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1. Forest critters - wall stickers, removable decals by mae
2. Jinx moon bun by Moon's Creations
3. Off with their heads - small tote bag by www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=35322
4. Bunny rabbit field bag by rainbowswirlz
5. Lapin de lune by Lou Lou and Oscar
6. Organic cotton baby hat - chocolate bunny by Adrienne Kinsella
7. Winking bunny puff sleeve top by Em and Sprout
8. Purple mushroom bunny brooch by Danielleorama
9. A spring collection by fifi lapin
10. Handcrafted childrens hopping rabbit pull toy by Stump Pond Woodworks
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (1 of 5): Minao Theatre /
CITA EN EL CINE (1 de 5): Cines Minao
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: I'm sorry Akari
Akari: Don't... why do you apologize?
Dom: Because of the guys, we should have given them the slip while Matt was busy signing autographs
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Dom: Perdona Akari.
Akari: Nooo... por que te disculpas?
Dom: Por estos dos, teníamos que haberles dado esquinazo mientras Matt estaba entretenido firmando autógrafos.
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
I think this is Oregon Stonecrop... Sedum oreganum?? NO!
ghs.gresham.k12.or.us/science/ps/nature/gorge/5petal/ston... ???
It was found only a few miles from above link...
according to raystephenson40 it could also be the more common variety Sedum divergens, Pacific Stonecrop.
UPDATE:
i FOUND THIS INFO THAT INDICATES IT IS INDEED DIVERGENS. A close look at the stem leaves shot that they are opposite not alternate.
The basal cluster of leaves seen here are much broader than thick while the leaves of the flowering stems are alternate. The stem leaves of the similar spreading stonecrop (Sedum divergens) are opposite.
FOUND HERE
ghs.gresham.k12.or.us/science/ps/nature/gorge/5petal/ston...
see my most interesting shots according to flickr:
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☻ Ort: Etretat - Strand • Alabaster Küste (cote de albatre)
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Die Cote Albatra ist also unbedingt einen Besuch Wert und das nicht nur wegen des schönen Etretat samt seinem berühmtem Elefantenfelsen.
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The Cote Albatra is necessarily a visit value, and that not just concerning of the beautiful Etretat including his famous elephant rocks
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Son casi infinitamente los seres más abundantes que viven sobre nuestro Planeta y su acción silenciosa transforma el mundo implacablemente sin que apenas nos demos cuenta. Su origen se confunde con el de los océanos de la Tierra, en la que habitan desde hace más de tres mil millones de años, cuando la soledad en los planetas lo inundaba todo. Son las más veteranas pobladoras, las formas de vida más simple y también las que más rápidamente evolucionan. Son las insignificantes y extraordinarias bacterias.
Todas las bacterias necesitan el agua como medio para vivir, incluso, las que habitan en el suelo bucean en la fina película de agua que cubre a las partículas de mineral o a los restos de materia orgánica, allí se alimentan, se mueven y se multiplican cerrando el ciclo de la vida y devolviendo a la tierra los elementos minerales que partieron un día de ella y formaron parte de las entrañas los seres vivos.
La mayor parte de las bacterias se alimentan de materia orgánica, provocan su descomposición y permiten que los elementos químicos se reciclen y se incorporen de nuevo a la cadena de la vida a través del suelo, del aire y del agua. Sus innumerables especies y formas no se pueden diferenciar a la luz del microscopio pues su aspecto es muy parecido, cocos, bacilos, espirilos, vibriones, son las formas más comunes con las que suelen aparecer.
En la imagen de hoy los bacilos se agitan, se mueven en el agua ▷, representando sin duda una de las danzas más ancestrales de cualquier ser vivo. Se ayudan para ello de flagelos invisibles situados en el extremo de sus largos cuerpos de bastón.
Las bacterias no sólo descomponen la materia orgánica, también son las praderas que sirven de alimento a los numerosos organismos microscópicos que dan vida al agua y con ella a todo nuestro Planeta.
La fotografía procede de unas muestras recolectadas en el río Tirón por Marcos Ochoa en las inmediaciones de Tirgo (La Rioja). La fotografía se ha tomado con 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste interferencia.
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
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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual
Extaordinariamenete pequeña y activa, Spirulina subsalsa no parece un organismo microscópico si no fuera por su tamaño, el caso es que serpentea en el agua como si fuese una culebrilla. Gira sobre sí misma mientras su cuerpo ondula y se estira levemente, atornillando ágilmente el agua con su cuerpo de muelle. Spirulina subsala es una cianobacteria, ser minúsculo, tan pequeño como primitivo, medio alga, medio bacteria y desde luego, por sus movimientos, medio culebra ▷.
Muchas de las especies de este género de cianobacterias viven en aguas salobres y Spirulina subsalsa parece que puede hacerlo también en aguas dulces, se trata de una de las de más pequeño tamaño del grupo, pero es algo mayor que Spirulina subtilissima, con la que podría confundirse. Su espiral, de poco más de tres milésimas de milímeto de anchura, es una espiral flexible y animada por la vida ▷, allá en los fondos acuáticos donde la luz no llega y donde encuentrta los nutrientes necesarios para poder desarrollarse. Vive entre las ruinas de naufragio de millones y millones de seres, cascarones de diatomeas, fragmentos de alga, restos de la arquitectura prodigiosa de pequeños invertebrados, los que conforman el paisaje fantástico entre el que Spirulina vive y renueva la vida en el Lago en el que habita, Lago de Sanabria.
El género Spirulina está constituido por un pequeño número de especies que ronda las cincuenta. Casi todas ellas suelen vivir en zonas de aguas casi estancadas y ricas en materia orgánica. La de hoy, probablemente Spirulina subsalsa, no es muy común, aunque existen de ella algunas citas en la Península procedentes de aguas saladas o salobres.
Actualmente algunas especies de Spirulina se consumen como suplemento dietético por su alto contenido en vitamina B12 y proteínas, aunque se conoce que fueron ya empleadas hace siglos.
Los antiguos pobladores de México cultivaban algunas especies de este género principalmente en el lago de Texcoco - ya desparecido- para obtener un suplemento alimentario. En el libro de La Conquista de México de Francisco López de Gómara , se señala "Pocas cosas vivas dejan de comer. Culebras sin cola ni cabeza, perrillos que no gañen, castrados y cebados; topos, lirones, ratones, lombrices, piojos y hasta tierra, porque con unas redes de malla muy menuda barren, en cierto tiempo del año, una cosa molida que se cría sobre el agua de las lagunas de México, y se cuaja, que ni es hierba, ni tierra, sino una especie de cieno. Hay mucho de ello y cogen mucho y en eras, como quien hace sal, los vacían, y allí se cuaja y seca. Lo hacen tortas como ladrillos, y no sólo las venden en el mercado, sino que las llevan también a otros fuera de la ciudad y lejos. Comen esto como nosotros el queso, y así tiene un saborcillo de sal, que con chilmolli es sabroso. Y dicen que a este cebo vienen tantas aves a la laguna, que muchas veces en el invierno la cubren por algunos sitios." .
A veces, si las condiciones son favorables, muchas especies de Spirulina se puede desarrollar de forma masiva.
Spirulina subsalsa , se ha fotografiado a 400 aumentos con la técncia de contraste de interferencia y se ha encontrado en una muestra recogida sobre sedimentos a 20 metros de profundidad en el Lago de Sanabria (Zamora), desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán construido en el Planeta propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
That's time to go, I'm leaving Milan to go in Calabria, my motherland.
We will see us when I come back on September with thousands and thousands new photos.
Bye my Flickr Firends ;)
INFORMATION ON BASIL:
Basil (Ocimum basilicum), of the Family Lamiaceae. Basil is a tender low-growing herb that is grown as a perennial in warm, tropical climates. Basil is originally native to Iran, India and other tropical regions of Asia, having been cultivated there for more than 5,000 years. There are many varieties of basil, that which is used in Italian food is typically called sweet basil, as opposed to Thai basil or holy basil, which are used in Asia. It is prominently featured in Italian cuisine, and also plays a major role in the Southeast Asian cuisines of Thai, Vietnamese and Laotian. It grows to between 30–130 cm tall, with opposite, light green, silky leaves 3–11 cm long and 1–6 cm broad. The flowers are quite big, white in color and arranged in a terminal spike. Unusual among Lamiaceae, the four stamens and the pistil are not pushed under the upper lip of the corolla, but lay over the inferior. After entomophilous pollination, the corolla falls off and four round achenes develop inside the bilabiate calyx. The plant tastes somewhat like anise, with a strong, pungent, sweet smell. Basil is very sensitive to cold, with best growth in hot, dry conditions. While most common varieties are treated as annuals, some are perennial, including African Blue and Holy Thai basil.
The word basil comes from the Greek βασιλεύς (basileus), meaning "king", as it is believed to have grown above the spot where St. Constantine and Helen discovered the Holy Cross. The Oxford English Dictionary quotes speculations that basil may have been used in "some royal unguent, bath, or medicine". Basil is still considered the "king of herbs" by many cookery authors. An alternative etymology has "basil" coming from the Latin word basilicus, meaning dragon and being the root for basilisk, but this likely was a linguistic reworking of the word as brought from Greece.
INFORMATION ON THE CUCUMBER:
The cucumber (Cucumis sativus)is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The cucumber is a creeping vine that roots in the ground and grows up trellises or other supporting frames, wrapping around ribbing with thin, spiraling tendrils. The plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit.
The fruit is roughly cylindrical, elongated, with tapered ends, and may be as large as 60 cm long and 10 cm in diameter. Cucumbers grown to be eaten fresh (called slicers) and those intended for pickling (called picklers) are similar. Cucumbers are mainly eaten in the unripe green form. The ripe yellow form normally becomes too bitter and sour.
Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, cucumbers are scientifically classified as fruits. Much like tomatoes and squash, however, their sour-bitter flavor contributes to cucumbers being perceived, prepared and eaten as vegetables. Still, "vegetable" is a purely culinary term, and there is no conflict in classifying cucumber as both a fruit and a vegetable.
INFORMATION ON THE GREEN BEAN:
Green beans (American English), French beans or runner beans (British English), also called squeaky beans, are the unripe fruit of any kind of bean, including the yardlong bean, the hyacinth bean, the winged bean, and especially the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), whose pods are also usually called string beans in the northeastern United States, but can also go by snap beans. Varieties have been bred especially for the fleshiness, flavor, or sweetness of their pods. Smaller bean pods are often referred to by the French name haricots verts. The first "stringless" bean was bred in 1894 by Calvin Keeney, called the "father of the stringless bean." Keeney worked in Le Roy, New York.
Green beans are of nearly universal distribution. They are marketed canned, frozen and fresh. A dish with green beans popular in the southern United States, particularly at Thanksgiving, is green bean casserole. Some restaurants in the USA serve green beans that are battered and fried. Green beans are also sold dried and fried with vegetables like carrots, corn, and radishes. They are also rich in vitamin C.
Haricots verts, French for "green beans," may refer to a longer, thinner type of green beans than the typical, American green beans.
Source: Wikipedia
www.familistere.com/site/index.php
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_de_Guise
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_(Guise)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_André_Godin
« Ne pouvant faire un palais de la chaumière ou du galetas de chaque famille ouvrière, nous avons voulu mettre la demeure de l’ouvrier dans un palais ; le Familistère, en effet, n’est pas autre chose, c’est le palais du travail, c’est le PALAIS SOCIAL de l’avenir.
Ce qu’il n’est pas possible de faire au profit de familles éparpillées et sans lien, les améliorations qu’on ne peut introduire dans le tohu-bohu des habitations ouvrières, ni à la ville, ni à la campagne, ni dans les caves, ni dans les mansardes habitées ; ce que ne permettent pas même les habitations ouvrières isolées les mieux construites, quel qu’en soit le système : le Familistère le permet, le palais social le rend possible, bien plus, il le rend nécessaire. »
Jean-Baptiste-André Godin La Richesse au service du peuple, le Familistère de Guise. 1875.
Les chiffres du Familistère : ( source Wikipédia )
10 millions de briques sont nécessaires à la construction des trois pavillons du Palais Social.
30 000 m² de surfaces sont offerts par l’ensemble des trois pavillons.
1 kilomètre de coursives parcourt les trois pavillons du Palais.
500 fenêtres percent les façades des trois unités d’habitation.
495 appartements sont aménagés dans l’ensemble des cinq pavillons du Familistère avant 1918.
1 748 personnes habitent au Familistère en 1889.
50 berceaux peuvent être installés dans la nourricerie du Familistère.
796 invités participent au banquet de la cinquième fête du Travail dans la cour du pavillon central en 1872.
1 000 spectateurs prennent place au théâtre en 1914.
1 526 employés travaillent dans les usines de la Société du Familistère en 1887.
2 500 est le nombre de record d’employés de l’Association du Familistère de Guise et à Bruxelles en 1930.
4 000 modèles d’appareils et d’accessoires sont fabriqués par la Société du Familistère en 1914.
210 000 appareils sont expédiés par les usines de Guise et Bruxelles en 1913-1914.
664, c’est le nombre de pages qui composent le livre Solutions Sociales publié par Godin en 1871.
JEAN-BAPTISTE GODIN ( ENGLISH )
Jean-Baptiste André Godin (26 January 1817 -29 January 1888) was a French industrialist and social experimentor born on the 26th of January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne).
The son of an artisan, he entered an iron-works at an early age, and at seventeen made a tour of France as journeyman. Returning to Esquéhéries in 1837, he started a small factory for the manufacture of castings for heating-stoves. The business increased rapidly, and for the purpose of railway facilities was transferred to Guise in 1846. At the time of Godin's death in 1888 the annual output was over four millions of francs (4,160,000), and in 1908 the employees numbered over 2000 and the output was over 280,000.
An ardent disciple of Charles Fourier, he advanced a considerable sum of money towards the disastrous Fourierist experiment of V. P. Considerant (q.v.) in Texas (known as La Reunion. He profited, however, by its failure, and in 1859 started the Familistère, or community settlement, of Guise on more carefully laid plans.
The Familistère forms a town within the town of Guise. It comprises, in addition to a large factory, three large buildings, each four stories high, capable of housing all the work-people, each family having two or three rooms. The main building consists of three rectangular blocks joined at the corners. Each of these blocks has a central court covered with a glass roof under which children can play in all weather. There is no church of any sort. (There are, of course, churches within the rest of Guise). At the back of the main block there was a nursery. There is a separate block, known as the "economat", containing various shops, refreshment rooms and recreation rooms of various kinds(?), stores for the purchase of groceries, drapery and every necessity. This has recently (2008) been restored and is now a cafe, a shop selling books, postcards etc and an exhibition area. There were also allotments for the workers.
Opposite the main block there was a building containing a theater for concerts and dramatic entertainments and a primary school. There was also a communal laundry and swimming pool. This was a few years ago derelict but has now been restored. The swimming pool is still a swimming poll but the laundry is a meeting room and the drying room is now (2008) an exhibition room. In 1880 the whole was turned into a co-operative society, with provision by which it eventually became the property of the workers.
Godin manufactured cookers and heating stoves of many kinds mainly made from cast iron castings. Sometimes these were enameled. These are still to be found in use all over France. They can be found for sale on eBay.
This business was still owned by the workers in the 1950s but soon after was taken over by Le Creuset. It is not obvious that the factory is still functioning. It is seems the domestic building were privatised. The state of the domestic buildings was deteriorating but has recently been awarded EU money for it to be restored.
In 1871 Godin was elected deputy for Aisne, but retired in 1876 to devote himself to the management of the Familistère. In 1882 he was created a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Godin was the author of Solutions sociales (1871); Les Socialistes et les Droits du travail (1874); Mutualité sociale et association du capital et du travail (1880); La Republique du travail et la reforme parlementaire (1889). See Bernardot, Le Familistère de Guise et son fondateur (Paris, 1887); Fischer, Die Familistère Godins (Berlin, 1890); Lestelle, Etude sur le Familistère de Guise (Paris, 1904); D. F. P., Le Familistère illustr, résultals de vingt ans d'association, 1880-1900 (Eng. trans., Twenty-eight years of co-partnership at Guise, by A. Williams, 1908).
www.familistere.com/site/index.php
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_de_Guise
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_(Guise)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_André_Godin
« Ne pouvant faire un palais de la chaumière ou du galetas de chaque famille ouvrière, nous avons voulu mettre la demeure de l’ouvrier dans un palais ; le Familistère, en effet, n’est pas autre chose, c’est le palais du travail, c’est le PALAIS SOCIAL de l’avenir.
Ce qu’il n’est pas possible de faire au profit de familles éparpillées et sans lien, les améliorations qu’on ne peut introduire dans le tohu-bohu des habitations ouvrières, ni à la ville, ni à la campagne, ni dans les caves, ni dans les mansardes habitées ; ce que ne permettent pas même les habitations ouvrières isolées les mieux construites, quel qu’en soit le système : le Familistère le permet, le palais social le rend possible, bien plus, il le rend nécessaire. »
Jean-Baptiste-André Godin La Richesse au service du peuple, le Familistère de Guise. 1875.
Les chiffres du Familistère : ( source Wikipédia )
10 millions de briques sont nécessaires à la construction des trois pavillons du Palais Social.
30 000 m² de surfaces sont offerts par l’ensemble des trois pavillons.
1 kilomètre de coursives parcourt les trois pavillons du Palais.
500 fenêtres percent les façades des trois unités d’habitation.
495 appartements sont aménagés dans l’ensemble des cinq pavillons du Familistère avant 1918.
1 748 personnes habitent au Familistère en 1889.
50 berceaux peuvent être installés dans la nourricerie du Familistère.
796 invités participent au banquet de la cinquième fête du Travail dans la cour du pavillon central en 1872.
1 000 spectateurs prennent place au théâtre en 1914.
1 526 employés travaillent dans les usines de la Société du Familistère en 1887.
2 500 est le nombre de record d’employés de l’Association du Familistère de Guise et à Bruxelles en 1930.
4 000 modèles d’appareils et d’accessoires sont fabriqués par la Société du Familistère en 1914.
210 000 appareils sont expédiés par les usines de Guise et Bruxelles en 1913-1914.
664, c’est le nombre de pages qui composent le livre Solutions Sociales publié par Godin en 1871.
JEAN-BAPTISTE GODIN ( ENGLISH )
Jean-Baptiste André Godin (26 January 1817 -29 January 1888) was a French industrialist and social experimentor born on the 26th of January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne).
The son of an artisan, he entered an iron-works at an early age, and at seventeen made a tour of France as journeyman. Returning to Esquéhéries in 1837, he started a small factory for the manufacture of castings for heating-stoves. The business increased rapidly, and for the purpose of railway facilities was transferred to Guise in 1846. At the time of Godin's death in 1888 the annual output was over four millions of francs (4,160,000), and in 1908 the employees numbered over 2000 and the output was over 280,000.
An ardent disciple of Charles Fourier, he advanced a considerable sum of money towards the disastrous Fourierist experiment of V. P. Considerant (q.v.) in Texas (known as La Reunion. He profited, however, by its failure, and in 1859 started the Familistère, or community settlement, of Guise on more carefully laid plans.
The Familistère forms a town within the town of Guise. It comprises, in addition to a large factory, three large buildings, each four stories high, capable of housing all the work-people, each family having two or three rooms. The main building consists of three rectangular blocks joined at the corners. Each of these blocks has a central court covered with a glass roof under which children can play in all weather. There is no church of any sort. (There are, of course, churches within the rest of Guise). At the back of the main block there was a nursery. There is a separate block, known as the "economat", containing various shops, refreshment rooms and recreation rooms of various kinds(?), stores for the purchase of groceries, drapery and every necessity. This has recently (2008) been restored and is now a cafe, a shop selling books, postcards etc and an exhibition area. There were also allotments for the workers.
Opposite the main block there was a building containing a theater for concerts and dramatic entertainments and a primary school. There was also a communal laundry and swimming pool. This was a few years ago derelict but has now been restored. The swimming pool is still a swimming poll but the laundry is a meeting room and the drying room is now (2008) an exhibition room. In 1880 the whole was turned into a co-operative society, with provision by which it eventually became the property of the workers.
Godin manufactured cookers and heating stoves of many kinds mainly made from cast iron castings. Sometimes these were enameled. These are still to be found in use all over France. They can be found for sale on eBay.
This business was still owned by the workers in the 1950s but soon after was taken over by Le Creuset. It is not obvious that the factory is still functioning. It is seems the domestic building were privatised. The state of the domestic buildings was deteriorating but has recently been awarded EU money for it to be restored.
In 1871 Godin was elected deputy for Aisne, but retired in 1876 to devote himself to the management of the Familistère. In 1882 he was created a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Godin was the author of Solutions sociales (1871); Les Socialistes et les Droits du travail (1874); Mutualité sociale et association du capital et du travail (1880); La Republique du travail et la reforme parlementaire (1889). See Bernardot, Le Familistère de Guise et son fondateur (Paris, 1887); Fischer, Die Familistère Godins (Berlin, 1890); Lestelle, Etude sur le Familistère de Guise (Paris, 1904); D. F. P., Le Familistère illustr, résultals de vingt ans d'association, 1880-1900 (Eng. trans., Twenty-eight years of co-partnership at Guise, by A. Williams, 1908).
7:14 pm CET -> Paraísos efímeros, que aparecen y desaparecen, a veces en los lugares o momentos más inesperados. Una de las cosas buenas de la fotografía es que ayuda a no ignorarlos, o aún mejor, te fuerza a buscarlos. El título: de una idea de trasguete sobre la fotografía anterior.
Lago Ercina. Al fondo, de derecha a izquierda, Requexón, Porru Bolu, Torre de Santa María, Canal Parda, Torre de los Cabrones y Verdilluenga. Y ahora, sólo un par de días hasta la próxima tormenta de nieve.
Focal length: 21 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure: 1/50 sec
ISO Speed: 100
LEE ND 0.6 Grad Hard
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 + 460MG
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Alstroemeria, also called Peruvian /Inca lily.
I uploaded 18 in one go, because I think they belong together...
Monochromatic? Not really he? All the shades of grey... from a true black to a pure white... as it should be!
Sometimes I just 'feeeeeeeeel' like this, a flower image in b&w...
I love the subtle tones, all the varied tones, that give the flower/petals/stems their texture, depth and form, their delectable shapes accentuated, extracted and emphasized without the colour. Don't you agree?
MORE THAN EVER:
Lead and enjoy a good life, do and say things that enrich... and do not forget to tell the people close to you, how much you love them!
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, M, (* _ *)
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WHAT PART of DO NOT USE is it that you DO NOT UNDERSTAND?
I find my images on numerous blogs and websites EVERY DAY, without my permission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
One of my favorite picture of the ones I took in 2009. Here I want to share it with you.
Hope you´ll like it.
PENTAX K110D
18.04.2009 19:39
ISO 200
PENTAX 50-200 4.5-5.6
138 mm
1/20s f/4,5
Stativ
Clicca col destro e apri un'altra scheda per la colonna sonora. Soundtrack, click with the right.
Blue, blue, my world is blue,
blue is my world now I’m without you
Gray, gray, my life is gray,
cold is my heart since you went away
Red, red, my eyes are red,
crying for you alone in my bed
Green, green, my jealous heart,
I doubted you and now we’re apart
When we met how the bright sun shone
Then love died, now the rainbow is gone
Black, black, the nights I’ve known, longing for you so lost and alone
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Cala Gonone, Sardegna.
Depuis le 3 Octobre, plus de 200 familles dorment dans la rue de la Banque pour protester contre l'absence de logements décents. Français ou immigrés en situation régulière, tous travaillent mais vivent dans des conditions déplorables: le plus souvent à l'hôtel, ou dans des appartements minuscules, parfois menacés d'expulsion.
Le 9 Décembre, une petite fête avait été organisée pour célébrer la naissance d'un 5e enfant parmi les familles de la rue de la Banque, et pour installer un sapin de Noël. Même si la pluie, et la situation tendue d'un autre campement rue d'Aubervilliers vinrent un peu gâcher l'ambiance, Guy Bedos vint apporter son soutien aux familles.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
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Same set-up as the initial test to compare the camera body Nikon D7000 vs the Sony NEX5-N:
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The findings at the focal length of 35mm are similar to the findings on the 24mm test:
- the resolution of the Sony body is at least just as good as the Nikon body.
- the high end Leica M lenses when mounted on the Sony body with a special adapter do not significantly outperform in resolution the entry level Sony zoom: the advantages of the Leica M design known for giving 3D like rendering on the Leica M9 do not seem to make an impact on the E mount design; at the same time the Sony lens seems to receive some in camera processing that improves its resolution/sharpening appearance in the final JPEG file.
- the color rendering of the Sony NEX5-N is whiter (less warm) than the Nikon. The last picture with the Sony lens 18-55mm was taken while a cloud obstructed some of the direct yellow sunlight and exagerates the cool rendering.
locked in a sea of sensations...
Mi nueva pagina en facebook hazte amigo!!!
My new page on facebook become my friend!!!
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Hanji paper is made from the Mulberry tree. While not unique to Korea, it is very much a part of their culture and used to produce beautiful arts and crafts.
So, for those of you who do not know NY I will tell you this... it isn't warm this time of year, in fact, it was maybe 40 degrees today. P.S. there was no sun either, that is right just a VERY long exposure.
I am not a warm weather person so-to speak-but we could use some sun.
Don't laugh at our beach I know it isn't an ocean HAHA.
I also went into the water. Not my best move considering it was 30 degrees and none of the shot would come out because I do all of these manual focus and I just couldn't get it right today.. Hard to pick a focusing target in water.
Anway here is one of the shots. It is okay, nothing to write home to mom about. All you sun shiney people take it easy on me I am a NY girl and spend very little time in the sun let alone a beach.
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The Supreme Pallacio is on the same boat as the numerous projects coming up in the vicinity of the Hinjewadi IT Park. The only thing that differentiates this project from others is its lavish luxury that celebrates a style of life that is yet to be experienced in Pune. Spread over 4 acres, the Supreme Pallacio comprise G+9 tower of 72 apartments (3 & 4 BHK). Every detail is taken care of, every possible luxury incorporated into the apartments at Supreme Pallacio. Each of these apartments boasts of a designer terrace garden conceptualized by experts from Singapore. The entrance lobby of each tower is elegantly designed with a water cascade, which is a determining stylistic feature is the architecture of Supreme Pallacio. Uniquely designed water cascades adorn various parts of the Supreme Pallacio- at its entrance, in the landscaped gardens and at very many places. Split AC and Jacuzzi baths are some of the other distinguishing features of the Supreme Pallacio apartments.
Drove around the countryside today chasing the sunset. It was hard trying to find a place with a high enough vantage point to get the countryside and the mountains. The sunset was kinda MEH ... but because of all the gas I wasted I think I owe it to the enviornment and my pocket to post something!
Anyways ... wish I had a teleconverter or a 300mm lens for this shot. I would have been able to get rid of the ulgy sky at the top!
I manually blended three pictures together using photoshop and layers. Let me just say ... it took FOREVER! Bought a roll of Ektar 100 again today ... giving this film a 2nd chance!
Ladies and Gentlemen Alberta in April .... still too much snow!
Update September 21, 2009:
Having moved to Toronto for four months nows I am really starting to miss the west. Not being much of a fan of country music, I am finally able to see why country music singers always vibe about missing home ... the prairies and the ranch and the simple things in life. I really do miss home.
Equilibrium, the Human Mashup. The show's goal was to ask "How can art and technology and the synergy of the two address humanity's next evolutionary step?". Being a staunch singularitarian this was right up, or is it down, my proverbial alley. I built an application that allows a user to take a self portrait photograph and then draw themselves on a wall simply by using and moving their hand. The premise was to use the human as the sole interface to draw themselves, exploring the convergence of man and technology. A one day only installation, I didn't have to high of hopes for it's exposure. On the flip side, this being my first showing ever I was like a greedy 8 year old on Christmas morning, and extremely anxious to see how people would interact and respond to the installation. The methodology of controlling an interface without the normal peripherals such as a mouse, keyboard, touch screen, kiosk, or otherwise was foreign to all that attended. What transpired blew me away. The attendance, response and exposure far exceeded my hopes. I barely had to explain at all to users how to run the application. People just stepped right up to the installation and began to interact with it. They were actually learning on their own while performing the drawing. People were actually converging with the technology. Furthermore, those that were done performing their drawing became evangelists, telling those who followed them their idea of how best to use the application. At that moment it became cemented in my mind that I had succeeded in my experiment. People had invested themselves in the piece to the point of bringing out their own inner artist. Several times I stepped in to 'coach' people on how to get the most out of the motion detection while drawing their portrait. The response I got was unexpected. People took personal offense that I was pushing my artistic ideas on their own drawing. Again, success. I was also sent to the floor several times by attendees who said they had come to the event specifically to see my work which they had been following online. There were even several people who mentioned that they had hooked my work up to projectors at parties they were holding. Wha?! Seriously, amazed.
I'd like to thank several people for the night. Steve Benoit for all his help with testing the application, videography and film editing of the event. The result is the shweet movie posted above. Rachel Kjack and Adrienne Fritze from SAO and Working Artists Online respectively for their organization and inviting me to submit my work. All that attended, I met some inspirational folk. And finally, my wife Lisa for her unending support and diggin' me even when I have late night dreaded 'code eyes'.
Looking forward to the next event.
Related:
the online version of the installation
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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Description
Name
Systematic name/Latin name: Helianthus annuus
English name: sunflower
Alias: Sunflower. Sun plant, sunflower, sunflower
The branch is the classification: Vegetable kingdom Plantae
Gate: Angiosperm gate Magnoliophyta
Outline: Double seed leaf plant outline Magnoliopsida
Item: Chrysanthemum item of Asterales
Branch: Compositae Asteraceae
Being: The sunflower is Helianthus
Planting: The sunflower plants H. annuus
Summary:
1 year lives the herb, the height 1~3 meters. Stem erectness, sturdy, circular multi-edges and corners, by white thick bristle.Leaf usual alternate growth, heart shape oval either egg circular, tip sharp suddenly or gradually point, has the base to leave 3 arteries, the edge has the thick denticle, both sides is rough, by the wool, is had the length handle. Capitulum, enormous, the diameter 10~30 centimeters...Summer blossoms, the inflorescence edge lives the yellow the ligulate flower, is not solid. Middle the inflorescence is both sexes tubular flowers, the brown or the purple, solid. The achene, pours the oval or the egg shape oval, the slightly flat pressure, the peel lignification, the gray or the black, are named the sunflower seed. Nature happy warm, drought resistance. Produces North America originally, the world has the cultivation.
Sunflower flower language meaning
The sunflower is Russia's national flower. This yearned for that flower of the light, brings the happy hope to the human. The fable ancient times had a farmer daughter named minggu,is humiliated the maltreatment by the stepmother.One time has provoked the stepmother,night sleeps time has been dug the eye by the stepmother. minggu runs away, soon died, after dying, in the grave is blooming a beautifully vivid Chrysanthemum, faced the sunlight all day long, it was the sunflower. The sunflower explained that minggu yearns for the light, meaning of the loathing darkness, this fable drove that the people hate the violence, darkness, the pursue light.
The sunflower is called the sun flower, often acquires fame because of its flower toward the sun. English called that it sunflower is actually not because of its this characteristic, but because its Chrysanthemum opens resembles sun's reason, although sunflower also how many belts “to sun” meaning. a sunflower word was taking advantage of translates the 16th century to the 17th century from Latin flos solis. Sunflower's French and Italian name tournesol, girasol same Chinese name is the same, is also based on this characteristic names “to the sun”. Because the American State Of Kansas is rich in the sunflower to have the Sunflower State alternate name.
Sunflower's colored language has many kinds
(1) the birthday is colored: the sun
Sunflower colored language: the sunflower has phototropism, the people said that it is “the sun plant”, winds around the flower along with the sun. Added the empire in ancient times's Inca Empire,It is the sun god symbol. Therefore sunflower's colored language is - the sun. Receives this to plant flowers the human who the blessing is born, has a like sun bright, the joyful heart. He is the object which many people adore, admire, also he is always therefore unable to stabilize, and earnest accepts a sentiment, has the late marriage tendency.
(2) the birthday is colored: Wild sunflower (Perennial Sunflower)
colored language: Hits it off well with one another (Affinity)
the wild sunflower's use to be very broad: The seed may make the dessert, also to be possible to refine the cooking oil, the leaf blade is the domestic animal affection feed, the flower may make the dye and so on. It and our daily life, but is closely linked, is one kind the plant which quite hits it off well with one another with the humanity. Therefore, its colored language is - hits it off well with one another. Receives this to plant flowers the blessing fresh person is the ideal sweetheart, is the best life-long wife. In order to let you he (she) soon get married.
(3) glory, arrogant, loyal, admire
(4) sunflower's colored language is happiness which brave pursues itself to want
(5) sunflower colored language: Admire, glory, loyal
(6) sunflower's colored language is - - the silence love. The sunflower calls looking sun lotus. A very beautiful name. When Vincent gives his body's that small part he loves is the human, not only that silences love.
[flowers and plants variety]
The sunflower has the unique American character and style, is precisely this. The wild sunflower possibly comes from the prairie area, but its image and US's early history interweaves mutually in the same place. The Americas Indians grind to the sunflower the bread flour to take one kind of food origin. Now has a series of new non-pollen variety, like this eliminated the question which the pollen falls off. In California, the most widespread planter's variety is “the sunlight is bright”, it has the golden yellow flowers, the brown-yellow core and the sturdy and healthy pole. Other non-pollen variety includes:
“the moonlight is bright” the lemon yellow flower petal and the vandyck brown core;
“sunlight light beam” golden yellow flower, green core;
“is full of the sunlight the lemon” the light yellow flower, the black core;
“is full of the sunlight the orange” the golden yellow flower, the black core.
We knew the sunflower has the woman with a made-up face who opens wide, its diameter has equally 5 to 6 inches, but the core occupied the entire flower 60%. Now had several kind of new varieties to depart from this standard. “Sonja” has the median size, 4 inch golden orange are colored, are bringing the black core. It suits in the small spot bouquet of flowers takes the sunflower the embellishment.
“the toy bear” is another kind of novel variety. It is one kind of diminutive variety, has the rich orange flower petal, enables it to have one kind of somewhat fuzzy semblances.
The yellow is sunflower's leading color, but the new some varieties have increased thick red and the brown-yellow.
“Floristan” is one kind of bi-color variety, has the bronzing and the red flowers, decadent colored sharp and black core. “Prado Red” has the black core, what the surroundings are surrounding is slightly brings the red brown-yellow flowers, the diameter the approximately 4 inches. Other have this kind rich, the autumn color to have “autumn beauty” and “the setting sun afterglow”.
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.El tarro blanco (Tadorna tadorna) es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Anatidae. Es un pato común y ampliamente extendido en Eurasia.
Descripción
El tarro blanco es una ave llamativa con aspecto intermedio entre pato y ganso. Tiene el pico rojo, la cabeza y la parte superior del cuello verde oscuro, y el resto del cuerpo blanco, con una franja pectoral de color castaño y plumaje negro en escapulares, rémiges, punta de la cola y línea del vientre.
Los dos sexos son similares, pero la hembra tiene tonos más apagados. El macho presenta una protuberancia en la base del pico en la época reproductora.
Distribución
El tarro blanco cría en la zona templada de Eurasia. La mayoría de las poblaciones emigran a zonas subtropicales en invierno, pero reside permanentemente en amplias zonas costeras del oeste de Europa, aparte de movimientos hacia zonas más seguras en la época de muda, como el mar de Frisia en la costa del norte de Alemania y los Países Bajos.
En la Península Ibérica, el tarro blanco es invernante, pero anida esporádicamente en algunas zonas. Ocupa zonas costeras y también lagunas y embalses del interior.
Comportamiento y hábitat
La mayoría de las parejas abandonan a sus crías antes de que alcancen su completo desarrollo y se marchan a lugares seguros y tranquilos junto al mar en la época de muda. En dicha época, los tarros (al igual que otros patos) pierden sus plumas rémiges, lo que los hace muy vulnerables a sus depredadores, pues les impide volar hasta que les salen las nuevas. Los pollos quedan agrupados en "guarderías", al cuidado de unas pocas hembras.
El tarro blanco habita estuarios, costas someras y orillas de lagos interiores salinos en terrenos abiertos. Se alimenta de moluscos, pequeños crustáceos, insectos y pequeñas cantidades de materia vegetal.
Probably Great America's best decision in the last 5 years!!
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November 25, 2009
Six Flags Great America Purchases Historic Wooden Coaster
Purchase of Classic Wooden Coaster from Kiddieland Amusement Park Keeps Chicago History Alive
Six Flags Great America announced today the purchase of a vintage wooden roller coaster, The Little Dipper. The coaster operated at Kiddieland Amusement Park from 1950 until September of this year when the amusement park closed. The coaster will retain its original name and become the 14th coaster in Six Flags Great America's impressive line-up of roller coasters.
The Little Dipper was designed by Herbert Schmeck and built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 1950. The family-friendly coaster features a three story tall lift hill and is designed as a figure eight track which runs 700 feet in length. It has been honored with the ACE Coaster Classic award by the American Coaster Enthusiasts.
"The Little Dipper has been a fond family tradition for over 50 years," said
Hank Salemi, Six Flags Great America's park president. "We wanted to preserve this important piece of Chicago history for families to experience for many more years to come."
Guests can create a season of memories on The Little Dipper with a 2010 Season Pass which is on sale now at sixflags.com for the low price of $64.99. Season Passes include admission to the best water park in the nation, Hurricane Harbor, as well as discount-packed value book with more than $500 dollars worth of offers including four Bring-A-Friend-Free tickets.
Six Flags Great America is located between Chicago and Milwaukee and offers fun for the entire family with heart-pounding roller coasters including Raging Bull, a free 15-acre water park, spectacular shows and parades, three children's themed areas including Wiggles World and meet and greets with Six Flags' world-famous cast of characters, including Mr. Six.
About Six Flags, Inc.
Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation headquartered in New York City and is the world's largest regional theme park company with 20 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Ayer Euglena spirogyra nos contó en su silencio, anclada sobre el lecho de la laguna, algo acerca de la magia de los números y de un talismán eterno, vida que en definitiva es amor. Y hoy, aparece Phacus, belleza de joya, primo carnal de Euglena spirogyra, a revelarnos cosas acerca de los secretos de la forma y del color.
Los colores y las formas en la Naturaleza son claves de supervivencia y no son otra cosa que amor esencial a la vida, por eso quizá en su raíz más honda siempre inspiran belleza.
Phacus torta reúne como en un tesoro de joyas engastadas tres piedras preciosas que le dan la vida. La más pequeña de todas es un rubí, rojo de sangre, es su guía y su norte que siempre le lleva hacia la luz, ojo minúsculo que en amor ciego persigue al sol, sol que le da la vida. La joya mediana es perla, burbuja de brillo nacarado situada en el corazón, que atesora para los tiempos difíciles las reservas que son necesarias también para vivir, bolita de paramilo, fruto de Sol. El verde se reparte en el interior de Phacus en forma de gemas de esmeralda clorofila, sin esta tercera joya, no habría vida, Phacus no podría beber de la fuente del Sol y moriría de desamor.
La forma de Phacus torta es la de un corazón hecho hoja, que jugueteando con él mismo se retuerce y gira en espiral, ▷ gira por fuera el verde del mismo modo que por dentro giran en Spirogyra estas trenzas de color y, así, el movimiento de giro de Phacus tortus hace que el amor del sol se reparta por igual en todo el cuerpo y que esto haga más fácil la vida.
La espiral asegura la igualdad de oportunidades y una distribución justa de luz, por eso, Phacus torta gira y gira ▷ mientras se mueve y mientras, al lado, otras espirales, las de Spirogyra giran y giran estáticas en el interior, para recibir ese baño de luz generosa, que es la luz de la vida que el Sol da en su amor.
Colores y forma, misterio y belleza que la madre Naturaleza siembra aquí y allá en continua generosidad.
Gracias a Ro, a este canto de amor se une otro canto de humor y alegría desde la música de Jorge Ben ¡¡ gracias Ro!!
Phacus torta quizá contagiado por la alegría de esa música gira como Spirogyra lo hace por dentro en las aguas de las lagunas…y baila así, en espirales , sobre la superficie de charchas y lagos de las lagunas limpias. En este caso en las de las muestras recogidas hace unos días en la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, junto a Vigo de Sanabria, en el incomparable marco del zamorano Lago de Sanabria. Phacus torta Ha sido fotografiado 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.
La divisa de la política agraria es la extinción del campesino. Acorralado desde hace décadas, ahora se le dice que no tiene salvación. En el adiós al actor que protagonizó la Revolución Mexicana también se empeña la soberanía alimentaria que, aunque se trate de un asunto de seguridad nacional, los gobiernos entregan a las trasnacionales. Aún por verse si el fin del ejido y la propiedad colectiva sólo generará más parias o provocará un movimiento organizado
Por: Marcos Chávez * @marcos_contra on contralinea.info/archivo-revista/index.php/2013/12/10/la-...
Podemos entonces decir, al observar cómo la “revolución mexicana” sepulta su credo “agrarista”: “¡Que los muertos entierren a sus propios muertos!”
José Luis Calva
Los saldos de la contrarreforma agropecuaria iniciada por Miguel de la Madrid, con sus cambios y adiciones a la Ley Federal de Reforma Agraria del 29 de diciembre de 1983, y llevada hasta sus últimas consecuencias por la “modernización” salinista, coronada con el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, son impecables e implacables. La pérdida económico-estructural de la autosuficiencia y la soberanía alimentaria, y la creciente dependencia de la seguridad nacional de un veleidoso mercado internacional de alimentos, sometido a la ley de la piratería, al legendario “dejar hacer, dejar pasar” de las cosarias corporaciones y la esquizofrenia especulativa de los bucaneros financieros de los mercados de futuros de materias primas son algunas de las secuelas más elocuentes de la estrategia rural neoliberal de tierra arrasada.
La vieja utopía de la autosuficiencia, la seguridad nacional y la soberanía alimentaria del Estado nacionalista, basada en la producción interna, devino en un “mito genial”, para usar la expresión del Chicago Boy Pedro Aspe (maestro, jefe y consejero de Luis Videgaray, de quien, por cierto, se dice que su desmesurada arrogancia, en contraste con su artificiosa humildad mostrada ante los reflectores circenses mediáticos, y su anticipada ambición principesca, lo orilló a cometer el temprano e insolente parricidio político en contra de su mentor).
El sueño parido por la Revolución Mexicana y el reparto agrario, subordinado al modelo de industrialización y sometido al corporativismo estatal, había entrado en crisis en la década de 1970. Sus últimas esperanzas y sus ruinas fueron arrasadas definitivamente por el cambio radical en las estructuras y las técnicas de producción agropecuaria y en las relaciones sociales rurales inducido deliberadamente por los neoliberales. La orientación de este sector de la economía hacia la actividad empresarial, agroexportadora, integrada y sometida al mercado mundial y al nuevo régimen mundial de alimentos, de efectos dispares entre los productores, ha agudizado y generado nuevas formas de desigualdad socioeconómica.
Esta forma de “modernización” ha beneficiado básicamente a una minoría de productores: los agricultores capitalistas, las corporaciones trasnacionales agrícolas y agroindustriales, las grandes empresas comercializadoras, agregados al sistema internacional de alimentos y los requerimientos de los países, que han modificado las formas de producción, procesamiento y mercadeo del sector agrícola y del consumo; que disponen de la tecnología (productiva, la biotecnología, la ingeniería genética, en almacenaje, procesamiento, transporte, organización industrial, comunicaciones), el capital, el crédito y el beneficio de las políticas públicas (subsidios, impuestos, uso del agua, tolerancia a la contaminación y destrucción ambiental); que han impulsado la agroexportación, como la soya o el sorgo, de productos industriales (café, caña de azúcar), hortícolas y frutícolas, sin abandonar los granos básicos como el maíz; que han impuesto el poder de la agroindustria sobre los demás agricultores y los campesinos.
Del otro lado quedan los excluidos de siempre. Los campesinos tradicionales, dedicados a la producción de los principales cultivos alimentarios; a la cosecha declinante de productos básicos, cuya participación en del consumo nacional aparente (producción interna, más importaciones, menos exportaciones) se reduce sensiblemente debido a su precariedad social y la de sus procesos productivos, la reducción del área de producción y el ingreso masivo de los productos foráneos.
El resultado ha sido el aumento en la dependencia de las importaciones de alimentos de los países desarrollados, sobre todo estadunidenses, y la pérdida de la seguridad y la soberanía alimentaria.
De acuerdo con las cifras oficiales, de 1985 y 2012, la producción interna de los cuatro principales granos básicos y las cuatro oleaginosas más importantes pasó de 30 millones de toneladas a 35 millones, aumentó en 17.3 por ciento. Su tasa media anual de crecimiento fue de 0.8 por ciento. En 2008, la producción había sido de 37.9 millones, por lo que su nivel de 2012 fue 5.9 por ciento menor.
Entre 1985 y 2012, el consumo nacional aparente, sin considerar a las exportaciones, subió de 38.7 millones a 59.4 millones, en 53.3 por ciento. Su ritmo medio de expansión fue de 2.2 por ciento. Por persona, el consumo creció anualmente en 0.8 por ciento, de 374 kilogramos a 435.
La brecha entre la producción nacional y el consumo se ha ampliado en el tiempo. En 1985 la primera aportó el 79 por ciento del segundo, y en 2012 el 68 por ciento. La diferencia fue compensada con las crecientes importaciones.
Entre 1985 y 2012, la producción de granos básicos (maíz grano, frijol, arroz y trigo) pasó de 21 millones a 27 millones de toneladas, 29 por ciento más. Su tasa media de crecimiento fue de 1.3 por ciento. El consumo, en cambio, se elevó de 25 millones a 44 millones, en 75.6 por ciento más, y su ritmo promedio anual fue de 2.9 por ciento, el doble de la tasa de producción. El consumo por persona creció 2.7 por ciento cada año y pasó de 328 a 382 kilogramos. En 2009, la producción fue de 30 millones, por lo que en 2012 muestra una declinación de 10 por ciento. La aportación de tales granos en el consumo nacional cayó de 84 a 61 por ciento.
El deterioro de la producción de las oleaginosas (ajonjolí, cártamo, algodón hueso y soya) es aún más agudo. El consumo nacional y por persona creció a un ritmo anual de 2.7 y 0.7 por ciento, en cada caso. Ambos aumentaron 72 y 14 por ciento, de 3 millones a 5.2 millones de toneladas, y de 3.9 a 4.5 kilos. En contraste, la producción se desplomó de 2.3 millones de toneladas a 1.2 millones; cayó en 46 por ciento, a una tasa anual de 3 por ciento. Lógicamente, su participación relativa en el consumo nacional se redujo, de 76 por ciento del total a 24.
Aunque de manera menos aguda, la historia anterior se repite en los casos de la producción de carne en canal (bovina, porcina y aves) y la leche bovina. Luego de cubrir prácticamente la totalidad del consumo nacional, como también fue el caso del maíz, en 2012 contribuyen con el 81 y 84 por ciento, respectivamente.
El espacio perdido por la producción tradicional de bienes agropecuarios es ocupado por los llamados bienes comerciales y de exportación, destinados principalmente hacia el mercado estadunidense. Los más importantes son, en ese orden, tomate y hortalizas frescas o refrigeradas, aguacate, café, azúcar y, en menor medida, carnes bovina y porcina, pescados y mariscos.
El cúmulo de dificultades que enfrentan los productores tradicionales se refleja en la superficie sembrada de los 10 principales granos y oleaginosas, la cual se redujo de 15.5 millones de hectáreas a 12.9 millones entre 1985 y 2012, es decir, en un 17 por ciento. La cosechada respecto a la sembrada cayó de 90 a 78 por ciento, es decir, de alrededor de 14 millones a 10 millones de hectáreas. La extensión destinada a la actividad agrícola equivale al 15 por ciento de la superficie total del país. El resto corresponde a la pecuaria (58 por ciento) y la forestal (23 por ciento).
La creciente dependencia de las compras externas se manifiesta con mayor nitidez si se consideran individualmente los productos más importantes para la dieta de los mexicanos. Medido por volumen, entre 1985 y 2012 las importaciones de arroz (limpio, con cáscara y descascarillado, semiblanqueado y partido, convertidos a palay) pasaron a representar del 51 al 83 por ciento del total del consumo nacional aparente del grano. Las de trigo, de 28 a 64 por ciento. Las de carne porcina, de 17 a 41 por ciento. Las de maíz, de la autosuficiencia ahora se importa el 29 por ciento. La del frijol, de 2 a 18 por ciento. Las de carne y leche bovina, de 4 a 12 por ciento y de 15 a 17 por ciento. La carne de ave, de 8 a 16 por ciento. En el caso de la soya equivale hasta el 93 por ciento.
Como es natural, la combinación entre la declinante producción nacional agropecuaria y las ascendentes importaciones masivas tiene efectos negativos sobre el balance comercial agropecuario y agroindustrial.
La lógica del modelo era estimular las exportaciones agropecuarias, proceso que se aceleraría con el Tratado de Libre Comercio. Y lo lograron con el desplazamiento de productores del sector tradicional al comercial; o el desplazamiento de parte de la producción destinada al mercado interno hacia el exterior, como es el caso del arroz, cuyas ventas externas representaron el 2.5 por ciento de la producción en 2012, o del trigo, que fue equivalente hasta del 22 por ciento.
Las ventas externas aumentan de manera nada despreciable. Las agropecuarias lo hacen en 298 por ciento entre 1993 y 2013, al pasar de 2.8 mil millones de dólares a alrededor de 11.1 mil millones; y las agroindustriales en 970 por ciento, al aumentar de 1.2 mil millones a 13 mil millones. Pero las importaciones lo hacen a un mayor ritmo y eliminan el esfuerzo exportador.
Pese al sacrificio al que fue sometido durante el modelo cerrado de industrialización, como abastecedor de alimentos y materias primas baratas que provocaron su descapitalización, al abandono estatal de los hijos predilectos del régimen, como los calificara Arturo Warman, la estanflación de la década de 1980, las políticas ortodoxas de estabilización, las reformas estructurales neoliberales que precipitaron la profunda crisis estructural en la que vegeta desde 1970 el sector agropecuario, fue un aportador neto de divisas hasta 1994, año en que se inicia el Tratado de Libre Comercio. A partir de ese momento, el comercio exterior agropecuario pierde su capacidad superavitaria, para financiar sus propias importaciones y generar divisas adicionales para compensar el déficit comercial de la economía. Adopta un saldo negativo crónico, creciente, estructural. Se agrega como otro elemento más que gravita onerosamente sobre el desequilibrio externo y las necesidades de financiamiento internacional.
En 1993, la balanza agropecuaria arrojó su último saldo positivo por 63 millones de dólares. Al año siguiente éste se tornó negativo en 428 millones, y en 2012 se elevó a 2.3 mil millones. El balance de alimentos pasó de un déficit de 1.9 mil millones en 1994 a otro de 2.2 mil millones en 2012. El agroalimentario de 1.8 mil millones a 4.5 mil millones. Por su parte, la balanza agroindustrial, que excluye a los alimentos (bebidas y tabaco, productos textiles y del cuero, y productos químicos y otras manufacturas relacionadas), elevó su déficit de 193 millones a 437 millones.
De manera agregada, la balanza agroalimentaria e industrial amplió su déficit de 2.9 mil millones de dólares a 5 mil millones entre 1994 y 2012.
La creciente dependencia externa de esa clase de productos no es un fenómeno accidental. Tampoco el desplazamiento de los productores locales, ni la sustitución de la producción interna tradicional por los cultivos comerciales, la ganadería y la silvicultura de exportación, o por la competencia externa. Esa situación estaba prevista y deseada por quienes instrumentaron el ajuste estructural agropecuario.
Es parte del costo esperado por los neoliberales al impulsar la conversión de la actividad agropecuaria de la producción tradicional, considerada atrasada, premoderna, a otra empresarial, basada en las “ventajas comparativas”, calificada como “moderna”. Esta última recibirá todo el apoyo estatal para su reestructuración productiva y tecnológica.
Las reformas y adiciones a la Ley Federal de la Reforma Agraria de diciembre de 1983, calificada por el economista José Luis Calva como la “reforma más anticampesina que la reforma alemanista del Artículo 27 constitucional [que en] 1946 concedió el derecho de amparo a los latifundistas que contaran con certificado de inafectabilidad”, pues Miguel de la Madrid extendió “el beneficio de los certificados a [todos] los latifundistas, [los cuales] tendrán ahora derecho generalizado al amparo, [hecho que] significa la cancelación del reparto de las tierras excedentes de los latifundios” (“En el lecho de muerte de la Reforma Agraria”, Momento Económico, 1984), y el cambio salinista al Artículo 27 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos en 1992, no sólo terminan legalmente con el ciclo agrario posrevolucionario, después estimulado por el reformismo rural latinoamericano de la Alianza para el Progreso, de la década de 1960, la respuesta de John F Kennedy al terrible fantasma agitado por la Revolución Cubana, con el cual se busca atemperar el descontento del campesinado y desactivar los eventuales cambios radicales.
También buscan acabar con la explotación comunal de los ejidos y las comunidades agrarias y la concesión de títulos de propiedad de la tierra a sus poseedores; dar certeza jurídica a la asociación entre éstos y el capital privado; y crear el mercado de la tierra del sector social para su subsecuente venta a los grandes capitalistas, estimuladas por el cambio a la Ley de Inversión Extranjera Directa y el Tratado de Libre Comercio.
“Técnicamente”, lo anterior es pomposamente calificado por los economistas como la “movilidad de los factores de la producción”.
El salinista Plan Nacional de Modernización del Campo elimina las regulaciones a la producción y la comercialización (precios de garantía, organismos públicos que lo administran), la intervención estatal y las barreras proteccionistas que empiezan a ser desmanteladas en 1985 (Luis Téllez, La modernización del sector agropecuario y forestal. Una visión de la modernización en México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, 1994). Hasta ese momento, los permisos previos a las importaciones agropecuarias y de alimentos, así como el arancel promedio ponderado aplicado a las mismas, protegían completamente aquellos sectores. Pero al iniciarse el Tratado, el arancel ya había caído a 8 y 16 por ciento. En 2013 son de 0.2 y 1.2 por ciento. Es decir, el mercado está completamente abierto. La rápida, unilateral y sin reciprocidad apertura comercial, tenía por objeto forzar la eficiencia y la productividad rural a través de la competencia internacional, y promover las “ventajas comparativas” del sector para participar en el mercado global de alimentos.
Con el ajuste estructural se pensaba abrir el camino a la “modernización” agropecuaria y agroindustrial. Adicionalmente, la apertura comercial y la sobrevaluación cambiaria aspiraban a reducir las cotizaciones de esos bienes producidos localmente, y la inflación general (Ley de Precio Único: precios internos iguales a los externos, más la tasa de devaluación), abatir los costos de los bienes rurales utilizados como insumos y asegurar el abastecimiento del consumo nacional con las importaciones supuestamente más baratas.
Ello implicó abandonar viejos conceptos que chocan con la lógica del mercado:
1) La soberanía alimentaria: el derecho de la sociedad al acceso de alimentos nutritivos y culturalmente adecuados, accesibles, producidos de forma sostenible y ecológica; a definir sus propias políticas agroalimentarias y la gestión de los recursos hídricos, semillas y biodiversidad, como parte del derecho a la alimentación. A contrapelo de la producción capitalista, el control ejercido por unas cuantas empresas, la dinámica especulativa de precios y cantidades, y el empleo de los alimentos como instrumento de presión y dominación económica y política.
2) La seguridad nacional alimentaria: la garantía de la población para disponer de alimentos en cantidad y calidad suficientes, a precios accesibles y estables y sin riesgos para su salud, asociadas a los pesticidas, transgénicos u otros productos químicos. La Unión Europea emplea el término Food security para referirse a la inocuidad de los alimentos. La Organización Mundial de la Salud habla de Food safety.
3) La autosuficiencia alimentaria: el esfuerzo nacional para satisfacer las necesidades alimentarias de la población a través de la producción local.
Los neoliberales también esperaban que el mercado se encargara de “disciplinar” a los productores: se vuelven competitivos o se dedican a otro negocio, como dijera el cínico Chicago Boy salinista Luis Téllez. “Por desgracia –agregó Téllez en 1992– no hay de muchas sopas. Debemos aumentar la productividad y los proyectos rentables. No hay mucho para donde hacerse”. (www.nexos.com.mx/?P=leerarticulo&Article=447083). El mercado eliminará a los ineficientes e incapaces de reciclarse. Y los neoliberales le ayudarían al “mercado”, eliminándoles los apoyos que, según otro Chicago Boy, Santiago Levy, los habían convertido en “parásitos de los subsidios públicos”.
La recomposición sectorial implicaría la desarticulación del orden anterior y la ruina de al menos 4 millones de productores tradicionales.
La autosuficiencia se transformó en la subordinación de la producción externa de alimentos. La soberanía en la dependencia de las importaciones provenientes de Estados Unidos, país que proporciona poco menos del 77 por ciento de las compras externas de esos bienes. La seguridad nacional descansa en los intereses de esa nación a las corporaciones.
Los consumidores, la inflación interna y las cuentas externas se beneficiaron temporalmente de la baja de los precios de los alimentos importados registrados en la primera mitad de la primera década de este siglo. Pero después han resentido el alza especulativa de las cotizaciones. Los más afectados son el 45 por ciento de la población urbana y el 61 por ciento de la rural, cuyos ingresos son inferiores a la llamada línea de pobreza nacional.
La situación actual del sector rural es el ejemplo paradigmático de la “modernización” neoliberal salvajemente excluyente.
*Economista
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Photo: Jpazkual, magazine a color. Marcha/Rally/demostration tras la represión en S.S. ATENCO. México DF. Avenida Reforma, 2006.
Más fotos, nueva-antigua colección @ On Magazine Analogicas (2003-2010)
+2 in comments of the broseph
Very much still a cold day outside
8.42PM
I want to learn how to make a smoothie or something..
10.55PM
/Six o'clock in the morning
/You're the last to hear the warning
/You've been trying to throw your arms
/Around the world
/You've been falling off the sidewalk
/Your lips move but you can't talk
/Tryin' to throw your arms around the world
Best large View On Black
I spent 3 hours at the Missouri Botanical Garden this morning. . . and, as is typical, came home with 250 shots.
That means a lot of work and time going through them, deleting them down to about the 50 best, and then processing them. I just got started when I got this result, (partially a happy accident) and I thought it was an exciting image, so I wanted to share it with my friends here on flickr.
It is a slightly missaligned 3-shot High Dynamic Range (hdr) image of a waterlily and its reflection. The water was somewhat dirty, but I liked the resulting texture. I turned it sideways, and that hopefully adds to the interest, because it then isn't automatically seen as a waterlily and it's reflection.
An interesting article on photography and copyrights:
www.flickr.com/groups/professionalphotography/discuss/721...
1k-8461_2_3 hdr de custom low
Aínsa, Huesca (Spain).
ENGLISH
The church of Santa María de Aínsa, is a good example of the Medieval architecture of the Sobrarbe area, although throughout its history it has undergone many modifications of the several rooms the temple is made up of: church, subterranean crypt, cloister and belfry tower.
The origins of the temple go back to the XIth century, being an irregularly proportioned construction of rough ashlar.
The church is accessed by way of an open door with a semicircular arc and archivolts, upheld by columns with carved capitals, and on the higher part of the entrance the usual Romanesque chrysmon may be seen.
However, the church has another entrance at the back, which acts as a junction between the temple proper, the tower and the irregular pentagon-shaped medieval cloister.
From the church, entering from the first stretch of the nave, one reaches the basement, a crypt opened beneath the front part of the temple.
On the other hand, to visit the tower and enjoy a beautiful view of the Aínsa’s historical urban area and its surroundings, one must enter from the exterior, through an elevated door. When one reaches the belfry’s openings, it is easy to understand why this tower had religious uses, but above all military ones , as it is an excellent observation tower for the Cinca river.
Source: www.caiaragon.com/en/actividades/index.asp?idAct=87&i...
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CASTELLANO
La Iglesia parroquial de Santa María de Ainsa (Provincia de Huesca, España) es un templo de estilo románico iniciado en el siglo XI y finalizado en el siglo XII. Se consagró en 1181.
De sencilla portada de cuatro arquivoltas apoyadas en otros tantos pares de columnas de capiteles labrados. Desde el interior del templo de única nave con bóveda de medio cañón apuntado se accede a la cripta y el claustro, ambos de gran interés.
La Cripta cuenta con 18 columnas y capiteles. Su torre, de dimensiones únicas en el románico aragonés, hace imprescindible su visita, con saeteras para la defensa, se alza entre las casas del pueblo y domina el entorno. Consta de cuatro pisos diferenciados, uno de ellos, el tercero, destinado a campanario.
El claustro, totalmente irregular, es un ejemplo de adaptación al medio. En el interior se puede admirar la obra del ábside realizada en piedra blanda de color rojo. La bóveda es de horno y tiene el eje ligeramente desviado del de la nave.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santa_Mar%c3%ada_(Ainsa)
No voy al mar en este ancho verano
cubierto de calor, no voy más lejos
de los muros, las puertas y las grietas
que circundan las vidas y mi vida.
En qué distancia, frente a cuál ventana,
en qué estación de trenes
dejé olvidado el mar y allí quedamos,
yo dando las espaldas a lo que amo
mientras allá seguía la batalla
de blanco y verde y piedra y centelleo.
Así fue, así parece que así fue:
cambian las vidas, y el que va muriendo
no sabe que esa parte de la vida,
esa nota mayor, esa abundancia
de cólera y fulgor quedaron lejos,
te fueron ciegamente cercenadas.
No, yo me niego al mar desconocido,
muerto, rodeado de ciudades tristes,
mar cuyas olas no saben matar,
ni cargarse de sal y de sonido:
Yo quiero el mío mar, la artillería
del océano golpeando las orillas,
aquel derrumbe insigne de turquesas,
la espuma donde muere el poderío.
No salgo al mar este verano: estoy
encerrado, enterrado, y a lo largo
del túnel que me lleva prisionero
oigo remotamente un trueno verde,
un cataclismo de botellas rotas,
un susurro de sal y de agonía.
Es el libertador. Es el océano,
lejos, allá, en mi patria, que me espera.
Neruda
Searles Boatyard, Jenkins Street, Port Adelaide.
Searles boatyard, slipway and walkway at Port Adelaide. Morning sun reflecting off the Naval Cadet Yard on the left; Adelaide Brighton Cement can be seen in the background on the right. 170 years of shipwright history will be bulldozed to make way for the most innovative harbour front development in Australia.
The National Trust, however, thinks the boatyards should be preserved: From the earliest settlement of South Australia, Port Adelaide was crucially important not only as a place for the import and export of cargo and the transit of people, but also for the construction and servicing of boats and ships. Maintaining marine vessels was vital in order to sustain trade and communication with the other Australian colonies, Britain (the transplanting society) and the world at large. Without marine industries South Australia would not have survived.
It is a practical necessity for boat yards to be located on the shore of the waters they serve. The most suitable area in Port Adelaide for operating boat yards was the muddy, gently sloping mangrove swamp on the northern side of Gawler Reach, where the topography and orientation favoured the building, slipping and repair of boats without interrupting the other activities of the working port.
In 1876 the Adelaide Observer noted that “the whole of the side of the river down to McAllen’s yards [east of the present Birkenhead Bridge at Cruickshank’s Corner] is tenanted by ship artisans”.
Searles Boatyard, A McFarlane and Sons and the Central Slipping Company [[were]] rare survivals of the continuous maritime activity in Jenkins Street, Birkenhead, while the Sailing Club buildings [[were]] a physical reminder of the pleasurable side of boating.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (5 of 5): The cliff lookout /
CITA EN EL CINE (5 de 5): El Mirador
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: ...since then I can't do anything else than thinking of you...
/
Dom: ...desde entonces no puedo más que pensar en ti...
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
© 2009 g d tошиѕнеиdе. All Rights Reserved.
Head Above Water (Life Preserver — Click to Break Glass)
— Head Above Water, by Hall & Oates
THE QUIZ — Who built the first camera that was small and portable enough to be practical for photography? When was it built? And what was the builder's nationality? (I promise you, the answer will knock your tripod out from underneath you. :P)
The rules remain the same. No cheating! No Googling for the answer. If you choose to answer the question, leave the answer that first comes to your mind in a comment. I'll post the answer along with my next upload.
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THE PHOTO — This photo was taken on the same day as Puppy Dawg. (NOTE: Puppy Dawg is currently at 362 views! Thank you everyone!) It was actually taken before I spotted Puppy Dawg, and this scene is located further upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, behind some breakers, which is why the water here looks so calm. Puppy Dawg's fur was all blown about because of the wind coming off the Atlantic Ocean. Nonetheless, it was no less windy at the location of this particular photo.
What I love about this photo is its perspective. It looks like I was down among the rocks, but I was not. I was actually standing on a walkway a couple feet above them. The illusion is created by the wide-angle lens I was using and the in-camera "cropping" done to make sure that the walkway didn't appear in the photo.
Be sure to click on that life preserver link, too. This photo is best appreciated when wearing one.
Exposure: Aperture Priority | 1/40 sec | f/22 | ISO 100 | 16mm.
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PREVIOUS QUIZ QUESTION — Who invented the first electric car and when? And what was their nationality?
ANSWER — Believe it or not, "small electric vehicles predate the Otto cycle upon which Diesel (diesel engine) and Benz (gasoline engine) based the automobile." (emphasis added)¹ Knowing that, you have to wonder why electric vehicles never really came to fruition sooner. The standard arguments generally revolve around efficiency, but I think that's complete bullshit, to be honest. It's no small secret that business's primary concern is profit, even to the point of ignoring efficiency (except, of course, when seeking more efficient ways of increasing profits). I think the subtext I've inserted into this paragraph is clear.
Moving on, Robert Anderson, a Scottish businessman, was the inventor of the "first crude electric carriage." He invented this carriage sometime between 1832 and 1839. In contrast to my previous quiz regarding the invention of television, I find it interesting that although the exact date of Anderson's invention is unknown, there is apparently no doubt as to whom credit is to be given for this invention.
¹ from the Wikipedia article "Electric Car — 1830s - 1900s: Early History."
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NOTE — Sorry that I've not posted anything new lately. I've been away for the past few days (except to get online for a few minutes to comment on a few photos posted by my contacts each day). I'm still busy working on my office project. I'd mentioned before that I've been working on finishing a project to redecorate my office. Well, in all honesty, all the redecoration has been done for a while now: the walls and trim were painted (although the two walls I didn't paint could stand to be REpainted), and the new furniture was bought months ago. What's been crying out to be done, however, was the reorganisation of my books, my CDs, my DVDs, a thorough overhaul of my files and filing system, and a general cleaning up of the disarray that my home office has been in for months now.
My goal after getting laid off has been to go full bore after a career change, and it requires that I get this project done if I'm to hope for any semblance of success in my endeavor. Generally speaking, when I'm at work, I do my damnedest to keep my workspace clean and orderly. When I get home, however, I don't give a fuck. What I have in mind to do—freelance writing, both fiction and non-fiction—means working at home, and since I much prefer a clean and orderly work space, you should now understand the need and urgency for my getting this done. I've been home from Portugal now for two-and-a-half weeks, and I've allowed myself too much leeway in being lazy about this.
The "thorough overhaul of my files and filing system" was the most massive task of all. I quite literally had to go through five years' worth of files: credit card receipts/statements, bank statements, stock account statements (although those are only a couple years old), health benefits shit (one folder was easily 5 or 6 inches thick with stuff; that's 12,7 - 15,25 cm for my metric contacts), divorce papers (went through that back in 2003-2004), income tax files, and on and on and on.
I'm nearly done now, but there is still work to do. The books are done, the CDs are done, the DVDs are done, and the files are done!!! Got the last bits of that done Friday morning. This morning, I started on the closet. I've got office supplies and a wire shelf full of stuff in the closet. The top shelf in the closet has been rearranged and I actually managed to gain not only more than a foot of extra space, but also a much more pleasing arrangement of things, too. I now need to work on the wire shelf, and a couple of other things, and then the closet will be done.
There are still more things to do, however. The biggest issue right now is wiring concerns: I'm wanting to overhaul how I've done the wiring arrangement I created to connect my laptop to my external monitor, my external hard drives, my router (wish it was wireless), and my cable modem. Until now, it's been a complete pain-in-the-ever-lovin'-arse whenever I've wanted to disconnect the laptop from these things, especially the removal/reinstallation of the laptop's power cord, so that I could take it with me on vacation. I happened upon an idea just the other day that I think will do just the trick! :D (Another part of this wiring rearrangement will involve yet another trip to IKEA, where I will buy another insert (w/ door) for my bookcase (and then will FORCIBLY modify that insert as I did to the previous one I purchased), as well as another basket for the storage of photography related items. I'm also waiting for the Container Store to finish sending me some items I'd ordered to get my main desk drawer organised.)
Lately, despite the incredible progress I've made, this has been feeling like "the never-ending project." :P
I promise to post photos of the finished project, but I really won't have much in the way of "before and after" photos, as I didn't take any "before" photos until after I'd started working on this seemingly Herculean task, so you get what you get and you'll have to live with it. :P
See the article at www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201110pride...
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.
This is Moonstone Beach in Cambria (CAM-bria) California. Moonstone Beach is one of many beautiful beaches in San Luis Obispo County. I took an early morning walk along the wooden boardwalk that parallels this beautiful beach for several miles, then walked down a short flight of steps to the beach itself. I found this dual set of footprints in the wet sand to be interesting and enigmatic.
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Studio pics from readers of MATRIXSYNTH via the MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
Facebook gallery where you can find follow-up comments for each here. Also keep an eye out for new studio pics there.
Featured in order:
1 & 2. Erwan Coïc
This is my studio !
3. Lorenzo D Metallan
This is my setup for a live recording few weeks ago
4. Stu Smith
Seeing as we're doing studio selfies here's my little corner of the world.
5. Phil Croker
And here's my little setup at Pooh Corner (so named 'cos of the wallpaper..) Please be kind, I know it's nowhere near as good as some of your rigs
6. Francesco Synth Meeting Mulassano
Homework!
7. Jason Duerr
Location: Chicago
Results: belmontandclark.bandcamp.com/
8. Nick Morey
Most of my collection Betamaxx
9 & 10. Erik Chalmers
my place
11. Eric Vetterick
blurry ipad shot of my crap...
12. Steve Drakeem
13. Adam Gahan
Okay so i may as well join in. I don't have a huge setup but i try and make the most of what I've got. After all I'm only 19, I will most definitely acquire more gear as time progresses.
14. Gabriel Morley
15. Charles Mickaelstein
Same thing as Adam Gahan, I don't have a huge analog setup but I'm glad to have what I have
(plus some small synths, like monotrons, Casio VL-Tone, etc).
I do that kind of things with those :
soundcloud.com/warngmusic/extreme-transudation
16. Marco Vedder
My setup — at Club Tabu.
17. Marco Vedder
My setup
night lights
18 & 19. Jeremy Olson
20. Hani Debbache
21. Mark Milanovich
Jumping on the bandwagon. Couldn't fit all this in one shot.
It's a hell of a mess right now. More pics as I organize it more.
22. Matthew Willox
I'm a complete minimalist.
23. Ricardo Schnidrig
Acid House from Argentina !
24. Brandon McWhorter
Sure, why not? Here's 1/2 of my "mess" — with Roland TB-303 with Kenton CV Mod, Kawai R-100, Tom Oberheim SEM Pro, Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer, Roland RS-505, Roland SBX-10, Roland TR-808 with Kenton MIDI, Roland Jupiter 6 with Europa, Genoqs Octopus, Roland JP-8 Jupiter 8, John Bowen Solaris, Oberheim M-12 Matrix 12, Garfield Electronics MiniDoc, Oberheim OB-X 8 Voice, Oberheim OB-Xa 8 Voice, Roland JP-4 Jupiter 4, Roland PG-800, Oberheim OB-8 with MIDI, Roland Juno 106 with Kiwi106 and Roland SH-101 (Red).
25. Martin Ley
There you go ‘Synth sluts’ Me at the controls back in 1985
26. Huskypop Huskypopo
27. Michal Patulski
Wow, some of your collections are sick! This is my current setup and nothing is there in comparison ha ha.
28 & 29. Hideously Disfigured Hipsters
30. Thomas Götze
Wanna play a game?
31. Dmitri Sfc
32. Shawn Shirey
This is ground control to Major Tom...
33. Nicolas Guichard
How to choose?
34. Colin Johnson
Since everyone's doing one of these right now.. here my spot. just moved in last month.. so you'll have to tolerate the mess and.. also one picture came off instagram. oh well.
35. Fede Manfredi
This is my little studio, at last, in order!
36. Michael Dennis Raleigh
I guess if everyone's putting up their studios... Here's me and mine
37. Bjørn Viggo Andersen
And here is ours
38. Nicky Bendix
My little workspace - thank you for all your inspiring photos!
39. Gavin McCloy
My modest setup
40. Mike Bradberry
Joining the bandwagon.
41. David J Warman
42 & 43. Trevor Gavilan
44. Joshua Andrew Coburn
45. Max Sokoleski
My tiny dungeon studio
46 & 47. TB Aothree
48. Walter Coter
Many Thanks for all members
49. Mark Ireland
My minimal (but very usable) studio setup.
50. Walter Coter
51. Adrian Earnshaw
As everyone is sharing pictures of their studios, here's my humble setup.
52. Discretman Jeff
Ok, this is my my gaming room !
53. David J Warman
54. Yuuki Koide
my studio
55. Olivier Lebra
my "living studio"
56 & 57. Matthew Thomas 1:48pm Mar 23
When in Rome. Geoscience Studio, kind of set up in an awkwardly shaped room, hence two pictures.
58. Jon Adams
This is my studio while I'm confined to bed - missing my hardware - microbrutes +modular the most
La Dea Madre della Terra, del grano e dell'agricoltura. Dispensatrice di vita, della gioventù e della terra fertile.
Figlia di Crono e Rea, sorella maggiore di Zeus (ma solo nella mitologia classica), aveva una figlia, Persefone, che venne rapita da Ade per farne la sua sposa.
Saputo quel che era accaduto e non potendosi scontrare con le leggi del destino, Demetra si chiuse in un profondo dolore, tralasciando i raccolti e avvolgendo la terra in un triste e freddo manto.
Zeus disperato la implorò di far rinascere la vita, e ci riuscì soltanto convincendo il fratello Ade a lasciar libera Persefone. Egli però le diede una melegrana magica ben sapendo che se Persefone la avesse assaggiata sarebbe dovuta tornare per un periodo dell'anno agli Inferi.
Ecco quindi la causa delle stagioni: quando scende l'autunno e l'inverno è perchè Persefone torna da Ade e Demetra si rattrista, quando la natura rinasce e torna la stagione calda Demetra è felice che la figlia rimanga con lei.
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I dunno which one was the best.. but I kinda like the first one in comments,.. i dunno the decision is up to you guys((:
i kinda had a rotten day.. but its all good now! teeeheee.., well im gonna check you guys' streams right now so.. byebye for now!
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405 Central Ave. St. Petersburg, Florida
Built in 1928, the Snell Arcade is significant for its ornate Mediterranean Rival style of architecture, its architect Richard Kiehnel (who also designed the El Jardin in Miami (NRHP 1974) and the Rolyat Hotel (now Stetson College of Law) in St. Petersburg who inaugurated the Mediterranean style in Florida, and of course with its original owner...C Perry Snell.
The building was originally configured with a two-story penthouse for Snell, retail space on the ground floor, offices on the upper floors, a cafeteria in the basement, and "Spanish Bob's" nightclub (a favorite of Babe Ruth when he was in town) on the third floor.
Significant exterior features of the building include:
polychromatic architectural terra cotta, the copper canopy which shades the first floor, and the use of Florida keystone as an exterior fabric. The terra-cotta skin begins at the second floor with a band of detailing that includes Italianate rounders with a foliated design on each side of the window sill. Windows on the south, east and north are paired with a twisted column pilaster and foliated capital between. Below the window sill at the third floor, there is a bas-relief detail continued on all three sides of the building interrupted only by the thickened wall of the tower. This same detail is repeated on the copper canopy fascia. On each side of the south Arcade entry are terra-cotta pilasters that further reinforce and celebrate the entry. All this is topped off with an ornately designed parapet in blues and yellows and finials in blue and yellow.
The upper floors of the Snell Arcade underwent conversion from office space to 12 residential condos in 2003, while the street level retains its retail capabilities
Vertorama composed of 18 images processed as DRI, with those 9 DRI images stitched 3x3.
National Register of Historic Places:
405 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, Florida
listed 11/4/1982
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27°33'16.75"N, 82°38'19.25"W
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Starring Ray “Crash” Corrigan, Lee Van Atta, C. Montague Shaw, Monte Blue, Lois Wilde, John Merton, William Farnum.
Undersea Kingdom begins with a protracted introduction to our hero, US Navy lieutenant “Crash” Corrigan (Ray Corrigan), in a series of sequences that establish his athletic prowess. After Crash has excelled at football, wrestling, and other strenuous sports, the main plot gets underway when Corrigan is assigned to accompany scientist Professor Norton (C. Montague Shaw) on a submarine expedition to the bottom of the ocean. Norton is convinced that a recent series of earthquakes are emanating from the lost land of Atlantis–which, according to his theory, was not destroyed when it sank to the ocean floor but instead preserved by a protective dome. Norton, Corrigan, newspaper reporter Diana Compton (Lois Wilde), and Norton’s young son Billy (Lee Van Atta) discover the truth of Norton’s theory when their undersea journey brings them to Atlantis–a country that culturally and sartorially resembles Ancient Greece, but possesses technology never seen in the ancient or modern world. There, they find that the Atlantean tyrant Unga Khan (Monte Blue) has been causing the earthquakes, which are mere test runs for his planned conquest of the “surface world” with his arsenal of destructive weapons. Norton is taken prisoner by Khan, who makes the professor his scientific lackey after after technologically brainwashing him, while Crash is captured by Sharad (William Farnum), the high priest of Poseidon and the leader of an Atlantean faction that opposes Unga Khan. Eventually, Crash convinces Sharad that they share a common enemy, and is given command of the high priest’s “White Robe” army. He takes command of Sharad’s campaign against Unga Khan’s “Black Robes,” while Khan assiduously prepares for an invasion of the unsuspecting surface world.
Undersea Kingdom is invariably compared to Universal’s Flash Gordon, which was released two months earlier in 1936; in fact, it’s often cited as a direct imitation of the Universal chapterplay. Given the closeness of the two serials’ release dates, this is unlikely–although Republic did begin producing Kingdom when Universal announced Gordon, no doubt hoping to steal a little of Gordon’s thunder with a sci-fi adventure of their own. Thematically, however, Undersea Kingdom owes more to Phantom Empire, released two years earlier by Republic’s predecessor Mascot, than it does to Flash Gordon. Among the two serials’ points in common are an alien kingdom that is still part of the good old Earth, a child co-hero, and a villainous robot corps. Also like Empire, Kingdom lacks any of the otherworldly atmosphere of Flash Gordon; Atlantis’ locales and inhabitants never come alive the way Mongo’s do. The troubles of Atlantis never becomes involving in their own right; the struggle between Unga Khan and Sharad is a mere backdrop to Khan’s plan to conquer the surface world; (in fact, the final destruction of Sharad’s city is only a side effect of Khan’s attempt to recapture Professor Norton).
However, while Undersea Kingdom is no Flash Gordon, it has much to recommend it. As already mentioned, the writers (John Rathmell, Oliver Drake, Maurice Geraghty, and Tracy Knight) don’t succeed in making Atlantis seem very colorful (although they give the supposedly Greek Atlanteans a wild potpourri of names that hail from Mongolia, ancient Persia, Phoenicia, and many other places), but they keep their plot moving swiftly. The final chapter is unusually exciting, with Unga Khan confidently preparing to blast opposing Navy ships from the ocean as Crash and Norton work frantically to cripple his defenses from within his impregnable tower.
While the serial’s principal outdoor location (Iverson’s Movie Ranch) doesn’t look very otherworldly, both Sharad’s Sacred City (a disguised version of Republic’s Spanish fort, enlarged by some excellent matte work) and Unga Khan’s laboratory are decorated in properly peculiar style, while the serial’s various miniatures (the Atlantean “Volplane,” Norton’s submarine, Khan’s rocket-powered tower) are very well-designed by Howard and Theodore Lydecker. The Juggernaut, a tank-like vehicle that anticipates the Jungle Cruiser in Tim Tyler’s Luck, is similarly impressive, while a squad of robots (called “Volkites” here) will only impress those (like myself) who don’t object to the water- heater-like appearance of the robot in the later Mysterious Doctor Satan; the Volkites are near-duplicates of that automaton.
The serial features few of the fistfights common to Republic’s later serials, but compensates by including some truly unique action sequences, chief among them the large-scale attacks on Sharad’s Sacred City by the Black Robes; these battle scenes are beautifully staged by directors Joseph Kane and B. Reeves Eason (Eason directed many similar sequences in silent and sound “spectacles” like 1925’s Ben-Hur and 1936’s Charge of the Light Brigade). The serial’s smaller-scaled swordfights are also well-handled, as are several chariot chases, Crash’s tightrope-walking escape from Khan’s tower, and the wrestling matches between Crash and various opponents (although his repeated success in overpowering two villains at once somewhat stretches credibility). The serial’s chapter endings are interesting (particularly the ones involving Crash’s fall down an elevator shaft, his apparent crushing by the Juggernaut, and the good guys’ failed escape in the Volplane that ends in their being shot down), but too many of them–including the famed Juggernaut cliffhanger–are resolved by blatant “cheats” in the following chapter.
The serial’s cast is uneven in terms of acting. Ray Corrigan, excellent as a laid-back but determined cowboy hero in Republic’s Three Mesquiteers films, seems slightly uncomfortable as a swashbuckling near-superhero (with a rather embarrassing outfit); he delivers most of his lines hurriedly in rather stone-faced fashion and lacks the dash that helped Buster Crabbe put across the similarly difficult role of Flash Gordon. Monte Blue is also a bit miscast as the warlord Unga Khan. While Blue was good as more prosaic villains like the evil Yellow Weasel in Hawk of the Wilderness, his appearance and voice aren’t “bravura” enough for such a larger-than-life part. He voices Khan’s megalomaniacal ravings in a harsh monotone, with none of the measured staginess someone like Charles Middleton or Bela Lugosi would have given them.
The lovely Lois Wilde has very little to do as the leading lady, but delivers her lines with a breathless enthusiasm almost unparalleled among serial actresses. Lee Van Atta is good as the capable, if somewhat cocky, Billy Norton, in effect the serial’s co-hero. John Merton features prominently as a tough Black Robe soldier named Moloch who switches over to the good guys’ side and provides Crash with loyal support; Merton handles this change-of-pace part with plenty of vigor and conviction. Lon Chaney Jr. is properly snarling and aggressive as Captain Hakur, the leader of Unga Khan’s Black Robe army, while Raymond Hatton–surprisingly cast as a villain–is his second-in-command. Boothe Howard makes a slick aide-de-camp for Monte Blue, and Lane Chandler is William Farnum’s stalwart lieutenant. Farnum himself handles the role of Sharad with his customary dignity and theatricality, glowering angrily over Unga Khan’s aggression and ringingly declaring his faith in Poseidon. The most refined and assured performance in the serial, however, comes from C. Montague Shaw as Professor Norton. Shaw is calm, dignified, and authoritative as the pre-transformation Norton and whining, crafty, and obsequious as the transformed Professor. His evil chuckling when he’s decoyed Crash into a trap is memorable, and his simple but startling transition back to his previous manner when his mind is restored is excellent.
Smiley Burnette and Frankie Marvin, accompanied by a parrot named Sinbad, are the serial’s designated comic relief, but aren’t given anything amusing in the way of material. Fortunately, they make only a few token appearances throughout the serial. A scrutiny of their scenes shows that their characters were inserted in post-production, apparently to pad out a few chapters’ running time; they never interact with any of the other principals and are never referred to by them (except in one obviously-looped scene). Jack Mulhall and Lloyd Whitlock play naval officers in the first and final chapters, and John Bradford overacts wildly as Joe, Norton’s hysterical assistant who goes berserk at the prospect of descending to the ocean depths. George DeNormand doubles for Ray Corrigan in the action scenes and plays various Atlantean guards, along with fellow stuntmen Eddie Parker, Tom Steele, and Bill Yrigoyen.
Undersea Kingdom, while not as slick as later Republics or as colorful as its contemporary Flash Gordon, is a definite step up from Mascot predecessors like Phantom Empire when it comes to production values and smoothness of plotting. The serial belongs to a developmental stage in Republic Pictures’ history, but is no less appealing because of that; while few fans or critics (this author among them) would rate it as one of Republic’s best serials, it usually holds a warm spot in their esteem.
Above: Crash, Billy, and Norton make an escape in the Volplane.
Dahlia petals start green, but gain color as they mature towards blooming.
Looks good enough to eat when you View LARGE On Black.
Awards count for this photo.
Nikon D5000 at ISO 200, Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/11, Overcast sky & Nikon SB-600 flash unit with O-Flash 3/4-ringlight attachment (fill). 1:1 magnification.
A pilgrimage certificate, approx two feet long, resting in a display case in a poorly lit hall at the Sacred exhibition at the British Library in London.
The writing along the top reads 'In the name of God the Most Gracious the Most Merciful'.
The scroll states that Maymunah, daughter of Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Zarli went on pilgrimage in the year 1432-3, where she visted both Mecca and Medina. The certificate shows the sanctuary of the Kabah (house of God in Mecca), the hill of Marwah (concentric circles, this is next to the Kabah), the tomb of Prophet Muhammad in Medina and the sole of the Prophet Muhammad's sandal on which is written one of his sayings.
In Islam, pilgrimage to the Kabah is one of the five pillars of faith but only obligatory on those who can afford to attend. Muslims believe the Kabah was originally built by Prophet Abraham as a sanctuary to worship God Almighty alone, instead of the idols which people such as Abraham's father used to make.
Generally we do not have such certificates in Islam but today you will notice a trend, especially in Malaysia/ Indonesia that peoples names will be prefixed with the word Haji, meaning, someone who has been on pilgrimage (hajj).
www.bap.de/start/musik/songtexte/titel/verdamp-lang-her --- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghi2xReyFYA&feature=related --- www.worldvision.de/unsere-arbeit-wie-wir-arbeiten-entwick... ---
Bap Colognian (Kölsch) pronunciation: [/bap/] is a German rock group. With ten albums reaching the number one in the German record charts, Bap is one of the most successful rock acts in their home country.
Nearly all of Bap's lyrics are written in Kölsch, the dialect of Cologne, or more precisely in a Kölsch-influenced derivation of Eifelplatt, a regional variant of the Ripuarian language spoken in the nearby rural Eifel. Niedecken's most prominent musical influences, especially early in his career, were Bob Dylan, the Kinks, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and Wolfgang Ambros.
The group was founded in 1976 under the name Wolfgang Niedecken's Bap in Cologne, Germany by Wolfgang Niedecken and Hans Heres. In 1981 they released their most famous song "Verdamp lang her" (English: Damn long time ago), in which Niedecken describes regrets he has about his relationship with his then recently deceased father. The band's name "BAP" derived from "BAPP", both, a play-on-words on the Kölsch word "Papp" (related to the German word Papa for dad), but pronounced differently, and Niedecken's then-times nickname. BAP ist eine Kölschrockband um den Frontmann Wolfgang Niedecken und gilt als eine der erfolgreichsten Rockbands deutscher Sprache. Von den 23 BAP-Alben erreichten 19 die Top 10, zehn wurden sogar Nummer 1 der Charts.Die Gruppe um Sänger und Songschreiber Wolfgang Niedecken besteht seit 1976. Die Band traf sich zu Beginn in wechselnder Besetzung, um „einen Kasten Bier leerzuproben“.[1] Der erste Auftritt erfolgte 1977 im Mariensaal in Köln-Nippes mit zwei akustischen Gitarren (Wolfgang Niedecken, Hans Heres) und Perkussion (Afro Bauermann). Das erste Album, Wolfgang Niedecken's BAP rockt andere kölsche Leeder. erschien 1979, die Band bestand zu dieser Zeit aus Wolfgang Niedecken, Hans „Honçe“ Heres, Wolfgang „Gröön“ Klever, Manfred „Schmal“ Boecker, Wolfgang „Wolli“ Boecker und Bernd Odenthal. Die zweite LP Affjetaut folgte 1980, wie die Debüt-Platte noch unter der Bezeichnung „Wolfgang Niedeckens BAP“, da Niedecken sich bereits als Solo-Künstler mit Gitarre und Mundharmonika als „Bob Dylan der Südstadt“ einen Namen gemacht hatte; beide Platten wurden noch beim Kölner Independent-Label Eigelstein Musikproduktion veröffentlicht.
Der Bandname BAP entstand aus Niedeckens Spitzname, der seinen Vater so nannte. Diese Aussprache entstammt der Herkunft der Familie aus Rheinland-Pfalz, und weil sie vom kölschen „Pap“ abwich, entstand so Niedeckens Spitzname.[2] Als ein erster Auftritt geplant wurde, für den mit einem Plakat geworben werden sollte, musste ein Bandname erdacht werden. Hans Heres schlug dem Veranstalter vor, „BAPP“ zu nehmen.[3] Da sich die Bandmitglieder aber einig waren, dass „BAPP“ – mit zwei „P“ geschrieben – auf der Bassdrum nicht gut aussah, wurde einfach ein „P“ gestrichen.[4]
Der musikalische und inhaltliche Stil der BAP-Songs wird wesentlich von Bob Dylan, den Kinks und den Rolling Stones geprägt. Auch Bruce Springsteen, mit dem Sänger Wolfgang Niedecken eine persönliche Freundschaft verbindet, gilt als wichtiger Orientierungspunkt für BAP. Verschiedene BAP-Lieder, vor allem melancholische (z. B. Helfe kann dir keiner, Paar Daach fröher) zeigen in den Arrangements und der Stimmung deutliche Ähnlichkeiten mit Stücken von Wolfgang Ambros, etwa von dessen Album 19 Class A Numbers. Die Texte beschäftigen sich oft mit gesellschaftlichen oder persönlichen Problemen.1979 fanden unter dem Bandnamen "Wolfgang Niedeckens BAP" erste Auftritte außerhalb von Köln und der näheren Umgebung statt; so zum Beispiel auch anlässlich der Bundesgartenschau 1979 in der Bonner Rheinaue.[5] Im Mai 1982 machte BAP ihre erste professionell organisierte Deutschlandtournee. Im Mittelpunkt standen Songs des aktuellen Albums Für Usszeschnigge, das 1981 als erstes beim Major-Label EMI-Electrola erschienen war. Für den Wechsel von Eigelstein zur EMI mussten BAP in der lokalen Kultur-Szene viel Kritik einstecken, wurden jedoch mit Platz 1 in den deutschen Album-Charts prompt belohnt.
Im Sommer 1982 folgten verschiedene Auftritte im Rahmen von Großveranstaltungen und Fernsehproduktionen: Rockpop In Concert für das ZDF in der Dortmunder Westfalenhalle 1, Demonstration gegen die Nachrüstung der NATO am 10. Juni 1982 (Zehnter Juni) auf den Bonner Rheinwiesen, Vorprogramm der Rolling Stones am 4. und 5. Juli 1982 im Müngersdorfer Stadion in Köln und als erste deutsche Band bei einem Festival des WDR-Rockpalast am 28. August 1982 auf der Loreley-Freilichtbühne.
Nach Erscheinen des vierten Albums Vun drinne noh drusse war die Band zwischen Oktober 1982 und Oktober 1983 sieben Monate lang unterwegs. Neben Deutschland standen auch Konzerte in Österreich, der Schweiz und den Benelux-Ländern auf dem Programm. Insgesamt wurden etwa 130 Auftritte gespielt. Die Tournee endete mit einem Konzert im Kölner „Stollwerck“. Das vom Abriss bedrohte Bürgerhaus Stollwerck erhielt die Einnahmen dieses Konzerts zur Finanzierung seiner weiteren Arbeit. Am 28. Mai 1983 spielte BAP auf einem Festival im niedersächsischen Schüttorf im Vorprogramm von Rod Stewart und am 22. Oktober 1983 auf einer weiteren Großdemonstration gegen die NATO-Nachrüstung im Bonner Hofgarten.
Für den Januar 1984 war – nach langen Verhandlungen mit der staatlichen Künstleragentur – eine Tournee mit 14 Konzerten in 13 Städten der DDR geplant. Im Vorfeld der Tour zeichnete das DDR-Fernsehen ein Interview mit Wolfgang Niedecken inklusive zweier Unplugged-Versionen von BAP-Liedern auf. Dieses wurde später jedoch sinnentstellend verkürzt gesendet. So entschloss sich Niedecken, einige politische Statements, die der Band wichtig waren, in einem eigenen Lied darzustellen. Es wurde als Deshalv spill’ mer he betitelt und erstmals auf dem letzten „West-Konzert“ vor der Tour in Wolfsburg gespielt. Als die Band bereits in Ost-Berlin im Hotel Unter den Linden war, gab es am Vorabend des ersten Konzerts heftige Auseinandersetzungen über dieses Lied mit der DDR-Seite. Als die Band sich weigerte, es von der Setlist zu nehmen, kam es zum Eklat. Die Tournee wurde abgebrochen, bevor das erste Konzert auf dem Boden der DDR gespielt werden konnte. In einer Sendung des DDR-Fernsehens war die Ansage eines Moderators während eines Konzerts im Berliner Palast der Republik zu sehen, zu dem BAP geladen war. Er nannte als Begründung ihrer Absage, die Band wolle „nicht unter dem Symbol der weißen Taube auf blauem Grund auftreten“.[6]
Die Tournee zum Album Zwesche Salzjebäck un Bier begann am 15. und 16. Juni 1984 mit zwei Konzerten im Archäologischen Park in Xanten. Sie wurden vom ZDF aufgezeichnet und später in einer Zusammenfassung gesendet. Die Tour dauerte bis zum Februar 1985 und übertraf von der Zuschauerresonanz her noch die von 1982/83.
Am 2. März 1986 begann in Lohmar bei Köln die Tournee Ahl Männer, aalglatt. BAP spielte zunächst einige Konzerte im ländlichen Raum, bevor die Band am 15. März 1986 in der Essener Grugahalle bei der 17. und letzten Rocknacht des WDR-Rockpalast auftrat. Die Rocknacht, bei der auch Jackson Browne und Big Country auftraten, wurde wie schon das Festival auf der Loreley 1982 via Eurovision von vielen europäischen Radio- und Fernsehstationen ausgestrahlt.
Von April bis Juli folgten zahlreiche weitere Konzerte. Wegen der anhaltenden Popularität wurden teilweise auch größere Hallen ausgewählt. So fanden die „Heimspiele“ der Kölner Band erstmals in der bis zu 8000 Zuschauer fassenden Kölner Sporthalle, der damals größten Veranstaltungshalle der Domstadt, statt. Bei dieser Tournee gab es mit Christian Schneider erstmals auf einer Tournee einen Gastmusiker, weil die zum Teil sehr komplexen Keyboard-Arrangements des neuen Albums live mit nur einem Keyboarder nicht zu realisieren gewesen wären. Schneider spielte neben Keyboards bei einigen Stücken auch Saxophon. Den letzten Auftritt der Tour absolvierte die Band am 26. Juli 1986; genau drei Monate nach der Atomreaktor-Katastrophe von Tschernobyl auf dem legendären Anti-WAAhnsinns-Festival gegen die Wiederaufbereitungsanlage von Wackersdorf in Burglengenfeld.
Nach Ende der Tournee 1986 legte BAP eine kreative Pause ein (u. a. bedingt durch bandinterne, künstlerische Meinungsverschiedenheiten), die Wolfgang Niedecken zur Veröffentlichung seines Albums Schlagzeiten und zu einigen Solo-Konzerten nutzte. BAP stand erst im September 1987 bei zwei Festivals wieder auf der Bühne, um sich auf eine Tournee durch China vorzubereiten. Diese Tournee ist im Buch BAP övver China dokumentiert.
Das Album Da Capo wurde von Oktober bis Dezember 1988 zunächst bei einer ausgedehnten Hallentournee präsentiert. Bei dieser Tournee legte BAP die Scheu vor den ganz großen Konzertarenen endgültig ab. So standen auch die Frankfurter Festhalle und die Münchener Olympiahalle auf dem Programm. Im Sommer 1989 folgten weitere Konzerte, teilweise auch im Rahmen von Festivals gemeinsam mit Joe Cocker. Eines dieser Events fand in der Berliner Waldbühne statt.
Auch die Tournee 1991 wurde in mehreren Teilen durchgeführt. Kurz nach der Vollendung der deutschen Einheit standen im Januar 1991 zunächst die ersten Konzerte der Band auf dem Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR auf dem Programm. Anschließend ging BAP in Westdeutschland auf Club-Tour und absolvierte eine Reihe von Auftritten in beschaulichem Rahmen, zumeist in kleinen Hallen. Das Konzert im Kölner E-Werk wurde aufgezeichnet und später auf dem Album Live – Affrocke veröffentlicht.
Im Mai und Juni 1991 folgte eine Tournee ausschließlich durch die größten deutschen Konzerthallen und bei verschiedenen Open-Air-Festivals. Als Gast bei den Konzerten trat Julian Dawson auf. Am 26. Januar 1994 startete die Tournee zum im August 1993 erschienenen Album Pik Sibbe. Nach wie vor war die Nachfrage in der BAP-Hochburg Köln groß, in einigen anderen Städten blieben die Zuschauerzahlen etwas hinter den Erwartungen zurück. Die folgende Tournee zum Album Amerika begann im November 1996. Der Tourneestart in Koblenz wurde für den WDR-Rockpalast mitgeschnitten und später im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt.
Mit dem Ausstieg von Bassist Steve Borg und von Gründungsmitglied Manfred „Schmal“ Boecker verließen zwei Musiker die Band, die BAP über viele Jahre mitgeprägt haben. 1999 stieg auch Gitarrist Klaus „Major“ Heuser aus, der während 19 Jahren Bandmitgliedschaft die überwiegende Zahl der Lieder komponierte. Außerdem verließ Keyboarder Alexander „Effendi“ Büchel die Firma BAP. Diese Abgänge und die darauf folgenden Neubesetzungen veränderten den musikalischen Ausdruck von BAP nachhaltig.
Zu den Gründen für den Ausstieg von Major sagt Wolfgang Niedecken rückblickend im März 2011:
„Der Major ist ein toller Gitarrist. Aber er wollte, dass BAP international ausgerichteten Radio-Pop spielt. Ich wollte beim Kölsch-Rock bleiben. Beide Positionen waren nicht vereinbar. Ich bin ihm dankbar, dass er selbst gegangen ist. Ich hätte ihn nämlich nie rausgeschmissen.[7]“
Als Neuzugang an den Keyboards stieg Michael Nass bei BAP ein, der zuvor in den 1980er Jahren in der DDR-Musikszene musikalisch sehr aktiv war, u. a. bei P 16 und später in Liselotte Rezniceks Frauenband Mona Lise. Gitarrist wurde Helmut Krumminga. Im Sommer 2001 gab BAP vor der eigentlichen Aff un zo-Tour ab Herbst 2001 zwei Vorabkonzerte, darunter das „Konzert an der toten Brücke“ (Soda-Brücke) in Euskirchen, das auch vom WDR aufgezeichnet und wenige Tage später in der Sendung Rockpalast gesendet wurde. Das Album selbst stieg wie der Vorgänger Tonfilm auf Platz 1 in die deutschen Charts ein.
Im Januar 2006 war die Kölnarena zwar anlässlich des Starts der Jubiläumskonzerte zum 30-jährigen Bestehen der Band mit 25.000 Zuschauern an zwei aufeinander folgenden Tagen fast ausverkauft. Bei anderen Auftritten hatte man sich von vorneherein durch die Wahl kleinerer Konzertorte angepasst.
Auch das im Mai 2008 erschienene Album Radio Pandora stieg auf Platz 1 in die deutschen Charts ein. Im Winter 2008 startete die Tournee dazu, am 2. Weihnachtstag gab es das Heimspiel in der Köln-Arena (Lanxess-Arena); sie dauerte (mit Unterbrechungen) bis zum Sommer 2009, wobei die Band von Anne de Wolff (Violine, Bratsche, Gesang) und teilweise von Rhani Krija (Percussion) begleitet wurde.
Für November 2011 war der Start der aktuellsten Tournee geplant. Aufgrund einer schweren Erkrankung Wolfgang Niedeckens wurde der Start der Tour auf Anfang Mai 2012 verschoben.[8][9][10]
Auslandsauftritte [Bearbeiten]
BAP ist im Laufe der bisher 35-jährigen Bandgeschichte in vielen Ländern der Welt aufgetreten. Nachdem sich die Bandmitglieder anfangs kaum vorstellen konnten, dass ihre kölschen Texte außerhalb des Rheinlandes verstanden würden, durften sie erleben, dass ihre Platten weit darüber hinaus gekauft wurden. Tourneen waren dadurch auch im Ausland möglich.
Die ersten Auftritte außerhalb Deutschlands waren im Dezember 1982 in der Schweiz (Basel und St.Gallen)[11] und bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre in Österreich, Luxemburg, Belgien und Dänemark (Roskilde-Festival). Seitdem gehören Auftritte in diesen Nachbarländern zum Bestandteil jeder Tournee.
Spätere Fernreisen wurden zumeist als Begleitung zu künstlerischen oder politischen Themen organisiert; häufig war nicht die komplette Gruppe unterwegs; manchmal auch nur Wolfgang Niedecken alleine oder in Begleitung von Musikern seiner Solo-Projekte:
Mit einigen Gästen tourte BAP im Oktober 1987 vier Wochen durch China. Acht Auftritte wurden in Peking, Shanghai und Kanton absolviert.[12]
Wolfgang Niedecken spielte 1987 auf Einladung der Kulturstiftung Casa de los tres Mundos (ein Projekt des Schauspielers Dietmar Schönherr, des Produzenten Peter Reichelt und des Kulturministers Ernesto Cardenal) mit seiner Complizen-Band in Nicaragua.
In ähnlicher Zusammensetzung spielten Wolfgang Niedecken & Complizen 1988 in Mosambik eine kleine Tour.
Die politischen Veränderungen in der Sowjetunion unter Gorbatschow machten es möglich, dass BAP im Mai 1989 je drei Konzerte in Moskau und Wolgograd gab.[13] Dort kamen die Musiker auch mit Fans aus der DDR ins Gespräch. Nachdem die BAP-Tour durch Ostdeutschland 1984 abgesagt wurde, war der Umweg über die UdSSR die einzige Möglichkeit, als DDR-Bürger mit der Band zu sprechen.
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