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El Puig de Rialb es un núcleo de población del municipio noguerenc de la Baronia de Rialb , en el Segre Medio .
Esta región comprende las montañas y torrentes de la izquierda del río Rialb , casi al mismo paralelo de Sant Martí , algo al norte. Forma un triángulo que tiene a poniente el río Rialb , al norte las montañas de Gavarra , a levante el torrente de Vilarrúbia o de Gavarra y el término de Pallerols Se accede por una pista asfaltada derivada de la carretera comarcal C-1412b , que une Ponts con los Pallars , en el P.K. 15,250 a la altura de la Collada de la Santa. Este camino asfaltado sigue el trazado del Rialb y pasados doscientos metros sobre el Molí Nou atraviesa un puente sobre el mismo río e inicia un camino carretero de pendiente pronunciada hasta el Puig. Otras rutas para llegar son desde el camino de Gavarra o desde el camino que sale de Pallerols y pasa cerca de la Masia Confòs. .El topónimo estrictamente del Puig 'aparece tardíamente en la documentación, al menos que sea aplicado a la parroquia de San Andrés; se encuentra desde el siglo XV . Un documento citado de 1033 parece que se refiere a Sant Andreu del Puig, de esta zona del Rialb, en el que el conde de Pallars devuelve al obispo Ermengol bienes que se había apropiado indebidamente, y cita la tercera parte de diezmos de la parroquia de San Esteban, que podría ser la de Pallerols y de Sancto Andrea de ipso Puio.
Al final del periodo estudiado todo el Rialb Sobirà formaba una parroquia, que era la de San Martín de Taravall , que tenía por sufragáneas San Cristóbal y San Andrés del Puig. Aunque esta zona del Rialb Sobirà contaba con fuerza población, la economía eclesiástica era pobre, en la décima del año 1279 no consta que pagara nada, fuera de San Cristóbal y Pallerols, en la décima de 1391 , la tasa del Rialb Soberano era de 10 sueldos en un plazo, la de San Cristóbal era de 11 sueldos, y la del Rialb Jussà era de 23 sueldos.
El paso de la iglesia de Sant Andreu del Puig parroquia fue durante el pontificado del obispo Andreu Capella , por cuanto el 1574 , la de San Andrés aún era sufragánea de Sant Martí. En cuanto al dominio feudal de la zona, como en el resto del Rialb Soberano era de los señores del castillo de Taravall, que fueron los Caboet, el capítulo de Urgell y otros, como los Peramola . El pueblo fue residencia del rector hasta el 1936 .
Lugares de interés
. Iglesia románica de Sant Andreu del Puig; se conserva una imagen de tipo clásico del siglo XVI de la Virgen de la Lluvia con el niño.
. Ermitas románicas de Santa María de Ramoneda (conocida como la Inmaculada), San Vicente de las Casas de Rialb y San Juan Bautista de la Encina.
. Alojamientos rurales de la Casa de los Peces, antigua Escuela del Puig y Cal Metge.
Piscifactoría Molí Nou.
. Sendero de Gran Recorrido o GR 1 .
Encina de Cal Penjat, se trata de una carrasca catalogada como árbol monumental de Cataluña.
Fiesta local
Romería de la Virgen de la Lluvia: es la Fiesta Mayor y se celebra el primer domingo de octubre. .
William Brouillard
www.cia.edu/faculty/directory.php?faculty_id=15
Artist Statement
The platters I have sent to this exhibition combine several ceramic traditions. The first is, The Palace Art Pot. Palace Art Pots were made to demonstrate wealth and power. They were made to tell a story, to commemorate an event or a person, and to demonstrate skill and challenge the abilities of the artisans who made them. The second tradition is the Fish Platter. Fish platters were a staple of the Neo Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1950s and 60s. The third and last tradition is the One-Line visual and verbal Pun, Platters of the ceramic Funk Movement.
Humor through the use of the visual pun was a mainstay of the California Funk movement. Humor in clay has a tradition as old as the use of the material. I have always felt that humor has been given short shift as a serious emotion. Art work that uses humor and has been actively excised from collections of serious art. It may be that we do not understand the function of humor as well as we understand the function of the other emotions.
In the work presented I have tried to inject some humor into the decorative / commemorative object. The platters are big to give them a slightly overblown sense of their own importance and to be able to be viewed from a distance . They are meant for the wall and the table. The large size to fit the importance of large gatherings.
I have tried to replace historical patterns with objects reduced to pattern. Some of the objects are extensions of my environment or reflections of personal interests. Images of turn of the century technology, (the Machine Age), are a personal favorite. Subject matter ranges from humorous depiction of everyday objects to gender stereotypes. My abilities as A draftsman are limited but seem to be adequate for the kind and quality of image that the subject requires. They have a cartoon look as opposed to the crisp complexity of fine china.
The clay body, a red earthenware, is heavily potted and makes no secrete of its variations and flaws. The glaze work is in the Majolica style and is done very much like a watercolor on soft paper. The pots are fired twice. They are bisqued to cone 05 and glazed to cone 04. Some may have an additional firing to Cone 018 for low temperature luster and enamels. They are fired in an oxidizing atmosphere using an electric kiln.
William Brouillard June, 22 1993
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William Craig Brouillard
CURRENT POSITION:
Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics department, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, from 1980
EDUCATION:
M.F.A., Ceramic Art, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 1976
University of Wisconsin, at Madison, Wisconsin, 1973
B.A., Art Education, State University of Wisconsin, Stout at Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1969
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
Brouillard Studios, 2662 W14th st. Cleveland, OH 44113, production of pottery and ceramic commission work 1980-1993
Resident Craftsman at The Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, as a full time self supporting studio artist in clay, with some related teaching duties, 1976 -1978
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Instructor, Teaching beginning intermediate and Graduate level ceramics, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 1978-1979
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Kiln Design and Construction, to advanced and graduate level students at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 1974 - 1976
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Two and Three Dimensional Design to beginning and advanced Students, also instruction in materials and techniques of woodworking, at The New York State College of
GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Cup Show, purchase award, University of Southern IL. 1992
Ohio Designer Craftsmen, purchase award, Best of 92 exhibition, Columbus, OH. 1992
Excellence in Design Award Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Best of 92 Exhibition, 1992
American Craft Museum, Design Award , for Excellence in Design, in conduction with the Designed and made for use Exhibition, at The American Craft Museum, NY 1986
Purchase Award, The Clay Cup Show, Southern IL. University, 1986
Art Park , Lewiston NY. Summer work and travel grant 1980
COLLECTIONS REPRESENTED BY
The Detroit Museum of Art [DIA], Detroit MI.
The Cleveland Museum ofArt, Cleveland OH.
The Millard Collection, St Louis, MO
The Sinker Collection, Detroit, MI.
The Vincent Lim Collection,Philadelphia, PA
The Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, PA
University of Southern Illinois
Ohio Designer Craftsman, Columbus, OH
Ceramics Monthly, Columbus, OH
The Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
Alfred University, Museum of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Lerner Tower, Cleveland, OH
PUBLICATIONS, REF.
American Ceramics Magazine, Jan. 1994 Studio Potter Magazine, Jan, 1992, "The Language of the Lip" NCCECA Journal "Developing a Plastic Alphabet", volume 6, 1985 Studio Potter "Ohio Potters", October, 1983 Craft Horizons, December , 1978 Ceramics Monthly, "Penland Potters", October 1977 The Alfred Kiln Drawings, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Publication of The Department of Art and Design, 1976
GALLERIES REPRESENTED BY
-The Clay Place, 5416 Walnut St., Pittsburgh, PA. 15232, 1-412-682-3737
-The Pewabic Pottery, 10125 East Jefferson, Detroit, MI. 48214, 1-313-822-0954
-The Farrel Collection, 2633 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, 1-202-483-8334
-Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
-NCCECA, National Conference For Education in the Ceramic Arts
-SPACES, Arts Organization, Cleveland, OH
-OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN, North Central Area Represenitive, Columbus, OH
-AAUP, American Association of University Professors, Washington DC
As of October, 2011, we have received the U.S. Navy's final approval to move IOWA to the Port of Los Angeles. The 2 BEST sources for updates are: www.pacificbattleship.com/blog/ - www.facebook.com/pacificbattleship
UPDATE Oct. 27, 2010: The NEWS IS GOOD! The IOWA has gained incredible support, and the LA Harbor Commission meeting Nov. 4, 2010 will hopefully announce that a berthing location has been approved for the San Pedro area of LA Harbor! IMPORTANT LINKS, TO CHECK OFTEN... www.pacificbattleship.com/ AND www.pacificbattleship.com/blog/presentations/
UPDATE Feb. 28, 2010: The Port of Los Angeles has rejected a 16-page proposal by the Pacific Battleship Group to move IOWA to San Pedro, CA. The nearby city of Vallejo, CA has been seeking donations to move her to Mare Island for years.
It is a very dark time for this proud warrior, which represents so much of this country's history.
Battleship IOWA (BB-61) ~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61) In the National Defense Service Fleet (aka the Mothball Fleet) at Suisun Bay, near Benicia, CA. Her forward 16-inch (rifles) guns are visible in this view. Mount Diablo's foothills rise in the background. From land, one of the closest viewing spots is from Industrial Way in Benicia. This photo was taken at the extreme range of my 40x telephoto. There is also the Levee Trail off Bayshore (it begins beneath the most easterly span of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge (there is free parking - look for the public access sign at the entrance of the giant 'new cars' import storage yard). About a 20 minute walk to the trail's end: Don't try walking in the marsh... it's very wet and muddy.
I've been tagged....for the first time...and had no idea what that meant or what I was supposed to do. But thanks to Clay Wells he thought I was worthy enough to play this freaking Flickr game of tag. SO if you are one of the unlucky 16 contacts of mine I hit....don't blame me.....blame Clay....he's a pest. And I ask this: who the hell thought listing 16 things about yourself was a fab idea? And I did say fab.....I say fab because this little listing game feels like being Paris Hilton's new BFF.....contrived and silly..so i say FAB!
So after all the shoveling of snow, and blowing of driveways, and scraping of ice, I set back for a second and took in the gorgeous view off the front deck. I struggled with this shot....I wasn't sure if I should go for a long drawn out exposure to emphasis the dramatic skies...but once I clicked the shutter a few times, I figured mother nature did a darn fine job on her own and no ND grad filters were needed to help her this time.
I did however utilize a circular polarizer on this one and then converted to Black and White with a heavy red filter emphasis...something about the IR look and effect really appeals to me
Canon 40d
Sigma 10-20mm @ 20mm
ISO 100
f/16 @ 1 second
So I guess I have to now list 16 things about me.....grrrr Clay...grrrrr
1) I'm taller than 6'2" but shorter than 6'4"
2) I hate brussel sprouts, okra, egg plant, and any othe vegatable that are used to torture kids
3) I once faked being drunk (in my 20's) so i wouldn't have to spend anymore time of a painfully boring evening with a girl I was set up with on a blind date. She later asked her friend (who had set us up) if i was allergic to alcohol because I had reacted so violenly to one Coor's Light.....I thought she wouldn't have noticed I had only bought one beer....obviosuly her boring stories included relatively awesome observation skills.
4) I snore......relentlessly.....get some ear plugs cause I'm never having that silly surgery that every wife tries to get her husband to have....I mean really...surgery? Did Alexander the Great, or Hannibal, or Braveheart have surgery to lessen their manly snore horn...for crying out loud
5) I had a bunk mate in college that was from Ireland.....he played a game at parties (after a few pints) called "Hide the dook." i won't give you the details since the name simply says it all...i will say this though....there were many places we were never invited back to when they "found the dook."
6) I once got busy in a Burger King Bathroom......well not really but I did love me some of the Humpty dance back in the day....lyrical genius! And in a roundabout way this reveals I liked silly hip hop songs with guys with pickle noses.
7) I tend to exaggerate.....but only if it gets a really big laugh
8) I tend to like getting a laugh...which causes me to exaggerate
9) I played a professional sport after college.....
10) Both of my grandfathers were veterans of WWII...surprisingly, one of them was stationed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, and the other was a Seabee....
11) I am a huge Hockey fan.....go Sharks Go!
12) Quite possibly the funniest and my most favorite movie ever is 3 Amigos.....I mean, who could deny that its probably the last funny movie Chevy Chase made before his failure as a talk show host? And El Huapo....he's so dreammmmmyyyyy
13) I love to read.....when i was in 4th grade I guess I was reading a little better and faster than the other kids in my class (we won't talk about how far behind them I was in math). Anyways. my teacher met with my parents and told them they needed to start challenging me with more adult and abstract reading material. My father asked her "Like What?" She suggested Stephen King and Playboy......to my dismay, I never got the playboy reading materials...but my twisted parents, in their weird attempt at trying to "challenge" me were succesful in having me read "the Shining" and never wanting to sleep or ride an elevator again....as if looking at some breasts and reading about Stephen Spielberg interviews in Playboy would have been so detrimental....
14) I like and will continue to use Flickr as long as the sense of community, reciprocation, and feedback continue to be a staple diet of my daily experience here....I will however begin to weed out contacts whom I comment on photos regularly for (whether it be for praise, questions about their process, or just to comment about what did or did not work in their shot) but never seem to visit or comment on my or other people's streams. This is not a whine, merely a point ot be made...the community is only as good as the two way street it was desgined to be.....those that are takers only don't interest me...no matter how great they might be.....we are all in this together and reciprocation, no matter how slight, is an important part of the feedback we receive here.....
15) I love TollHouse Chocolate Chip cookies hot, gooey, straight out of the oven
16) I am not allergic or reactive to Poison Oak
Phew......thanks for hangin in there
B-25 Mitchell air tanker CF-MWC operated by Northwestern Air Lease. Refuelling. Watson Lake. 1978
From a posting by Greg Rees on the Key Publishing web site (forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=53451) :
In the spring of 1974 Dad [Jack Rees] retired from the military and went to work for Northwestern Air Lease of St.Albert, Alberta. This company operated Mitchells CF-OND (44-28866) N225AJ and CF-MWC (44-30254) N41123 as water bombers. This was the beginning of his water bombing career which lasted until he retired from flying in 1991. Just a short note to add at this time, Northwestern Air Lease also owned an Avro Lancaster (KB976) which was tanked for water bombing but it did not pan out as they couldn't get the tank doors to work properly, so Northwestern ended up selling the Lancaster in 1975 to a private collector in Scotland U.K.
This first year with Northwestern Air Lease was going to be an adventure and a mystery as he never knew what was going to happen next. On one of his first training flights, the pilot assigned to train him in the fine art of dropping a plane load of snot (water, dye and fertilizer) on a fire was interesting. The actual water drop was uneventful but the take-off from the strip was the hairy event. The home base for these Mitchells as previously mentioned was St.Albert airport which consisted of a dirt runway at this time and was more like a mud runway after it rained. On this particular take off it was a mud runway, after taxiing from the ramp to the main runway, Bob (not his real name) proceeded to take-off with Dad as his co-pilot. As CF-MWC got further and further down the strip the mud got softer and softer, so after making it half-way down the runway and gaining speed (estimated at 90 knots) the mud was just too much for the gear and MWC abruptly stopped dead in it's tracks. Surprisingly enough the gear wasn't ripped off by this point. After shutting down the engines and assaying the situation, they had to use two 4x4 agriculture tractors with heavy logging chains to get MWC out of the hole it created. There was so much resistance while pulling that the chain stretched so bad that the links would not loosen up after the tension was taken off. This sort of Sanford & Son operation went on for the remainder of that fire season. Both 25's flew that year in Wood Buffalo National Park (located in the corner of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories) The following year (1975) was just as much a mystery as the year before when it came to operations. During the early years of his water bombing career with the 25's, everyone involved shared the excitement and enthusiasm when called out on a fire. So even when the fires were small and insignificant, the B-25 crews were hipped up and raring to go if it meant some flying time. On one such occasion in the summer of 1975 the crews were so pumped for the thrill of flying the Mitchells, they almost forgot the inherent danger of flying on fires and almost traded their lives for the excitement of it all. A fire was reported in Nahanni Valley National Park, Northwest Territories and the crew of OND & MWC responded eagerly and struck off to put out the fire. After flying over a 10,000 foot mountain range they dropped down to get a look at where the fire was. The bird dog (Cessna 185) which was used to guide the bombers into the fire started up a spur off Nahanni Valley to look for the fire. The owner of Northwestern Air Lease was flying OND and wasn't as anxious to start flying up some mountain pass with 900 gallons of water aboard. So Ted (not his real name) the owner decided not to follow the bird dog up the pass blindly looking for some fire that wasn't worth his life. As it turned out the pass ended in a razor back and the bird dog had to take evasive action to pull out of the pass, mean while Ted and Dad were circling overhead. Finally they spotted the fire and made a run on it, and as it turned out, the fire was nothing but a small out cropping of trees on a rocky ledge. After dropping their loads they returned to base, and were a little more selective on their future fires.
I am back from a wonderful trip to Charlotte, NC where I was able to meet up with a couple of fellow flickrites. I got to sit down to coffee with the beautiful Kim Langdon www.flickr.com/photos/langdonknits/ as well as have lunch with Ed www.flickr.com/photos/isayx3/ and his gorgeous wife Rosalie.
What amazing people really. I ended up not even taking hardly any pics in Charlotte which is rather odd for me.
This is one from Destin, Fl.
Again I have been immersed in music and love The Fray's How to Save a Life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmFi2snLr7o
I wish I had the answers to that question. I have just found out the news that my beautiful cousin has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Brain cancer. So I look for the answers as everyone else does. Why? Why her?
Beginning PHP and MySQL 5 by W. Jason Gilmore (bottom) and PHP 5 in Practice by Elliott White III and Jonathan D. Eisenhamer (top)
View Moonrise over Cannon Beach on Black
View Moonrise over Cannon Beach Map/EXIF
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II + 16-35 mm @ 16 mm - 0.3 sec at f/16, ISO 100
Manual mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
Read about today's adventures here. More to come...and hopefully proper tagging in the future :).
45°52'57.68" N 123°57'51.67" W, 3.1 m
Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA
Taken on 11.12.2010, uploaded on 11.16.2010.
©2010 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
AY-brus or AY-bruhs -- possibly from the Arabic name ... Dave's Botanary
prek-uh-TOR-ee-us -- Latin precari (to pray); supplication; prayerful ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: black-eyed Susan, coral pea, country licorice, crab's eye, Indian liquorice, Jamaica wild licorice, jequerity seed, John Crow bead, jumbie beans, love pea, lucky bean, paternoster bean, prayer bead, precatory bean, red-bead vine, rosary pea, weather plant, wild licorice • Arabic: قيراط qirat • Assamese: কাঁচমণি kansmoni, লাটুমণি latumani • Bengali: চিরমিতি chiramiti, চুনহাতি chunahati, গুঞ্জা gunja, কাইচ kaicha, কুঁচ kuncha, রতি rati • Bodo: jinjree • Dogri: चड़ेंनू दी बेल chadennoo di bel, गुंझा gunja, रत्ती ratti • Garo: menggo micron budu • Gujarati: ચણોઠી chanoti, ગુંજા gunja • Hajong: kunjumala • Hindi: चिर्मिठी chirmithi, घुंघची ghunghchi, गुंज gunj, कौवा डोंडी kauwa-dondi, पाटहिका patahika, रत्ती ratti, तुला tula • Kachchhi: અછી ચણોઠી achi chanoti, ચણોઠી જી વલ chanoti ji val, રતી ચનોટી rati chanoti • Kannada: ಗುಲಗಂಜಿ gulaganji, ಗುರುಗಂಜಿ gurugunji, ಹಾಗ haaga • Karbi: চুচেলক chuselok • Kashmiri: रछ् ratsh • Khamti: mikiakuiang • Konkani: गुंजी gunji, ಗುರ್ಗುಂಜಿ gurgunji, मंजोटी manjoti • Malayalam: ഗുഞ്ജ gunja, കുന്നി kunni • Manipuri: ꯆꯅꯤꯡ ꯃꯩꯃꯨꯕꯤ chaning meimubi • Marathi: गुंज gunja, मधुयष्टि madhuyashti, रती rati • Mizo: sentet • Nepali: आँखीगेडी ankheegedee, रतिगेडी ratigedee • Nyishi: raho • Odia: ଭୀଲ ଭୂଷଣ bhila bhushana, ଗୁଞ୍ଜା gunja, କାଌଞ୍ଚ kaincha, କାକଚିଞ୍ଚା kakachincha, କାକଜଂଘା kakajangha,କଇଁଚିକାକୁଡ଼ି kainchikakurdi, କୃଷ୍ଣଚୂଡ଼ିକା krushnachurdika, ଲାଙ୍ଗଳିକା langalika, ରକ୍ତଲା raktala, ସାଧାରଣୀ sadharani, ସଞ୍ଚାଳୀ sanchali, ଶାଙ୍ଗୁଷ୍ଠା sangushtha, ସପ୍ତଳା saptala, ଶାରଙ୍ଗଷ୍ଟା sarangashta, ସୌମ୍ଯା saumya, ଶିଖଣ୍ଡୀ shikhandi, ଶୁକ୍ରଳା shukrala, ରତି rati, ତାମ୍ରିକା tamrika, ତୁଳା ବୀଜ tula bija • Pali: गुञ्जा gunja, जिञ्जुक jinjuka • Persian: خاکشي khakshi, سرخ surkh • Punjabi: ਘੂੰਚੀ ghunchi, ਰੱਤੀ ratti • Rabha: tukhur neken • Rajasthani: चिरमी chirmi, रत्ती चिरमू ratti chirmu, सरमाई sarmaiee • Sanskrit: अङ्गारवल्लरी angaravallari, अरुणा aruna, बादर badar, बहुविस्तीर्णा bahuvistirna, भिल्लभूषणा bhillabhushana, चिञ्ची chinchi, चूडाल chudala, चूडामणि chudamani, गह्वर gahvara, गोपी gopi, गुञ्जा gunja, इन्द्राशन indrashana, काका kaka, काकचिञ्चा kakachincha, काकादनी kakadani, काकजङ्घा kakajangha, काकणाह्वा kakanahva, काकणन्तिका kakanantika, काकपीलु kakapilu, काकतिक्ता kakatikta, काकवल्लरी kakavallari, कक्ष्या kakshya, काम्बोज kamboja, काञ्ची kanchi, कणीचि kanichi, कृष्णला krshnala, कृष्णचूडिका krshnachudika, पाटहिका patahika, रक्त rakta, रिपुघातिनी ripughatini, सञ्चाली sanchali, साङ्गुष्ठा sangustha, शिखण्डी shikhandi, सितगुञ्जा sitagunja, श्यामलकचूडा shyamalakachuda, ताम्र tamra, तुलाबीजम tulabijam, उच्चटा uchchata, वक्रशल्या vakrashalya, वार्दर vardara • Santali: ᱯᱳᱱᱰ ᱠᱟᱣᱮᱛ pond kawet • Sindhi: ڪانگڙي kangiri, لالڙي laliri • Tamil: சிகண்டிகை cikantikai, குன்றி kunri, குன்றுமணி kunrumani, குருவிந்தம் kuruvintam • Telugu: అతిమధురము atimadhuramu, గుంజ gunja, గురిగింజ guriginja, గురువింద gurivinda, కుక్కుటము kukkutamu, ముక్కుటము mukkutamu, రక్తిక raktika, సిన్న గురుగింజ sinnaguruginja • Tulu: ಗುರ್ಗುಂಜಿ gurgunji • Urdu: چرمٿهي chirmithi, گهنگچي ghunghchi, گنج gunj, رتي ratti
botanical names: Abrus precatorius L. ... accepted infraspecifics: Abrus precatorius subsp. precatorius ... heterotypic synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 09 October 2024
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
Question: What's cuter than a bear cub taking a nap?
Answer: 3 bear cubs all huddled together around mama taking a nap!
This is also a consequence of that huge male brown bear that entered the area waters and essentially forced everyone to clear out.
We watched these little ones all day interacting with each other, as well as with mama and the other bears/cubs.
It was a cool day and the waters were cold, so they would huddle up together for warmth, but I believe it was also for comfort and a sense of getting cozy. These cubs were yearlings, so I'm not quite sure at what point they prefer their space from one another. But it was definitely not today. They would play a game of "musical bears" as they would jockey for the best position possible and settle down for a quick nap. Being that there were 4 of them, inevitably one would get uncomfortable and initiate the "musical bears" sequence all over for all of them.
When I see this shot, I think about the innocense that they seem to possess at this point and how life for them is just beginning. There will be a day that they will be more independent and have to fight for their own survival. But for now, it's "united we stand and united we fall - asleep!"
Thanks for taking the time to visit my photostream and allow us to take you on a brief journey of our adventures we experience while Katmai bear viewing. Thanks for all of your comments especially!
Wishing everyone a wonderful remainder of the Labor Day holiday weekend..... may we all feel as contented as these bears!
Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa, one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East. It was a city of the Decapolis. Recent excavations show that Jerash was already inhabited during the Bronze Age (3200 BC - 1200 BC). After the Roman conquest in 63 BC, Jerash and the land surrounding it were annexed by the Roman province of Syria, and later joined the Decapolis cities which included also the city of Philadelphia (Amman).
In the second half of the first century AD, the city of Jerash achieved great prosperity. In AD 106, the Emperor Trajan constructed roads throughout the provinces and more trade came to Jerash. The Emperor Hadrian visited Jerash in AD 129-130. The triumphal arch (or Arch of Hadrian) was built to celebrate his visit. The city finally reached a size of about 800,000 square metres within its walls. The Persian invasion in AD 614 caused the rapid decline of Jerash. In AD 749, a major earthquake destroyed much of Jerash and its surroundings.
Photoblog: 23 May 2008
This evening. I'm afraid you'll just have to imagine the sounds of the bell ringing practice.
On the topic of St Margaret's, Wikipedia has this to say:
The Anglican church of St. Margaret, Westminster is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, and is the parish church of the British Houses of Parliament in London. It is dedicated to Margaret of Antioch.
Originally founded in the 12th century by Benedictine monks, so that local people who lived in the area around the Abbey could worship separately at their own simpler parish church, and historically part of the hundred of Ossulstone in the county of Middlesex, St. Margaret's was rebuilt from 1486 to 1523. It became the parish of the Palace of Westminster in 1614, when the Puritans of the 17th century, unhappy with the highly liturgical Abbey, chose to hold Parliamentary services in the more "suitable" St. Margaret's, a practice that has since continued.
The North-West tower was rebuilt by John James from 1734 to 1738; at the same time, the whole structure was encased in Portland stone. Both the eastern and the western porch were added later by J. L. Pearson. The church's interior was greatly restored and altered to its current appearance by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1877, although many of the Tudor features have remained.
Notable features include the Eastern window of 1509 of Flemish stained glass, created to remember the betrothal of Catherine of Aragon to Prince Arthur, elder brother of Henry VIII. Other windows commemorate William Caxton, Britain's first printer, who was buried at the church in 1491, Sir Walter Raleigh, executed in Old Palace Yard and then also buried in the church in 1618, and the poet John Milton, a parishioner of the church. The collector Henry Constantine Jennings is also buried there.
The church has been a common venue for "society" weddings, including those of Samuel Pepys and Sir Winston Churchill. The ensemble of St. Margaret's, the Palace of Westminster, and Westminster Abbey is a World Heritage Site.St. Margaret's has a lengthy musical tradition; Edward Purcell, son of Henry Purcell, was organist from 1726 to 1740.
By December 1863, much of Louisiana was occupied by the Union army. Ninety-five schools serving over 9,500 students--including almost half of the black children in Louisiana--were running under its auspices. But keeping these schools up and running would require ongoing financial support.
Toward this end, the National Freedman's Association, in collaboration with the American Missionary Association and interested officers of the Union Army, launched a new propaganda campaign.
Five children and three adults, all former slaves from New Orleans, were sent to the North on a publicity tour. A drawing of them was printed in the 30 January 1864 issue of the popular Harper's Weekly, bearing the intriguing caption: "EMANCIPATED SLAVES, WHITE AND COLORED." The authors of this campaign were pursuing a surprising, and quite effective, strategy for arousing sympathy for blacks--they portrayed them as white.
Of the eight slaves sent north from New Orleans, four children--Charley, Augusta, Rebecca, and Rosina (Rosa)--looked white. As the article accompanying the group portrait in Harper's Weekly affirmed, they were "perfectly white;" "very fair;" "of unmixed white race". Their light complexions contrasted sharply with those of the three adults, Wilson, Mary, and Robert; and that of the fifth child, Isaac--"a black boy of eight years; but none the less intelligent than his whiter companions".
Accompanied on their tour by Col. George Hanks of the Corps d'Afrique (the 18th Infantry, a corps of colored soldiers), the group posed for photographs in New York and Philadelphia.
The portraits were produced in the format of cartes de visite (CDVs), albumen prints the size of a calling card, and sold for 25 cents each. The proceeds of the sale were directed to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks in Louisiana, where the money would be "devoted to the education of colored people," as the verso of each photograph explains.
Of the "Emancipated Slaves from New Orleans" series, at least 22 different prints remain in existence today. The bulk were produced by New York photographers Charles Paxson, and Myron H. Kimball, who took the initial group portrait later reproduced as a woodcut in Harper's Weekly.
In "Visualizing the Color Line," Carol Goodman notes that much of the power of the photographs stemmed from allusions to physical abuse. When paired with a related article in the same issue of Harper's Weekly, the allusions in the portrait of white slaves to the white masters' sexual exploitation of their female slaves is clear. The most grievous sin of slavery, the editor of Harper's Weekly contends, is that it permits slaveholding "'gentlemen' [to] seduce the most friendless and defenseless of women". Moreover, two of the four black slaves included in the publicity tour bear the marks of abuse on their skin--Wilson has a brand upon his forehead; Mary, as she is described in Harper's Weekly, has more than 50 rawhide-scars on her arm and back.
Antidote bar located in the historic part of Laval. In front of it, at the other side of the street is the building Court who is a contemporain building so the contrast is very amazing.
Antidote est un bar situé place Saint Tugal à Laval dans le quartier historique de la ville. Juste en face de l'autre côté de la rue se trouve le nouveau Palais de Justice d'architecture contemporaine d'où un contraste surprenant sur cette place.
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The Divine Mercy Shrine in Kraków, Poland is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to the Divine Mercy devotion, as the resting place of Saint Faustina Kowalska, canonized on April 30, 2000.
The new basilica was built between 1999–2002, and is located in the District of Łagiewniki at św. Faustyny street. Three Popes have visited the shrine and millions of pilgrims from around the world continue to visit it every year
The site of the building originally housed the neo-Gothic monastery complex of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (founded in 1862), which was designed by Charles Zaremba and was built between 1889–1891. In 1966, the remains of Sister Faustina were moved to the church. In 1968 Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) designated the church as a shrine, thanks to the remains of Sister Faustina.
In 1985, Pope John Paul II called Lagiewniki the "capital of the Divine Mercy devotion". Since the beatification of Saint Faustina in 1993, her remains rest on the altar, below the image of Divine Mercy.
In 1999–2002, a modern two-story, ellipsoidal basilica, specifically devoted to the Divine Mercy was built.The building was designed to resemble a boat, and has a 77-meter high observation tower that resembles a mast.
The basilica can accommodate about 5,000 people and the main chapel has about 1,800 seats. The altar in the main sanctuary houses the Divine Mercy painting and relics of Saint Faustina. The image above the main altar was painted by Adolph Hyla in 1944, and replaces the first image Hyla painted in 1943 as a votive offering for surviving during World War II. The image and the basilica are a major pilgrimage site and in 2011 the basilica received around 2 million pilgrims from around the world.
The lower level of the church has a central a chapel dedicated to Saint Faustina, with four side chapels. The upper part of the basilica has free-standing post-modern Chapel of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. On June 24, 2007, on the 60th anniversary of Operation Vistula, the Basilica opened a Greek Catholic chapel dedicated to reconciliation, and as a gift to the Greek Catholic Church.
In March 1981, while praying at the tomb of St. Faustina at the church, Maureen Digan of Massachusetts reported a healing. Digan had suffered from lymphedema for decades, and had undergone 10 operations, including a leg amputation. Digan reported that while praying at Faustina's tomb she heard a voice saying "ask for my help and I will help you" and her constant pain stopped.
Upon her return to the US, five Boston area physicians stated that she was healed (with no explanation). Digan's healing was declared miraculous by the Vatican in 1992, and paved the way for the beatification of Faustina Kowalska.
On June 17, 1997 Pope John Paul II visited the church to pray at the tomb of Saint Faustina - an event commemorated by a relief at the entrance to the chapel.
In May 2006, Benedict XVI visited the chapel, and a second relief commemorates that. During the 2006 pilgrimage by Pope Benedict XVI, he unveiled a statue of Pope John Paul II at the observation tower at the basilica, as the seventh sculpture of John Paul II in Kraków.
In July 2016, Pope Francis visited the Basilica as part of the Jubilee Year of Mercy and as part of the International World Youth Day celebrations taking place in Kraków.
www.darckr.com/username.php?username=9099757@N05 --- Turkey, Antalya, Amarok Adventure World, Safari Tour ---- www.vianobilis.com/amarok-adventure-world-7e5 ---- Amarok Adventure World ---- Selge (griechisch Σέλγη) war eine antike Stadt in der kleinasiatischen Landschaft Pisidien beim heutigen Altınkayaköy (früher Zerk) (Türkei). Er lag 56 km nordwestlich von Side auf ca. 1000 m. ü. M. im oberen Tal des Eurymedon (heute: Köprüçay) am westlichen Ende des Taurusgebirges.Der Überlieferung nach soll Selge nach dem Krieg um Troja durch den Seher Kalchas gegründet und durch Griechen aus Sparta besiedelt worden sein. Auf Münzen ist der Ort seit dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. nachweisbar. Wirtschaftliche Grundlage war der Anbau von Wein und Oliven auf der umgebenden fruchtbaren Hochebene. Politisch bestanden zu Aspendos gute Beziehungen, ansonsten war die Stadt kriegerisch gegen ihre Nachbarn ausgerichtet. Als Alexander der Große durch Kleinasien zog, verbündete sich die Stadt mit ihm, um, allerdings erfolglos, die nahe Stadt Termessos zu belagern. Polybios beschreibt einen Krieg zwischen Selge und Pednelissos 220 v. Chr., in dem Pednellissos Achaios, den Statthalter von Side, zu Hilfe rief. 25 v. Chr. verlor Selge die Selbstständigkeit und wurde in die römische Provinz Galatien eingegliedert. Laut Strabon soll die Stadt zu dieser Zeit etwa 20.000 Einwohner gehabt haben. Seine größte Blüte erreichte Selge zur Zeit des römischen Kaiserreiches. Im Jahr 339 kam es zu einer erfolglosen Belagerung durch die Goten. In byzantinischer Zeit war Selge Bischofssitz. Die Stadt wurde später in seldschukischer Zeit aufgegeben.Es sind die Reste der Stadtmauer, eines Theaters, eines Stadions, der Agora mit Säulenhallen, eines Gymnasions und einer Basilika erhalten. Das Theater wurde im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. neu gebaut. Außerhalb der Stadtmauer lagen ein Aquädukt und einige Kammergräber. ---- Selge (in Greek Σελγη) was an important city in Pisidia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay)forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
The town was believed to be a Greek colony, for Strabo[1] states that it was founded by Spartans, but adds the somewhat unintelligible remark that previously it had been founded by Calchas. The acropolis of Selge bore the name of Kesbedion.[2] The district in which the town was situated was extremely fertile, producing abundance of oil and wine, but the town itself was difficult of access, being surrounded by precipices and beds of torrents flowing towards the Eurymedon and Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[3] At that time they were at war with Termessos.
At the period when Achaeus had made himself master of Western Asia, Selge were at war with Pednelissus, which was besieged by them; and Achaeus, on the invitation of Pednelissus, sent a large force against Selge (218 BC). After a long and vigorous siege, the Selgians, being betrayed and despairing of resisting Achaeus any longer, sent deputies to sue for peace, which was granted to them on the following terms: they agreed to pay immediately 400 talents, to restore the prisoners of Pednelissus, and after a time to pay 300 talents in addition.[4] We now have for a long time no particulars about the history of Selge; in the 5th century AD Zosimus[5] calls it indeed a little town, but it was still strong enough to repel a body of Goths. It is strange that Pliny does not notice Selge, for we know from its coins that it was still a flourishing town in the time of Hadrian; and it is also mentioned in Ptolemy[6] and Hierocles. Independently of wine and oil, the country about Selge was rich in timber, and a variety of trees, among which the storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[7]
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the gymnasium, the stoa, the stadium and the basilica. There are also the outlines of two temples, but the best conserved monument is the theater, restored in the 3rd century AD.
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley
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La curruca capirotada (Sylvia atricapilla) es una especie de ave paseriforme del género Sylvia dentro de la familia Sylviidae. Es un pájaro de pequeño tamaño de color sobrio y discreto, canto agradable, vuelo ágil, comportamiento activo e inquieto, que se alimenta de insectos y frutas. Habita principalmente en sotobosques y está ampliamente distribuido por Europa. Se trata de una curruca frecuente, y localmente abundante, que está muy repartida por toda España.
Descripción
Mide entre 13 y 15 cm de longitud, con una envergadura de entre 20 y 23 cm, y un peso de unos 14 a 20 g. Presenta el cráneo levemente aplanado. El pico (en ambos sexos adultos) es negruzco con la mandíbula inferior gris pizarra. Los tarsos y los pies son gris azulado. El iris es de 3,5 mm de diámetro y de color castaño.
Plumaje
A simple vista tiene un aspecto discreto e insignificante, ya que la sobriedad de su plumaje le permite pasar desapercibido para todo aquel que no haya aprendido a identificarlo, que lo confundirán con el gorrión común cada vez que se lo crucen fugazmente en su camino (ocurriendo esto más veces de lo que cabe imaginarse).
El macho, para quien sabe identificar esta especie, resulta inconfundible; el macho adulto presenta sus partes superiores (laterales de la cabeza, del cuello y el pecho) de color verde oliva, o bien puede describirse como un tono pardo grisáceo. El obispillo es gris claro. El vientre blanco. Su cola y las alas son de un gris negruzco. El píleo y la frente son de color negro brillante.2
La hembra se diferencia del macho principalmente por el píleo que es pardo o castaño rojizo. El resto de las partes superiores son pardo oliváceas, y en los lados de la cara hay un tinte grisáceo. El pecho y los flancos son de un tono más pálido, algunas veces con un tinte gris, pero siempre se presenta con un color más pardo que el del macho.
Los ejemplares inmaduros son similares a las hembras adultas, con el capirote castaño jengibre. Tal vez se pueda apreciar en la espalda y dorso de las alas un tinte más rojizo que en los adultos. El color de las partes inferiores, como son el pecho y los flancos, se presentan considerablemente más oscuros que en los adultos.
Nota: Apenas se observan diferencias entre las distintas subespecies de Sylvia atricapilla, no obstante, morfológicamente sí que podrían encontrarse leves diferencias fácilmente apreciables.
Es una especie forestal que cría en terrenos arbolados, umbríos y con denso sotobosque, aunque también pueden hacerlo en parques y jardines con abundante maleza, ya que siempre van de copa en copa, de mata en mata, e inquietamente de rama en rama. Ejemplos donde estas currucas se desarrollan son los robledales, fresnedas y otras formaciones de planifolios. También habitan bosques de coníferas, quejigares y bosques mixtos, monte bravío, huertos de frutales y también olivares. Evitan zonas muy secas por ello son frecuentes en la vegetación de riberas, junto a los arroyos, donde los índices de humedad son mayores y donde los árboles se presentan más desarrollados. Cuando las ciudades ofrecen mayor cantidad de alimento, o por motivos climáticos, etc., recurren a estas, pasando desapercibidas por ser desconfiadas y a la vez activas.
Altitudinalmente esta especie ocupa rangos muy dispares, desde el nivel del mar hasta los 1.500 m (en Tenerife), incluso 1.700 m en Pirineos centrales o los 1.800 en el Sistema Central y 1.850 m en las Cordilleras Béticas.
Alimentación
Fruto del espino común.
La curruca capirotada se alimenta de insectos, fruta cultivada y bayas o frutos silvestres. Durante la primavera se centra básicamente en la captura coleópteros y dípteros, aunque no son estos los únicos insectos que caen presa de este pajarillo. A partir del nacimiento de sus pollos se dedican a recoger infinidad de pequeñas orugas y larvas, mas estos también son cebados con cerezas, higos y otros frutos silvestres del tiempo. Durante el invierno ingieren gran cantidad de manzana, aprovechándose de las cosechas más próximas lo que les permite resistir el invierno sin apenas moverse de zonas reducidas. Les gustan los frutos de la hiedra, así como las bayas de las plantas de adorno que encuentran en jardines o parques. Presentes en su dieta podrían estar, el saúco, el espino, el aligustre, la rosa silvestre, la zarzamora, la madreselva, el tejo, el acebo, etc., sintiendo especial predilección por todos ellos.
Nido
Curruca con hierba seca en el pico para construir su nido.
El nido es una construcción muy pobre, "transparente", ligero y escaso en materiales. Normalmente es el macho quien elige el lugar de emplazamiento colocando allí dos o tres hierbas secas, aunque es la hembra quien principalmente lo construye. Entre el macho y la hembra consiguen terminarlo en unos 3 o 5 días generalmente. Los materiales de construcción usados por esta curruca son básicamente hierbas secas, musgo, y raicillas, estando forrado interiormente con pelos y hierba más fina, para lograr un cierto confort. Se localizan escondidos en arbustos u otra maleza, sujetos en ramas débiles y a una altura del suelo que no suele bajar de 80 cm ni subir por encima del 1,70 m. Los polluelos permanecen en el nido durante un periodo de tiempo que oscila en unos 11 y 14 días.Enfermedades
Los parásitos que hospedan a Sylvia atricapilla son motivo de las posibles distintas enfermedades infecciosas que pueden afectar a estas aves. Un ejemplo es el parásito de la malaria de la curruca capirotada, que puede hacer bastante daño a la especie si su capacidad de transmisión y dispersión se presenta con demasiada potencia y facilidad.
Predadores
Como toda pequeña ave de sotobosque, desde que es un simple polluelo la curruca capirotada puede ser presa de todo tipo de vertebrados, pues reptiles, diferentes pequeños mamíferos, y otras aves (como una simple urraca), codician este tipo de capturas.
También el ser humano puede convertirse en un "predador parcial" para un gran número de especies de aves, entre ellas la curruca capirotada, pues el dulce canto de estas aves las hace muy atractivas para mantenerlas en cautiverio, y existen todo tipo de prácticas ilegales por medio de las que se captura con redes y otros sistemas a estos pajarillos
This is another image from my archives, taken in 1982 at the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race southeast of Palm Springs at the El Dorado Equestrian Grounds in the Indio/La Quinta area of the Coachella Valley. This was a self-assigned project with several of the images taken subsequently sold as stock through my agent. The original is a Kodachrome 64 slide taken with a Nikon F3 camera and a 50mm 1.2 Nikkor lens. I scanned the image using an Epson Perfection V500 Photoscanner. This image has been handled a great deal. The cleaning and color matching was a lengthy and intensive process for which I used Photoshop CS5. To remove as many dust particles and small pieces of hair as possible (not uncommon when a slide has been handled and viewed as much as this one) I enlarged the image to 150 percent.
The Gordon Bennett Race is one of the, oldest, largest and most prestigeous balloon races in the World. Most of the time it is held in European Venues in Switzerland. These balloons are not the typical hot air balloons that are so popular with tourists. These are helium filled and made to be used for long distance racing.. The subject is one of the crew members of the "Rosie O'Grady" team, an American Entry which won this race in 1982. The winner is determined by the length of the trip flown. Balloons like thes have been used since the late 17th Century, yet ballooning and balloon racing are still considered risky and a potentially dangerous activity. Outcomes are so dependent on wind and other weather conditions. Some balloons fly only a few miles while others may travel hundreds. On the slim chance that two balloons were to fly the same distance, time of arrival is the determining factor. This crew member is using a roller to apply an adhesive material that will make the seams of the fabric leak proof.
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (5 of 9): Shin askes for Yas /
DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (5 de 9): Shin pregunta por Yas
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 86 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Shin: … I'll make it face to face ò_ó
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Shin: ...lo haré en persona. ò_ó
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Вид с крыши строящегося ЖК "Капитан Немо" на восток - на Васильевский остров.
Панорама собрана из снимков Галоперидол'а.
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN'S BASS SOLO (1 of 1) /
EL SOLO DE SHIN (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 16 of 48) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48.
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr
After Cave Point and a couple of other minor detours we intended to head for breakfast, but then we noticed that Baileys Harbour had 3 lighthouses... gotta check those out, but not before we'd eaten breakfast!
One of them we couldn't get to very easily as it is on an island, the second we found, but were unimpressed. Having found the second we were turning the car around we spotted the third; which you see here. Yes believe it or not this is/was a lighthouse. It is the Baileys Harbor Upper Range Light, it actually has an uglier brother, the lower range light (which I didn't photograph) which sits about 900ft in front of it and is 15ft shorter! The idea being that at night, the sailors could line up the lights, and in the day time, they could line up the buildings. Both lighthouses are now retired and have been replaced by a truly ugly range light that resembles a flashlight on a stick!
More info here... www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=257
Hoy con nuestro agradecimiento a Bárbara Barrera por su precioso artículo sobre diatomeas en la revista Vidriooh!
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
También en Biodiversidad virtual y hace unos meses en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
Collotheca sorprende por su larga corona extensible, lanza las redes de finos filamentos de seda y en vez de hacerlos rodar espera y lo hace protegido por una fina vaina casi invisible que viste su torso y su cola. Se trata de un rotífero que presenta una corona formada por varios lóbulos que pueden ir de 1 a 7 sobre los que se despliegan abanicos de finísimos filamentos. Estos filamentos envían hacia el interior del cono que forman, cualquier organismo que tropieza con ellos para pasar a su boca y ser así masticados y digeridos ▷ .
Pero cualquier roce de cualquier ser inesperado, cualquier sobresalto, hace que este tímido ser se repliegue y esconda su red de filamentos y su corona dentro del cuerpo, para volver a desplegarla cuando siente que el peligro ha pasado ▷ .
Las diferentes especies del género se distinguen por el número de lóbulos de la corona y las características del borde membranoso que los une.
Collotheca vive generalmente asentado sobre los tallos de plantas acuáticas sumergidas y cerca de la orilla despliega sus redes para capturar su alimento que casi siempre está constituido por algas.
La fotografia de hoy, tomada sobre unas muestras de agua en los humedales de Salburúa ( Vitoria ) ha sido realizada a 200 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN VISITS NOIREL (1 of 1) /
SHIN VISITA A NOIREL (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 41 of 55) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Shin: OOOH! It can't be!!! O__O It's a skull at the dice!!! Is KIRAA!!! The dice is Kira!!!! YEAAAAH I found him!!!! He belongs to me!!
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Shin: OOOH! No puede ser!!! O__O Una calavera en el dado!!! Es KIRAA!!! Es el dado de Kira!!!! SIII! Lo he encontrado!!!! Está en mi poder!!
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
Historia
Llamada así por su nombre original Bib-xacra, según textos del siglo XII, que significa "Puerta de la Sagra".
En tiempos de Carlos V sustituyó a la Puerta Antigua de Bisagra (que fue tapiada) como principal entrada de la ciudad y es de origen musulmán.
Periodo
Siglo XVI
Estilo artístico
Renacentista.
Entorno
La Puerta Vieja de Bisagra e Iglesia de Santiago del Arrabal.
Descripción
Su origen es musulmán, época de la que se conserva el núcleo central, pero fue reconstruida por Alonso de Covarrubias en el siglo XVI.
Está formada por dos cuerpos independientes con dos altos muros almenados que los unen, formando un patio entre ellos.
El cuerpo que da a la ciudad es de arco de medio punto flanqueado por torreones cuadrados, rematados por tejados y un escudo de Carlos V en la parte superior.
El lado externo, atribuido a Covarrubias, está formado por un arco de sillares almohadillados sobre el que se apoya un gran escudo de la Ciudad Imperial, con su inconfundible águila bicéfala. Flanquean esta entrada dos grandes torreones circulares y almenados.
Fuente: www.turismocastillalamancha.com/arte-cultura/monumentos/t...
Hoy con nuestro agradecimiento a Bárbara Barrera por su precioso artículo sobre diatomeas en la revista Vidriooh!
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
También en Biodiversidad virtual y hace unos meses en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Protegerse es una buena manera de aumentar las posibilidades de sobrevivir, lo hacen los animales y las plantas de nuestro mundo visible, pero también los diminutos y fascinantes seres del mundo invisible del agua.
Fabricados de una sola pieza, parecen hacer frente a las dificultades de sus vidas como si fuesen complejísimos sistemas cargados de inteligencia y acción, siempre dispuestos, contra viento y marea a sortear cualquier peligro y aferrarse a la vida con empecinamiento infinito y en ese agarrarse a la vida con toda su fuerza, crean formas insospechadas de belleza.
Todas las diatomeas y la mayoría de las amebas, se protegen de los mil peligros que las acechan, blindando su cuerpo con armaduras transparentes tocadas por la magia de la hermosura.
La diatomea Nitzschia sigmoidea ha fabricado un estuche de dos piezas en S que al estirarse se convirtió en la pendiente juguetona de un suave huracán o de unos pasos de tango…ahora para adelante, ahora para detrás, giro y giro… y mientras, la diatomea de Cyphoderia extiende unos finísimos radios de seda para aferrarse al fondo y no ser transportada por la corriente, desde su maravillosa y sorprendente cas a cristalina.
Han bebido del cuarzo que forma la tierra y con él, en arte de magia construido sus casas transparentes, labradas en finísimos detalles para enfrentarse a la vida con su belleza que es la manifestación de la alegría de su vivir.
La fotografía de hoy, realizada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia, se ha tomado en unas muestras de agua procedentes del río Alhama, a su paso por la localidad riojana de Aguilar del Río Alhama, junto al antiguo poblado celtibérico de Contrebia Leucade.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
For once, I'll start off with the photo, and then move to the rest of the ramblings. This is from the Kumbh Mela. From the epitome of Kumbhness. From the mighty Ganga arti. I'm standing in the middle of a swarm of humanity eagerly awaiting the beginning of the worship of the Ganga. The man in the photo is a collector of donations. Donations that buy the heavy fuel for the gigantic fires. The gigantic fires which are held aloft by the many priests. The many priests who, the devotees think, will complete the cleansing of their sins. Donations to keep this farce alive. And in return, the donor receives a slip of paper. A ticket. To heaven.
Thursday, last week. Hard Rock Cafe, Bombay. Dire Straits tribute concert. Bruce Lee Mani starts the concert in the background, picking the guitar to perfection. Picking it so well, Mark Knopfler would've been proud.
The first song is overshadowed by the pimped up Mihir (from a band whose name I wouldn't bother finding out). Mr. Mihir is decked out in a suit (of sorts), dark glasses (if I remember correctly) and his very own LED lit, erm, stick. Yes. A stick. To wave around all over the stage. And to air guitar during the guitar solos (instead of shutting up and letting the guitarist take the limelight for a few moments). He's got his voice going pretty well for him, I'll give him that. And the accent too. And that is the reason the songs he sang were forgettable. Who wants to hear covers done the same way as the original!?
And then came the time of Bruce Lee Mani. Second song. His voice hits our ears. Deep, soulful, and totally not wannabe Dire Straits. He does his thing with the lyrics, messes them up when needed. The highlight of the show.
A shared highlight though. Because next up on the vocals is Aditi Singh Sharma. A true rockstar, if this concert is to be taken as my lone source of information. She sets the stage on fire. Yes, Dire Straits could've had a female vocalist! And she makes me love the only song of Dire Straits that I haven't adored till date (Twisting by the Pool). And boy, can she twist.
The fourth vocalist, Ashu, is comparatively a disappointment, 'cause we never realise when he gets onto stage and when he leaves. A voice and accent that matches Dire Straits, he suffers from the same issues as Mihir in terms of vocals. Concerts cannot be appreciated if they sound like the record itself.
Fortunately, the organizers have ensured that the bulk of the songs are sung by Bruce Lee Mani and Aditi Singh Sharma, and they do justice to Dire Straits.
The accompanying band members from Thermal And A Quarter are tight, and keep the sound of Dire Straits alive, steady and let the vocalists do the rest. And of course, there's Naveen from Galeej Gurus, who, except for his guitaring, reminds me of a Gult wedding musician, what with the sideward head twists, the grin, the suit and the french beard.
The show ends with Mihir and his blue LED lit stick back on stage and the musicians bid a perfect goodbye with an excellent rendering of Sultans of Swing. Around this time I realise I've written a pretty bland review here. And it's going nowhere. So, as I've done in the past, I decide to stop. Right now. Yes.
Title Dedication: Dire Straits
This is by far my worst work... thanks to my shaky hands... but the best view thus far from Langkawi.
I was seated in my hall trying to fix my SD Card coz the lock slider came off. I looked out my balcony and saw some very nice crimson hues... my balcony faces South so I knew I was at the wrong place... I shouldn't be at home but at the seaside... I should have stayed on at the other end of the island as I was there this afternoon... but this afternoon it was threatening to rain again so I came home.
Anyway, I went to my balcony to see if I could get a clear shot. No luck.
I went downstairs to the first floor, at the poolside and managed a couple of shots. But I was not happy as it looked so beautiful. I thought for a while.
Then I went up to the10th floor. Still no shot.
Very unhappy now... I went to the rooftop. There was a window... but taking a shot from here I would get the penthouse's roof in the frame. Grrrr...
Aha... then I saw the water tank. Should I? I am acrophobic. Being on the roof in itself took a lot of courage. I gathered all my courage and started climbing the metal steps/ladder. Camera around my neck... clinging onto the railings for dear life. When I got to the top... I went.... WOW!!! Legs shaking, hands trembling... I started snapping. Left hand clinging on to dear life... right hand trembling away and snapping away. You can see my hands were shaking away if you saw the picture large. No matter how I changed the ISO or shutter speed it didn't help. Maybe next time I will take my 50mm up instead... yes, there will be a next time. I'll find a way.
So... here you go... my shaky hands, 5 shot panorama.
18mm, 1/25, f/3.5, ISO800, Mode: Manual
View On Black , it's much better !!!
Et bien... il a plu.
Il a même plu énormément...
Des pluies diluviennes, qui nous ont quand même valu quelques frayeurs, entre autres, celle de passer en voiture sur des routes transformées en véritables lacs, avec de l'eau jusqu'aux rétros, celle de rester embourbés, ensablés, et que sais-je encore, celle de rester coincés dans entre 2 oueds déchainés, et ne plus pouvoir ni avancer ni reculer, celle de se réfugier en plein nuit dans un abri de fortune, abandonnant sa voiture aux flots (j'exagère à peine, lol) , celle de rater son vol retour parce que bien sûr, personne ne pouvait plus circuler..... mais quel bonheur, finalement, de rencontrer des gens formidables dans des situations telles que celles ci, qui t'aident sans te connaître et sans rien demander en échange... de vraies rencontres, un vrai bonheur ...
But it rained...
It rained a lot... Diluvian scary rains..
Roads transformed into real lakes, with some water up to rearview mirrors in the car, water, water, everywhere, falling for almost 48 hours, non stop... and us, stucked at night in the car, with no possibility to move on nor to move back, then to put ourselves in a shelter for the night leaving the car to mother Nature, lol... and me, missing my flight back to Paris because no one could drive away from the city we were in... But, what a huge pleasure, to meet nice and adorable people, who helped us, showed us somewhere we could sleep to be safe, shared their food with us, without knowing us at all,... People in Marocco are so kind...
polaroid supercolor 3500
600 film
paris 20 eme
07/01/09
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Le rêve-et-là-teur
Notre pensée cherche des révélations. Elle rêve de bas en haut et non de haut en bas. L’homme ne saurait prétendre de voir et de rêver le monde vu du ciel. Si observer le monde d’en haut constitue en soi le privilège de quelques-uns, par le biais de machines volantes ou de résurrections célestes, je préfère alors le regard naïf et spontané de l’ingénu, nu de toute suffisance d’images et de figures imposées par l’arbitraire de quelques censeurs. À la convocation d’images maintes fois rééditées, je préfère la production d’images en contre-plongée, issue de la liberté et du désir de voir et d’interpréter. « N’est-ce pas plutôt un encombrement pour la pensée qui, ainsi toute peuplée de figures d’emprunt, ne dispose plus d’aucun champ où tracer elle-même des figures ? » 1.
Ici, devant cette photographie, vue et capturée d’en bas, je vois à travers des yeux affranchis, les contours, les flous et les perspectives d’un instant. Cavité de notre pensée, la tête s’incline spontanément en direction de la voûte atmosphérique, couvercle de ce paysage ramifié de reflets et de béton. Un monde vu d’en bas qui révèle ici un ciel autant impénétrable que profond, autant support de formes qui nous font sens que support de d’ouvertures et de projections. L’extrême simplicité et même primitivisme de ce regard photographique nous donne à voir l’expression d’une posture tendue vers la toiture de ses rêves, la tentative d’une offrande sans destinataire, pleine d’aspirations et d’inspirations. Dans sa poésie Jean Cocteau écrivait :
Le ciel a ses étoiles,
La terre ses bordels.
Cri du Christ déchirez le voile.
Jésus couronné de cris d’hirondelles,
Apparaissez tonnez dans votre magnésium ;
Incendiez la presse et prenez loin de l’homme
Ma photographie éternelle.
Utopies, rêves et échappées, provoquent la part de l’invisible et de sublime du visage de notre commun. Une illusion me diront quelques uns. Mais si l’illusion n’est que duperie de la réalité de notre monde bien pensant, je lui donnerais mille fois raison, car elle est nécessitée pour continuer produire des images vues de la terre, les seules qui expriment les mirages, l’espérance de voir plus loin. Modeste et candide, en quête de nouveaux sens, notre regard tourné vers le ciel est rêve-et-là-teur.
galilée ©
1. Jean Dubuffet, Asphyxiante culture, Paris, Editions de minuit, 1986, p.57
Explore # 223
HDR-Panorama from overall 6 shots , post processing in PS CS3 (LucisArt, Nik Color Efex Pro: Bleach bypass, Alien Sin Exposure 2: Digital Cross Filter, adding some textures). It's an old paper factory in Halle, Saale, Germany.
Info:
Exposures: 1 Sec.; 1/4 Sec.; 4 Sec.; -- 0,3 Sec.; 1/13 Sec.; 1,3 Sec.;
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO-Speed: 100
Focal Length: 18mm
Lens: CANON 18-55mm 3.5-5.6
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The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made. Many DC-3s are still used in all parts of the world.
The amenities of the DC-3 and DST popularized air travel in the United States. With only three refueling stops, eastbound transcontinental flights crossing the U.S. in approximately 15 hours became possible. Westbound trips took 17-1/2 hours due to prevailing headwinds — still a significant improvement over the competing Boeing 247. During an earlier era, such a trip would entail short hops in slower and shorter-range aircraft during the day, coupled with train travel overnight.
A variety of radial engines were available for the DC-3 throughout the course of its development. Early-production civilian aircraft used Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9s, but later aircraft (and most military versions) used the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp which offered better high-altitude and single engine performance. In 1950 three DC-3S Super DC-3s with Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasps were built
Total production of the DC-3 was 16,079. More than 400 remained in commercial service in 1998. Production was as follows:
10,655 DC-3s were built at Santa Monica, California, Long Beach, California, and Oklahoma City in both civil DC-3 (607) and military C-47 (10,048) versions. 4,937 were built under license in Russia as the Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: "Cab"). 487 Mitsubishi Kinsei-engined aircraft were built by Showa and Nakajima in Japan, as the L2D2-L2D5 Type 0 transport.
Production of DC-3s ceased in 1942, military versions were produced until the end of the war in 1945. In 1949, a larger, more powerful Super DC-3 was launched to positive reviews; however, the civilian market was flooded with second-hand C-47s, many of which were converted to passenger and cargo versions of DC-3s, and only three were built and delivered the following year. The prototype Super DC-3 served the US Navy with the designation YC-129 alongside 100 C-47s that had been upgraded to the Super DC-3 specification.
Operating characteristics:
Maximum speed: 237 mph (206 kn, 381 km/h (=Never Exceed Speed (VNE), or Redline speed))
Cruise speed: 150 mph (130 kn, 240 km/h)
Range: 1,025 mi (890 nmi, 1,650 km)
Service ceiling: 24,000 ft (7,300 m)
This camoflagued Douglas D-3 (C-47), built in Santa Monica California has an interesting history. It was owned and flown by the Israeli Air Force and used in the first air trip ever between Tel Aviv and Amman Jordan. Many Israeli paratroopers remember this paritcular plane as it was used as the principal aircraft to train Israeli paratroopers. A number of former paratroopers and their children, now living in the United States, have visited the Camarillo airport telling stories about this particular aircraft. Some have even brought flight records.
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Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Se asoman a su balcón desde su funda transparente que es una vaina que además de dar protección al cuerpo de estos ciliados también les da el nombre. Se trata de Vaginicola, ciliado alargado en forma de trompeta , que en su cabeza se abre en corona como una flor.
Los cilios de Vaginicola ruedan en la corona fabricando pequeños remolinos en los que quedan atrapadas pequeñas partículas y algunos organismos diminutos que después este ciliado selecciona para él o para devolverles la libertad en el agua.
A Vaginicola parece que no le gusta vivir solo, por eso, casi siempre se asoma a su balcón en compañía, quizá estos compañeros hablen del tiempo, de la vida, o de los lunares que adornan su interior. Estos pequeños lunares son también amigos y hacen con Vaginicola una simbiosis ejemplar y que con frecuencia se da también con otros protozoos, son así, cientos más dos.
Vaginicola cuida con mimo su colección de lunares verdes que son algas del género Chlorella y estas pequeñas algas verdes en muestra de agradecimiento, corresponden con Vaginicola regalándole las golosinas de los azúcares y proteínas que ellas fabrican, pero estas golosinas no son un capricho, se han vuelto ya imprescindibles y sellan esta relación de amistad.
Vaginicola recuerda mucho a Cothurnia y a Thuricola por su apariencia, pero Vaginicola vive dentro de una funda que se muestra como un vaso, abierto y sin protección, mientras que sus otros compañeros, más precavidos o más frioleros, cierran la entrada de la vaina que los protege con una puerta que se siempre hacia afuera, de este modo ellos pueden salir, pero nadie puede entrar.
Dos amigos, probablemente hermanos, se asoman al balcón y muestran alegres su cuerpo de lunares verdes. No son dos amigos en realidad, son cientos más dos en un incondicional vínculo de amistad y proceden de la balsa de Ajamil en La Rioja de donde procede la muestra que ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia .
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Nasty evil stuff, but really cool looking with some great light. Look, photograph, but me no touch.
From Wikipedia:
The plant is covered with brittle yellow spines that break off easily if the plants are handled or disturbed, and the entire plant has been described as having a "primordial" appearance. Devil's Club is very sensitive to human impact and does not reproduce quickly. The plants are slow growing and take many years to reach seed bearing maturity, and predominately exist in dense, moist, old growth conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest.
This species usually grows in moist, dense forest habitats, and is most abundant in old growth conifer forests. It is found from south-central Alaska to western Oregon and eastward to western Alberta and Montana. Disjunct native populations also occur over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) away in Lake Superior on Isle Royale and Passage Island, Michigan and Porphyry Island and Slate Island, Ontario.
Native Americans used the plant both as food and medicine. The plant was traditionally used by Native Americans to treat adult-onset diabetes and a variety of tumors. Traditionally, it was and is still used to make paints. In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.[3]
Because Devil's club is related to American Ginseng, some think that the plant is an adaptogen ("mind enhancer"). The plant has been harvested for this purpose and marketed widely as "Alaskan ginseng", which may damage populations of Devil's Club and its habitat.
I've been tagged by Daifuku Sensei so apparently I must tell you 16 random facts about myself.
1. Help! by The Beatles was No.1 on the day I was born.
2. On 7th February I will have been married for 16 years. That seems so much longer written down than actually living it.
3. I can wiggle my ears.
4. My favourite accident involved me riding a friends Harley Davidson motorbike through a hedge and over a hidden 15 foot drop. I wasn't wearing a helmet but managed to walk away with just a few cuts and bruises. The bike wasn't so lucky.
5. I was 8 years old before I slept in a house for the first time.
6. I stopped smoking a year ago yesterday. I am not a smoking fascist like many ex-smokers. I still think it looks cool and sexy.
7. I play the guitar, very badly.
8. I love chocolate biscuits.
9. My 2nd favourite accident involved me wrecking my brand new car, with less than 100 miles on the clock. This marvellous feat made a appearance in all the national newspapers.
10. Apart from a short spell working in the family business after leaving school, I've been self employed all my working life. The idea of having a boss sends a shiver down my spine.
11. I got myself and my, then new, wife arrested at a football match. I had unknowingly bought stolen tickets from a tout and we were escorted to the police cells inside the stadium. After going through the formalities I managed to persuade the policeman to let us watch the rest of the match from the standing area.
12. On the football theme, I once gave a lift in my car to Sir Bobby Charlton and his wife, Norma. He maybe one of the greatest footballers to play for Manchester United and England and a hero to millions of supporters but he is a bit of a dull conversationalist. Norma is nice though.
13. My Uncle John fought in WW2 and was among the liberators of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. When he told me of the horrors he witnessed he made me promise that I would pass on his story to future generations. I have and will contiue to do so. His main conclusion wasn't that evil men do wicked things, we all know that, but how ordinary, civilized people can allow evil acts to happen in their midst by not caring enough about the lives and fate of their fellow human beings.
14. I played cricket for many years until a rib injury forced me to stop.
15. I once fought with 4 men in a drunken street brawl in Denbigh, North Wales. The lesson I learned was that Denbigh in the 1980's wasn't quite ready for a man wearing make up in public. I think it was my smudged lipstick that really annoyed them.
16. I love skiing. My first skiing holiday was 6 years ago. I had 2 lessons on a plastic ski slope at home, went to the top of a mountain in Switzerland and fell all the way to the bottom. At the end of the week I was bruised and battered but could ski reasonably well. My advice if you want to learn to ski is to have 3 lessons.
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126718517351281 , Panorama dan Pariwisata Bangka Belitung Indonesia . Data statistik orang Bangka Belitung ini diperoleh melalui survei 8 November 2010 sampai dengan 8 Januari 2011. survei dilakukan secara elektronik terhadap para responden dengan beragam latar belakang. survei dilakukan terhadap seluruh anggota facebook group “Makanan KHAS Bangka Belitung” , “Sejarah Tionghoa Bangka Belitung (Thong Ngin Hak Ngin)”, “Info Bangka Be;litung”, “Cari Jodoh Orang Bangka ato Belitung” , ” Thong Ngin Bangka Belitung 邦加勿里洞唐人(华人) “, “Sejarah Bangka Belitung Indonesia” . Hasil survei diolah menjadi data yang ditampilkan dalam bentuk grafik, baik grafik batang, grafik lingkaran maupun grafik donat. Hasil survei ini bersifat terbatas dan berkelanjutan. Terbatas artinya hanya pada lingkup elektronik, pada responden tertentu dan dalam waktu yang singkat. Berkelanjutan artinya dapat diteruskan dan diperluas pada masa mendatang.
Le Mont-Royal et la rue McTavish vues de la rue Sherbrooke - The Mont-Royal mountain and rue McTavish seen from rue Sherbrooke This photo of the Mont-Royal was taken on September 24 in downtown Montréal on Sherbrooke street looking up McTavish street. Cette photo du Mont-Royal fut prise le 24 septembre au centre-ville de Montréal sur la rue Sherbrooke regardant le long de la rue Mc Tavish. There are a few charming old McGill University buildings on this street and the heart of the campus is to the right. of this McLennan Library Building here at right. At left is the business administration building with its own library. Behind it is the McGill University bookstore, a very nice modern place with a turret where you can read.
Here is an areal view of the McGill campuswhere McTavish street can be see at left of the two central green spaces.
Montréal, Québec, le 24 septembre2006
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
VISITING RYINA'S PLACE (5 of 5): The day after... /
VISITA A CASA DE RYINA (5 de 5): Al día siguiente...
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 45 of 49) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: WHAAAAAAHAAGGHHHH!! Ò________Ó
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Lenn: WHAAAAAAHAAGGHHHH!! Ò________Ó
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
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و... مصاهره بين البحرين ودبي
ناصر بن خليفه عريساً وعروسته كريمة محمد بن راشد
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سارة رفاعي
محمد بن راشد يتوسط صهره الجديد وملك البحرين
تسعى البحرين الى تعزيز العلاقات التاريخية مع دولة الامارات عبر تقدم عاهل البحرين لطلب يد كريمة الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم لنجله الرابع الفارس الشاعر الشيخ ناصر بن حمد آل خليفة.
المنامة: علمت "إيلاف" ان الملك حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة عاهل البحرين سيتقدم وفداً من كبار العائلة المالكة في البحرين " آل خليفة"، وعدد كبير من المقربين من الوزراء والمسؤولين لطلب يد كريمة الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم، نائب رئيس الدولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء حاكم دبي، الاسبوع القادم لنجله الرابع الفارس الشاعر الشيخ ناصر بن حمد آل خليفة، قائد الفريق الملكي ورئيس مجلس أمناء المؤسسة الخيرية الملكية، ورئيس اللجنة الاولمبية البحرينية، في مصاهرة نحو تعزيز الروابط الاخوية التاريخية بين العائلتين.
وحسب معلومات "إيلاف" فان تاريخ 27 سبتمبر 2009 سيشهد حدثا خاصا ومميزة، اذ ستجرى مراسم خاصة لحفل عقد القران في دبي يحضره كبار العائلتين، على ان تجرى في البحرين مراسم الاحتفال بزواجهما في حفلين ضخمين بعد اسبوع من عقد القران خصص احدهم للنساء قرب قصر والدة الشيخ ناصر بالرفاع الشرقي حيث تم نصب خيمة ضخمة تتسع لالاف المدعوين، وخصص الاخر لضيوف عاهل البحرين ومدعوي حفل زواج نجله في قصر الصخير حيث من المتوقع ان تشهد تلك الليلة احتفالا بحرينيا امارتيا مميزا.
ويحظى العريس الجديد بمحبة وتقدير من الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم تعكسه الصور واللقطات التي تنشرها وسائل الاعلام دائما في تغطيتها للمناسبات التي تجمعهما في المحافل المحلية والاقليمية والدولية على صعيدي الشعر والفروسية.
الشاعر الفارس ناصر بن حمد آل خليفة سيصبح الصهر الجديد للشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم الجديد، وصهرا لزوج شقيقة ملك الاردن، وعديلا للشيخ منصور بن زايد آل نهيان نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير شؤون الرئاسة، وللشيخ محمد بن حمد الشرقي ولي عهد الفجيره المتزوجان من كريمات الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم.
ملك البحرين والشيخ محمد بن راشد
وحسب السيرة الذاتية فإن الشيخ ناصر هو النجل الرابع لملك البحرين ، و من مواليد 8/5/1987، و تم اختياره رئيساً للجنة الأولمبية البحرينية - يونيو 2009، ، كما عين رئيساً لمجلس أمناء المؤسسة الخيرية الملكية بقرار ملكي بتاريخ 27 نوفمبر 2007.
كما امر ملك البحرين في 23 أبريل 2008 عضوا في مجلس التنمية الاقتصادية ، وهو خريج الأكاديمية العسكرية البريطانية - ساند هيرست - أغسطس 2006ـ وخريج مدرسة ابن خلدون الخاصة عام 2005.
وفروسياً فقد أصبح رئيساً للاتحاد الملكي للفروسية وسباقات القدرة وذلك منذ 22 مارس 2003، وأصبح قائداً للفريق الملكي للقدرة منذ تأسيس الفريق في عام 2000 بعد تنظيم البطولة الدولية للقدرة وأول بطولة رسمية يوم 7/4/2000، كما تولى الرئاسة الفخرية للجنة البحرينية لسباق القدرة للخيل عام 2000.
استطاع بفضل جدارته ان يحقق العديد من بطولات القدرة على المستوى المحلي والخارجي، حيث حقق بطولة ثاتفورد في بريطانيا وأسرع زمن 08.16.21 ساعة - يوليو 2007، وحقق المركز السابع في بطولة أوروبا للقدرة في البرتغال - سبتمبر 2007.
كما قاد الفريق البحريني لإحراز المركز الثاني والميدالية الفضية في بطولة أوروبا للقدرة - سبتمبر 2007، كما حقق المركز الأول في دورة المظليين والصاعقة ببريطانيا - يوليو 2008، وحقق المركز الثامن في بطولة العالم للقدرة في ماليزيا - نوفمبر 2008.
وقاد الشيخ ناصر الفريق الملكي البحريني لتحقيق المركز الثالث والميدالية البرونزية في بطولة العالم للقدرة - ماليزيا 2008، كما حقق المركز الأول في دورة الغوص والقوات الخاصة بسلاح البحرية الملكي - فبراير 2009، وحقق المركز الثاني في بطولة عمالقة القدرة 2008-2009، وقاد الفريق الملكي البحريني لتحقيق المركز الثالث والميدالية البرونزية في بطولة كومبيان للقدرة - فرنسا 2009، اضافة إلى انه حقق المركز الأول في بطولة ثاتفورد للقدرة - بريطانيا 27 يونيو 2009.
الشيخ ناصر بن حمد آل خليفة إلى جانب انجازاته الرياضية وشغفه بالرياضة إلا ان لديه لديه هواية القنص والطيور ونظم أول بطولة على مستوى المملكة في مجال الصقور خلال شهر مارس 2005 ولقيت البطولة صدى كبيراً على مستوى المملكة وخارجها.
الشيخ محمد بن راشد وصهره الجديد
كما يهوى الرياضة منذ صغره ويمارس كرة القدم ، والسباحة ، والفروسية ، والرماية، و لديه اهتمامات عديدة بالأنشطة المختلفة من الاجتماعية إلى الرياضية، وهو بلاشك فارس للخيل ويعشق رياضة سباقات القدرة وحقق فيها العديد من البطولات، كما انه شاعر وقام بتأليف العديد من القصائد في المناسبات المختلفة.
www.darckr.com/username.php?username=9099757@N05 --- Turkey, Antalya, Amarok Adventure World, Safari Tour ---- www.vianobilis.com/amarok-adventure-world-7e5 ---- Amarok Adventure World ---- Selge (griechisch Σέλγη) war eine antike Stadt in der kleinasiatischen Landschaft Pisidien beim heutigen Altınkayaköy (früher Zerk) (Türkei). Er lag 56 km nordwestlich von Side auf ca. 1000 m. ü. M. im oberen Tal des Eurymedon (heute: Köprüçay) am westlichen Ende des Taurusgebirges.Der Überlieferung nach soll Selge nach dem Krieg um Troja durch den Seher Kalchas gegründet und durch Griechen aus Sparta besiedelt worden sein. Auf Münzen ist der Ort seit dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. nachweisbar. Wirtschaftliche Grundlage war der Anbau von Wein und Oliven auf der umgebenden fruchtbaren Hochebene. Politisch bestanden zu Aspendos gute Beziehungen, ansonsten war die Stadt kriegerisch gegen ihre Nachbarn ausgerichtet. Als Alexander der Große durch Kleinasien zog, verbündete sich die Stadt mit ihm, um, allerdings erfolglos, die nahe Stadt Termessos zu belagern. Polybios beschreibt einen Krieg zwischen Selge und Pednelissos 220 v. Chr., in dem Pednellissos Achaios, den Statthalter von Side, zu Hilfe rief. 25 v. Chr. verlor Selge die Selbstständigkeit und wurde in die römische Provinz Galatien eingegliedert. Laut Strabon soll die Stadt zu dieser Zeit etwa 20.000 Einwohner gehabt haben. Seine größte Blüte erreichte Selge zur Zeit des römischen Kaiserreiches. Im Jahr 339 kam es zu einer erfolglosen Belagerung durch die Goten. In byzantinischer Zeit war Selge Bischofssitz. Die Stadt wurde später in seldschukischer Zeit aufgegeben.Es sind die Reste der Stadtmauer, eines Theaters, eines Stadions, der Agora mit Säulenhallen, eines Gymnasions und einer Basilika erhalten. Das Theater wurde im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. neu gebaut. Außerhalb der Stadtmauer lagen ein Aquädukt und einige Kammergräber. ---- Selge (in Greek Σελγη) was an important city in Pisidia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay)forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
The town was believed to be a Greek colony, for Strabo[1] states that it was founded by Spartans, but adds the somewhat unintelligible remark that previously it had been founded by Calchas. The acropolis of Selge bore the name of Kesbedion.[2] The district in which the town was situated was extremely fertile, producing abundance of oil and wine, but the town itself was difficult of access, being surrounded by precipices and beds of torrents flowing towards the Eurymedon and Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[3] At that time they were at war with Termessos.
At the period when Achaeus had made himself master of Western Asia, Selge were at war with Pednelissus, which was besieged by them; and Achaeus, on the invitation of Pednelissus, sent a large force against Selge (218 BC). After a long and vigorous siege, the Selgians, being betrayed and despairing of resisting Achaeus any longer, sent deputies to sue for peace, which was granted to them on the following terms: they agreed to pay immediately 400 talents, to restore the prisoners of Pednelissus, and after a time to pay 300 talents in addition.[4] We now have for a long time no particulars about the history of Selge; in the 5th century AD Zosimus[5] calls it indeed a little town, but it was still strong enough to repel a body of Goths. It is strange that Pliny does not notice Selge, for we know from its coins that it was still a flourishing town in the time of Hadrian; and it is also mentioned in Ptolemy[6] and Hierocles. Independently of wine and oil, the country about Selge was rich in timber, and a variety of trees, among which the storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[7]
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the gymnasium, the stoa, the stadium and the basilica. There are also the outlines of two temples, but the best conserved monument is the theater, restored in the 3rd century AD.
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley
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The colored inks are sandwiched between two layers of clear coating. So when the decal is applied the clear coatings will not appear. Cool!
Here's how to use them:
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"...on the floor of his room."
Besides attending a class today and writing reports, I spent the afternoon at a friend's house. We talked a lot and she put on some Eddie Izzard. It was fun. :)
I've been tagged. By Trixiepix. And just when I thought I'd wrap up the day and lay my thoughts to sleep... :)
Here we go:
#01 I (used to) change interests on a daily basis, so keeping up with 365 is sometimes a real pain the butt, but I'm determined to stick to, to prove myself I can go through with something - not just drop the idea before I've REALLY given it a go.
#02 I'm a pervert, I'm a poet, I'm a romantic soul.
I really like weird (and I do mean weird, Necrophilia variations is right up my alley) books and movies and music.
#03 When going out for a drink, I usually drink coffee, or during the winter, black tea, vanilla flavoured.
#04 I adore chocolate. The kind with 50 or more percent of cocoa. The bitterness tastes so sweet to me. :) Also, I like chocolate with chili peppers.
#05 Like Trixiepics, I get a kick out of organizing things. On my computer. Into folders and zip files and partitions and so on and so forth...
#06 I like to look at people. Not in a voyeur kind of way, I just like to look at people when I walk past them, to see their faces, to see what they're wearing, how fast they are walking. It interests me. :)
#07 I (used to) usually give up, if the results were not perfect the first time. I had to learn to deal with mistakes.
#08 REMOVED
#09 The first time I did a snow angel was a couple of days ago.
#10 I adore the feeling of fresh, clean hands. I just love it. It feels wonderful. :)
#11 My memory is like swiss cheese, but without the cheese. This is one of the reasons I began 365. To have something to remember ALL of the days by.
#12 I'd like to improve my photos, but lately I don't take enough time to produce results I'd be really proud of. Shame on me.
#13 Lately most of what I wear is black. Last year I was sort of getting into really coloured stuff, but this year I mostly go for black. (Except this one outfit I wear at home - yellow sweatshirt and red pants.)
#14 I thought for sure I wouldn't get tagged. :)
#15 I really like the 80's Yugoslavian punk/new wave scene. There's something about that era that I find so alluring I can't even say. The music, the rebel attitude. (Those days, there actually was something to rebel about. Nowadays, you can do almost whatever you like, so being a rebel these days is pretty much pointless.)
#16 I don't like sports. I don't like to do them. I don't like to watch. I was always absolutely horrible at team sports. The only exception is running. I like that, because sometimes that's when I'm most alone and have all my thoughts to myself.
Done! Woo-hoo! :)
That was a lot of text. Probably the longest description I'll ever write. :)
This was day fifty-seven.