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Con sus dos largos brazos de hilo la verde Eutreptia se abre paso en los caminos del agua, a veces despejados como un cielo limpio y en otras ocasiones salpìcados de diminutos viajeros como ella que buscan para vivir una pequeña ventana a la luz del sol.

  

Eutreptia es un flagelado primo hermano de Euglena, que adopta forma de cometa cuando puede nadar libre en la inmensidad de cualquier gota de agua, su prolongada cola estabiliza la tortuosa navegación que le imponen sus dos largos flagelos y de este modo, avanza sin contratiempos enhebrando su silueta de pez entre las corrientes de agua.

 

El interior de Eutreptia está cargado de pequeños cloroplastos discoidales que apenas tienen espacio para moverse dentro de su cuerpo y que no caben en la estrecha cola-timón de este flagelado viajero. Eutreptia está vestida con una fina y plástica membrana transparente elegantemente adornada por unas delicadísimas estrías paralelas casi invisibles. Esta película que recubre su cuerpo como una ajustada camisa, igual que la de algunas especies de Euglena, Distigma o Astasia permite el cambio de forma y la completa transformación de sus aspecto.

 

Los dos largos flagelos de Eutreptia ondulan y parecen trenzarse para deshacerse después en sus movimientos rizados, pero cuando tropiezan con algún obstáculo como marañas de algas o redes de diatomeas, se desacompasan al mismo tiempo que Eutreptia se altera y sus contornos de comenta se revuelven hasta transformarse mágicamente en los de un globo.

 

Eutreptia, como Euglena, es ser misterioso de vida animal y vegetal al mismo tiempo, una pequeña mancha ocular de color rojizo constituye su ojo de cíclope que sólo ve la luz

 

La especie que mostramos hoy, probablemente Eutreptia viridis puede vivir en aguas dulces, como éstas de las que procede y es capaz de soportar una notable carga de materia orgánica. Se trata de un hallazgo singular, del que no tenemos constancia de citas precedentes en la Península Ibérica - las únicas conocidas del continente europeo proceden de Gran Bretaña y Rumanía - y tan solo se ha constatado su presencia en otros continentes a partir de tres citas, una en Brasil, otra en China y la tercera de Australia.

 

Eutreptia ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos con la técncia de contraste de interferencia a partir de una muestra recogida a 3 metros de profundidad en el Lago de Sanabria (Zamora), desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán construido en el Planeta propulsado por energía eólica y solar.

 

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More photographs of Torquay, can be viewed by visiting my photography website - Beautiful England

 

Torquay has long been regarded as one of the most glamorous resorts of the English Riviera. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, who was a prisoner, stood on the deck of HMS Bellerophon in Tor Bay and pronounced Torquay to be, "Beau". It is easy to see why he felt this. Built on seven green hills, overlooking Tor Bay, Torquay is a resort with a genuine European atmosphere. Sparkling white villas built by the Victorians, adorn the hill tops. The promenade is lined with palm trees and colourful gardens. There is a lively harbour and an international marina.

 

The Victorians named Torquay, "Queen of the Riviera" and it became one of the most popular resorts in the south of England. In 1848, South Devon Railway made the town easily accessible. Bathing became fashionable and separate beaches were designated for ladies and gentlemen to bathe. It was not until 1899 that mixed bathing was permitted.

 

Kent's Cavern attracted many visitors. Here were found human bones, together with those from Ice Age creatures, indicating for the first time that man had existed far earlier than previously thought. It is now a floodlit spectacle of stalagmites and stalactites situated close to Anstey's Cove and is open to the public.

 

The English Riviera has 22 miles of coastline, coves and cliffs and provides 19 varied beaches, some small and secluded, but still easily accessible. From Marine Drive there are extensive views over Thatcher Rock, across Tor Bay to Berry Head at Brixham. From Babbacombe Bay the red cliffs of Dawlish can be seen.

 

The BBC TV series, 'Fawlty Towers', is closely associated with Torquay. This comedy programme, staring John Cleese, as the eccentric hotelier, was first broadcast in 1975 and has been screened in over sixty countries. The hotel shown in the opening shots was, in fact, not in Torquay, but was the Wooburn Grange Country Club at Bourne End in Buckinghamshire, which has now been demolished.

 

The inspiration for Basil Fawlty was Donald Sinclair, the owner of Hotel Gleneagles, who Monty Python's Flying Circus team encountered in 1971. Whilst they were staying there, Donald Sinclair criticised Terry Gilliam for not using his knife and fork correctly and it is alleged Eric Idle's bag was thrown outside because Sinclair believed that there was a bomb in it! The Monty Python team moved out, but John Cleese, realising the potential, stayed on and brought his first wife, Connie Booth, to join him to experience Sinclair's unusual behaviour at first hand. She later co-wrote the programmes with her husband.

 

Sadly, Donald died in 1981. John Cleese affectionately described Donald Sinclair, a war hero, as, "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met". Hotel Gleneagles still exists in Asheldon Road, Torquay. It has been transformed into a luxury boutique hotel, overlooking Lyme Bay.

 

Agatha Christie, the world famous crime writer, was born in Torquay and spent most of her life in the area. She often bathed at Beacon Cove, an original "ladies only beach" and Meadfoot Beach. The family home was in Barton Road. She was married on Christmas Eve 1914 and spent her honeymoon at The Grand Hotel. She owned 'Greenway', standing above the River Dart, near Brixham, for thirty-eight years, which she used as a summer home and retreat, until she died in 1976. It is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. Visitors can travel by ferry from Torquay or Brixham.

  

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (5 of 9): Shin askes for Yas /

DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (5 de 9): Shin pregunta por Yas

 

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 86 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.

 

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Shin: … I'll make it face to face ò_ó

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Shin: ...lo haré en persona. ò_ó

 

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Minao's Akari Collaboration

The Vines, 81 Lime Street, Liverpool, 1907.

 

By Walter William Thomas (1849-1912).

 

Walkers Ales of Warrington.

 

Grade ll* listed.

 

See also:-

 

pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/112

 

breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Vines,_Liverpool

 

www.govserv.org/GB/Liverpool/236929139665303/The-Vines-%2...

 

m.facebook.com/The-Vines-the-Big-House-236929139665303/

 

ymliverpool.com/historic-lime-street-pub-vines-plans-attr...

 

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/07/liverpool-pu...

 

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The Vines public house

 

Statutory Address: 79-87 Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 1JQ

 

Grade II* Listed

 

List Entry Number: 1084210

 

National Grid Reference: SJ3505890334

  

Summary

 

Public house, 1907, by Walter Thomas for Robert Cain & Sons. Neo-Baroque style.

 

Reasons for Designation

 

The Vines, constructed in 1907 to the designs of Walter W Thomas for Robert Cain & Sons, is listed at Grade II* for the following principal reasons:

 

Architectural interest:

 

* it has an impressive neo-Baroque design with flamboyant principal elevations that maximise its prominent corner location;

 

* its imposing composition and highly ornate interior reflect the status, wealth and ambition of Robert Cain who sought to create public houses of great beauty;

 

* the interior decoration is of a superior quality and includes plasterwork by the Bromsgrove Guild and H Gustave Hiller, carved mahogany woodwork throughout, repousse copper panels, and a stained-glass dome in the former billiards room;

 

* the interior retains high-quality original fixtures and fittings, including elaborate fireplaces, carved baffles with Art Nouveau stained glass, ornate wall panelling, arcaded screens, a striking wave-shaped beaten-copper bar counter in the lounge, and Art Nouveau fireplaces in the upper-floor accommodation.

 

Group value:

 

* it has strong group value with its sister building, the nearby Grade I-listed Philharmonic Dining Rooms, which was also designed by Walter W Thomas for Robert Cain & Sons, as well as other listed buildings on Lime Street and Ranelagh Place, including the Grade II-listed Crown Hotel, Adelphi Hotel and former Lewis's department store.

 

History

 

The Vines was constructed in 1907 to the designs of Walter W Thomas for the Liverpool brewery Robert Cain & Sons and replaced an early-C19 pub operated by Albert B Vines from 1867; hence the current pub's name. The interior decoration includes works by the Bromsgrove Guild and H Gustave Hiller.

 

Walter W Thomas (1849-1912) was a Liverpool architect who is best known for his public house designs, but who also produced designs for Owen Owen's department store known as Audley House, and houses around Sefton Park. As well as The Vines, Thomas also designed The Philharmonic Dining Rooms (1898-1900, Grade I) on Hope Street for Robert Cain & Sons, and rebuilt The Crown (1905, Grade II) for Walkers Brewery of Warrington, which is also on Lime Street.

 

Robert Cain (1826-1907) was born in Ireland but grew up in Liverpool. As a teenager he became an apprentice to a cooper on board a ship carrying palm oil from West Africa and after returning to Liverpool in 1844 he established himself first as a cooper, and then subsequently as a brewer in 1848. Cain began brewing at a pub on Limekiln Lane, but soon moved to larger premises on Wilton Street, and finally to the Mersey Brewery on Stanhope Street in 1858, which Cain extended in the late C19 and early C20. As well as brewing Cain also invested in property, built pubs, and ran a hotel adjacent to the Mersey Brewery. As his brewery business grew (known as Robert Cain & Sons from 1896) it bought out smaller brewers and took control of their pubs, evolving into a company that owned over 200 pubs in Liverpool by the late 1880s. In 1921 Robert Cain & Sons merged with Walkers Brewery to become Walker Cains and the Liverpool brewery at Stanhope Street was sold to Higsons in 1923. After a succession of owners from the 1980s onwards the brewery is being converted for mixed use.

 

The Bromsgrove Guild of Fine Arts was established in 1898 by Walter Gilbert as a means of promoting high-qualify craftsmanship in metal casting, woodcarving and embroidery in the style of a medieval guild, and included the creation of apprenticeships. The Guild subsequently expanded into other areas of art and design, including jewellery, enamelling, and decorative plasterwork, and recruited the best craftsmen. In 1900 the Guild was showcased at the British Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris and in 1908 it received a royal warrant. Famous works included the gates at Buckingham Palace, interior decoration on RMS Lusitania and RMS Queen Mary, and the Liver bird statues on the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool. Although the Guild survived the loss of key craftsmen and the Great Depression of the late 1920s it was finally wound up in the 1960s.

 

Henry Gustave Hiller (1864-1946) was a Liverpool-based designer and manufacturer of stained glass who trained at the Manchester School of Art under Walter Crane. He established a studio in Liverpool in around 1904 and retired in 1940. Although primarily known for his stained glass he worked in a wide variety of mediums, including plasterwork.

 

Details

 

Public house, 1907, by Walter W Thomas for Robert Cain & Sons. Neo-Baroque style.

 

MATERIALS: sandstone ashlar with a pink-granite ground floor, slate roof coverings.

 

PLAN: The Vines has a V-shaped plan with a north corner in-filled at ground-floor level by a former billiards room. It occupies a corner plot at the junction of Copperas Hill and Lime Street with principal elevations onto both streets. It is bounded by Copperas Hill to the south-east, Lime Street to the south-west, and adjoining buildings to the north-east and north-west.

 

EXTERIOR: The Vines is of three-storeys plus attic and basement with a nine-bay elevation onto Lime Street, a canted south corner bay, and a six-bay return on Copperas Hill, and entrances on each elevation. The pub has a steep slate roof set behind ornate Dutch gables and a balustraded parapet, and the ground floor has banded rustication to the pink-granite facings. The ground floor is lit by large bow windows containing original patterned brilliant-cut glass and replaced etched glass, whilst the upper-floors have casement windows set within carved surrounds. A cornice projects out from the main face of the building above the ground floor and stood atop it to both the Lime Street and Copperas Hill elevations are later gold letters that read 'WALKERS WARRINGTON ALES', with additional letters to Lime Street that read 'THE VINES'. Above the first floor is a stringcourse interrupted by segmental floating cornices over some of the windows, and in between the windows are floriated drops attached to corbelled pedestals that support Ionic engaged columns between the second-floor windows. The Lime Street elevation has two large Dutch gables with scroll detailing, elaborate finials, paired casement windows with elaborate surrounds, and oculi to the gable apexes, whilst the Copperas Hill elevation has a single gable in the same style. Projecting out from the right gable on Lime Street is a large bracketed clock.

 

SOUTH CORNER The south corner has a tall doorway to the ground floor accessing the public bar with a decorative wrought-iron and gilded-copper gate with a vestibule behind containing a patterned mosaic floor incorporating the lettering 'RCS' (Robert Cain & Sons) and two partly-glazed and panelled doors; that to the right is no longer in use. The entrance doorway itself is flanked by engaged Ionic columns with copper capitals and drops, and above are large triple keystones and a segmental open pediment, all exaggerated in size. Inscribed to the central keystone is 'The Vines' in gilded lettering. To the south corner's first floor is a glazed oculi with a festoon above incorporating a figurative head keystone, whilst the second-floor window mirrors that of the other elevations. Rising from the top of the corner bay behind the parapet and sandwiched by the Dutch gables on Lime Street and Copperas Hill is a tall round tower topped by a dome with a squat obelisk finial.

 

LIME STREET The Lime Street elevation incorporates a further entrance to the centre of the ground floor, which is identically styled to that to the south corner, but the lower section of the original gate has been removed and replaced by late-C20 concertina gates. The vestibule behind is lined with pink granite and has a decorative plasterwork ceiling and a small bow-shaped window (possibly an off-sales opening originally and in 2019 now covered with an advertising sign) directly opposite the doorway with a multipaned segmental overlight above. Partly-glazed panelled doors to each side lead into the lounge and public bar to the left and right respectively; both doors are multipaned to their upper halves with panes of brilliant-cut glass. To the left of the main building on Lime Street is an additional lower, rendered single-bay that comprises 79 Lime Street; part of an earlier (now demolished) building that was partly raised, altered and re-used in the early C20 to house The Vines' main accommodation stair. It has a tall doorway to the ground floor flanked by Corinthian columns with two panelled doors with overlights; that to the left previously served a now-demolished part of the building to the left whilst that to the right accesses the stair for The Vines. Single plate-glass sash windows exist to the right on two floors above; that to the second floor has been altered and made smaller, presumably when the stair was inserted internally. Corresponding windows to the left have been blocked up, but are partly visible internally.

 

COPPERAS HILL The ground floor of the pub's Copperas Hill elevation also has a number of entrances, including one with a doorway incorporating a scrolled floating cornice and prominent keystone that leads into the public bar and originally also a former snug (now altered into a kitchenette). A plainer doorway to the right leads to a stair accessing the upper floors at this end of the building. A single-storey flat-roofed section to the far right of the elevation with a plain recessed doorway is a later addition and provides external access to the former billiards room.

 

REAR ELEVATIONS The rear (north-east and north-west) elevations are plainer and of brick with large casement windows, some of which incorporate Art Nouveau stained glass. The entire rear yard area is occupied by a flat-roofed billiards room with a large lantern roof over a stained-glass dome visible internally. A cast-iron fire escape provides access down onto the roof of the billiards room.

 

INTERIOR: internally the pub has a linear sequence of rooms from south-east to north-west formed by a public bar, lounge and smoke room, with a large former billiards room at the rear. There are high ceilings and carved mahogany woodwork throughout the ground floor, and plasterwork by the Bromsgrove Guild and H Gustave Hiller.

 

PUBLIC BAR The south corner entrance leads into a large public bar with a richly moulded plasterwork ceiling and a panelled mahogany bar counter to the north corner that originally ran down the north-east side of the room, but was shortened in 1989. Rising from the bar counter are short mirror-panelled piers supporting a pot shelf surmounted by three twin-armed brass lamps, and in front of the counter is a brass foot rail. The bar-back behind forms part of a carved, arcaded and panelled screen that runs down the north-east side of the public bar and incorporates stained, leaded, and cut glass, and two openings; the opening to the right has lost its original panelled infill, which would have been in similar style to the bar-back, whilst that to the left is an original open doorway with a broken segmental pediment above containing a clock face that gives the appearance of an outsized grandfather clock with the doorway through the pendulum case. The screen separates the public bar from a rear corridor cum drinking lobby that accesses toilets and leads through to the lounge and smoke room at the opposite end of the pub. Bench seating and a mahogany and tiled fireplace with a carved overmantel exist to the public bar's south-west wall, and a small late-C20 stage has been inserted at the south-east end of the room. At the north-west end of the room adjacent to the Lime Street entrance is a panelled and stained-glass arcaded screen with an integral drinking shelf that conceals the bar service area, possible off-sales and basement access from view. In the eastern corner of the bar adjacent to a lobby off the Copperas Hill entrance is an altered glazed screen covered with modern signage chalkboards that probably originally led through to another small room/snug, which is now a kitchenette.

 

Behind the public bar the corridor/drinking lobby's north-east wall is panelled and incorporates a wide arched opening to the centre with early-C20 signage plaques with incised and gilded lettering and arrows pointing towards the ladies and gents lavatories, which are accessed through an inner screen with Art Nouveau stained glass and a vestibule with panelled doors. Off to the right is a doorway through to the altered snug and access to a stair leading up to the first floor.

 

LOUNGE The lounge is accessed from the Lime Street entrance and shares a bar servery with the public bar, although the bar counter in the lounge is set within a wide arched opening and is more elaborate and wave-shaped with a decorative beaten-copper front. Above the counter are brass lighting rails with paired globe lights. Ornate carved and fluted Corinthian columns stood atop panelled pedestals support the room's ceiling, which continues the same richly decorated plasterwork as the public bar. Similarly detailed pilasters also exist to the walls, which are panelled. To the room's north-west wall is a tall mahogany and marble fireplace with a decorative beaten-copper panel depicting torches and swags, and a beaten-copper Art Nouveau fire hood, and large caryatids to each side supporting an entablature and segmental pediment above. Two doorways either side of the fireplace with their doors removed (one of the doors with an etched-glass upper panel that reads 'SMOKE ROOM' survives on the second floor in the Lime Street range) lead through into the smoke room, which has a back-to-back fireplace with the lounge.

 

SMOKE ROOM The smoke room has booth seating set around three walls separated by baffles with Art Nouveau stained-glass panels and fluted octagonal uprights surmounted by paired lamps. The walls above the seating have highly decorative mahogany panelling with fluted pilasters, carved mouldings, marquetry detailing and built-in bell pushes set within decorative plates. To the top of the walls, and set below a coffered ceiling that incorporates a large plasterwork oval to the centre depicting the signs of the zodiac, is a deep plasterwork frieze depicting putti in various Arcadian scenes. The room's elaborate fireplace is also of mahogany, marble and beaten copper, with a semi-circular panel depicting Viking ships in relief and flanking fluted octagonal columns with Art Nouveau floriate capitals supporting an entablature.

 

FORMER BILLIARDS ROOM At the rear (north-east side) of the ground floor, and accessed from the lounge and rear corridor, is a vast room (probably a billiards room originally and now known as the Heritage Suite) with an exposed floorboard floor, wall panelling incorporating doorcases with shaped heads, giant Corinthian pilasters, carved festoons and cartouches, and a coffered ceiling with a massive, oval, stained-glass domed skylight to the centre with a plasterwork frieze at its base depicting apples, foliage and lion's heads. To the south-west wall is an elaborate carved mahogany and marble fireplace with a large mirror built into the panelling above and surviving to the south-east wall is original built-in bench seating. At the north-west end of the room is a later panelled bar counter with a substantial bar-back behind incorporating Roman Doric columns supporting a deep entablature and flanked by later shelving. A doorway in the east corner leads through to an altered entrance foyer off Copperas Hill.

 

UPPER FLOORS A steep, narrow stair off Copperas Hill leads up to the first floor and rooms in the south corner and south-east end of the building. The stair has modern tread coverings and has lost its balusters, but an original newel post and handrail survive. The main accommodation stair serving the upper floors in the Lime Street range is contained within the neighbouring single-bay property of 79 Lime Street and rises from a ground-floor foyer with later inserted partitioning. The stair is a wide dog-leg stair with substantial carved newel posts and balusters, pendant drops, a closed string, and a glazed-tiled dado.

 

The upper floor rooms at the south-east end of the building have been modernised to accommodate en-suite bathrooms and toilets, but the floor plan largely survives with only minor alteration, including boxing-in on the second-floor landing. The rooms and landings retain plain moulded cornicing and door architraves, and a mixture of original four-panel and modern doors. Chimneybreasts also survive, and most rooms retain Art Nouveau cast-iron and tiled fireplaces. A stair flight up to the second floor survives with closed strings and turned balusters and newel posts. On each of the first and second floor landings is a doorway through to the upper-floor rooms facing onto Lime Street, which are no longer in use. These spaces, except for the main stair at the north-west end, have been altered and modernised, along with the attic rooms.

 

The attic at the south-east end of the building and the basement were not inspected.

 

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

 

Legacy System number: 359023

Legacy System: LBS

 

Sources

 

Books and journals

Brandwood, G, Davison, A, Slaughter, M, Licensed to Sell. The HIstory and Heritage of the Public House, (2004), 77, 78, 115, 147, 150

Brandwood, G, Britain's Best Real Heritage Pubs. Pub Interiors of Outstanding Historic Interest, (2013), 118

Pye, K, Liverpool Pubs, (2015), 68-72

Sharples, J, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Liverpool, (2004), 184

 

Websites

The Bromsgrove Guild, accessed 7 November 2019 from www.architectural-heritage.co.uk/garden-ornament-history

  

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1084210

黃懷萱 and 艿蓁 appeared among the dancers during the 2012 Taipei Game Show (台北國際電玩展) at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Hall (台北世界貿易中心南港展覽館)

I think this is another form of female seaside dragonlet. If anyone knows better, please let me know.

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『玩美是人生追求完美境界的過程,完美是生活過程中的成果,攝影人在乎過程中的進行。因此,玩美幾乎是攝影人所追求的程序,意即尚在進行中,永無止息,故取名之。』

 

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協會會址:台灣 高雄市新興區尚信街29號

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The 2nd day of our trip to Yellowstone National Park featured a guided safari by Safari Yellowstone safariyellowstone.com/index.php. Our guide was the owner and very knowledgeable Carl Swoboda. His keen eyes and knowledge of the park, animals and connections to people gave us once in a lifetime experience.

 

We started early in the morning driving into the park. First animal spotted was an elk in Mammoth Hot Springs. From there we headed to the Lamar Valley where we saw bison after bison. First time you see a bison - cool! By the 200th time you're yelling at the tourists that stop in the middle of the road to take a picture for their first sighting.

 

Carl got a signal in passing from one his friends that wolves had been sighted in the valley. We drove to where the wolf watchers had gathered. Luckily Safari Yellowstone provides scopes since we didn't own any at them time. We were able to spot and track the Lamar Valley pack with about 10 other regular wolf watcher enthusiasts. Rick McIntyre, a Biological Technician for the Yellowstone Wolf Project, was there as well recording everything that each person narrated that they saw the wolves doing.

 

Everyone was very friendly and helpful. If you couldn't find them in your scope they would give you directions for aiming your scope or come over and find them for you. I learned how to take pictures using my Panasonic Lumix ZS7 through the scope. Setting it to Macro Zoom was the key.

 

We followed the wolves as they traveled a couple of miles through the valley. At one point they came across a coyote that was in their path. We saw them kill it. Afterward they came down into the grassy valley floor for nap. It appeared to the wolf watchers that the wolves had eaten previously that morning.

 

Carl then took us to look for the carcass of the wolf kill. We learned what kind signs to look for in a recent kill. We also learned a lot about Yellowstone National Park. Carl shared his knowledge about conservation, the animals in the park, geological makeup and history of the park. We never found the carcass but the lessons we learned stayed with us the rest of our trip.

 

We were able to see mountain goats and bighorn sheep through the scopes before having a nice sandwich lunch. Before our safari ended Carl pulled out a map and marked out must-see locations and tips and tricks to catching the best views.

 

Looking back on our trip, having the experience of the tour with Safari Yellowstone at the beginning of trip totally changed the trip for the better. We noticed things we would not have noticed before. We looked for things would never have looked for. We came away from our trip knowing, seeing and remembering so much more than if we had just gone in cold as newbie tourists. Definitely consider spending a little extra on your trip if you want a much more memorable trip to Yellowstone.

View On Black

 

Really that's all it is. Another from Barber Mill in Georgetown.

 

I was going to do a good-bye Flickr shot, but the Potato really has a problem with those - and he already hates me, so I gave up that idea.

 

But, I do want to say that I won't be around for a little while .... I'm doing a little tour through SE Asia (after 26 hours of travel time *sob*) and even though I am sure I will be shooting a ton, I doubt I'll have much time for processing, comments and posting.

 

Enjoy the winter while I'm in Bali (and Thailand/Vietnam/Hong Kong) Canada. ;)

Zoe = Zendcon Open Enterprise

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People in they're workplace series - #2

 

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Brittany is a hair stylist at Genesis Salon in Suwanee, GA, a good buddy of mine and the first person to have cut my hair in over a year and a half (just doing it myself until recently). This was shot in her salon of employ in a series I'm doing on people in they're workplace environment.

 

She is a phenomenal hairstylist with the example of expertise spreading throughout our certain crowd of friends, as well as an aspiring videographer interning with the company "Point. Click. Shoot."

 

Check her photostream here: Brittany Loraine Crawford

 

I seriously owe her one. My hair looks sick!

"Koi Fish"

 

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Color Corrected (it still has a slight yellow tint due to my fluorescent lights in my room.

Colors Used: Team Orange, Stadium Green, Silver, Black and White.

 

The next Shoe from my "Koi Fish Pack". You can check more images and a write up here. It will also have a comparison between both Team Orange hues.

 

Ordered on 04.04.2010

Camera - Panasonic DMC ZS3

Setting - Placed on top of a Ikea dresser with a smoke glass top.

Photoshop - Used for Levels, Exposure, Brightness & Contrast, Selective Color, Gradient and Masking.

Lighting Good old ceiling light

 

BTW, I color correct some of my images on a calibrated monitor. If the orange looks red or the green looks teal, then fix your screen. I view my images on mulitple monitors and they all look the same. Even on the cheap monitor at work. Just wanted to let you all know.

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 !

www.erwancoic.com/actus/

 

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

View On Black

Its incredible how FAST the butterflies are.. Shot at 1/750s and still the motion blur...this is not camera shake (evident with the bottom left flower sharpness!)

 

WOW.. getting motion blur at such speed just shows how the butterflies take off and why its so hard to photograph them IN-FLIGHT!

 

I tried to catch the butterflies in flight literally dozens of times during this vacation... but this is the only one i have with me to showcase!

View On Black

 

Het Bardo museum was vroeger een Moors paleis dat dienst deed als residentie voor de Tunesische beys. Het museum is huidig de bewaarplaats van de Tunesische archeologische schatten. De Romeinse mozaïeken van het museum zijn de belangrijkste in de wereld.

 

De eerste vorm van mozaïek, of mooi betegelde vloer, komt van de Feniciërs. Bij opgravingen in Carthago en Kerkouane werden vloeren met eenvoudige patronen, in wit mozaïek of uit fijngemalen terracotta met stukjes gekleurd marmer en glas, blootgelegd. De figuratieve mozaïeks uit het Bardo museum dateren van de 2de eeuw na C. en later en zijn gemaakt door Griekse handwerklieden. Ze versierden vaak openbare gebouwen, amfitheaters en badhuizen met mythologische thema's. Vanaf de 3de eeuw na C. werden ook de vloeren van particuliere huizen bekleed met taferelen uit de jacht, het toneel, de landbouw en de zee. Later ook met Christelijke taferelen. De mozaïekkunst kende nog een laatste heropleving in de 6de eeuw na C. door de Byzantijnen.

 

The Bardo National Museum (Le Musee National du Bardo) is a marvelous museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The museum has the world's largest collection of Roman mosaics, and is ranked alongside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo as the best museum in north Africa.

 

The idea to place a museum inside the 14th century Hafside Little Palace was taken in 1882, and six years later the museum opened its doors to the public. It tours Tunisian history, paying particular attention to the Punic, Roman, Christian and Arab periods.

 

The museum does not only focus on those eras, though. There is a substantial prehistoric collection, showing the area as it was before Roman and Punic intervention. However it is the Roman mosaics, most of which date back to between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC, which are the museum's most awe-inspiring sights. Particular points of interest are The Triumph of Neptune, Virgil and the floor mosaics of the Sousse room. The labyrinthine hallways and rooms of the museum ensure its visitors will become lost in all of the precious artifacts, which also include a renowned mausoleum room.

 

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Cuesta no pensar que la cantidad de filtraciones e información alrededor de la próxima película de Star Wars no le esté viniendo bien a Disney tras la controvertida compra de los estudios LucasArts por parte de este gigante y el anuncio a los pocos días de que se ponía en marcha el proyecto para tener más Star Wars de la mano de Disney.

Queda todavía más de un año para que llegue, pero la expectación es máxima alrededor de todo lo que tiene que ver con Star Wars Episodio 7. Aquí te dejamos con lo principal que se conoce hasta ahora para que vayas abriendo boca.

La historia

 

Lógicamente, la historia es el secreto mejor guardado de la nueva entrega de Star Wars. Lo único que se conoce con certeza es el momento temporal en que transcurrirá la película: 30 años después de los acontecimientos del episodio anterior, “El Retorno del Jedi”.

Ya entrando en el terreno de los rumores y especulaciones, el inicio de la película estaría protagonizado por una mano, concretamente la de Luke Skywalker, flotando por el espacio sujetando su sable láser.

Al encontrarla en un desierto, los protagonistas de la nueva entrega (se habla de un trío que incluye a un adolescente o niño), ayudados por Han Solo y Chewbacca, iniciarían la búsqueda de Luke, del que nadie sabe nada desde hace 30 años. ¿Adivináis donde estaba? Justo, cautivo por los nuevos malos de la película.

De los pocos detalles con interés que ha dejado caer Abrams sobre el Episodio VI está el uso de menos efectos especiales generados por ordenador, no al menos al nivel de los primeros tres episodios (tras la trilogía original).

Lo único seguro sobre la historia de Star Wars Episodio VII es que transcurrirá 30 años después de “El Retorno del Jedi”

Episodio VII, que no tiene todavía título oficial definitivo, empezó a rodarse en mayo de este año en los estudios Pinewood de Londres. Del éxito de esta primera parte de la siguiente trilogía (cada película irá separada de la otra con un spin off de los principales protagonistas) dependerá la acogida de las siguientes, aunque solo con el nombre y la legión de fans y seguidores, el ruido está garantizado.

El director y equipo técnico

 

Tener entre las manos las nuevas entregas de Star Wars no es tarea sencilla. La especulación con los posibles directores de los tres siguientes episodios de la saga galáctica se cortó con el anuncio de que J.J. Abrams (responsable de Star Trek o Misión Imposible II y muy prolífico en televisión) sería el director de la orquesta de responsables que Disney iba a poner delante de este esperado retorno de la famosa saga galáctica.

El propio Adams junto con Lawrence Kasdan (responsable El Retorno del Jedi y El Imperio Contraataca) será el guionista (tras un paso en falso con Michael Arndt) de esta producción que cuenta con otros importantes nombres detrás de los apartados de producción, como Tommy Harper, Jack Ryan o Jason McGatlin, todos ellos con mucha experiencia en grandes superproducciones.

Star Wars Episodio VII se rodará en 35 mm, una decisión de su director de fotografía, Dan Mindel. El diseñador de vestuario será otro conocido: Michael Kaplan.

De la música, parte para mi fundamental e histórica de los primeros episodios, se ha conseguido que se encargue el maestro jedi con batura que es John Williams.

 

El reparto

Tras decidir el director y parte del equipo técnico, el reparto generó bastantes especulaciones hasta que se produjo el anuncio oficial. Con Han Solo apareciendo en el desarrollo del argumento de la nueva entrega, era lógico que por allí apareciera Harrison Ford.

Que el grueso del reparto original vaya a tener presencia en el Episodio VII es un claro guiño a los seguidores y una atracción más para acudir a ver la película

El Han Solo de más de 70 años estará acompañado por los otros dos actores principales de las películas originales: Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) y Carrie Fisher (Princesa Leia). Y no faltarán Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) o los entrañables actores Anthony Daniels y Kenny Baker en sus papeles de C-3PO y RD-D2 respectivamente. Esta vuelta al pasado es sin duda un seguro que Disney ata para tener el apoyo, el menos moral, de parte de los fans de la saga original.

 

Entre las nuevas caras, hay tanto veteranos como rostros conocidos del cine y la televisión de los últimos años. Como protagonistas principales tendremos a los actores John Boyega y Daisy Ridley, que compartirán aventuras con, entre otros, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyongo, Oscar Isaac, Max von Sydow y Andy Serkis.

 

La “famosa” foto con la que se anunció el reparto principal de Star Wars Episodio VII

 

La anécdota relacionada con el reparto e inicio de la grabación tiene a Ford como protagonista. Un mes después de iniciarse el rodaje en mayo de este año, Harrison Ford se rompió un tobillo, cosas del destino, con una puerta de su Halcón Milenario. La grabación tuvo de detenerse y esta misma semana se ha reanudado el trabajo el ritmo habitual, que tendrá lugar en localizaciones de Islandia y Emiratos Árabes además del Reino Unido.

Fecha del estreno

Llevamos ya un largo periplo alrededor de Star Wars Episodio 7, pero todavía nos queda un buen trecho por recorrer.

La fecha de estreno anunciada, el 18 de diciembre de 2015, se va a mantener pese a que estuvo en teoría en peligro por el accidente de un Ford que parece mayor para luchar en esta guerra.

 

Imágen | Joshlange.

– La noticia Star Wars Episodio 7: lo que se sabe hasta ahora fue publicada originalmente en Xataka por Javier Penalva.

     

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Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

 

Technical specifications

 

DIMENSIONS/WEIGHT

Overall length.................................................... 4665 mm (183.7 in)

Overall width.................................................... 1962 mm (77.2 in)

Height................................................................ 1336 mm (52.6 in)

Wheelbase..........................................................2750 mm (108.3 in)

Front track......................................................... 1690 mm (66.5 in)

Rear track.......................................................... 1618 mm (63.7 in)

Dry weight........................................................ 1580 kg* (3482 lb*)

Kerb weight........................................................ 1690 kg* (3722 lb*)

Boot (trunk) capacity ....................................... 320 l (11.3 cu ft)

Fuel tank capacity............................................. 105 l (27.7 US gal; 23.1 UK gal)

Weight distribution ........................................ 47% front/53% rear

BRAKES

Front................................................................ 355 x 32 mm (13.9 x 1.3 in)

Rear ................................................................ 330 x 28 mm (12.9 x 1.1 in)

ENGINE

Type ............................................................... 65° V12

Bore & stroke................................................... 92 x 75.2 mm (3.62 x 2.96 in)

Unit displacement............................................ 499 cm3 (30.51 cu in)

Total displacement............................................. 5,999 cm3 (366.08 cu in)

Compression ratio.............................................. 11.2:1

Maximum power................................................ 456 kW** (620 CV*) at 7,600 rpm

Maximum torque............................................... 608 Nm (62 kgm/448 lbs/ft) at 5,600 rpm

Maximum revs per minute................................ 8,400 rpm (with limiter)

Specific output................................................ 103 hp/l

ELECTRONICS

Tyre Pressure and Temperature Monitoring System TPTMS

CST Stability and Traction Control with F1-Trac

TYRES

Front ............................................................... 245/40 19’’

Rear ................................................................ 305/35 20’’

TRANSMISSION

Gearbox .......................................................... (six gears + reverse) Manual/F1

SUSPENSION

Magnetoreological damping Control (SCM)

PERFORMANCE

Maximum speed............................................... over 330 km/h (205 mph)

0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) .................................. 3.70 sec.

0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) ................................ 11 sec.

FUEL CONSUMPTION

Urban cycle ...................................................... 32.7 l/100 km; CO2: 750 g/km

Extra urban cycle .............................................. 14.7 l/100 km; CO2: 337 g/km

Combined ........................................................ 21.3 l/100 km; CO2: 490 g/km

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Che bella gente.

Che bella gente al tempo della liberazione

gente che torna a voler bene

volti provati dal dolore

ma solidali e sinceri

o anche avversari ma con dentro il cuore tutta un'Italia da ricostruire.

Che bella gente con l'entusiasmo di chi rinasce

e insieme cresce con le miserie e le canzonette

coi nonni ladri di biciclette e il pensionato e il mendicante…

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente che ha immortalato gli anni '60

gente che ride e balla e canta

le notti allegre, la luna piena e il frigorifero in cucina

e quel sorriso incerto e un po' paterno del leggendario Mike Bongiorno.

Che bella gente con le ragazze piene di ardore

con certe cosce e un sederino che fa impazzire

che dopo tutto del mendicante non te ne importa quasi niente.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente che ha rinnovato tutto il costume con una gran rivoluzione

capelli lunghi nel maschietto dal proletario al baronetto

e poi esplode la minigonna che è anche l'inizio della nuova donna.

Che bella gente col proprio ego sempre più vivo

dal nuovo divo al milionario al grande artista

che vanno tutti da un analista più interessato che interessante.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente che ha inaugurato gli anni '70

con una sfida non violenta fatta di fiori nei cannoni e di buonissime intenzioni

gente che arriva al proprio orgasmo

tra un tiro d'erba e un po' di femminismo.

Che bella gente col desiderio di cose nuove

che insieme vive il grande sogno con qualche eccesso

e c'era anche Frank Zappa al cesso che sconvolgeva il benpensante.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente che brulicava in ogni piazza come se fosse un'altra razza

con il coraggio di un progetto per ribaltare proprio tutto

sia nel sociale sia nel sesso con Che Guevara e il fazzoletto rosso.

Che bella gente negli anni tragici del terrore

gente che muore e fa morire senza ragione

e nelle case tutto un paese nella tensione più agghiacciante.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente che pascolava negli anni '80

senza lasciare mai un'impronta

con l'ottimismo dell'italiano che ci ha portato così lontano

un paradiso dove quasi tutti avevan gli occhi dei ricchi.

Che bella gente che scopre l'arte del rubacchiare

col disinvolto trionfare di qualche genio

che al suo confronto il grande Arsenio è diventato un dilettante.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente quella di ora

coi suoi modelli, i gran tatuaggi e i vari anelli

un po' abbrutiti fuori e dentro

con la pretesa di essere contro

a imitazione dei rocchettari

che losan tutti che sono miliardari.

Che bella gente che ogni giorno c'ho di fronte

con quell'aspetto quasi innocuo, indifferente

con dei problemi così meschini che ti potrebbero fregare

o per invidia o per vanità o per poche lire.

Che bella gente che ogni sera c'ho di fronte

ipnotizzato da uno schermo fluorescente

con dei giochini tra i più cretini e il conduttore così allegro e commosso

che più è imbecille, più è schifoso, più ha successo.

Che bella gente che io incontro, raramente

in un teatro, a una mostra, a un ristorante

sono capaci di cose atroci, son così bravi a non scoprirsi e a lasciar tracce

ma è tutto scritto nei loro gesti e nelle loro facce.

Che bella gente che son costretto ad ascoltare, voglio dire

gli intoccabili maestri del potere

che mi raccontano con orgoglio che grazie a loro l'Italia va sempre meglio

proprio loro così invischiati con dentro un'anima repellente e con in testa niente.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente con le miserie del mondo intero

che sta vivendo il suo futuro

con le speranze e l'ideale di un incantesimo virtuale

assaporando la poesia di un nuovo mondo pieno d'idiozia.

E se fuggite in una casa

in cima a un monte

scegliete un posto che sia davvero disinfestante

che per errore potrebbe entrare un po' di odore del presente.

Che bella gente.

Che bella gente.

G.Gaber

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White's Mill historic mill operated under water power from the overshot wheel seen on the side until 1989; after that it sat idle for over a decade, until it was bought in 2001 by the White's Mill Foundation (with funding from a number of public and private sources). The mill is being restored, and has resumed milling operations using electric power, with plans to restore the water supply to the overshot wheel so that water power can once more be used. A website provides more White's Mill information, including information about the foundation. That source says the mill served the community from the late 18th century, but another source says the current mill dates from the late1820s. The mill, located 4 miles northeast of Abingdon on White's Mill Road (county road 692) at the intersection of county road 700 (Rich Valley Rd). It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1974. This photo is from our May 2007 visit: I like the blue sky that was possible with this perspective better than the sky in the preceding photo, but I'd like including the mill pond better if it were clearer.

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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.

 

Malgré la pluie, les mal logés ont l'interdiction d'installer des tentes sur les trottoirs (elles ont de toute façon été confisquées lors des précédentes évacuations par les forces de l'ordre). Les cartons et les bâches sont plus ou moins tolérés, selon les jours, notamment sur le trottoir du Ministère de la Crise du Logement (mais pas en face !), mais peuvent très bien résulter en une intervention policière.

 

Il n'y a qu'une heure de soleil dans la rue de la Banque, entre 14h et 15h environ (les jours où il fait beau !). C'est un peu la transition entre la torpeur du matin et l'animation du soir. Dès 5h du matin, les gens commencent à se lever, beaucoup travaillent très tôt et de toutes façons, on ne dort pas bien sur le trottoir. Ils rangent leurs affaires, mises à l'abri dans le Ministère de la Crise du Logement, où ils vont aussi prendre une boisson chaude. Jusqu'à 8h, c'est le ballet des départs au travail, souvent avec des enfants à déposer à l'école au passage, à peine interrompu vers 7h par la relève des gendarmes et le va-et-vient de leurs camions qui suscite toujours un peu d'angoisse. Quand le jour se lève enfin, la rue est en grande partie désertée, et les militants qui montent la garde tout ou partie de la nuit profitent de l'ouverture du bistrot "A la petite corbeille" pour aller se réchauffer et prendre un café. Puis on tue le temps, on discute, on fume, on somnole. Certains balaient le trottoir et la rue, discutant avec les éboueurs qui passent régulièrement. Une pile de quotidiens gratuits a été déposée sur le rebord d'une fenêtre de l'AFP, en face, et on commente les nouvelles, on cherche les articles sur le campement, sur eux, les "mal logés". On s'indigne souvent des approximations de la presse d'ailleurs: le Ministère de la Crise du Logement est décrit comme étant un squat, les familles deviennent "les mères africaines", ou bien ne sont qu'une dizaine. Au moins, l'amalgame initial avec les sans papiers a disparu !

 

La journée s'étire. Des familles regagnent leur logement, pour précaire qu'il soit, le temps de souffler un peu, se laver, se changer. Certains se relaient entre père et mère pour éviter aux enfants de dormir là (encore que la plupart des enfants, les petits surtout, soient hébérgés à l'intérieur du Ministère de la Crise du Logement pour la nuit).

 

Parfois, la police intervient pour enlever une bâche, ou dégager un carton qui "déborde" du périmètre tacitement établi depuis quelque temps (les quelques m2 de trottoir qui vont de l'entrée du 24 rue de la Banque jusqu'à l'angle de la Place de la Bourse). Il semble que les évacuations plus "musclées" ou au petit matin des premières semaines ne soient plus de mise, mais personne ne sait vraiment. Certains discutent avec les forces de l'ordre, d'autres se méfient. Certains gendarmes avouent leur ennui et/ou leur incompréhension devant cette situation qui s'éternise, certains confient que leur vie n'est pas facile non plus (horaires, conditions de logement, rémunération, reconnaissance sociale, etc.). L'autre jour, quelqu'un avait placardé sur le mur un article de Libération sur la grogne chez les gendarmes, et ceux-ci se relayaient pour le lire (il a été arraché depuis) !

 

En fin d'après-midi, il y a un regain d'activité, surtout les soirs où sont organisés les rassemblements de soutien hebdomadaires. De nombreux militants d'autres organisations (LCR notamment) viennent alors se joindre aux familles, occupant parfois toute la rue. Prises de parole, témoignages, point sur la situation et les "négociations" avec le Ministère de la Ville et du Logement et rappel des revendications se succèdent, ponctués d'applaudissements et de slogans ("Solidarité avec les mal-logés", "un toit, c'est un droit", "Mme Boutin, arrête ton baratin", etc.). Des personnalités viennent parfois apporter leur soutien, focalisant l'attention des medias: Joey Starr, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, Florence Aubenas, Guy Bedos, Mgr Gaillot, Emmanuelle Béart, Richard Bohringer, etc. La musique et les chants viennent donner un air de fête, certains dansent, les enfants courent dans la foule.

 

Mais vers 22h, parfois un peu plus tôt ou un peu plus tard selon l'affluence, le calme revient. Les familles s'installent pour une nouvelle nuit, avec toujours cette incertitude: combien de temps encore ?

 

Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set

 

Part of DAL (Recommended as a slideshow)

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You know I had made my mind up to shoot Swallowtails the other day..I never saw any lol I did find this beautiful Red Admiral on my walk tho..The light was bright and I enjoyed watching it for quite some time........I enjoyed this one nectaring upside down..........

 

"The Red Admiral has a two inch (45-50mm) wing span."

 

"This large butterfly is identified by its striking dark brown, red and black wing pattern. More specifically, the dark wings possess orange bands that cross the fore wings and on the outer edge of the hind wings; white spots on the dorsal fore wings near the front margin; reddish bars on dorsal surface of all four wings The caterpillar feeds on nettles, and the adult drinks from flowering plants like the Buddleia and overripe fruit."

 

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadian flickr friends!! I will be catching up later on with everyone..My hometown of Port Credit, Ontario is also celebrating it's 175th Birthday today with a "Paint The Town Red" celebration!! :)

 

www.paintthetownred.ca/

Best viewed LARGE.

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Taken with a homemade pinhole camera.

Shoot to 3x4 Polaroid Color instant film.

 

Author : IMRE BECSI

 

Location of shoot :

Pilisszentkereszt,

Hungary,

Central-Europe

 

Latitude - 47°41'18.77"N

Longitude - 18°53'42.26"E

 

Time of shoot :

08.05.2008.

 

Shooting

Film : Polaroid Polacolor 690 gloss (expired : 06-2004)

Filters : Tiffen Cir.Polar and ND 0.9

Metered expo.:

Calculated expo.: 10 sec.

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Polaroid color film)

 

The camera :

Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera

- focus : 34 mm

- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)

- diaphragm : 136

Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.

Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).

 

Picture from the camera :

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2837193476/in/set-72...

 

The parameters of camera :

(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)

- Angle of view : 119°24'26"

- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 3,6

- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 887

 

Post work : (27.08.09)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

 

Thanks for looking !

Comments very much welcome !

 

Important note:

This images are copyright protected. No reproduction in any way,

no copies, no editing, no publishing, no screenshots, no posting,

no blogging, no transmitting downloading or uploading

without my written permission!

 

Thank you !

 

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Mmm, ¿y ese aroma? Huele a Colonia. Eso quiere decir que falta poco para que arranque la feria alemana, la Gamescom 2014. Sí, estamos a justamente una semana para que dé comienzo. Desde el 13 hasta el 17 de agosto, para ser más exactos. De ahí que ya sepamos todos sus nominados.

Trece categorías con alguna sorpresa y también con ausencias importantes. Ya sabemos, de todos modos, que las listas no contentan a todo el mundo por igual. ¿Qué tal si hacemos el repaso? Venga.

Mejor juego para consolas Playstation The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) Evolve (2K Games) Dying Light (Techland) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft) La Tierra-Media: Sombras de Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Mejor juego para consolas Xbox The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) Evolve (2K Games) Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft Studios) Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft Studios) Mejor juego para consolas Wii LEGO Batman 3: más allá de Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Splatoon (Nintendo) Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo) Mejor juego de Rol Skylanders Trap Team (Activision) Risen 3: Titan Lords (Deep Silver) Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMIX (Square Enix) Mejor juego de Acción The Order: 1886 (Sony Computer Entertainment) Evolve (2K Games) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft) Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft Studios) Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo) Mejor juego de Simulación Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (Square Enix) World of Warships (Wargaming) Mejor juego de Deportes FIFA 15 (EA) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft Studios) PES 2015 (Konami) Mejor juego Familiar Skylanders Trap Team (Activision) Silence (Daedalic Entertainment) LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment) LEGO Batman 3: más allá de Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo) Mejor juego para PC Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard) The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2K Games) Evolve (2K Games) La Tierra-Media: Sombras de Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Mejor juego para Móviles Darkblade (NetEase) Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (Nintendo) Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (Square Enix) Mejor juego Casual/Social/Online Orcs Must Die! Unchained (Gameforge) Dance Central Spotlight (Microsoft Studios) LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment) SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment) LEGO Batman 3: más allá de Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Mejor juego Online Multijugador Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision) Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard) FIFA 15 (EA) Evolve (2K Games) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft Studios) Mejor Hardware Virtualizer (Cyberith) Oculus Rift DK 2 (Oculus VR) Project Morpheus (Sony Computer Entertainment) Amiibo (Nintendo) SHIELD Tablet y SHIELD Wireless Controller (NVIDIA)

Más información | Gamescom 2014 En VidaExtra | Aquí tenéis los horarios de las conferencias de la Gamescom 2014

– La noticia Lista de nominados de la Gamescom 2014 fue publicada originalmente en Vidaextra por Jarkendia.

  

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LIBERTA' DI VOLARE

 

Dimmi che cosa vuoi fare, è come stare alla catena

Senza saper dove andare e respirare a malapena

Aspetti ancora un sorriso che ti permette di sperare

Che ti fa sentire vivo, fedele alla tua linea e continuare

Ma ti piacerebbe fuggire lontano e fermare chi si è permesso

Di legare ad un muro le tue speranze per provare qualcosa a se stesso

E allora tiri di più, e ti arrabbi di più

 

Vivi, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo

che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti

Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo

che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti vivo

 

Vedrai che prima o poi qualcuno verrà di sicuro a liberarti

Vedrai che ce la farai, non è detto che per forza devi fermarti

E allora scoprirai che questo tempo che passa

ricopre tutto ciò che ti resta

E che per avere la libertà dovrai per forza chinare la testa

Ma non è questo che vuoi, tu dimmi è questo che vuoi?

 

Vivi, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo

che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti

Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo

che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti

Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo

che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti

Vivo, corri per qualcosa, corri per un motivo

che sia la libertà di volare o solo per sentirti vivo...

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pERHHzSP8VQ

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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.

 

Ici, une femme enveloppe son enfant dans des couvertures de survie, distribuées par le SAMU Social, pour se protéger du froid et du vent.

 

Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set

 

Part of DAL (Recommended as a slideshow)

Classic Seattle Transit ETB from the Metro Employee Historic Vehicle Association collection making the rounds in the International District

 

www.mehva.org/index.php

 

this is a Seattle Transit System 1940 Twin Coach GWFT

aumentar

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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual

 

Las diatomeas del género Pinnularia son todo un espectáculo de perfección y de belleza. Auténticas esculturas vivas, como todas estas algas de cristal. Se desarrollan siempre encerradas en un estuche de cuarzo transparente, labrado primorosamente en dos partes que encajan haciendo de las piezas una sola.

 

En el interior de Pinnularia se deja ver todo lo que hace posible que tenga vida, el núcleo situado en la parte central, un cloroplasto en forma de lámina verde que se acerca a la pared para captar la energía que necesita del sol y dos pequeñas burbujas de aceite que ayudan a flotar a esta diatomea navegante .

 

La pequeña fisura que se abre desde un extremo a otro, marcando una fina y suave curva sólo interrumpida en la parte central es el rafe , una pequeña fisura que permite el intercambio de sustancias con el exterior y el movimiento a propulsión de estas algas.

 

La especie de hoy, muy próxima a Pinnularia maior presenta la parte central ligeramente engrosada y un área media desprovista casi de ornamentación, abierta como un rombo y que es característica de ella.

 

La diatomea de hoy vive en aguas limpias, en el extraordinario paisaje del Cañón del Río Lobos, cerca de Ucero y gracias a Andrea Velasco, la podemos mostrar aquí. La fotografía se ha realizado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia. ¡Gracias, Andrea!

 

Agradecemos a Santiago Ortiz la incorporación de nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.

Con nuestra gratitud también para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/

Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA

 

Y en este catálogo

 

También en la galería de Fotolog

 

Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz

 

Manifestamos también desde aquí nuestro apoyo al juez Baltasar Garzón, por su trabajo en favor de la Justicia, y por el que ahora está sufriendo el acoso de la envidia y del poder turbio de un mundo al revés:

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000117018287&ref=m...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kNg2FhwM0

 

'Writing Spider (Argiope aurantia)' On Black

 

From: home.att.net/~larvalbugrex/argiope.html

 

Argiope

by Valerie (October 25, 2001)

revised September 23, 2004

 

The largest orb weaver in our gardens is the black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia). Actually, only the female is large, the males being much smaller by comparison. Although big enough to deliver a bite, these spiders are not poisonous or aggressive. The black and yellow argiope is also called banana spider, yellow garden spider, zipper spider, golden orb weaver and writing spider. There are a number of other species in the genus Argiope, but most that occur in the U.S. are restricted to tropical climates. A related species inhabits gardens in Europe. Because they make such big webs and are brightly colored, it is impossible for a resident argiope to remain unnoticed in the garden or, as they sometimes look for sheltered areas, on the side of a house. We had one spider who thought the ideal location for her web was right by our front door over the doorbell. She stayed there all summer, enjoying frequent feedings of any large insects we could find to throw into her web.

 

The argiope spiders make excellent photography subjects because they don't react to the camera lens. Part of the reason is probably their rather poor vision, as they do not rely on sight to catch prey, but on the vibrations produced in their webs. Smaller orb weavers, like members of the genus Araneus, which also inhabit our yard, sometimes make webs even bigger than the argiopes, but they are very difficult to photograph. Maybe because they are small and tasty morsels for birds, these spiders do not sit in the middle of their web during the day, but usually hide in a nearby leaf at the base of one of the web support strands. If they happen to be in the middle of the web, my approach with the camera almost always makes them retreat to a safe hiding place. In spite of their large size and the care with which they place their webs, the argiope spiders in our yard are often taken by predators such as birds.

 

An interesting feature of many orb webs is the central white design created by the spider, called a stabilimentum (referring to the idea that it helps stabilize the web). With argiopes, this area is almost round and filled in with many zigzags of silk when the spider is young, but as it grows, the design changes to be more of a single vertical zigzag. Spiders are capable of creating as many as seven different kinds of silk using several different glands that supply the spinnerets. argiope spider hanging under its recently shed exoskeletonThe photo at left shows the underside of an adult female argiope. The spinnerets appear as a group of brown structures forming an irregular shaped disk. The different types of silk have varying amino acid compositions. The silk coming out of the spinnerets can vary from an extremely fine single line, like those used to create the main support lines on their web, to wide ribbons of silk used for subduing prey or making the central design on their web. Spiders can vary the stickiness of the silk as well as it's thickness. The purpose of the central design in many spiders' webs is not completely understood. It could serve several purposes, including a way to conceal the spider from its prey or its predators (which could explain why the patch is more disruptive for small, young spiders than for large ones), a way to keep birds from blundering into the web, or a lure for insects, as the silk reflects ultraviolet light in much the same way as do flower centers. Another spider habit that has never been fully explained is that of hanging upside down in the web. Almost all spiders do this but I've never heard a definitive explanation.

 

In order to grow, spiders must periodically shed their exoskeletons. This is a fascinating process to watch, but one which leaves the spider very vulnerable until its new skin hardens. When the spider is about to shed, the inside layers of its skin are digested. It anchors its legs on part of its web, hanging upside down. The top of the carapace splits open and the spider literally falls out of its old shell. It doesn't fall because it is anchored by a strand of silk from its spinnerets. As soon as the spider is completely free of its old skin, it hangs limp for awhile, then spreads its legs out to let them dry.female argiope spider just before laying eggs In the photograph above at right, the old skin is visible at the top, while the spider hangs below. At this point the spider is expanding its size, and it can even grow a new limb if one was lost before.

 

The females are easy to spot in their webs, but the males (photo at right) tend to be harder to find. When they are young, both the males and females look similar, but the males seem to never grow much, while the females become quite large. The males also do not remain in their original area if there is no female around. Once they mature, they must search out a female with whom to mate. Often, it is possible to find the tiny males living in their small webs just to the side of a female's large web. While both genders of argiopes have the habit of holding their legs in an X pattern, the males seem to make the posture more pronounced, possibly as an aid to their protective camouflage.

 

Just before laying eggs, the female spider is often quite large, her abdomen considerably distended. Argiopes produce large numbers of young in their egg sacs. argiope egg caseAlthough one sac seems to be the norm, we saw one female produce three over a period of a couple of weeks and have heard of a single spider producing four and still going strong. Unlike some spiders, such as the green lynx, who guard their eggs and young, argiopes tend to leave their eggs to their fate. The egg case looks like a miniature Greek wine vessel, with a bulbous shape and a little round neck at the top. The color of the egg case is brown and it is anchored within a framework of silk strands, keeping it away from surrounding vegetation. Although this protects the case from some predators, like ants, other predators and parasites lay their eggs within the cases as well. These tenants include other species of spiders as well as wasps. The young spiders hatch in the fall but overwinter in the egg case. These cases are very well constructed and we've seen them last not only through the winter, but through another year as well, before the weather eventually takes its toll and they are washed away.

 

Like many spiders, argiopes live only one year, expending all their energy into producing eggs (females) or sperm (males). They die once winter arrives.

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So, you're probably wondering where the folks are here, right? Let me give you a quick update...

 

My girl's a good writer. She writes from the heart, which can be nothing short of great -- if you live close enough to hear the whispers. Pun intended. She wrote this great piece in Greek, called 'The Holiday Folks', which can not really be described [at least by me] in English, so I'll try to translate the most important part of it, and the one that influenced me to try to take a shot such as this, which is hmm, not that far away from my mentality when shooting, but rather a strange shot coming from me.

 

"How dumb people are", said she.

"Heaven is so close to them and they don't even realize. They fill heaven with antennas, empty tanks, all this junk and their silly underwear, and trash".

"Luckily", said he, enthusiastically.

"They left a place in peace. If they all knew about what's straight above their heads, if they all knew about the magic of these roofs, we would have nowhere to go. We'd be like all of them. All of these miserable people out there!".

 

If your Greek is good enough, you may read the rest here.

 

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Canonet QL17 GIII, 40mm lens, red filter.

TMAX 100, souped at HC110B.

Scan from negative and edits.

Left the negative drying marks where they were, deliberately.

 

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Bowl of fresh sliced limes, enhanced with the Photoshop "cut out" filter and increased contrast and color saturation.

 

INFORMATION ON THE LIME:

 

Lime is a term referring to a number of different fruits (generally citruses), both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, generally containing sour pulp, and frequently associated with the lemon. Limes are often used to accent the flavors of foods and beverages. They are usually smaller than lemons, and a great source of vitamin C.

 

In cooking, lime is valued both for the acidity of its juice and the floral aroma of its zest. It is used in Key lime pie, a traditional Florida dessert, and is a very common ingredient in authentic Mexican, Southwestern United States and Thai dishes. It is also used for its pickling properties in ceviche. Additionally, the leaves of lime are used in southeast Asian cuisine. The use of dried limes (called black lime or loomi) as a flavouring is typical of Persian cuisine and Iraqi cuisine, as well as in Gulf-style baharat (a spice mixture that is also called kabsa or kebsa). Limes are also an essential element in Tamil cuisine.

 

Lime leaves are also an herb in South, East, and particularly Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, people have boiled chicken with lime leaves and a mixture of salt, black pepper and lime juice.

 

In order to prevent scurvy during the 19th century, British sailors were issued a daily allowance of citrus such as lime (presumably Citrus aurantifolia)[citation needed], which led in time to the nickname "limey" for all Britons. It was later discovered that this beneficial effect derived from the quantities of Vitamin C the fruit contains.

 

Lime extracts and essential oils are frequently used in perfumes, cleaning products, and aromatherapy.

 

Source: Wikipedia

 

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INNER WHEEL

Kidderminster Inner Wheel was formed on Thursday October 6th 1942 with 16 members - all wives of Rotarians. The founder President was the first Mrs Eddy, wife of Alderman E. George Eddy, the Rotary Club President before he was knighted. Until mid-1948 the monthly afternoon meetings were held at the the Florence Cafe, then at the Lion Hotel, moving to The Black Horse in September 1949, the initial annual subscription being 10/6d (55 new pence) per annum.

On June 18th 1943 Mrs Granville-Barker, President of No. 6 Inner Wheel District, presented the Charter to President Mrs F. E. Eddy before a gathering which included Presidents and Secretaries from 7 neighbouring Inner Wheel Clubs and goodwill messages from 2 others. The speaker, Mrs Hogg, on this first charter day took as her subject: "The East End of London in Peace and War" - quite a sobering thought nearly 60 years on! Our members now enjoy social gatherings with their Rotarian husbands - whenever they ask us!

 

Charity Work

The first two charities supported were the "Waifs and Strays" and the boys' home at Weston-Super-Mare displaying educational leadership. Fund raising got off the ground in 1943 with a Bridge Drive and from 1944 onwards members held an Annual Charity Ball. During the first year donations were given to The Red Cross 1-Penny-a-week Fund, Mayor's Red Cross Appeal, RAF Benevolent Fund and Kidderminster General Hospital.

 

Many other events have been organised over the years, for example the Annual Charity Lunch. One year we had a "Charity Shop" for almost a week. Nowadays monthly coffee mornings (with bring and buy) at members homes form a regular feature on the Club's social and fund raising activities. Each year the incoming President chooses the main charity, the remainder of the money going always to Local charities. A major effort displaying business ethics one year was to buy a "Guide Dog for the Blind".

 

In June 1946 we entertained about 30 elderly ladies to a coach ride and afternoon tea. These ladies from our business directory were invited back in December to Christmas Dinner when we cut a Christmas cake and presented a gift to each. These two events continued for many years until there was only four ladies who were too old to go out, but they were all visited with a gift at Christmas until they died, the eldest reaching the grand old age of 103 years! Who would deny that her longevity was helped in some small way by the educational leadership and business ethics of The Inner Wheel!

 

Many years ago two business directory members started to help in the Kidderminster General Hospital's Coffee Shop when it was a tiny building by the "Master's House" (still standing) belonging to the old Workhouse. It was then run by the WRVS. When the building was demolished, the service lay dormant until Lady Eddy instigated the concrete building on the car park. business directory Members then began to work there for The Hospital League of Friends. Today, our business directory members still help on a fortnightly rota as part of our businss ethics.

 

As Rotarians know, they can always count on our help with their major charity events - like marshalling for the annual sponsored walk, sorting goods for the Bosnian refugees and selling tickets for the trolley-dash, which all requires a part in our educational leadership programmes.

 

International

We undertake a lot of knitting and sewing every year as part of our business ethics to make garments for children, jumpers and blankets for the Inner Wheel's overseas work. For many years one business directory member collected unwanted medicines and samples from doctor's surgeries for an organisation called "Intercare". We also collect old spectacles and used stamps, and sometimes make toys as part of our educational leadership - all for overseas use. The club was very proud when Past President Betty Russell of our business directory was elected to the District Overseas Committee for three years, this being the only time any business directory member has gone forward to District to promote our business ethics.

 

Fellowship

For many years the Inner Wheel 'Club' organised an annnual fellowship meeting promoting our business ethics when every Club in District 6 was invited together with District Officers. We had either afternoon tea or dinner, followed by a good speaker.

 

In 1964 the President and members invited the Rotarians' wives from the newly formed Stourport-on-Severn Club to join us with a view to forming a daughter Club of our business directory. This was so successful that, in October the same year, 24 members were presented with their Charter at the Severn Manor Hotel, the founder President of Stourport-on-Severn Inner Wheel being Mrs Frances Smurd.

 

In 1976 the President held a coffee evening at her home to try to encourage those Rotarian's wives who went out to work to join Inner Wheel with it's educational leadership and business ethics. This was so successful that coffee evenings continued untill 1978 when evening meetings replaced those at lunchtime.

 

On October 14th 1992 we invited all the Clubs in District 6, District Officers and our own past members of the business directory who had left the area to join our 50th Birthday celebrations at The Stewpony Hotel. After a wonderful meal, every one received a golden rose and a slice of the beautiful 50th Anniversary cake, cut by founder member Past President Mrs Madge North, who was then 90 years of age.

 

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It's such a special feeling ... to be in the right place at the very right time ... when you can try only once ...

The whole situation was like from paradise... Mala Strana hill is now packed with cherry blossom trees, creating extra terrestrial atmosphere! Between them you can see all the beauty of Prague, whole panorama!

I was cruising around the place when spotted that little princes! She had insane costume! Whole pink like the flowers on the surrounded trees. I felt I saw an angel.

 

so Mr. Flickr! Is it worth to be on Explore?

Damn it is !!

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The Cooktown Orchid has been the floral emblem of Queensland since November 19, 1959. Its scientific name is Dendrobium phalaenopsis, a recently created species after Clements reorganised the Dendrobium bigibbum complex. The old name, Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum is still recognised as a synonym.

 

This beautiful but variable orchid occurs in several subspecies. It used to be prolific around Cooktown but is now rare in the wild, due to over-collecting by commercial collectors. The colour of the flowers varies from pinkish-mauve to lavender or purple and sometimes almost white, with the base of the labellum being a much darker purple.

 

The plants can grow up to 80 cm in height. The flowers are on canes 10-40 cm long.

 

Flowering time In the dry season - usually between March and July; but sometimes all year in commercial cultivation.

--from Wiki

 

More great reading info can be found at Wiki (above), asgap.org.au/d-big.html, and www.anos.org.au/information/articles/species/dendrobium.htm.

 

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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN'S BASS SOLO (1 of 1) /

EL SOLO DE SHIN (1 de 1)

 

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 16 of 48) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48.

 

LINKS:

- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es

- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Ayrin PhotoStories at Flickr

Selon le site SENEGALAISEMENT :

 

www.senegalaisement.com/senegal/societe_senegalaise.php

 

Malgré la pauvreté du pays, l'enfant sénégalais a, dans l'ensemble, une place enviable dans la société. Il est vrai que, dans les zones rurales, la scolarisation est minimale et même souvent nulle plaçant le Sénégal dans le lot des pays les moins alphabétisés d'Afrique. Les enfants commencent à la campagne à aider très tôt leurs parents sans que celà soit une corvée. Ici, les jeunes ne sont pas exploités comme celà se voit souvent en Amérique du Sud. Le seul phénomène de ce type se voit hélas chez les marabouts, pseudo chef-religieux envoyant des myriades de gosses en bas âge mendier dans la rue.

Au sein des familles, le cadet doit rester à la disposition du reste de la famille. Lorsqu'il est à la maison, on enverra ainsi le plus jeune aller chercher du sucre ou du pain à la boutique du coin sans que ce dernier n'ait le droit de se plaindre. Il reste des pays où on sait élever ses gosses.

Comme ailleurs en Afrique, la classe d'âge à la campagne et dans les petites villes a beaucoup d'importance. Les enfants qui naissent et grandissent ensemble sont des frères jusqu'à la fin de leur vie. Ainsi ne soyez pas étonné qu'un Sénégalais vous parle de ses cinquante frères : en plus de ses frères de sang et de ses cousins il y aura tous ses amis d'enfance issus de la même classe d'âge. Joueurs et libres, sportifs fous de foot, les rues du pays grouillent de vie, de cris, de rires et de pleurs. Généreux et partageurs, ils sont choyés par toute la famille même si très tôt ils sont autonomes. Dans un pays où les châtiments corporels sont très rares, ils restent en milieux rural très respectueux des adultes et des étrangers. On ne peut que regretter le nombre important de mariages précoce pour les fillettes (il n'est hélas pas rare de voir une gamine de 13 ans être offerte en mariage) et les mutilations sexuelles (excisions) toujours présentes.

 

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (6 of 9): Shin and Near /

DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (6 de 9): Shin y Near

 

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 95 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.

 

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Shin: …

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Shin: …

 

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

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Here is a little before/after of all the Eyes Have Seen the Glory promos I uploaded...

 

gotta love the 5d + L glass....it enabled me to do most of my editing in Camera Raw (saved me a TON of time!) The only one that gave me trouble was the top photo, before C.R. it was SOOOO dark.

 

I'll try my best to list what I did:

 

ACR:

- temp/tint adjustments

- contrast increase

- brightness increase

- minor clarity increase

- highlight/shadow color adjustment

- slight curves adjustment

- noise reduction

 

Photoshop:

- curves layer for contrast set to luminosity

- dodge and burn the entire photo (this took the longest out of everything I did....especially the top photo)

- more curves for more contrast

- color balance on bottom photo

- more noise reduction

- high pass layer

 

...I guess the point I was getting at is that the RAW files from the 5d paired with L glass are pretty darn awesome SOOC....and that's such a treat compared to my good ol' d40!

 

that's it folks! Let me know if you have questions =)

 

(p.s. - the left ones are NOT SOOC...they are after raw adjustments)

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Well I have been late posting up my pictures. I went to Alabama now Im in Florida, I got my car back, but my break lights don't work, I am running around looking for a break switch, and all at the same time it feels like the world is closing in on me. I spoke to my friend Eulice today and she shared what was going on in her life.. I have to admit life was never meant to be easy. Her challenges and struggles are nothing compared to mine, When she told me what she is going through, I quickly snapped out of it and realized that I'm not struggling that bad. It's because of friends and people like her that allow me to grow and become stronger not only with faith but with life in general.

 

I have seen plenty of shower shots, but I had to take this today. Everytime I take a shower, Its a new refreshing, I like to sing in the shower and ponder on what is to come in life...this shot is me pondering...on the How's and When's in life...but Thank God...for another day...

   

Strobist: sb28 behind me at 1/16 and vivitar 285hv on side of my face at 1/16 both flashes bare

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Asomando su doble cabeza de cristal la diatomea Synedra capitata se presentó un día en esta galería, y no fue por cabezonería, sino por corazonada. Synedra tiene el cuerpo esbelto de todas las de su clase, y es como cualquier diatomea una joya, en este caso fíbula de cuarzo. Con sus dos extremos engrosados haciendo de balancín y representando eso, una cabeza, que es la que le da el nombre.

 

Lo cierto es que la mayoría de estos fascinantes organismos microscópicos del agua no tienen cabeza, sólo los minúsculos animales acuáticos que son pluricelulares han llegado a conseguirla y todo ello para superar la desventaja de vivir en un cuerpo grande. Rotíferos, planarias o pulgas de agua pueden llevarla para acomodar en ella los principales órganos de los sentidos -tienen que saber qué se llevan a la boca-. Pero para que ojos, tacto y receptores químicos funcionen, es necesario un órgano adicional extra: el cerebro, que aunque pequeño, resuelve los problemas cotidianos de la supervivencia.

 

Diatomeas, désmidos, amebas y protozoos han olvidado su cabeza y viven a latidos de vida, despreocupados, sólo saben vivirla con amor ciego a cada instante, entregados a ella, como hace el corazón enamorado en una misma apuesta generosa y egoísta que no busca otra contrapartida más que el mismo amor. Es su corazón redondo, situado en el propio corazón de sus entrañas, es su núcleo, quien conduce sin retorno a estos seres por el agua, al encuentro de la luz en abrazo permanente a ella y a la vida.

 

La cabeza en Synedra capitata es apariencia y lo es en ella por partida doble, ... no sólo en Synedra ... en todas las diatomeas, en todos los seres microscópicos y, quizá, también en nosotros, quien manda es el corazón.

 

Synedra capitata, ilumina la noche a corazonadas de vida, ha perdido la cabeza, sólo la lleva en su nombre y se guía por el corazón.

 

La imagen de hoy proecede de una muestra recogida por África en las Gorges del Foix en Barcelona, gracias a ella la podemos mostrar hoy aquí fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de campo oscuro.

 

Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/

 

Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA

 

Y en este catálogo

 

También en la galería de Fotolog

 

Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz

 

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 of 9): After the test... /

CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 de 9): Después del Ensayo.

 

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 33 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.

 

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

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