umida. Un battito d’ali di un gabbiano che prende il volo.
Una struttura d’acciaio che prende forma davanti alle mura di uno storico
albergo. All’orizzonte un responsabile della sicurezza sorveglia l’area che
ha in custodia, mentre una squadra di operai sopraggiunge con il passo di
protagonisti durante la sfilata su il red carpet.
E’ un’illusione. O forse no. Intanto anche la luce del sole che si alza dal mare
sembra provare la sua l’intensità filtrando la presenza tra le nuvole. Non
sembra mancare proprio nulla. Anche i suoni del risveglio sono una perfetta
colonna sonora. In lontananza pure un fotografo nell’attesa d’immortalare il
nuovo giorno, sposta il suo obiettivo verso ciò che sta per avere inizio.
Se proprio qualcosa deve essere assente è una voce. Quella di un regista
che in tono solenne gridi “… and…action!”. Ma è solo questione d’istanti.
Con un pizzico di attenzione si potrà sentire pure quella.
Perché anche questo, è la Mostra del Cinema di Venezia.
(testo di Andrea Bettini)
" Lady Bunny "
www.vipp.com/press/press_releases/index.php?nid=84
Vipp is celebrating its 70th anniversary by hosting a charity auction in New York City in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR). The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. The auction will feature Vipp pedal bins re-imagined by 35 leading creative personalities.
Public viewing and bidding from October 15 - 28 at DWR: Tools for Living located at 142 Wooster Street, New York City, during regular store hours (11am-7pm). Gala auction to be held October 28.
Danish design company Vipp is celebrating its 70th anniversary this October by hosting Can It!!! - a charity auction in New York City in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR). The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Thirty-five leading figures in the worlds of architecture, art, design, fashion and entertainment have put their signature touch on the iconic Vipp bin for the occasion.
PUBLIC VIEWING AND BIDDING, OCTOBER 15 – 28
From October 15 – 28, the 35 customized Vipp bins will be on display for public viewing and bidding at DWR: Tools for Living located at 142 Wooster Street, New York City, during regular store hours (11am–7pm). Those who place bids on one or more of the customized Vipp bins, will be invited to a special gala auction on Wednesday, October 28, hosted by Veronica Webb, Vipp, DWR and DIFFA.
PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS
Ami James, Avi Adler, Calvin Klein, Camilla Stærk, Cole and Garrett, David Rockwell, David Stark, Evette Rios, Helena Christensen, Izhar Patkin, James Charles, Jes Gordon, John Baldessari, Jonas Hecksher/E-types, Lady Bunny, Lady Pink, Magnus Berger, Michael Aram, Mike Perry, Nigel Barker, Olaf Breuning, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Kiril Kirov/Razortooth, Richard Colman, Rikke Korff/The Furies, Robert Geller, Robert Verdi, Shelly Sabel, Sune Rose Wagner/The Raveonettes, Swathi Ghanta/Kidrobot, The Selby, Veronica Webb, Yoko Ono, Yves Béhar/Fuseproject.
For more information call DIFFA @ 212-727-3100
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VIPP 70TH ANNIVERSARY AUCTION
Vipp is celebrating its 70th anniversary by hosting a charity auction in New York City in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR).
The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Thirty-five leading figures in the worlds of architecture, art, design, fashion and entertainment have put their signature touch on the iconic Vipp bin for the occasion, including Yoko Ono, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren & David Stark.
From October 15 – 28, the 35 customized Vipp bins will be on display for public viewing and bidding at DWR: Tools for Living located at 142 Wooster Street, New York City, during regular store hours (11am–7pm). Those who place bids on one or more of the customized Vipp bins, will be invited to a special gala auction on Wednesday, October 28, hosted by Veronica Webb, Vipp, DWR and DIFFA.
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The elegant princess led a leisurely life of pleasure and debauchery. She sat on her balcony sipping cheap champagne and smoking a slim. Her long hair dangled from the tower, whipping in the air just inches beyond the fingertips of the many princes and princesses who had come from afar to see her.
She flicked her ash into the crowd, and smiled distantly as the foreign royalty clambered to turn their faces upward into the snowfall of dusted tobacco.
“Rescue me,” she murmured quietly, but she smiled to herself: the simple smile of someone who had not bothered to stand up and rescue herself. High above her crowd of admirers, the princess was free.
She rose to her feet, and lifted a dainty foot onto the ledge, where she could see the edge of the earth just beyond the forest in the west. She stretched her arms to the north and to the south, and tiptoed across the narrow railing, her body tipping and dipping as her glass slippers scraped against the stone ledge, champagne and ash tumbling from the edges of her grasp.
The crowd below her gasped and cooed, and the elegant princess waivered for a moment, unsure whether they wished her to balance or fall.
She hopped down from the ledge. It felt like there were pebbles in her shoe. She lifted the shoe from her foot, and reached inside. Deep inside, shimmering in the crystal toe, was a tiny pink bag labeled “Eat This and Perish.”
The elegant princess tossed her shoe over her shoulder, into the greedy air, and tore open the pink packet.
“Skittles,” she cried out when she saw the tiny blue pebbles inside.
She turned her face to the sky and tipped the pack into her mouth.
They tasted like socks and forgotten memories.
The princess coughed a little, and spit the pebbles back into the palm of her hand. They glistened and shimmered in the evening air, a beautiful shade of pink.
The elegant princess felt sick. She tumbled to her knees, and her hair fell all around her, enclosing her. It was peaceful inside a canopy of her own hair. She couldn’t hear the crowd, or feel the pressure of her princessly duties.
Here, she thought, I could sleep for one hundred years.
My friend Andrew playing his guitar. (Photoshop Fractalius filter.)
INFORMATION ON THE GUITAR:
The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four, seven, eight, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and eighteen string guitars also exist.
Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in jazz, blues, country, flamenco, mariachi, rock music, and many forms of pop. They can also be a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the tone is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone. Such electric guitars were introduced in the 1930s and continue to have a profound influence on popular culture.
Traditionally guitars have usually been constructed of combinations of various woods and strung with animal gut, or more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are many brands of guitars, but some commonly known brands are PRS, Gibson, Dean, Gretsch, Ibanez, Martin, Jackson, Schecter, and Fender.
Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having "a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides". Instruments similar to the guitar have been popular for at least 5,000 years. While today's classical guitar first appeared in Spain, it was itself a product of the long and complex history that saw a number of related guitar types developed and used across Europe. The roots of the guitar can be traced back thousands of years to an Indo-European origin in instruments, then known in central Asia and India. For this reason the guitar itself is distantly related to instruments such as the tanbur and setar, and the Indian sitar. The oldest known iconographic representation of an instrument displaying all the essential features of a guitar being played is a 3,300 year old stone carving of a Hittite bard. The modern word, guitar, was adopted into English from Spanish guitarra (German Gitarre, French Guitare), loaned from the medieval Andalusian Arabic qitara, itself derived from the Latin cithara, which in turn came from the earlier Greek word kithara, which is descended from the Old Persian word sihtar.
The modern guitar is descended from the Roman cithara brought by the Romans to Hispania around 40 AD, and further adapted and developed with the arrival of the four-string oud, brought by the Moors after their conquest of the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century.
Elsewhere in Europe, the indigenous six-string Scandinavian lut (lute), had gained in popularity in areas of Viking incursions across the continent. Often depicted in carvings c. 800 AD, the Norse hero Gunther (also known as Gunnar), played a lute with his toes as he lay dying in a snake-pit, in the legend of Siegfried.[9] By 1200 AD, the four string "guitar" had evolved into two types: the guitarra morisca (Moorish guitar) which had a rounded back, wide fingerboard and several soundholes, and the guitarra latina (Latin guitar) which resembled the modern guitar with one soundhole and a narrower neck.
Source: Wikipedia
classic goofy Elizabeth face seen HERE
Dudes. I made it to 300! (this photo is a nod to day 137, which is my favourite number)
This whole 365 project has been a crazy ride. I plan on doing a huge look back, a "Retrospective" if you like, when I am finished but I have to say 300 is a huge milestone! I'm pretty proud of myself for actually sticking with it. I'm a fairly determined and ambitious person, but I'm honestly surprised I've lasted this long!
Starting this project is weird though... I don't think many people realise just what they're getting into. A whole YEAR of your life is devoted to this (if you stick with it) and if you're as diligent as I have been, you are committed to not only taking a photo everyday but loading it, editing it, writing your little description, putting it into groups so people actually see your efforts... for me it's about two hours of work a day, at least!
I do think I'm a bit obsessive compulsive about my project... I strive to create something above average everyday. I'm not one of those half-ass people! Sure, some of my photos are kind of shitty, but I have grown so much in the past 300 days and some of my stuff is actually (in my opinion) quite remarkable. It's remarkable to me because I know me. I'm not as cool/ put together/ pretty in real life as I appear in my photos. Needless to say, I never knew I was capable of coming up with some of the cooler stuff I've come up with.
I do think I give a lot of myself in this project, but it definitely doesn't always show who I truly and completely am. For example, it would be REALLY hard for me to do a photo without any make up on. (And infact I spent about 45 minutes editing my skin in this photo... my skin is probably my most hated feature... but I wont go on about it)
ANYWAYS, what I'm trying to say is that I'm kind of a perfectionist. These photos are kind of an idealised version of myself. In real life I'm actually just a really goofy, down-to-earth, overly kind, and completely sincere girl who is just trying her hand at photography.
I'm going to shut up now.
I LOVE YOU FLICKR :-)
Song of the Day - Deftones - Change
This is my friend Marclino you have all seen him
before but you probably dont recognize him maby
its because he has shaved his head bald lol i was with him
today and when i saw him i just burst out laughing he just looked
so different i said marcilino what have you done so he said
have a guess english oh and by the way thats what they call me
out here in the north of portugal they never ask me what my name is
all they no is that i am from england so they call me english i no its
very strange but thats how it is out here.again this was taken with the wifes
P+S but as a contact friend of mine macro marcie has pointed out
to me the most important thing is catching the essence.....and that can be done with any camera.again thankyou so much for your time and your comments
and kind regards to you all.
Montblanc, Tarragona (Spain).
Spinning at 33 rpm in the show window of a store.
Dando vueltas a 33 rpm en el escaparate de un tienda.
ENGLISH
The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s.
The famous phonograph was the fourth device for recording and replaying sound. The term phonograph ("sound writer") is derived from the Greek words φωνή (meaning "sound" or "voice" and transliterated as phoné) and γραφή (meaning "writing" and transliterated as graphé). Similar related terms gramophone and graphophone have similar root meanings. The coinage, particularly the use of the -graph root, may have been influenced by the then-existing words phonographic and phonography, which referred to a system of phonetic shorthand; in 1852 The New York Times carried an advertisement for "Professor Webster's phonographic class", and in 1859 the New York State Teachers' Association tabled a motion to "employ a phonographic recorder" to record its meetings.
F. B. Fenby was the original author of the word. An inventor in Worcester, Massachusetts, he was granted a patent in 1863 for an unsuccessful device called the "Electro-Magnetic Phonograph". His concept detailed a system that would record a sequence of keyboard strokes onto paper tape. Although no model or workable device was ever made, it is often seen as a link to the concept of punched paper for player piano rolls (1880s), as well as Herman Hollerith's punch card tabulator (used in the 1890 United States census), a distant precursor of the modern computer.
Arguably, any device used to record sound or reproduce recorded sound could be called a type of "phonograph", but in common practice it has come to mean historic technologies of sound recording.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, the alternative term talking machine was sometimes used. This term was more in line with Thomas Edison's early view that his invention was better suited for spoken recordings such as dictation than for musical recordings.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph
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CASTELLANO
Un tocadiscos es un sistema de reproducción del sonido hijo del fonógrafo ya que usa el mismo tipo de tecnologia, sustituyendo el cilindro por un Disco de vinilo. El tocadiscos también ha sido conocido como platina de discos, giradiscos, tornamesa, fonochasis o pickup. Ninguna de estas cuatro últimas nomenclaturas tiene demasiada aceptación.
El fonógrafo, fue el dispositivo más común para reproducir sonido grabado desde la década de 1870 hasta la década de 1980.
La primera invención conocida de un dispositivo capaz de grabar sonido fue el "autofonógrafo", inventado por el francés Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville y patentado el 25 de marzo de 1857. Podía transcribir sonido a un medio visible, pero no tenía un modo de ser reproducido después. El aparato consistía de un cuerno o un barril que recogía las ondas hacia una membrana a la que estaba atado una cerda. Cuando llegaba el sonido, ésta vibraba y se movía y el sonido podía grabarse en un medio visible. Inicialmente, el fonoautógrafo grababa en un cristal ahumado. Una versión posterior usaba un papel también ahumado en un tambor o cilindro. Otra versión dibujaba una línea representando el sonido en un rollo de papel. El fonoautógrafo era una curiosidad de laboratorio para el estudio de la acústica. Era usado para determinar la frecuencia de un tono musical y para estudiar el sonido y el habla. No se entendió hasta después del desarrollo del fonógrafo que la onda grabada por el fonoautógrafo era de hecho una grabación del sonido que sólo necesitaba un medio de reproducción adecuado para sonar.
El fonógrafo fue el que, hasta 1876, se creyó el primer aparato capaz de grabar sonido, aunque sí fue el primero que pudo reproducirlo después. Thomas Alva Edison anunció la invención de su primer fonógrafo, el 21 de noviembre de 1877, mostró el dispositivo por primera vez el 29 de noviembre de ese mismo año y lo patentó el 19 de febrero de 1878.
El fonógrafo utiliza un sistema de grabación mecánica analógica en el cual las ondas sonoras son transformadas en vibraciones mecánicas mediante un transductor acústico-mecánico. Estas vibraciones mueven un estilete que labra un surco helicoidal sobre un cilindro de fonógrafo. Para reproducir el sonido se invierte el proceso.
Al principio se utilizaron cilindros de cartón recubiertos de estaño, más tarde de cartón parafinado y, finalmente, de cera sólida. El cilindro de cera, de mayor calidad y durabilidad, se comercializó desde 1889, un año después de que apareciera el gramófono.
El 2 de diciembre de 1889 un representante de la casa Edison, Theo Wangeman, grabó una interpretación del celebérrimo compositor Johannes Brahms. Se trataba de un segmento de las Danzas Húngaras en una versión para piano solo. Esta grabación aún se conserva, pero su calidad es pésima.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocadiscos, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fon%c3%b3grafo
www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=487
Beginning in the early 1830s, cholera epidemics killed thousands of United States citizens. People who contract cholera generally suffer from severe diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps. The disease is spread by drinking water or eating food that is contaminated with human feces. People with this illness can die from dehydration within a few hours after the symptoms first appear.
Asiatic Cholera appears to have started on the Indian subcontinent, ca. 1826. By 1831, it had spread to Russia. Cholera first appeared in the United States in 1832. European immigrants apparently brought the disease with them to America. With poor sanitation systems, cholera tended to be most virulent in cities. By the autumn of 1832, the illness had reached Cincinnati, probably brought by people traveling along the Ohio River. The Ohio and Mississippi Rivers allowed the disease to spread quickly across the United States in all directions.
One of the most common treatments for cholera in the United States up through the Civil War was the medicine calomel (Mercurous Chloride; Calogreen; Mercury Monochloride; Mercury Chloride). It was commonly used as a purgative (laxative) for the treatments of bowel illnesses ranging from diarrhea to cholera; unfortunately calomel’s effects were seriously harmful. It may have cleansed the bowels, but at the same time it caused teeth to loosen, hair to fall out and could destroy the patient’s gums and intestines. In other words, it could cause acute mercury poisoning.
The worst epidemic to affect Ohio occurred in 1849. Eight thousand people in Cincinnati died in this epidemic, including Harriet Beecher Stowe's infant son. www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/interpret/exhibits/hedrick/hedr...
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s writing of Uncle Tom's Cabin was precipitated by two events, one in her personal life: in 1849 her sixth child, Samuel Charles, died in the cholera epidemic. Cholera was a relatively new disease in the Western hemisphere and inspired dread partly for that reason and partly because it was so deadly. To people in the nineteenth century it was an act of God, a biblical plague. All Harriet could do was watch helplessly while her eighteen-month-old child was wracked by convulsions and lost all the fluids in his body. She later wrote that there were circumstances of such bitterness in the manner of Charley's death that she didn't think she could ever be reconciled for it unless his death allowed her to do some great good to others. She also wrote that losing Charley made her understand what a slave woman felt when her child was taken away at the auction block.
Many Cincinnati residents fled the city and ended up in Mt. Pleasant, a community that escaped the illness. The town residents soon changed its name to Mt. Healthy in honor of its good fortune.
It wasn't until 1854, when Cholera struck England once again, that Dr. John Snow was able to legitimate his argument that cholera was spread through contaminated food or water. Snow, in investigating the epidemic, began plotting the location of deaths related to Cholera. At the time, London was supplied its water by two water companies. One of these companies pulled its water out of the Thames River upstream of the main city while the second pulled its water from the river downstream from the city. A higher concentration of Cholera was found in the region of town supplied by the water company that drew its water from the downstream location. Water from this source could have been contaminated by the city's sewage. Furthermore, he found that in one particular location near the intersection of Cambridge and Broad Street, up to 500 deaths from Cholera occurred within 10 days.
Cholera epidemics continued in the United States until the early 1900s. As sanitation improved within the United States, including chlorination of water, the illness weakened. In modern nations, cholera cases are very rare. In under-developed countries, outbreaks remain common. In 1991, cholera struck both South America and Africa, killing thousands of people. The standard treatment for cholera today is to keep the ill person hydrated.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: Naruto VS Sasuke
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 01 of 23) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de Naruto en Grupo en el Foro: miPullip
- See more photos at: Renske‘s Flickr
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FRATELLI COMUNI
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150 – Centocinquantesimo
Raccolta fotografica dedicata al centocinquantesimo anniversario dell’Unità d’Italia.
Un’opera da collezionare.
CON IL PATROCINIO DELL’ANCI (Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani),
DI “SAPIENZA” - UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA, DEL CONSIGLIO REGIONALE DEL LAZIO E DEL
COMUNE DI ISOLA DEL LIRI
DAL 7 DICEMBRE IN LIBRERIA
A conclusione delle celebrazioni dei 150 anni dell’Unità d’Italia, la casa editrice Gargoyle in
collaborazione con Editrice Pisani manda in stampa Fratelli Comuni, una raccolta fotografica per
“raccontare” in modo originale e partecipe come l’Italia abbia vissuto questa importante ricorrenza.
L’idea, nata la notte del 17 marzo 2011, complice l’incantevole cornice della Cascata Grande di
Isola del Liri – illuminata, in occasione dei festeggiamenti, con i colori della nostra bandiera - era
quella di scoprire come altri comuni italiani avessero vissuto quel giorno, se quell’anniversario
avesse davvero risvegliato un sentimento di unità, un sussulto di fratellanza autentico e vivo in
grado di esprimersi non con il linguaggio vacuo e altisonante della retorica, ma con quello semplice
dei cittadini, che, nel silenzio e nell’anonimato, hanno combattuto e combattono ogni giorno per
custodire la dignità e la bellezza del nostro Paese.
Quella stessa dignità e bellezza capaci di commuovere gli italiani quando Roberto Benigni legge
Dante, ricordando a tutti noi ciò che siamo stati, le nostre radici, o ancora, quando sussurra con
dolcezza l’inno di Mameli, rammentando con passione e entusiasmo la generazione di chi, con
cuore puro e innamorato, non esitò a sacrificarsi per la propria patria. Uno spirito di appartenenza
e di sacrificio tornato a rivivere proprio in questi giorni di crisi, nei gesti dei volontari e dei cittadini
che con generosità cercano di far fronte al disastro provocato dalle recenti alluvioni, abbattutesi su
Genova e altri comuni liguri. Atti che mostrano bene come gli italiani siano un popolo, solidale e
unito, capace di slanci di grande generosità; “una d’arme, di lingua, d’altare, di memorie, di
sangue, di cor”, scriveva Alessandro Manzoni dell’Italia nell’ode Marzo 1821.
Attraverso la ricostruzione delle tappe più significative che hanno caratterizzato questo giorno di
festa (allestimenti, manifestazioni, eventi simbolo il cui filo conduttore è il Tricolore) Fratelli Comuni
mette assieme, in un unico volume, le immagini più belle e rappresentative di un momento
importante della nostra storia, e, quello che ci consegna, è un concerto armonico di sorrisi, sguardi
ed emozioni, un mosaico variopinto di atmosfere, protagonisti e istanti destinati a rimanere nel
tempo. Fratelli Comuni, però, è anche un’occasione per riflettere, un tentativo di ricordare e far
ricordare le ricchezza e la straordinaria varietà della nostra Italia, perché i 150 anni di Unità non
vengano considerati solo alla luce degli avvenimenti storici, politici ed economici che ne hanno
contraddistinto la storia, ma siano testimonianza delle tante ed esaltanti avventure culturali e
intellettuali che ci hanno resi noti nel mondo, in ambito umanistico come in quello scientifico. Tale
patrimonio ci rende fieri di essere italiani.
Il volume si compone di tre sezioni: la prima è una raccolta di scatti fotografici volti a
documentare come comuni e province d’Italia, da Nord a Sud, dai più piccoli ai più grandi,
abbiano commemorato e celebrato questo evento. E, sfogliando il volume, colpisce come le
immagini, a volte, registrino già un passaggio del tempo e appartengano al passato, come quelle
del comune di Monterosso, nelle Cinque Terre, quasi cancellato dall’alluvione.
La seconda, con la prefazione dello storico Virgilio Ilari, Presidente della Società Italiana di Storia
Militare, è dedicata alle Forze Armate e vuole essere un omaggio speciale a tutti coloro che ogni
giorno, con spirito di sacrificio, difendono i valori della pace e della democrazia. Un compito, il loro,
ancor più prezioso se considerato alla luce degli attuali scenari nazionali e internazionali.
La terza, infine, è una sezione speciale; una galleria di ritratti di personaggi illustri che nel
tempo hanno contribuito a fare grande e prestigioso il nostro Paese. Sette le categorie (musica,
moda, spettacolo, sport, politica, industria e premi Nobel); ognuna di queste è introdotta da
esponenti del mondo accademico, artistico e dello sport.
Ma i veri autori e protagonisti di Fratelli Comuni sono i cittadini stessi, le tante realtà
comunali e le province italiane che, con l’invio di materiale fotografico, hanno incoraggiato,
supportato e reso possibile la realizzazione di questa grande opera, dove le tradizioni del
passato si fondono armoniosamente con l’innovazione tecnologica del presente.
Le presentazioni del volume saranno patrocinate dalla Presidenza del Consiglio dei
Ministri e dal Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.
Il volume Fratelli Comuni ospita gli autorevoli interventi di:
Osvaldo Napoli - Presidente ANCI Facente Funzioni
Gianni Alemanno - Sindaco di Roma
Giuliano Pisapia - Sindaco di Milano
Michele Emiliano - Sindaco di Bari
Luigi Frati - Rettore dell’Università Sapienza di Roma
Luciano Duro - Sindaco di Isola del Liri (FR)
Alessandro Campi - Docente di Storia del Pensiero Politico presso l’Università di Perugia
Andrea Coli - Docente di Storia Economica dell’Industria presso l’Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi di Milano
Virgilio Ilari - Presidente Società Italiana di Storia Militare
Ronnie Jones - Musicista
Linda Loppa - Direttrice Polimoda International Institute Fashion Design & Marketing
Daniele Masala - Campione Olimpico. Docente presso l’Università di Cassino
Luca Rea – Regista
Scheda informativa
Editore: Gargoyle in collaborazione con Editrice Pisani.
Da piccola realtà di nicchia, Gargoyle mira a diventare una grande casa editrice, proponendo un ampio
spettro di letteratura popolare che spazia dal giallo all’avventura, dal fantasy alla fantascienza – generi
che da sempre hanno contribuito e contribuiscono ad alimentare l’immaginario collettivo. La raccolta
fotografica dedicata al 150° anniversario dell’Unità d’Italia è la seconda pubblicazione della collana
“Gargoyle Accadimenti”, incentrata su eventi d’attualità particolarmente incisivi e di cui SuperSic, il libro
tributo a Marco Simoncelli, è stata la prima uscita.
Dettagli volume: Fratelli Comuni - centocinquantesimo Italia (1861-2011), Collana “Accadimenti”, pp.608,
formato album rilegato 22x30, euro 90.
Copie numerate.
Just got around to processing this one. I know it is similar to a previous shot I have posted but this may be my favorite. Love the colors in the clouds just before the sun made its appearance. This is one of many fishing piers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. They stand as reminders of the devastation of the storm but now provide interesting elements for coastal photography. The location of this shot is actually just across Highway 90 from the Pass Christian Walmart Supercenter. In Mississippi, we may be last in some areas but you can't touch our view from Walmart!
www.rushingimages.com/Mississippi/Mississippi-Gulf-Coast/...
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Where: Sweden, Skåne, Stenshuvud National Park: google maps.
When: 20100513, on a photo trip top Skåne
How and Why: Little bugs scramblings around on plants is a great scene for a macro shot, and here I got all the pleasure of colour contrasts too.
Editing: Minor adjustments.
Affichage fond noir | View on black
Cette année, j'ai eu la chance, à l'occasion du brame du cerf, de rencontrer cet animal à l'approche très difficile pour le photographe, en particulier.
En effet, le cerf ne pointe le museau dehors qu'au lever du jour ou à la tombée de la nuit; au moment où la lumière est très faible, de plus il s'expose très peu de temps , a un odorat très puissant qu'il est difficile de tromper.
Pas facile dans ces conditions d'obtenir de bons clichés. Souvent, je suis revenu bredouille, mais quand même j'y suis retourné avec l'espoir d'avoir un peu plus de chance.
J'y retournerai l'annèe prochaine, un peu plus aguerri peut-être.
This year, I had the chance, at the call of the deer, meet the animal to approach very difficult for the photographer in particular.
Indeed, the deer does not point out the muzzle at daybreak or dusk, when the light is very low, the more it exposes a very short time, has a very strong smell that it is difficult to deceive.
Not easy in these conditions to get good shots. Often, I returned empty-handed, but still I went back hoping to have a bit more luck.
I will return next of year, a little more seasoned, perhaps.
Este año, tuve la oportunidad, a la llamada de los ciervos, conocer al animal a acercarse muy difícil para el fotógrafo en particular.
En efecto, el venado no señala el hocico al amanecer o al atardecer, cuando la luz es muy baja, más se expone a un tiempo muy corto, tiene un olor muy fuerte que es difícil de engañar.
No es fácil en estas condiciones para obtener buenas tomas. A menudo, volví con las manos vacías, pero aún así me volvió la esperanza de tener suerte un poco más.
Voy a volver al lado de año, un poco más experimentado, tal vez.
Este ano, tive a oportunidade, ao chamado do cervo, conhecer o animal se aproximar muito difícil para o fotógrafo em particular.
Na verdade, o veado não apontar o focinho ao amanhecer ou ao anoitecer, quando a luz é muito baixa, mais ele expõe um tempo muito curto, tem um cheiro muito forte de que é difícil de enganar.
Não é fácil, nestas condições, para obter boas fotos. Muitas vezes, voltei de mãos vazias, mas ainda voltei com a esperança de ter um pouco mais de sorte.
Voltarei próximo do ano, um pouco mais experiente, talvez.
Bonne journée à tous. merci pour vos visites et commentaires.
Have a nice day. Thanks for your visits and comments.
Buenos días a todos. gracias por sus visitas y comentarios.
Listed below are the local (Ottawa & area) participants -- sorted by cities and pace times-- in the May 30, 2010, Ottawa Race Weekend Marathon road race, held in Ottawa, Ontario.
Click here and enter the bib numbers for the full individual race results, race photos and finish-line videos.
Thank-you to Sportstats.
City: Ottawa
bib #721….. STEPHAN ETHIER…..Ottawa…..3:58 (minutes per km)
bib #801….. CHRIS MACKNIE…..Ottawa…..4:00
bib #793….. PHILIPPE KEARNS…..Ottawa…..4:01
bib #783….. BRUCE DALTON…..Ottawa…..4:02
bib #730….. STEPHEN ANDERSON…..Ottawa…..4:09
bib #4530….. GERALD AUBRY…..Ottawa…..4:13
bib #740….. GEOFF RIGGS…..Ottawa…..4:14
bib #676….. BRADLEY LAWSON…..Ottawa…..4:14
bib #747….. GLENN CHENEY…..Ottawa…..4:17
bib #1515….. DAMIAN LAFLAMME…..Ottawa…..4:19
bib #1501….. DAVID NOGAS…..Ottawa…..4:20
bib #767….. MICHELLE SCHULER…..Ottawa…..4:21
bib #1460….. RYAN LALONDE…..Ottawa…..4:21
bib #844….. JEFF SMART…..Ottawa…..4:22
bib #789….. ALAIN DUPUIS…..Ottawa…..4:22
bib #817….. PAUL FOLEY…..Ottawa…..4:22
bib #752….. DAVID PURCELL…..Ottawa…..4:23
bib #749….. DAVID REMO…..Ottawa…..4:23
bib #1391….. SCOTT MCINTYRE…..Ottawa…..4:26
bib #1048….. WILLEM STEVENS…..Ottawa…..4:26
bib #1417….. DAVID MARKIN…..Ottawa…..4:26
bib #883….. STEVE FINDLAY…..Ottawa…..4:27
bib #1362….. MIKE CHRISTIE…..Ottawa…..4:27
bib #746….. BRENDAN BOHN…..Ottawa…..4:28
bib #694….. JAMES PELTZER…..Ottawa…..4:28
bib #1016….. IAN SIMPSON…..Ottawa…..4:30
bib #870….. SYLVAIN HUARD…..Ottawa…..4:31
bib #1191….. CURTIS ARENDS…..Ottawa…..4:31
bib #1468….. EZIO COSTANZA…..Ottawa…..4:31
bib #1357….. KEVIN WILLIS…..Ottawa…..4:32
bib #766….. NICK LESWICK…..Ottawa…..4:32
bib #826….. SHAHAB ATHARI…..Ottawa…..4:33
bib #966….. IAN ALDOUS…..Ottawa…..4:33
bib #1221….. MATTHEW GALLANT…..Ottawa…..4:34
bib #1210….. MARK SEEBARAN…..Ottawa…..4:34
bib #2371….. DOMINIC LACHAPELLE…..Ottawa…..4:34
bib #1458….. BOB LAUGHTON…..Ottawa…..4:35
bib #770….. SHAWN HEIJ…..Ottawa…..4:36
bib #1095….. GARY WILKES…..Ottawa…..4:36
bib #944….. KEVIN READY…..Ottawa…..4:36
bib #226….. WES HUFFMAN…..Ottawa…..4:37
bib #1504….. ANDREW LEIKUCS…..Ottawa…..4:37
bib #1438….. MAX BUNNY REEDE…..Ottawa…..4:38
bib #1178….. PETER WAY…..Ottawa…..4:39
bib #1583….. KYLE DEN BAK…..Ottawa…..4:41
bib #1434….. DAVE YAEGER…..Ottawa…..4:42
bib #1521….. KIMBERLY REDDEN…..Ottawa…..4:42
bib #1154….. JAMES PARSONS…..Ottawa…..4:43
bib #832….. SCOTT RUDAN…..Ottawa…..4:43
bib #887….. BARRY WALKER…..Ottawa…..4:43
bib #4579….. CHRIS TRAYNOR…..Ottawa…..4:44
bib #1532….. NEIL SARAVANAMUTTOO…..Ottawa…..4:44
bib #1378….. DEREK ARMSTRONG…..Ottawa…..4:44
bib #1452….. MICHEL COLLETTE…..Ottawa…..4:44
bib #1109….. KURT STOLBERG…..Ottawa…..4:44
bib #1683….. ANDREAS WEICHERT…..Ottawa…..4:45
bib #853….. JARED BROUGHTON…..Ottawa…..4:45
bib #900….. GYRO INMAN…..Ottawa…..4:45
bib #885….. SCOTT BURTON…..Ottawa…..4:46
bib #812….. LISA BALERNA…..Ottawa…..4:47
bib #2749….. TROY PUDDINGTON…..Ottawa…..4:47
bib #1343….. MILKO RIVERA…..Ottawa…..4:47
bib #1584….. STEPHEN FERTUCK…..Ottawa…..4:48
bib #549….. DUSTIN BEACH…..Ottawa…..4:48
bib #2434….. J.P. LEWIS…..Ottawa…..4:49
bib #1731….. JAMES WOJTYK…..Ottawa…..4:50
bib #1473….. TOM LAWSON…..Ottawa…..4:50
bib #1163….. MICHAEL DOWNING…..Ottawa…..4:50
bib #180….. MIKE WHITE…..Ottawa…..4:51
bib #925….. DUAINE SIMMS…..Ottawa…..4:51
bib #4577….. MIKE HEERINGA…..Ottawa…..4:51
bib #1248….. ERIK WINDFELD…..Ottawa…..4:52
bib #1660….. SIMON FERGUSON…..Ottawa…..4:52
bib #1227….. DAVID DUCHESNE…..Ottawa…..4:52
bib #761….. ALAN-JOHN SIGOUIN…..Ottawa…..4:52
bib #933….. SIMON VAILLANCOURT…..Ottawa…..4:52
bib #1406….. ROBERT DEVIDI…..Ottawa…..4:52
bib #1423….. STEVE FORREST…..Ottawa…..4:52
bib #431….. EMIR DELIC…..Ottawa…..4:54
bib #1598….. BENJAMIN LEE…..Ottawa…..4:55
bib #1485….. EDWARD LIVINGSTONE…..Ottawa…..4:55
bib #1055….. ERIC EMERY…..Ottawa…..4:55
bib #1117….. CHRIS PIERCEY…..Ottawa…..4:56
bib #1258….. DARIA STRACHAN…..Ottawa…..4:56
bib #2206….. YANNICK ASSELIN…..Ottawa…..4:56
bib #1576….. TOM CONKLIN…..Ottawa…..4:57
bib #1147….. JAMES HARVEY…..Ottawa…..4:57
bib #2083….. RANDY SLEPCHIK…..Ottawa…..4:57
bib #1061….. WILLIAM JEROME…..Ottawa…..4:57
bib #1224….. KENT MANDERVILLE…..Ottawa…..4:57
bib #4538….. RENE GILBERT…..Ottawa…..4:58
bib #1415….. FRED BRAY…..Ottawa…..4:59
bib #493….. ERROL THOMSON…..Ottawa…..4:59
bib #860….. CLAUDE TARDIF…..Ottawa…..4:59
bib #2769….. MICHAEL STASHIN…..Ottawa…..5:00
bib #313….. PASCAL BESSETTE…..Ottawa…..5:00
bib #683….. PETER SCANLAN…..Ottawa…..5:00
bib #1602….. JASON ROSINSKI…..Ottawa…..5:00
bib #1454….. MAUREEN GRACE…..Ottawa…..5:01
bib #1411….. ROBERT BOWNESS…..Ottawa…..5:01
bib #2131….. COLIN MCFARLANE…..Ottawa…..5:01
bib #998….. MATTHEW MCCLARE…..Ottawa…..5:02
bib #557….. ANNIK AUBRY…..Ottawa…..5:02
bib #1457….. DAVID DAWSON…..Ottawa…..5:02
bib #1268….. KEN GRANT…..Ottawa…..5:03
bib #1527….. MARTIN RUTHNER…..Ottawa…..5:03
bib #1132….. GREG POTTS…..Ottawa…..5:03
bib #1516….. DENNIS WAITE…..Ottawa…..5:03
bib #1236….. MICHAEL GOLDHAWK…..Ottawa…..5:04
bib #1122….. CLAUDE PILETTE…..Ottawa…..5:04
bib #2981….. PATRICK GIRARD…..Ottawa…..5:04
bib #1323….. CLAUDE FERLAND…..Ottawa…..5:04
bib #206….. CHRIS HAYES…..Ottawa…..5:04
bib #968….. FALK GOTTLOB…..Ottawa…..5:06
bib #2649….. AIMEE SUTTON…..Ottawa…..5:06
bib #1198….. ALAIN THERRIAULT…..Ottawa…..5:06
bib #2285….. WESLEY OKE…..Ottawa…..5:06
bib #1444….. JOSEPH DE PENCIER…..Ottawa…..5:06
bib #211….. BETH SABOURIN…..Ottawa…..5:06
bib #1824….. GARY COOPER…..Ottawa…..5:07
bib #1891….. GARY DINARDO…..Ottawa…..5:07
bib #859….. CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS…..Ottawa…..5:07
bib #2990….. LEONIE HUM…..Ottawa…..5:07
bib #1748….. JOHN BEAUDOIN…..Ottawa…..5:07
bib #1127….. DAMIEN BOYLE…..Ottawa…..5:08
bib #2718….. FRANCES HARDWICK…..Ottawa…..5:08
bib #1238….. SYLVESTRE PAQUIER KERN…..Ottawa…..5:08
bib #2020….. KATE #9 MCGRATH…..Ottawa…..5:08
bib #1471….. CINDY DE CUYPERE…..Ottawa…..5:08
bib #1480….. LEO MURPHY…..Ottawa…..5:09
bib #2504….. RYAN REYNOLDS…..Ottawa…..5:09
bib #495….. LUCAS MCCALL…..Ottawa…..5:09
bib #527….. STEPHEN MACDONALD…..Ottawa…..5:09
bib #1466….. CRAIG CARNEY…..Ottawa…..5:10
bib #2185….. JEAN NADEAU…..Ottawa…..5:10
bib #1194….. DAVID HUNTER…..Ottawa…..5:10
bib #2786….. AVDO NALIC…..Ottawa…..5:10
bib #2686….. ERIC HEIDEN…..Ottawa…..5:11
bib #1206….. CAL MITCHELL…..Ottawa…..5:11
bib #1640….. IRENE BEEHLER…..Ottawa…..5:12
bib #1562….. GREG FRIESEN…..Ottawa…..5:12
bib #1059….. JASON MAH…..Ottawa…..5:12
bib #2300….. CRAIG CORDINER…..Ottawa…..5:12
bib #3316….. MARWAN DIRANI…..Ottawa…..5:13
bib #1476….. KATIE BRITTON…..Ottawa…..5:13
bib #547….. RODDI BASSERMANN…..Ottawa…..5:13
bib #2111….. ANDREW MENDES…..Ottawa…..5:13
bib #2271….. MICHAEL D'ECA…..Ottawa…..5:13
bib #1211….. LARA SMALL…..Ottawa…..5:13
bib #2103….. BRYAN WILLCOTT…..Ottawa…..5:13
bib #2877….. JOEL KOFFMAN…..Ottawa…..5:14
bib #2799….. RYAN MACDONALD…..Ottawa…..5:14
bib #2156….. LISA ALLAN…..Ottawa…..5:14
bib #1321….. IAN DEVEAU…..Ottawa…..5:14
bib #2893….. PABLO GUTIERREZ…..Ottawa…..5:14
bib #1203….. RYAN GILCHRIST…..Ottawa…..5:14
bib #2673….. JENNIFER WALLIS…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #2575….. NICHOLAS DIAMANT BOUSTEAD…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #2464….. SCOTT HOWAT…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #2598….. KELTIE VOUTIER…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #1529….. DANNY DILLON…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #2814….. STEPHEN WILHELM…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #897….. MIKE HAYES…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #3914….. KATHARINE HAGERMAN…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #3929….. GRAHAM SPICE…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #212….. SUSAN NEVITT-YELLE…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #411….. PAUL MASSON…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #1103….. JOEL PROULX…..Ottawa…..5:15
bib #1397….. STEVE BAFIA…..Ottawa…..5:16
bib #1197….. DAVID MCCLINTOCK…..Ottawa…..5:16
bib #2502….. IRENE PERRY…..Ottawa…..5:16
bib #2878….. PETER LYMAN…..Ottawa…..5:16
bib #1494….. CHRIS DANNEHL…..Ottawa…..5:16
bib #2628….. JUSTIN FERNS…..Ottawa…..5:17
bib #3338….. TOMASZ GULINSKI…..Ottawa…..5:18
bib #1621….. SIMON RIVERS-MOORE…..Ottawa…..5:18
bib #2818….. JOHN JORDAN…..Ottawa…..5:18
bib #1462….. CALEB NETTING…..Ottawa…..5:18
bib #3204….. TIM NELSON…..Ottawa…..5:19
bib #2097….. ALLAN WHITE…..Ottawa…..5:19
bib #4656….. JOHN MELANSON…..Ottawa…..5:19
bib #1603….. DALE JOYNT…..Ottawa…..5:19
bib #1615….. TREVOR STEWART…..Ottawa…..5:20
bib #4789….. SEAN POULTER…..Ottawa…..5:20
bib #3122….. NICHOLAS ANTAYA…..Ottawa…..5:20
bib #1240….. RORY MARTIN…..Ottawa…..5:20
bib #2382….. ROBERT CEPELLA…..Ottawa…..5:20
bib #3380….. VIRGINIA VINCE…..Ottawa…..5:20
bib #249….. ROBERT MUIR…..Ottawa…..5:21
bib #2810….. LINDSAY CROMPTON…..Ottawa…..5:21
bib #1917….. ALEXANDER AGUILAR…..Ottawa…..5:21
bib #1425….. CHRIS HALLDORSON…..Ottawa…..5:21
bib #445….. GLENN BOUSTEAD…..Ottawa…..5:21
bib #1416….. OMER MAJEED…..Ottawa…..5:21
bib #2042….. NATALIE MOREAU…..Ottawa…..5:22
bib #1559….. ANATOLY ROSS…..Ottawa…..5:22
bib #1947….. MATT HARRIS…..Ottawa…..5:22
bib #1762….. LOUIS COMERTON…..Ottawa…..5:22
bib #2418….. CHRISTOPHER REID…..Ottawa…..5:22
bib #2294….. FRASER COWAN…..Ottawa…..5:22
bib #2663….. DAVID MURRAY…..Ottawa…..5:23
bib #474….. STEVE GLEDDIE…..Ottawa…..5:23
bib #1651….. JACK GILMER…..Ottawa…..5:23
bib #2146….. KOICHI HANEDA…..Ottawa…..5:23
bib #2762….. DAN GOLDBERG…..Ottawa…..5:24
bib #1451….. CHRISTIAN LAVOIE…..Ottawa…..5:24
bib #3668….. JENNIFER TAILLEFER…..Ottawa…..5:24
bib #2757….. MARK MANNERS…..Ottawa…..5:24
bib #2725….. MARK BUNNY WIGMORE…..Ottawa…..5:24
bib #1180….. BRIAN KINGSTON…..Ottawa…..5:24
bib #2122….. DANIEL ANDERSON…..Ottawa…..5:25
bib #378….. CAMERON HOPGOOD…..Ottawa…..5:25
bib #2809….. STEVEN CRAFT…..Ottawa…..5:25
bib #978….. MICHAEL DENT…..Ottawa…..5:25
bib #2584….. DON HARRISON…..Ottawa…..5:25
bib #2633….. TOM CLAIRMONT…..Ottawa…..5:25
bib #2273….. EMILY STRABERGER…..Ottawa…..5:26
bib #2397….. MICHAEL GROVES…..Ottawa…..5:26
bib #2123….. MELISSA PLUNKETT…..Ottawa…..5:26
bib #2616….. MAUREEN O'BRIEN…..Ottawa…..5:26
bib #4773….. CHRIS JERMYN…..Ottawa…..5:26
bib #2655….. MICHAEL MCAULEY…..Ottawa…..5:26
bib #2728….. BRIAN BUNNY LAWLESS…..Ottawa…..5:26
bib #1994….. DORON CASPI…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #895….. MATT BRILLINGER…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #2760….. BRIAN LORANGER…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #2592….. SUSAN RODOCANACHI…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #3846….. CHRIS GOUVEIA…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #2782….. BRIAN MCNEILL…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #2735….. PETER SATURLEY…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #907….. ROSINA MAURO…..Ottawa…..5:27
bib #2597….. CHARI MARPLE…..Ottawa…..5:28
bib #457….. JACK ARAUJO…..Ottawa…..5:28
bib #2178….. GLEN TREVISANI…..Ottawa…..5:28
bib #2624….. FRED PELLETIER…..Ottawa…..5:29
bib #2010….. TRICIA BROWN…..Ottawa…..5:29
bib #2778….. LISANNE BROUSSEAU…..Ottawa…..5:29
bib #2046….. LEAH BEAUDETTE…..Ottawa…..5:29
bib #2338….. DANIEL GAUTHIER…..Ottawa…..5:29
bib #583….. SCOTT TOMLINSON…..Ottawa…..5:29
bib #2268….. ROBERT CLAY…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #408….. WILL SUMMERS…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #2925….. DARREN GILMOUR…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #1986….. STUART BEARE…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #2697….. THOMAS GARDINER…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #2647….. EVAN SOLOMON…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #2696….. TERRI-LYN BENNETT…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #551….. SIOBHAN O'DONNELL…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #1919….. GABRIELA SPECK…..Ottawa…..5:30
bib #3990….. RUSSELL MIRASTY…..Ottawa…..5:31
bib #2183….. NICHOLAS GALAMBOS…..Ottawa…..5:31
bib #800….. CHRIS ANDERSON…..Ottawa…..5:31
bib #2815….. ANDREW DAVIS…..Ottawa…..5:31
bib #2611….. LINDA LEWIS…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #2437….. GINO RINALDI…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #3759….. JUDITH ATWOOD…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #3856….. LISE-MARIE ACTON…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #2452….. JASON MACDONALD…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #3157….. DEVIN SHEAHAN…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #593….. LAURA CLEMENTSON…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #2736….. JIM RYAN…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #4333….. EUGENE SMITH…..Ottawa…..5:32
bib #2252….. JOE SMITH…..Ottawa…..5:33
bib #1756….. JOSH BATES…..Ottawa…..5:33
bib #2705….. HEATHER LEWIS…..Ottawa…..5:34
bib #426….. JEFFREY REID…..Ottawa…..5:34
bib #1419….. JULIEN LEBLANC…..Ottawa…..5:34
bib #3954….. HEATHER HAMMOND…..Ottawa…..5:35
bib #446….. LYNNE FRAPPIER…..Ottawa…..5:35
bib #2595….. KAILEY MCLACHLAN…..Ottawa…..5:35
bib #1645….. NATALIE BECK-LIVINGSTONE…..Ottawa…..5:35
bib #2733….. DAVID SHERMAN…..Ottawa…..5:35
bib #2209….. CAL MARTELL…..Ottawa…..5:36
bib #548….. MIREILLE AMYOTTE…..Ottawa…..5:36
bib #2643….. LORI TIMMINS…..Ottawa…..5:36
bib #4440….. CHELSEA HOWARD…..Ottawa…..5:36
bib #2971….. GURMINDER SINGH…..Ottawa…..5:36
bib #3185….. KIMBERLY FORKES…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #1629….. ROGER LANGEVIN…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #1158….. THOMAS WESTFALL…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #2606….. PASCALE MESSIER…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #2896….. DION EDMONDS…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #597….. GORDON PEROLLI…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #1722….. KARA WHEATLEY…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #4131….. MARK NEWMAN…..Ottawa…..5:37
bib #2037….. PHIL KING…..Ottawa…..5:38
bib #1570….. NEIL CACHERO…..Ottawa…..5:38
bib #2298….. DIANA DEEK…..Ottawa…..5:38
bib #3730….. JOE FATICA…..Ottawa…..5:38
bib #1771….. ROB BROOKS…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #3306….. EMELYN RUDE…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #3424….. MATT WOODS…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #2465….. ALMA MEECH…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #3937….. MARC GIROUX…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #2080….. JAY LYMER…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #2920….. MICAELA FITZGERALD…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #3900….. ANTOINE NOUVET…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #2172….. MICHEL GALLANT…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #274….. FLORA LIVESEY…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #2087….. PAT BARBEAU…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #2692….. HELENE PELLETIER…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #569….. AIMEE MCDEVITT…..Ottawa…..5:39
bib #3793….. LISA KAWAGUCHI…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #2401….. MCBAIN TRENT…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #2228….. AMBER STEEVES…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #2776….. MARCEL LOSIER…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #3016….. RAJKUMAR NAGARAJAN…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #3866….. MICHAEL EPP…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #2011….. CHRISTINE MARTINET…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #2210….. RICK HILADIE…..Ottawa…..5:40
bib #1662….. LARA KAPLAN…..Ottawa…..5:41
bib #4670….. CURTIS RUSSELL…..Ottawa…..5:41
bib #169….. MIKE NEWMAN…..Ottawa…..5:41
bib #4765….. THOMAS BENAK…..Ottawa…..5:41
bib #2065….. ADAM DAWE…..Ottawa…..5:41
bib #3454….. KRISTEN UNDERWOOD…..Ottawa…..5:41
bib #3624….. CHRIS CREERY…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #222….. HALEY ABUGOV…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #2389….. PETER SHAND…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #2424….. MAUREEN HOGAN…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #3947….. LARISA DABEKA…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #3645….. ERIN SHAHEEN…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #3570….. SARAH MUSTAPHA…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #1262….. TERRY-LYNN SIGOUIN…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #341….. MATTHEW EGLIN…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #1685….. THERESA KAVANAGH…..Ottawa…..5:42
bib #3522….. VICKI WISEMAN…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #3794….. LAURIE HARDAGE…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #3279….. DARA HAKIMZADEH…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #3109….. MIKE CORBETT…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #393….. DANIL MATACHNIOUK…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #3766….. RICK DOBSON…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #1636….. SHAUNA HANRATTY…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #2014….. BRUCE LEFEBVRE…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #3693….. GUY BOYD…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #3903….. SUE WIEBE…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #541….. KATIE MCCLEAN…..Ottawa…..5:43
bib #2112….. BRANDY BURSEY CLEMENT…..Ottawa…..5:44
bib #2425….. TIM HOBBS…..Ottawa…..5:44
bib #3021….. LISA POTTER…..Ottawa…..5:44
bib #1785….. MICHEL GAGNON…..Ottawa…..5:44
bib #1698….. MYLENE DUBORD…..Ottawa…..5:44
bib #3671….. MCKENNA MEGHAN…..Ottawa…..5:44
bib #3053….. TANYA GRACIE…..Ottawa…..5:44
bib #260….. ALEX FRASER…..Ottawa…..5:45
bib #2543….. MAGGIE HASHIMOTO…..Ottawa…..5:45
bib #2422….. MARK NAFEKH…..Ottawa…..5:45
bib #1905….. JULIE MURDOCK…..Ottawa…..5:45
bib #455….. CORY VAN HOOF…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #2031….. JULIAN RUDE…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #1342….. DAVID HENDERSON…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #3456….. KEN MORRISON…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #2919….. ROB WRIGHT…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #3590….. PETER HARRISON…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #2566….. JULIE PAQUETTE…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #204….. RICK BURNS…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #1524….. ROBERT THOMSON…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #2507….. DEREK SMITH…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #3166….. ANNA AYLETT…..Ottawa…..5:46
bib #2819….. JILL CAINES…..Ottawa…..5:47
bib #2387….. ALEXIS DALLAIRE…..Ottawa…..5:47
bib #4573….. KAREN PELLETIER…..Ottawa…..5:48
bib #512….. JANA VELTHEIM…..Ottawa…..5:48
bib #1693….. ROBERT CRAIG…..Ottawa…..5:49
bib #3911….. JAFAR AHMAD…..Ottawa…..5:49
bib #3517….. DAN ST-ARNAUD…..Ottawa…..5:49
bib #1242….. ELI SCHWARTZ…..Ottawa…..5:50
bib #3818….. NANCY SCULLION…..Ottawa…..5:50
bib #2212….. VAL WALKER…..Ottawa…..5:50
bib #3154….. NANCY CROSKERY…..Ottawa…..5:51
bib #3032….. KATE BOROWEC…..Ottawa…..5:51
bib #2639….. WENDALL HUGHES…..Ottawa…..5:51
bib #2940….. LISE CORBEIL…..Ottawa…..5:51
bib #533….. IRENE DIONNE…..Ottawa…..5:51
bib #3806….. PADME RAINA…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #3620….. IVAN STEFANOV…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #3901….. TED ZAHAVICH…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #3710….. REBECCA VOLK…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #2573….. PASCALE HARVEY…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #2289….. STEPHEN CULL…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #3754….. NANCY COONEY…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #3585….. JOE LOTT…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #525….. ALICE ADAMO…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #3047….. JANET COOPER…..Ottawa…..5:52
bib #2287….. LEAH HOWES…..Ottawa…..5:53
bib #3814….. JANET HUFFMAN…..Ottawa…..5:53
bib #3318….. ANNA HARDY…..Ottawa…..5:53
bib #192….. RENEE MARIA TREMBLAY…..Ottawa…..5:53
bib #3206….. DARREN CATES…..Ottawa…..5:54
bib #4064….. COLLEEN BRUSKI…..Ottawa…..5:54
bib #3212….. MATTHEW JACKSON…..Ottawa…..5:54
bib #2674….. THAI LE…..Ottawa…..5:54
bib #1981….. CHRISTOPHER WILSON…..Ottawa…..5:54
bib #3674….. MATTHEW CHIASSON…..Ottawa…..5:54
bib #3068….. CHRISTINE TURMAINE…..Ottawa…..5:54
bib #4268….. WHITNEY FAIELLA…..Ottawa…..5:55
bib #4570….. INGRID BROSSEAU…..Ottawa…..5:55
bib #3426….. GINNY STRACHAN…..Ottawa…..5:55
bib #2231….. LINDSAY WILSON…..Ottawa…..5:55
bib #2002….. ELLEN MORGAN…..Ottawa…..5:56
bib #3202….. DOREEN LIPOVSKI…..Ottawa…..5:56
bib #2740….. LINDSAY KEMP…..Ottawa…..5:56
bib #3708….. MARGO SCOTT…..Ottawa…..5:57
bib #2054….. NICHOLAS DAVIES…..Ottawa…..5:57
bib #334….. BRENT BERTIN…..Ottawa…..5:57
bib #1758….. MATT NICOL…..Ottawa…..5:57
bib #4790….. MARIE VEVE…..Ottawa…..5:58
bib #564….. AMELIE CROUZAT…..Ottawa…..5:58
bib #2526….. SARAH RICHARDSON…..Ottawa…..5:58
bib #1990….. ALEX CULLEN…..Ottawa…..5:58
bib #365….. ERIC ARNOLD…..Ottawa…..5:58
bib #3824….. JO-ELLEN STERLING…..Ottawa…..5:58
bib #2699….. MATIN FAZELPOUR…..Ottawa…..5:58
bib #3483….. KATHY KYRITZOPOULOS…..Ottawa…..5:59
bib #2883….. LISA ADDISON…..Ottawa…..5:59
bib #4791….. PIERRE DELESTRADE…..Ottawa…..6:00
bib #225….. RON KUNSTADT…..Ottawa…..6:00
bib #1867….. MARC-ANDRE O'ROURKE…..Ottawa…..6:00
bib #3261….. JONATHAN HACHE…..Ottawa…..6:00
bib #2428….. LAUREN ARNER…..Ottawa…..6:01
bib #3735….. JANICE PALMER…..Ottawa…..6:01
bib #3140….. DARRELL BRIDGE…..Ottawa…..6:01
bib #2700….. CARRIE MACGILLIVRAY…..Ottawa…..6:01
bib #3685….. TARA DENTINGER…..Ottawa…..6:01
bib #4548….. CHRIS LYSEN…..Ottawa…..6:01
bib #3251….. ELAINA AIELLO…..Ottawa…..6:01
bib #1732….. JENNIFER FRASER…..Ottawa…..6:02
bib #1734….. NADINE CARROLL…..Ottawa…..6:02
bib #3778….. LISSA SEYMOUR…..Ottawa…..6:02
bib #1790….. TANYA HARVEY…..Ottawa…..6:02
bib #4306….. CHRIS WOODCOCK…..Ottawa…..6:02
bib #213….. YVON CARRIERE…..Ottawa…..6:02
bib #3682….. RICHARD BERCUSON…..Ottawa…..6:03
bib #3036….. ANNE STUBBE…..Ottawa…..6:03
bib #1320….. BRUCE MCLAURIN…..Ottawa…..6:03
bib #3415….. JANET LOVELADY…..Ottawa…..6:04
bib #2599….. LUVY GONZALEZ…..Ottawa…..6:04
bib #3875….. GRAEME HAMILTON…..Ottawa…..6:04
bib #375….. CLAIRE O'DONNELL…..Ottawa…..6:04
bib #526….. MICHAEL MOPAS…..Ottawa…..6:04
bib #4322….. SYLVIE GAUTHIER…..Ottawa…..6:05
bib #2623….. PAT FAULKNER…..Ottawa…..6:05
bib #3731….. MARC TESSIER…..Ottawa…..6:05
bib #3732….. CHRISTINA LEIBBRANDT…..Ottawa…..6:05
bib #2722….. ERIC ERYOU…..Ottawa…..6:05
bib #2216….. ANDREW MACDONALD…..Ottawa…..6:05
bib #1991….. KRIS BULMER…..Ottawa…..6:06
bib #3816….. CATHERINE RIX…..Ottawa…..6:06
bib #203….. GWENOLA VAN HILLE…..Ottawa…..6:06
bib #2506….. JOHN HALE…..Ottawa…..6:06
bib #598….. FRANK PEROLLI…..Ottawa…..6:06
bib #3512….. LORI SWIFT…..Ottawa…..6:06
bib #2562….. ROBIN MCINTYRE…..Ottawa…..6:07
bib #4254….. JEFF MOORE…..Ottawa…..6:07
bib #3444….. PASCAL ILBOUDO…..Ottawa…..6:07
bib #278….. LISA ZED…..Ottawa…..6:07
bib #2794….. PATRICK DUMOND…..Ottawa…..6:08
bib #3324….. MARIANNE WOUTERS…..Ottawa…..6:08
bib #201….. JAMES SELBIE…..Ottawa…..6:08
bib #2361….. FRED SMITH…..Ottawa…..6:09
bib #4737….. EDWARD FOX…..Ottawa…..6:09
bib #197….. AUDREY TAYLOR…..Ottawa…..6:09
bib #3307….. NANCYC GREEN…..Ottawa…..6:09
bib #2715….. KENNETH INBAR…..Ottawa…..6:09
bib #3664….. ANDRES VELEZ-GUERRA…..Ottawa…..6:10
bib #3462….. MARK LEGER…..Ottawa…..6:10
bib #3919….. KARIM SEDDIKI…..Ottawa…..6:10
bib #400….. MONA LAMONTAGNE…..Ottawa…..6:10
bib #1700….. CHRISTINE GERAGHTY…..Ottawa…..6:11
bib #2226….. OLIVIER SYLVAIN…..Ottawa…..6:11
bib #3504….. RICHARD ROIK…..Ottawa…..6:11
bib #3344….. JANUSZ GAWLIK…..Ottawa…..6:11
bib #1971….. LOTFALI SAMADI…..Ottawa…..6:12
bib #2237….. LILA KELLAND…..Ottawa…..6:12
bib #3715….. ANNA HOEFNAGELS…..Ottawa…..6:13
bib #1761….. KATHERINE HALHED…..Ottawa…..6:13
bib #3581….. STEVAN BEARA…..Ottawa…..6:13
bib #3360….. NATASHA CARRARO…..Ottawa…..6:13
bib #537….. YVETTE MACABUAG…..Ottawa…..6:13
bib #2848….. BRIGID STANFORD-FINNERTY…..Ottawa…..6:13
bib #3807….. MARIA POOLEY…..Ottawa…..6:14
bib #483….. KYLE MIERSMA…..Ottawa…..6:14
bib #4796….. JOHN MITCHELL…..Ottawa…..6:14
bib #3294….. LYNDA BORDELEAU…..Ottawa…..6:14
bib #456….. HEATHER WILLETT…..Ottawa…..6:14
bib #3661….. MOHAMMAD MAHIN…..Ottawa…..6:15
bib #2282….. IAN GOVAN…..Ottawa…..6:15
bib #464….. ALAIN DUGAS…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3056….. SUSAN FARRELL…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3508….. WENDY GIFFORD…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3382….. JOANNE LENNON…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3403….. CINDY MACDONALD…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #1800….. JENNIFER BIONDI…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3142….. CARISSA BECK…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3531….. JOHN YOUNG…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3756….. MATTI PIHLAINEN…..Ottawa…..6:16
bib #3208….. BEN LINDSAY…..Ottawa…..6:17
bib #364….. RANDY MCELLIGOTT…..Ottawa…..6:17
bib #3688….. JUSTINE SIDER…..Ottawa…..6:18
bib #3722….. JENNIFER DIAMOND…..Ottawa…..6:18
bib #1502….. DAVID GIROUX…..Ottawa…..6:18
bib #3912….. ROBIE LOOMER…..Ottawa…..6:18
bib #3081….. DAVID PERRY…..Ottawa…..6:19
bib #3750….. JENNIFER NORTH…..Ottawa…..6:19
bib #2427….. DANA M PRICE…..Ottawa…..6:19
bib #3704….. BARRY KNAPP…..Ottawa…..6:19
bib #2916….. LAURA LEE BRENNEMAN…..Ottawa…..6:20
bib #2947….. MARC CHOLETTE…..Ottawa…..6:20
bib #573….. JASON PINTO…..Ottawa…..6:20
bib #515….. RICHARD ROMAN…..Ottawa…..6:20
bib #500….. CHANTAL PILON…..Ottawa…..6:20
bib #268….. RYAN LEE…..Ottawa…..6:21
bib #447….. ANN BESNER…..Ottawa…..6:21
bib #3434….. JILL BAKER…..Ottawa…..6:21
bib #3652….. KYLIE PRATT…..Ottawa…..6:21
bib #4354….. ALEX KELLER…..Ottawa…..6:22
bib #4566….. ROSS BONNELL…..Ottawa…..6:22
bib #398….. SCOTT FELMAN…..Ottawa…..6:22
bib #555….. KIMBERLEY LOW…..Ottawa…..6:22
bib #3464….. PAUL BRENNAN…..Ottawa…..6:23
bib #3953….. FARIS CORNELL…..Ottawa…..6:23
bib #1703….. JAY MCINTOSH…..Ottawa…..6:23
bib #3691….. CLAIRE SAMSON…..Ottawa…..6:23
bib #4302….. ROBERT LEBEL…..Ottawa…..6:24
bib #4586….. LAURA MORAN…..Ottawa…..6:24
bib #4738….. JOY HALVERSON…..Ottawa…..6:24
bib #2475….. RUDI WALLACE…..Ottawa…..6:25
bib #4205….. KAREN OBERTHIER…..Ottawa…..6:25
bib #3675….. KELLY BARNETT…..Ottawa…..6:25
bib #454….. KRISTINA GARDNER…..Ottawa…..6:25
bib #2879….. SHELLY RUSSELL…..Ottawa…..6:25
bib #2849….. TIM WATTS…..Ottawa…..6:26
bib #3436….. JENNIFER ETHIER…..Ottawa…..6:26
bib #283….. GORDON JOSEPHSON…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #4487….. JEFF KENNY…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #3445….. KERRI GALLAGHER…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #1821….. EDMUND BINGGELI…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #427….. AVETA GRAHAM…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #3836….. MARIO RICCI…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #3114….. NORMAND BELLEMARE…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #3676….. LEE FARRELL…..Ottawa…..6:27
bib #215….. PETER COE…..Ottawa…..6:28
bib #4117….. DIANA THIBEAULT…..Ottawa…..6:28
bib #1081….. ROGER ROBERT…..Ottawa…..6:28
bib #3639….. KEN CUMMING…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #2436….. DAVE SILVESTER…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #3203….. JANET LEADER…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #3699….. SUSAN WALLACE…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #1352….. ANGELO FATORIC…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #3134….. MARCOS MAGALHAES…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #224….. BRIAN STOROSKO…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #3450….. MARK HART…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #216….. AMY MCKAY…..Ottawa…..6:29
bib #390….. KIM MOIR…..Ottawa…..6:30
bib #4422….. RICK DEARDEN…..Ottawa…..6:30
bib #4099….. COLIN MARVIN…..Ottawa…..6:30
bib #568….. DARLENE JOYCE…..Ottawa…..6:30
bib #4106….. CRISTINA RUCK…..Ottawa…..6:31
bib #3396….. JOLENE SAVOIE…..Ottawa…..6:32
bib #4242….. DAVE YURACH…..Ottawa…..6:32
bib #3038….. JAMIE HURST…..Ottawa…..6:32
bib #3741….. PAUL TAYLOR…..Ottawa…..6:32
bib #750….. JOHN REMO…..Ottawa…..6:33
bib #3938….. JOHN WINTERBOTTOM…..Ottawa…..6:33
bib #1663….. PATTY PAUL…..Ottawa…..6:33
bib #2997….. DOUGLAS COOPER…..Ottawa…..6:34
bib #3987….. ERIC SPROULE…..Ottawa…..6:34
bib #4094….. LISE SCOTT…..Ottawa…..6:34
bib #145….. RAYMOND BOUCHER…..Ottawa…..6:34
bib #3216….. KATIE O'CONNELL…..Ottawa…..6:35
bib #4221….. ADMASSU ABEBE…..Ottawa…..6:35
bib #2583….. ROBERT SIMPSON…..Ottawa…..6:35
bib #3295….. HILARY LITTLE…..Ottawa…..6:35
bib #3572….. DAVID STEWART…..Ottawa…..6:35
bib #177….. LUC DUGUAY…..Ottawa…..6:35
bib #4028….. PIERRICK LE MONNIER…..Ottawa…..6:36
bib #3353….. DAVE POFF…..Ottawa…..6:36
bib #3106….. HOWARD COHEN…..Ottawa…..6:36
bib #3494….. ANDREA ENGLISH…..Ottawa…..6:36
bib #3822….. CHRISTOPHER SNOW…..Ottawa…..6:37
bib #1253….. MATTHEW RENCZ…..Ottawa…..6:37
bib #2666….. DAVID MCKAY…..Ottawa…..6:37
bib #3755….. DAN PIHLAINEN…..Ottawa…..6:38
bib #4257….. KEN WHITING…..Ottawa…..6:38
bib #4304….. ANDREW MADEJ…..Ottawa…..6:38
bib #4305….. WILLIAM VU…..Ottawa…..6:38
bib #4583….. ROUBEN KHATCHADOURIAN…..Ottawa…..6:38
bib #4584….. GILLIAN FROST…..Ottawa…..6:38
bib #3129….. IMRAN CHOUDHRY…..Ottawa…..6:38
bib #3884….. JONATHAN THERIAULT…..Ottawa…..6:39
bib #4549….. AUSTIN JONES…..Ottawa…..6:39
bib #339….. GREG WILSON…..Ottawa…..6:39
bib #3948….. MARIA JACKO…..Ottawa…..6:39
bib #394….. DAVE BERGERON…..Ottawa…..6:39
bib #3402….. NITIN MEHRA…..Ottawa…..6:39
bib #4614….. BRENDAN MADIGAN…..Ottawa…..6:39
bib #459….. MICHAEL ANSTEY…..Ottawa…..6:40
bib #3718….. KEVIN HUBER…..Ottawa…..6:40
bib #872….. MARC PATRY…..Ottawa…..6:40
bib #4550….. LEONARD MILLS…..Ottawa…..6:40
bib #4300….. KIM BAARS…..Ottawa…..6:40
bib #509….. MORGAN CRANLEY…..Ottawa…..6:41
bib #3105….. PHAT NGUYEN…..Ottawa…..6:41
bib #3097….. HEATHER BIGELOW…..Ottawa…..6:42
bib #2917….. KITA SZPAK…..Ottawa…..6:43
bib #3083….. MIREN EGANA…..Ottawa…..6:43
bib #898….. BRIAN SENECAL…..Ottawa…..6:43
bib #3694….. JOANNE MERRETT…..Ottawa…..6:43
bib #2491….. JAMES MCCOOEYE…..Ottawa…..6:44
bib #4140….. NA LIN…..Ottawa…..6:44
bib #1744….. PATRICK MIRON…..Ottawa…..6:44
bib #4535….. SEANTEL ANAS…..Ottawa…..6:44
bib #554….. CONSTANCE CRAIG…..Ottawa…..6:44
bib #1644….. ABS SHITTA-BEY…..Ottawa…..6:44
bib #4274….. SYLVIE CHIASSON…..Ottawa…..6:45
bib #2933….. PHILIPPE HERRY…..Ottawa…..6:45
bib #3796….. FRANK BRUNETTA…..Ottawa…..6:46
bib #3795….. JANE BRUNETTA…..Ottawa…..6:46
bib #345….. CAROLE PICHE…..Ottawa…..6:46
bib #2743….. EDWARD VONK…..Ottawa…..6:46
bib #3179….. JASON RIORDON…..Ottawa…..6:46
bib #2471….. MIKE YATES…..Ottawa…..6:47
bib #2670….. KEN BACKER…..Ottawa…..6:47
bib #3885….. SHANNON WEATHERHEAD…..Ottawa…..6:47
bib #3716….. NEGIN HATAM…..Ottawa…..6:47
bib #2379….. PHILLIP KOHNEN…..Ottawa…..6:47
bib #1972….. DAVID JACKSON…..Ottawa…..6:47
bib #3205….. KEN DONOVAN…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #4749….. PRISCILLA VIGNEAULT…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #475….. IAN MACVICAR…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #518….. DAN HOWES…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #3800….. JANE SPITERI…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #4184….. SARAH LYONS…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #2912….. MICHAEL GILLIGAN…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #3968….. JO-ANNE BELLIVEAU…..Ottawa…..6:48
bib #424….. KARINNE DI SANZA…..Ottawa…..6:49
bib #335….. DAVID LEECH…..Ottawa…..6:49
bib #516….. YANDU OPPACHER…..Ottawa…..6:49
bib #467….. TERRENCE PORTER…..Ottawa…..6:50
bib #4266….. TRISHA CONWAY…..Ottawa…..6:50
bib #3957….. RENALD BELANGER…..Ottawa…..6:50
bib #3455….. AMRIT DHILLON…..Ottawa…..6:50
bib #3737….. SUZANNE BADEL…..Ottawa…..6:50
bib #479….. RUTH FAREY…..Ottawa…..6:50
bib #579….. KAREN DILLON…..Ottawa…..6:52
bib #3135….. CINDY LIM…..Ottawa…..6:52
bib #491….. JESPER LIND…..Ottawa…..6:52
bib #3714….. EMILY BEEDELL…..Ottawa…..6:53
bib #4226….. MAGGIE CAIGER-WATSON…..Ottawa…..6:54
bib #3090….. MIKE CUMMINGS…..Ottawa…..6:55
bib #330….. JAMIE BELL…..Ottawa…..6:57
bib #3751….. KARYN CURTIS…..Ottawa…..6:58
bib #4210….. NORMAN YANOFSKY…..Ottawa…..6:58
bib #544….. MICHAEL ARTS…..Ottawa…..6:58
bib #3551….. CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT…..Ottawa…..6:58
bib #316….. PAULA HALL…..Ottawa…..6:58
bib #4179….. JAMILA GUBBELS…..Ottawa…..6:58
bib #3113….. MANDY SMITH…..Ottawa…..6:59
bib #190….. DAVID RAIN…..Ottawa…..7:00
bib #4029….. ANNE STRANGELOVE…..Ottawa…..7:00
bib #4332….. PEDRO CHACON…..Ottawa…..7:01
bib #3302….. LISA MONCHALIN…..Ottawa…..7:01
bib #4479….. JEAN LEBEL…..Ottawa…..7:01
bib #4432….. YONG BAI…..Ottawa…..7:02
bib #3490….. MARTA MONAGHAN…..Ottawa…..7:02
bib #4208….. ELEANOR THOMAS…..Ottawa…..7:02
bib #3031….. MAUREEN FEAGAN…..Ottawa…..7:02
bib #3544….. CHRIS CAMPBELL…..Ottawa…..7:03
bib #3040….. LORENZO DE FRANCO…..Ottawa…..7:03
bib #4149….. DENIS BINETTE…..Ottawa…..7:03
bib #4379….. MELANIE DOMPIERRE…..Ottawa…..7:04
bib #4275….. IAN MURPHY…..Ottawa…..7:04
bib #319….. NANCY FERGUSON…..Ottawa…..7:04
bib #4195….. GENNIFER STAINFORTH…..Ottawa…..7:05
bib #4002….. MICHAEL PRICE…..Ottawa…..7:05
bib #3576….. GEOFFREY DELAGE…..Ottawa…..7:06
bib #4231….. MICHAEL STRANGELOVE…..Ottawa…..7:07
bib #3595….. TRACEY AZLYN…..Ottawa…..7:09
bib #1599….. ROSS MACLACHLAN…..Ottawa…..7:10
bib #4569….. RICHARD CAWTHORN…..Ottawa…..7:11
bib #4019….. JEFF BROUGHTON…..Ottawa…..7:11
bib #4339….. MONICA RICHARD…..Ottawa…..7:11
bib #4141….. NATALIE TOMAS…..Ottawa…..7:15
bib #4048….. JULIE MOLINA…..Ottawa…..7:15
bib #3465….. RENE-LOUIS BOURGEAU…..Ottawa…..7:15
bib #4503….. LILIA MAHROUCHE…..Ottawa…..7:16
bib #4351….. JONATHAN LIDDELL…..Ottawa…..7:17
bib #4174….. RHONA EINBINDER-MILLER…..Ottawa…..7:17
bib #4506….. HELENE GAUTHIER…..Ottawa…..7:18
bib #104….. MIKE DAVIS…..Ottawa…..7:19
bib #171….. ARASH MAHIN…..Ottawa…..7:19
bib #3391….. KAREN MEADES…..Ottawa…..7:20
bib #3802….. ANDRE GUERRA…..Ottawa…..7:21
bib #3869….. ROSS OSBORNE…..Ottawa…..7:21
bib #4353….. LORRI BIESENTHAL…..Ottawa…..7:23
bib #2658….. DEVON SAXE…..Ottawa…..7:23
bib #4287….. HENDRIK SIRE…..Ottawa…..7:23
bib #4442….. ROBIN TILSWORTH…..Ottawa…..7:24
bib #4589….. DEB HOGAN…..Ottawa…..7:24
bib #3894….. VINH HOANG…..Ottawa…..7:24
bib #3873….. KIM DOUGLAS…..Ottawa…..7:26
bib #3503….. CHRISTOPHER RECOSKIE…..Ottawa…..7:26
bib #185….. KRISTINE SIMPSON…..Ottawa…..7:28
bib #4673….. DAWN BOAKE…..Ottawa…..7:28
bib #391….. JOCELYNE RIOPELLE…..Ottawa…..7:30
bib #4578….. BING CHEUNG…..Ottawa…..7:32
bib #4273….. MELANIE CLOUTIER…..Ottawa…..7:33
bib #4455….. JENNY MIDWINTER…..Ottawa…..7:33
bib #4001….. CYNTHIA DESNOYERS…..Ottawa…..7:34
bib #1753….. PAULA GHERASIM…..Ottawa…..7:36
bib #3981….. STEVE ASTELS…..Ottawa…..7:36
bib #4361….. TUAN TRAN…..Ottawa…..7:37
bib #4568….. SUONG LE…..Ottawa…..7:37
bib #4164….. LOC PHAM…..Ottawa…..7:37
bib #4139….. MARK CAMARERO…..Ottawa…..7:38
bib #4700….. DEBORAH YU…..Ottawa…..7:40
bib #4430….. KATHY HENEY…..Ottawa…..7:40
bib #3089….. DAVID DELANEY…..Ottawa…..7:41
bib #4189….. YADVIR JHAJ…..Ottawa…..7:41
bib #2764….. JEFF SCULLION…..Ottawa…..7:42
bib #4444….. AKBAR GARJANI…..Ottawa…..7:43
bib #3930….. DARRELL GILES…..Ottawa…..7:45
bib #3087….. PK LEUNG…..Ottawa…..7:47
bib #4647….. KEVIN WANNELL…..Ottawa…..7:47
bib #4317….. CARON PARSONS…..Ottawa…..7:48
bib #3799….. JENNIFER LALUK…..Ottawa…..7:55
bib #1719….. LARRY CHAMNEY…..Ottawa…..7:55
bib #4630….. JULIE BUTALA…..Ottawa…..7:57
bib #282….. CHRISTINE SMITH…..Ottawa…..7:58
bib #4703….. CAROLYN TAPP…..Ottawa…..7:58
bib #501….. KRISTIN KOPRA…..Ottawa…..8:00
bib #231….. MARGO WHITTAKER…..Ottawa…..8:01
bib #210….. LOUISE RACHLIS…..Ottawa…..8:02
bib #4433….. GEORGETTE DEMERS…..Ottawa…..8:03
bib #4052….. AMANDA AMARATUNGA…..Ottawa…..8:03
bib #139….. MICHAEL WING…..Ottawa…..8:17
bib #2645….. RACHEL BARRETT…..Ottawa…..8:17
bib #419….. JEFF WRIGHT…..Ottawa…..8:19
bib #3019….. KATHLEEN GIFFORD…..Ottawa…..8:20
bib #4246….. PAMELA WILSON…..Ottawa…..8:27
bib #4186….. GRETA SMITH…..Ottawa…..8:29
bib #4652….. NARA GONZALEZ…..Ottawa…..8:29
bib #4645….. KEVIN SHAW…..Ottawa…..8:30
bib #528….. DANIELLE LAWSON…..Ottawa…..8:31
bib #4384….. MURRAY KRONICK…..Ottawa…..8:38
bib #4613….. YORGOS ALIBALIS…..Ottawa…..8:43
bib #4356….. SONIA HIGGINS…..Ottawa…..8:45
bib #4313….. STEPHANIE BERRY…..Ottawa…..8:49
bib #328….. ANASTASIA MARANTO…..Ottawa…..8:54
bib #327….. AMY MARANTO…..Ottawa…..8:54
bib #4346….. ROBERT DEMERS…..Ottawa…..8:55
bib #4345….. JENNIFER CARNEIRO DEMERS…..Ottawa…..8:55
bib #2965….. DONA HILL…..Ottawa…..9:00
bib #4752….. GARY LUNN…..Ottawa…..9:05
bib #3235….. VANESSA MARSHALL…..Ottawa…..9:06
bib #4511….. GEOFFREY MOLNAR…..Ottawa…..9:13
bib #4721….. ROBERT BRUNET…..Ottawa…..9:19
bib #3728….. ANDY MAZEROLLE…..Ottawa…..9:22
bib #4399….. KIMBERLY SHELP…..Ottawa…..9:23
bib #4690….. UPENDRA MOHOLKAR…..Ottawa…..9:23
bib #4145….. JOHN STODDART…..Ottawa…..9:26
bib #4741….. PATRICIA LACROIX…..Ottawa…..9:34
bib #574….. PATRICIA SHAULIS…..Ottawa…..9:34
bib #4646….. BRENDA WANNELL…..Ottawa…..9:41
bib #4649….. ALISON TRANT…..Ottawa…..9:41
bib #4518….. JARED YOUNG…..Ottawa…..9:41
bib #4520….. KATHERINE STRUTHERS…..Ottawa…..9:41
bib #4720….. JOSEY FINLEY…..Ottawa…..10:00
bib #4722….. LINDA SCALES…..Ottawa…..10:08
bib #4699….. WENDY MCCUTCHEON…..Ottawa…..10:13
bib #4708….. MICHEL LECLERC…..Ottawa…..10:13
bib #4725….. DEBRA DUCHARME…..Ottawa…..10:14
bib #4390….. JANET MRENICA…..Ottawa…..10:19
bib #4694….. MARY-ELLEN MAYBEE…..Ottawa…..10:25
bib #4755….. JOHANNA WHALEN…..Ottawa…..10:34
bib #3515….. LUCAS POST…..Ottawa…..10:41
bib #4760….. ROBIN MACLAREN…..Ottawa…..11:02
bib #4653….. PAOLA NANQUEN…..Ottawa…..11:23
bib #51….. REJEAN CHIASSON…..Ottawa…..
bib #1459….. ALBERT SAIKALEY…..Ottawa…..
bib #2654….. NICOLE LUNSTEAD…..Ottawa…..
bib #4290….. DINO NIZZOLA…..Ottawa…..
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bib #790….. ROBERT SAUNDERS…..Ottawa…..
bib #1136….. DERRICK POCKIAK…..Ottawa…..
bib #1396….. GREG LAMB…..Ottawa…..
bib #1354….. ANDRE F GIROUX…..Ottawa…..
bib #1328….. ROBERT GALLAHER…..Ottawa…..
bib #462….. SIMON GOWAN…..Ottawa…..
bib #1953….. ELAINE MACKAY…..Ottawa…..
bib #2688….. JANICE MCGUINNESS…..Ottawa…..
bib #1387….. STEPHEN LEE…..Ottawa…..
bib #2330….. MANON THERRIAULT…..Ottawa…..
bib #4337….. ALEKSANDRA OSTOJIC…..Ottawa…..
bib #3811….. CRAIG BASCOMBE…..Ottawa…..
bib #3050….. ROBERT GIBB…..Ottawa…..
bib #3813….. JENNA ROUNDELL…..Ottawa…..
bib #2690….. GENEVIEVE LEMIEUX…..Ottawa…..
bib #3696….. JENIFER CEPELLA…..Ottawa…..
bib #4070….. CORINNA WONG…..Ottawa…..
bib #4410….. KARIN DUDLI…..Ottawa…..
bib #4601….. MONIQUE COUSINEAU…..Ottawa…..
bib #4747….. WILMA VREESWIJK…..Ottawa…..
bib #4031….. JUSTIN DASHNEY…..Ottawa…..
bib #3406….. GREYDON MILES…..Ottawa…..
bib #765….. WILLIAM THOMPSON…..Ottawa…..
bib #3926….. JADE GEORIS…..Ottawa…..
bib #4380….. ERIN PURDY…..Ottawa…..
ISO 100 f/4.0 1/200s with a 2 Stop ND filter.
SB-800 camera left through umbrella @ 35mm 1/8th power triggered with Nikon CLS.
This is Pico. For years we tried to keep this cat confined to the boundaries of our home, with the occasional venture to the screened porch. After several ripped screens and a destroyed cat hutch; we finally gave up the fight and let this cat be free. When my daughter was born he went on hiatis for two weeks. He now acts like a moody teenager with a driver's license, staying out all night and coming home to raid the fridge and sleep all day. I can't blame him, I was young once too!
until tommorow,
enjoy
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Rápido, vivo, titubeante, minúsculo meteorito indeciso, caída en vuelo de ave herida, giros incontrolados, hoja en vendaval, así se mueve el minúsculo Mylestoma, un pequeñísimo ciliado de apenas veinte milésimas de milímetro de longitud, apenas nada por su fugacidad y por su pequeñez y esa nada es todo para él, le da la vida. Una ráfaga de luz ha conseguido detenerlo en un instante, casi milagrosamente y de este modo nos ha permitido correr el velo de una incógnita que fue invisible.
Mylestoma anatinum vive cerca de los fondos poco profundos en aguas tranquilas y se mueve imprevisiblemente y con extraordinaria rapidez, quizá para escapar de algún enemigo calculador que pueda quererlo en su menú...será muy difícil darle alcance, cuando se perciba su presencia, Mylestoma, como una estrella fugaz habrá desaparecido en un instante en la inmensidad de cualquier gota de agua.
Mylestoma es un ciliado de contorno irregular y perfil de luna nariguda en cuarto creciente, su cuerpo es transparente, del mismo color que el agua, aplastado como un disco, redondeado y regular por la parte dorsal que remata en una afilada punta y recortado en dos profundas hendiduras por su parte ventral, en la superior se abre la hendidura de la boca -citostoma- rodeada de un manojo de cilios cortos y flexibles. En la zona inferior del dorso, dos afilados cirros, ligeramente curvados, hacen de timón, variando el rumbo de la marcha de Mylestoma caprichosamente a cada instante.
Mylestoma vive enfundando dentro de una camisa semirígida y transparente que se ciñe a su cuerpo sin formar ninguna arruga, en él encierra un gran y único macronúcleo junto a otros pequeños micronúcleos y numerosos y diminutos gránulos oscuros. En la parte posterior una vacuola contráctil achica, a ritmo de corazón, el agua que pueda acumularse en exceso poniendo en peligro la vida este fugaz navegante
Mylestoma anatinum vive entre los sedimentos alimentándose de pequeñas partículas de materia orgánica y de bacterias. La fotografía de hoy, como todas las de la galería, ha sido tomada en vivo en una muestra de agua procedente del Lago de Sanabria, sobre un fondo con surgencias de aguas sulfurosas y recogida por Ruth Centeno desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria.
Diminutas estrellas, algunas fugaces, como Mylestoma prenden de luces el cielo limpio de la Sierra cerca de Lozoya, donde otras brillan fijas pintando de alegría la amistad.
Have a peek -- large & on black
Day 87/365
So this is my wedding dress from nearly 13 years ago. I did not have a traditional, heirloom style dress for 3 reasons. 1 - We planned our wedding in a 2 week period because we were going to be together while we were both on "leave" from the military. 2 - I wouldn't have had that kind of money to spend on a dress. 3 - Plain and Simple, I was not a bride that wanted a big, glorious wedding...something small and intimate with just family worked wonderfully for me!
So, until this day, I have not put my dress back on in nearly 13 years! I was in shock that it still fit! Sigh. This dress brings me back to one of the most wonderful days of my life.
TRF: I did not wear the sun hat in my wedding.
TOTW: Nostalgia
GTWL: Sun/Shade
Parc Natural del Garraf - Jafra, Barcelona (Spain).
Panorama of 2 photos.
ENGLISH
Garraf is a place little documented, and for that reason it is surrounded by mystery and legend.
Jafra, a deserted and ruinous town, is named already in 1139, and in 1332 a castle is mentioned. Apparently in 14th century all the inhabitants died due to the Black Death epidemic, although shortly after it became to populate, and in 1432 it became to open the parish. In 17th century the barons of Jafra named a mayor (1683) and recovered the church, dedicated to Santa Maria (1688). In 1819 Jafra lost its last mayor and it joined to the town of Olivella (the parishes already were tie). The culture of the vine made increase the population during 17th century. In 1820 there were 83 inhabitants, and in 1850 the church was recovered again. The plague of phylloxera of end of 19th century caused the desertion of lands, and in 1960 they were left only 19 inhabitants, scattered by farms of the environs.
At the moment only it is left still on the church (in restoration), the walls of rectory and the house of the barons, and those of the house of the servants. About the cemetery only left some walls and two great cypresses, and by the environs it has scattered ruins of which they could be other small houses.
When I arrived at the entrance of the church I was a little rare, with a discomfort sensation, of not feeling very at ease in this place, so I did not entertain myself in making many photos. I do not know why, but I had desire to go away there. And it was later, already in house, when documenting about the place I found the explanation of those strange sensations.
Jafra is considered damn town, and it is object of investigation by different parapsychology studious groups. It comments that at night lights have been seen roam by the zone, and in the house of the servants, called “the enchanted house” have been poltergeist phenomena, like blows, sudden changes of temperature, voices and until some appearance. Here they have been possible to record psychophonies. Also it comments that years ago a boy fell into a well near the cemetery and died drowned, and since it have been heard moans and it has been believed to see a figure roam near the cypresses of the cemetery.
I do not believe in these things, but the strange sensations that I experimented there are well certain...
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CASTELLANO
El Garraf es un lugar poco documentado, y por ello está rodeado de misterio y de leyenda.
Jafra, un poblado abandonado y ruinoso, ya es nombrado en el año 1139, y en 1332 se menciona un castillo. Por lo visto en el siglo XIV murieron todos los habitantes debido a la epidemia de peste, aunque poco después se volvió a poblar, y en 1432 se volvió a abrir la parroquia. En el siglo XVII los barones de Jafra nombraron un alcalde (1683) y restauraron la iglesia, dedicada a Santa María (1688). En 1819 Jafra perdió su último alcalde y se incorporó al pueblo de Olivella (las parroquias ya estaban vinculadas). El cultivo de la viña hizo aumentar la población durante el siglo XVII. En 1820 había 83 habitantes, y en 1850 se restauró nuevamente la iglesia. La plaga de filoxera de finales del siglo XIX provocó el abandono de las tierras, y en 1960 quedaban tan solo 19 habitantes, diseminados por las masías de los alrededores.
Actualmente sólo queda en pie la iglesia (en restauración), los muros de la rectoría y de la casa de los barones, y los de la casa de los criados. Del cementerio apenas quedan unos muros y dos grandes cipreses, y por los alrededores hay diseminadas ruinas de lo que podrían ser otras casas pequeñas.
Cuando llegué a la entrada de la iglesia me encontré un poco raro, con una sensación de incomodidad, de no sentirme muy a gusto en el lugar, así que no me entretuve en hacer muchas fotos. No sé por qué, pero tenía ganas de marchar de allí. Y fue después, ya en casa, cuando documentándome acerca del lugar encontré la explicación a esas extrañas sensaciones.
Por lo visto Jafra es considerado un pueblo maldito, y es objeto de investigación por parte de diferentes grupos estudiosos de parapsicología. Se comenta que de noche se han visto luces merodear por la zona, y en la casa de los criados, llamada "la casa encantada" ha habido fenómenos poltergeist, como golpes, cambios súbitos de temperatura, voces y hasta alguna aparición. En ella se han podido grabar psicofonías. También se comenta que hace años cayó un niño a un pozo cerca del cementerio y murió ahogado, y desde entonces se han oído lamentos y se ha creído ver una figura merodear cerca de los cipreses del cementerio.
Yo no creo en estas cosas, pero las extrañas sensaciones que experimenté allí son bien ciertas...