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This shot can be seen at Renew Newcastle's 'Newcastle Morning Photo' exhibition at Nobby's Lighthouse. I was quite chuffed to walk in and see two ladies who spotted themselves in the shot getting very excited. For (free) ticketing information, please visit here.
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With Summer fully kicked in, I ventured out after feeling pretty sick recently. Tough to get a park, heaps of people and so bloody hot. This was 11:00am!!
Jay Kay of Jamiroquai once said, "I thought I was going to the beach bar, not the Bar Beach!" while on stage in Newcastle.
The Wikipedia entry for Bar Beach is a little interesting too....
"Bar Beach is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 1.6 km (1.0 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district abutting the beach of the same name.
Near the north-end of the beach there is a small burger bar selling hand-cut chips. If one wishes to purchase a meal there, be prepared for waits up to 1 hour for a simple burger or 30 mins for an ice-cream. Not ideal if on a road trip. Bar-bar-bar bar-barbara-anne."
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Asomando su doble cabeza de cristal la diatomea Synedra capitata se presentó un día en esta galería, y no fue por cabezonería, sino por corazonada. Synedra tiene el cuerpo esbelto de todas las de su clase, y es como cualquier diatomea una joya, en este caso fíbula de cuarzo. Con sus dos extremos engrosados haciendo de balancín y representando eso, una cabeza, que es la que le da el nombre.
Lo cierto es que la mayoría de estos fascinantes organismos microscópicos del agua no tienen cabeza, sólo los minúsculos animales acuáticos que son pluricelulares han llegado a conseguirla y todo ello para superar la desventaja de vivir en un cuerpo grande. Rotíferos, planarias o pulgas de agua pueden llevarla para acomodar en ella los principales órganos de los sentidos -tienen que saber qué se llevan a la boca-. Pero para que ojos, tacto y receptores químicos funcionen, es necesario un órgano adicional extra: el cerebro, que aunque pequeño, resuelve los problemas cotidianos de la supervivencia.
Diatomeas, désmidos, amebas y protozoos han olvidado su cabeza y viven a latidos de vida, despreocupados, sólo saben vivirla con amor ciego a cada instante, entregados a ella, como hace el corazón enamorado en una misma apuesta generosa y egoísta que no busca otra contrapartida más que el mismo amor. Es su corazón redondo, situado en el propio corazón de sus entrañas, es su núcleo, quien conduce sin retorno a estos seres por el agua, al encuentro de la luz en abrazo permanente a ella y a la vida.
La cabeza en Synedra capitata es apariencia y lo es en ella por partida doble, ... no sólo en Synedra ... en todas las diatomeas, en todos los seres microscópicos y, quizá, también en nosotros, quien manda es el corazón.
Synedra capitata, ilumina la noche a corazonadas de vida, ha perdido la cabeza, sólo la lleva en su nombre y se guía por el corazón.
La imagen de hoy proecede de una muestra recogida por África en las Gorges del Foix en Barcelona, gracias a ella la podemos mostrar hoy aquí fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de campo oscuro.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 of 9): After the test... /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 de 9): Después del Ensayo.
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 33 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 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.
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- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/republican-...
While Florida targets Black history, Texas Republicans plan to make life miserable for Asian Americans
Lillian Sing, Julie Tang
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 9:17 a.m.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/09/lawmakers-b...
Spy fears spark flurry of proposed laws aiming to ban Chinese land ownership
Critics say the proposals hark back to racist laws from the early 1900s preventing Asian Americans from becoming property owners.
www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/chinese-land-law-texas-vi...
History repeats itself with anti-China land ownership proposals
February 18, 2023
(CNN) New efforts to bar Chinese citizens and others from owning property in Texas and other states echo the treatment of Asian people in the US more than 100 years ago, when Congress barred them from obtaining citizenship and multiple state laws restricted land ownership.
▫️ In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to sign legislation to bar citizens of countries the State Department has designated as "foreign adversaries" from owning agricultural land. Companies with deep ties to those countries would also be affected. Those countries currently include China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. There are similar proposals in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. Foreign owners control a fraction of US farmland, according to the Congressional Research Service.
▫️ In Texas, a much broader proposal names those countries and bans citizens of them from owning any land whatsoever. The ban would presumably extend to legal immigrants living in the US. That bill is still working its way through the legislature but has the support of Gov. Greg Abbott.
The Texas proposal in particular specifically recalls a despicable chapter in US history, when so-called Alien Land Laws were passed in numerous states between the 1880s and 1920s to specifically bar Asian people from owning land. The California Alien Land Law was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court in 1952 for violating the 14th Amendment.
Chinese people were explicitly barred from immigration to the US for generations -- from the 1880s, when Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, until that law's repeal during World War II.
A ban on people 'ineligible for citizenship' owning property
So few Chinese people were allowed to immigrate for another generation after that until 1965 -- 105 per year -- that it amounted to a de facto ban.
As a result, the anti-Asian property laws mostly affected Japanese Americans.
While the laws did not specifically single out Asians, they were applied to people "ineligible for citizenship."
That made the laws specifically apply to Asians since Congress, at the time, allowed citizenship only for immigrants coming from Europe or Africa.
The most notorious example of Alien Land Laws was in California, which passed multiple versions of these laws over the years, and where Asian immigrants were concentrated.
One celebrated and yearslong court battle pitted a Japanese immigrant, Jukichi Harada, who found a way around the law by having his children own the house where his family lived in Riverside, California. They were ultimately able to keep the house when a judge ruled in their favor in 1918, but they were later moved to internment camps during World War II because of their Japanese ancestry.
Today, the Harada House is a National Historic Landmark and a museum.
Reinvoking the 'Yellow Peril'
I called Madeline Hsu, a history professor and expert in Asian American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, to ask if these new proposals are an example of history repeating itself.
"It's definitely sort of reinvocation of kind of what people in Asian American studies would refer to as 'Yellow Peril' fearmongering," she said.
"There are ways in which it resonates with what happened to Japanese Americans during World War II, where regardless of citizenship, regardless of nativity, they were racially categorized as enemy aliens."
Alien Land Laws in Texas
Hsu pointed me to an article in the Journal of Southern History by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor Brent Campney that documents fears of a Japanese "invasion" in the Rio Grande Valley more than 100 years ago.
'Exacerbating tensions'
Campney's larger argument in studying the treatment of Asian Americans, in this case people of Japanese descent, is that the local discrimination in Texas and also California reverberated back into the growing animosity between Japan and the US leading up to World War II.
Decades before the US government robbed Japanese Americans of their rights and held them in camps, Campney writes, "white Americans appealed to the same stereotypes and exclusionary impulses used against the Japanese during the internment, exacerbating tensions between Japan and the United States."
That's a historical lesson everyone has an interest in learning as tensions between the US and China grow today. The US military is maneuvering with allies to control China in the Pacific. The US government is focused on making the economy more independent from Chinese manufacturing. There is even talk of banning TikTok, the app popular with young people in the US and owned by a private Chinese company.
The problem of targeting people by nationality
These efforts against a government seep into more problematic territory when they seem to target the many Chinese and ethnic Chinese people who live in the US.
"Targeting people by nationality is also problematic," Hsu said. "That's not a good way of identifying people who are national security risks or who are acting on behalf of a foreign government."
She drew a correlation between these new state proposals and former President Donald Trump's promise to enforce a ban on Muslims traveling to the US. In order to get a plan through the Supreme Court, he instead banned, for a time, travel from certain countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America.
The Texas bill similarly targets specific countries by name and generalizes that all citizens of those countries could be a threat.
"The only thing it does is it expresses these kinds of gut suspicions and hostility to these countries," Hsu said.
ENGLISH
The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family) is the largest family of flowering plants, in terms of number of species.
The name 'Asteraceae' is derived from the type genus Aster, while 'Compositae', an older but still valid name, means composite and refers to the characteristic inflorescence, a special type of pseudanthium found in only a few other angiosperm families. The study of this family is known as synantherology.
The most evident characteristic of Asteraceae is perhaps their inflorescence: a specialised capitulum, technically called a calathid or calathidium, but generally referred to as flower head or, alternatively, simply capitulum. The capitulum is a contracted raceme composed of numerous individual sessile flowers, called the florets, all sharing the same receptacle.
The capitulum of the Asteraceae has evolved many characteristics that make it look superficially like a big single flower. This kind of flower-like inflorescences are quite widespread amongst plants and have been given the name of pseudanthia.
Many bracts form an involucre under the basis of the capitulum; these are called "phyllaries", or "involucral bracts". They may simulate the sepals of the pseudanthium. These are mostly herbaceous but can also be brightly coloured (e.g. Helichrysum) or have a scarious texture. The bracts can be free or fused, and arranged in one to many rows, overlapping like the tiles of a roof (imbricate) or not (this variation is important in identification of tribes and genera).
Each floret may itself be subtended by a bract, called a "palea" or "receptacular bract". These bracts as a group are often called "chaff". The presence or absence of these bracts, their distribution on the receptacle, and their size and shape are all important diagnostic characteristics for genera and tribes.
The florets have five petals fused at the base to form a corolla tube and they may be either actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Disc florets are usually actinomorphic, with five petal lips on the rim of the corolla tube. The petal lips may be either very short, or long, in which case they form deeply lobed petals. The latter is the only kind of floret in the Carduoideae, while the first kind is more widespread. Ray florets are always highly zygomorphic and are characterised by the presence of a ligule, a strap-shaped structure on the edge of the corolla tube consisting of fused petals. In the Asteroideae and other minor subfamilies these are usually borne only on florets at the circumference of the capitulum and have a 3+2 scheme – above the fused corolla tube, three very long fused petals form the ligule, with the other two petals being inconspicuously small. The Cichorioidea has only ray florets, with a 5+0 scheme – all five petals form the ligule. A 4+1 scheme is found in the Barnadesioideae. The tip of the ligule is often divided into teeth, each one representing a petal. Some marginal florets may have no petals at all (filiform floret).
The calyx of the florets may be absent, but when present it is always modified into a pappus of two or more teeth, scales or bristles and this is often involved in the dispersion of the seeds. As with the bracts, the nature of the pappus is an important diagnostic feature.
There are usually five stamens. The filaments are fused to the corolla, while the anthers are generally connate (syngenesious anthers), thus forming a sort of tube around the style (theca). They commonly have basal and/or apical appendages. Pollen is released inside the tube and is collected around the growing style, expelled with a sort of pump mechanism (nüdelspritze) or a brush.
The pistil is made of two connate carpels. The style has two lobes; stigmatic tissue may be located in the interior surface or form two lateral lines. The ovary is inferior and has only one ovule, with basal placentation.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae
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CASTELLANO
Las Asteráceas (Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl), también denominadas Compuestas (Compositae Giseke), reunen mas de 23.000 especies (Jeffrey, 2007; Stevens, 2001) por lo que son la familia de Angiospermas con mayor riqueza y diversidad biológica. La familia está caracterizada por presentar las flores dispuestas en una inflorescencia compuesta denominada capítulo la cual se halla rodeada de una o más filas de brácteas (involucro). El nombre "Asteraceae" deriva del género tipo de la familia Aster, término que -a su vez- proviene del griego ἀστήρ que significa "estrella" y hace alusión a la forma de la inflorescencia. Por otro lado, el nombre "compuestas", más antiguo pero válido, hace referencia al tipo particular de inflorescencia compuesta que caracteriza a la familia y que solo se halla en muy pocas familias de Angiospermas. Las Compuestas presentan una considerable importancia ecológica y económica. Los miembros de esta familia se distribuyen desde las regiones polares hasta los trópicos, conquistando todos los hábitats disponibles, desde los desiertos secos hasta los pantanos y desde las selvas hasta los picos montañosos. En muchas regiones del mundo las Compuestas llegan a integrar hasta el 10% de la flora vernácula.
Las flores son pequeñas, hermafroditas o, en ocasiones, funcionalmente unisexuales o estériles (en este último caso se denominan neutras). Por su simetría pueden ser tanto actinomorfas como zigomorfas, es decir que pueden presentar simetría radial o bilateral, respectivamente. Por el número de piezas que componen cada ciclo, las flores de las compuestas son pentámeras. El cáliz es nulo o bien los sépalos están profundamente modificados como pelos simples, plumosos o setiformes, como escamas o como una pequeña corona membranácea. La corola es gamopétala, los pétalos pueden unirse entre si formando un tubo con 4 ó 5 lóbulos (la flor se denomina tubulosa o flósculo), o dos grupos de pétalos unidos (en el caso de las flores bilabiadas), o pueden presentar un tubo corto y el limbo prolongado lateralmente en una lígula con 3 o 5 dientes (flores liguladas).[a] El androceo presenta 5 estambres, los cuales alternan con los lóbulos de la corola. Los filamentos se hallan insertos en ella. Las anteras se unen entre sí fomando un tubo alrededor del estilo. El gineceo es de ovario ínfero, bicarpelar, con el ovario unilocular. Presentan un solo óvulo anátropo. El pistilo presenta un estilo que está usualmente rodeado en su base por un nectario. Cada estilo se halla dividido distalmente en dos ramas (ramas estilares) que presentan papilas estigmáticas en su cara adaxial dispuestas en dos líneas separadas o bien, en una sola banda continua.
El capítulo es un tipo de inflorescencia racimosa o abierta en la que el pedúnculo se ensancha en la extremidad formando un disco algo grueso, llamado receptáculo común o clinanto. Este receptáculo común se halla rodeado por una o más series de brácteas. Sobre este órgano se disponen las flores sésiles acompañadas o no por sus correspondientes brácteas. Es la inflorescencia típica de las Asteraceae (Compuestas) y de algunos otros géneros como Scabiosa. Inflorescencias en capítulo, rodeado por un involucro de brácteas; en ocasiones existen en el receptáculo escamas de naturaleza bracteal. Los capítulos a su vez pueden agruparse en inflorescencias compuestas diversas.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae
The Medium Duty Business Class M2 4x4 used Freightliner Pick up Trucks for Sale in Arizona
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Thursday's retread for the Monday Photo Challenges and Thursday Retreads group.
The Angel of the Sea was built around 1850 as a "summer cottage" for William Weightman, Sr., a Philadelphia chemist who, as managing partner of Powers & Weightman, introduced quinine to the United States as an anti-malarial drug. Built as a single structure, the house originally stood on the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets where the Cape May Post Office now stands.
In 1881, Mr. Weightman decided that an ocean view from the broad porches of his "cottage" would be appreciated by family, friends and guests. To accomplish this goal, he hired a number of local farmers to move the house to a piece of property on the corner of Ocean and Beach Avenues, near where the Marquis de Lafayette now stands.
The farmers discovered the house was too large to move as one unit. Not wanting to lose the winter work, they decided to cut the house in half, move it in sections and then reconnect it after the move. Their task took all winter long, pulling the sections on rolling tree trunks with mule and horse power! Unfortunately, after both halves of the house were moved to the new location, the farmers discovered that, although their mules and horses were quite adequate for "pulling" the house, they proved totally ineffective in "pushing" it back together.
Summer was close upon them, and Mr. Weightman would soon be returning to Cape May. The farmers enclosed the sides where the cut had been made, renovated as best they could and hurried back to their farming chores. The results of their efforts are the two buildings as they stand today.
The house remained in the Weightman family until Mr. Weightman's death in 1905. During the next 50 or so years the Weightman Cottage, as it was called, was used as a hotel, guest house and, during one period, a restaurant.
In 1962 a powerful Nor'easter ripped through New Jersey and devastated the city of Cape May. Referred to by many as the Storm of the Century, it destroyed much of the town including Convention Hall and the boardwalk. Miraculously the Angel survived, but not without considerable damage. The massive rebuilding that followed the storm cleanup called for the two houses to be torn down to make room for a parking lot. They were saved from this fate when they were purchased by the Reverend Carl McIntire and moved (this time on flatbed trucks) to their present location on Trenton Avenue. From 1962 to 1981, the houses were used as a dormitory for students from Shelton College and to board employees from several nearby inns. During this time they received very little maintenance and in 1981 they were declared uninhabitable. Virtually unwanted, this once magnificent structure was left abandoned to vandals and the elements until December of 1988.
About that time, John Girton, a builder and developer, and his wife Barbara crawled through a window to check out the soundness of the buildings. Although all of the windows were broken out, walls had collapsed and many of the porches and stairways had rotted, it appeared the houses could be saved! Based on what they found, the Girtons purchased the property and began renovations in January, 1989. Time was money and John Girton led his crews seven days a week around the clock to put the Angel back together. At times, as many as 75 people were working on the site during a 24 hour period. At the end of one shift, one painting crew would get off the scaffolding and another would get on it.
A trailer set up in the backyard housed a fully functional cabinet-making shop. There artisans and carpenters would find bits and pieces of the original building and piece them together. They then recreated on-site all the gingerbread detail, wall brackets and windows, copying the original designs they found. The first of the two buildings opened in July of 1989, only six short months after renovations had begun! One year later, the most complete Victorian restoration in New Jersey was completed. The total project cost approximately $3.5 million and was done with over 103,000 man hours of labor.
After its first two successful seasons as a bed and breakfast, the Angel of the Sea was acknowledged as one of the Top Ten B & Bs in the United States by two national bed and breakfast organizations. It also won the Historic Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC for renovation to historic specifications.
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S'il est un lieu où il convient d'aller au Gujarat, c'est bien à Palitana, site sacré des Jains. Certes, d'autres pèlerinages des fidèles de cette religion proposent des temples extraordinaires, comme Mont Abu - le plus connu - et Ranakpur, tous deux au Rajasthan, ou encore l'escarpé Girnar, au Gujarat. L'idéal serait de tous les visiter car chacun offre ses merveilles et son ambiance spécifique.
En fait, Palitana désigne l'agglomération qui s'étale au pied de la colline. La colline sacrée est Shatrunjaya, mais par commodité, puisque tout le monde connaît ce nom, on continuera à parler de Palitana.
Palitana, donc, constitue un cas un peu à part. Perché sur une haute double colline qui domine un large paysage de plaines cultivées, ce complexe de 863 temples est exceptionnel. Sans doute moins pour la qualité architecturale (Mont Abu et Ranakpur sont à cet égard insurpassables), que pour le cadre et l'ensemble.
Le mieux est d'arriver à l'aube dans le bourg de Palitana, au pied de la colline. Pour ce faire, la solution idéale est de passer la nuit dans la ville portuaire de Bhavnagar qui se ne trouve qu'à trois quarts d'heure de voiture. Ainsi, on peut démarrer l'ascension peu après le lever du jour. Déjà sur la route, et malgré l'heure matinale, on dépasse des centaines et des centaines de personnes sur des kilomètres qui se dirigent d'un pas alerte vers la montagne sainte. Près de la route, plusieurs campements d'une multitude de tentes bariolées ont été installés. On double deux éléphants qui transportent des enfants dans leur howdah (nacelle). Beaucoup de gens sont habillés comme tous les jours, mais d'autres, des Jains pieux, sont tout de blanc vêtus.
De la place qui constitue le terminus des véhicules, on compte une heure et demie de grimpette par des escaliers pas vraiment méchants. Mais quand il fait chaud, ça paraît dur, d'où l'intérêt de partir tôt. Les réfractaires à l'effort physique ont la possibilité de louer des porteurs qui seront ravis de proposer leurs services. On s'asseoit sur une sorte de plateau de bois, suspendu aux quatre angles par des cordes à une poutre de bois que deux hommes portent sur leur épaule. Certains touristes hésitent à utiliser ce mode de locomotion, au motif que c'est pénible pour les porteurs de trimballer ces occidentaux poussifs. Evidemment ! Mais si on ne fait pas appel à leurs services, ils ne gagnent pas de quoi nourrir leur famille.
La montée est agréable dans l'air frais du matin. Les porteurs s'arrêtent de temps à autre pour souffler et discuter entre eux. On s'élève progressivement au-dessus de la plaine et du bourg, tout en bas, et le magnifique paysage se dévoile peu à peu. Beaucoup de gens progressent aussi, chacun à son rythme. Des familles grimpent avec les enfants et les grands parents. D'autres, assis jambes croisées sur leur petit siège, savourent leur confort (relatif). Des malades ou des handicapés nécessitent quatre porteurs pour être convoyés. Des pèlerins jains montent, très concentrés dans leur prière continue, d'autres chantent des mantras d'un air de joie intense.
Puis apparaît la muraille blanche de l'enceinte du complexe des temples. Peu après, on débarque sur une esplanade. C'est là que l'on doit impérativement laisser, si on ne l'a pas fait en bas dans le village, tous les objets en cuir, sac, ceinture, chaussures, etc..., qui sont interdits dans les temples Jains.
On reste bouche bée devant cette multitude de temples de toutes tailles, de chaque côté de l'allée dallée. Mais les pèlerins et autres visiteurs se rendent généralement un peu plus loin au temple principal, le temple d'Adinath.
Toute cette foule attend tranquillement son tour d'entrer dans le temple pour y faire ses prières, mais il n'est pas interdit de jouer au naïf pour pénétrer dans le lieu saint sans plus patienter... Des fleurs sont vendues dans la grande cour pour les offrandes à la divinité. Dans le sanctuaire, une grande statue de marbre du Tirthankara Adinath trône majestueusement.
Une fois que l'on sera à nouveau hors du temple, on en fera le tour, admirant les nombreuses statues qui ornent la shikhara. Une galerie périphérique quadrangulaire est ponctuée de dizaines de niches, chacune contenant une statue de marbre du Tirthankara. On s'interroge sur la signification d'un énorme cylindre de marbre sculpté de feuilles de lotus, orné de frises d'animaux et au sommet duquel se tient encore une autre statue de Tirthankara. Il est possible de grimper par un escalier sur une terrasse d'où l'on jouit d'une vue magnifique sur le grand temple et les petits temples environnants. De là, on se rend compte de l'existence d'une autre série de temples sur une colline voisine, encore plus haute.
Il est conseillé de s'y rendre par une belle volée de marches bien raides qui font quelque peu transpirer. Mais arrivé au but, on est récompensé par une vue générale extraordinaire. Les temples de la seconde colline sont moins nombreux et moins anciens; ils semblent également moins fréquentés.
Il est temps de prendre le chemin du retour, que l'on pourra réaliser beaucoup plus rapidement que la montée, soit avec porteur, soit sans, car ce n'est plus indispensable, sauf si l'on a les genoux fragiles...
Poroiba - Akau - Wigschool - Pruikenschool
The wigmen of the Huli people aren't like Western toupee manufacturers. They are wizards who only work with people who have fine heads of hair.
What a traditional wigman does is use ancient magic to make hair grow faster than normal so it can be cut off and turned into a wig. Evidently, magic - like hair restorer - doesn't work if the hair is long gone.
This singular way of making hairpieces is found in the Tari Valley, 2000m up in the Highlands of PNG, an area just starting to make the transition from the old ways of centuries past to the new ideas which have begun to flow from the outside world.
When I explored the villages and roadside markets around the lodge, most of the men I met were wearing caps, but a good number still went about their daily business dressed in the traditional wigs.
In fact many had not one but two wigs - a plain day wig shaped like an upturned bowl, and an ornate ceremonial wig decorated with bird feathers - possession of which, like ownership of many pigs or having more than one wife, is a sign of wealth and status.
As a result the wigmen are still much in demand. And, this being a place where magic is taken very seriously, they are deeply respected. The sign welcoming visitors to Tari Airport highlights the fact that the area is "Home to the Huli wigman."
uit:
www.nzherald.co.nz/papua-new-guinea/news/article.cfm?l_id...
and:
www.papuanewguinea.net/Wigmen.html
The Huli are an indigenous people that live in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. They number over 65,000 and have been living in the area for at least 600 years. They speak Huli, Tok Pisin, and English.
From:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huli_people
We bezoeken de pruikenschool van de Huli in het heel afgelegen en geïsoleerd dorpje Poroiba.
Dit is een 'school' met leerlingen en leraren dus. Eerst moeten de jongens toegelaten worden. De jongens moeten bevestigen dat ze nog geen sex gehad hebben met het andere geslacht. Dan worden ze ingewijd in de rituelen om het haar te laten groeien. Ten vroegste na 9 maand intens 'voeden' van de haren met gezang en hoofd besproeien, kan de leeraar oordelen of het haar klaar is voor een pruik. Dan volgt een eerste knipping. Genoeg haar dan voor een gewone pruik. Een volledige cyclus is 18 maand. De jongens blijven al die maanden ter plaatse en ze moeten maagd blijven. Sommige laten de haren groeien zo dat ze 2 pruiken hebben. Genoeg voor een ceremoniële pruik. Het is een statuussymbool.
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El cisne común (Cygnus olor), también llamado cisne mudo y cisne blanco , es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Anatidae propia del Hemisferio Norte. Su denominación científica es Cygnus olor, donde tanto cygnus como olor significan "cisne" en griego clásico y en latín, respectivamente.El cisne mudo debe su nombre a que no emite los fuertes trompetazos de los otros congéneres, aunque sí emite ciertos sonidos que lo descalificarían de mudo.
Esta especie presenta el segundo tamaño del género Cygnus; solo el cisne trompetero es un poco mayor. Se le distingue de los otros cisnes blancos por tener el pico de color amarillo anaranjado a rojo. Los otros lo tienen negro y amarillo. También es el único cisne blanco al que le crece una carúncula negra sobre la base del pico.
No hay dimorfismo sexual en el plumaje. Los machos son más grandes, y su envergadura alar es de 2,4 metros. La carúncula negra sobre el pico se desarrolla más en el macho.
Distribución
El cisne común ocupa el Hemisferio Norte, al igual que los otros cisnes blancos. Tiene parentesco con el cisne negro de Australia, más que con los otros cisnes blancos.
En Europa se lo denomina cisne común. En el siglo XIII en Gran Bretaña había poblaciones de este cisne en estado parcialmente domesticado. Después fue introducido en Francia y otros lugares de Europa, donde logró establecerse. Es un ave que se vio favorecida en los bellos estanques artificiales de las monarquías europeas.
El área de distribución natural de la especie es difícil de establecer, debido a que se confunden poblaciones salvajes, introducidas por el hombre y naturalizadas a partir de introducciones. Se consideran parcialmente salvajes aquéllos que anidan al noreste de Europa, en las Islas Británicas, al sur de Suecia, en Dinamarca, Holanda, norte de Francia, norte de Alemania, Polonia, en los países al sur del mar Báltico y el mar Negro.
En Asia se consideran naturales o salvajes a los que anidan en el mar Caspio, continuando hacia el oriente en forma irregular por el sur de Siberia hasta el lago Baikal, y aquellos que anidan al norte de Mongolia.
En invierno las poblaciones del norte se trasladan hacia el sur, aunque en algunos lugares son sedentarias y permanecen todo el año en el área donde se reproducen, desplazándose hacia las costas.
Cuando migran desde Europa se reúnen con las poblaciones en el mar Negro y el mar Caspio. En Asia invierna en la costa del mar Amarillo.
Se los considera avistes ocasionales en todo el resto de Europa, en el delta del Nilo, golfo Pérsico, en Irán, desde Afganistán hasta la India, en la península de Corea y en Japón.
Fue introducido en América del Norte, Australia, Nueva Zelanda y Sudáfrica. En América del Norte hay dos poblaciones grandes en el noreste; ocasionalmente se lo suele ver en el sur de Canadá. Ambas poblaciones tienen miles de ejemplares. Las poblaciones de Australia y Nueva Zelanda se mantienen estables, sin aumentar ni disminuir notablemente. La población natural al norte de Asia y Europa aparenta crecer; se estima en medio millón el número de individuos.
Ocupa hábitats de lagos y ríos poco caudalosos, con orillas donde crece vegetación alta. En invierno está presente en estuarios de agua salobre en las cercanías del mar, en costas marinas con alguna protección y en el mar abierto si la costa no tiene protección.
La 55^ stagione del Circolo della Musica di Imola proponeva in data 07.02.2011 un concerto del Leopold String Trio
Il trio è formato da:
- Isabelle van Keulen, violino
Per motivi familiari Isabelle van Keulen è stata sostituita da Stephanie Gonley
Il programma prevedeva musiche di:
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio per archi in re magg. op. 9 n. 2 (1798)
- Arnold Schoenberg: Trio per archi op. 45 (1946)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento per archi in mi bemolle magg. K 563 (1788)
Al termine del concerto il trio ha concesso come bis un brano da "Goldberg-Variationen" di Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Entre las algas libres y numerosas que como las diatomeas crecen en la fuente de Arbolí también se encuentran otras ancladas y filamentosas como en finos hilos de seda verde que se mueven ondulando con la corriente. Son filamentos del alga Zygnema.
Zygnema es alga relativamente común que habita casi en cualquier lugar en el que el agua dulce está remansada o se mueva en suave corriente. Su principal característica es la presencia de dos cloroplastos de contornos estrellado en cada una de las células y entre los cuales se dispone el núcleo que les da la vida.
Zygnema es prima de Spirogyra y de Mougeotia un alga del grupo de las “conjugadas” en las que la reproducción sexual se produce cuando las células de dos filamentos paralelos se unen, una a una, construyendo así una escalera en la que dos a dos se funden los núcleos y cloroplastos para formar unas esporas de resistencia que pueden sobrevivir en muy duras condiciones para germinar finalmente cuando éstas se vuelven favorables.
Los filamentos de Zygnema se agrupan formando enmarañadas y suaves selvas , entre las que viven gran cantidad de organismos que encuentran en ellas o entre ellas su alimento.
Para poder determinar cada una de las numerosas especies de este género de algas filamentosas es preciso conocer la morfología de las esporas de resistencia, las zigosporas, que hasta dentro de unos meses no se formarán.
La fotografía se ha tomado a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y procede, como las de días anteriores, del agua recogida por África en la bonita fuente de Arbolí en Tarragona ¡¡ Gracias, África !!
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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.
We went to see the D. J. Hall retrospective at the Palm Springs Museum. Hall is a Southern California artist with a home in Palm Desert. She does large-scale paintings of women seated in or near swimming pools. Her women are described as smug, self-satisfied and privileged, and her work is seen as a commentary on wealth, aging and beauty. One review described her paintings as "where trophy wives go to die."
Early in her career Hall painted older women, showing all their wrinkles and veins. The skin had blue/purple/grey tones, as if they were already dead. In the 1980s she painted women with "hysterical smiles." They wear big shoulder pads, mirrored sunglasses and outsized jackets. They look a little stretched, like women who spend way too much time at the gym.
Now that Hall is 57, she's somewhat kinder towards her subjects. The light is softer and her treatment gentler. But critics still gleefully emphasize the edginess, saying that "all is not right" in these worlds. Judging by the comments in the museum's guestbook, viewers like to buy into this idea. They want to project their own fears and insecurities onto Hall's women.
There's a killer irony that she's become a successful artist by painting critiques of the wealthy -- that only the wealthy can afford to buy. I guess people like to show that they can be self-aware and self-deprecating in their choice of art.
The retrospective explains the roots of Hall's ambivalence towards her subject. She had a troubled childhood, growing up with a mother who had severe mental illness. The only time she felt safe was playing in the pool at her grandmother's house in Palm Desert. So the work is about trying to return to a happy time that never really existed. She's angry at her mother because her parents' divorce and her mother's mental illness were taboo, not acknowledged in the family. She transfers that anger onto the rich, creating scenes where we're supposed to look for the flaws. We're supposed to assume that these women aren't as happy as they would like us to believe.
Hall often puts herself in her paintings, usually with her back to the viewer. Although she unflinchingly shows the sagging necks of her models, she paints herself with a firm butt and taut skin. Yet she thinks that these later works are "a visual diary of my journey towards maturity and self-acceptance."
I love her technique and use of color. I could look at this painting for hours. It's one of the few that conveys hope and optimism.
I had a problem with the commentary -- especially what the critics like to think she's saying about women and aging. This is a topic that's close to my heart. It stares back at me every time I look in the mirror, every time I hear a woman being ridiculed for having Botox or plastic surgery. Reviewers like to mention how the women in Hall's paintings show the effects of time "despite their best efforts to the contrary."
As a woman who's showing the effects of time, comments like that make me want to shout back, "What exactly is it I'm supposed to do, then?" But I know the answer. I'm supposed to look good, but not look like I'm trying. It's just supposed to naturally happen -- y'know, the whole "aging gracefully" thing. God forbid I should let on that I care; that would indicate that I'm vain and pathetically trying to hold onto my youth. No, I'm supposed to go along with the deception and play the game. La-de-da, no worries here, nothing a little moisturizer can't fix. If we all look good to each other, we all feel better.
There's such a narrow range of acceptability. If we let ourselves go, that's depressing. If we try too hard, that's desperate. As Mary McNamara, Television Critic for the Los Angeles Times, said, “If women look old, we criticize, and if they try to fix it, we criticize more snidely.”
I'm glad I went to see that art. It gave me a lot to think about. I admire her for turning her pain into something marketable.
Now I'm going to go swim in my pool.
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After our big rains the last few days there was runoff water streaming in the alley behind our house ... collecting in a pool at the bottom of the hill - then on into the drainage opening. Zach made a boat -- from a paper plate - stapled - with a drinking straw mast and paper towel sail ... and off he went ... sailing. ;-)
He made "adjustments" ... tearing the sides down lower ... ripping the sail off when it toppled over and got too soggy to stay upright . Just about the time he was satisfied and it actually began to float, the stream slowed to a trickle. So he contented himself with finding other, smaller things that would float ... leaves, roly-polys, etc.
His last boat-building efforts were with popsicle box and sticks!
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Aunque Spongomonas es un alga, no lo parece, su palidez hace que se oculte su identidad, Spongomonas pertenece al grupo de las algas haptofitas, que al igual que las algas doradas, crisofíceas, tiñen sus cloroplastos de colores amarillos, en las haptofitas tan desvaídos que apenas se dejan ver.
Las haptofitas son siempre muy pequeñas y unicelulares y están provistas de dos flagelos ligeramente desiguales. En ocasiones, como ocurre con Spongomas se asocian formando colonias globulares o irregulares constituidas por una masa gelatinosa de la que asoman los flagelos y a la que se adhieren también partículas globulares, posiblemente de origen bacteriano ▷.
A veces alrededor de la base de los flagelos se dispone un pequeño collar casi plano y por eso apenas perceptible y en el extremo opuesto, pero en el interior de la célula se marca la pequeña huella de una vacuola contráctil.
Aunque Spongomonas no es en absoluto un flagelado común, otras haptofitas hermanas y solitarias, constituyen, sin duda, las formas planctónicas más abundantes en todos los océanos, son los cocolitóforos, que tienen un esqueleto formado por placas calcáreas esculpidas en formas inimaginables que pueden formar con el tiempo grandes depósitos de estos microfósiles.
Aunque Spongomonas pertenece a este grupo de abundantes y minúsculas algas oceánicas vive en aguas dulces y se alimenta filtrando las partículas que atrae con las corrientes de sus flagelos
Algunas especies de Spongomonas tienen aspecto acintado y parecen culebrear en el agua, la de hoy irregular y de aspecto esponjoso procedede unas muestras recogidas en una charca próxima a Ricobayo, entre granitos, en la comarca zamorana de Aliste y han sido fotografiadas a 400 aumentos utilizando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Muy probablemente sea la primera cita que se hace de este género en nuestro país.
Gracias a Santiago Ortiz por incorporar nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.
Con nuestra gratitud también para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
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.
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Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en el Centro del Agua de Daimiel del 21 de diciembre al 20 de febrero.
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
La ameba de brazos cortos y regordetes parece una nube que flota en el agua y se muestra indecisa, si extiende un poco su cuerpo hacia un lado, su lado opuesto lo quiere hacer también y así el contorno de este protozoo dibuja la silueta de una nube redondeada y pintada en su interior con el verde de algunas algas, el ocre de algunos restos de materia orgánica y el color grisáceo de pequeños granitos, productos de su metabolismo.
Camina tan lentamente que su avance resulta casi imperceptible, como si su envuelta fuese algo rígida y le impidiese moverse. Por el contrario, una curiosa y minúscula diatomea Nitzschia, parece que se acerca a curiosear, como si quisiera pinchar la nube, es mejor que no lo intente, porque si entrara dentro de ella, posiblemente su verde intenso saldría desteñido y ella malparada.
La ameba de brazos cortos y redondeados recuerda mucho a Thecamoeba y en concreto a Thecamoeba verrucosa, no sólo por su forma y tamaño, sino también por su forma de moverse, pero son tantas las caras de estos seres cambiantes que resulta muy difícil asegurar a veces quién es quién…quizá no importe demasiado, es otra de las innumerables muestras de vida que bajo la superficie helada de las lagunas, no hacen caso al frío y sí a su instinto de supervivencia.
Thecamoeba verrucosa vive sobre los musgos húmedos o en aquellos lugares de aguas estancadas en los que abundan las algas.
La ameba de hoy procede de unas muestras de agua recolectadas en la Laguna Grande de Ricobayo (Zamora) y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos utilizando 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.
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Der Sänger Pete Seeger über McCarthy, schwarze Listen und die Jagd nach Idealen
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Pete Seeger, der legendäre Singersongwriter von Welthits wie „We shall overcome“, „Sag mir wo die Blumen sind“, „If I had a hammer“ „Turn turn turn“, „Good Night Irene“ lebt heute noch in den gleichen bescheidenen Verhältnissen wie 1950 in Beacon im Bundeststaat New York. Dort besuchten im den heute 86jährigen Sozialisten die deutschen Liedermacher Diether Dehm und Manfred Maurenbrecher, die an neuen Liedern mit ihm und an einem Musical über ihn arbeiten. Dabei entstand Ende Mai 2005 das nachfolgende Gespräch.
Frage:
Dein damaliger Manager soll Anfang der Fünfziger verhindert haben, dass du und die „Weavers“ dein „If I had a hammer“ gespielt haben - um MacCartheys antikommunistische „Blacklisters“ nicht weiter zu provozieren. .
Seeger: Stimmt. Wir hatten zwar mit „Irene“ einen Nr.1 Hit, hatten aber allmählich einen vollständigen Radio- und Auftritts-Boykott. Natürlich war es trotzdem falsch, nachzugeben. Aber die übrigen „Weavers“ wollten die wenigen Jobs nicht auch noch verlieren. Deswegen schloss ich mich ihrer Entscheidung an.
Frage: Wann fingen die Schwarzen Listen an?
Seeger: Nun ja, auf eine Weise hat es Schwarze Listen immer gegeben. Woody Guthrie und ich kamen als „lefties“ in kein Radio, damals, Woody sang nur noch in Kalifornien einem sehr kleinen, unabhängigen Senders, der ihn fast alles singen ließ. Das einzige Mal, wo wir breit im Radio waren, war nach Pearl Harbor. Das war eine landesweite Ausstrahlung und wir hatten einen Song „Round and round Hitler’s grave, he won’t get up no more“. Aber prompt stand in der nächsten Woche auf der Titelseite einer großen New Yorker Zeitung „kommunistische Folk-Sänger versuchen, das Radio zu unterwandern“. Und das war der letzte Job, den wir bekamen. Ich hatte mein ganzes Leben lang mit Schwarzen Listen zu tun. Auch als der Gehimdienst subtiler auf Radio und TV einwirkte. Sicher: besonders brutal war die Einschüchterungs-Zeit der Fünfziger. Als Künstler genau wie Arbeiter Angst hatten, ihren Beruf zu verlieren und sie nicht wussten, wie sie ihre Familien ernähren würden… Ich bin da etwas dran vorbei gekommen, indem ich in Schulen und Kinder-Sommerlagern sang, und schließlich in Hochschulen. Aber die antikommunistischen Vereine tönten laut „Geht nicht los, um Seeger zu hören.“ Manchmal aber war alles was sie damit erreichten nur kostenlose Reklame.
Frage: Meinst du, dass es heute immer noch Schwarze Listen gibt?
Seeger: O, ich bin sicher dass die Leute, die das Fernsehen kontrollieren, sehr genau wissen, was sie tun. Ich habe keine Stimme mehr, ich versuche nicht zu singen. Aber sie spielen nicht die Platten von Leuten, wenn diese zum Beispiel für Frieden sind. Es gibt Millionen Amerikaner, die nicht froh darüber sind, dass wir im Irak sind. Aber hörst du davon im Radio, hörst du davon im Fernsehen? Nein, natürlich nicht. Weil das Radio und das Fernsehen auf eine Weise kontrolliert sind von denen, die ich „höhere Mächte“ nenne.
Frage: Darüber zerbrachen die „Weavers“, trotz ihrer Hits und großen Erfolge….
Seeger: … und dann kam ein neuer Manager, Harold Leventhal, zu den Weavers nachdem wir seit drei Jahren nicht mehr zusammen gesungen hatten. Eine Zeit während der Fred zurück zur Hochschule gegangen war, Ron Gilber ein Baby bekommen hatte, Lee Hays Kurzgeschichten schrieb. Und er sagte: „Wäret ihr bereit, eine Wiedervereinigung zu machen?“ Und wir sagten: „Sicherlich, wenn du denkst, dass du einen Saal finden kannst, der an uns vermietet.“ Nun, ein Saal, die Town Hall, mit zwölfhundert Sitzen, sagte: „Nein, wir können es nicht riskieren, die Weavers bei uns zu haben. Ihr könnt unseren Saal nicht mieten.“ Aber dann ging er zu Carnegie-Hall, und die sagten dort: „Wenn du das Geld hast, werden wir es an dich vermieten.“ Und Harold Leventhal wusste nicht, ob dort einhundert Leute sein würden oder zweihundert…. Stattdessen war es ausverkauft. Fast dreitausend. Und wir fingen wieder an zu singen. Allmählich wurde mir meine Familie aber dann doch wichtiger als die Band und 1957 schlug ich vor, dass Eric Darling den Platz übernehmen sollte. Er war ein alter Freund und ein wundervoller Musiker. Und er konnte einige Stücke viel besser spielen als ich. Und so sangen die Weavers weiter bis neunzehnhundertzweiundsechzig, glaube ich.
Frage: War Deine Welthits, etwa gesungen von Joan Baez, den Byrds, Peter, Paul and Mary und Trini Lopez nicht doch so etwas wie eine kommerzielle Waffe gegen die Blacklisters?
Seeger: Ich denke um 1958 kamen Songs von uns wieder in Mode. Peter Paul and Mary verbesserten „If I had a Hammer“; mit Trini Lopez wurde es dann ein Welthit.. Es gab auch ganz neuartige Aufnahmen von „Where Have all the Flowers gone“. Das Kingston-Trio sang das auch, und Marlene Dietrich übernahm es von denen. Max Colpet machte eine deutschsprachige Version, die sich besser singen lässt als meine englische. Es klingt im deutschen wirklich noch beeindruckender: „Sag mir wo die Blumen sind.“
Frage: Du hast auch viel musikalischen Widerstand organisiert. Glaubst du, dass Organisieren nicht auch etwas ist, was dem organischen Feingefühl und der ästhetischen Kreativität eines Künstlers schaden kann?
Seeger: Nun, Schreiber organisieren Worte. Maler organisieren Farbe. Tänzer organisieren ihre Füße und Beine, schätze ich mal, und viele andere Sachen. Und Musiker versuchen, Instrumente und Stimmen und Noten zu organisieren. Aber ich denke, jeder von uns sollte mehr als das sein. Zum einen sollten wir, falls wir Familien haben, helfen die Familie zu organisieren. Und wenn wir irgendwo Mitglieder sind, haben wir eine Verantwortung. Und das will organisiert sein. Ich denke, dass wenn es hier in hundert Jahren eine Welt gibt – niemand weiß, ob – dann nur, weil bis dahin Abermillionen Menschen, begriffen haben, wie man selbst ein Organisator des gemeinschaftlichen Organismus ist. Dann werden die Menschen nach ihren Bedürfnissen Arbeit haben, wie Karl Marx das vorausahnte – und sowas will besonders gut organisiert sein, und dann orgnanisieren die Leute sich mit der Rücksicht auf die Natur.
Frage: Wurdest Du nicht oft in Richtung fauler Kompromisse und Anpassung an Macht gedrängt, vielleicht sogar auch verlockt, mit den großen Hunden zu pinkeln?
Seeger: O, ich mache Kompromisse jedes Mal, wenn ich meinen Mund öffne. Ich mache Kompromisse, wenn ich versuche zu entscheiden was ich genau sagen will. Ich mag es nicht, Leute zu beleidigen, ich möchte nicht Leute wütend machen. Und wenn ich vor stets unterschiedlichem Publikum bin, möchte ich auch verschiedene Arten von Stücken singen. Meine Schwester Peggy sagt es so: es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen Kompromissen und Ausverkauf. Wenn du die Hoffnung für die Menschheit aufgegeben hast, so lange du nur Dein Geld verdienst.
Frage: Was sind Fehler in Deinem Leben gewesen?
Seeger: Einige meiner Fehler waren rein musikalisch. Und dann: zu viel zu reisen und von meiner Frau zu erwarten, dass sie drei Kinder großzieht ohne viel Beistand von mir. Sie lebte alleine bei einem Berg, und konnte einfach nur hoffen, dass, wenn die Hunde anfingen zu bellen, es nicht irgendein Kerl dort draußen war. Sie ist eine sehr tapfere Frau. Sie macht normalerweise Witze darüber. Sie sagt: „Wenn Peter bloß Frauen hinterher jagen würde, hätte ich eine Chance, ihn zu verlasse. Aber er jagt Idealen hinterher, und so bleibe ich bei ihm.“ Es gibt einen Cartoon über mich: eine Frau ist am Telefon, und sie hat einen großen Haufen Wäsche vor sich, und einen Besen, und ein dreijähriges Kind, das an ihrem Rock zieht, und sie sagt in das Telefon: „Nein, er ist nicht da, er ist weit weg, um die Menschheit zu retten.“
Frage: Du überarbeitest gerade Deine Biographie. Was hebst Du als gesellschaftlich besonders relevant hervor?
Seeger: Ich will Dir eine Geschichte erzählen. Stell dir eine Wippe vor. Und eine Seite der Wippe ist auf dem Boden, weil dort ein Korb, halbvoll mit Steinen, ist. Das andere Ende der Wippe ist hoch in der Luft. Dort ist ein Korb, ein Viertel voll mit Sand. Und einige von uns haben Teelöffel, und sie versuchen, mehr Sand in den Korb zu bringen. Die meisten lachen uns aus. „Ah,“ sagen sie, „Leute wie ihr haben es Jahrhunderte lang versucht. Aber es leckt aus dem Korb gerade so schnell wie ihr es hineintut.“ Nun, wir sagen: „Ihr mögt recht haben, aber wir denken ihr liegt falsch, weil wir ständig mehr Leute mit Teelöffeln bekommen. Und wir glauben, dass eines Tages der Korb so voller Sand sein wird, dass ihr die ganze Wippe in die andere Richtung gehen sehen werdet.“ Schwupp! Und Leute auf der ganzen Welt sagen: „Wie ist das so plötzlich passiert?“ Wir und all unsere kleinen Teelöffel über die Jahrhunderte hinweg werden vielleicht übersehn? Wer weiß, wer weiß. Jedenfalls glaube ich, dass du mit einem Teelöffel helfen kannst, egal wo du bist.
Frage: Nun gibt es doch eine ganz neue Generation von Singer-Songwritern in Deiner Tradition?
Seeger: Ja sicher, seit den frühen Sechzigern. Leute wie Bob Dylan und Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Joany Mitchell. Und zuerst duzende, und dann hunderte, und jetzt tausende. Ich sage immer, dass die Spitze einer Pyramide so hoch ist wie das Fundament breit ist. Wenn du also viele Leute hast, die Stücke schreiben, wird es einige gute Stücke geben. Zugegebenermaßen, vielleicht sind neunundneunzig von hundert Stücken es nicht wert, ein zweites Mal gesungen zu werden. Ich sage immer über meine eigene Arbeit, dass ich zwanzig Ideen für jedes Stück, das ich fertig stelle, kriege. Und ich erhalte zwanzig fertige Stücke für jedes Stück, das Wert ist, mehr als einmal gesungen zu werden. Aber über eine lange Lebenszeit hinweg und mit hunderten, sogar tausenden von Ideen, habe ich Glück gehabt, einige wenige duzend Stücke zu haben, von denen ich glaube, dass sie vielleicht von Leuten gesungen werden, nachdem ich tot bin. Nun, lass mich Euch danken, Diether und Manfred, dass ihr den ganzen Weg über den Ozean zu mir gekommen seid. Und ich glaube ihr könnt sehen, warum das eine sehr schwierige Zeit für mich ist. Mein Telefon klingelt alle fünf Minuten, die Post kommt, täglich in großen Bündeln. Und ich kriege zu viele Anrufe und es kommt doch immer so wenig dabei heraus.
i have a thing on my blog where i post pictures of spiral galaxies under the series name spiral-tuality. this time i’m adding a flower: it’s made of stardust, too.
‘carl sagan distinguished clearly between mysticism and spirituality. while mysticism is concerned with matters of magic, the occult, the supersensual and ‘essentially unknowable,’ spirit is something quite different, he maintained. "it comes from the latin word 'to breathe'. what we breathe is air, which is certainly matter, however thin. despite usage to the contrary, there is no necessary implication in the word 'spirituality' that we are talking about anything other than matter (including the realm of matter of which the brain is made) or anything outside the realm of science...science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality...the notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a profound disservice to both.'’
- from new jersey humanist network
植物科目系列:菊科－欣欣向荣向日葵 手工牛皮笔记本
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名 字
学名/拉丁名字：Helianthus annuus
英语名字： sunflower
别名： 葵花。太阳花，朝阳花，转日莲
科属分类
界： 植物界 Plantae
门： 被子植物门 Magnoliophyta
纲： 双子叶植物纲 Magnoliopsida
目： 菊目 Asterales
科： 菊科 Asteraceae
属： 向日葵属 Helianthus
种： 向日葵种 H. annuus
简述：
1年生草本，高1～3米。茎直立，粗壮，圆形多棱角，被白色粗硬毛。叶通常互生，心状卵形或卵圆形，先端锐突或渐尖，有基出3脉，边缘具粗锯齿，两面粗糙，被毛，有长柄。头状花序，极大，直径10～30厘米，单生于茎顶或枝端，常下倾。总苞片多层，叶质，覆瓦状排列，被长硬毛，夏季开花，花序边缘生黄色的舌状花，不结实。花序中部为两性的管状花，棕色或紫色，结实。瘦果，倒卵形或卵状长圆形，稍扁压，果皮木质化，灰色或黑色，俗称葵花子。性喜温暖，耐旱。原产北美洲，世界各地均有栽培。
向日葵花语的含义
“更无柳絮因风起，惟有葵花向日倾”的向日葵是俄罗斯的国花。这向往光明之花，给人带来美好的希望。传说古代有一位农夫女儿名叫明姑，被后娘百般凌辱虐待。一次惹怒了后娘，夜里熟睡之际被后娘挖掉了眼睛。明姑破门出逃，不久死去，死后坟上开着一盘鲜丽的黄花，终日面向阳光，它就是向日葵。向日葵表示明姑向往光明，厌恶黑暗之意，这传说激励人们痛恨暴力、黑暗，追求光明。
sunflower 向日葵，朝阳花
向日葵又叫朝阳花，因其花常朝着太阳而得名。英语称之为sunflower却不是因为它的这一特性，而是因为它的黄花开似太阳的缘故，虽然sunflower也多少带着“向日”的含义。sunflower一词是16世纪到17世纪从拉丁语flos solis借译过来的。向日葵的法语和意大利语名称tournesol,girasol同汉语名称一样，也是基于“向日”这一特性来命名的。美国堪萨斯州因盛产向日葵有Sunflower State的别称。
向日葵的花语有很多种
（1） 生日花：向日葵（Sunflower）花 语：太阳（The Sun）向日葵具有向光性，人们称它为「太阳花」，随太阳回绕的花。在古代的印加帝国，它是太阳神的象徵。因此向日葵的花语就是－太阳。受到这种花祝福而诞生的人，具有一颗如太阳般明朗、快乐的心。他是许多人倾慕、仰赖的对象，也因此他始终无法安定下来，并认真的接受一份感情，具有晚婚的倾向。
（2） 生日花：野生向日葵（Perennial Sunflower）花 语：投缘（Affinity）野生向日葵的用途很广：种子可以做成点心、还可以提炼食用油、叶片是家畜喜爱的饲料、花可以做成染料等。它和我们的日常生活可是息息相关的，是一种和人类相当投缘的植物。因此，它的花语是－投缘。受到这种花祝福而生的人是理想的情人，更是最佳的终生伴侣。为了让你的他（她）早日出
（3）光辉、高傲、忠诚、爱慕
（4） 向日葵的花语是勇敢的去追求自己想要的幸福
（5） 向日葵花语：爱慕、光辉、忠诚
(6） 向日葵的花语是——沉默的爱.向日葵又叫望日莲一个很美的名字当文森特把自己身体的那一小小部分送给他所爱是人时那不只是沉默的爱
【形态特征】
向日葵四季皆可，主要以夏、冬两季为主。花期可达两周以上。向日葵除了外型酷似太阳以外，她的花朵明亮大方，适合观赏摆饰，她的种子更具经济价值，不但可作成受人喜爱的葵瓜子，更可榨出低胆固醇的高级食用葵花油。向日葵的品种可分为〃一般观赏用〃品种或〃食用〃品种，一般观赏用品种特征为植株较矮小，通常不超过半公尺，因此适合栽种于盆栽中；食用品种则植株较为高大，种于一般露天苗圃土壤中，可长至2公尺以上。向日葵生长相当迅速，通常种植约两个月即可开花，其花型有单瓣、重瓣或单花、多花之分，花期相当长久可达两周以上。
【从生物科学上分析向日葵向日原因】
那么向日葵究竟向不向日？答案是：要看处于什么生长阶段。像工具书那样笼统地说向日葵“常朝着太阳”，是不准确的。
向日葵从发芽到花盘盛开之前这一段时间，的确是向日的，其叶子和花盘在白天追随太阳从东转向西，不过并非即时的跟随，植物学家测量过，其花盘的指向落后太阳大约12度，即48分钟。太阳下山后，向日葵的花盘又慢慢往回摆，在大约凌晨3点时，又朝向东方等待太阳升起。
在阳光的照射下，生长素在向日葵背光一面含量升高，刺激背光面细胞拉长，从而慢慢地向太阳转动。在太阳落山后，生长素重新分布，又使向日葵慢慢地转回起始位置，也就是东方。
但是，花盘一旦盛开后，就不再向日转动，而是固定朝向东方了。为什么最后要面向东方而不是其他方向或朝上呢？这可能是自然选择的结果，对向日葵的繁衍有益处。向日葵的花粉怕高温，如果温度高于30摄氏度，就会被灼伤，因此固定朝向东方，可以避免正午阳光的直射，减少辐射量。但是，花盘一大早就受阳光照射，却有助于烘干在夜晚时凝聚的露水，减少受霉菌侵袭的可能性，而且在寒冷的早晨，在阳光的照射下使向日葵的花盘成了温暖的小窝，能吸引昆虫在那里停留帮助传粉。
向日葵的花托部生长素背光分布，所以背光侧的茎生长较快，茎就会向光源处弯曲向日葵，由于其生长前期的幼株顶端及中期的幼嫩花盘会跟着太阳转动得非常明显而得名。人们都认为向日葵朝阳仅与光能照射有关，其实与重力作用也有着密切关系。
植物体内会产生一种奇妙的生长素，大多集中在生长旺盛的部位，趋向衰老的组织和器官中则含量较少。这种植物生长素有三个特点：第一，能够促进（抑制）细胞的生长，加速（减慢）细胞的分裂繁殖；第二，背光，遇到光能照射，就跑到背光的一面去；第三，向地，在重力作用下，从植物的上端向下端运输，从背地一侧往向地一侧运输，而不能倒转过来运输。
旭日东升，翠绿欲滴的向日葵东侧由于受到阳光照射，致使生长旺盛的顶端幼茎在其背光的西侧生长素分布较多。这侧的细胞纵向伸长生长得快，结果使得幼茎朝向生长慢的东侧弯曲，即向日葵顶端（花盘）早晨向东弯曲。随着太阳在空中的移动，改变光照方向，向日葵顶端（花盘）也不断改变方向，中午直立，下午向西弯曲，这些都表现为茎顶弯曲的向光性。
太阳落山后，大地一片漆黑，由光能照射引起植物体内生长素分布不均的现象消失。但由重力作用而引起植物体内生长素分布不均，则从次要地位上升为主导地位。在向西弯曲的向日葵幼茎下侧（向地侧）分布较多的生长素，致使该侧细胞分裂增多、伸长，向地这侧生长得快，使得茎朝向生长慢的背地的上侧弯曲，结果使昼间弯曲的植株挺直。夜间向日葵植株的挺直，是向日葵与其它植物一样对重力的自然反应——茎背地生长而处于直立状态。
随着向日葵花盘的增大，向日葵早晨向东弯曲、中午直立、下午向西弯曲、夜间直立的周而复始的转向逐渐停止，花盘除表现为越来越明显的垂头外，朝向不再改变。抑制转向的因素，一是不断增大的花盘重力；二是成熟期临近，分生区和伸长区的生长过程已基本结束。而已不再是幼嫩茎的组织趋向衰老，生长素含量较少，且木栓层形成。在转向受抑制之初，当夜间茎顶直立后，最先接受早晨来自东方阳光的照射，为此，绝大部分花盘朝向东，又由于受抑制也有一个过程，是缓慢进行的，所以还能够向南偏转一个约30-40度的角度，久之便以花盘朝东南方向固定下来。
【花卉品种】
向日葵有着独特的美国风情，正是这样。野生的向日葵可能来自于大草原地区而它的形象和美国的早期历史互相交织在一起。美洲印第安人把向日葵磨成面粉作为一种食物来源。现在有一系列新的无花粉品种，这样消除了花粉脱落的问题。在加利福尼亚，最广泛种植的品种是“阳光明亮”，它有着金黄色的花朵，褐黄色的芯和硬实的杆。其它无花粉品种包括：
“月光明亮”柠檬黄的花瓣和黑褐色的芯；
“阳光光束”金黄色的花，绿色的芯；
“充满阳光的柠檬”亮黄色的花，黑色的芯；
“充满阳光的橙子”金黄色的花，黑色的芯。
我们都认识的向日葵有一个敞开的花面，其直径平均有5至6英寸，而芯就占去了整个花的60%。现在有几种新的品种背离了这个标准。“Sonja”有着中等大小，4英寸的金橙色花，带着黑色的芯。它适合在小一点的花束中作为向日葵的点缀。
“玩具熊”是另一种新奇的品种。它是一种矮小的品种，有着丰富的橙色花瓣，使得它有一种有些模糊的外表。
黄色是向日葵的主导色，但新的一些品种增添了浓红色和褐黄色。
“Floristan”是一种双色的品种，有着青铜色和红色的花朵，黄色的花尖和黑色的芯。“Prado Red”有着黑色的芯，周围包围着的是略带红的褐黄色花朵，直径约4英寸。其它带有这种丰富的、秋季的颜色有“秋季美”和“落日的余辉”。
【传说故事】
传说一
关于向日葵，曾有一个凄美的希腊神话传说。克吕提厄（Clytie）是一位海洋女神。她曾是太阳神赫利俄斯（Helius）的情人，但后来赫利俄斯又爱上波斯（Persia）公主琉科托厄（Leucothoe）。妒火中烧的克吕提厄向波斯王俄耳卡摩斯（Orchamus）告发了琉科托厄与赫利俄斯的关系。俄耳卡摩斯下令将不贞的女儿活埋。赫利俄斯得知此事后，彻底断绝了与克吕提厄的来往。痴情的克吕提厄一连数天不吃不喝，凝望着赫利俄斯驾驶太阳车东升西落，日渐憔悴，最终化为一株向阳花（向日葵）。
传说二
向日葵--俄罗斯国花。前苏联人民热爱向日葵，并将它定为国花。现在俄罗斯把国花仍定为向日葵“更无柳絮因风起，惟有葵花向日倾”。向日葵，向往光明之花，合人带来美好希望之花，它全身是宝，把自己无私地奉献给人类。关于向日葵，历史上有一美妙传说。古代有一位农夫女儿名叫明姑，她憨厚老实，长得俊俏，却被后娘“女霸王”视为眼中钉，受到百般凌辱虐待。一次，因一件小事，顶撞了后娘一句，惹怒了后娘，使用皮鞭抽打她，可一下失手打到了前来劝解的亲生女儿身上，这时后娘又气又恨，夜里趁明姑熟睡之际挖掉了她的眼睛。明姑疼痛难忍，破门出逃，不久死去，死后在她坟上开着一盘鲜丽的黄花，终日面向阳光，它就是向日葵。表示明姑向往光明，厌恶黑暗之意，这传说激励人们痛恨暴、黑暗，追求光明。这向日葵便繁衍至今。
传说三
关于向日葵，曾有一个凄美的传说。 克丽泰是一位水泽仙女。一天，她在树林里遇见了正在狩猎的太阳神阿波罗，她深深为这位俊美的神所着迷，疯狂地爱上了他。可是，阿波罗连正眼也不瞧她一下就走了。克丽泰热切地盼望有一天阿波罗能对她说说话，但她却再也没有遇见过他。于是她只能每天注视着天空，看着阿波罗驾着金碧辉煌的日车划过天空。她目不转睛地注视着阿波罗的行程，直到他下山。每天每天，她就这样呆坐着，头发散乱，面容憔悴。一到日出，她便望向太阳。后来，众神怜悯她，把她变成一大朵金黄色的向日葵。她的脸儿变成了花盘，永远向着太阳，每日追随他，向他诉说她永远不变的恋情。
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32k 用料34.9×20， 完工20×14.5，厚度1.8，价格￥420.00元
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alright i was tagged again, so here you go.
0. my name is allie.
1. i love ferns. i have a patch of them in my backyard. (this fern is not part of that patch. actually, this fern is from my dad's house)
2. i said "aww" out loud when i saw this fern. then i felt like an idiot, but it was okay because i was alone.
3. i have a lot of irrational fears. many of them involving either being kidnapped or things exploding :P
4. i'm germaphobic. it's frustrating.
5. i just ordered a battery grip for my camera. i'm excited.
6. i'm getting my braces off june 21st and i'm excitedddddddddddddd because i hate my braces more than anything
7. i've been procrastinating writing my term paper for the past five hours or so. i'm good at procrastinating.
8. i was traumatized at an early age by this book of 81 ghost stories. i still can't sleep anywhere near an open window. it freaks me out.
9. i used to want to climb mt. everest. now i've decided that i don't really want to die early. but i still want to visit base camp and maybe camp I someday. which reminds me, i want to go read into thin air again.
10. i like nighttime and early morning best.
Perhaps the most striking and spectacular impression of Stone Town for its first time visitor is the magnificent wooden doors serving as prosperous entrances to the grand buildings.
The doors have become more or less synonym with the Swahili culture where they mainly are found in East Africa, Lamu and Mombasa (Kenya) and in Zanzibar. The doors in Zanzibar outnumber the doors, both in number and in grandness, found elsewhere along the coast, and thus being named ‘Zanzibar doors’. An inventory done in the 1980ies reported around 800 doors. Unfortunately has the number decreased, not only due to the diminishing of several houses, but also due to theft following the increased attention from international collectors.
The doors are manifestations in excellent craftsmanship, both technically and artistically. The oldest doors are often made out of Burma (Indian) teak, shipped all the way from Asia across the Indian Ocean. The shutters are made in one impressive piece and not mended together as is the case on newer doors. The Burma teak does no longer exist and the alternative has been the East African teak. Even this wood has become rare and difficult to find, often demanding a very high price.
The wealthy traders and house owners appointed skilled carvers brought in from India for the delicate job of arranging the entrance ornament. Their creativity is continuously at display.
In principal there are two types of doors found in Stone Town. The Indian doors, or Gujarati doors, with square shutters and made into smaller sections so that the door can fold together. These doors are to be seen along the busy bazaar streets where the Indian businessmen lived. The second type is called ‘Arab doors’, these doors are often found with an inscription in Arabic – most likely a phrase from the Holy Quraan – on the top frieze, and richly decorated around the frame. The older doors were all square at top. The semi-circular frames were introduced later, but are still referred to as ‘Arab doors’.
The custom of putting brass knobs on the shutters comes from India, where the knobs were said to prevent elephants from crushing the doors. Since there have been no violent elephants in Zanzibar the brass knobs were simply but there as a decoration and to show the wealth of its owner.
By looking at the lower part of the side posts and rough estimate can be done of the age of the door. The oldest doors have a symbol resembling of a fish. The fish gradually transformed into a shape of a pineapple and thus if the carving shows a clear and distinct pineapple the doors is of a younger generation. Another symbol that became part of the decoration was the chain-like row at the very outside of the whole door. The chain was said to protect the entrance from evil spirits.
(source: Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society)
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Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!
by Michael Mahler
On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.
Parade
About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.
Parade units included
Lake Erie Belly Dance
Doctor Who contingent
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
Erie Gay News
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Latonia Theatre
PFLAG Butler
Erie Sisters
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie
Community United Church
OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)
There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.
Rally
The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.
Speakers and performers included:
Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large
Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011
Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church
Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011
Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA
Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV
Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation
Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone
Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Diva D’Vyne
Games
The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition
Donors
Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included
AdultMart
Allegheny College Bookstore
BeautiControl
Blue Heron Inn
Body Language
Chicory Hill Herbs
Coca-Cola/Erie
Country Fair
Craze Night Club
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Douglas Kolcun
Drenched Fur
Earthshine Company
Eerie Horror Film Festival
emma's revolution
Erie Book Store
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Department of Health
Erie Playhouse
Erie Seawolves
Erie Sisters
Erie Spine and Wellness
Family United Counseling
Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach
Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road
Glass Growers
Good Health Rejuvenation
Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.
Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
Hollywood Stories
Horomanski's DJ'ing Services
JR's Last Laugh
Kensington Books
La bella
Larese Floral Design
LBT Women
Lion's Den Adult Super Store
MLR Books
Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness
Pie in the Sky Cafe
Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse
Sam's Club
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Silk Screen Unlimited
Smith's Hot Dogs
State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock
Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio
The Ringbearer
Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St
Wegman's- Peach St
Wendy's of Erie
Zone Dance Club
Committee Members & Volunteers
Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included
Season
Chris
Preston
Mark H
Erin Moll
Amy
Sue McCabe
Alex
Jeff H
John Daly King
Kerry
In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:
Kevin Schultz
Dok
Johauna
Wanda
Bob H
Eric Rogers
Maria S.
Deb Spilko
Brian
Info Tables & Vendors
Info tables included:
Adagio Health
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter
Community United Church
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Equality Pennsylvania
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Human Relations Commission
Erie Gay News
Erie Sisters
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
SafeNet Center
United Way of Erie County
Voices for Independence
Vendors included
BeautiControl
Book Merchant
Christopher's Novelty Gifts
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Collecting Food
We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (2 of 7): Toilet /
LA SALA DE ESTAR (2 de 7): El Baño
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This is a photo I took of a Moose Head taxidermy decorating the inside of the Historic El Tovar Hotel at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I used Photoshop "Fractalius" filter to enhance this photo.
INFORMATION ON TAXIDERMY:
Taxidermy (from the Greek for classifying skins) is the act of mounting or reproducing dead animals for display (e.g. as hunting trophies) or for other sources of study. Taxidermy can be done on all species of animals including mammals, birds, nematodes, reptiles and amphibians. The methods that taxidermists practice have been improved over the last century, heightening taxidermic quality, and lowering toxicity. The animal is first skinned. This process is similar to removing the skin from a chicken prior to cooking. This can be accomplished without opening the body cavity so the taxidermist usually does not see internal organs or blood. The skin is tanned and then placed on a polyurethane form. Clay is used to install glass eyes. Forms and eyes are commercially available from a number of suppliers. If not, taxidermist carve or cast their own forms.
Taxidermists may practice professionally, for museums or as a business catering to hunters and fishermen, or as amateurs, such as hobbyists, hunters, and fishermen. To practice taxidermy, one must be very familiar with anatomy, sculpture, and painting, as well as tanning.
Taxidermists seek to continually maintain their skills to ensure attractive, life-like results. Although mounting an animal has long been considered an art form, often involving months of work, not all modern taxidermists trap or hunt for prize specimens.
Taxidermy specimens can be saved for later use by freezing. The taxidermist then removes the skin, to be tanned and treated for later use. The remaining muscle fibers and bones are measured and posed. The carcass is then molded in plaster. The carcass is then removed and the mold is used to produce a cast of the animal called a mannequin. Mannequins can also be made by sculpting the animal first in clay. There are many companies that produce stock forms in many sizes that can be used. Glass eyes are then usually added to the display, and possibly also artificial teeth, depending on the subject's original dental condition.
An increasingly popular trend is to freeze dry the animal. This can be done with reptiles, birds, and small mammals such as cats, large mice and some types of dogs. Freeze drying is expensive and time consuming. The equipment is expensive and requires much upkeep. Large specimens can be required to spend as long as 6 months in the freeze dryer, although it is the preferred technique for pets.
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Puente de los Remedios - Sevilla (Spain).
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In the background, the Bridge of the V Centenary.
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In 1956 the studies for the construction of the Bridge of the Remedies began, and the works were finished in 1968.
It unites the historical round with a part of the district of the Remedies. It passes over the old wharf of New York, at the moment in disuse, where a small iron crane is conserved used by the dock workers to make the load and unloading of merchandise.
The construction of this bridge had to the development of the city in the right margin of the dock, in special the growth of the District of the Remedies that already in years 50 was great.
The Guadalquivir is the fourth longest river in Spain (after the Tagus, Ebro and Douro), and the longest in Andalusia. The name comes from the Arabic al-wādi al-kabīr (الوادي الكبير), 'The Great River'. The river was called Betis (or Baetis) from Pre-Roman times to the Al-Andalus period, giving its name to the Hispania Baetica Roman province.
The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers. It begins at Cañada de las Fuentes in the Cazorla mountain range (Jaén), passes through Córdoba and Seville and ends at the fishing village of Bonanza, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, flowing into the Gulf of Cádiz, in the Atlantic Ocean. The marshy lowlands at the river's end are known as "Las Marismas". It borders Doñana National Park reserve.
The Guadalquivir river is the only great navigable river in Spain. Currently it is navigable up as far as Seville, but in Roman times it was navigable to Córdoba.
The ancient city of Tartessos was said to be have been located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir, although its site has not yet been found.
Sources: www.sevillaguia.com/sevillaguia/puentes/remedios.htm, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalquivir
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El Puente del V Centerario en segundo plano.
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En 1956 se iniciaron los estudios para la construcción del Puente de los Remedios, y las obras se terminaron en 1968.
Une la ronda histórica con una parte del barrio de Los Remedios. Pasa por encima del antiguo muelle de Nueva York, actualmente en desuso, donde se conserva una pequeña grúa de hierro utilizada por los estibadores para realizar la carga y descarga de mercancías.
La construcción de este puente fue debida al desarrollo de la ciudad en la margen derecha de la d ársena, en especial el crecimiento del Barrio de Los Remedios que ya en los años 50 era grande.
El río Guadalquivir es el quinto río por extensión de la península ibérica. Nace en la Cañada de las Fuentes, a 1.400 msnm, en término del municipio de Quesada, en la Sierra de Cazorla (Jaén). Discurre por las provincias de Jaén, Córdoba y Sevilla y desemboca por Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), en un amplio estuario compartido con la provincia de Huelva. Entre Sevilla y el estuario, se sitúa una amplia zona húmeda: las Marismas del Guadalquivir.
En su recorrido por Andalucía de este a oeste, atraviesa ciudades de la importancia de Sevilla o Córdoba. Su nombre deriva del árabe al-wadi al-Kabir الوادي الكبير («río grande»), mientras que los romanos lo llamaron Betis. Su cuenca hidrográfica comprende territorios de las ocho provincias andaluzas, así como algunas comarcas de Murcia, Albacete, Ciudad Real y Badajoz.
El Guadalquivir es el único río de España con tráfico fluvial significativo, aunque en la actualidad sólo es navegable desde el mar hasta Sevilla. En tiempos de los romanos era navegable hasta Córdoba y en ciertos momentos las naves pudieron llegar hasta Andújar. Las aguas del Guadalquivir han visto pasar algunas de las civilizaciones que determinaron el curso histórico de España. De los pueblos que dejaron su huella a lo largo del curso del Guadalquivir, podríamos citar a los fenicios, los tartesos, los íberos, los romanos, los árabes.
Fuentes: www.sevillaguia.com/sevillaguia/puentes/remedios.htm, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalquivir
I've finally come to the end of the Iceland pictures that I'm going to put on Flickr. I'm finishing with some shots from the first night of our trip of the "Sun Voyager" in Reykjavik. After a cloudy evening, the sun dropped below a gap in the clouds to give us a most spectacular sunset. I took loads of pictures - we were there about an hour an a half - and \'ve struggled to decide which I like best, so have included some more in the comment below.
The first shot in the comment was taken slightly earlier than this one, the second a wider shot around the same time and the last was taken around midnight, before we finally went back to our hotel.
A full set of my pictures, including a few that aren't on Flickr, can be seen on this travel photography site, if anyone is interested:
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Although I just posted a long exposure shot from this vantage point a few weeks ago, the opportunity to capture the hordes leaving the Esplanade en masse after Boston's fireworks extravaganza as a long exposure ghostly procession was too good to pass up. You can see the blurred cluster of people shuffling along on the Fairfield footbridge (and on Storrow Drive on this shot).
The trailing light streak in the upper right corner is from a police helicopter -- which was circling and shining its spotlight on the Esplanade as folks were leaving. (Crowd control from above? Post-incident search for suspects? Not so nice either way).
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Vaya, vaya, vaya. Parece que ya sabemos qué prenda va a ser la fetiche entre las celebrities y, quién sabe, las bloggers internacionales. Una prenda estupenda, diferente, chic y totalmente personalizada. ¿Qué es? Hablamos de la capa/manta de Burberry con las iniciales de la portadora grabadas en XXL. Y es que la calle ha sido testigo de cómo muchas de ellas ya la pasean con estilo.
Modelos y socialités
Las primeras en llevarla fueron las modelos al salir del desfile de la firma inglesa este pasado mes de febrero 2014: cada una se enfundó la prenda y la adaptó a su estilo de calle.
Aunque hace unos días ya os mostrábamos cómo la socialité Olivia Palermo combinaba este tipo de prenda con un outfit arriesgado, mientras que la top model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley optaba por algo más clásico dándole todo el protagonismo que se merece.
Y Cara Delevingne y Suki Waterhouse, amigas y modelos, también han salido a la calle con ella. Parece que es el mejor complemento para refugiarse del frío… ¿La veremos mucho esta nueva temporada?
De este multitudinario duelo de estilos, ¿con qué rostro te quedas?
Fotos | Gtres, Burberry
Más duelo de estilos en Trendencias Duelo de estilos: un mono floreado con sorpresa en la espalda Duelo de estilos: las celebrities y su Lockit de Louis Vuitton Duelo de faldas (y de outfits): la versión Céline de Zara triunfa entre las bloggers Duelo de bikinis: ¿qué blogger lo luce mejor? Duelo de estilos: un clutch con mucha garra Duelo de vestidos: SelfPortrait triunfa Duelo de estilos: el colgante de Cartier que causa furor Duelo de estilos: las camisetas de las bloggers personalizadas Duelo de petos: en versión short y color blanco Duelo de vestidos: Diane (Von Furstenberg) es la elegida Duelo de estilos: las flores primaverales de Taylor Swift contra las de Emma Stone Duelo de estilos: blogger vs. celebrity, ¿quién gana?
– La noticia Duelo de capas/mantas personalizadas: ¿Cuál de ellas la luce mejor? fue publicada originalmente en Trendencias por Charlie.
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Cardona, Barcelona (Spain).
DigitalZone KDD Cardona 28/06/2009.
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Cedar (Cedrus) is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae. They are most closely related to the Firs (Abies), sharing a very similar cone structure. They are native to the mountains of the western Himalaya and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes of 1,500–3200 m in the Himalaya and 1,000–2,200 m in the Mediterranean.
Cedars are very popular ornamental trees, widely used in horticulture in temperate climates where winter temperatures do not fall below about −25 °C. The Turkish Cedar is slightly hardier, to −30 °C or just below. Extensive mortality of planted specimens can occur in severe winters where temperatures do drop lower. Areas with successful long-term cultivation include the entire Mediterranean region, western Europe north to the British Isles, southern Australia and New Zealand, and southern and western North America.
They are also grown for their durable (decay-resistant) scented wood, most famously used in the construction of King Solomon's temple in Jerusalem provided by King Hiram, or Ahiram, of Tyre, Lebanon, circa 1000 BC. The wood is also used for humbler purposes requiring resistance to weather, such as shakes and shingles. Cedar wood and cedar oil is known to be a natural repellent to moths, hence cedar is a popular lining for modern-day closets in which woolens are stored. This specific use of cedar is mentioned in The Iliad (Book 24), referring to the cedar-roofed or lined storage chamber where Priam goes to fetch treasures to be used as ransom. Cedar is also commonly used to make shoe trees as it can absorb moisture and de-odorise. Solid cedar guitar soundboards are also prized for their warm tone as the wood sounds as if it has already been "aged", as some tonewoods, specifically spruce need years to "age" or "open up".
And in the present days the cedar tree is the Nationnal Symbol of the Lebanese republic, and it is drawn on its flag, and it was used as a symbol for the 2005 revolution in Lebanon aslo called cedar Revolution.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar
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El cedro, estrictamente, es un género de las coníferas (Pináceas), originario del Medio Oriente y del Himalaya, del que forman parte varias especies de árboles de gran tamaño, de madera olorosa, copa cónica o vertical, muy utilizados para la ornamentación de parques.
Los cedros han sido introducidos en Europa allí donde son ampliamente utilizados como árboles de ornamento en parques públicos y jardines. Existen numerosas variedades hortícolas.
Una de las variedades más conocidas es el «cedro azul», Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca', que también existe con forma de sauce llorón: Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca pendula'.
La madera de cedro del Líbano fue profusamente utilizada como material de construcción en el Antiguo Egipto y, posteriormente, en el primer Templo de Jerusalén, hacia el 976 a. C. Su madera tiene la cualidad de ahuyentar a insectos y gusanos, y un olor peculiar. El cedro, erez en hebreo, es el árbol más citado de la Biblia.
Sin embargo, por ser una madera bastante frágil, su empleo en carpintería es muy limitado. Sus propiedades de imputridez lo hacen idóneo en la construcción naval y la fabricación de sarcófagos. Se usa en la construcción, sobre todo como recubrimiento de muros exteriores (Bevel-siding) o tejas (shingels).
La noble madera de este árbol es útil también para crear instrumentos musicales, como guitarras, de gran sonoridad y belleza. También sirve a los artesanos para la confección de cofres, joyeros, etc.
Además la madera de cedro se usa habitualmente en la fabricación de lápices.
El aceite natural aromático del cedro del Atlas tiene propiedades antisépticas. No confundir este aceite con el «aceite de cedro» utilizado para la observación microscópica, extraído del enebro de Virginia, por eso llamado cedro de Virginia.
Para los egipcios antiguos, la esencia del cedro se utilizaba en el proceso de embalsamamiento de momias.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus
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A great end to a wonderful trip to OR.
46°48'6.87" N 123°44'49.08" W, 86.2 m
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Taken on 09.11.2011, uploaded on 02.05.2012.
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I have taken a job in Ridgway, Co. which is located 15 miles from Telluride. My longtime friend and coworker has been working in the Durango area for the past year. He has been wanting me to come, and I have finally given in. I took this time-laps shot off of his deck looking back into Telluride. Mountain village is located just up in the middle right. Tom Cruise, and other "Celebs" have houses up there. Some may recognize the valley from the many music fests, although some may have been there several times, and never remember it! :)
This is 50 minutes of 30 second exposures blended with Startrails.exe i then blended 7 exposures for foreground. I tried several different views of the only road into Telluride, with cars, with out, and decided i liked best only one car heading into town. It is amazing how many cars where out at that time of night! :)
Here is a little history, for any who cares, thanks to Wikipedia: John Fallon made the first claim in Marshal Basin above Telluride in 1875 and early settlement of Telluride followed. The town itself was founded in 1878. Telluride was originally named "Columbia," but due to confusion with Columbia, California, the name was changed by the post office in 1887. The town was named after the chemical element tellurium, which was never actually found in the mountains of Telluride. Tellurium is a metalloid element sometimes associated with deposits of gold and silver. An alternate theory for the naming of Telluride is that it is a contraction of "to hell you ride". Telluride's mines were rich in zinc, lead, copper, silver, and, of course, gold.
Telluride began slowly because of its isolated location. In 1881 a toll road was opened by Otto Mears which allowed wagons to go where only pack mules could go before. This increased the number of people in Telluride, but it was still expensive to get gold-rich ore out of the valley. In 1890 the railroad reached town, which brought in more mines and brought out more ore.
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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.
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Poblet, Tarragona (Spain).
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The Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.
It was the royal pantheon of the kings of the Crown of Aragon since James I of Aragon.
This monastery was abandoned in 1835 and was restored during the 1940s.
This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus)
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, since 1991.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poblet_Monastery
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El Real Monasterio de Santa María de Poblet (en catalán: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet) es el prototipo de abadía cisterciense española. Localizado en la comarca de la Cuenca de Barberá, en el término municipal de Vimbodí i Poblet, en Tarragona (España), el primer cenobio fue impulsado y patrocinado por Ramón Berenguer IV, conde de Barcelona, quien lo entregó a los monjes bernardos de la abadía de Fontfroide en el año 1149.
Fue panteón real de la Corona de Aragón, desde finales del siglo XIV hasta la extinción de la casa real de Aragón en el siglo XV.
Enriquecido con distintas donaciones, alcanzó su máximo esplendor en el siglo XIV, y su total decadencia y abandono en 1835 como consecuencia de la desamortización de Mendizábal. En 1930 se inició su restauración, de forma que en 1935 pudo dedicarse nuevamente la iglesia al culto, y en 1940 retornaban a su abadía algunos monjes. No todos los espacios pueden visitarse, por ser dependencias en clausura utilizadas por los cistercienses que de nuevo ocupan el monasterio.
En 1991 fue declarado por la UNESCO Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Poblet, junto con Guadalupe, El Escorial, San Millán de Yuso y San Millán de Suso son los monasterios en España que gozan de este título.
La etimología del término Poblet deriva del latín populetum (alameda). El lugar fue siempre muy rico en vegetación y bosque de estos árboles (los álamos), lo que dio lugar a que en 1984 fuera declarado Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional, con 2.100 hectáreas y 50 fuentes naturales.
El monasterio de Poblet fue una fundación del conde de Barcelona Ramón Berenguer IV que alrededor del año 1150 donó las tierras de Populetum a la abadía francesa de Fontfroide (o Fontfreda) en el momento en que era abad Sancho I de Provenza. Fontfroide era filial de Claraval y estaba cerca de Narbona. Estas tierras que se ofrecieron son las situadas en la Conca de Barberá, en el término municipal de Vimbodí, cerca de Espluga de Francolí con las montañas de Prades como telón de fondo. El enclave tenía las condiciones recomendadas por el Císter para la fundación de un monasterio: podía estar aislado, con agua abundante y un extenso entorno para la agricultura.
Con la fundación de este monasterio sumaron cuatro las grandes abadías cistercienses: Claraval (en el valle de Absinthe (Francia), la Gran Selva (en Languedoc), Fontfreda (cerca de Narbona) y Poblet.
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Expecting the southbound, but the northbound appeared first coming out of what is called Tunnel 28. Kept hearing its horn in the distance and it sounded like it was coming from the south, but I thought it might be the SB echoing off the hills. Managed to totally screw up the other shots of it coming out of the tunnel by not keeping the tunnel fully in frame. Still making rookie mistakes with trains. Decent lighting here. Maybe railpictures worthy, but it could have been zoomed out a little.
Here is one on there already. Same engine even.
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Stone Telling is my last name. It has come to me of my own choosing, because I have a story to tell of where I went when I was young; but now I go nowhere, sitting like a stone in this place, in this ground, in this Valley. I have come where I was going.
My house is the Blue Clay, my household the High Porch of Sinshan.
My mother was named Towhee, Willow, and Ashes. My father's name, Abhao, in the Valley means Kills.
In Sinshan babies' names often come from birds, since they are messengers. In the month before my mother bore me, an owl came every night to the oak trees called Gairga outside the windows of High Porch House, on the north side, and sang the owl's song there; so my first name was North Owl.
High Porch is an old house, well-built, with large rooms; the beams and frame are redwood, the walls of adobe brick and plaster, the flooring oak, the windows of clear glass in small square panes/ The balconies of High Porch are deep and beautiful. The great-grandmother of my grandmother was the first to live in our rooms, on the first floor, under the roof; when the family was big they needed the whole floor, but my grandmother was the only one of her generation, and so we lived in the two west rooms only. We could not give much. We had the use of ten wild olives and several other gathering trees on Sinshan Ridge and a seed-clearing on the east side of Wakyahum, and planted potatoes and corn and vegetables in one of the plots on the creek southeast of Adobe Hill, but we took much more corn and beans from the storehouses than we gave. My grandmother Valiant was a weaver. When I was a small child she had no sheep in the family, and so we gave most of what she wove for wool to weave more. The first thing I remember of being alive is that my grandmother's fingers moved across the warp of the loom, forth and back, a silver crescent bracelet shining on her wrist below the red sleeve.
The second thing I remember is that I went up to the spring of our creek in the fog in early morning in the winter. It was my first time as a Blue Clay child to dip up water for the new-moon wakwa. I was so cold I cried. The older children laughed at me and said I had spoiled the water. My grandmother was officiating, and she told me the water was all right, and let me carry the moon-jar all the way back to town; but I bawled and snivelled all the way, because I was cold and heavy. I can feel that cold and wet and weight now in old age, and see the dead arms of the manzanita black in the fog, and hear the voices laughing and talking before and behind me on the steep path beside the creek.
. . . Some of the children, illmeaning or ignorant, called me Hwikmas, "half-House." I had also heard people say of me, "She is half a person." I understood this in my own way, badly, since it was not explained to me at home. I had not the courage to ask questions at the heyimas, or to go where I might have learned about matters outside the little town of Sinshan, and begun to see the Valley as a part of a whole as well as a whole. Since neither my mother nor her mother spoke of him, in the first years of my life all I knew of my father was that he had come from outside the Valley and had gone away again. This meant to me only that I had no father's mother, no father's House, and therefore was a half-person. I had not even heard of the Condor people. I had lived eight years before we went to the hot springs in Kastoha-na to treat my grandmother's rheumatism, and in the common place there saw men of the Condor.
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The subject of Le Guin's work is the Kesh — a people who inhabit a valley in a far-future California and who are clearly based on native American models. Mostly she lets them speak for themselves, allowing the reader to learn about them through a montage of their short stories, poems, and myths. These are laid out around a central novella, which tells the story of a woman called Stonetelling who leaves the valley to live with her father's people, the Condor. The "back of the book" contains additional information about the Kesh in more traditional ethnographic form.
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Always Coming Home is a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin published in 1985. This novel is about a cultural group of humans -- the Kesh -- who "might be going to have lived a long, long time from now in Northern California."
The book weaves around the story of a Kesh woman called Stone Telling, who lived for years with her father's people—the Dayao or Condor people, whose society is rigid, patriarchal, hierarchical and militarily expansionist. The story fills less than a third of the book, with the rest being a mixture of Kesh cultural lore (including poetry, prose of various kinds, mythos, rituals, and recipes), essays on Kesh culture, and the musings of the narrator, "Pandora". Some editions of the book were accompanied by a tape of Kesh music and poetry.
Like much of Le Guin's work, Always Coming Home follows Native American and Taoist themes. It is set in a time so post-apocalyptic that no cultural source can remember the apocalypse, though a few folk tales refer to our time. The only signs of our civilisation that have lasted into their time are indestructible artifacts such as styrofoam and a self-manufacturing, self-maintaining, solar-system-wide computer network.
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Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en el Centro del Agua de Daimiel del 21 de diciembre al 20 de febrero.
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
La última vez que Cosmarium botrytis se asomó por la ventana de esta galería, vino desde Francia y su interior bullía, igual que lo hacen en muchos désmidos como éste o en Closterium cristalitos de sales de Calcio que actúan como balancines, permitiendo que el cuerpo de muchas de estas algas permanezca paralelo a la superficie de las aguas en las que habitan y así, recibir la misma cantidad de luz, por la cara en que está expuesto.
Hoy, en pleno invierno, Cosmarium botrytis no hierve, quizá porque la placa de hielo bajo la que lo hemos hallado no le deje, pero la intensidad de la vida se refleja en su intenso color.
Cosmarium botrytis es un désmido de contorno ovalado y relativamente común en los bordes de las charcas y lagunas en las que vive, sin embargo, a pesar de su fácil localización, sus formas son muy variables, unas se acercan al contorno circular mientras que otras se muestran alargadas, unas variedades presentan grandes dimensiones al contrario que otras, que se muestran más discretas en su tamaño.
En todas las variedades de Cosmarium botrytis, la constricción central que divide su cuerpo en dos mitades perfectamente simétricas, es una constricción profunda que separa los dos cloroplastos de su interior, cada uno de los cuales presenta dos pirenoides a modo de ojos, unos grandes ojos verdes. La pared que protege el interior de Cosmarium botrytis está irregularmente cubierta de pequeños botones casi semiesféricos que posiblemente concentren la luz sobre sus cloroplastos como si se tratase de minúsculas lentes.
La fotografía se ha tomado con 400 aumentos utilizando la técnica de campo oscuro y procede de la pequeña Laguna Grande situada en las proximidades de la localidad zamorana de Ricobayo.
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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.
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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Astasia es un flagelado y es la prima ciega y pálida de Euglena, pero no por ello hay que compadecerse, vive perfectamente y posiblemente ella lo ha elegido así y es seguro que desde hace millones y millones de años su vida transcurra como la de hoy y que en un acuerdo con la Naturaleza haya encontrado su hueco para su existencia por siempre en las lagunas.
Es pálida porque no necesita la luz del sol para vivir, por ello se zambulle y nada alegre desde los fondos de las charcas hasta la superficie y en este bucear, arrastrada por su flagelo, va envolviendo en remolinos a pequeñas partículas, materia orgánica y bacterias que constituyen su alimento.
Aunque el cuerpo de Astasia es un portento de flexibilidad y en ocasiones en él se producen ondas como en un ritual de danza de vientre, la de hoy, más discreta, tímida o austera apenas se deforma y navega con determinación cruzando el océano de esta gota de agua.
La camisa de Astasia como la de Euglena es transparente y aparece adornada con finísimas estrías, aquí invisibles para nosotros, su cuerpo alargado y su fina cola redondeada nos hacen suponer que se trata de Astasia kathemerios o una forma similar y con esa alegría ciega y pálida, va palpando y surcando el agua mientras su flagelo dibuja letras cuyo significado no alcanzamos a comprender…un bonito misterio que quedará así, como misterio por resolver.
Astasia kathemerios es un flagelado que habita principalmente en zonas de aguas estancadas ricas en materia orgánica. La de hoy procede de la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, en las inmediaciones de la población zamorana de Vigo de Sanabria y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.