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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
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LINKS:
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After our big rains the last few days there was runoff water streaming in the alley behind our house ... collecting in a pool at the bottom of the hill - then on into the drainage opening. Zach made a boat -- from a paper plate - stapled - with a drinking straw mast and paper towel sail ... and off he went ... sailing. ;-)
He made "adjustments" ... tearing the sides down lower ... ripping the sail off when it toppled over and got too soggy to stay upright . Just about the time he was satisfied and it actually began to float, the stream slowed to a trickle. So he contented himself with finding other, smaller things that would float ... leaves, roly-polys, etc.
His last boat-building efforts were with popsicle box and sticks!
Another shot from my Bodmin Moor adventure, this time focusing on The Hurlers, which are ancient stone circles in Minions, Cornwall.
The light was flat and I’d never been there so deciding what to shoot was a challenge.
With wellies on, once the visitors got out of the way I decided to focus on the interesting angles of the stones and to try and get a good depth to the shot without trying to take in the whole circle (which would have been a challenge!)
While not on the same scale as Stonehenge, they are very interesting and a nice change from seascapes. It’s an interesting place to be, with disused mines and Neolithic monuments on a pretty barren landscape.
I decided to use my GND 8 as the difference between sky and ground was technically best suited for a GND 4, but that filter did not give the desired contrast/dramatic effect for the sky. I just about managed to restrain myself from using an ND filter too, although I’m glad I did.
Fully fuelled on energy drinks, cookies and crisps, I came away with this.
I’m pleased with the result, hope you like it too.
Canon 500D
Sigma 10-20mm
Lee GND 8
16mm
f/22
0.6 secs
ISO 100
Detail of decaying Victorian architecture in Sule Square.
Sule Square
Rangoon, as Yangon was called in the British colonial period, was developed on a grid like street layout being devised in 1852, using Sule Pagoda as its centre. Consequently Sule Pagoda is surrounded by some of the most impressive Victorian architecture, including Yangon City Hall, the High Court and the Main Post Office.
Sule Square in front of Sule Pagoda and flanked by the imposing colonial style City Hall on one side and Maha Bandula Garden on the other, was the rallying point for the 8888 uprising of 1988 and the Saffron Revolution of 2007. Both times thousands of monks gathered to pray around Sule Pagoda in anti-government and pro-democracy protest, and both times the Pagoda bore silent witness to the brutal reaction by the military regime.
Yangon
Yangon traces its roots to the 6th century AD, when it was founded by the dominant Mon ethnic group of what is today Lower Burma. The Shwedagon Pagoda was the original centre of the then small village known as Dagon. in 1755 Dagon was captured by King Alaungpaya of the Kongbaung Dynasty, which became the Third Burmese Empire. Dagon expanded rapidly and was renamed Yangon. Yangon is the more correct phonetic pronunciation of the city's name, being a combination of the words Yan and Koun meaning 'enemies' and 'running out'. In combination it can be translated as 'End of Strife'. The interchangeable pronunciation or the letters 'y' and 'r' in Burmese is the most likely explanation for the English name of 'Rangoon' for the city. The current military dictatorship has officially renamed the city from Rangoon to Yangon in 1989.
The ex-capital, but still often mistakenly identified as the capital, lies on the delta of the Yangon and Bago rivers, giving good transport access for commerce, but leaving the city exposed to invasion. The regime's generals therefore relocated the capital 320km inland to to Pyinmana in November 2005, which was then little more than a village. By March 2006 the created city was called Naypyidaw and designated Capital of Myanmar (or Burma). Today it is the third largest city in the country, after Yangon and Mandalay.
Myanmar
Burma, or Myanmar as it has been renamed by the military dictatorship, derives its name from the Burmese word Bamar, which is pronounced 'Bama', and became 'Burma' in the colonial days. However the in old Burmese it is pronounced Mranma or Myanmah, thus giving rise to Myanmar. The renaming remains the subject of debate, where the UN refers to 'Myanmar', the US, UK and France still refer to 'Burma', and yet the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal refer to 'Myanmar'. We've followed the UN and used current naming throughout this collection of photos, however with the alternatives included in the tags.
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El chorlitejo chico (Charadrius dubius) es una especie de ave Charadriiforme de la familia Charadriidae propia de Europa y Asia Menor que inverna en África.
Descripción
Presenta longitud máxima de 15 cm y una envergadura de 34 a 36 cm. El plumaje de las alas y el dorso es pardogrisáceo, con el vientre blanco y el cuello negro o pardo oscuro. La frente es blanca y presenta una máscara negra alrededor de los ojos. Alrededor del ojo muestra un anillo amarillo a diferencia del chorlitejo grande que no lo presenta. Las patas son encarnadas y los dedos de los pies palmeados.
Hábitat
Habita en áreas cercanas a cuerpos de agua estancada, formando su nido en el suelo en terrenos arenosos o de grava, con escasa vegetación. Son insectívoros. En época de cría se encuentra en próxima a aguas dulces, como ríos y lagos con presencia de guijarros. Durante el invierno prefiere los arenales de las playas.
Distribución
Europa y del Asia Menor. Es un ave migratoria, que inverna en África, formando grandes bandadas cuando se desplaza.
Subespecies
Se conocen tres subespecies de chorlitejo chico:1
Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin, 1789
Charadrius dubius dubius Scopoli, 1786
Charadrius dubius jerdoni (Legge, 1880)
Green is one of the primary colors along with Red and Blue.
In many folklores and literatures, green has traditionally been used to symbolize nature and its embodied attributes, namely those of life, fertility, and rebirth.
Stories of the medieval period further portray it as representing love and the base, natural desires of man.
Green is considered the traditional color of Islam.
[source: wikipedia]
Green is also associated with prosperity - natural (as in the Indian Flag) or otherwise ("show me some green" :P)
"Going Green" is the newest association of the color symbolizing an eco-friendly lifestyle.
Famous Greens: Green Revolution, Little Green Men, Rachel Green, Eva Green :P
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Other Colors of Spring:
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Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Entre las algas libres y numerosas que como las diatomeas crecen en la fuente de Arbolí también se encuentran otras ancladas y filamentosas como en finos hilos de seda verde que se mueven ondulando con la corriente. Son filamentos del alga Zygnema.
Zygnema es alga relativamente común que habita casi en cualquier lugar en el que el agua dulce está remansada o se mueva en suave corriente. Su principal característica es la presencia de dos cloroplastos de contornos estrellado en cada una de las células y entre los cuales se dispone el núcleo que les da la vida.
Zygnema es prima de Spirogyra y de Mougeotia un alga del grupo de las “conjugadas” en las que la reproducción sexual se produce cuando las células de dos filamentos paralelos se unen, una a una, construyendo así una escalera en la que dos a dos se funden los núcleos y cloroplastos para formar unas esporas de resistencia que pueden sobrevivir en muy duras condiciones para germinar finalmente cuando éstas se vuelven favorables.
Los filamentos de Zygnema se agrupan formando enmarañadas y suaves selvas , entre las que viven gran cantidad de organismos que encuentran en ellas o entre ellas su alimento.
Para poder determinar cada una de las numerosas especies de este género de algas filamentosas es preciso conocer la morfología de las esporas de resistencia, las zigosporas, que hasta dentro de unos meses no se formarán.
La fotografía se ha tomado a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y procede, como las de días anteriores, del agua recogida por África en la bonita fuente de Arbolí en Tarragona ¡¡ Gracias, África !!
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Here is the link for another shot I took.
In the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens parking lot, there is a section fenced off with a lot of these pieces of statues. They simply fascinate, and even haunt me!
Midnightblues' (thank you!) gave me a suggestion to speak to someone to see if I could be let in and shoot them closer. This day, I happened to run into a guard who was on her lunch break and started talking to her. I ask what she knew about them, she told me they didn't belong to the gardens, but in fact to the Brooklyn Museum.
She didn't think anyone would let me in, but she, you never know...
She told me who to speak to during the week (when I have to work!). But who knows...maybe someday I be lucky enough to be off and catch someone nice enough to let me in...it good to dream right??
Be well my friends....and thank you for all your visits, and wonderful comments!
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M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU (MGU), is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. As of 2004, the university has some 4,000 staff teaching 36,000 students and 7,000 postgraduates. In 1940, the university was renamed in honor of its founder, Mikhail Lomonosov. Since 1953, most of the university's faculties have been situated on Sparrow Hills, in the southwest of Moscow.
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Aunque Spongomonas es un alga, no lo parece, su palidez hace que se oculte su identidad, Spongomonas pertenece al grupo de las algas haptofitas, que al igual que las algas doradas, crisofíceas, tiñen sus cloroplastos de colores amarillos, en las haptofitas tan desvaídos que apenas se dejan ver.
Las haptofitas son siempre muy pequeñas y unicelulares y están provistas de dos flagelos ligeramente desiguales. En ocasiones, como ocurre con Spongomas se asocian formando colonias globulares o irregulares constituidas por una masa gelatinosa de la que asoman los flagelos y a la que se adhieren también partículas globulares, posiblemente de origen bacteriano ▷.
A veces alrededor de la base de los flagelos se dispone un pequeño collar casi plano y por eso apenas perceptible y en el extremo opuesto, pero en el interior de la célula se marca la pequeña huella de una vacuola contráctil.
Aunque Spongomonas no es en absoluto un flagelado común, otras haptofitas hermanas y solitarias, constituyen, sin duda, las formas planctónicas más abundantes en todos los océanos, son los cocolitóforos, que tienen un esqueleto formado por placas calcáreas esculpidas en formas inimaginables que pueden formar con el tiempo grandes depósitos de estos microfósiles.
Aunque Spongomonas pertenece a este grupo de abundantes y minúsculas algas oceánicas vive en aguas dulces y se alimenta filtrando las partículas que atrae con las corrientes de sus flagelos
Algunas especies de Spongomonas tienen aspecto acintado y parecen culebrear en el agua, la de hoy irregular y de aspecto esponjoso procedede unas muestras recogidas en una charca próxima a Ricobayo, entre granitos, en la comarca zamorana de Aliste y han sido fotografiadas a 400 aumentos utilizando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Muy probablemente sea la primera cita que se hace de este género en nuestro país.
Gracias a Santiago Ortiz por incorporar nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.
Con nuestra gratitud también para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
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El Panteón de Agripa o Panteón de Roma es un templo circular construido en Roma a comienzos del Imperio romano dedicado a todos los dioses (la palabra panteón significa templo de todos los dioses). En la ciudad se lo conoce popularmente como La Rotonda, de ahí el nombre de la plaza en que se encuentra.
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Marco Agrippa, hijo de Lucio, cónsul por tercera vez, (lo) hizo
Esta es la inscripción que puede leerse en el friso del pórtico de entrada. Atribuye la construcción del edificio a Marco Vipsanio Agripa, amigo y general del emperador Augusto. El tercer consulado de Agrippa, nos indica el año 27 a. C. Además, Dión Casio lo encuadra[2] en las obras realizadas por Agrippa en la zona de Roma conocida como el campo de Marte en 25 a. C.
Durante siglos se pensó que esta inscripión hacía referencia al edificio actual. Sin embargo, tras las investigaciones[3] efectuadas por Chedanne en el siglo XIX se supo que en realidad, el templo de Agripa fue destruido, y que el existente actualmente es una reconstrucción realizada en tiempos de Adriano.
Los restos descubiertos a finales del siglo XIX nos permiten saber que el templo original guardaba semejanzas con el actual. Lo que hoy es un pórtico de entrada fue originalmente la fachada de un templo períptero. La primitiva entrada se efectuaba por el lado opuesto, hacia el sur, ya que en la rotonda actual había una plaza circular porticada. Al otro lado de esa plaza se encontraba la basílica de Neptuno.
Interior.
El primer templo era rectangular, con la cella dispuesta transversalmente, al igual que en el templo de la Concordia del Foro romano, o en el pequeño templo de Veiove en la colina del Campidoglio. Estaba construido con bloques de travertino y forrado en mármol. También se sabe que los capiteles eran de bronce y que la decoración incluía cariátides y estatuas frontales. En el interior del pronaos había sendas estatuas de Augusto y Agripa.
Por Dión Casio sabemos que la denominación de Panteón no era la oficial del edificio, y que la intención de Agrippa era la de crear un culto dinástico, probablemente dedicado a los protectores de la gens Julia: Marte, Venus y el Divo Julio, es decir, Julio César divinizado.
El edificio sufrió daños por un incendio en el año 80, de los que fue reparado por Domiciano, aunque sufrió una nueva destrucción en tiempos de Trajano, en al año 110.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (4 of 7): MUSE /
LA SALA DE ESTAR (4 de 7): MUSE
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 42 of 106) 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.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: Mm-mphh... What do you think? ò_ó
Matt: XD Hahaha, come on you peevish, everybody carries his stuff, and you are the drumer, right? XD
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Dom: Mm-mfff... Tu que crees? ò_ó
Matt: XD Jajaja, anda quejica, cada uno se lleva lo suyo, y tu escogiste la batería, no? XD
LINKS:
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Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky
All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why
Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes
Well I've been blind all these wasted years and I thought I was so wise
But then you took me by surprise
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love broke through
All my life I've been searching for that crazy missing part
And with one touch, you just rolled away the stone that held my heart
And now I see that the answer was as easy, as just asking you in
And I am so sure I could never doubt your gentle touch again
It's like the power of the wind
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love, until your love, broke through.
- Keith Green
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El cisne común (Cygnus olor), también llamado cisne mudo y cisne blanco , es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Anatidae propia del Hemisferio Norte. Su denominación científica es Cygnus olor, donde tanto cygnus como olor significan "cisne" en griego clásico y en latín, respectivamente.El cisne mudo debe su nombre a que no emite los fuertes trompetazos de los otros congéneres, aunque sí emite ciertos sonidos que lo descalificarían de mudo.
Esta especie presenta el segundo tamaño del género Cygnus; solo el cisne trompetero es un poco mayor. Se le distingue de los otros cisnes blancos por tener el pico de color amarillo anaranjado a rojo. Los otros lo tienen negro y amarillo. También es el único cisne blanco al que le crece una carúncula negra sobre la base del pico.
No hay dimorfismo sexual en el plumaje. Los machos son más grandes, y su envergadura alar es de 2,4 metros. La carúncula negra sobre el pico se desarrolla más en el macho.
Distribución
El cisne común ocupa el Hemisferio Norte, al igual que los otros cisnes blancos. Tiene parentesco con el cisne negro de Australia, más que con los otros cisnes blancos.
En Europa se lo denomina cisne común. En el siglo XIII en Gran Bretaña había poblaciones de este cisne en estado parcialmente domesticado. Después fue introducido en Francia y otros lugares de Europa, donde logró establecerse. Es un ave que se vio favorecida en los bellos estanques artificiales de las monarquías europeas.
El área de distribución natural de la especie es difícil de establecer, debido a que se confunden poblaciones salvajes, introducidas por el hombre y naturalizadas a partir de introducciones. Se consideran parcialmente salvajes aquéllos que anidan al noreste de Europa, en las Islas Británicas, al sur de Suecia, en Dinamarca, Holanda, norte de Francia, norte de Alemania, Polonia, en los países al sur del mar Báltico y el mar Negro.
En Asia se consideran naturales o salvajes a los que anidan en el mar Caspio, continuando hacia el oriente en forma irregular por el sur de Siberia hasta el lago Baikal, y aquellos que anidan al norte de Mongolia.
En invierno las poblaciones del norte se trasladan hacia el sur, aunque en algunos lugares son sedentarias y permanecen todo el año en el área donde se reproducen, desplazándose hacia las costas.
Cuando migran desde Europa se reúnen con las poblaciones en el mar Negro y el mar Caspio. En Asia invierna en la costa del mar Amarillo.
Se los considera avistes ocasionales en todo el resto de Europa, en el delta del Nilo, golfo Pérsico, en Irán, desde Afganistán hasta la India, en la península de Corea y en Japón.
Fue introducido en América del Norte, Australia, Nueva Zelanda y Sudáfrica. En América del Norte hay dos poblaciones grandes en el noreste; ocasionalmente se lo suele ver en el sur de Canadá. Ambas poblaciones tienen miles de ejemplares. Las poblaciones de Australia y Nueva Zelanda se mantienen estables, sin aumentar ni disminuir notablemente. La población natural al norte de Asia y Europa aparenta crecer; se estima en medio millón el número de individuos.
Ocupa hábitats de lagos y ríos poco caudalosos, con orillas donde crece vegetación alta. En invierno está presente en estuarios de agua salobre en las cercanías del mar, en costas marinas con alguna protección y en el mar abierto si la costa no tiene protección.
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
Perhaps the most striking and spectacular impression of Stone Town for its first time visitor is the magnificent wooden doors serving as prosperous entrances to the grand buildings.
The doors have become more or less synonym with the Swahili culture where they mainly are found in East Africa, Lamu and Mombasa (Kenya) and in Zanzibar. The doors in Zanzibar outnumber the doors, both in number and in grandness, found elsewhere along the coast, and thus being named ‘Zanzibar doors’. An inventory done in the 1980ies reported around 800 doors. Unfortunately has the number decreased, not only due to the diminishing of several houses, but also due to theft following the increased attention from international collectors.
The doors are manifestations in excellent craftsmanship, both technically and artistically. The oldest doors are often made out of Burma (Indian) teak, shipped all the way from Asia across the Indian Ocean. The shutters are made in one impressive piece and not mended together as is the case on newer doors. The Burma teak does no longer exist and the alternative has been the East African teak. Even this wood has become rare and difficult to find, often demanding a very high price.
The wealthy traders and house owners appointed skilled carvers brought in from India for the delicate job of arranging the entrance ornament. Their creativity is continuously at display.
In principal there are two types of doors found in Stone Town. The Indian doors, or Gujarati doors, with square shutters and made into smaller sections so that the door can fold together. These doors are to be seen along the busy bazaar streets where the Indian businessmen lived. The second type is called ‘Arab doors’, these doors are often found with an inscription in Arabic – most likely a phrase from the Holy Quraan – on the top frieze, and richly decorated around the frame. The older doors were all square at top. The semi-circular frames were introduced later, but are still referred to as ‘Arab doors’.
The custom of putting brass knobs on the shutters comes from India, where the knobs were said to prevent elephants from crushing the doors. Since there have been no violent elephants in Zanzibar the brass knobs were simply but there as a decoration and to show the wealth of its owner.
By looking at the lower part of the side posts and rough estimate can be done of the age of the door. The oldest doors have a symbol resembling of a fish. The fish gradually transformed into a shape of a pineapple and thus if the carving shows a clear and distinct pineapple the doors is of a younger generation. Another symbol that became part of the decoration was the chain-like row at the very outside of the whole door. The chain was said to protect the entrance from evil spirits.
(source: Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society)
Thursday's retread for the Monday Photo Challenges and Thursday Retreads group.
The Angel of the Sea was built around 1850 as a "summer cottage" for William Weightman, Sr., a Philadelphia chemist who, as managing partner of Powers & Weightman, introduced quinine to the United States as an anti-malarial drug. Built as a single structure, the house originally stood on the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets where the Cape May Post Office now stands.
In 1881, Mr. Weightman decided that an ocean view from the broad porches of his "cottage" would be appreciated by family, friends and guests. To accomplish this goal, he hired a number of local farmers to move the house to a piece of property on the corner of Ocean and Beach Avenues, near where the Marquis de Lafayette now stands.
The farmers discovered the house was too large to move as one unit. Not wanting to lose the winter work, they decided to cut the house in half, move it in sections and then reconnect it after the move. Their task took all winter long, pulling the sections on rolling tree trunks with mule and horse power! Unfortunately, after both halves of the house were moved to the new location, the farmers discovered that, although their mules and horses were quite adequate for "pulling" the house, they proved totally ineffective in "pushing" it back together.
Summer was close upon them, and Mr. Weightman would soon be returning to Cape May. The farmers enclosed the sides where the cut had been made, renovated as best they could and hurried back to their farming chores. The results of their efforts are the two buildings as they stand today.
The house remained in the Weightman family until Mr. Weightman's death in 1905. During the next 50 or so years the Weightman Cottage, as it was called, was used as a hotel, guest house and, during one period, a restaurant.
In 1962 a powerful Nor'easter ripped through New Jersey and devastated the city of Cape May. Referred to by many as the Storm of the Century, it destroyed much of the town including Convention Hall and the boardwalk. Miraculously the Angel survived, but not without considerable damage. The massive rebuilding that followed the storm cleanup called for the two houses to be torn down to make room for a parking lot. They were saved from this fate when they were purchased by the Reverend Carl McIntire and moved (this time on flatbed trucks) to their present location on Trenton Avenue. From 1962 to 1981, the houses were used as a dormitory for students from Shelton College and to board employees from several nearby inns. During this time they received very little maintenance and in 1981 they were declared uninhabitable. Virtually unwanted, this once magnificent structure was left abandoned to vandals and the elements until December of 1988.
About that time, John Girton, a builder and developer, and his wife Barbara crawled through a window to check out the soundness of the buildings. Although all of the windows were broken out, walls had collapsed and many of the porches and stairways had rotted, it appeared the houses could be saved! Based on what they found, the Girtons purchased the property and began renovations in January, 1989. Time was money and John Girton led his crews seven days a week around the clock to put the Angel back together. At times, as many as 75 people were working on the site during a 24 hour period. At the end of one shift, one painting crew would get off the scaffolding and another would get on it.
A trailer set up in the backyard housed a fully functional cabinet-making shop. There artisans and carpenters would find bits and pieces of the original building and piece them together. They then recreated on-site all the gingerbread detail, wall brackets and windows, copying the original designs they found. The first of the two buildings opened in July of 1989, only six short months after renovations had begun! One year later, the most complete Victorian restoration in New Jersey was completed. The total project cost approximately $3.5 million and was done with over 103,000 man hours of labor.
After its first two successful seasons as a bed and breakfast, the Angel of the Sea was acknowledged as one of the Top Ten B & Bs in the United States by two national bed and breakfast organizations. It also won the Historic Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC for renovation to historic specifications.
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I have taken a job in Ridgway, Co. which is located 15 miles from Telluride. My longtime friend and coworker has been working in the Durango area for the past year. He has been wanting me to come, and I have finally given in. I took this time-laps shot off of his deck looking back into Telluride. Mountain village is located just up in the middle right. Tom Cruise, and other "Celebs" have houses up there. Some may recognize the valley from the many music fests, although some may have been there several times, and never remember it! :)
This is 50 minutes of 30 second exposures blended with Startrails.exe i then blended 7 exposures for foreground. I tried several different views of the only road into Telluride, with cars, with out, and decided i liked best only one car heading into town. It is amazing how many cars where out at that time of night! :)
Here is a little history, for any who cares, thanks to Wikipedia: John Fallon made the first claim in Marshal Basin above Telluride in 1875 and early settlement of Telluride followed. The town itself was founded in 1878. Telluride was originally named "Columbia," but due to confusion with Columbia, California, the name was changed by the post office in 1887. The town was named after the chemical element tellurium, which was never actually found in the mountains of Telluride. Tellurium is a metalloid element sometimes associated with deposits of gold and silver. An alternate theory for the naming of Telluride is that it is a contraction of "to hell you ride". Telluride's mines were rich in zinc, lead, copper, silver, and, of course, gold.
Telluride began slowly because of its isolated location. In 1881 a toll road was opened by Otto Mears which allowed wagons to go where only pack mules could go before. This increased the number of people in Telluride, but it was still expensive to get gold-rich ore out of the valley. In 1890 the railroad reached town, which brought in more mines and brought out more ore.
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Blossom came out overnight, quick shot, still inside, made this morning, still feeling ill, horrible cough and fever.
But could take MIL home today, and our GP said I posed no risk for her with my cough and fever as long as I keep to regular hygiene measures, so now caring 24/7 , won't have much time, so apologise beforehand that I won't be able to reply much for the coming days
Two bas reliefs clearly visible from far away, Relief number 5, 'The investiture of Bahram I' and Relief 6, The Victory of Shapur II'. Note the erosion line that crosses the lower parts of relief number 5, and how relief 6 was luckily placed high enough to escape the flooding of the gorge in the 1970's.
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Cryptomonas cabalga a medio camino entre las algas y los protozoos, como tantos otros organismos verdes de una sola célula que no entienden de las clasificaciones y van por libre, por el camino que el azar y la Naturaleza han ido construyendo con el lento paso del tiempo.
No se ha detenido ni un instante en su nadar rápido y sinuoso, con ascensos y descensos virajes y saltos. Por fin, después de muchos intentos, hemos podido retener en una fracción de segundo un instante de la vida de este flagelado de los fondos poco profundos que es Cryptomonas.
Cryptomonas tiene el cuerpo oval, rígido, de contorno algo irregular y su ápice está truncado y abierto en una hendidura, la citofaringe, en la que se insertan dos flagelos de desigual longitud y de estructura compleja. A ambos lados de esta hendidura llama la atención una formación perfectamente ordenada en varias hileras de botones verdes, son pequeños órganos explosivos, extrusomas, liberan de manera violenta su contenido haciendo que el flagelado deje de remar y se impulse a reacción.
El interior de Cryptomonas está ocupado por dos grandes cloroplastos laterales, hoy verdes, y camuflados por numerosos gránulos cargados de azúcares de reserva, pero pueden ir recorriendo el arcoíris, del azul hasta el rojo, en función de los pigmentos que se carguen en ellos.
La mancha rojiza de nuestra Cryptomonas recuerda a las manchas oculares de las Euglenas y posiblemente corresponda a un órgano de función desconocida, los -óvalos o corpúsculos de Maupas-
Vive en los fondos no muy profundos incluso debajo del hielo, donde es frecuente que florezca en invierno, nada infatigablemente en una huida sin fin, el invierno hace que los recursos en el agua se vuelvan escasos y Cryptomonas es un preciado bocado de las pequeñas larvas y peces que tienen que hacer frente a la estación fría. La especie de hoy recuerda mucho a Cryptomonas platyuris y procede de las aguas limpias y frías de un pequeño río próximo a la población alistana de Samir de los Caños en Zamora y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando 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
Poblet, Tarragona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.
It was the royal pantheon of the kings of the Crown of Aragon since James I of Aragon.
This monastery was abandoned in 1835 and was restored during the 1940s.
This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus)
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, since 1991.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poblet_Monastery
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CASTELLANO
El Real Monasterio de Santa María de Poblet (en catalán: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet) es el prototipo de abadía cisterciense española. Localizado en la comarca de la Cuenca de Barberá, en el término municipal de Vimbodí i Poblet, en Tarragona (España), el primer cenobio fue impulsado y patrocinado por Ramón Berenguer IV, conde de Barcelona, quien lo entregó a los monjes bernardos de la abadía de Fontfroide en el año 1149.
Fue panteón real de la Corona de Aragón, desde finales del siglo XIV hasta la extinción de la casa real de Aragón en el siglo XV.
Enriquecido con distintas donaciones, alcanzó su máximo esplendor en el siglo XIV, y su total decadencia y abandono en 1835 como consecuencia de la desamortización de Mendizábal. En 1930 se inició su restauración, de forma que en 1935 pudo dedicarse nuevamente la iglesia al culto, y en 1940 retornaban a su abadía algunos monjes. No todos los espacios pueden visitarse, por ser dependencias en clausura utilizadas por los cistercienses que de nuevo ocupan el monasterio.
En 1991 fue declarado por la UNESCO Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Poblet, junto con Guadalupe, El Escorial, San Millán de Yuso y San Millán de Suso son los monasterios en España que gozan de este título.
La etimología del término Poblet deriva del latín populetum (alameda). El lugar fue siempre muy rico en vegetación y bosque de estos árboles (los álamos), lo que dio lugar a que en 1984 fuera declarado Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional, con 2.100 hectáreas y 50 fuentes naturales.
El monasterio de Poblet fue una fundación del conde de Barcelona Ramón Berenguer IV que alrededor del año 1150 donó las tierras de Populetum a la abadía francesa de Fontfroide (o Fontfreda) en el momento en que era abad Sancho I de Provenza. Fontfroide era filial de Claraval y estaba cerca de Narbona. Estas tierras que se ofrecieron son las situadas en la Conca de Barberá, en el término municipal de Vimbodí, cerca de Espluga de Francolí con las montañas de Prades como telón de fondo. El enclave tenía las condiciones recomendadas por el Císter para la fundación de un monasterio: podía estar aislado, con agua abundante y un extenso entorno para la agricultura.
Con la fundación de este monasterio sumaron cuatro las grandes abadías cistercienses: Claraval (en el valle de Absinthe (Francia), la Gran Selva (en Languedoc), Fontfreda (cerca de Narbona) y Poblet.
A bright and cheerful quilt for the children's bedroom
Created in Photoshop. Mosaic made with Mosaic Maker: bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php
Hope you had a refreshing weekend, my Flickr friends, and are ready for a new week full of fun and games! Happy Mosaic Monday, for those of you who make them! Happy Monday for those who don't yet! Thank you so much for your visits yesterday and comments on my pictures and galleries! You all are so very encouraging with your kind comments! Flickr friends are the best!
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I have created a gallery of Thoughts and Prayers for our Japanese neighbors. Please feel free to click down through the gallery and add yours to the stream of strength and inspiration heading across the Pacific...
This one was begging for some attention!
INFORMATION ON CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS:
A sea lion is one of many marine mammals of the family Otariidae. Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae or flaps, long front flippers, and the ability to walk on four flippers on land. They are generally found in shallow waters of coastal areas of both northern and southern hemispheres, with abundant food sources.
Sea lions of many species have seen a severe and rapid decrease in numbers in recent years. Many factors including overfishing of prey species, shooting by fishermen and pollution have probably contributed to the decline. The population of Steller sea lions in Alaska has declined as much as 80% since the 1970s. In contrast, California sea lions are abundant and the population continues to expand at a rate of approximately 5.0% annually, as it has since the mid-1970s.
Sea lions are often a popular attraction at zoos and aquariums, performing behaviors such as throwing and catching balls on their noses and clapping.
Source: Wikipedia
Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !
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Astasia es un flagelado y es la prima ciega y pálida de Euglena, pero no por ello hay que compadecerse, vive perfectamente y posiblemente ella lo ha elegido así y es seguro que desde hace millones y millones de años su vida transcurra como la de hoy y que en un acuerdo con la Naturaleza haya encontrado su hueco para su existencia por siempre en las lagunas.
Es pálida porque no necesita la luz del sol para vivir, por ello se zambulle y nada alegre desde los fondos de las charcas hasta la superficie y en este bucear, arrastrada por su flagelo, va envolviendo en remolinos a pequeñas partículas, materia orgánica y bacterias que constituyen su alimento.
Aunque el cuerpo de Astasia es un portento de flexibilidad y en ocasiones en él se producen ondas como en un ritual de danza de vientre, la de hoy, más discreta, tímida o austera apenas se deforma y navega con determinación cruzando el océano de esta gota de agua.
La camisa de Astasia como la de Euglena es transparente y aparece adornada con finísimas estrías, aquí invisibles para nosotros, su cuerpo alargado y su fina cola redondeada nos hacen suponer que se trata de Astasia kathemerios o una forma similar y con esa alegría ciega y pálida, va palpando y surcando el agua mientras su flagelo dibuja letras cuyo significado no alcanzamos a comprender…un bonito misterio que quedará así, como misterio por resolver.
Astasia kathemerios es un flagelado que habita principalmente en zonas de aguas estancadas ricas en materia orgánica. La de hoy procede de la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, en las inmediaciones de la población zamorana de Vigo de Sanabria y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
i love this picture so much...the colors and textures. plus its just a cool place. an old abandoned train station. i barely edited it at all. the color of the sky is so different from California! so open and blue! :)
so my little cousin (technically my cousin's kid, aka 2nd cousin), Adarae, is a ball of energy. much more so than the last time i saw her. she dragged me around the house and outside. i got to jump on the trampoline and play with her toys. shes so good at talking for a 3 year old! haha im proud of her. i had to be in charge during bath time. shes cute. she didn't want to get out of the tub(apparently she usually doesnt like baths) because we were having so much fun. haha. my pants got all wet and stuff cuz she kept splashing me. shes basically crazy. she asks a lot of questions and is really smart. i enjoy her a lot. now it is lateish and i am in the guest bedroom watching/listening to the bats outside and i have a kitty friend. his name is clide and he has like half a tail. hes cuuute.
its nice and green here too. they have a huge yard and a barn. they have 2 kitties a dog, a bunny, a snake and a turtle(or turtles? idk). plus a kid. and my cousin is pregnant! shes going to have a boy. its going to be cute. its just like her and her brother (who is younger). they are going to match. they are interesting (very good) parents. they have a laid back approach to it all because they are from michigan.. its kind of refreshing to watch.i think its also because i am here and they want (especially jenifer) to spend time with me instead of talking to the kid every second.
i love it here. so much better than being in iron mountain. also i get to talk to my cousins. and, nino if you are reading this, she is a camp freak too and is super excited that i met you at camp. it was so funny. i have been talking about you a lot. i miss you baby. my phone isnt working and i cant call you.
anyways. im going to go read my cousins new book after i work on my flickr groups some more.
also i said cute way too much in this post.
It was soo cold today! I went outside to take some pictures, and I nearly blew away haha. It was snowing a lot, too. I did add a snow texture to this picture, but some of the snow is actually real. It was so windy my tripod nearly fell over, lol.
Here is the original photo, after being cropped.
A few days ago, my grandmother found an old camera of hers and gave it to me :). It's a Kodak ColorBurst 50. It's a instant Kodak Camera. She's awesome :).
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! :)
Title is from song February Air - Lights.
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alright i was tagged again, so here you go.
0. my name is allie.
1. i love ferns. i have a patch of them in my backyard. (this fern is not part of that patch. actually, this fern is from my dad's house)
2. i said "aww" out loud when i saw this fern. then i felt like an idiot, but it was okay because i was alone.
3. i have a lot of irrational fears. many of them involving either being kidnapped or things exploding :P
4. i'm germaphobic. it's frustrating.
5. i just ordered a battery grip for my camera. i'm excited.
6. i'm getting my braces off june 21st and i'm excitedddddddddddddd because i hate my braces more than anything
7. i've been procrastinating writing my term paper for the past five hours or so. i'm good at procrastinating.
8. i was traumatized at an early age by this book of 81 ghost stories. i still can't sleep anywhere near an open window. it freaks me out.
9. i used to want to climb mt. everest. now i've decided that i don't really want to die early. but i still want to visit base camp and maybe camp I someday. which reminds me, i want to go read into thin air again.
10. i like nighttime and early morning best.
El Panteón de Agripa o Panteón de Roma es un templo circular construido en Roma a comienzos del Imperio romano dedicado a todos los dioses (la palabra panteón significa templo de todos los dioses). En la ciudad se lo conoce popularmente como La Rotonda, de ahí el nombre de la plaza en que se encuentra.
M.AGRIPPA.L.F.COS.TERTIVM.FECIT
Marco Agrippa, hijo de Lucio, cónsul por tercera vez, (lo) hizo
Esta es la inscripción que puede leerse en el friso del pórtico de entrada. Atribuye la construcción del edificio a Marco Vipsanio Agripa, amigo y general del emperador Augusto. El tercer consulado de Agrippa, nos indica el año 27 a. C. Además, Dión Casio lo encuadra[2] en las obras realizadas por Agrippa en la zona de Roma conocida como el campo de Marte en 25 a. C.
Durante siglos se pensó que esta inscripión hacía referencia al edificio actual. Sin embargo, tras las investigaciones[3] efectuadas por Chedanne en el siglo XIX se supo que en realidad, el templo de Agripa fue destruido, y que el existente actualmente es una reconstrucción realizada en tiempos de Adriano.
Los restos descubiertos a finales del siglo XIX nos permiten saber que el templo original guardaba semejanzas con el actual. Lo que hoy es un pórtico de entrada fue originalmente la fachada de un templo períptero. La primitiva entrada se efectuaba por el lado opuesto, hacia el sur, ya que en la rotonda actual había una plaza circular porticada. Al otro lado de esa plaza se encontraba la basílica de Neptuno.
Interior.
El primer templo era rectangular, con la cella dispuesta transversalmente, al igual que en el templo de la Concordia del Foro romano, o en el pequeño templo de Veiove en la colina del Campidoglio. Estaba construido con bloques de travertino y forrado en mármol. También se sabe que los capiteles eran de bronce y que la decoración incluía cariátides y estatuas frontales. En el interior del pronaos había sendas estatuas de Augusto y Agripa.
Por Dión Casio sabemos que la denominación de Panteón no era la oficial del edificio, y que la intención de Agrippa era la de crear un culto dinástico, probablemente dedicado a los protectores de la gens Julia: Marte, Venus y el Divo Julio, es decir, Julio César divinizado.
El edificio sufrió daños por un incendio en el año 80, de los que fue reparado por Domiciano, aunque sufrió una nueva destrucción en tiempos de Trajano, en al año 110.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is by far the most common species that breeds in the eastern half of North America, although most states have sporadic Rufous sightings, and Bob and Martha Sargent have banded eight other hummingbird species as winter visitors to five southeastern states. Ruby-throats are intensely inquisitive and thus easily attracted to feeders, where males in particular typically display aggressive territoriality toward rival hummers, other birds, and even insects such as bees, butterflies, and sphinx moths. They quickly become accustomed to human presence, and will swoop down to investigate red articles of clothing, possibly as potential food sources. Feeders hung at windows attract as many visitors as ones farther from structures, and the bird that claims a feeder as its territory may spend much of the day perched nearby, guarding the food source against intruders. Many hummingbird watchers find "Hummer Warz" endlessly entertaining, although the chases are obviously serious business to the hungry birds. For a short period immediately after fledging, a female will tolerate the presence of her own young at the feeder, but they are soon treated the same as other adult birds - as rivals in pursuit of the food necessary to prepare for the fall migration.
Courtship is apparently very brief, if it exists at all, and once mated the female raises the young alone. The walnut-sized nest, built by the female, is constructed on a foundation of bud scales attached to a tree limb with spider silk; lichens camouflage the outside, and the inside is lined with dandelion, cattail, or thistle down. The nest will stretch to contain the growing nestlings, and may sometimes be reused (rebuilt) the following year.
Two white, pea-sized eggs are laid two or three days apart, which the female will incubate from 60 to 80 percent of the day for 12-16 days. Reports of the duration of the nestling phase vary from 14 to 31 days, the wide range possibly varying with the availability of food; 18-23 days is normal. when they leave the nest, the chicks are considerably larger than their mothers: they may weigh 4.5 grams, while poor Mom is down to only 2.5 g after the stress of raising them. Since the mother starts incubating the first egg as soon as it's laid, that chick will hatch and fledge earlier than its sibling; it will remain close to the nest until the other chick is ready to fly. After leaving the nest, fledglings are fed by their mother for about 10 days. It is thought that Ruby-throats live as long as 12 years, but the average is probably 3-5 years.
Physical Description
Average length: 3.5 inches (8.9 cm)
Average weight: 1/8 ounce (3.1 g)
Body temperature: 105°-108°F (40.5°-42.2°C)
Wing beats: 40-80 per second, average about 52
Respiration: 250 per minute
Heart rate: 250 beats/min resting; 1200 beats/min feeding
Flight speed: 30 mph (48 kph) normal; 50 mph (80 kph) escape; 63 mph (101 kph) dive
Plumage
Adult male: Emerald green back, iridescent ruby red gorget (throat) that may appear black under some lighting conditions, gray flanks, forked tail with no white. Smaller than the female.
Adult female: Emerald green back, white breast and throat, rounded tail with white tips. Larger than the male, with longer bill.
Juveniles: Young of both sexes look like the adult female. In August and September, young males may develop some red spots in the gorget.
Molts: One complete molt per year, which may start during the fall migration and continue into March. Young males acquire full ruby gorgets during their first molt.
Gender identification is simple if the light is right: the brilliant red gorget of the male is unmistakable. More commonly, though, the shape and presence of white on the tail is a more reliable field mark.
Distribution and Migration
Ruby-throats breed throughout eastern to midwestern North America, from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Most winter in Mexico, Central America, and on Caribbean islands, although a few remain in the Gulf states and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Most researchers accept a remarkable non-stop crossing of the Gulf, taking 18-20 hours. They arrive at the coast in late February or early March, and follow the development of spring flowers northward, reaching my home in Morganfield, Kentucky on April 20 +/- 2 days. Males migrate earlier than females, in both directions; some adult males start south as early as JUly. Our female breeding birds leave here (Morganfield, Kentucky) in September, with the young of the year following; the last juveniles depart abruptly at first frost (mid-October). By mid-November the fall migration is essentially completed throughout North America.
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[Level of Retouching]: 30% (HDR processing, levels, local curves and saturation) - total processing time: 25 minutes
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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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[ Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM ]
It is often said by many photographers, whether it be in books, lectures, forums, flickr discussion groups, club meets, galleries or casual conversations; one of the great things about photography is the ability to look at the world around us in a different light than usual. Spotting and observing the events, locations, scenes within our environment that we would otherwise miss completely during our daily point A to point B modes.
This shot is one of those locations that I would pass by had it not been for the camera in my hand and the will to explore my surroundings. I stood across the street from this scene; a little dead end No Exit side street no deeper than 15 meters. The act alone was interesting as the people passing by me took up interest in what I was looking at. Although not everyone, some just floated on by. One lady thought I was lost and asked if I needed help or directions, I kindly declined and reassured her that I was fine. Another elderly man stopped near the corner of the building in this scene after spotting me, as I examined the street before me. He looked up the side street for a brief moment and after not finding something that I had been observing glanced back at me, scratched the back of his neck and continued on his way.
What the elderly man did not see was the constant battle of elements; the urban element vs. the element of nature. We build these concrete and metal structures and mother nature tries to tear them down. The evidence is in the rust stained walls and metal railings, as well as the cracked and deteriorated roads that are filled with holes, gravel, salt and other chemicals that attempt to keep mother nature at bay.
It is circular; it plays out everyday as we go from point A to point B, No Exit…
www.darckr.com/username.php?username=9099757@N05 --- Turkey, Antalya, Amarok Adventure World, Safari Tour ---- www.vianobilis.com/amarok-adventure-world-7e5 ---- Amarok Adventure World ---- Selge (griechisch Σέλγη) war eine antike Stadt in der kleinasiatischen Landschaft Pisidien beim heutigen Altınkayaköy (früher Zerk) (Türkei). Er lag 56 km nordwestlich von Side auf ca. 1000 m. ü. M. im oberen Tal des Eurymedon (heute: Köprüçay) am westlichen Ende des Taurusgebirges.Der Überlieferung nach soll Selge nach dem Krieg um Troja durch den Seher Kalchas gegründet und durch Griechen aus Sparta besiedelt worden sein. Auf Münzen ist der Ort seit dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. nachweisbar. Wirtschaftliche Grundlage war der Anbau von Wein und Oliven auf der umgebenden fruchtbaren Hochebene. Politisch bestanden zu Aspendos gute Beziehungen, ansonsten war die Stadt kriegerisch gegen ihre Nachbarn ausgerichtet. Als Alexander der Große durch Kleinasien zog, verbündete sich die Stadt mit ihm, um, allerdings erfolglos, die nahe Stadt Termessos zu belagern. Polybios beschreibt einen Krieg zwischen Selge und Pednelissos 220 v. Chr., in dem Pednellissos Achaios, den Statthalter von Side, zu Hilfe rief. 25 v. Chr. verlor Selge die Selbstständigkeit und wurde in die römische Provinz Galatien eingegliedert. Laut Strabon soll die Stadt zu dieser Zeit etwa 20.000 Einwohner gehabt haben. Seine größte Blüte erreichte Selge zur Zeit des römischen Kaiserreiches. Im Jahr 339 kam es zu einer erfolglosen Belagerung durch die Goten. In byzantinischer Zeit war Selge Bischofssitz. Die Stadt wurde später in seldschukischer Zeit aufgegeben.Es sind die Reste der Stadtmauer, eines Theaters, eines Stadions, der Agora mit Säulenhallen, eines Gymnasions und einer Basilika erhalten. Das Theater wurde im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. neu gebaut. Außerhalb der Stadtmauer lagen ein Aquädukt und einige Kammergräber. ---- Selge (in Greek Σελγη) was an important city in Pisidia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay)forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
The town was believed to be a Greek colony, for Strabo[1] states that it was founded by Spartans, but adds the somewhat unintelligible remark that previously it had been founded by Calchas. The acropolis of Selge bore the name of Kesbedion.[2] The district in which the town was situated was extremely fertile, producing abundance of oil and wine, but the town itself was difficult of access, being surrounded by precipices and beds of torrents flowing towards the Eurymedon and Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[3] At that time they were at war with Termessos.
At the period when Achaeus had made himself master of Western Asia, Selge were at war with Pednelissus, which was besieged by them; and Achaeus, on the invitation of Pednelissus, sent a large force against Selge (218 BC). After a long and vigorous siege, the Selgians, being betrayed and despairing of resisting Achaeus any longer, sent deputies to sue for peace, which was granted to them on the following terms: they agreed to pay immediately 400 talents, to restore the prisoners of Pednelissus, and after a time to pay 300 talents in addition.[4] We now have for a long time no particulars about the history of Selge; in the 5th century AD Zosimus[5] calls it indeed a little town, but it was still strong enough to repel a body of Goths. It is strange that Pliny does not notice Selge, for we know from its coins that it was still a flourishing town in the time of Hadrian; and it is also mentioned in Ptolemy[6] and Hierocles. Independently of wine and oil, the country about Selge was rich in timber, and a variety of trees, among which the storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[7]
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the gymnasium, the stoa, the stadium and the basilica. There are also the outlines of two temples, but the best conserved monument is the theater, restored in the 3rd century AD.
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley
From www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=2&resource=209:
A look at Monet's still life painting and his ability to both animate the scene and anchor it with a sense of stability.
Claude Monet took up still-life painting for a time around 1880. This traditional genre may seem an unlikely arena in which to stage a career shift, but Monet hoped to expand his market during a period of economic recession. He renewed his attempts to gain access to the Salon and tried to form associations with dealers other than Paul Durand-Ruel. In addition to being easier to sell than landscapes, still lifes allowed the artist to continue his experimentation with the textures and colors of nature during periods when bad weather prohibited him from painting outdoors.
Here, Monet depicted an assortment of two different kinds of apples, together with green and red grapes, and introduced an element of animation, even suspense. This still life is anything but still: the smaller apples at the lower right seem ready to roll off the steeply angled table, and the folds of the cloth appear to ripple like waves. Yet the artist's control over the objects is evident, giving the composition a sense of stability and vitality. Not only did Monet adopt a magisterial view from above, but he also anchored the fruits and basket with palpable, grayish-green shadows. Exploring the possibilities of materials at hand—one of the central challenges of still-life painting—Monet found several ways to use the same dabs of white pigment: on the grapes, they represent translucent fragility; on the large apples, matte solidity; and on the little apples, glossy sheen.
Still life never became central to Monet's repertory, but it is tempting to look from this brief experiment to those of his colleagues—most notably Paul Cézanne, who would bring the genre to new heights of complexity and beauty.
Supreme Sunday : Charlotte Beaudry's "Get drunk" last day and party.
3pm
"Angry young wo/men" and "Punk, sex, and violence in feminist art" : lectures by Petra Van Brabandt and Tom Viaene (full abstracts here : www.wiels.org/site2/event.php?event_id=511&lng=en)
Petra Van Brabandt is doctor in philosophy (University of Antwerp). She works on David Hume's socio-moral philosophy and feminist philosophy. She also writes on pornographic art ("Why do porn movies suck?" with Jesse Prinz, in Maes & Levinson, Art and Pornography, OUP, 2011). She focuses on women artists (film, literature, visual arts) and their difficult relationship to the representation of the female body and sexuality.
Tom Viaene works for GYNAIKA (http://www.gynaika.be/) and writes for rekto:verso (www.rektoverso.be), mostly over music, art criticism and philosophy.
4.30pm
Discussion and guided visit of the exhibition of Charlotte Beaudry with the artist and Aline Bouvy, Claude, Delphine Deguislage, Virginie Devillez, Céline Gillain, Aurélie Gravas, Claudia Radulescu, Anne-Claire Schmitz with whom Charlotte Beaudry works on various projects and who have accompanied the artist in the process which led to Get Drunk.
6pm
Drink & DJ set with Celine Gillain + presentation of the lp recently published by the collective Solid Bank. Solid Bank is an artist collective composed of Charlotte Beaudry, Aline Bouvy, Claude, Delphine Deguislage, Virginie Devillez, Céline Gillain, Aurélie Gravas and Claudia Radulescu. Recorded at short notice, this album is only available in vinyl and presents the results of a session of improvised sound experimentation. Described by the group as "figurative music", the content of this album consists of 10 tracks ranging from noisy performance to post-punk songs. (Solid Bank: "Solid Bank", 300 copies, After Lucy, 2011).
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Trumfes es la sólida apuesta de dos cocineros muy jóvenes, quienes, tras finalizar sus estudios de gastronomía (Joviat) y el subsiguiente periplo de “stages” en diferentes restaurantes de la geografía hispana, deciden finalmente instalar su propio negocio en la lejana población de Llivia.
Se trata de un restaurante modesto pero bien dispuesto en el que quizá habría que mejorar una iluminación algo triste que, junto al color asalmonado de la mantelería, le confieren un cierto aire de serio clasicismo que, la verdad, no se corresponde con el carácter vital de su cocina, ni con el talante atento y afable que difunde por la sala uno de sus artífices (el otro se ocupa de los fogones). En cualquier caso, es un escenario con cierto encanto.
Y respecto a su oferta gastronómica, traduzco del catalán lo que ellos mismos difunden: "Cocina catalana de temporada con productos de mercado, basada en la tradición y buscando la máxima expresión del producto junto a la proximidad del cocinero en la mesa.". Pues eso, una cocina que bebe de la tradición y aplica técnicas modernas para obtener unos resultados más que notables y, además, con una relación calidad/precio insuperable. En definitiva: una cocina y un conjunto que transmiten muy buenas vibraciones. Lástima que esté tan lejos.
En la fotografía: el arroz de perdiz. Perfecto punto del arroz en un conjunto de sabor rústico, intenso y rebosante de cebolla caramelizada (quizá no del todo integrada pero siempre convincente). La perdiz (cazada en la propia Llivia) servida en dos cocciones: rustidos el ala y el muslo (delicioso) y en óptimo punto de plancha una pechuga de carne firme y sabrosa. Se remata con queso y cebollino en la superficie. Un suculento y magníficamente interpretado arroz de montaña.
Lo mejor: la cocina y la buena relación calidad/precio del conjunto; el pan con tomate; el secreto; el arroz
Lo peor: lo lejos que está
Mejorable: la salsa de las bravas; la iluminación; la carta de vinos
Recomendado: una opción honesta y de calidad muy recomendable si se ronda por la zona