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Extaordinariamenete pequeña y activa, Spirulina subsalsa no parece un organismo microscópico si no fuera por su tamaño, el caso es que serpentea en el agua como si fuese una culebrilla. Gira sobre sí misma mientras su cuerpo ondula y se estira levemente, atornillando ágilmente el agua con su cuerpo de muelle. Spirulina subsala es una cianobacteria, ser minúsculo, tan pequeño como primitivo, medio alga, medio bacteria y desde luego, por sus movimientos, medio culebra ▷.
Muchas de las especies de este género de cianobacterias viven en aguas salobres y Spirulina subsalsa parece que puede hacerlo también en aguas dulces, se trata de una de las de más pequeño tamaño del grupo, pero es algo mayor que Spirulina subtilissima, con la que podría confundirse. Su espiral, de poco más de tres milésimas de milímeto de anchura, es una espiral flexible y animada por la vida ▷, allá en los fondos acuáticos donde la luz no llega y donde encuentrta los nutrientes necesarios para poder desarrollarse. Vive entre las ruinas de naufragio de millones y millones de seres, cascarones de diatomeas, fragmentos de alga, restos de la arquitectura prodigiosa de pequeños invertebrados, los que conforman el paisaje fantástico entre el que Spirulina vive y renueva la vida en el Lago en el que habita, Lago de Sanabria.
El género Spirulina está constituido por un pequeño número de especies que ronda las cincuenta. Casi todas ellas suelen vivir en zonas de aguas casi estancadas y ricas en materia orgánica. La de hoy, probablemente Spirulina subsalsa, no es muy común, aunque existen de ella algunas citas en la Península procedentes de aguas saladas o salobres.
Actualmente algunas especies de Spirulina se consumen como suplemento dietético por su alto contenido en vitamina B12 y proteínas, aunque se conoce que fueron ya empleadas hace siglos.
Los antiguos pobladores de México cultivaban algunas especies de este género principalmente en el lago de Texcoco - ya desparecido- para obtener un suplemento alimentario. En el libro de La Conquista de México de Francisco López de Gómara , se señala "Pocas cosas vivas dejan de comer. Culebras sin cola ni cabeza, perrillos que no gañen, castrados y cebados; topos, lirones, ratones, lombrices, piojos y hasta tierra, porque con unas redes de malla muy menuda barren, en cierto tiempo del año, una cosa molida que se cría sobre el agua de las lagunas de México, y se cuaja, que ni es hierba, ni tierra, sino una especie de cieno. Hay mucho de ello y cogen mucho y en eras, como quien hace sal, los vacían, y allí se cuaja y seca. Lo hacen tortas como ladrillos, y no sólo las venden en el mercado, sino que las llevan también a otros fuera de la ciudad y lejos. Comen esto como nosotros el queso, y así tiene un saborcillo de sal, que con chilmolli es sabroso. Y dicen que a este cebo vienen tantas aves a la laguna, que muchas veces en el invierno la cubren por algunos sitios." .
A veces, si las condiciones son favorables, muchas especies de Spirulina se puede desarrollar de forma masiva.
Spirulina subsalsa , se ha fotografiado a 400 aumentos con la técncia de contraste de interferencia y se ha encontrado en una muestra recogida sobre sedimentos a 20 metros de profundidad en el Lago de Sanabria (Zamora), desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán construido en el Planeta propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
INFORMATION ON BASIL:
Basil (Ocimum basilicum), of the Family Lamiaceae. Basil is a tender low-growing herb that is grown as a perennial in warm, tropical climates. Basil is originally native to Iran, India and other tropical regions of Asia, having been cultivated there for more than 5,000 years. There are many varieties of basil, that which is used in Italian food is typically called sweet basil, as opposed to Thai basil or holy basil, which are used in Asia. It is prominently featured in Italian cuisine, and also plays a major role in the Southeast Asian cuisines of Thai, Vietnamese and Laotian. It grows to between 30–130 cm tall, with opposite, light green, silky leaves 3–11 cm long and 1–6 cm broad. The flowers are quite big, white in color and arranged in a terminal spike. Unusual among Lamiaceae, the four stamens and the pistil are not pushed under the upper lip of the corolla, but lay over the inferior. After entomophilous pollination, the corolla falls off and four round achenes develop inside the bilabiate calyx. The plant tastes somewhat like anise, with a strong, pungent, sweet smell. Basil is very sensitive to cold, with best growth in hot, dry conditions. While most common varieties are treated as annuals, some are perennial, including African Blue and Holy Thai basil.
The word basil comes from the Greek βασιλεύς (basileus), meaning "king", as it is believed to have grown above the spot where St. Constantine and Helen discovered the Holy Cross. The Oxford English Dictionary quotes speculations that basil may have been used in "some royal unguent, bath, or medicine". Basil is still considered the "king of herbs" by many cookery authors. An alternative etymology has "basil" coming from the Latin word basilicus, meaning dragon and being the root for basilisk, but this likely was a linguistic reworking of the word as brought from Greece.
INFORMATION ON THE CUCUMBER:
The cucumber (Cucumis sativus)is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The cucumber is a creeping vine that roots in the ground and grows up trellises or other supporting frames, wrapping around ribbing with thin, spiraling tendrils. The plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit.
The fruit is roughly cylindrical, elongated, with tapered ends, and may be as large as 60 cm long and 10 cm in diameter. Cucumbers grown to be eaten fresh (called slicers) and those intended for pickling (called picklers) are similar. Cucumbers are mainly eaten in the unripe green form. The ripe yellow form normally becomes too bitter and sour.
Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, cucumbers are scientifically classified as fruits. Much like tomatoes and squash, however, their sour-bitter flavor contributes to cucumbers being perceived, prepared and eaten as vegetables. Still, "vegetable" is a purely culinary term, and there is no conflict in classifying cucumber as both a fruit and a vegetable.
INFORMATION ON THE GREEN BEAN:
Green beans (American English), French beans or runner beans (British English), also called squeaky beans, are the unripe fruit of any kind of bean, including the yardlong bean, the hyacinth bean, the winged bean, and especially the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), whose pods are also usually called string beans in the northeastern United States, but can also go by snap beans. Varieties have been bred especially for the fleshiness, flavor, or sweetness of their pods. Smaller bean pods are often referred to by the French name haricots verts. The first "stringless" bean was bred in 1894 by Calvin Keeney, called the "father of the stringless bean." Keeney worked in Le Roy, New York.
Green beans are of nearly universal distribution. They are marketed canned, frozen and fresh. A dish with green beans popular in the southern United States, particularly at Thanksgiving, is green bean casserole. Some restaurants in the USA serve green beans that are battered and fried. Green beans are also sold dried and fried with vegetables like carrots, corn, and radishes. They are also rich in vitamin C.
Haricots verts, French for "green beans," may refer to a longer, thinner type of green beans than the typical, American green beans.
Source: Wikipedia
www.familistere.com/site/index.php
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_de_Guise
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familistère_(Guise)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_André_Godin
« Ne pouvant faire un palais de la chaumière ou du galetas de chaque famille ouvrière, nous avons voulu mettre la demeure de l’ouvrier dans un palais ; le Familistère, en effet, n’est pas autre chose, c’est le palais du travail, c’est le PALAIS SOCIAL de l’avenir.
Ce qu’il n’est pas possible de faire au profit de familles éparpillées et sans lien, les améliorations qu’on ne peut introduire dans le tohu-bohu des habitations ouvrières, ni à la ville, ni à la campagne, ni dans les caves, ni dans les mansardes habitées ; ce que ne permettent pas même les habitations ouvrières isolées les mieux construites, quel qu’en soit le système : le Familistère le permet, le palais social le rend possible, bien plus, il le rend nécessaire. »
Jean-Baptiste-André Godin La Richesse au service du peuple, le Familistère de Guise. 1875.
Les chiffres du Familistère : ( source Wikipédia )
10 millions de briques sont nécessaires à la construction des trois pavillons du Palais Social.
30 000 m² de surfaces sont offerts par l’ensemble des trois pavillons.
1 kilomètre de coursives parcourt les trois pavillons du Palais.
500 fenêtres percent les façades des trois unités d’habitation.
495 appartements sont aménagés dans l’ensemble des cinq pavillons du Familistère avant 1918.
1 748 personnes habitent au Familistère en 1889.
50 berceaux peuvent être installés dans la nourricerie du Familistère.
796 invités participent au banquet de la cinquième fête du Travail dans la cour du pavillon central en 1872.
1 000 spectateurs prennent place au théâtre en 1914.
1 526 employés travaillent dans les usines de la Société du Familistère en 1887.
2 500 est le nombre de record d’employés de l’Association du Familistère de Guise et à Bruxelles en 1930.
4 000 modèles d’appareils et d’accessoires sont fabriqués par la Société du Familistère en 1914.
210 000 appareils sont expédiés par les usines de Guise et Bruxelles en 1913-1914.
664, c’est le nombre de pages qui composent le livre Solutions Sociales publié par Godin en 1871.
JEAN-BAPTISTE GODIN ( ENGLISH )
Jean-Baptiste André Godin (26 January 1817 -29 January 1888) was a French industrialist and social experimentor born on the 26th of January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne).
The son of an artisan, he entered an iron-works at an early age, and at seventeen made a tour of France as journeyman. Returning to Esquéhéries in 1837, he started a small factory for the manufacture of castings for heating-stoves. The business increased rapidly, and for the purpose of railway facilities was transferred to Guise in 1846. At the time of Godin's death in 1888 the annual output was over four millions of francs (4,160,000), and in 1908 the employees numbered over 2000 and the output was over 280,000.
An ardent disciple of Charles Fourier, he advanced a considerable sum of money towards the disastrous Fourierist experiment of V. P. Considerant (q.v.) in Texas (known as La Reunion. He profited, however, by its failure, and in 1859 started the Familistère, or community settlement, of Guise on more carefully laid plans.
The Familistère forms a town within the town of Guise. It comprises, in addition to a large factory, three large buildings, each four stories high, capable of housing all the work-people, each family having two or three rooms. The main building consists of three rectangular blocks joined at the corners. Each of these blocks has a central court covered with a glass roof under which children can play in all weather. There is no church of any sort. (There are, of course, churches within the rest of Guise). At the back of the main block there was a nursery. There is a separate block, known as the "economat", containing various shops, refreshment rooms and recreation rooms of various kinds(?), stores for the purchase of groceries, drapery and every necessity. This has recently (2008) been restored and is now a cafe, a shop selling books, postcards etc and an exhibition area. There were also allotments for the workers.
Opposite the main block there was a building containing a theater for concerts and dramatic entertainments and a primary school. There was also a communal laundry and swimming pool. This was a few years ago derelict but has now been restored. The swimming pool is still a swimming poll but the laundry is a meeting room and the drying room is now (2008) an exhibition room. In 1880 the whole was turned into a co-operative society, with provision by which it eventually became the property of the workers.
Godin manufactured cookers and heating stoves of many kinds mainly made from cast iron castings. Sometimes these were enameled. These are still to be found in use all over France. They can be found for sale on eBay.
This business was still owned by the workers in the 1950s but soon after was taken over by Le Creuset. It is not obvious that the factory is still functioning. It is seems the domestic building were privatised. The state of the domestic buildings was deteriorating but has recently been awarded EU money for it to be restored.
In 1871 Godin was elected deputy for Aisne, but retired in 1876 to devote himself to the management of the Familistère. In 1882 he was created a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Godin was the author of Solutions sociales (1871); Les Socialistes et les Droits du travail (1874); Mutualité sociale et association du capital et du travail (1880); La Republique du travail et la reforme parlementaire (1889). See Bernardot, Le Familistère de Guise et son fondateur (Paris, 1887); Fischer, Die Familistère Godins (Berlin, 1890); Lestelle, Etude sur le Familistère de Guise (Paris, 1904); D. F. P., Le Familistère illustr, résultals de vingt ans d'association, 1880-1900 (Eng. trans., Twenty-eight years of co-partnership at Guise, by A. Williams, 1908).
Countess of Warwick's Country Show
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BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND- SUNDAY 24th AUGUST & MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2008
Situated in Little Easton, Great Dunmow, Essex -in and around Little Easton Church, Manor and Rectory grounds. Off the B184 Dunmow / Thaxted road. Postcode CM6 2JJ.
Entry to the Show and Car Parking are FREE
ANIMAL CORNER
For the first time there is an Animal Corner at the Show featuring familiar English farm animals and one or two less traditional farm sights!
ARENA EVENTS
Events in the Arena include the Children’s Fun Run on Sunday.
Displays feature The Green Hackle Pipe Band with their Great Highland Bagpipes and Drums, the Dunmow & District Dog Training Club, Dancing displays, the Quadrille and Heavy Horses, Scarecrows and Tug-of-War.
And of course, not forgetting the Presentation of Awards and the Parade of Award winners.
Arena events commence at 2pm and continue until about 5pm.
ART EXHIBITION
The Art Exhibition will be found in the church. An integral part of the show for many years, it offers a range and quality of work featuring pictures for all tastes, at prices to suit all pockets. A large 15th century Egress forms part of this year’s exhibition. Admission fee of 30p, smiling children free!
CHILDREN
In addition to ANIMAL CORNER, there is much to enjoy: the FUN RUN on Sunday, the TRADITIONAL FAIR GROUND RIDES, BOUNCY CASTLES, FACE PAINTING, GO-KART RIDES and PENALTY SHOOT OUT as well as fun things to do and try on some of the stands.
CARS
In addition to the Rolls-Royce launch, on both Sunday and Monday on the Manor Lawn there is a display of the Vintage and Classic Cars from the early 1900s to today, reflecting the wide variety of cars over the years. Also on Monday on the Manor Lawn will be cars from the Essex Austin Seven Club and the Morgan Sports Car Club Anglemog.
CLAY SHOOT
A 50 Bird re-entry Open Sporting Clay Shoot run by the Stansted Clay Shooting Club takes place on Sunday, the first day of the show, at Easton Lodge Airfield, opening at 10am with last entries at 3pm. Refreshments are available as well as cartridges. Entry fees are reasonable at £12 for cash and £11 for the trophy competitions.
DOG TRAINING
The Dunmow & District Dog Training Club make a very welcome return in the Arena with their display
EQUESTRIAN EVENTS
Peter and Patricia Jackson are a familiar site around our local roads with their Heavy Horses and we are very pleased to have them with us at the show again this year. The quadrille continues its tradition at the show and will be performed in the Arena each afternoon.
FLY PAST
Each day, weather permitting, to mark the launch of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé, there will be a fly past by a de Havilland 60G Gipsy Moth. Built in 1930 at Hatfield and supplied to Bentley Motors, it is operated by Paul and Andrew Wood of P & A Wood.
GRAND PRIZE DRAW
With thanks to two extremely generous supporters the first two prizes are magnificent: the first is a cash prize of £1,000 and the second a week’s stay in a villa in Tenerife. Other prizes include a car Radio CD donated by Broadway Electrical Services of Grays, a DVD player; a voucher from The Starr Restaurant in Dunmow; two free “new patient” consultations from the award winning Thaxted Dental Centre; a Christmas Hamper from Marks & Spencer; a Jeroboam of wine; a digital camera donated by The Guildhall Stores in Thaxted and a hairdressing session (within the Dunmow area).
HELICOPTER FLIGHTS
Aeromega Helicopters from Cambridge Airport offer a unique opportunity to see your favourite spots in the area from the air. This attraction is, of course, weather dependent, both from the point of view of visibility and flight restrictions.
THE HORTICULTURAL SHOW
Entry £1
The Horticultural Show is the centrepiece of the show, housed in a large marquee and accommodating hundreds of exhibits including locally grown vegetables, fruit and flowers; superb handicrafts and the usual array of fabulous photographs; homemade cakes and pastries, including the class for the best cake made by a man. Children’s classes are encouraged including art; handicrafts; model making; cookery and handwriting. All the items donated for sale will be available for purchase on Monday.
MANOR GARDENS
Entry £1
The Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé is set in the lovely surroundings of the gardens and lakes of Little Easton Manor – well worth the small entry fee which goes towards show proceeds. We are, indeed, grateful to Vera Pedley and her family for giving visitors access to their private gardens and for providing the facilities of the Barn Theatre area.
WANDERING MINSTRELS!
The Thameside Mummers will perform around the grounds on both Sunday and Monday. Don’t know what they do? Come and see! Thaxted Morris Men will visit the show as part of their August Bank Holiday Monday festivities.
MUSIC ON THE LAWN
Music on Sunday will be provided by Something Obscure, a ‘good time’ four piece combo, with a repertoire of music from the 50s to date. The Walden Big Band performs on Monday with music from the era of jazz, swing and the dance bands including the music of the great band leaders: Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie to name a few.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
This exhibition by Alf and son Andrew adds so much to the show, giving as it does an insight into the history of rural life in the Five Parishes and the wildlife of the area.
SHOW STALLS – AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS
Craft Stalls and Trade Stalls carrying a wide range of goods, produce and handicrafts are situated in the Craft Marquee in the Manor Gardens and in other sites. Look out for the country clothing marquee, a range of things wooden, potted and knitted, gifts, skin products, crystals, soaps, a working forge, garden furniture, house names, various types of goodies to take home to savour, advice on insurance, tracing the history of your family name and much more.
Five Parishes Stalls where all the money raised goes directly to show funds are the Grand Draw, Jim and Jan’s Plant Stall, Bottle Stall, Bowling for the Gammon, The Friends of the Five Parishes, Second-hand Book Stall and Penalty Shoot Out.
Stalls from our various Village Organisations and other charitable organisations offer their own varied range of attractions. Among the charity section, we welcome this year exhibits from the Alzheimer’s Society, the Royal British Legion and from Essex Wildlife Trust. That this latter organisation is particularly appropriate for our Show will be seen from the following item:
Essex Wildlife Trust is the county’s leading conservation charity. It has more than 36,000 members, manages and protects over 7,250 acres of land on 87 nature reserves, 1 nature park and runs 7 visitor centres. The aim of Essex Wildlife Trust is to protect wildlife for the future. It is supported financially by members, local businesses and grant making organisations. It is one of the largest of the 47 county wildlife trusts that work together throughout the British Isles as The Wildlife Trusts.
VINTAGE PLOUGHING AND MACHINERY
The vintage ploughing includes classes for vintage trailed and vintage mounted equipment, and a novice section. Machinery classes are for the best restored tractor and best restored stationary engine.
REFRESHMENTS
The Show Bar offers a wide range of beers and lagers to choose from along with cider and Guinness on tap supplied by G & G Gallo Enterprises of Braintree and wines, spirits, Pimm’s by the glass or jug. From the Mini Beer Festival there will be a selection of real ales, all supplied by Saffron Brewery based in nearby Henham who have supplied us for the last two years. A new ale brewed especially for our show last year called Tiddly Vicar has since then become their best selling bottled beer.
The local band Downside will perform outside the Show Bar for your entertainment. We do hope that you will pay us a visit whilst at the show.
A range of refreshments includes a Hog Roast and BBQ; doughnuts, candyfloss and other similar refreshments; the McKenzie’s La Crêperie; Tea and cakes on both sides of the showground as well as Giorgio’s Ice Creams.
Rupit, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Rupit and Pruit (in Catalan Rupit i Pruit) are a municipality of the region of Osona located to the northeast of the region and the east of the Sierra de Cabrera. It is integrated by two urban nuclei: Rupit and Pruit, that they were independent until year 1980. It is the last town of the province of Barcelona in the highway that unites the municipalities of Vic, capital of the region of Osona and Olot, capital of the region of the Garrotxa (Girona).
The origin of the town we found in the castle that was constructed around year 1000, replacing the one of Fàbregues, where they went constructing houses around.
In 14th century the population underwent a reduction but it recovered, arriving in 17th and 18th centuries at the maximum splendor that has never had the town. The church was possibly built between 13th and 14th centuries, and it was dedicated to San Miguel Arcángel.
Pruit already names in year 955, when it belonged to viscounts of Osona. Always there is been united to the castle and jurisdiction of Rupit.
Sources: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_y_Pruit and pieraedicions.com/rupitpruitbreuhistoria.htm.
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CASTELLANO
Rupit y Pruit (en catalán Rupit i Pruit) es un municipio de la comarca de Osona situado al noreste de la comarca y al este de la Sierra de Cabrera. Está integrado por dos núcleos urbanos: Rupit y Pruit, que fueron independientes hasta el año 1977. Es el último pueblo de la provincia de Barcelona en la carretera que une los municipios de Vic, capital de la comarca de Osona y Olot, capital de la comarca de La Garrotxa (Gerona).
La iglesia de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y su castillo están documentados desde el año 968. Hacia el siglo XII surgió el pueblo de Rupit habitado por familias nobles. En 1878, la iglesia de Rupit dejó de depender de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y en 1959 el municipio pasó a llamarse Rupit. En 1977 se unieron los municipios de Rupit y Pruit.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_i_Pruit
One of my favorite picture of the ones I took in 2009. Here I want to share it with you.
Hope you´ll like it.
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Added to EXPLORE for April 2nd 2009. Highest position: #276
This unusual and vacant home is here in University Place, not too far from Day Island. The people who used to live there certainly had an affinity for "gingerbread" trim and "Little Dutch Boy/Girl" cutout designs. I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it. They even had a matching structure that to me looks like a playhouse in the yard. It looks like a cinderblock home and from what my mother said was seen more in the 40's around here than the 50's. Regardless, I found this home totally fascinating from a photographic point of view. I chose to shoot this as an HDR using 3 different exposures. After tonemapping I worked with it further in Photoshop Elements 3, adding an Orton technique for more "kitschiness". The wet, rainy and windy weather added to the depressed mood I got from this abandoned home.
This is a hand-held, 3 exposure, (-2ev, 0ev, +2ev) HDR, processed and tonemapped with Photomatix and further processed with PhotoShop Elements 3 and Microsoft's Picture It! Premium 10.
Much Better Viewed Large On Black
Recently returned from two days spent at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and this is one of many photos I took while there. We stayed at the historic El Tovar Hotel, situated just along the rim - what a great location! I hadn't been to the Grand Canyon in 15 years and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the breath-taking landscapes once again. In this photo you I used Photoshop filter Fractalius and also Picnik to enhance the original.
INFORMATION ON THE GRAND CANYON:
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park — one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
Longstanding scientific consensus has been that the canyon was created by the Colorado River over a six million year period. The canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km) and attains a depth of over a mile (1.83 km) (6000 feet). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. The canyon began in the west, followed by another that formed in the east. Eventually, the two broke through and met as a single majestic rent in the earth some six million years ago. The merger apparently occurred where the river today bends to the west, in the area known as the Kaibab Arch.
Before European immigration, the area was inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.
The Grand Canyon is a massive rift in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata, and is also one of the six distinct physiographic sections of the Colorado Plateau province. The Grand Canyon is unmatched throughout the world for the vistas it offers to visitors on the rim. It is not the deepest canyon in the world — Cotahuasi Canyon (11598 feet or 3535 m) and Colca Canyon (10499 feet or 3200 m), both in Arequipa, Peru, and Hells Canyon (7,993 feet or 2436 m) on the Oregon-Idaho border, are all deeper — but Grand Canyon is known for its overwhelming size and its intricate and colorful landscape. Geologically it is significant because of the thick sequence of ancient rocks that are beautifully preserved and exposed in the walls of the canyon. These rock layers record much of the early geologic history of the North American continent.
About 600 deaths have occurred in the Grand Canyon since the 1870s. Some of these deaths occurred as the result of overly zealous photographic endeavors, some were the result of airplane collisions within the canyon, and some visitors drowned in the Colorado River. Many hikers overestimate their fitness level, become dehydrated and confused, and must be rescued. The Park Service now posts a picture of an attractive and fit young man at several trailheads with the caption "Every year we rescue hundreds of people from the Canyon. Most of them look like him", in an attempt to discourage hikers from feats which are beyond their abilities.
According to Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon, 50 fatalities have resulted from falls; 65 deaths were attributable to environmental causes, including heat stroke, cardiac arrest, dehydration, and hypothermia; 7 were caught in flash floods; 79 were drowned in the Colorado River; 242 perished in airplane and helicopter crashes (128 of them in the 1956 disaster mentioned below); 25 died in freak errors and accidents, including lightning strikes and rock falls; 47 committed suicide; and 23 were the victims of homicides.
Source: Wikipedia
Depuis le 3 Octobre, plus de 200 familles dorment dans la rue de la Banque pour protester contre l'absence de logements décents. Français ou immigrés en situation régulière, tous travaillent mais vivent dans des conditions déplorables: le plus souvent à l'hôtel, ou dans des appartements minuscules, parfois menacés d'expulsion.
Le 9 Décembre, une petite fête avait été organisée pour célébrer la naissance d'un 5e enfant parmi les familles de la rue de la Banque, et pour installer un sapin de Noël. Même si la pluie, et la situation tendue d'un autre campement rue d'Aubervilliers vinrent un peu gâcher l'ambiance, Guy Bedos vint apporter son soutien aux familles.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
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Among the attractions at Amnicon Falls State Park is the 55-foot long bridge that spans the river at the Lower Falls. Originally it had no covering and was a highway bridge that crossed the Amnicon River not far from the park.
The bridge is historically significant due both to its age and unusual construction. It is called a Horton or bowstring bridge. In 1897 and 1898, Charles M. Horton, while working in Duluth and Superior, obtained a number of patents for bridges that he claimed made them stronger, lighter and more durable. In addition, he said his design would allow workers to quickly assemble the structure without expensive machinery, tools and labor. His method called for using arched beams secured with hooks and clips rather than rivets and bolts.
In 1899, Horton moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he established a business and began erecting bridges on a small scale. Perhaps he was attracted to the area because of a severe flood in the spring of that year that forced replacement of many bridges.
It is not known how many bowstring bridges of Horton's design were built or when the bridge that now serves park visitors was constructed. Today only five other Horton bridges are known. They are also owned by the Department of Natural Resources at the Van Loon Wildlife Area in La Crosse County.
In 1930, our bridge was moved to its present location so park visitors could get to the island around which the river flows. Members of the Brule Civilian Conservation Corps added the roof in 1939.
The roof was replaced in 1941 after collapsing from heavy snows and again in 197l when destroyed by a fire set by vandals. Today the covered bridge serves not only a practical necessity, but as a picturesque attraction as well.
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Registration Number: German Registered
Chassis Number: 61651
Registration Number: German Registered
Chassis Number: 61651
This Veritas RS was purchased by the current owner in 2001 from the assets of its deceased owner Björn Övre. Mr. Övre was a collector of Veritas and early BMW cars who has purchased already in the 1950s and 1960s several Veritas cars in Belgium and imported them to Norway. He was indeed well known in Veritas circles and often a most welcomed guest at Veritas meetings at Meßkirch and at the Nürburgring. Sadly his intention to restore 61651 after retiring did not happen due to his untimely death.
After being in the now vendors ownership the car was completely restored by German specialist Georg Thiele and a photographic documentation of the restoration is available in the cars file. This restoration included restoring the original space frame, front and rear axles, wheels, braking system and fitting of new shock absorbers, rebuilt engine with new pistons, polished con rods, new oil and water pumps (by Feierabend) and a 5 - speed gearbox is fitted with the original gearbox supplied. Fresh paint and seats trimmed in the traditional style finish the car.
Today 61651 presents itself in superb race and road ready condition. This car campaigned in many classic races, rallies and classic outings all over Europe within the last 10 years while in the ownership of its current custodian, himself a well known pre - and post war BMW collector and is in mint condition throughout. Needless to say that it is highly collectible, very rare and simply beautiful, certainly not to be missed.
Der Veritas RS # 61651 stammt aus dem Nachlass des norwegischen Sammlers Björn Öwre und wurde in 2001 vom jetzigen Einlieferer vom Nachlass - Verwalter erworben. Öwre besaß seit den 1950/1960er Jahren mehrere Veritas, die er in Belgien erworben und nach Norwegen importiert hatte. Er war den Veritas Freunden seit Jahren bekannt und ein gern gesehener Gast an deren Treffen in Meßkirch und am Nürburgring.
Unter der Leitung von Herrn Georg Thiele und dank vorhandener Pläne wurde 61651 von Grund auf restauriert. Der originale Gitterrohrrahmen wurde auf einer Richtbank vermessen und ausgerichtet. Beide Achsen wurden komplett revidiert, ebenso Räder,Adapter, Bremsen sowie Bremsseile und Leitungen. Der Wagen erhielt neue Stoßdämpfer. Der Motor wurde mit neuen Hochleistungskolben versehen, die Pleuel wurden ausgerichtet und poliert. Öl - und Wasserpumpen lieferte die bekannte Fa. Feierabend. Der Zylinderkopf ( Bristol 100 ) bekam neue Solex 32PJCB - Vergaser ( NOS ). Ein leistungsfähiges Kühlsystem ist ebenso verbaut wie der für den Rennbetrieb vorgeschriebene Ölauffangbehälter. Zur Zeit ist ein VOLVO 5-Gang Getriebe verbaut, jedoch ist das Original - Getriebe vorhanden.
Der Gitterrohrrahmen wurde mit Aluminium Blechen beplankt, teilweise unter Verwendung alter Karosserie - Teile. Die Lackierung ( innen + aussen ) wurde ebenso wie die Sattlerarbeiten in der ,, alten Art ,, ausgeführt. Das Armaturenbrett und die Instrumente wurden nach Vorlagen und Muster neu angefertigt und entsperechen dem Original.
Tank und Batterie wurden aus Sicherheitsgründen - abweichend vom Original - im Heck des Wagens untergebracht. Eine Fotodokumentation ist vorhanden.
Hanji paper is made from the Mulberry tree. While not unique to Korea, it is very much a part of their culture and used to produce beautiful arts and crafts.
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The Supreme Pallacio is on the same boat as the numerous projects coming up in the vicinity of the Hinjewadi IT Park. The only thing that differentiates this project from others is its lavish luxury that celebrates a style of life that is yet to be experienced in Pune. Spread over 4 acres, the Supreme Pallacio comprise G+9 tower of 72 apartments (3 & 4 BHK). Every detail is taken care of, every possible luxury incorporated into the apartments at Supreme Pallacio. Each of these apartments boasts of a designer terrace garden conceptualized by experts from Singapore. The entrance lobby of each tower is elegantly designed with a water cascade, which is a determining stylistic feature is the architecture of Supreme Pallacio. Uniquely designed water cascades adorn various parts of the Supreme Pallacio- at its entrance, in the landscaped gardens and at very many places. Split AC and Jacuzzi baths are some of the other distinguishing features of the Supreme Pallacio apartments.
Black Creek Pioneer Village
Before we had electricity, moving water was the engine that turned the mill wheels of rural Canada, grinding grain into flour and providing a focal point for Ontario’s early communities. With the mill perched at the side of the stream, it wasn’t long until stores, a tavern, and a blacksmith shop were built nearby. Houses, churches and a school quickly followed.
Over the past 150 years, most families have moved away from the land and into cities, leaving behind a way of life that defined early Ontario.
But four decades ago, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority created a small agricultural community at Toronto’s northern edge that honours the ways of our early settlers. Today, Black Creek Pioneer Village offers you a fascinating journey into the past – into the way people lived before cars, digital technology and the dominance of urban culture separated them from the land.
Black Creek is a working village, typical of those established in south central Ontario between the 1790s and the 1860s. At Black Creek you are invited to escape the modern world, and experience Ontario’s rich rural heritage.
sono ritornati finalmente in Sicilia i 16 splendidi oggetti di argento dorato conosciuti come "Gli argenti di Morgantina" risalenti al III secolo A.C. -
furono trafugati dai tombaroli intorno al 1980 dalla lussuosa casa di Eupolemos a Morgantina, una antica città siculo greca, sito archeologico nel comune di Aidone (EN) in Sicilia - successivamente furono venduti da un trafficante d’arte al Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York e sulla base di una accordo con il Ministero dei Beni Culturali sono stati da poco restituiti alla Regione Sicilia e si possono ora ammirare in un bella mostra al Museo Archeologico Salinas di Palermo
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (3 of 5): The movie: Interlude /
CITA EN EL CINE (3 de 5): La Peli: Intermedio
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Take: Akari!
Akari: O_O!
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Take: Akari!
Akari: O_O!
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
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A pilgrimage certificate, approx two feet long, resting in a display case in a poorly lit hall at the Sacred exhibition at the British Library in London.
The writing along the top reads 'In the name of God the Most Gracious the Most Merciful'.
The scroll states that Maymunah, daughter of Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Zarli went on pilgrimage in the year 1432-3, where she visted both Mecca and Medina. The certificate shows the sanctuary of the Kabah (house of God in Mecca), the hill of Marwah (concentric circles, this is next to the Kabah), the tomb of Prophet Muhammad in Medina and the sole of the Prophet Muhammad's sandal on which is written one of his sayings.
In Islam, pilgrimage to the Kabah is one of the five pillars of faith but only obligatory on those who can afford to attend. Muslims believe the Kabah was originally built by Prophet Abraham as a sanctuary to worship God Almighty alone, instead of the idols which people such as Abraham's father used to make.
Generally we do not have such certificates in Islam but today you will notice a trend, especially in Malaysia/ Indonesia that peoples names will be prefixed with the word Haji, meaning, someone who has been on pilgrimage (hajj).
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Ayer Euglena spirogyra nos contó en su silencio, anclada sobre el lecho de la laguna, algo acerca de la magia de los números y de un talismán eterno, vida que en definitiva es amor. Y hoy, aparece Phacus, belleza de joya, primo carnal de Euglena spirogyra, a revelarnos cosas acerca de los secretos de la forma y del color.
Los colores y las formas en la Naturaleza son claves de supervivencia y no son otra cosa que amor esencial a la vida, por eso quizá en su raíz más honda siempre inspiran belleza.
Phacus torta reúne como en un tesoro de joyas engastadas tres piedras preciosas que le dan la vida. La más pequeña de todas es un rubí, rojo de sangre, es su guía y su norte que siempre le lleva hacia la luz, ojo minúsculo que en amor ciego persigue al sol, sol que le da la vida. La joya mediana es perla, burbuja de brillo nacarado situada en el corazón, que atesora para los tiempos difíciles las reservas que son necesarias también para vivir, bolita de paramilo, fruto de Sol. El verde se reparte en el interior de Phacus en forma de gemas de esmeralda clorofila, sin esta tercera joya, no habría vida, Phacus no podría beber de la fuente del Sol y moriría de desamor.
La forma de Phacus torta es la de un corazón hecho hoja, que jugueteando con él mismo se retuerce y gira en espiral, ▷ gira por fuera el verde del mismo modo que por dentro giran en Spirogyra estas trenzas de color y, así, el movimiento de giro de Phacus tortus hace que el amor del sol se reparta por igual en todo el cuerpo y que esto haga más fácil la vida.
La espiral asegura la igualdad de oportunidades y una distribución justa de luz, por eso, Phacus torta gira y gira ▷ mientras se mueve y mientras, al lado, otras espirales, las de Spirogyra giran y giran estáticas en el interior, para recibir ese baño de luz generosa, que es la luz de la vida que el Sol da en su amor.
Colores y forma, misterio y belleza que la madre Naturaleza siembra aquí y allá en continua generosidad.
Gracias a Ro, a este canto de amor se une otro canto de humor y alegría desde la música de Jorge Ben ¡¡ gracias Ro!!
Phacus torta quizá contagiado por la alegría de esa música gira como Spirogyra lo hace por dentro en las aguas de las lagunas…y baila así, en espirales , sobre la superficie de charchas y lagos de las lagunas limpias. En este caso en las de las muestras recogidas hace unos días en la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, junto a Vigo de Sanabria, en el incomparable marco del zamorano Lago de Sanabria. Phacus torta Ha sido fotografiado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia .
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (3 of 5): The movie: Interlude /
CITA EN EL CINE (3 de 5): La Peli: Intermedio
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
PHOTOSTORY:
Take: …
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (2 of 5): The movie /
CITA EN EL CINE (2 de 5): La Peli
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: (Stupid asshole! You screwed it up!)
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Dom: (Pedazo capullo! Ya la has cagado!)
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
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No se te ocurra usar una foto de mi hijo, porque te encuentro y te....
Historia:
Escena 1: Hola, como estas?
Escena 2: Que? de que hablas?
Escena 3: Si, si, luego te llamo... chau!
Desde chiquitos los hombres son asi... encantan con su sonrisa, se acercan, coquetean y luego cuando la cosa se pone seria.... SE VAN!
El mio no se ha ido aun .... vamos a ver cuanto se queda ;)
La foto anterior muestra mejor el final ;)
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (5 of 5): The cliff lookout /
CITA EN EL CINE (5 de 5): El Mirador
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: ...since then I can't do anything else than thinking of you...
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Dom: ...desde entonces no puedo más que pensar en ti...
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
São Julião da Barra Fort is considered to be the biggest existing construction of maritime defense in Portugal. The Fort began to be built in the 16th century with prestigious military architects of that time working on the project, such as Miguel de Arruda and Leonardo Turriano.
The Fort was extended for two centuries since its strategic position was considered of high importance for the defense of the Tagus River entrance.
The Fortress was also utilized as a political prison. Even nowadays the awful conditions that the prisoners had at that time can be observed in the inhumanity of its cells.
As military building, it is of the most imposing works that can be visited, although only a part of it is open to the public, as the Fort is nowadays propriety of the Portuguese Defense Department.
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Lleva a cuestas su nombre y también su casa, aunque es sencillamente una ameba, se trata de Euglypha , una refinada ameba de pies y brazos finos con una vivienda de mirador, en la que desde de su vidriera transparente y exactamente ensamblada viaja por el mundo de fondos acuáticos de musgos y algas verdes.
Las placas de la vidriera de Euglypha son perfectas, elípticas y se superponen por sus bordes creando así un marcado capricho de hexágonos. En nada se parece la ameba de hoy a la rústica Difflugia de gruesos pies y tosca vivienda de granos de cuarzo sin tallar, Euglypha los fabrica y casi los teje para construir su armazón transparente y protector. A pesar de sus diferencias les unen muchas cosas, la vida acuática, su alimentación a base de algas, la búsqueda de un refugio y el pasar desapercibidas, Difflugia camuflada formando del paisaje de los fondos y Euglypha dejándolos ver a través de su cubierta y su cuerpo transparente.
Euglypha alveolata tiene una coraza -teca- alargada y estrecha y vive sobre el musgo y los fondos de charcas, arroyos y regatos de aguas limpias apenas contaminadas, la de hoy procede de una muestra recolectada por África en el Barranc Fondo en el Coll D’Alforja en Tarragona y gracias a ella nuevamente, la vemos hoy aquí fotografiada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Studio pics from readers of MATRIXSYNTH via the MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
Facebook gallery where you can find follow-up comments for each here. Also keep an eye out for new studio pics there.
Featured in order:
1 & 2. Erwan Coïc
This is my studio !
3. Lorenzo D Metallan
This is my setup for a live recording few weeks ago
4. Stu Smith
Seeing as we're doing studio selfies here's my little corner of the world.
5. Phil Croker
And here's my little setup at Pooh Corner (so named 'cos of the wallpaper..) Please be kind, I know it's nowhere near as good as some of your rigs
6. Francesco Synth Meeting Mulassano
Homework!
7. Jason Duerr
Location: Chicago
Results: belmontandclark.bandcamp.com/
8. Nick Morey
Most of my collection Betamaxx
9 & 10. Erik Chalmers
my place
11. Eric Vetterick
blurry ipad shot of my crap...
12. Steve Drakeem
13. Adam Gahan
Okay so i may as well join in. I don't have a huge setup but i try and make the most of what I've got. After all I'm only 19, I will most definitely acquire more gear as time progresses.
14. Gabriel Morley
15. Charles Mickaelstein
Same thing as Adam Gahan, I don't have a huge analog setup but I'm glad to have what I have
(plus some small synths, like monotrons, Casio VL-Tone, etc).
I do that kind of things with those :
soundcloud.com/warngmusic/extreme-transudation
16. Marco Vedder
My setup — at Club Tabu.
17. Marco Vedder
My setup
night lights
18 & 19. Jeremy Olson
20. Hani Debbache
21. Mark Milanovich
Jumping on the bandwagon. Couldn't fit all this in one shot.
It's a hell of a mess right now. More pics as I organize it more.
22. Matthew Willox
I'm a complete minimalist.
23. Ricardo Schnidrig
Acid House from Argentina !
24. Brandon McWhorter
Sure, why not? Here's 1/2 of my "mess" — with Roland TB-303 with Kenton CV Mod, Kawai R-100, Tom Oberheim SEM Pro, Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer, Roland RS-505, Roland SBX-10, Roland TR-808 with Kenton MIDI, Roland Jupiter 6 with Europa, Genoqs Octopus, Roland JP-8 Jupiter 8, John Bowen Solaris, Oberheim M-12 Matrix 12, Garfield Electronics MiniDoc, Oberheim OB-X 8 Voice, Oberheim OB-Xa 8 Voice, Roland JP-4 Jupiter 4, Roland PG-800, Oberheim OB-8 with MIDI, Roland Juno 106 with Kiwi106 and Roland SH-101 (Red).
25. Martin Ley
There you go ‘Synth sluts’ Me at the controls back in 1985
26. Huskypop Huskypopo
27. Michal Patulski
Wow, some of your collections are sick! This is my current setup and nothing is there in comparison ha ha.
28 & 29. Hideously Disfigured Hipsters
30. Thomas Götze
Wanna play a game?
31. Dmitri Sfc
32. Shawn Shirey
This is ground control to Major Tom...
33. Nicolas Guichard
How to choose?
34. Colin Johnson
Since everyone's doing one of these right now.. here my spot. just moved in last month.. so you'll have to tolerate the mess and.. also one picture came off instagram. oh well.
35. Fede Manfredi
This is my little studio, at last, in order!
36. Michael Dennis Raleigh
I guess if everyone's putting up their studios... Here's me and mine
37. Bjørn Viggo Andersen
And here is ours
38. Nicky Bendix
My little workspace - thank you for all your inspiring photos!
39. Gavin McCloy
My modest setup
40. Mike Bradberry
Joining the bandwagon.
41. David J Warman
42 & 43. Trevor Gavilan
44. Joshua Andrew Coburn
45. Max Sokoleski
My tiny dungeon studio
46 & 47. TB Aothree
48. Walter Coter
Many Thanks for all members
49. Mark Ireland
My minimal (but very usable) studio setup.
50. Walter Coter
51. Adrian Earnshaw
As everyone is sharing pictures of their studios, here's my humble setup.
52. Discretman Jeff
Ok, this is my my gaming room !
53. David J Warman
54. Yuuki Koide
my studio
55. Olivier Lebra
my "living studio"
56 & 57. Matthew Thomas 1:48pm Mar 23
When in Rome. Geoscience Studio, kind of set up in an awkwardly shaped room, hence two pictures.
58. Jon Adams
This is my studio while I'm confined to bed - missing my hardware - microbrutes +modular the most
Happy Pretty Pink Tuesday :D
Scampered through my files and found this one :D Not bad eh?
Texture courtesy of : Borealnz
Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en la UNED de Barbastro
Hoy con nuestro agradecimiento a Bárbara Barrera por su precioso artículo sobre diatomeas en la revista Vidriooh!
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Spirostomum es un ciliado bastante común en aguas poco oxigenadas y cargadas de materia orgánica. Corre como un cordón que cose los grumos de sedimento con suavidad, en movimientos armónicos, de avance y retroceso, de giro y de movimientos de trayectoria recta. Se desliza con facilidad tanto en los lugares despejados como en aquellos en los que encuentra obstáculos que no lo son para él.
En Spirostomum minus la boca se abre de costado desde un extremo del cuerpo de cinta hasta un poco menos de la mitad, lo suficiente para barrer el agua con amplitud y recoger de ella los frutos que le servirán de alimento, que podrán ser casi cualquier cosa.
Spirostomum minus es dentro del grupo de sus hermanos uno de los más pequeños y con un núcleo alargado construido por pequeñas esferas donde se aloja el material genético. Es la segunda vez que se asoma por la galería, en este caso, jugando también, como Rotaria a unos malabares con Trachelomonas …y es que estos seres del agua casi son como niños y siempre que ven una pelota corren detrás de ella para jugar.
Spirostomum minus es también ciliado de aguas muy eutrofizadas. En ellas encuentra no sólo su alimento, parece que también su diversión. El de hoy procede de una muestra recogida por Raquel Posada en una pequeña charca de Villanueva de Gozón, en las cercanías de los impresionantes acantilados del Cabo Peñas de Asturias y se ha fotografiado a 200 aumentos utilizando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (2 of 5): The movie /
CITA EN EL CINE (2 de 5): La Peli
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: Come on guys... stop it, you are gonna screw up my date dudes! T^T
Matt: Shit, you have to understand me... it's the worst movie in the planet!
Dom: Nobody asked you to come! Ò_Ó
Matt: Okaaay... I stop it u_u
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Dom: Venga, va... cortaos un poco tíos que me vais a joder la cita ostia! T^T
Matt: Joder, entiéndeme... es la peor película de la historia!
Dom: Pues haberte quedado en casa! Ò_Ó
Matt: Valeee... ya paro u_u
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
Thank you for comments, adding to fav's - and your time :-)
© All Rights Reserved - no usage allowed in any form without my written permission.
Jardin au centre-ville - Garden in the centre of downtown
- If you come to Montréal, it is guaranteed that you will come here because Place Ville-Marie is a famous building in the heart of downtown. Photo taken from the steps going down to the street.
- Si vous venez à Montréal, c'est garanti que vous allez venir ici car Place Ville-Marie est un édifice renommé au coeur du centre-ville de Montréal. La photo fut prise en descendant vers la rue.
Place Ville-Marie comprises two short buildings, a tall cross-shaped one as you see here and a beautiful shopping plaza underneath this raised area. As you can see behind the sculpture, there are entrances covered by huge skylights. The sculpture is in a fountain and there are grassed squares with trees. There is of course an underground parking lot. The Place Ville-Marie shopping plaza was the start of the city's also famous underground city which now comprises of many interconnecting underground areas throughout the downtown core. The famous Queen Elizabeth Hotel can be seen in the background (right). The architecture is very simple but this hotel is a very luxurious one. Hôtel Le Reine Elizabeth
Madrid (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Jardines del Buen Retiro or Parque del Buen Retiro (literally "Gardens" or "Park of the Pleasant Retreat"), or simply El Retiro, the "Lungs of Madrid", is the main park of the city of Madrid, capital of Spain.
The Parque del Buen Retiro is a large and popular 1.4 km² (350-acre) park at the edge of the city center, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Museo del Prado. A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculpture and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake and host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions. The park is entirely surrounded by the present-day city.
In 1505, at the time of Isabella I (r. 1474–1504) the Monasterio de Jerónimos was moved from an unsuitable location elsewhere to the present site of Iglesia de San Jerónimo el Real, and a new monastery built in Isabelline Gothic style. The royal family had a retreat built as part of the church.
King Philip II (r. 1556–1598) moved the Spanish court to Madrid in 1561. Philip had the Retiro enlarged by his architect Juan Bautista de Toledo, and formal avenues of trees were laid out. Here, at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, the king could withdraw during Lent, bringing the court with him.
The "Jardines del Buen Retiro" were extended in the 1620s, when Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Philip IV's powerful favourite, gave the king several tracts of land in the vicinity for the Court's recreational use. Olivares determined to build, in a place that the king liked, a royal house which should be superior to those villas that Roman nobles had lately been setting up in the hillyt outskirts of Rome. Although this second royal residence was to be built in what were then outlying areas of Madrid, it was actually not far from the existing Alcázar or fortress residence, and the location in a cool, wooded area proved to be ideal.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_del_Buen_Retiro
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CASTELLANO
Los Jardines del Buen Retiro, popularmente conocidos como El Retiro, son un parque de 118 hectáreas situado en Madrid. Es uno de los lugares más significativos de la capital española.
Los Jardines tienen su origen entre los años 1630 y 1640, cuando el Conde-Duque de Olivares (Don Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel), valido de Felipe IV (1621–1665), le regaló al rey unos terrenos que le habían sido cedidos por el Duque de Fernán Núñez para el recreo de la Corte en torno al Monasterio de los Jerónimos de Madrid. Así, con la reforma del Cuarto Real que había junto al Monasterio, se inició la construcción del Palacio del Buen Retiro. Contaba entonces con unas 145 hectáreas. Aunque esta segunda residencia real iba a estar en lo que en aquellos tiempos eran las afueras de la villa de Madrid, no estaba excesivamente lejos del alcázar y resultó ser un lugar muy agradable por estar en una zona muy boscosa y fresca.
Bajo la dirección de los arquitectos Giovanni Battista Crescenzi y Alonso Carbonell se construyeron diversos edificios, entre ellos el teatro del Buen Retiro que acogió representaciones teatrales de los grandes del Siglo de Oro, Calderón de la Barca y Lope de Vega. Perduran aún el Casón del Buen Retiro, antiguo Salón de Baile, el Museo del Ejército, antaño Salón de Reinos con sus paredes decoradas con pinturas de Velázquez, Zurbarán y frescos de Lucas Jordán y los jardines.
Éstos se levantaron al mismo tiempo que el palacio, trabajando en ellos, entre otros, Cosme Lotti, escenógrafo del Gran Duque de Toscana, y edificándose una leonera para la exhibición de animales salvajes y una pajarera para aves exóticas. El estanque grande, escenario de naumaquias y espectáculos acuáticos, el estanque ochavado o de las campanillas y la ría chica pertenecen a este período inicial.
A lo largo de la historia, en este conjunto se han ido efectuando modificaciones, no siempre planificadas, que cambiaron la fisonomía del jardín, como el Parterre diseñado durante el reinado de Felipe V (1700–1746), la Real Fábrica de Porcelana del Buen Retiro en tiempos de Carlos III (1759–1788) o el Observatorio Astronómico, obra de Juan de Villanueva, reinando Carlos IV (1788–1808). El rey Carlos III fue el primero en permitir el acceso de los ciudadanos al recinto, siempre que cumpliesen con la condición de ir bien aseados y vestidos.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buen_Retiro
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (2 of 5): The movie /
CITA EN EL CINE (2 de 5): La Peli
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: Look, it's starting...
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Dom: Mira, ya empieza...
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
Probably what I like best about Oasis and particularly Noel's compositions is the fact that evethough they do have some kind of sad songs, most of their music talk about happy stuff, reasons to be happy or random (happy) things haha.
There's a quote of Noel's that made me realise this a few years ago :
"I think when people listen to our music, we tell them how good their lives could be" -Noel Gallagher-
Here, an example of what I'm saying... It's Getting Better (Man!!) is a brilliant (truly underestimated) song... Taken from the album "Be Here Now". Released in 1997.
That's a castle on my hand by the way... Had to add the sign coz it looks like... Well whatever except for a castle LOL
It's Getting Better (Man!!)
Say Something shout it from the roof tops off your head
Make it sort of mean something make me understand or I`ll forget
The people here on life`s beaches they wish upon the waves that hide the sand
Let them know that life teaches you to build a castle in the hand
Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong
Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone
So bring it on home and it wont be long
It`s getting better man!
Hey! What was that you said to me?
Just say the word and I`d be free?
And where the stars are shining bright
It`s getting better man!
And crashing in upon a wave
It`s calling out beyond the grave
And We`re the fire in the sky
We`re getting better man!
Build something build a better place and call it home
Even if it means nothing you`ll never-ever feel that you`re alone
El monumento al rey Alfonso XII es un conjunto escultórico situado casi en el centro del parque del Retiro.
En 1902 se convocó un concurso nacional para construir un monumento al rey Alfonso XII, a iniciativa de la reina madre María Cristina. El ganador fue el arquitecto José Grases Riera con un grandioso proyecto en uno de los lados mayores del Estanque del Retiro, compuesto por una gran columnata con gran número de esculturas que rodearía a la estatua ecuestre del rey, inmediata al estanque, todo ello en bronce y mármol. Al fallecer, fue sustituido en la dirección por Teodoro Anasagasti, que no introdujo modificaciones. El monumento, financiado por suscripción popular, fue inaugurado el 6 de junio de 1922.
Todo el conjunto mide 30 metros de alto, 86 metros de largo y 58 metros de ancho, y participaron en su elaboración más de veinte escultores. Fue la primera estatua conmemorativa de las que durante el pasado siglo fueron poblando los jardines: obras como las de Benlliure, Clará y Mateo Inurria entre otros.
En primer término aparece la estatua ecuestre del rey, fundida en bronce, realizada por Mariano Benlliure en 1904. En el basamento central, «La Paz» de Miquel Blay, «La Libertad» de Aniceto Marinas y «El Progreso» de Miguel Ángel Trilles. En el zócalo, tres relieves de bronce. Del monumento central avanzan unas escalinatas hacia el estanque, con cuatro leones de piedra que labraron Vallmitjana y Estany. Debajo de sus pedestales, en bronce, cuatro sirenas, obra de Parera, Atche, Coll y Alsina. También hay dos leones con amorcillos en cada uno de los accesos laterales al hemiciclo, obras de Francisco Javier Escudero Lozano, Bofill, Arnau y Campmany. A ambos lados del acceso central en la columnata, «El Ejército» de Montserrat y «La Marina» de Mateo Inurrria. En la cara interna, frente al estanque aparecen representadas, en bronce, «Las Ciencias» de Fuxá, «La Agricultura» de Alcoverro, «Las Artes» de Bilbao y «La Industria» de Clará. La ornamentación de frisos y basamento central fue realizada por Estany
Another from my series whilst holidaying on the Tasman Peninsula, this one shows the Tessellated Pavement just above the usual high tide mark, where the bus have begun to be covered by lichens (the orange) and the cracks have begun to be invaded by plant life, such as grasses.
This looks across to Fossil Island and the headland where the Tasman Arch and the Blowhole are situated.
A tessellated pavement is a rare erosional feature formed in flat-lying sedimentary rock formations that occurs on some ocean shores. It is so named because the rock has fractured into regular rectangular blocks that appear like tiles, or tessellations. The cracks (or joints) were formed when the rock fractured through the action of stress on the Earth's crust and were subsequently modified by sand and wave action.
The Tessellated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula consists of two types of formations, a pan formation, and a loaf formation.
The pan formation is a series of concave depressions in the rock, and typically forms further away from the seashore. As a result, this part of the pavement dries out more at low tide, and allows salt crystals to develop further, resulting in salt forming on the surface, and eroding the surface more quickly than at the joints. As a result, the surface of the "pans" erodes more quickly, while the joints erode more slowly, resulting in the concave pan.
The loaf formations occur on the parts of the pavement closer to the seashore, and as a result, are immersed in water for longer. These parts of the pavement do not dry out as much, reducing the level of salt crystallisation. Water carries abrasive sand, and the water is typically channelled through the joints, resulting in the joints eroding faster than the rest of the pavement, resulting in loaf-like structures protruding.
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Frankenstein the prototype.
Made by clay, oil colors, some artificial hair and cooking oil.
Even if I am a monster
Even if I am a freak
I still do have feelings
Like pride and jealousy
I've got bolts upon my neck
And I look a little green
I am your creation
Why am I obscene?
That's one thing that I
Still can't figure out
That is why that you must die
So I can go your route
And take the place of you
Nobody will really care
I think they'll all believe
That you tumbled down the stairs
And with a quick transplant
I will become you
I will have ideas
And a clear point of view.
"Gannon Dean Rust"
Check out the hole in mah head!!
Whew, this is the craziest picture i have ever done. All because from setting up the camera to uploading the pic,i had 1 hour 25 mins.
See, i misread the time zone stuff
for the FLICKR ISLAND and didnt realize it had to be up by noon. ...
Big thanks to my Roommie Danakin skywalker for taking charge of the
yard sale schtuff we had going on.
Eeeesh.
wish i had more time to really make the 3-d-ness of it more solid,but this
is what i got.
Good luck To TOM in our Final round competition!
this may or may not be my 365 for the day,it all depends on what happens
with the other photo i had planned last night.
Having seen both the America’s Test Kitchen folks and another show that escapes me at the moment doing pork tinga recipes recently, I've had a little bit of a craving going, leading to tonight's dinner. I've also been messing around a little with soda as an ingredient, and I know soda pops up in a lot of southern recipes involving pork, so it seemed to make sense to apply that here.
Since my family isn't big on heat, I used smoked hot paprika here, but if I were to make this just for myself I'd swap that out for the same amount of dried chipotle powder or 2 canned chipotles in adobo, minced fine.
Ingredients
2 lbs. pork shoulder (“Boston Butt”), cut into 2" cubes
4 Thai chilis, whole
2 pickled long red peppers, seeded and sliced into strips
2 sticks of cinnamon
2 cloves garlic, smashed
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. Mexican oregano (can substitute marjoram in a pinch)
2 12 oz. cans Cherry Dr. Pepper
1 c. dried cherries
1 onion, diced
1 c. tomato purée
1/4 c. cider vinegar
2 tbl. smoked hot paprika (or chipotle, or a mix of the two to taste)
vegetable oil
salt
Directions
Salt the pork, and place it, along with the pork, chilis, red pepper, cinnamon, garlic, cumin, oregano, dried cherries, and the soda into a slow cooker over low heat for 6-8 hours, until the pork is falling-apart tender.
Strain off the liquid into a wide pan (like a saucier or a deep skillet), add the tomato purée, vinegar, and paprika, put over high heat, and reduce by 2/3 to make a fairly thick, glossy sauce.
While the sauce is reducing, shred the pork (a potato masher will work well for this, as will a few forks.) Sauté the onions in vegetable oil over high heat until translucent and beginning to brown, then add the pork and continue cooking, stirring frequently, over high heat until some of the edges of the pork get crispy. Combine with the reduced sauce and serve hot.
I served this on fresh tostadas topped with some onions (quickly pickled in orange juice), diced tomato, avocado, pineapple, green onion, and shredded cheese, with some lime wedges to add a little brightness. It’d work well on its own, or as a taco or sandwich filling. In addition to being able to take a little more heat, I think I might up the cider vinegar in the sauce a bit to play off the sweetness of the soda.
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Todos los rotíferos filtran el agua y la hacen girar en remolinos con las aspas de su corona, que son cilios ▷. Con frecuencia esa corona es doble y se sitúa como en Philodina, formando dos rodetes a ambos lados de la cabeza. A veces esa corona crece y se deshilacha en tentáculos que terminan convirtiéndose en finísimas antenas como ocurre en Collotheca.
En ocasiones, cuando crece de manera uniforme forma un gran disco y ésta es una de las principales características de la familia de los Floscularidos. Esa corona, extendida como un plato es casi circular en Ptygura, algo lobulada la presenta Limnias, pero también ligeramente acorazonada y suavemente angulosa la exhibe el rotífero de hoy, que, de perfil, más que una corona recuerda a un sombrero de mariachi. La mayor parte de los rasgos anatómicos del protagonista de hoy nos llevan a pensar en Sinantherina , pero aunque son la mayoría no lo son todos.
El rotífero que nos acompaña se muestra solitario y apenas se sujeta con el extremo de su pie a unas briznas de materia orgánica que ha encontrado en el fondo. Se protege a sí mismo escondiéndose dentro de su cuerpo, como hacen todos los rotíferos, pero no ha construido una casa para refugiarse como la que fabrican sus parientes más próximos, Limnias o Ptygura .
Sinantherina vive a cuerpo descubierto y sólo protege el extremo de su pie, que calza dentro de un diminuto zapato gelatinoso. La defensa de Sinantherina no la encuentra en su coraza inexistente sino en el resto de sus compañeros con los que se suele asociar…son tan originales que no se unen por la mano, lo hacen por el pie y forman así pequeñas rosetas que siempre filtran el agua. Sin embargo, el de hoy, parece haber optado por la soledad
Sinantherina es un rotífero que vive en aguas estancadas y que con frecuencia se asocia para vivir formando colonias de vida fija o libres y viajeras. La solitaria de hoy procede de unas muestras recogidas en unas praderas encharcadas junto a la población zamorana de Mahíde y ha sido fotografiada a 200 aumentos utilizando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Gracias a Santiago Ortiz por incorporar nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.
Con nuestra gratitud también para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Label 116 indicates the location of Hollywood Farm where Alexander Morson's (b1805 - d1850) family lived. Today, it would be located to the west a third of the way up Hollywood Farm Road just before getting to Wildcat corner. According to WPA researcher, Julia Marie Heflin, Hollywood was the estate of Arthur Alexander Morson (1803 - 1864), Alexander's brother, and is nine miles east of Falmouth in Stafford County, Virginia. [He and /or his brothers probably inherited it from his/their father who died in 1822 when he was 19, being the eldest in the brother and because his eldest sister, Marion died in 1819 at age 18]. This confuses some historians who naively mix it up with land owned by Arthur Morson in Hartwood to the west of Falmouth because Hartwood and Hollywood used to be part of King George county before 1777. After 1777, the boundary of King George county was moved east of Butzner Corner, VA. and Hartwood and Hollywood became part of Stafford county. The original Hollywood colonial home was built in 1823 and burned down in 1889. Real Estate records indicate that the brothers of Alexander and Arthur, Hugh and John Morson sold the rest of their grandfather's Hartwood land west of Falmouth which is known as the Morson tract. Later on, Hollywood would be sold to the Purkins about the same time Alexander Morson (b1805 - died before 1850) passed away. Alexander's wife, Maria May Berry (b1812 - ), died before 1860 and the kids were orphaned and taken care of by their Uncles as indicated by 1860 census records. The eldest, not an orphan, Alexander Morson (b1836 - d1854) would graduate from VMI and die of Yellow Fever in Louisiana working for the Army Corp of engineers. John A Morson (b1838 - d1880) would live with Uncle Arthur in Richmond, fight in the Civil War as an assistant surgeon, and settle in Mississippi. The sisters, Catherine Berry "Kate" Morson (b1841 - ) and Susan S Morson (b1841 - ) lived with their youngest Uncle James Marion Morson in Goochland. Finally, Arthur Alexander Morson (b1846 - d1914) lived with his Uncle Hugh until he attended VMI. In 1864, he fought at the Battle of New Market. Then he settled in Mississippi, married Bessie Eppie Dameron (1860 - 1835), and established a dairy business in Van Winkle, Jackson, Mississippi.
I'm still trying to find the Hollywood graveyard which, according the Heflin, is very large. Probably the best way to find the Morson's Hollywood home site is to ask folks in the area where Purkins' graveyard is. The original colonial home was 25 yards (another web site says 600 feet) south of it. If there is anything left, it would probably be just a brick foundation. The graveyard would be the easiest area to find although it may be enveloped by thick forestation. In January 2006, I drove up Hollywood Farm road and could not find it.
Here are all my references about the graveyard and Hollywood Farm: Hollywood Cemetery, Hollywood Farm Mountain Bike Trail, Driving Tour the Army of the Potomac in Stafford County 1862-1863, Master List of Places Mentioned in the Letters to Dr. Carmichael & Son, WPA Survey Report, Hollywood, research made by Julia Maria Heflin, January 7, 1937.
If anyone can help me identify the location of the cemetery or the home it would be greatly appreciated. Please post comments and clues here. THANKS in advance!!!
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans. También en la web de la Fundación Biodiversidad
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El rotífero Trichotria tetractis se cuida bien de sus enemigos, su cabeza, su tronco y hasta su pie, están protegidos por un grueso caparazón de bordes afilados, que se expanden en el tronco a modo de cortas alas, lo suficientemente anchas para no ser un estorbo y poder planear con ellas en sus desplazamientos largos, porque en los cortos, Trichotria no deja de hacer flexiones basculando su cuerpo de un lado hacia a otro, apoyado en sus pies que como un compás, buscan un punto de apoyo para girar.
La cabeza de Trichotria está también bien protegida, se encuentra recubierta de pequeñas placas y además es retráctil, como la de muchos otros rotíferos. A la más mínima señal de peligro, la esconde, como una tortuga, dentro de su caparazón, está coronada por un rodete de gruesos y cortos cilios con los que Trichotria remueve los sedimentos y crea corrientes para buscar y atraer a las pequeñas algas que le sirven de alimento.
En la parte media y central de su cabeza, una mancha rojiza y no muy bien definida, señala la posición de su único ojo de cíclope. Posiblemente no distinga más que luces y sobras, pero quizá esto sea suficiente para orientar a Trichotria hacia los lugares en donde puede encontrar las algas que necesita.
El pie de Trichotria es largo y está formado por dos largos dedos curvados, en los que a veces se apoya como si fuesen zancos.
Trichotria tetractis es una especie de distribución cosmopolita a la que le gustan las aguas de las turberas, aunque también puede vivir en las orillas de charcas y estanques, la hemos encontrado ya una vez en las turberas de la Alta Sanabria zamorana y hoy vuelve aquí desde otro lugar de la sierra de Madrid, en el que la vida es muy parecida a la de allí, la Laguna de Peñalara, y como las imágenes de todos los seres encontrados en ella, ésta va dedicada a los amigos con quienes tuve la suerte de compartir este maravilloso proyecto de Biodiversidad virtual. La fotografía se ha tomado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.