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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
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The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located in the Piazza Navona. Designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini, it is emblematic of the dynamic and dramatic effects sought by High Baroque artists. It was erected in 1651 in front of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, and yards from the Pamphilj Palace belonging to this fountain's patron, Innocent X (1644-1655).
The four gods on the corners of the fountain represent the four major rivers of the world known at the time: the Nile, Danube, Ganges, and Plate. The design of each god figure has symbolic importance.
Design
Bernini's design was selected in competition. The circumstances of his victory are described as follows:
So strong was the sinister influence of the rivals of Bernini on the mind of Innocent that when he planned to set up in Piazza Navona the great obelisk brought to Rome by the Emperor Caracalla, which had been buried for a long time at Capo di Bove for the adornment of a magnificent fountain, the Pope had designs made by the leading architects of Rome without an order for one to Bernini. Prince Niccolò Ludovisi, whose wife was niece to the pope, persuaded Bernini to prepare a model, and arrange for it to be secretly installed in a room in the Palazzo Pamphili that the Pope had to pass. When the meal was finished, seeing such a noble creation, he stopped almost in ecstasy. Being prince of the keenest judgment and the loftiest ideas, after admiring it, said: “This is a trick … It will be necessary to employ Bernini in spite of those who do not wish it, for he who desires not to use Bernini’s designs, must take care not to see them.”
Paraphrase from Filippo Baldinucci, The life of Cavaliere Bernini (1682)
Public fountains in Rome served multiple purposes: first, they were highly needed sources of water for neighbors in the centuries prior to home plumbing. Second, they were monuments to the papal patrons. Earlier Bernini fountains had been the Fountain of the Triton in Piazza Barberini, the fountain of the Moor in the southern end of Piazza Navona erected during the Barberini papacy, and the Neptune and Triton for Villa Montalto, whose statuary now resides at Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Each has animals and plants that further carry forth the identification, and each carries a certain number of allegories and metaphors with it. The Ganges carries a long oar, representing the river's navigability. The Nile's head is draped with a loose piece of cloth, meaning that no one at that time knew exactly where the Nile's source was. The Danube touches the Papal coat of arms, since it is the large river closest to Rome. And the Río de la Plata is sitting on a pile of coins, a symbol of the riches America could offer to Europe (the word plata means silver in Spanish). Also, the Río de la Plata looks scared by a snake, showing rich men's fear that their money could be stolen. Each is a river god, semi-prostrate, in awe of the central tower, epitomized by the slender Egyptian obelisk (built for the Roman Serapeum in AD 81), symbolizing by Papal power surmounted by the Pamphili symbol (dove). In addition, the fountain is a theater in the round, a spectacle of action, that can be strolled around. Water flows and splashes from a jagged and pierced mountainous disorder of travertine marble. A legend, common with tour-guides, is that Bernini positioned the cowering Rio de la Plata River as if the sculpture was fearing the facade of the church of Sant'Agnese by his rival Borromini could crumble against him; in fact, the fountain was completed several years before Borromini began work on the church.
The dynamic fusion of architecture and sculpture made this fountain revolutionary when compared to prior Roman projects, such as the stilted designs Acqua Felice and Paola by Fontana in Piazza San Bernardo (1585-87) or the customary embellished geometric floral-shaped basin below a jet of water such as the Fontanina in Piazza Campitelli (1589) by Giacomo della Porta.
Unveiling
he Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was unveiled to the populace of Rome on 12 June 1651. According to a report from the time, an event was organised to draw people to the Piazza Navona. Beforehand, wooden scaffolding, overlaid with curtains, had hidden the fountain, though probably not the obelisk, which would have given people an idea that something was being built, but the precise details were unknown. Once unveiled, the full majesty of the fountain would be apparent, which the celebrations were designed to advertise. The festival was paid for by the Pamphili family, to be specific, Innocent X, who had sponsored the erection of the fountain. The most conspicuous item on the Pamphili crest, an olive branch, was brandished by the performers who took part in the event.
The author of the report, Antonio Bernal, takes his readers through the hours leading up to the unveiling. The celebrations were announced by a woman, dressed as the allegorical character of Fame, being paraded around the streets of Rome on a carriage or float. She was sumptuously dressed, with wings attached to her back and a long trumpet in her hand. Bernal notes that "she went gracefully through all the streets and all the districts that are found among the seven hills of Rome, often blowing the round bronze [the trumpet], and urging everyone to make their way to that famous Piazza." A second carriage followed her; this time another woman was dressed as the allegorical figure of Curiosity. According to the report, she continued exhorting the people to go towards the piazza. Bernal describes the clamour and noise of the people as they discussed the upcoming event.
The report is actually less detailed about the process of publicly unveiling the fountain. However, it does give ample descriptions of the responses of the spectators who had gathered in the Piazza. Once there, Bernal notes, the citizens of the city were overwhelmed by the massive fountain, with its huge life-like figures. The report mentions the "enraptured souls" of the population, the fountain, which "gushes out a wealth of silvery treasures" causing "no little wonder" in the onlookers. Bernal then continues to describe the fountain, making continuous reference to the seeming naturalism of the figures and its astonishing effect on those in the piazza.
The making of the fountain was met by opposition by the people of Rome for several reasons. First, Innocent X had the fountain built at public expense during the intense famine of 1646-48. Throughout the construction of the fountain, the city murmurred and talk of riot was in the air. Pasquinade writers protested the construction of the fountain in September 1648 by attaching hand-written invectives on the stone blocks used to make the obelisk. These pasquinades read, "We do not want Obelisks and Fountains, It is bread that we want. Bread, Bread, Bread!" Innocent quickly had the authors arrested, and disguised spies patrol the Pasquino statue and Piazza Navona
The streetvendors of the market also opposed the construction of the fountain, as Innocent X expelled them from the piazza. The Pamphilij pope believed they detracted from the magnificence of the square. The vendors refused to move, and the papal police had to chase them from the piazza. Roman Jews, in particular, lamented the closing of the Navona, since they were allowed to sell used articles of clothing there at the Wednesday market.
Navona Square (Piazza Navona).
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Piazza Navona is a city square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in first century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium.[1] The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and eventually to 'navona'.
Defined as a public space in the last years of 15th century, when the city market was transferred to it from the Campidoglio, the Piazza Navona is a significant example of Baroque Roman architecture and art. It features sculptural and architectural creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini and Girolamo Rainaldi; and the Pamphilj palace also by Rainaldi and which features the gallery frescoed by Pietro da Cortona.
The Piazza Navona has two additional fountains: at the southern end is the Fontana del Moro with a basin and four Tritons sculpted by Giacomo della Porta (1575) to which, in 1673, Bernini added a statue of a Moor, or African, wrestling with a dolphin, and at the northern end is the Fountain of Neptune (1574) created by Giacomo della Porta. The statue of Neptune in the northern fountain, the work of Antonio Della Bitta, was added in 1878 to make that fountain more symmetrical with La Fontana del Moro in the south.
At the southwest end of the piazza is the ancient 'speaking' statue of Pasquino. Erected in 1501, Romans could leave lampoons or derogatory social commentary attached to the statue.
During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival was suppressed, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family. The pavement level was raised in the 19th century and the market was moved again in 1869 to the nearby Campo de' Fiori. A Christmas market is held in the piazza.
Other monuments on the Piazza Navona are:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma)
Sant'Agnese in Agone
Literature and films
The piazza is featured in Dan Brown's 2000 thriller Angels and Demons, in which the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi "The Fountain of the four rivers"(the Danube, the Gange, the Nile and the River Plate) is listed as one of the Altars of Science. During June 2008, Ron Howard directed several scenes of the film adaptation of Angels and Demons on the southern section of the Piazza Navona, featuring Tom Hanks.
The piazza is featured in several scenes of director Mike Nichols' 1970 adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22.
The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi was used in the 1990 film Coins in the Fountain. The characters threw coins into the fountain as they made wishes. The Trevi Fountain was used in the 1954 version of the film.
A Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi, é maior das três fontes, localizada no centro da praça. Na fonte dos rios, Bernini projetou quatro estátuas representando os rios dos quatro continentes: o Nilo, o Danúbio, o rio da Prata e o Ganges. As estátuas estão montadas sobre um obelisco egípcio, sendo circundadas por leões e outros animais fantásticos, tendo no cume uma pomba em bronze, símbolo da paz no mundo e da família Pamphili. Para realçar a rivalidade entre Bernini e Borromini, que fez a igreja de Santa Agnese, os romanos criaram uma lenda em torno da fonte dos rios, que fica em frente a esta igreja. Segundo os romanos, as estátuas duvidam da solidez do projeto de Borromini. A que retrata o rio da Prata, tem a mão erguida, a proteger o corpo do desabamento da igreja; a que retrata o Nilo, traz a cabeça coberta por um véu, a recusar a ver a obra de Borromini.
A seguir um texto, em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia Livre:
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios), foi esculpida por Gian Lorenzo Bernini entre 1648 e 1651, artista do barroco italiano, foi concebida por uma ordem do Papa Inocencio X o Papa da familia Pamphili, cujo tinha sua casa nesta praça.
Esta localizada na Praça de Navona, em Roma. Ela representa os quatro principais continentes do mundo cortados por seus principais rios: Rio Nilo, na África; Rio Ganges, na Ásia, Rio da Prata, na América e o Rio Danúbio, na Europa.
A seguir, texto em português do site Wiki lingue:
A escultura da Fonte dos Quatro Rios, encontra-se na Piazza Navona de Roma (Itália) e foi criada e talhada pelo escultor e pintor Gian Lorenzo Bernini em 1651 baixo o papado de Inocencio X, em plena época barroca, durante o período mais prolífico do genial artista e cerca da que em outro tempo fué a Chiesa dei San Giacomo de gli Spagnoli
A fonte compõe-se de uma base formada de uma grande piscina elíptica, coroada em seu centro de uma grande mole de mármol, sobre a qual se eleva um obelisco egípcio de época romana, o obelisco de Domiciano .
As estátuas que compõem a fonte, têm umas dimensões maiores que na realidade e são alegorias dos quatro rios principais da Terra (Nilo, Ganges, Danubio, Rio da Prata), a cada um deles em um dos continentes conhecidos na época. Na fonte a cada um destes rios está representado por um gigante de mármol .
As árvores e as plantas que emergem da água e que se encontram entre as rochas, também estão em uma escala maior que na realidade. Os animais e vegetales, gerados de uma natureza boa e útil, pertencem a espécies grandes e potentes (como o leão, cavalo, cocodrilo, serpente, dragão, etc.). O espectador, girando em torno da fonte, descobre novas formas que dantes estavam escondidas ou cobertas pela massa rocosa. Com esta obra, Bernini quer suscitar admiração em quem olha-a, criando um pequeno universo em movimento a imitação do espaço da realidade natural.
A fonte foi submetida a restauração, um trabalho que se deu por concluído em dezembro de 2008. Constitui um dos palcos finque da novela e o filme Anjos e Demónios, à qual é arrojado um dos cardeais sequestrados, e Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) se lança à água para lhe salvar.
Os animais da fonte
A fonte apresenta figuras de sete animais, além de uma pequena pomba e o emblema dos Pamphili. Para poder observá-las basta com dar uma volta ao redor da fonte. As figuras são: um cavalo, uma serpente de terra (na parte mais alta, cerca do obelisco), uma serpente de mar, um delfín (que funciona também como desagüe), um cocodrilo, um leão e um dragão. Notar também a vegetación esculpida que parece real.
Praça Navona.
A seguir, um texto em português, da Wikipédia a Enciclopédia livre:
A Praça Navona (em italiano: Piazza Navona) é uma das mais célebres praças de Roma. A sua forma assemelha-se à dos antigos estádios da Roma Antiga, seguindo a planificação do Estádio de Domiciano (também denominado entre os italianos de Campomarzio, em virtude da natureza rude e esforçada dos exercícios - manejo de armas - e desportos atléticos que aí se realizavam). Albergaria até 20 mil espectadores sentados nas bancadas. A origem do nome deve-se ao nome pomposo que lhe foi dado ao tempo do Imperador Domiciano (imperador entre 81-96 d.c.): "Circo Agonístico" (do étimo grego Agonia, que significa precisamente - exercício, luta, combate). Actualmente o nome corresponde à corruptela da forma posterior in agone, depois nagone e finalmente navone, que por mero acaso significa também "grande navio" na língua italiana.
As casas que entretanto e com o passar dos anos foram sendo construídas sobre as bancadas, delimitariam e circunscreveriam até à actualidade o tão afamado Circo Agonístico.
A Navona passou de fato a caracterizar-se como praça nos últimos anos do século XV, quando o mercado da cidade foi transferido do Capitólio para aí. Foi remodelada para um estilo monumental por vontade do Papa Inocêncio X, da família Pamphili e é motivo de orgulho da cidade de Roma durante o período barroco. Sofreu intervenções de Gian Lorenzo Bernini (a famosa Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fonte dos Quatro Rios, 1651) ao centro); de Francesco Borromini e Girolamo Gainaldi (a igreja de Sant'Agnese in Agone); e de Pietro de Cortona, que pintou a galeria no Palácio Pamphilj, sede da embaixada do Brasil na Itália desde 1920.
O mercado tradicional voltou a ser transferido em 1869 para o Campo de' Fiori, embora a praça mantenha também um papel fundamental em servir de palco para espectáculos de teatro e corridas de cavalos. A partir de 1652, em todos os Sábados e Domingos de Agosto, a praça tornava-se num lago para celebrar a própria família Pamphili.
A praça dispõe ainda duas outras fontes esculpidas por Giacomo della Porta - a Fontana di Nettuno (1574), na área norte da praça, e a Fontana del Moro (1576), na área sul.
Na extremidade norte da praça, por debaixo dos edifícios, foram postas a descoberto ruínas antiquíssimas, a uma cota muito abaixo da actual, comprovando a primeva utilização daquele imenso terreiro. Outros monumentos com entrada para a praça:
Stabilimenti Spagnoli
Palazzo de Cupis
Palazzo Torres Massimo Lancellotti
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
Curiosidades
Na Piazza Navona, está localizado o Palazzo Pamphilj, propriedade da República Federativa do Brasil, sede da Embaixada Brasileira e da Missão Diplomática do Brasil para a Itália.
Opened in 1829, the ESP was the first modern prison in the world; it pioneered the idea that if prisoners were given quiet time to reflect rather than being tortured, they would feel penitent (this is the root of the word "penitentiary") and could rejoin society as productive members. Thus, for many decades the prisoners here were kept in their own cells and were prohibited from interacting with their fellow inmates. They exercised in individual, walled outdoor areas that were attached to their cells. It was only much later that "solitary confinement" came to acquire a negative connotation, as a special punishment for infractions committed while already in prison.
Among the ESP's more illustrious inmates in its 142 years of operation were Al Capone (who spent a year here), and the bank robber Willie Sutton. But perhaps its most unusual inmate was a dog, Pep (a black Labrador retriever). Said canine reportedly killed a cat belonging to Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot; the governor retaliated by sentencing the dog to life in prison. I even saw a picture of the dog's admittance papers (he was admitted in 1924). But then the Governor got a lot of bad press over this, so he changed his story and said that the dog was his, and that he had donated it to the prison for the betterment of the inmates. Yeah, right.
In the mid-19th century, the ESP was quite the tourist attraction. Its distinguished visitors in that era included Alexis de Tocqueville and a young Charles Dickens. Before embarking on his first trip to the U.S. in 1842, Dickens said that the two places in this nation that he most wanted to see were Niagara Falls, and the Eastern State Penitentiary.
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Per-Nils Paivio est un saame chez qui nous avons passé d’agréables moments dans sa ferme du village d’Övre Soppero – une localité située dans la municipalité de Kiruna, comté de Norrbotten, qui comptait 201 habitants en 2010.
Son histoire et ses coordonnées
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Suède
Au pays des Sami, Min Eallin
Laponie, Nord de la Suède, près de Kiruna
par Britt Marie Labba, Niklas Labba - publié le 2007, mis à jour le 1er décembre 2008
Per Nils et Brit Marie Päiviö habitent au nord de la Suède, en Laponie, en territoire Sami. Övre Soppero, leur village, est le seul en Suède où plus de 90 % de la population est tournée vers l’élevage de rennes. Per Nils et Brit Marie vivaient essentiellement de cet élevage. Mais des pluies givrantes en début d’automne emprisonnant les lichens ont décimé les troupeaux durant la dernière décennie. Le couple s’est alors tourné vers l’accueil de visiteurs pour faire découvrir et apprécier leur culture.
La première tentative a consisté à reconstruire une hutte lapone, ou kota, maison ronde en armature de bois de bouleau, recouverte de tourbe ou de mottes d’herbes. Equipée d’un poêle, de lits superposés et d’une table centrale, la hutte peut accueillir une famille de six. Alentour, balades à ski ou à pied sont possibles sur une étendue de plus de 100 kilomètres de forêt, de tourbières et de toundra. Les repas sont à base de produits issus d’élevage : viande de renne séchée, fumée, accompagnée de gelée de baies arctiques et de pain lapon.
Après la kota, Per Nils s’est lancé dans la reconversion d’un ancien corps de ferme en un musée lapon (vêtements, ustensiles, tentes). Il aime parler du métier d’éleveur de rennes ou organiser une expédition en barque à la pêche au saumon. Selon les saisons, il montre comment capturer les rennes au lasso, marquer les jeunes, dépecer la viande, la fumer dans la kota ou la sécher au grenier. Brit Marie enseigne la fabrication du pain lapon ou fait admirer le travail du cuir ou de la corne de rennes que les artisans locaux utilisent pour fabriquer les magnifiques couteaux lapons que l’on accroche à la ceinture. Elle parle également de la vie que sa mère a connue sous la tente, été comme hiver, élevant toute une famille en itinérance totale sur les traces des troupeaux.
Britt Marie et Per Nils ont conçu un trek inédit, sur le chemin de migration des rennes en pays Sami. Le point de départ de cette randonnée se situe au camp d’été de Gaiccacaccá où, chaque année vers la mi-juillet, la communauté Sami procède au marquage des jeunes rennes. Le camp d’hiver de Järamä, à 50 km du village de Övre Soppero, est le terme de la randonnée. Gaiccacaccá est situé à 900 m d’altitude, en bordure du Parc National norvégien de Övre Dividal. Cette randonnée parcourt une des plus vastes régions sans aucune route en Europe sur plus de 100 km depuis la toundra arctique du Finmark norvégien jusqu’aux forêts boréales de bouleaux au cœur de la Laponie suédoise. L’itinéraire de la migration séculaire et traditionnelle des rennes par les Sami de Saarevuopmi est réellement le fil d’Ariane de cette randonnée. La région tout entière est elle-même connue comme étant la zone de migration des rennes autour du pôle en Fennoscandie. Les participants à cette randonnée vont partager l’expérience et la vie quotidienne des familles Sami, au contact des rennes comme elle était pratiquée autrefois tout au long de l’année. La richesse de la biodiversité, liée à l’ouverture des milieux naturels par les rennes, est un des aspects excitants de cette découverte. Les nuits se passent sous les tentes traditionnelles Sami ("lavvu") ou dans les cabanes construites pendant l’hiver. Nos hôtes et guides Sami nous apprendront à lire dans le paysage la signature des anciens camps, nous verrons bien sûr quelques petites bandes de rennes, et avec un peu de chance, leur immense cousin l’élan. Au cœur des territoires des Ours bruns et des Gloutons, farouches et peu faciles à observer directement, nous chercherons la compagnie des oiseaux prestigieux du grand nord comme le Cygne chanteur, le Lagopède et la somptueuse Chouette harfang, ainsi que celles du Pluvier doré, de l’Aigle royal et du Pluvier guignard. En début d’été, de nombreuses fleurs apparaissent alors qu’en fin de saison, on commence à goûter aux airelles et myrtilles. Nous cuirons notre pain sur le feu dans la tradition Sami et mangerons le Char arctique pêché dans les lacs d’altitude norvégiens, la Truite, l’Ombre et même, plus bas, le saumon. Le groupe du début juillet aura peut-être même la chance d’assister au marquage des rennes guidés et rassemblés au coral. Au départ et à l’arrivée de la randonnée, nous serons invités à profiter du confort des torvkåta (huttes lapones traditionnelles) et de la ferme au village d’Övre Söppero, où Britt Marie nous introduira à la culture Sami, nous préparera à la randonnée. Un repas à base de viande de renne suivra une séance de sauna au bord de la rivière Laino.
Localisation
Nord de la Suède, a 140 km à l’est de Kiruna, la capitale de la Laponie suédoise, près de la frontière finlandaise. On y arrive en avion jusqu’à Kiruna ou bien en train de Stockholm après une nuit très agréable en couchette.
Contact
Per Nils Päiviö et Britt Marie Labba
Min Eallin Box 115
S-980 14 Övre Soppero
Tel. : 46 (0) 981-300 58
Mobile : 070-3625566, 070-5977765
E-Mail : info@mineallin.com
Internet : www.mineallin.com/
Pour la réservation des séjours organisés contacter
Saïga en France
4 rue Fleuriau BP 1291 17086 La Rochelle cedex 2 –
Tel. : 33 5 46 41 34 42 Fax : 33 5 46 41 34 92-
E-mail : mainate@saiga-voyage-nature.fr
Website : www.saiga-voyage-nature.fr
PolarQuest en Suède
P.O. Box 180
SE-401 23 Göteborg
Tél. :+46 31 333 17 30, Fax : +46 31 333 17 31
Courriel :info@polar-quest.com
Internet : www.polar-quest.com
Informations culturelles
Britt Marie et Per Nils sont d’abord et avant tout des éleveurs de rennes. Ils continuent à s’occuper de leurs troupeaux et chaque membre de la famille est attributaire d’un certain nombre de têtes. En été, ils se rassemblent tous dans le camp d’été sur les hauts plateaux norvégiens pour marquer les jeunes rennes de l’année. Nous accueillir procède de leur désir de partager leur style de vie et de faire comprendre les difficultés auxquelles ils sont confrontés pour continuer à exercer cette activité. Britt Marie et Per Nils partagent avec nous les activités de l’éleveur de rennes d’hier, au travers notamment de nombreux objets de la vie courante liée à une vie de transhumance, et d’aujourdhui. Ils font office de pionniers et leurs essais de diversification sont observés attentivement par l’ensemble de la communauté. Ils ont pour l’instant fait preuve de beaucoup d’ingéniosité et de prudence. Les programmes qu’ils nous proposent, en exclusivité pour la France, sont certifiés “Tour Quality » : une reconnaissance de leur savoir-faire issu de cette activité d’éleveur qui consiste à migrer avec les rennes en limitant les impacts sur les ressources naturelles et les paysages.
Les langues parlées sont le Sami, le Suédois, le Finnois.
L’avenir des migrations traditionnelles de rennes dépend aujourd’hui de la reconduction du traité entre la Norvège et la Suède, dont l’issue est attendu en 2006. De la révision de cette convention dépend également l’avenir du peuple Sami, dont la culture est liée à l’élevage des rennes et à ces migrations traditionnelles. En vous proposant cette randonnée, Per Nils et Britt Marie espèrent mettre un coup de projecteur sur la légitimité des revendications Sami et attirer ainsi l’attention à un niveau international.
L’activité touristique date des années 1995. Per Nils et Britt Marie sont les seuls au village à fournir des services d’accueil. Des artisans vendent des objets d’art, gobelets en bois de bouleau, couteaux ornés de bois de rennes travaillés. Leurs partenaires commerciaux sont l’Hôtel de glace à Kiruna, et les tour opérateur suédois et français Polarquest et Saïga.
Un séjour recommandé
Titre : Territoires Sami, « Route de migration des rennes et culture Sami"
Consulter la fiche technique : www.saiga-voyage-nature.fr/fichtech.php3?voyage=127
Durée : 12 jours Kiruna / Kiruna
Type d’activités : randonnée à pied avec sac à dos léger portant les effets personnels
Dates de départ ; dimanche 10 juillet au jeudi 21 juillet 2005, dimanche 24 juillet au jeudi 4 août 2005, dimanche 7 août au jeudi 18 août 2005
Saisons : été uniquement
Prix : 2 290 euros par personne sur une base de 8 personnes avec une couronne calculée à 0,11 euro
Inclus dans le prix : La présence d’un guide naturaliste SAÏGA, l’hébergement en pension complète, du déjeuner du jour 1 au petit-déjeuner du jour 12 (cuisine traditionnelle présentée sous forme de repas chauds ou de pique-niques) sous tente traditionnelle Sami ou « cabane » d’hiver des gardes aménagées pour quatre personnes (ou plus selon la répartition du groupe), tous les transferts terrestres en minibus ou en voiture, toutes les activités, visites et entrées mentionnées dans le programme, le “carnet de voyage et d’observation”, toutes les taxes et services, les assurances* assistance - rapatriement - frais médicaux (souscrites pour votre sécurité)
Le prix ne comprend pas : Le voyage depuis votre lieu de résidence jusqu’à Kiruna et retour, les frais de formalités et documents personnels, la mise à disposition du matériel nécessaire pour le couchage (sac de couchage…), les boissons et dépenses personnelles, le supplément « chambre individuelle », les assurances* annulation-bagages et autres.
Hébergement : en lavvu (tente traditionelle laponne), cabines en bois utilisées pour la surveillance hivernale, en Köta (hutte en tourbe et dans une ferme restaurée tout confort)
La réservation ; via Saïga pour la France
L’accès : Aéroport de Kiruna ou de Stockholm suivi d’une nuit en train
La taille des groupes : 12 au maximum
Conditions requises : Tout public et âge, pour le trek bonne expérience de la randonnée.
Beyond the shadows,
Light beckons me.
I peer anxiously
Between the trees.
My mind stumbling
Through the undergrowth,
Snow freezing my bones,
Darkness seizing my soul.
Shall I make it through?
Shall I endure, with courage?
Will He be there for me?
And what will he say?
Welcome, be at peace!
Rest now from travail.
You ran your race,
And now...you are home.
--John Walford, December 7, 2007.
And, kindly drawn to my attention by Beau Elkins (see comment below), one from Robert Frost:
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the village though.
He will not see me stopping here,
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer,
To stop without a farmhouse near,
Between the woods and frozen lake,
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake,
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep,
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
-- Robert Frost
i love when i look out my kitchen window and see the kids in the streets playing in the springtime..summer might even be here as the temperatures have really gone up..
some of you may remember little andrea..the dark haired girl in the photo..i have some photos of her here on my photostream..she used to live in this street..
so sadly..she just lost her mother to cancer..makes me weep for her..
her family moved away to the country shortly after her mother became sick but everytime she visits her friends in the street she knocks on my door with a big smile on her face..saying: "you told me always to come and see you when i visit my friend freyja"..and she faithfully does..
she loves tinna..our cat..
i like this photo..so full of life!
Leybourne Grange is a former metal hospital/colony set in 270 acres near West Malling in Kent. The Grange was built using the existing Manor House as the administration building and is made up of 27 villas, main hall, swimming pool, boiler room etc.. to accommodate 1200 patients. It opened in 1936 and was finally decommissioned in 1996 when the last patient left.
Getting in isn’t too bad but there are two security guards on site 24/7 and a roving patrol. One of the guards patrols an existing special needs school which is on part of the site and the other one rides around on a bicycle! Bike man was very nice but school man had an attitude problem. The place is significantly larger than Hellingly as the buildings are all spread out with estate roads linking the buildings.
Demolitions have started and there is a very large contractors set up on site. The main hall, boiler house, kitchens and some accommodation units have been demolished. Every building I went in has been stripped out ready for the large machines. It’s a great explore but it won’t be there for much longer.
2010 5k
Listed below are the participants (sorted by cities and chip times) in the Bushtukah Canada Day 2010 5k road race, held in Kanata, Ontario.
Click here and enter the name or bib number for the full individual race results, race photos and finish-line videos.
Thank-you to Sportstats.
Photo (above): Maya Aden (15:06.3), In My Sights photograhy.
Local runners (Ontario)
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bib # 1986…… Sandra MOORE……Almonte……22:32.0
bib # 257…… Jonas BARTER……Almonte……26:37.1
bib # 1157…… Harold KUEHN……Ashton……23:25.6
bib # 1158…… Nancy KUEHN……Ashton……35:54.1
bib # 296…… Scott BLAIN……Beachburg……20:32.2
bib # 447…… Louis-Philippe DEMERS……Bourget……26:45.6
bib # 1140…… Diana KING……Carleton Place……24:34.4
bib # 1898…… Wade MACMILLAN……Carleton Place……25:48.7
bib # 2469…… Sean MUIR……Carleton Place……26:31.3
bib # 2470…… Victoria MUIR……Carleton Place……26:32.2
bib # 1910…… Serge MARGUERIE……Carleton Place……27:08.6
bib # 217…… Simon AMIRAULT……Carleton Place……27:09.2
bib # 2149…… Momena ROUF……Carleton Place……38:41.0
bib # 1897…… Ivana MACMILLAN……Carleton Place……38:41.9
bib # 440…… Garrett DE JONG……Carlsbad Springs……16:28.7
bib # 2224…… Brent SULLIVAN……Carp……23:57.2
bib # 229…… Beth ANVARI……Carp……24:16.1
bib # 2225…… Mark SULLIVAN……Carp……25:10.0
bib # 2017…… Jordan NESBIT……Carp……26:20.7
bib # 1899…… Steve MACMILLIAN……Carp……26:42.2
bib # 527…… Kathy FISCHER……Carp……28:07.9
bib # 2131…… Spencer ROBERTS……Carp……28:22.1
bib # 2128…… Micheael ROBERTS……Carp……28:22.5
bib # 528…… Peter FISCHER……Carp……30:25.7
bib # 499…… Allison ECKFORD……Carp……33:53.6
bib # 1959…… Nicole MCMURRAY……Carp……38:18.7
bib # 281…… Andy BEST……Chalk River……21:27.1
bib # 2035…… Bruce OATTES……Cobden……20:11.9
bib # 2451…… Dylan SPENCER……Cobden……23:05.6
bib # 2452…… Leslie SPENCER-HITCHINS……Cobden……23:05.7
bib # 2036…… Dylan OATTES……Cobden……32:37.9
bib # 2037…… Janet OATTES……Cobden……32:42.1
bib # 1132…… Debra KENNETTE……Crysler……27:57.1
bib # 231…… Rachel APPS……Dunrobin……28:58.9
bib # 1088…… Roger HUNTER……Gloucester……27:42.4
bib # 1089…… Ryan HUNTER……Gloucester……27:42.9
bib # 2337…… Glenda WRIGHT……Gloucester……28:39.6
bib # 2077…… Shaun PIERCE……Gloucester……28:58.0
bib # 1085…… Kathy HUNTER……Gloucester……43:13.8
bib # 1086…… Kristen HUNTER……Gloucester……43:13.8
bib # 449…… Brooke DENNIS BOWSER……Greely……42:58.3
bib # 423…… Faun DANSON……Greely……43:00.3
bib # 2069…… Jasmin PAYANT……Hammond……19:52.2
bib # 2070…… Raphael PAYANT……Hammond……24:13.8
bib # 316…… Graham BOWES……Kanata……15:52.1
bib # 1651…… Tyson LONEY……Kanata……16:20.0
bib # 432…… Kieran DAY……Kanata……16:20.7
bib # 434…… Mickey DAY……Kanata……17:00.7
bib # 493…… Wayne DUSTIN……Kanata……17:07.1
bib # 212…… Jarvis ALEC……Kanata……17:14.8
bib # 891…… Brendon HOWARD……Kanata……17:34.1
bib # 2228…… Benjamin SWAN……Kanata……19:22.9
bib # 237…… Susan ATHERLEY……Kanata……20:03.7
bib # 1922… Tanyon MATHESON-FITCHETT..Kanata...20:10.2
bib # 532…… Jeff FITCHETT……Kanata……20:10.3
bib # 538…… Vincent Andy FONG……Kanata……20:10.5
bib # 411…… Mark CROZIER……Kanata……20:33.3
bib # 2143…… Ronald ROSS……Kanata……20:55.1
bib # 1189…… Charles LEBELLE……Kanata……20:55.4
bib # 1723…… Kenneth MACASKILL……Kanata……21:16.7
bib # 1712…… Jonathan MACASKILL……Kanata……21:16.9
bib # 2084…… Matthew POLLEX……Kanata……21:23.2
bib # 584…… Dave GRAHAM……Kanata……21:25.3
bib # 610…… Susan HALVORSEN……Kanata……22:04.9
bib # 1979…… Brendan MOLONEY……Kanata……22:48.3
bib # 591…… Jade GREGORY……Kanata……22:55.6
bib # 1200…… Cheryl LEVI……Kanata……23:14.5
bib # 2338…… Hugh WRIGHT……Kanata……23:23.2
bib # 555…… Graeme FRY……Kanata……23:33.3
bib # 1980…… Terance MOLONEY……Kanata……23:35.9
bib # 2191…… David SIM……Kanata……23:47.1
bib # 2254…… Ben TREMBLAY……Kanata……23:56.0
bib # 436…… Mike DAY……Kanata……24:08.8
bib # 1160…… Jasmyne LABONTE……Kanata……24:13.7
bib # 2196…… Yan SIM……Kanata……24:36.0
bib # 2252…… Christina TOWERS……Kanata……24:36.8
bib # 615…… Emily HAMMOND……Kanata……25:15.7
bib # 1915…… Jeremiah MARSHALL……Kanata……25:24.0
bib # 1917…… Theresa MARSHALL……Kanata……25:31.0
bib # 2213…… Kari SPARKES……Kanata……25:32.6
bib # 614…… Carolyn HAMMOND……Kanata……25:52.0
bib # 2195…… Wei SIM……Kanata……25:59.1
bib # 232…… Jane ARMSTRONG……Kanata……26:23.6
bib # 358…… Joanne CALLOW……Kanata……26:25.4
bib # 204…… Sue ACKERMAN……Kanata……26:38.2
bib # 2142…… Pamela ROSS……Kanata……26:45.1
bib # 1193…… Jordyn LEIGHTON……Kanata……26:54.4
bib # 2002…… Marianne MURAWSKY……Kanata……27:23.3
bib # 2206…… Isobel SMITH……Kanata……27:28.5
bib # 2164…… Sherry SANI……Kanata……27:29.2
bib # 897…… Shelby HOWARD……Kanata……27:34.2
bib # 2258…… Natalie TREMBLAY……Kanata……27:34.8
bib # 2202…… Adrian SMITH……Kanata……27:35.6
bib # 2205…… Holly SMITH……Kanata……27:36.3
bib # 2253…… Mary TOWERS……Kanata……27:41.6
bib # 1146…… Jeffrey KNIGHT……Kanata……27:54.5
bib # 1147…… Sylvie KNIGHT……Kanata……27:54.6
bib # 1120…… David JORGENSON……Kanata……27:59.5
bib # 1121…… Mark JORGENSON……Kanata……27:59.6
bib # 2130…… Nicholas ROBERTS……Kanata……28:10.6
bib # 2132…… Stephen ROBERTS……Kanata……28:11.0
bib # 416…… Morgan CUTTS……Kanata……28:28.5
bib # 2009.. Joanne & Mini-M MURRAY..Kanata…28:28.5
bib # 2039…… Jeff O'CONNOR……Kanata……28:46.5
bib # 406…… Christine COUTURE……Kanata……28:51.8
bib # 230…… Judith APPS……Kanata……28:59.2
bib # 384…… Lori CIARALLI……Kanata……29:00.2
bib # 525…… Peter FILLMORE……Kanata……29:05.7
bib # 218…… Alkarim AMLANI……Kanata……29:06.4
bib # 415…… Cindy CUTTS……Kanata……29:17.7
bib # 585…… Noah GRAHAM……Kanata……29:58.3
bib # 365…… James CANTELLOW……Kanata……29:59.2
bib # 1728…… Kim MACASKILL……Kanata……30:03.2
bib # 1849…… Olivia MACASKILL……Kanata……30:03.2
bib # 2298…… Ct VIVIANE……Kanata……30:11.1
bib # 2292…… Eugene VIGNERON……Kanata……30:15.6
bib # 579…… Sydney GOOLD……Kanata……30:19.8
bib # 574…… Andrea GOODMAN……Kanata……30:20.3
bib # 577…… Hannah GOOLD……Kanata……30:21.7
bib # 2291…… Anna VIGNERON……Kanata……30:30.5
bib # 562…… Juli GAGNON……Kanata……30:31.5
bib # 2052…… Season OSBORNE……Kanata……30:33.3
bib # 2124…… Casey RINGHAM……Kanata……30:42.6
bib # 315…… Rhonda BOUDREAU……Kanata……30:46.0
bib # 2342…… Erin YAMAZAKI……Kanata……30:48.8
bib # 1994…… Heather MOSES……Kanata……30:51.5
bib # 576…… Emily GOOLD……Kanata……31:04.3
bib # 431…… Ellen DAY……Kanata……31:06.4
bib # 498…… Sienna EBBINGHAUS……Kanata……32:16.4
bib # 497…… Lakmini EBBINGHAUS……Kanata……32:16.7
bib # 2004…… Emma MURDOCH……Kanata……32:25.6
bib # 2101…… Tim RAIZENNE……Kanata……32:28.4
bib # 1186…… Alexandra LAYER……Kanata……32:33.7
bib # 2112…… Yvonne RELF……Kanata……33:15.5
bib # 481…… Emily DOWNEY……Kanata……33:26.3
bib # 482…… Michael DOWNEY……Kanata……33:29.1
bib # 211…… Kristen AKINSULIE……Kanata……33:30.4
bib # 267…… Patra BEAULIEU……Kanata……33:36.7
bib # 1931…… Alastair MCCARTNEY……Kanata……33:36.8
bib # 2299…… Sophie WAHL……Kanata……34:00.0
bib # 526…… Sarah FILLMORE……Kanata……34:05.3
bib # 524…… Michael FILLMORE……Kanata……34:05.4
bib # 1192…… Erica LEIGHTON……Kanata……34:05.9
bib # 1194…… Robert LEIGHTON……Kanata……34:06.0
bib # 2229…… Brenda SWAN……Kanata……34:07.1
bib # 1932…… Christine MCCARTNEY……Kanata……34:11.4
bib # 2293…… Jeffrey VIGNERON……Kanata……34:11.7
bib # 1965…… Richard MICHAUD……Kanata……34:14.4
bib # 442…… Guylaine DECK……Kanata……34:38.6
bib # 219…… Alyssa AMLANI……Kanata……34:40.7
bib # 554…… Emma FRY……Kanata……34:43.3
bib # 2134…… Shaun ROBIN……Kanata……34:44.0
bib # 2148…… Will ROTOR……Kanata……34:55.9
bib # 2147…… Elaine ROTOR……Kanata……35:31.0
bib # 2146…… David ROTOR……Kanata……35:31.6
bib # 2192…… Elizabeth SIM……Kanata……36:05.3
bib # 1144…… Chris KITCHEN……Kanata……36:10.2
bib # 2330…… Daniel WINTERS……Kanata……36:12.6
bib # 2329…… Dale WINTERS……Kanata……36:12.7
bib # 221…… Shalina AMLANI……Kanata……37:56.4
bib # 540…… John FORSTER……Kanata……40:58.2
bib # 220…… Pamela AMLANI……Kanata……43:08.4
bib # 2107…… Belinda REED……Kemptville……27:53.2
bib # 518…… Isabelle FERNANDEZ……Long Sault……29:51.9
bib # 1940…… Karen MCDONALD……L'Orignal……25:28.3
bib # 495…… Harley EASTMAN……Manotick……25:36.3
bib # 1944…… Stephanie MCEVOY……Munster……32:01.7
bib # 1942…… Isaac MCEVOY……Munster……33:02.1
bib # 2048…… Erin O'HIGGINS……Nepean……19:51.8
bib # 2285…… Chris VAN NORMAN……Nepean……20:29.2
bib # 1182…… Robert C J LAUGHTON……Nepean……20:52.8
bib # 2231…… Michele TAKOFF……Nepean……21:43.6
bib # 2123…… Morgan RILEY……Nepean……22:38.9
bib # 531…… Ed FITCHETT……Nepean……22:49.1
bib # 501…… Randy EDGE……Nepean……23:06.3
bib # 638…… Christopher HILL……Nepean……23:17.2
bib # 2016…… Melanie NASON-GREEN……Nepean……23:59.3
bib # 2049…… Maureen O'HIGGINS……Nepean……24:30.0
bib # 318…… Trevor BOYD……Nepean……24:31.5
bib # 2237…… Linda TAYLOR……Nepean……24:35.1
bib # 2099…… Joe RAETSEN……Nepean……25:40.9
bib # 1111…… James JOHNSTON……Nepean……27:14.2
bib # 1155…… Martin KOU……Nepean……27:15.3
bib # 1981…… Susan MOLSON……Nepean……27:26.7
bib # 435…… Mike DAY……Nepean……27:45.0
bib # 311…… Valerie BONSALL……Nepean……27:47.0
bib # 2061…… Margeaux PARKINSON……Nepean……29:24.4
bib # 561…… Jessica GAGE……Nepean……29:37.1
bib # 2121…… Brendan RILEY……Nepean……30:46.7
bib # 588…… Brian GREEN……Nepean……30:48.1
bib # 2122…… Lisa RILEY……Nepean……30:49.4
bib # 317…… Angus BOYD……Nepean……30:55.3
bib # 582…… Shawn GOUDGE……Nepean……31:11.4
bib # 2154…… Marion RUNSTEDLER……Nepean……32:38.7
bib # 2110…… Sheila REID……Nepean……33:44.1
bib # 433…… Leah DAY……Nepean……34:41.9
bib # 2328…… Roseanne WILSON……Nepean……34:49.3
bib # 399… Andrea COPPERTHWAITE……Nepean……35:05.4
bib # 2219…… Stephanie STEPHENS……Nepean……35:12.4
bib # 2030…… Kerry NOLAN……Nepean……35:37.8
bib #581…… Lesley GOUDGE……Nepean……36:29.4
bib # 1908…… Jill MARCHAND……Nepean……41:19.6
bib # 2097…… Carina QUINN……North Gower……35:00.4
bib # 189…… BRUCE BRUNELLE……Orleans……25:46.0
bib # 842…… Stephanie HORVAT……Orleans……43:17.3
bib # 81…… Maya ADEN……Ottawa……15:06.3
bib # 2473…… Joshua ROUNDELL……Ottawa……15:37.4
bib # 2214…… Matthew STACEY……Ottawa……16:17.7
bib # 1958…… Derek MCMASTER……Ottawa……16:52.8
bib # 223…… Robbie ANDERSON……Ottawa……16:55.6
bib # 1935…… Larry MCCLOSKEY……Ottawa……17:05.2
bib # 310…… Brett BONISTEEL……Ottawa……17:07.8
bib # 2300…… Harold WALKER……Ottawa……17:08.7
bib # 2440…… Sebastian SAVILLE……Ottawa……17:14.8
bib # 2153…… Jon RUDDY……Ottawa……17:15.2
bib # 1556…… Rob LIVINGSTON……Ottawa……17:22.6
bib # 83…… Chris BRERS……Ottawa……17:33.3
bib # 2336…… Frank WRIGHT……Ottawa……17:57.5
bib # 1177…… Leah LAROCQUE……Ottawa……18:01.9
bib # 149…… Drew BURSEY……Ottawa……18:26.8
bib # 2422…… Bill ROSTEK……Ottawa……18:34.7
bib # 1173…… Stacey LANCE……Ottawa……18:37.7
bib # 2289…… Carlos VERVLOET……Ottawa……18:39.6
bib # 2496…… Rebecca STALLWOOD……Ottawa……18:39.9
bib # 2441…… David SAVILE……Ottawa……18:40.6
bib # 2024…… Ari NIEMI……Ottawa……19:07.6
bib # 2032…… Shantelle NOVAK……Ottawa……19:13.7
bib # 529…… Peter FISHER……Ottawa……19:13.8
bib # 90…… Bart KELLY……Ottawa……19:33.0
bib # 306…… George BODONI……Ottawa……19:36.5
bib # 158…… Kerry ROCHELEAY……Ottawa……19:36.6
bib # 171…… DAVID MCQUINN……Ottawa……19:39.9
bib # 2390…… Marian COKE……Ottawa……19:42.2
bib # 2301…… Steven WALKER……Ottawa……19:43.0
bib # 252…… Lisa BALERNA……Ottawa……19:44.3
bib # 2401…… Mark ROUNDEL……Ottawa……19:44.8
bib # 2067…… Melanie PATINA……Ottawa……19:50.3
bib # 586…… Ken GRANT……Ottawa……19:53.0
bib # 131…… Neil SNIDER……Ottawa……19:57.4
bib # 144…… Phil TESSIER……Ottawa……20:15.2
bib # 82…… Matt HEROD……Ottawa……20:19.7
bib # 2364…… Mike BIGELOW……Ottawa……20:34.2
bib # 2261…… Jim TUNNEY……Ottawa……20:34.8
bib # 2263…… Ronan TUNNEY……Ottawa……20:34.8
bib # 537…… Peter FOLEY……Ottawa……20:42.8
bib # 397…… Patrick CONRAD……Ottawa……20:50.5
bib # 2319…… Lawrence WILLIAMS……Ottawa……20:59.8
bib # 190…… JASMINE VIAU……Ottawa……21:01.1
bib # 2428…… Stephanie GORDON……Ottawa……21:01.1
bib # 1988…… Kyle MORGAN……Ottawa……21:08.7
bib # 270…… Bobby BEGIN……Ottawa……21:12.2
bib # 2429…… Patrick OWENS……Ottawa……21:14.4
bib # 117…… Mike BARNES……Ottawa……21:16.4
bib # 100…… Tyrus GIBSON……Ottawa……21:21.0
bib # 95…… Geordie GIBSON……Ottawa……21:21.6
bib # 2407…… Jeff AVON……Ottawa……21:27.5
bib # 550…… Nick FRENETTE……Ottawa……21:31.2
bib # 1950…… Katie MCGRATH……Ottawa……21:35.7
bib # 135…… Jim MCEACHERN……Ottawa……21:42.7
bib # 333…… Rob BROOKS……Ottawa……21:43.5
bib # 1129…… Carol KELLY……Ottawa……21:46.0
bib # 2170…… Suzanne SCHRIEK……Ottawa……21:46.8
bib # 102…… Doug GIBSON……Ottawa……22:04.7
bib # 150…… Terry STEWART……Ottawa……22:20.1
bib # 134…… Pete MACLENNAN……Ottawa……22:22.0
bib # 130…… Spencer EDWARDS……Ottawa……22:23.4
bib # 2193…… Greg SIM……Ottawa……22:25.5
bib # 2442…… Barbara SAVILLE……Ottawa……22:26.5
bib # 421…… Graham DALY……Ottawa……22:39.6
bib # 631.. Michele HERLEY-TREMBLAY……Ottawa……22:46.3
bib # 94…… Robert GIBSON……Ottawa……22:47.6
bib # 606…… Michelle HAINES……Ottawa……22:53.0
bib # 98…… Kiana GIBSON……Ottawa……23:00.5
bib # 268…… Brigid BEDARD……Ottawa……23:03.0
bib # 2439…… Tom SAVILLE……Ottawa……23:05.6
bib # 153…… Christopher HOULD……Ottawa……23:29.4
bib # 120…… Krista SULLIVAN……Ottawa……23:33.1
bib # 80…… Stephane BEDARD……Ottawa……23:34.2
bib # 2105.. Raahulan RATHAGIRISHNAN…Ottawa…23:39.0
bib # 246…… Rick BAIRD……Ottawa……23:39.9
bib # 124…… Alexandra DA COSTA……Ottawa……23:41.5
bib # 1974…… Tracy MINICHIELLO……Ottawa……23:46.3
bib # 259…… Zinab BASSUNY……Ottawa……23:48.3
bib # 2211…… Jamie SNIDER……Ottawa……23:49.8
bib # 2262…… Rita TUNNEY……Ottawa……23:49.8
bib # 106…… Kevin CHAPMAN……Ottawa……23:55.7
bib # 2457…… Bruce BATEMAN……Ottawa……24:11.1
bib # 1094…… Keren JACKMAN……Ottawa……24:12.3
bib # 191…… GAVIN LUMSDEN……Ottawa……24:12.3
bib # 91…… Ian CHAPMAN……Ottawa……24:12.8
bib # 422…… Richard DALY……Ottawa……24:14.6
bib # 2381…… Matthew PELLETIER……Ottawa……24:16.9
bib # 637…… Bryan HIGGINS……Ottawa……24:19.2
bib # 76…… Matthew BAFIA……Ottawa……24:21.1
bib # 2434…… Brad MAKEPEACE……Ottawa……24:27.2
bib # 2433…… Adam MAKEPEACE……Ottawa……24:30.5
bib # 2310…… Ed WHITE……Ottawa……24:38.8
bib # 1103…… Sylvie JACQUES……Ottawa……24:40.0
bib # 152…… Jacob HOULD……Ottawa……24:42.6
bib # 385…… Jasmine CLANCY……Ottawa……24:46.0
bib # 386…… Sean CLANCY……Ottawa……24:46.5
bib # 530…… Steven FISHER……Ottawa……24:50.3
bib # 1197…… Dominic LESSARD……Ottawa……24:51.2
bib # 2383…… Clayton HOY……Ottawa……24:59.2
bib # 373…… Andrei CHAREPKA……Ottawa……25:00.5
bib # 164…… Jordan FRASER……Ottawa……25:00.7
bib # 2075…… Lydia PEPIN……Ottawa……25:03.9
bib # 2269…… Nick TYLER……Ottawa……25:12.3
bib # 2388…… Kyle DYKES……Ottawa……25:18.7
bib # 2384…… Melanie KOWALSKI……Ottawa……25:19.8
bib # 129…… Alex EDWARDS……Ottawa……25:28.6
bib # 249…… Ethan BALAKRISHNAN……Ottawa……25:36.1
bib # 285…… Serge BIDNYK……Ottawa……25:38.7
bib # 1196…… Nathalie LEROUX……Ottawa……25:43.5
bib # 2432…… Jason MAKEPEACE……Ottawa……25:47.5
bib # 2349…… Chris JOHNSON……Ottawa……25:49.4
bib # 2311…… Janet WHITE……Ottawa……25:53.1
bib # 99…… Sean GIBSON……Ottawa……25:53.9
bib # 2396…… Andrea PERCH……Ottawa……25:54.5
bib # 2498…… Maria BABINEAU……Ottawa……26:13.4
bib # 2459…… Jennifer BOULIANNE……Ottawa……26:15.8
bib # 1909…… Paul MARCHAND……Ottawa……26:22.7
bib # 2416…… Daniel MORRIS……Ottawa……26:27.1
bib # 1176…… Joe LAROCQUE……Ottawa……26:34.0
bib # 2194…… Lauren SIM……Ottawa……26:37.1
bib # 1850…… Alanna MACAULAY……Ottawa……26:39.8
bib # 2212…… Patrick SNIDER……Ottawa……26:42.3
bib # 396…… Laura COLLISHAW……Ottawa……26:42.5
bib # 85…… Elizabeth BUTTERFIELD……Ottawa……26:43.4
bib # 788…… Jim HOGAN……Ottawa……26:45.2
bib # 145…… Melissa Cinicolo……Ottawa……26:51.8
bib # 2060…… Caroline PAQUETTE……Ottawa……26:57.5
bib # 1118…… Paul JONES……Ottawa……27:14.6
bib # 272…… Nathalie BELAIR JONES……Ottawa……27:14.7
bib # 407…… Alana COUVRETTE……Ottawa……27:15.8
bib # 2168…… Jasmine SAVOIE……Ottawa……27:19.2
bib # 626…… Valerie HAVEMAN……Ottawa……27:19.9
bib # 170…… SALLY MCQUINN……Ottawa……27:28.7
bib # 2042…… Jennifer OFFORD……Ottawa……27:45.5
bib # 2456…… Margarit BAAR……Ottawa……27:56.1
bib # 160… Donna-Lynne MACARTHUR……Ottawa…27:57.4
bib # 2476…… Vincent GRAJEWSKI……Ottawa……28:01.4
bib # 1969…… Bruce MILLER……Ottawa……28:03.8
bib # 2268…… Tara Frances TURNER……Ottawa……28:11.3
bib # 116…… Koni BENNETT……Ottawa……28:13.1
bib # 2185…… Vivian SHIH……Ottawa……28:18.9
bib # 77…… Lauren BAFIA……Ottawa……28:19.0
bib # 539…… Jackie FORMAN……Ottawa……28:20.6
bib # 619…… Trina HARPER……Ottawa……28:30.6
bib # 605…… Chantal HAINES……Ottawa……28:31.5
bib # 2026…… Jennie NIERADKA……Ottawa……28:33.3
bib # 580…… Michelle GOUCHIE……Ottawa……28:35.3
bib # 118…… John LARODA……Ottawa……28:42.4
bib # 2365…… Lisa JONES……Ottawa……29:05.4
bib # 2471…… Adina MANOLI……Ottawa……29:09.7
bib # 816…… Hannah HOPKINS……Ottawa……29:23.7
bib # 161…… Kathryn DARKINSON……Ottawa……29:27.4
bib # 2399…… Sarah ZAHAB……Ottawa……29:42.3
bib # 111…… Joshua TOLMIE……Ottawa……29:45.3
bib # 101…… Christopher GIBSON……Ottawa……29:48.7
bib # 1458…… Wit LEWANDOWSKI……Ottawa……29:54.1
bib # 303…… Debbie BLOOM……Ottawa……29:54.8
bib # 1954…… Robert MCINTYRE……Ottawa……29:59.0
bib # 75…… nick BAFIA……Ottawa……30:04.4
bib # 478…… Shannon DOW……Ottawa……30:04.7
bib # 73…… tim BAFIA……Ottawa……30:13.0
bib # 2379…… Fred PELLETIER……Ottawa……30:17.3
bib # 2382…… Jeffrey PELLETIER……Ottawa……30:17.9
bib # 484…… Shannon DUBOIS……Ottawa……30:22.3
bib # 964…… Dean HUCKLA……Ottawa……30:22.5
bib # 2179…… Mary-Pat SHAW……Ottawa……30:24.3
bib # 2180…… Stephen SHAW……Ottawa……30:26.3
bib # 1949…… Kerri MCGLADE……Ottawa……30:37.9
bib # 410…… Nathalie CROTEAU……Ottawa……30:40.3
bib # 507…… Keith ENNIS……Ottawa……30:45.2
bib # 1108…… Wendy JERMYN……Ottawa……30:48.3
bib # 2103…… Sandhya RAO……Ottawa……30:48.4
bib # 2350…… Chris VANDERPOL……Ottawa……30:49.7
bib # 2351…… melanie VANDERPOL……Ottawa……30:49.7
bib # 2354…… christina SYKES……Ottawa……30:50.8
bib # 2353…… teresa SYKES……Ottawa……30:50.9
bib # 312…… Edith BOSTWICK……Ottawa……30:56.3
bib # 599…… Sabrina GUSCHKE……Ottawa……30:58.9
bib # 87…… Stacey PEDLEY……Ottawa……31:03.0
bib # 1998…… Andrea MUNDAY……Ottawa……31:13.2
bib # 2378…… Johanne BERTRAND……Ottawa……31:26.1
bib # 2391…… Joanne GAGE……Ottawa……31:28.4
bib # 2114…… Karen RICHARD……Ottawa……31:29.3
bib # 1945…… Penny MCEWEN……Ottawa……31:33.0
bib # 248…… Ashok BALAKRISHNAN……Ottawa……31:37.6
bib # 2041…… Tracy O'CONNOR……Ottawa……31:41.2
bib # 1164…… Stacey LACROIX……Ottawa……31:46.8
bib # 367…… Marie-Jeanne CAROLA……Ottawa……31:50.7
bib # 103…… Denis GINGRAS……Ottawa……32:05.0
bib # 2492…… Cathy TAKAHASHI……Ottawa……32:09.5
bib # 2008…… Mary MURPHY……Ottawa……32:20.3
bib # 1136…… Najam KHAN……Ottawa……32:31.9
bib # 2406…… John CHARBONNEAU……Ottawa……32:32.1
bib # 154…… Silas MARSTON……Ottawa……32:38.4
bib # 833…… Annie HORRICKS……Ottawa……32:50.3
bib # 2054…… Raymond OUIMET……Ottawa……32:52.9
bib # 1101…… Laura JACKMAN……Ottawa……32:53.0
bib # 2464…… Martin BEAULIEU……Ottawa……33:02.0
bib # 52…… Raphael ROWLEY……Ottawa……33:19.3
bib # 51…… Vincent ROWLEY……Ottawa……33:20.8
bib # 424…… Laura DARLINGTON……Ottawa……33:24.6
bib # 2371…… Gdward BRADY……Ottawa……33:25.4
bib # 74…… Leslie BAFIA……Ottawa……33:25.8
bib # 612…… Shelley HAMILL……Ottawa……33:27.0
bib # 332…… Darrell BRIDGE……Ottawa……33:29.6
bib # 2446…… Danielle GAUTHIER……Ottawa……33:33.3
bib # 323…… Brandon BRADY……Ottawa……33:36.6
bib # 322…… Anthony BRADY……Ottawa……33:39.3
bib # 2493…… Emily TAKAHASHI……Ottawa……33:40.9
bib # 2305…… Marilyn WARREN……Ottawa……33:41.4
bib # 324…… Colleen BRADY……Ottawa……33:41.4
bib # 325…… Nancy BRADY……Ottawa……33:41.7
bib # 1938…… Pauline MCCLUSKIE……Ottawa……34:01.8
bib # 1937…… Mike MCCLUSKIE……Ottawa……34:02.1
bib # 2402…… Randi JEWER……Ottawa……34:02.5
bib # 1115…… Chelsea JONES……Ottawa……34:04.5
bib # 2243…… Pushpa TEJWANI……Ottawa……34:22.0
bib # 629…… Paul HEMPEL……Ottawa……34:27.0
bib # 557…… Robert FUENTES……Ottawa……34:34.5
bib # 234…… Aiden ARSCOTT……Ottawa……34:44.9
bib # 235…… Olivia ARSCOTT……Ottawa……34:58.0
bib # 226…… Lindsay ANDRUSEK……Ottawa……35:13.2
bib # 2376…… Judy FENTIMAN……Ottawa……35:19.3
bib # 556…… Kyle FUENTES……Ottawa……35:21.4
bib # 793…… Jennifer HOOD……Ottawa……35:38.6
bib # 261…… Jenn BEARZATTO……Ottawa……35:39.2
bib # 2481…… Melanie AMYOTTE……Ottawa……36:06.9
bib # 2393…… Claire-Anne LALONDE……Ottawa……36:07.2
bib # 2398…… Eileen SARKAR……Ottawa……36:10.4
bib # 2395…… Pam PELEATO……Ottawa……36:11.3
bib # 2201…… Oksana SMERECHUK……Ottawa……36:23.1
bib # 2394…… Ariana MURESAN……Ottawa……36:25.8
bib # 2431…… Shawna COLBEY……Ottawa……36:26.1
bib # 1138…… Maureen KILPATRICK……Ottawa……36:32.4
bib # 2403…… Ron PITT……Ottawa……36:37.0
bib # 571…… Alexandria GERRIOR……Ottawa……36:52.9
bib # 572…… Randy GERRIOR……Ottawa……36:54.2
bib # 2063…… Isabelle PATENAUDE……Ottawa……37:33.3
bib # 1133…… Frans KES……Ottawa……37:39.0
bib # 2324…… Heather WILSON……Ottawa……38:45.3
bib # 299…… Sabrina BLANCHARD……Ottawa……40:23.0
bib # 1167…… Maria LAHIFFE……Ottawa……41:25.6
bib # 1657…… Max LOSIER……Ottawa……42:39.7
bib # 1653…… Jonah LOSIER……Ottawa……42:40.5
bib # 123…… Jennifer LOW……Ottawa……42:56.9
bib # 328…… Mike BRAZEAU……Ottawa……43:15.0
bib # 1135…… Susan KES……Ottawa……43:22.1
bib # 207…… John ADDISON……Ottawa……43:54.7
bib # 1134…… Sharon KES……Ottawa……50:16.9
bib # 617…… Marjorie HANSON……Ottawa……50:31.0
bib # 1956…… Shelley MCINTYRE……Pembroke……25:37.2
bib # 2190…… Sonya SILVER……Pembroke……28:43.6
bib # 151…… Thor STEWART……Perth……16:50.3
bib # 459…… Maggie DEWAR……Richmond……26:01.7
bib # 181…… JASON HANDS……Richmond……26:57.0
bib # 107…… Michael KENNEDY……Richmond……27:16.0
bib # 460…… Sue DEWAR……Richmond……27:33.2
bib # 469…… Gabby DOIRON……Richmond……33:10.6
bib # 2079…… Kristina PISTOR……Richmond……34:23.7
bib # 513…… Nicholas FAVERO……Rockland……17:15.4
bib # 512…… Jonathan FAVERO……Rockland……21:57.7
bib # 1933…… Nancy MCCARTNEY……Smiths Falls……34:12.2
bib # 2318…… David WILLIAMS……Stittsville……18:53.9
bib # 289…… Heather BIJMAN……Stittsville……19:00.1
bib # 2216…… Lisa STEELE……Stittsville……21:41.4
bib # 347…… Nick BULITKA……Stittsville……22:10.1
bib # 1188…… Nicholas LAYER……Stittsville……22:28.3
bib # 2232…… Amy TALBOT……Stittsville……24:23.5
bib # 233…… Jonathan ARNOTT……Stittsville……24:39.2
bib # 636…… Ian HICKMAN……Stittsville……24:42.7
bib # 634…… Rebecca HICKMAN……Stittsville……24:59.3
bib # 2108…… Holly REID……Stittsville……25:23.9
bib # 1990…… Eric MORRISON……Stittsville……25:29.8
bib # 2111…… Stefanie REID……Stittsville……25:40.4
bib # 1109…… Grahame JOHNSON……Stittsville……25:50.0
bib # 2320…… Owen WILLIAMS……Stittsville……26:18.3
bib # 1903…… Ryan MACNEIL……Stittsville……26:23.6
bib # 1930…… Deborah MCCARTHY……Stittsville……27:14.8
bib # 359…… Kristen CAMERON……Stittsville……27:35.9
bib # 2140…… Don ROOKE……Stittsville……27:52.5
bib # 2109…… Liane REID……Stittsville……27:58.8
bib # 597…… Andrew GUMLEY……Stittsville……28:52.3
bib # 308…… Jocelyn BOND……Stittsville……29:00.4
bib # 2159…… Dakota SABOURIN……Stittsville……29:18.0
bib # 2138…… Gina ROMANI……Stittsville……29:27.9
bib # 1976…… Barb MOFFITT……Stittsville……30:04.5
bib # 266…… Jack BEAULIEU……Stittsville……30:05.1
bib # 2028…… Manda NOBLE-GREEN……Stittsville……30:05.6
bib # 1989…… Denise MORRISON……Stittsville……30:20.2
bib # 506…… Tracy ELLIOTT……Stittsville……30:36.8
bib # 2152…… Jenn RUDDICK……Stittsville……30:42.7
bib # 2160…… Doug SABOURIN……Stittsville……30:43.7
bib # 632…… Danya HERNANDEZ……Stittsville……30:45.2
bib # 2150…… Bethany ROY……Stittsville……30:46.0
bib # 222…… Jennifer ANDERSON……Stittsville……31:01.8
bib # 2085…… Brian PORTER……Stittsville……31:10.4
bib # 2321…… Rebecca WILLIAMS……Stittsville……31:11.5
bib # 2161…… Judy SABOURIN……Stittsville……31:39.2
bib # 1187…… Chris LAYER……Stittsville……32:33.9
bib # 265…… Karan BEAULIEU……Stittsville……33:28.0
bib # 2086…… Doug PORTER……Stittsville……33:28.1
bib # 1946…… Deb MCGEACHY……Stittsville……34:05.2
bib # 2158…… Caitlin SABOURIN……Stittsville……35:03.6
bib # 458…… Laura DEVENNY……Stittsville……36:41.7
bib # 457…… Kathleen DEVENNY……Stittsville……36:53.7
bib # 1900…… Amy MACNEIL……Stittsville……37:13.8
bib # 1901…… Curtis MACNEIL……Stittsville……37:24.3
bib # 298…… Paul BLANCHARD……Stittsville……40:22.6
bib # 1110…… Julia JOHNSON……Stittsville……42:56.6
bib # 1952…… Carine MCINTYRE……Vanier……32:59.7
bib # 491…… Alexandre DUPUIS……Vankleek Hill……26:07.4
bib # 492…… Pierre DUPUIS……Vankleek Hill……26:45.1
bib # 1652…… Chantale LORTIE……Vankleek Hill……41:19.0
bib # 227…… Kerry ANTONELLO……White Lake……28:10.0
bib # 541…… Jonas FOSSITT……Winchester……26:49.5
bib # 1126…… Ryan KEELING……Woodlawn……25:42.1
bib # 1127…… Shannon KEELING……Woodlawn……29:32.4
Local runners (Québec)
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bib # 241…… Mark AVON……Cantley……26:46.9
bib # 242…… Owen AVON……Cantley……26:47.9
bib # 374…… Marc-Andre CHARETTE……Gatineau……17:50.2
bib # 623…… Marie-France HARVEY……Gatineau……20:47.5
bib # 2475…… Mathieu PAQUETTE……Gatineau……22:15.2
bib # 560…… Rex FYLES……Gatineau……22:34.2
bib # 1912…… Dario MARKOVINOVIC……Gatineau……24:15.0
bib # 334…… Stephanie BROUILLARD……Gatineau……29:30.2
bib # 2284…… Schuyler VAN DUSEN……Gatineau……29:55.5
bib # 2283…… Derek VAN DUSEN……Gatineau……29:58.7
bib # 2176…… Veronique SEMEXANT……Gatineau……30:56.6
bib # 409…… Brenda COX……Gatineau……31:08.4
bib # 2081…… Sonia PLOUFFE……Gatineau……34:05.0
bib # 2053…… Claudie OUELLET……Gatineau……37:38.1
bib # 2006…… James MURPHY……Hull……18:31.6
bib # 2246.. Nathalie THEORET……Lochaber Partie……36:07.1
bib # 380…… Jake CHICOINE……Wakefield……18:39.3
bib # 379…… Ed CHICOINE……Wakefield……18:58.0
bib # 381…… Karina CHICOINE……Wakefield……27:27.6
Other Ontario runners
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bib # 2082…… Jeremiah POINT……Akwesasne……25:34.8
bib # 427…… Kim DAVIS……Bracebridge……32:17.7
bib # 1948…… Lindsay MCGINN……Guelph……30:19.1
bib # 214…… Ron ALQUIST……Kingston……24:35.0
bib # 331…… Abigail BREWER……Peterborough……31:27.9
bib # 2249…… Jon TIERNAN……Peterborough……31:29.1
bib # 2478…… Matthew DUDZIAK……Scarborough……23:03.3
bib # 2477…… Daniel DUDZIAK……Scarborough……28:01.4
bib # 188…… IAIN DORAN-DESBRISAY……Toronto……24:05.2
bib # 592…… Emily GRISE……Toronto……33:18.4
Other Canada runners
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bib # 2210…… Graydon SNIDER……Montreal……15:27.4
bib # 2436…… Charmaine KREUGER……Moose Jaw……40:27.3
bib # 2435…… Isabelle KREUGER……Moose Jaw……40:28.7
bib # 2437…… Claire KREUGER……Moose Jaw……40:34.2
bib # 2260…… Natelle TULK……St. John's……29:18.6
bib # 338…… Marilyn BRUCE……St. John's……1:04:03.3
bib # 92…… Judy TULK……Traytown, N&L……1:03:18.3
Foreign runners
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bib # 2092…… Antony PRINGLE……Hong Kong……20:15.4
bib # 2094…… Lesia PRINGLE……Hong Kong……30:30.9
bib # 1907…… Igor MAKSYMIV……Ivano-Frankivsk……22:05.3
(this really is a must view on black)
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well, i've been doing this project for two weeks now. so far, it hasn't really been all that hard, but starting tuesday i'll be having pit orchestra rehearsals for my school musical and things are going to get tough when i get home after sunset. hopefully i'm going to order a set of studio lights soon, which will make indoor photos a lot easier!
thank you:
www.flickr.com/photos/35438367@N00/
for the testimonials!! :)
--Rabindranath Tagore
Explore--3/28/10
"How long does a monarch live?" "Why do monarchs migrate south?"
The answers to these two questions go hand-in-hand. Children ask them all the time. Most monarchs live from two to six weeks as an adult butterfly, but the Monarch's migration is the KEY to its yearly life cycle.
The total time frame for one butterfly's life cycle (one generation) is about 6-8 weeks . . . egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. It grows inside the egg for about 4 days. It then munches milkweed and grows as a monarch caterpillar (larvae) for about 2 more weeks. The caterpillar's life inside the chrysalis (pupa) lasts about 10 days and its wonderful life as an adult butterfly lasts from 2 - 6 weeks.
February/March - hibernating monarchs in Mexico and southern California reawaken, become active, find a mate, begin the flight northward and lay their eggs. Finally they die. These special monarchs have lived about 4-5 months through the long winter.
March/April -the 1st generation monarchs are born -egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly;
May/June - the 2nd generation is born - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly;
July/August - the 3rd generation is born - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly;
Sept/Oct - the 4th generation is born - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly . . . but THIS generation does not die. It MIGRATES south and lives 6-8 months in Mexico or Southern California. They begin awakening and mating in February/March of the NEXT SPRING, and then lay their eggs! Withered and tattered from their migration and hibernation . . . they finally die.
The cycles goes on as the new baby caterpillars are born each spring and the cycle continues throughout the year into the next spring. MAGICAL and AMAZING!
"OK... on a count of 3... " Simon and his brothers were supposed to be home over an hour ago. Mama was gonna be hoppin' mad, but the crazy old troll had taken forever to doze off so they could make a break for it."
These adorable little field mice were photographed by Catherine Houston (iolanthe on flickr). Sadly, Catherine passed away last January. Her photostream is still up and running, thanks to her sister, Ruth, so please feel free to visit and enjoy her love of animals and nature through her lovely photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/iolanthe/
thanks to nicolas gent for the awesome sky texture
www.flickr.com/photos/21680590@N06/5525811456/in/set-7215...
Nei pressi di Perugia e poco distante da Magione, accanto al Lago Trasimeno, si trova Mugnano, piccolo ma pittoresco centro circondato dalla campagna umbra.
L'abitato trae origine da insediamenti del II secolo a.C. cui fece seguito la costruzione, tra il IX e X secolo, di una fiorente abbazia benedettina i cui monaci furono impegnati nella bonifica dei territori circostanti che di lì a poco divennero tra i più fertili della regione.
A protezione dei beni e della popolazione locale nel XIV secolo fu costruito il castello con le sue mura perimetrali e il maestoso maschio cui si sovrappose, nel XVIII secolo, la torre campanaria. Nel Settecento all'interno dell'antico castrum si insediò la confraternita del Santissimo Sacramento.
All'interno del castello da non perdere la visita alla piazzetta della “pompa” con un profondo pozzo nel quale, le donne, fin dall'inizio del Novecento, attingevano acqua con una pompa azionata a mano.
MUGNANO IL PAESE DEI MURI DIPINTI
Nel borgo, in un'atmosfera quasi surreale, si snoda il percorso alla scoperta dei “muri dipinti” realizzati, su idea del pittore Benito Biselli, da artisti italiani e stranieri che rappresentano un'esposizione permanente di grande interesse.
L'originalità delle pitture, i temi trattati, gli stili e le tecniche usate danno voce ai diversi linguaggi dell'arte sconfinando dal figurativo all'informale e regalando alle vecchie mura forme e colori.
Mugnano cominciò ad essere interesse della critica negli anni settanta del Novecento, quando nel borgo furono organizzate quattro mostre di alto livello in cui esponevano temporaneamente importanti artisti. Nel corso degli anni l'idea cambiò trasformando l'evento da temporaneo a permanente. Nel 1983 fu organizzata per la prima volta “In...contriamoci a Mugnano” una grande festa paesana, con cadenza annuale, tra la fine di giugno e i primi di luglio, che oltre a proporre sapienti piatti di eno-gastronomia locale, arricchiva l'antico nucleo architettonico, i piccoli vicoli e le piazzette con opere d'arte moderna permanenti. Quell'anno furono chiamati i primi otto pittori locali che realizzarono altrettanti “muri dipinti” suscitando gran fervore di critica. L'anno successivo la manifestazione fu aperta anche agli artisti stranieri e nel 2008 è arrivata alla XXV edizione. Ad oggi sono stati realizzati trentotto dipinti murali.
Nei giorni precedenti la festa un gran fervore anima il paese: si montano i palchi davanti agli intonaci e gli artisti cominciano la loro opera circondati da una folla di curiosi e addetti ai lavori.
I muri del paese cantano una fioritura improvvisa di opere, una ritmica stesura di sigilli pittorici dove ogni artista ha deposto il succo della sua creatività (Mimmo Coletti, 1990).
L'itinerario, con opere restaurate e inaugurate nel 2008, grazie anche al sostegno della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia, è completamente illuminato con luci a risparmio energetico, e visitabile anche nelle ore notturne.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marina Bay is a bay near Central Area in the southern part of Singapore, and lies to the east of the Downtown Core. An artificial bay, it was formed when land reclamation created the Marina Centre and Marina South areas, which form a body of sheltered waters of what was once open sea. In the reclamation process, Telok Ayer Basin was removed from the map, while the Singapore River's mouth now flows into the bay instead of directly into the sea. A barrage was completed in 2008 to make Marina Bay a reservoir for drinking water.
In contemporary local common usage, however, the term Marina Bay has largely been attached to the developments in the vicinity of Marina Mall in the Marina South reclaimed area, particularly to the eateries found there. Although technically erroneous, this association may have been stemmed from the association of the venue's limited accessibility to the Marina Bay MRT Station, which has served as the main means of public transport to Marina South.
It was announced in 2007 that Marina Bay will play host to a Formula One Race. The inaugural Singapore Grand Prix took place on September 28, 2008 on a street circuit through Marina Bay[1]. It was the first ever Formula One Grand Prix to be staged at night, with the track fully floodlit.
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This is a non-HDR project. I did take different exposures for HDR shots, but in the end I decided to go with a regular version. I did make some edits in Lightroom and Photoshop to bring out the colors in the scene.
I was there with my cousin and friend who is the 350z owner. The place was really dirty with dust and there were some janitors with hoses and wipers but they weren't really doing anything. So we gave them some encouragement and they ended up cleaning that part of the parking lot level. During the whole shoot the janitors and security guards were watching us as we set up our gear and the car. Surprisingly enough the guards were quite helpful and didn't bother us at all. Unlike some other experiences I've had in similar lots before.
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Madrid (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Plaza Mayor built during the Habsburg period is a central plaza in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is located only a few blocks away from another famous plaza, the Puerta del Sol. The Plaza Mayor is rectangular in shape, measuring 129 by 94 meters, and is surrounded by three-story residential buildings having 237 balconies facing the Plaza. It has a total of nine entranceways. The Casa de la Panadería, serving municipal and cultural functions, dominates the Plaza Mayor.
The origins of the Plaza go back to 1581 when Philip II of Spain asked Juan de Herrera, a renowned Renaissance architect, to devise a plan to remodel the busy and chaotic area of the old Plaza del Arrabal. Juan de Herrera was the architect who designed the first project in 1581 to remodel the old Plaza del Arrabal but construction didn't start until 1617, during Philip III's reign. The king asked Juan Gomez de Mora to continue with the project, and he finished the porticoes in 1619. Nevertheless, the Plaza Mayor as we know it today is the work of the architect Juan de Villanueva who was entrusted with its reconstruction in 1790 after a spate of big fires. Giambologna's equestrian statue of Philip III dates to 1616, but it was not placed in the center of the square until 1848. Amazingly enough if you go in there today you can still see the blood on the walls from some of the bull fights held there in earlier years.
The Plaza Mayor has been the scene of multitudinous events: markets, bullfights, soccer games, public executions, and, during the Spanish Inquistion, "autos de fe" against supposed heretics and the executions of those condemned to death. The Plaza Mayor also has a ring of old and traditional shops and cafes under its porticoes. Celebrations for San Isidro, patron saint of Madrid, are also held here. The Plaza Mayor is now a major tourist attraction, visited by thousands of tourists a year.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Mayor_of_Madrid
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CASTELLANO
La Plaza Mayor de Madrid está situada en el centro de la ciudad, a pocos metros de la plaza de la Puerta del Sol y de la Plaza de la Villa junto a la calle Mayor.
Los orígenes de la plaza se remontan al siglo XV, cuando en la confluencia de los caminos (hoy en día calles) de Toledo y Atocha, a las afueras de la villa medieval, se celebraba en este sitio, conocido como "Plaza del Arrabal", el mercado principal de la villa, construyéndose en esta época una primera casa porticada, o lonja, para regular el comercio en la plaza.
En 1580, tras haber trasladado la corte a Madrid en 1561, Felipe II encargó el proyecto de remodelación de la plaza a Juan de Herrera, comenzándose el derribo de las "casas de manzanas" de la antigua plaza ese mismo año. La construcción del primer edificio de la nueva plaza, la Casa de la Panadería, comenzaría en 1590 a cargo de Diego Sillero, en el solar de la antigua lonja. En 1617, Felipe III, encargó la finalización de las obras a Juan Gómez de Mora, quién concluirá la plaza en 1619.
La Plaza Mayor ha sufrido tres grandes incendios en su historia, el primero de ellos en 1631, encargándose el mismo Juan Gómez de Mora de las obras de reconstrucción. El segundo de los incendios ocurrió en 1670 siendo el arquitecto Tomás Román el encargado de la reconstrucción. El último de los incendios, que arrasó un tercio de la plaza, tuvo lugar en 1790, dirigiendo las labores de extinción Sabatini. Se encargó la reconstrucción a Juan de Villanueva, que rebajó la altura del caserío que rodea la plaza de cinco a tres plantas y cerró las esquinas habilitando grandes arcadas para su acceso. Las obras de reconstrucción se prolongarían hasta 1854, continuándolas, tras la muerte de Villanueva, sus discípulos Antonio López Aguado y Custodio Moreno.
La Plaza Mayor se convirtió desde sus inicios, no solo en el principal mercado de la villa, tanto de alimentación (surtida por los numerosos tablajeros vigilados por el Repeso) como de otros géneros (instalándose en sus soportales los principales gremios); sino también en el escenario de numerosos actos públicos, como corridas de toros, autos de fe, inmortalizando el pintor Francisco Ricci el celebrado en 1680, ejecuciones públicas, colocándose el patíbulo delante del portal de pañeros si la pena era de garrote; frente a la Casa de la Panadería, si era de horca, y ante la Casa de la Carnicería, si era de cuchillo o hacha. También se celebró en la Plaza Mayor la beatificación de San Isidro, santo patrón de Madrid.
La Plaza Mayor es actualmente un importante punto turístico, visitado por miles de turistas al año. En los locales comerciales ubicados bajo los soportales, abundan los comercios de hostelería, que instalan terrazas junto a los soportales de la plaza.
Todos los meses de diciembre, se celebra el tradicional mercado navideño, costumbre que se mantiene vigente desde el año 1860.
También se celebra todos los domingos y festivos por la mañana el mercado de Filatelia y Numismática.
Yet another Phalaenopsis orchid found at the Riverfront. I'm not sure about the amount of negative space to the right. On the one hand it gives some freedom, but on the other, it's quite an expanse.
Strobist: One 550EX at 1/4 power into shoot-through umbrella to subject left. One 550EX at 1/64 power and 24mm zoom hand held behind and above subject, cross-lit with the umbrella (for separation). Both flashes fired via eBay RF triggers.
The hand-held flash actually brought the stem to the bud immediately to the lower-right of the blossom into some great light, where it was in shadow before. I was quite happy with that result.
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This shot was pointing to the Pacific Ocean in the sunrise time. Of course, the sunlight was blocked by heavy clouds that morning, and all I could see was the big wet sand all the way to the rocky area at the far end, a.k.a. the end of the land. The lack of any landmark here made me feel I was standing in the middle of timeless space. This is an interesting shot for me to take, and I kind of like the monochrome feel here! :-)
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~Olympic National Park，華盛頓州，美國~
~Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park, WA, USA~
- ISO 50, F16, 2 sec, 50mm
- Canon 5D Mark II with EF 50mm f/1.2 L lens
- sunrise @ 5.52am / shot @ 6.02am, 2011/7/30
- high tide 10.7m @ 1.00am / low tide -1.4m @7.37am
© copyright 2011 Hsiang Wei Chao
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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual
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Una tras otra, las céulas de Pseudanabaena se van dividiendo y dibujando líneas, como si fuesen manojos de hierba, se esparcen en el agua, unas veces flotando y en otras ocasiones, sumergidas, esperan que las corrientes cálidas las eleven hacia la superficie para ser bañadas allí por la luz del Sol, luz necesaria para su vida.
Pseudanabaena catenata es una cianobacteria que puede vivir en solitario o agruparse formando pequeñas alfombras mucilaginosas. Los filamentos de Pseudanabaena suelen ser rectos o ligeramente ondulados, pero nunca se ramifican y están construidos por celulas cilíndiricas y alineadas.
Las células en este género de cinaobacterias son siempre más largas que anchas y a veces contienen gránulos o vesículas de gas localizadas en los extremos lo que facilita su flotación. Al igual que todas la cianobacterias Pseudanabaena es un organismo fotosintético y probablemente tenga capacidad para fijar el Nitrógeno disuelto en el agua.
Las especies de este género pueden ser planctónicas o bentónicas y vivir en aguas desde pobres en materia orgánica hasta ligeramente eutrófizadas, otras pueden crecer en el suelo, asociarse en simbiosis con algunos rotíferos o desarrollarse sobre la superficie de otras algas . Pocas especies se conocen de biotopos extremos como fuentes de agua caliente, o ambientes salinos.
La fotografía se ha realizado a 400 aumentos con la técncia de contraste de interferencia y se ha encontrado en una muestra recogida a 48 metros de profundidad en el Lago de Sanabria (Zamora), desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán construido en el Planeta propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
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When in China, learn how to prepare & drink tea...
It is time for some hot tea, so when in Shingi set off for the city's wholesale markets and find more than tea: immense knowledge and generosity. There are rows and rows of crammed stalls in the giant, drafty: "Du Ba Tong" - "Tianshan Tea City" in western Shanghai!
Very much off the main trek of any visitor, worth a umpteen cups of tea that you will be able to sample. 3 floors of maybe 300+ tea wholesalers.
Pu'er is special tea, actually from a different type of tea plant, and is superb. Aged pu'er teas are sought after and are extremely pricey, fetching more than 50 rmb per gram. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-erh_tea
www.mylandiao.com is but one of maybe 4 dealers, who are not tea sellers, her small business is a pleasure to visit, her boyfriend is in the hotel business from whom the introduction came.
520 Zhongshan Xi Lu ,
Gubei/Hongqiao
near Yuping Lu, Metro Line 2, 3 & 4 Zhongshan Park Station
中山西路520号
近玉屏路, 地铁2, 3, 4号线中山公园站
A 20 rmb taxi ride from People's Square or a solid 10 min walk from Line 3, the mall looks something like a temple from the outside.
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Montblanc, Tarragona (Spain).
Organ of 1607, reconstructed in 1752 and recovered in 1977, is one of the best organs than they are conserved of the Catalan school of the baroque.
Órgano de 1607, reconstruido en 1752 y restaurado en 1977, es uno de los mejores órganos que se conservan de la escuela catalana del barroco.
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The temple of Santa Maria la Major is situated in the highest part of the town, at the same place where the ancient Romanesque church was. Because of the increase in population it was decided to build a new one. The work was made in sections and due to the Black Death, which provoked a great economical and demographic crisis, it had to be left unfinished. The big Gothic façade was destroyed during the ‘Segadors’ war the one we can see now is in a Baroque style (17th century).
The interior is of big dimensions, a long nave with fan vaulting and with scenes of the Old Testament sculptured. At the sides there are the chapels which have a square base with fan vaulting, there are beautiful Gothic windows, where the mysteries of the Rosary are represented. In the 18th century a chapel was extended and it was turned into the Holiest Chapel. We point out the big Gothic image of the Virgin ‘Mare de Déu del Cor’, carved in polychromatic wood, the altarpiece of ‘Sant Bernat I Sant Bernabé’ and the Baroque organ, one of the most important in Catalonia.
Source: www.montblancmedieval.org/niv3.php?id=268
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La Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor está situada en la parte más elevada del núcleo, la actual iglesia se encuentra ubicada en el lugar donde antiguamente había la primitiva iglesia románica. El aumento demográfico justificó la construcción de una nueva. La obra se hizo por tramos y debido a la Peste Negra, que provocó una gran crisis económica y demográfica a la villa, se tuvo que dejar inacabada. La gran fachada gótica fue destruida durante la Guerra de los Segadors y por ese motivo hoy en día se puede ver otra en estilo barroco (s. XVIII).
Interior de grandes dimensiones, con una larga nave con bóveda de cañón y con claves esculpidas de escenas del Antiguo Testamento. En los laterales se encuentran las capillas de base cuadrada y bóveda de cañón, a media altura se abren unos bellos ventanales góticos, donde se representan los misterios del Rosario. Durante el siglo XVIII se prolongó una capilla y se convirtió en la del Santísimo. En la parte interior destaca la gran imagen gótica de la Virgen del Cor, tallada en madera policromada, el retablo de Sant Bernat y Sant Bernabé y el órgano barroco, uno de los más importantes de Cataluña.
Fuente: www.montblancmedieval.org/niv3.php?id=154
Más info (catalán): ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_de_Montblanc
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Ésta es una pequeñísima porción de una gota de agua que recogieron hace unas semanas Juan, Jaime y Jacobo en un arroyo saltarín como ellos y próximo al Duero junto la frontera con Portugal, en un pueblecito con nombre de cuento, Cozcurrita.
Juan, Jacobo y Jaime son mis amigos y , aunque niños, conocen como la palma de la mano todos los secretos del monte, saben donde están los escondrijos de invierno los tritones, en qué lugar se encuentran las madrigueras de los conejos y además de muchas otras cosas, recuerdan alguna historia de una hiena que despistada, fue encontrada en los encinares de Cozcurrita.
El caso es que yo tengo una pregunta para ellos. Eso sí, es una pregunta con trampa, pero creo que servirá para aprender o recordar algo importante...y aquí va la pregunta ¿Cuántos seres ves en la imagen?
Es fácil, verdad...si las Matemáticas no fallan yo diría que dos, uno a la izquierda y otro a la derecha. Si los viéseis mover, como el otro día, el "bichito" verde y grueso de la derecha, que es un ciliado de nombre raro, Chilodonella, recorre nervioso la gota de agua de acá para allá. El otro, delgado y casi transparente, se desliza tranquilo, sin cambiar su rumbo, tirado por ese pequeño hilo que nace de uno de sus extremos, es un flagelado. Uno y uno son dos...podría ser.
Pero si observo mejor y me olvido del señor lento y fino de la izquierda y me fijo en los granitos verdes del de la derecha podría pensar que Chilodonella es una glotona y que ha llenado su panza de ensalada... ¿y si os dijera que esos granitos verdes están vivos?
Chilodonella se traga las algas como un monstruo devorador, pero no las come, las guarda como un tesoro. Se ha convertido en un ser vivo que vive mucho mejor gracias a otros seres vivos, algas. Chilodonella tiene la cosecha de alimentos dentro de su propio cuerpo porque las algas fabrican para él azúcares y otras sustancias que fabrican continuamente. Seguramente, si tuviese rostro, veríamos a Chilodonella sonreír tranquilamente, no tiene que preocuparse por buscar su alimento para sobrevivir.
Pero ¿y las algas? Las algas dentro de la panza de Chilodonella son felices, están seguras, bien protegidas, como dentro de un invernadero y crecen mejor y sin riesgo a ser comidas de verdad...seguramente también sonríen.
Cuando dos seres vivos se asocian y se benefician el uno al otro, no sólo vieven mucho mejor, sino que son capaces de sobrevivir en lugares y en condiciones en las que solos no lo podrían hacer...esto es la simbiosis. Algo parecido a lo que dijeron los tres mosqueteros, como vosotros tres: Todos para uno y uno para todos.
La unión hace la fuerza (imaginad lo bien que nos iría a todos si imitásemos lo que hace Chilodonella y el alga Chlorella...pero sin comernos), cada vez me doy más cuenta de que la Natureza es sabia.
¿Cuántos seres veis ahora en la imagen?
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Chilodonella es un ciliado de pequeño tamaño representado por varias especies tanto de agua dulce como salada repartidas por todo el Planeta. Se incluyen entre éstas formas de vida libre y de alimentación omnívora, pero también un reducido número de parásitas que pueden causar enfermedades en los peces o en las larvas de algunos mosquitos.
Chilodonella se caracteriza por su pico redondeado y por tener un aparato bucal en forma de canasta, como Nassula, con el que aspiran, pequeños restos orgánicos, algas y bacterias. La canasta que constituye la faringe de este ciliado está formada por una varillas que forman un cilindro. Éste se abre por la parte ventral para estar en contacto con el fondo sobre el que Chilodonella se desplaza. Cada una de las varillas que forman esta canasta finaliza engrosándose en una pequeña cabeza que es móvil y que permite a Chilodonella manipular su alimento.
Sobre el aparato bucal de Chilodonella se sitúa una sutura oblicua que se extiende hasta el extremo del pico y que está constituida por una barrera ciliada. La parte ventral de Chilodonella es plana y está recorrida por varias hileras de cilios, la dorsal está abultada formando una pequeña joroba que se aplasta en la porción anterior y presenta líneas cruzadas con otros cilios muy cortos que se disponen en sus inmediaciones y en la zona de la periferia.
Algunas especies de Chilodonella como Chilodonella cyprini viven en el agua dulce y parasitan las células epiteliales de algunos peces, haciendo que su piel pierda brillo y cause posteriormente graves ulceraciones. Otras, como Chilodonella uncinata pueden causar infecciones mortales en las larvas de algunos mosquitos del género Culex y Anopheles, que viven en humedales, fundamentalmente arrozales y zonas pantanosas del continente asiático y que como vectores de virus transmiten al hombre, entre otras, enfermedades como la encefalitis japonesa.
El desarrollo de Chilodonella uncinata en las regiones en las que la encefalitis japonesa es una enfermedad endémica, podría ser un buen mecanismo del control de la enfermedad al limitar la proliferación de los mosquitos que son sus vectores de transmisión.
Chilodonella procede de una muestra de agua recogida por Juan, Jacobo y Jaime en un pequeño arroyo en las inmediaciones de Cozcurrita, en la comarca de los Arribes del Duero de Zamora y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever Gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance,
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance,
My head is bloodied but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade.
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how straight the gate,
Nor how charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
-- William Ernest Henley
At the age of 12 Henley became a victim of tuberculosis of the bone. In spite of this, in 1867 he successfully passed the Oxford local examination as a senior student. His diseased foot had to be amputated directly below the knee; physicians announced the only way to save his life was to amputate the other. Henley persevered and survived with one foot intact. He was discharged in 1875, and was able to lead an active life for nearly 30 years despite his disability. With an artificial foot, he lived until the age of 54. "Invictus" was written from a hospital bed.
Shot it at Kumbha Mela 2010.Its a greatest show on Earth.
In Hindu mythology, its origin is found in one of the popular creation myths and the Hindu theories on evolution, the Samudra manthan episode (Churning of the ocean of milk), which finds mention in the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, the Mahabharata, and the Ramayana.
The Gods had lost their strength, and to regain it, they thought of churning the Ksheera Sagara (primordial ocean of milk) for amrit (the nectar of immortality), this required them to make a temporary agreement with their arch enemies, the demons or Asuras, to work together with a promise of sharing the nectar equally thereafter. However, when the Kumbha (urn) containing the amrita appeared, a fight ensued. For twelve days and twelve nights (equivalent to twelve human years) the gods and demons fought in the sky for the pot of amrita. It is believed that during the battle, Lord Vishnu flew away with the Kumbha of elixir, and that is when drops of amrita fell at four places on earth: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik, and that is where the Kumbh Mela is observed every twelve years.
First written evidence of the Kumbha Mela can be found in the accounts of Chinese traveller, Huan Tsang or Xuanzang (602 - 664 A.D.) who visited India in 629 -645 CE, during the reign of King Harshavardhana.
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The really fun thing about the pavilion is that it's made of stainless steel and they shine different colored lights on it all the time, with the colors constantly shifting. Even when there's no music going on there, there's always something entertaining.
Here's what Frank Gehry, the designer, said about it:
"How do you make everyone - not just the people in the seats, but the people sitting 400 feet away on the lawn - feel good about coming to this place to listen to music? And the answer is, you bring them into it. You make the proscenium larger; you build a trellis with a distributed sound system. You make people feel part of the experience."
-Frank Gehry
Info here.
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I showed these shots to my dad and he chose this one as his favorite because he said it had some mystery to it because at first glance, you're not entirely sure what you're looking at. I don't know about all that, but I'll go with it. I'm still holding up Andy's and my departure. Whoops. :)
These were taken at the site of the Wells Brothers Foundry (founded in 1832, torn down in 1910) in Milford, Michigan. I found this by chance. I was driving home from work and got stuck behind a long string of cars waiting for somebody to turn left. I looked out the left side of my car (when I am normally looking at the park on the right side of the road) and saw this! I immediately pulled off and jumped out to take pictures. I really like how these turned out.
Ok, now this really is a post and run. If I don't finish this up now, I'm going to get into trouble. Everybody have a great evening! I'll catch up on your streams later tonight or tomorrow. :)
An early morning mist rises off Beardy Waters just north of Glen Innes as the suns rays start to find their way through the trees and light up the countryside.
Taken during the 1200kms for Kids Charity Bike Ride... as the riders braved the icy air, I stopped to grab some of the pretty countryside in this part of the world.
The Beardy Waters is a river, which is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) in length, in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.
The Beardy Waters rises near Ben Lomond Mountain south of Glen Innes in the New England region. It flows north to the east of Glen Innes, New South Wales and then north-west to where it joins the Severn River (New South Wales) below Rangers Road.
The name of the river derives from two bearded stockmen who were among the first European settlers of the district through which the river flows. The river was previously known as: Maybole Creek, The Beardy Water, Beardy River and The Beardy Waters.
A weir construction across the Beardy Waters was commenced in October 1930 after a grant of ₤5,500 was made available for the work. This money was granted to pay men working on unemployment relief. Completed in July 1932 at a cost of ₤10,847 it has a capacity of 100 million imperial gallons (450,000 m3) with the flood gates closed.
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.
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"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.
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Vigolo Marchese é la più importante frazione di Castell'Arquato, conta di una basilica romanica sormontata da una torre militare riadattata a campanile, risalente al 1008, voluta dal Marchese Umberto d'Orta, e un battistero a pianta circolare, di epoca antecedente la chiesa, simile alle costruzioni bizantine..
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Entrambi furono fatti costruire nel 1008 dal marchese toscano Uberto d’Orta, ma la basilica fu ricostruita in seguito a un terremoto dopo il 1117, e il suo orientamento mutato verso est nel 1579. il pronotaro apostolico Antonio Lusardi introdusse altre modifiche strutturali. È testimoniata l’esistenza di un attiguo monastero..
Il battistero a pianta circolare è senz’altro più antico. Sorse probabilmente come tempietto pagano in età romana, diventa poi cappella dedicata a Santo Stefano e infine Battistero..
La chiesa è in pietra e laterizio, all’interno presenta pianta basilicale a tre navate. L’interno è intonacato e ha perso l’essenzialità e le prerogative originarie. L’abside semicircolare e rialzata dal livello della chiesa ricorda lo schema della Collegiata di Castell’Arquato anche per come le si accosta il campanile a pianta quadrata, diviso in tre livelli.
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.
More photographs of Walton-on-Thames, can be viewed by visiting my photography website - Beautiful England
Walton-on-Thames is a riverside town with over 20,000 residents, situated between Sunbury Lock and Shepperton Lock, in the Borough of Elmbridge. It is only 15 miles from central London and has good communications by road, being close to the M25, M4 and M3 motorways. A fast train journey of only 25 minutes to Waterloo station makes it an ideal location for commuting to London. In fact, in 2008, a survey by the Halifax declared the Borough of Elmbridge to be the, "best place to live in Britain", with the highest quality of life in the United Kingdom. The media rapidly produced further commendations declaring Elmbridge to be the "Beverly Hills of Surrey" and claiming that even the weather here was better than the national average.
The town now has a new shopping centre, "The Heart", which is a covered mall with over 50 shops and restaurants and with outside restaurant seating. The development contains 279 apartments with views over Ashley Park. Walton-on-Thames has a modern leisure centre, the Xcel Leisure Complex, which opened in 2006, overlooking the River Thames. In addition to a 25 metre swimming pool, sports halls, climbing wall, health and fitness suite, it has an outside floodlit synthetic football pitch.
In the Domesday Book, Walton-on-Thames was recorded as, 'Waletona' and as having a church, two mills and a fishery.
The River Thames at Walton is an important crossing point. It was thought that Julius Caesar crossed here on his second invasion of Britain, but there is no evidence for this. Walton Bridge was the subject of a painting by Canaletto in 1754, but this wooden bridge was dismantled in 1783. J.M.W. Turner painted Walton Bridge in 1805, but this stone bridge collapsed in 1859. It is doubtful whether anyone would think the current structure is picturesque. It is the fifth bridge to cross the Thames at Walton and dates from 1999, when it was intended only to be temporary. Work on a new bridge is due to start in 2011 and completed in 2013.
Close to Walton Bridge is Desborough Island, which was created when the Desborough Channel was cut in 1935. It was constructed by the Thames Conservancy and named after Lord Desborough, the Chairman of the Board. The cut made a shorter journey possible by avoiding the meandering stretch of the Thames past Shepperton and Halliford.
At Walton Bridge is the garage of H.W. Motors, (Hersham and Walton Motors) who were the first Aston Martin dealership in the world. In the 1950s, they built their own racing cars and Sir Stirling Moss competed in his first Formula One Grand Prix in an H.W. Motors car.
Next to H.W. Motors is the Walton Playhouse. This is a theatre used for community productions and local amateur dramatic societies. It was built by Cecil Hepworth as a power house for Walton Film Studios. They closed in 1924 and its architect, George Carvill, bought the building. For many years, it was known as the, "Walton Hop", reputed to be the first disco in the United Kingdom. It closed in 1990.
St. Mary's Parish Church is of Saxon origin, with parts dating back to the 12th century. It is set at the highest point in the town and has a square flint tower. The churchyard contains the graves of many New Zealand soldiers who died in the First World War. Mount Felix House in Walton, which has now been demolished, was used as a hospital for New Zealand troops. The New Zealand connection is maintained in the street name, 'New Zealand Avenue' and the Wellington pub in the town centre.
As would be expected, the riverside pubs have been visited by notable characters. In 1909, Jerome Kern, the composer of the Broadway musical, "Showboat" and many popular songs, including Ol' Man River, met Eva Leale, the landlord's daughter at the Swan pub. They were married at St. Mary's Church, Walton the following year. The Anglers pub, with its seating on the riverbank, is very popular. A short walk along the towpath towards Hampton Court brings you to The Weir Hotel. Overlooking the Weir, this pub is extremely popular with walkers and cyclists, especially on Sundays, where people enjoy their roast dinners.
Walton-on-Thames has had many famous residents, but Julie Andrews is probably the most notable. She was born Julia Wells in 1935 in Rodney House Maternity Hospital, Rodney Road. She became, at fourteen, the youngest ever solo performer to appear at a Royal Variety Performance in 1948 at the London Palladium. She married her first husband, Tony Walton, in St. Mary's Church, Oatlands, Weybridge in 1959. Her most famous role was as Maria Von Trapp in the film, "The Sound of Music", which became 20th Century Fox's biggest ever film.
In Station Avenue, is a 1960s iconic office building. Formerly the head office of Birds Eye Frozen Foods, it is now a Grade II listed building. My sister worked there and remembers that there were live penguins in the grounds.
Next year will be an exciting time for Walton-on-Thames, when the 2012 Olympic Games commences. On the opening day of the 2012 Games, on Saturday 28th July, the Mens' Cycling Road Race (250km) starts from the Mall in London. The 145 riders will head towards Walton and race along Hurst Road from Hampton Court into Terrace Road, into Walton Town Centre, down Oatlands Drive to Weybridge and then onto the Surrey Hills. The womens' race takes place the following day over a shorter (140km) route, but still through Walton. The 2012 Olympic Games Cycling Time Trials will be held close by on 1st August at Hampton Court. The whole 13 mile section of the route which cuts through Elmbridge will be surfaced with electric blue non-slip Tarmac. This is the internationally recognised cycling blue used on time trials. The blue colour means overhead cameras can track competitors using matt black background enhancements.
On 14th August, 2011, an official test event for the 2012 Summer Olympics Road Race took place over the Olympic route, from The Mall in London, through Walton-on-Thames, to Box Hill, returning to the Mall, passing through Esher. This was the London – Surrey Cycle Classic Race. It was won by Mark Cavendish, MBE, aged 26. He is the top sprinter in the Tour de France, having won twenty stages and in September 2011, went on to win the Road World Championship in Denmark. On 22nd December 2011, Mark was voted the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. He is probably Great Britain’s best prospect for a gold medal in 2012. It is hoped that he can repeat his success next year.
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.
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.
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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...
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?
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...
Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy the weekend....
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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
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They are images that remain in our memories and for some reasons human beings remain frozen in awe before a sunset over water. It is like the time is slowing down and we are waiting to see the end of this magic moment we try to keep in our memories for ever.
The silhouette of this mother and young son admiring the colors of the sun and its reflections on the lake reminds us, adults, of similar memories of a time that seemed remote and peaceful in comparison with the aggressions we feel in our current and modern city lives.
Hopefully this child will remember this magic moment spent with his mom.
Nikon D700 and lens Leica Telyt-R 350mm f/4.8. Taken with Monopod at ISO 1600, f/8 and 1/4000s.
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.
www.nvr.org.uk/history/5485.php
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