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My internet was back once again, I hope it will be stable. Another shot from Buagsong Cordova visit with my very best friend Alex and my wife. Those rocks actually very sharp edges and it is very difficult to sneak in if you don’t have a proper gear.
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We never know the love of our parents for us til we have become parents.
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This rather large Drogonfly landed on the hitch of my boat trailer and of course I had to run for the camera. When I looked at the Dragon through the lens I was surprised to see it was chowing down on a Hornet or Wasp not sure which it was, but he was sure enjoying it.
Tried for days to get a decent photo of this beautiful little guy, this one I think is at least acceptable.
"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."
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o Instituto Ricardo Brennand è um complexo formado pelo castelo, pinacoteca e biblioteca, edificaçòes em estilo medioeval gotico. Voltado a preservaçào da arte e da cultura, com enfase no periodo brasil holandes tem na priorizaçào de programas educacionais para crianças e jovems, um dos seus principais focos. O instituto que nasceu em 2002 com o objectivo de levar oportunidades ineditas de contemplaçào da arte e aprendizado a grandes parcelas da populaçào, jà se destaca no cenario nacional como importante centro de cultura do nordeste brasileiro
l’Istituto Ricardo Brennand è un complesso in stile medievale gotico formato da un castello, una pinacoteca e una libreria. Dedicato a preservare arte e cultura del periodo dell’occupazione olandese, con priorità culturale per bambini e adolescenti. L’istituto è sorto nel 2002 come preminente centro artistico e culturale della regione del nordest brasiliano
the Ricardo Brennand Institute is a complex of buildings, medieval in design and gothic in style, including the castle museum, a picture gallery and a library. Dedicated to the preservation of art and culture, with special enphasis on the period of dutch occupation in Brasil, the Ricardo Brennand Institute aims to provide the general population with a unique learning experience for the appreciation of the fine arts, but a priority remains the implementation of educational programmes for children and adolescents. Inaugurated in 2002, the institute has emerged as prominent cultural center of the northeast region and has already become a landmark of the brazilian art scene
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I noticed that the Karma group on flickr is having a before and after for black and white conversions so I decided to upload the color version of a black and white landscape I had posted earlier. Let me know if you prefer the color version I would love to know!
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Approximately 86 kilometers northeast of the city of Beirut in eastern Lebanon stands the temple complex of Baalbek (Known as Heliopolis, the ‘City of the Sun.' during the Roman era). Situated atop a high point in the fertile Bekaa valley, the ruins are one of the most extraordinary and enigmatic holy places of ancient times. Long before the Romans conquered the site and built their enormous temple of Jupiter, long even before the Phoenicians constructed a temple to the god Baal, there stood at Baalbek the largest stone block construction found in the entire world.
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Could you use a good fish story today? Once upon a time there were these beautiful fish who lived five miles under the ocean. How do I know? They were the subject of a PBS television special. So this is a for real fish story. Because these fish are really striking - they are incredibly colorful - some folks thought they might look good in someone's tropical fish aquarium. So, they tried to bring these fish to the surface. They didn't make it. They blew up when they got near the surface! They were designed to live under that pressure at the bottom. No happy ending - except they're leaving the rest of them where they belong - five miles under the ocean. That's where they were created to be!
It really works this way in all of God's creation. There's an environment that things and people were created to be in, and things really work when they're in that place. They really don't work very well when they're not where they were designed to be. Thankfully, God makes very clear the environment you and I were created for, so we don't have to waste our lives searching for it. In fact, probably the single most important question you have to answer while you're on earth is this: Why am I here?
God answers that question in six simple, life-changing words in His book the Bible. Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Colossians 1:16. Speaking of Jesus Christ, the Bible says, "All things were" - now here are the six words - "created by Him and for Him." Try putting your name in that Biblical statement. Here we go. "(Your name) was created by Jesus and for Jesus." Just like those fish were created to be in the pressure of that deep-sea environment. Just like the earth was created to be in an orbit around the sun, you were created for Jesus. You were created by Jesus for a relationship with Jesus, where you live for Jesus.
All these years you've been away from the one that your heart's been searching for all along. Isn't it time to experience the relationship you were made for - to finally be where you were born to be?
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VIAJAR EN CAPITAL
Y para más tarde quedarían las otras seis en construcción. Las más avanzadas son Flores y Nazca.
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La Ciudad de Buenos Aires no tendrá ninguna estación de subte nueva este año, debido al drástico recorte presupuestario que aplicó el Gobierno de Mauricio Macri. Con suerte, y en caso de que la plata alcance, recién a fines de 2010 se inaugurará la estación Corrientes de la línea H (que se había anunciado para esta época de 2009) y para más tarde quedarán las otras seis estaciones que están en construcción. Así se lo informó a Clarín Luis Germán Jahn, presidente de Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBASE), la empresa del Estado porteño que tiene la misión de ampliar la red.
Aunque la estación Corrientes de la línea H, en Corrientes y Pueyrredón, ya está prácticamente terminada con sus túneles y sus andenes, la falta de fondos impide realizar las obras de señalización y tendido eléctrico. Esa estación es clave porque permitiría conectar la línea H con la B, que recorre la avenida Corrientes, y darle real utilidad para el transporte de la Ciudad. Hoy la H, que arranca en Caseros y Jujuy y termina en Once, es usada apenas por 13.000 personas por día, según datos de la concesionaria Metrovías. Es diez veces menos de los que lleva la línea E, que es, entre todas las demás, la que menos pasajeros transporta.
De acuerdo al presupuesto porteño 2009 que votó la Legislatura de la Ciudad, debería haber $ 447 millones para subtes. Sin embargo, debido a "fuertes restricciones de los recursos disponibles", el ministro de Desarrollo Urbano, Daniel Chain, recortó el 75% de los fondos. Sólo quedó para SBASE el dinero que no se puede tocar, porque está garantizado por una ley nacional: se trata de una porción de lo que se recauda por los impuestos de ABL y Patentes. "El año pasado la recaudación por ese concepto fue de $ 115 millones. Todavía no sabemos cómo terminará la recaudación de 2009, pero no creo que sea mucho más", dijo el presidente de SBASE. Se trata también de una importante disminución con respecto a 2008, cuando se invirtieron $ 338 millones y las obras avanzaron a ritmo lento.
En términos de obras de subtes, es prácticamente insignificante lo que se puede hacer con $ 115 millones. De hecho, el costo de construcción de cada kilómetro, incluidos los vagones, se estima entre $ 260 y $ 300 millones. El año pasado, cuando el entonces presidente de SBASE, Jorge Irigoin, concurrió a las reuniones de la comisión de Presupuesto en la Legislatura, pidió que se asignaran para 2009 entre $ 700 y $ 900 millones. Irigoin finalmente se fue, enfrentado con Chain, quien designó en SBASE a Jahn, quien hasta entonces era su jefe de asesores.
Durante la campaña electoral de 2007, Macri había prometido construir 10 kilómetros de subte por año. Ya en el Gobierno, presentó a la Legislatura un ambicioso plan que prevía una inversión plurianual de 2.500 millones de dólares y consiguió que los diputados aprobaran un plan de trazas de nuevas líneas, que fue archivado rápidamente. Ante los problemas para conseguir los fondos, el Jefe de Gobierno dijo que esa iniciativa era "un viaje a la luna" y culpó al Gobierno Nacional y a la crisis financiera internacional. Finalmente, este año, dejó prácticamente sin recursos a las estaciones que estaban en construcción desde gestiones anteriores.
Además de Corrientes en la línea H, las estaciones que están en construcción son otras dos de esa línea, pero hacia el Sur (Hospitales y Parque Patricios); dos de la A (Plaza Flores y Nazca) y dos de la B (Echeverría y Monroe, que en realidad se llamará Juan Manuel de Rosas, de acuerdo a una ley sancionada el año pasado).
Según estiman en SBASE, para terminar esas seis estaciones hacen falta $ 600 millones. Actualmente tienen disponibles alrededor de unos $ 100 millones por año, que es el importe que les garantiza la ley por el porcentaje de lo que se recauda de ABL y Patentes. La cuestión es que si se busca terminarlas en tres años, los fondos propios alcanzarían los $ 300 millones y harían falta unos $ 300 millones más de financiamiento externo, que al día de hoy, nadie sabe exactamente de dónde podrían salir. Sólo en el caso de que se consigan esos $ 300 millones extra, se podría pensar en terminar esas seis estaciones para fines de 2011 o principios de 2012. Si los fondos no aparecen, nadie puede hoy poner fecha a las inauguraciones.
"Las más avanzadas entre esas seis estaciones son Flores y Nazca. Se están colocando las vías y se está trabajando en la señalización. No puedo prometer fechas, pero si existen los recursos podrían inaugurarse en 2011. Estamos siempre trabajando con el condicionante del dinero, porque no tenemos la financiación asegurada", dijo Jahn. El funcionario aseguró que "ninguna de las obras en marcha fue parada", pero admitió que en todas hay demoras muy importantes porque la falta de fondos obligó a negociar con los contratistas recortes en las obras previstas.
Desde el macrismo siguen recordando que el Gobierno nacional les bloqueó la posibilidad de endeudar a la Ciudad con la colocación de un bono internacional por US$ 1.500 millones, que -dicen- les hubiera permitido avanzar con la ampliación de los subtes, una de sus principales promesas de campaña.
A este panorama se le agrega que el Ejecutivo enfrenta una desaceleración en la recaudación de impuestos, debido a la caída de la actividad económica de Capital. Esta desaceleración ya obligó a reducir el presupuesto y frenar grandes obras, incluyendo las de los subtes y túneles. Al mismo tiempo, los gastos fijos de la Ciudad aumentan cada vez más. Un 50% de los recursos que recauda el Gobierno son para pagar los sueldos de los 114.437 empleados municipales. Si a esto se le suman los otros gastos fijos, como insumos hospitalarios, a la Ciudad apenas le queda un 30% del dinero para obras públicas.
Quieren seguir la H hasta Pueyrredón y Libertador
A pesar de los fuertes recortes en los fondos para la ampliación de la red de subtes, que están generando demoras importantísimas en las estaciones en construcción desde hace años, el Gobierno de la Ciudad trabaja para llamar a licitación, con el objetivo de llevar la línea H hasta Pueyrredón y Libertador.
Esto tiene que ver con el proyecto de construir en la zona de la Facultad de Derecho un gran espacio verde, a la manera del Central Park de Nueva York, suprimiendo a esa altura las avenidas Libertador y Figueroa Alcorta, tal como informó Clarín el domingo pasado.
Macri quiere que hasta allí llegue el subte que viene de Parque Patricios, según admitió a este diario el presidente de Subterráneos de Buenos Aires, Luis Jahn.
Fuentes del bloque de diputados del PRO en la Legislatura dijeron que una de las opciones de financiamiento que se está estudiando es constituir un fideicomiso; se trata de un fondo de dinero a la manera de los creados para las obras que encara el ministro de Planificación Federal, Julio De Vido.
Arriba: Túnel doble San José de Flores - Carabobo correspondiente a la extensión de la línea A de subterráneos. Al fondo, con un poco de esfuerzo se puede llegar a ver el telón negro que separa el mencionado túnel con la actual Cola de Maniobras posterior a la estación Carabobo, actual terminal de la línea.
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La cabaña de vuelta es un pequeño y sencillo habitáculo muy típico de las comarcas interiores, desde la Noguera hasta la Terra Alta, sin descartar su presencia en otros lugares de la geografía catalana, al igual que tipologías diversas de barracas de viña, por ejemplo, también se pueden dar en estos lugares. En cuanto a la cronología parece que la verdadera expansión de estas construcciones se da entre mediados del siglo XVIII y mediados del siglo XX, con una etapa de mucha mayor incidencia constructiva entre la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primer cuarto del XX, vinculado al aumento de la superficie cultivada, por venta o cesión de las tierras improductivas de los señores, de la conversión de los bosques comunales o por la privatización de extensiones de terreno considerables tras la desamortización.
Ronda was first settled by the early Celts, but its subsequent Roman and then Moorish rulers are reflected most prominently in its architecture. The forces of Catholic Spain took control of the town in 1485, during the Reconquista.
Ronda is situated in a very mountainous area about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above mean sea level. The Guadalevín River runs through the city, dividing it in two and carving out the steep, 100 plus meters deep El Tajo canyon upon which the city perches.
Three bridges, Puente Romano ("Roman Bridge", also known as the Puente San Miguel), Puente Viejo ("Old Bridge", also known as the Puente Arabe or "Arab Bridge") and Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge"), span the canyon. The term "nuevo" is a bit of a misnomer, as the building of this bridge commenced in 1751 and took until 1793 to complete. The Puente Nuevo is the tallest of the bridges, towering 120 metres (390 ft) above the canyon floor, and all three serve as some of the city's most impressive features.
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A menudo es bueno echar la vista atrás y recordar aquellos años en los que despertabamos al amor, quién no recuerda a ese su primer amor, a ese que le dejó tanta huella que ni el tiempo logró borrarla….Ya han pasado muchos años desde esos primeros amores de juventud, ...y en alguna ocasión, estoy convencida, hemos pensado en aquella persona que por entonces nos hizo vibrar por primera vez....y hemos pensado qué sería de ella, por donde andaría, si le habría ido bien en la vida......lo que nos gustaría volver a verle o verla.....sin nada más....
Esta imagen quiere servir de homenaje a todas aquellas personas que tocaron nuestro corazón en aquella juventud…y en su memoria ,en su recuerdo, va también esta preciosa canción del gigante Serrat que os invito a escuchar a todos....
Palabras de amor, sencillas y tiernas
Que echamos al vuelo por primera vez......
Apenas tuvimos tiempo de aprenderlas,
Recién despertábamos de la niñez....……………………………………………………………………..............................
Y Palabras de Amor que todos deberíamos saber decir en el momento oportuno.
Si se pudiesen cambiar bofetadas… por palabras de amor sencillas y tiernas el mundo iría mucho mejor…..
María
I apologize if i'm being redundant for some. but this morning on january 12 was a great exciting day, fog wise. :)
Every time i go there, there's always something happening. a large atmospheric detail, or a tiny detail. general mood is different too, tones. everything.
With an effective 640mm i can now reach details on the other side of the lake, probably one or two kilometers away. maybe more? i admit having troubles evaluating the distances above Lake Sammamish.
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La Costa di Nebida, con il Pan di Zucchero sullo sfondo, fotografata dalla Laveria Lamarmora
Coast from Nebida to Masua with Pan di Zucchero taken fromLamarmora washery ruins
Dal sentiero panoramico è possibile raggiungere con una lunghissima scalinata i resti della "Laveria Lamarmora", costruita nel 1897 dalla “Società anonima di Nebida” e utilizzata fino alla metà degli anni '30. È un edificio costruito con pietra a vista che si sviluppa su alcuni volumi sovrapposti percorsi da grandi archi ed è completato da due alte ciminiere che la segnalano con evidenza, ai piedi della laveria sul mare sono visibili i forni di calcinazione.
La sua realizzazione a strapiombo sul mare fu necessaria per facilitare il trasporto dei minerali dai luoghi di estrazione alla penisola, ed avere a portata di mano la grande quantità d’acqua necessaria per quel tipo di lavorazione.
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Los pliegos de la licitación marcan tiempos distintos a los de la política.
Las primeras 5.000 lectoras de tarjetas estarán colocadas en no menos de 360 días hábiles. El proceso exige “pruebas piloto”, “un plan de proyecto definitivo” y otros pasos que retrasarán la implementación. Toda la red metropolitana se cubre con 17.000 máquinas.
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El Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico (SUBE) no podrá seguir los tiempos que le impusieron la política y la necesidad de los usuarios de conseguir monedas para viajar todos los días. Los pliegos de la licitación marcan otra realidad. En una primera entrega, 5.000 lectoras de tarjetas magnéticas estarán colocadas en no menos de 360 días hábiles, es decir, en 16 meses. Y las 10.000 licitadas en este primer proceso público recién marcarán boletos a fines de 2012. El total de máquinas necesario para cubrir las 340 líneas de colectivo y las 259 estaciones de tren de Capital y el primer cordón del conurbano bonaerense asciende a 17 mil.
El pliego de condiciones particulares de la Licitación Pública Nº 4 para la provisión y mantenimiento de lectoras de tarjetas magnéticas para colectivos, subte y trenes fue adjudicado el 14 de julio a la UTE conformada por Siemens, Metronex (Grupo Roggio) e Indra.
Cuatro días después el secretario de Transporte, Juan Pablo Schiavi, intentó calmar la ansiedad de los viajantes de abandonar el pago con moneda: “La tarjeta única para el pago de boletos funcionará en todos los ramales de trenes metropolitanos dentro de un mes o un mes y medio”. El cronograma de entrega le da prioridad a los colectivos y luego a los ferrocarriles.
Al volver a la provisión de máquinas para el transporte automotor, el Anexo IV del pliego de condiciones, Nación Servicios (la unidad de negocios del Banco encargada de administrar el sistema de transporte) marca los pasos a seguir. “El adjudicatario deberá efectuar las pruebas solicitadas en un lapso no mayor a los 10 (diez) días hábiles contados a partir de su notificación”. Las tres compañías proveedoras fueron informadas por la entidad estatal de la adjudicación a mediados de julio, por lo que estiman que completarán “el período de testeo” a fines de mes, según contaron a este diario.
Además, el documento oficial les exige que el 3 de agosto presenten un “plan de proyecto definitivo”, en el que deberán detallar las condiciones técnicas, estrategias de instalación y los servicios que brindarán, una vez que se les notifique la “orden de compra”. Es decir, que la UTE conformada por Siemens, Indra y Metronex pondrá en funcionamiento el “plan piloto” una vez que reciba el primer cheque de manos de Nación Servicios. Ese proceso podría demorar otros 15 días adicionales.
En una tercera instancia, el Gobierno tendrá que “aprobar el plan de proyecto definitivo”, dentro de los siguientes 30 días hábiles, y recién después las proveedoras estarán “habilitadas para la puesta en producción de 2.000 equipos para las líneas de colectivos involucradas” dentro de los siguientes 150 días corridos.
Una vez que se coloquen esas 2.000 lectoras, con sus respectivos “68 equipos móviles de descarga de transacciones” y “100 terminales de inspección”, las compañías tendrán permiso de colocar otras 2.000 lectoras durante los siguientes 180 días hábiles.
El cronograma de entregas de las 10 mil máquinas sigue. El proceso completo podría demorar más de tres años.
En concreto, una semana antes de las elecciones se repartieron 50 mil tarjetas SUBE. Se subieron al sistema Monedero ya instalado en el subte y las líneas de colectivo 101, 50, 5, 8, 61, 62 y el ferrocarril Urquiza.
De las cinco licitaciones, cuatro ya tienen ganador oficial
El Gobierno dio varias definiciones el viernes a la noche sobre las licitaciones pendientes en el SUBE. Según pudo saber Crítica de la Argentina, Nación Servicios calificó de “no elegibles” a Indra y a Unión Transitoria de Empresas (UTE) formada por la filial local de Tallion, la estadounidense HID y la coreana EB Corp. Esos grupos compitieron en el concurso Nº 5 con otra UTE formada por Metronex (grupo Roggio) y Siemens. Por descarte, fuentes del sector comentaron a este diario que la alianza entre la alemana y el grupo que opera el subte “se quedaron con el negocio del clearing”: la puesta en marcha del sistema de back office que administrará la recaudación diaria de cada medio de transporte. La cuarta licitación (concurso para la provisión y posterior instalación de lectoras magnéticas) fue adjudicada a la UTE Siemens, Metronex y la española Indra el 10 de julio.
El resultado de la segunda y tercera licitación pasó inadvertido. Ganaron Telecom y Global Crossing. Cada una se encargará de uno de los centros de cómputos que demandarán un total de 1,08 millón de dólares.
La filial latinoamericana de Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) se quedó con la tercera licitación. El concurso, del que también participaron Transtex y Gemalto, fue para elegir al proveedor de 50 mil dispositivos de carga y descarga de tarjetas. G&D, de capitales alemanes, fue adjudicataria de la primera licitación de provisión de tarjetas. Fabricará cinco millones de plásticos inteligentes a cambio de siete millones de dólares.
Arriba: Viajando en un articulado de la línea 132.
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Tsuen Wan Jockey Club Tak Wah Park was designed along the classical Chinese garden theme. The park, with an area of about 1.63 hectares, is located in Tsuen Wan town centre. Being a Chinese-style garden that is rarely found in Tsuen Wan, Tak Wah Park provides a fine place for relaxation in the bustling town area. Sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, construction works of the park were carried out in 2 phases. Phase I was completed in 1989, while Phase II was completed in 1995. Modelled on the setup of a classical Chinese garden, the park has rock mountains made from Taihu rock, thick foliage, ornamental lakes, ancient village houses, a "pai lau", stone bridge, a stone boat, a pavilion and a verandah. A "Chess Garden" was built in the park, where giant stone-carved pieces of Chinese chess are used to display the endgame for the deliberation of chess lovers. In addition, there are 2 theme gardens in the park, namely, "Camellia Garden" and "Herb Garden", where different species of Camellia and herb are grown. Tak Wah Gallery and Environmental Resources Centre are converted from ancient village houses on the site. They are managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Environmental Protection Department respectively.
View On Black (Best with 20" monitor or bigger) San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is a large botanical greenhouse in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, constructed in 1878. It houses an important collection of exotic plants. It is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park and the oldest municipal wooden conservatory remaining in the United States. It is also one of the first municipal conservatories constructed in the country. For these distinctions and for its associated historical, architectural, and engineering merits, the Conservatory of Flowers is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Here is another photo of the Conservatory: www.flickr.com/photos/michelk/2579638366/ For more info, visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatory_of_Flowers
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View from the top of 'Levant Terril' at Mons in Belgium.
A 'terril' is a hill made from mining waste. There are still a lot of them in the old mining regions like Mons, now being appreciated as green areas.
I've used a ND1000 filter in order to have an 'evening effect' even if the sun was high in the sky.
This is NOT a tone-mapped HDR but a digital blending of 3 exposures. The main exposure was of 30 sec.
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El Real Monasterio de Santa María de Poblet es el prototipo de abadía cisterciense española y panteón real de los reyes de la Corona de Aragón, desde Alfonso II.
Localizado en la comarca de la Conca de Barberà, en la localidad de Vimbodí, en Tarragona, el primer cenobio fue impulsado y patrocinado por el conde Ramón Berenguer IV, quien lo entregó a los monjes bernardos de la abadía de Fontfroide en el año 1149 (siglo XII).
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.
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.
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.
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View of the amazing cliffs in Portugal - here I was standing on the edge of the rocks with a fisherman holding me while I took the shots (not very safe place to go) ...the power of the Atlantic is quite wild, this luckily for me was a quiet day.
Enjoy the view and the weekend.
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"Gloomy Sunday" (from Hungarian "Szomorú vasárnap", IPA: ['somoruː 'vɒʃarnɒp]) is a song written by László Jávor and set to music in 1933 by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress, in which the singer mourns the untimely death of a lover and contemplates suicide. Gloomy Sunday had been announced as to be the most famous song for people to commit suicide.
Though recorded and performed by many singers, "Gloomy Sunday" is closely associated with Billie Holiday, who scored a hit version of the song in 1941. Due to unsubstantiated urban legends about its inspiring hundreds of suicides, "Gloomy Sunday" was dubbed the "Hungarian suicide song" in the U.S.. Seress did commit suicide in 1968, but most other rumors of the song being banned from radio, or sparking suicides, are unsubstantiated, and were partly propagated as a deliberate marketing campaign.
Sunday is Gloomy,
My hours are slumberless,
Dearest, the shadows I live
with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of
sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of
ever returning you
Would they be angry if I
thought of joining you
Gloomy Sunday
Sunday is gloomy
with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be flowers and
prayers that are sad,
I know, let them not weep,
Let them know that I'm glad to go
Death is no dream,
For in death I'm caressing you
With the last breath of my soul
I'll be blessing you
Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you
Asleep in the deep of
My heart
Dear
Darling I hope that my
dream never haunted you
My heart is telling you how
much I wanted you
Gloomy Sunday
Las casas están construídas con gran armonía entre la montaña y como es natural son calles estrechas y enpinadas. El término se extiende por el altiplano de Collsacabra, las sierras de Tavertet y los riscos de Aiats y Falgars. Si bien en la economía tradicional es la agricultura de secano (cereales, legumbres, forrajes, patatas y maíz) y la ganadería eran las principales actividades, en la actualidad, el turismo constituye la mayor fuente de ingresos. El desarrollo del fenómeno turístico ha conllevado la aparición de numerosos establecimientos comerciales y restaurantes que ofrecen al turista de verano o de fin de semana todos los servicios necesarios, como el Hostal Estrella que se encuentra en el centro de Rupit.
Una carretera local comunica el término con la C-153. En el núcleo urbano pueden admirarse edificios de los siglos XVI y XVII, de piedra, con ventanales de tipo gótico o gótico tardío y portales dovelados con antiguas inscripciones, la calle del Fossar es la más típica. El castillo de Rupit se alza sobre un espolón rocoso. La iglesia de Sant Miquel de Rupit, es de estilo barroconeoclásico. Palacio de la notaría de los Soler, con jardín colgante. Capilla de Santa Magdalena, del siglo XVII. La iglesia románica de Sant Joan de Fábregues, a 4 kilómetros de la población. Las masías son de notable interés (la Sala, el Colell, Mas Corriol). Pruit, cuenta con la iglesia románica de Sant Andreu (de los siglos XII - XIII). Iglesia románica de Sant Lloreno; Dosmunts, cerca del gran Mas de les Viles. Masías del Bac de Collsacabra, la Cassassa de Pruit y Comajoan
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La backWaters sono costituite da 900 Km di lagune interne e canali che dalla costa penetrano verso l'interno, navigabili a bordo di imbarcazioni un tempo adibite al trasporto di riso e oggi trasformate in case galleggianti (house boats) per i turisti, dotate di ogni comfort.
Collegano via acqua diversi villaggi e città da cui partono le crociere verso le zone turistiche di Kollam e Kottapuram,
La Back waters hanno un ecosistema unico, poichè l'acqua dolce dei fiumi si mescola con l'acqua salata del Mare Arabico.
The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
(From Wikipedia)
Explored June 12, 2010 - Thank you all so much!
An experiment in composition/framing .... originally shot for the macro mondays theme of '6' but I decided not to issue it then and plumped for the more conventional 6 marbles (b&w).
Part of my Marbles (Set)
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Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
...
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Malgré un emploi du temps surchargé, Thierry, Ken, Yoann et moi avons tenté notre chance pour un lever de soleil sur la plage de Montravel. C'était la première fois qu'on y allait de nuit et j'ai trouvé l'endroit plutôt joli même si c'était plutôt difficile de marcher à travers les rochers dans l'obscurité. Plage de Montravel (Rémire-Montjoly), Guyane française.
P.-S. : Je suis actuellement très occupé par divers projets professionnels, ce qui me donne pratiquement pas de temps pour flickr. Désolé, mais je rattraperai le temps perdu bientôt :). J'en profite pour vous souhaitez de passer de bonnes fêtes et une merveilleuse année 2009.
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Despite an overloaded schedule, Thierry, Ken, Yoann and I, took our chance on a sunrise at the Montravel beach. This was the first time at night and the place was rather beautiful even if it was difficult to walk on the dark between the stones. Montravel's beach (Rémire-Montjoly, French Guiana).
P.-S.: I am currently very busy with various work projects, which gives me virtually no time for flickr. Sorry for this, but I'll catch-up soon :). I take this opportunity to wish you good holidays and a wonderful 2009.
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Listen Come Tomorrow - BARBRA STREISAND CON BARRY GIBB
BARBRA
Are you ready for the day
That we've prayed for
Already holding what is real
You know the soul finds its own evolution
And this is the only love I feel
Can I tell ya
I'm keeping up the strength
I've gotta try
'Cause you ain't getting past this heart of mine
I'm out here waiting for you
With all I've got to give
And I accept this life we live
BOTH
I'll be your lover
And I'll be your friend
I'm gonna follow you
Right to the end
BARBRA
I wasn't made to tell you lies
I only came to make you realize
BOTH
I'll be your hero
And I'll be your plan
You pick me up
And let me down
BARBRA
Don't make me stumble, don't make me wait
'Cause come tomorrow will be to late
BOTH
Come tomorrow
Come tomorrow
BARRY
I got to turn away my face
'Cause you blind me with your light
Can you catch up to me
You know I love you in the black of night
This sacred bridge you walk
This journey has begun
We try, we try to carry on
Are you listening
You get to find the things in life
That get you through
BARBRA
One more day...
BARRY
And deep inside the things you want love never knew
BARBRA
One less chance...
BARRY
Let me make it happen
This world we have foreseen
BARBRA
Hmmm...
BARRY
And I will tell you how I feel
BOTH
Love will be better for wearing your ring
I'm gonna give you everything
BARRY
I wasn't made to tell you lies
I only came to make you realize
BOTH
I'll be your hero
And I'll be your plan
You pick me up
You let me down
BARRY
Don't make me stumble, don't make me wait
BOTH
'Cause come tomorrow will be to late
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Oh! Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Come tomorrow...
Las casas están construídas con gran armonía entre la montaña y como es natural son calles estrechas y enpinadas. El término se extiende por el altiplano de Collsacabra, las sierras de Tavertet y los riscos de Aiats y Falgars. Si bien en la economía tradicional es la agricultura de secano (cereales, legumbres, forrajes, patatas y maíz) y la ganadería eran las principales actividades, en la actualidad, el turismo constituye la mayor fuente de ingresos. El desarrollo del fenómeno turístico ha conllevado la aparición de numerosos establecimientos comerciales y restaurantes que ofrecen al turista de verano o de fin de semana todos los servicios necesarios, como el Hostal Estrella que se encuentra en el centro de Rupit.
Una carretera local comunica el término con la C-153. En el núcleo urbano pueden admirarse edificios de los siglos XVI y XVII, de piedra, con ventanales de tipo gótico o gótico tardío y portales dovelados con antiguas inscripciones, la calle del Fossar es la más típica. El castillo de Rupit se alza sobre un espolón rocoso. La iglesia de Sant Miquel de Rupit, es de estilo barroconeoclásico. Palacio de la notaría de los Soler, con jardín colgante. Capilla de Santa Magdalena, del siglo XVII. La iglesia románica de Sant Joan de Fábregues, a 4 kilómetros de la población. Las masías son de notable interés (la Sala, el Colell, Mas Corriol). Pruit, cuenta con la iglesia románica de Sant Andreu (de los siglos XII - XIII). Iglesia románica de Sant Lloreno; Dosmunts, cerca del gran Mas de les Viles. Masías del Bac de Collsacabra, la Cassassa de Pruit y Comajoan.
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Amapola - Juan Luis Guerra
The Monastery of Sant Benet de Bagés is a former Benedictine monastery, in the Catalan comarca of Bages. The Romanesque monastery was thoroughly restored at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
The monastery was founded about 950 by the noble Salla and his consort Ricarda, of the house of the viscounts of Osona . According to the founding legend, Salla traveled to Rome to have his institution authorized, and to have it depend directly on the Holy See, the usual method for preserving the community from interference from the bishop of Vic, in whose diocese it lay. The abbey church was consecrated 3 December 972, witnessed by a gathering of notables: Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, the bishops Frugifer of Vic, Guisad of Urgell and Pere of Barcelona, the viscount Guadald of Osona, and three of the four offspring of the recently deceased founder, his son Isarn and the sisters Quíxol and Ego, at the head of witnesses both laymen and priests, in a grand ceremonial recorded in the surviving act of consecration.
The community was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to Benedict of Nursia (Sant Benét in Catalan) founder of the order, and Peter and Andrew, all guarantors of its future orthodoxy. The founder secured dispensations that the future abbots would be chosen from among their descendents, making the abbey a form of proprietary church, an agreement that would soon lead to disputes among the various branches of their lineage as to choice of abbots.
From 965, the abbey church held the supposed relics of Saint Valentine, enclosed in a wooden reliquary with plates of silver depicting miraclesa of Saint Valentine, rediscovered in 1863 in the church of Navarcles.At the beginning of the eleventh century the monastery passed under the direction of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Tomeras at Narbonne, from which the community freed itself in 1108. In 1125 Sant Benet de Bagés suffered from an attack by Moors that required a rebuilding, financed by local nobles who required in return the right to be buried in its consecrated ground.
The most splendid age of Sant Benet de Bagés was in the fourteenth century. The Black Death left the community with only two survivors, in a period that witnessed the beginning of its decline. On 9 November 1593, by order of Pope Clement VIII the community passed under the direction of the Abbey of Montserrat, and remained so until it was suppressed in 1820, serving as a place of retirement for Montserrat's community of monks. By the "law of desamortización" of 1835, all religious orders in Spain were required to render upo their possessions.The crumbling ancient structure attracted the interest of intellectuals who organised visits to it in the late nineteenth century. The architect Puig i Cadafalch and the painter Ramon Casas encouraged the mother of Casas to buy the property in 1907; in 1910 it passed into the hands of Casas, who commissioned Puig i Cadafalch to restore it. Since 2000, when it was purchased from Casas' heirs it has belonged to the Caixa de Manresa, a financial institution that has undertaken its maintenance.
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Milton River Walk, Brisbane 2017
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I have collected many shots of the demolished floating riverside Drift Restaurant, removed late in 2022 after the earlier Brisbane River flood of February. The building had been derelict and vandalised since the significant flood destruction of January 2011.
Over the years, all cladding, windows and walls had been damaged or removed, and only the structural frame remained, topped with its iconic twin peak tensile sail roofline.
Following the 2022 February riverine flood, the remaining structure rode the floodwater peak, allowed by its footing design to rise with the waters and avoid going under again.
The success was short-lived, and the structural shell pivoted and crash-landed into the riverwalk. Its rusted steel platform's acute angle rose above the river like a broken ship’s hull awaiting its fate.
Nearby cranes, erected on barges on the river, were prepared to remedy the chaos. The future was determined. The hull platform, remaining structure and roofline were cut apart and transported back down the river.
My long-term project, looking at the years-long deterioration of this once vibrant river restaurant, has come to a close.
Excerpt from bangkokforvisitors.com/ratanakosin/grand-palace/palace-bu...:
The modern central court is dominated by the curious Chakri Maha Prasat hall. The hall was built by King Rama V and completed in 1882. Its unusual design is due to some controversy during its construction. The original architect was a Briton working in Singapore named John Clunich. Rama V wanted an entirely western look to his new home, but others in the court argued that the king's residence and throne hall should reflect Siamese motifs. Thus the domed roof was replaced by a Thai styled roof. It should be no surprise that the Thai nickname for the building is the 'westerner with a Thai hat'.
The Chakri Maha Prasat is located on what used to be a garden, and was later the house of King Rama V's mother in which the future king was born and raised. The base of the building houses the royal guards and a collection of ancient weapons is displayed in the arcades along the building's front. This display is open to the public on weekdays only. On Saturday and Sunday, you can see some of the exhibits through the bars, but there's no entry to see things close up.
VIP Visitors enter the building by the grand staircases which flank the central hall and lead up to a large porch. Above the wrought iron and frosted glass doors is the emblem of the Chakri dynasty, a three-bladed sword with the handle passing through the center hole of a discuss (chak) with a sharpened edge. Just inside is the Front Audience Hall, which leads to the Central Throne Hall, containing a small niello throne.
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Alexander Beets on the Saxophone. View On Black
Goa is more acclaimed for its flamboyant music and dance and the spirit of happiness then for anything else.
You have all kinds of music permeating the state of Goa from its local Konkani to the international trends of trance and oft times,lamentably, the Britney Spears variety of popular music performed by some Goan bands. Jazz as is usual does not have a vast popular audience but there are some earnest believers in that genre of music.
Jazz in Goa is in a state of creative ferment with the efforts of the Amando Gonsalves and his merry band of jazz organisers
You can read more on them at the Heritage Jazz www.heritagejazz.com/
Artists from around the world arrive and play in and around the heritage area of Campal in Panjim right next door to the heritage Gonsalves Mansion.
Saskia Laroo was performing in Goa on the night of 7th December 2008, soon after the Bombay terrorist carnage on 26the November. She is magic on the trumpet and as I said earlier, a consummate artist.
The line up on that night was the following -
2. Warren Byrd on keyboard and vocals
3. Andy Valkenburg (bass)...(( I better do his shots fast..)
4. Ms. Dorota Piotrowska (Drum)
5. Mr. Alexander Beets (Saxophonist
Some of the shots of that night, in no strict order are here.
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INCRIDIBLE STOP MOTION ! ! !
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Away from the lights of big cities, on top of a mountain over 3,700 meters: this is how the Milky Way appears in the night sky. The Norwegian photographer Tisso spent a week in high mountain El Teide in the Canary Islands, Spanish territory in the Atlantic Ocean. To make the videos, he spent hours taking one photo per minute from the same point in the sky. As the earth rotates, each photo captures a slightly different position of the stars. When you put all images in sequence, Tisso creates a movie from the sky.
He says that the series of photos to create these videos lasted up to six hours, and the result are films of a few seconds, but of indescribable beauty. During the day, he used to do Tisso sequences of the landscapes of the island. He says he spent the whole time on the mountain, almost without sleep to make the maximum possible sequences. Tisso concludes: "Despite all the work, is a wonderful way to enjoy the outdoor life. "
this photograph was taken by my 6 year old daughter, with Canon 5D Mark II and Canon EF 50mm F1.2 IS USM L Lens. Hanheld. can you believe it?
my flickr buddy mahnaz ahmed tagged me. it made me reflect on what things are close to my heart. here are some of what i consider important. it was hard to restrict it to 10 things, as i definitely wanted to share a few more. but here is 10 to start with.
since someone told me i don't need to restrict to 10, i added a couple more.
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i am a human being essentially, whose heart feels like an artist, whose mind thinks like a scientist. often, they go together, hand in hand, which i love very much. it helps me in my work greatly.
my first romance was in university, which turned out to be "one way" only. a very beautiful woman, with gorgeous dimples. i loved her. she did not. bless her lovely heart. but it was through this failure that i met my wife with whom i live since 1997. together we have a six year old girl, who features often on my photostream.
i am a people person. i have come to a state where i don't judge people, and don't let people judge me. this makes me very approachable to almost anyone in this world, which helps me a lot when i shoot people as my photography subjects. but i do stay away from those with inhumane behavior.
i am an absolute nature lover. i don't like to just see nature. i love to be part of it. i hug trees. i lie on the beaches. i climb mountains. i walk the deserts. love animals of every kind, even if some of them scare me. gratefully, i am an travel-aholic who loves to be on planes, trains, automobiles, and anything else that will take me places. known and unknown. i believe that the joy is definitely in the journey.
i am very open and challenge convention in many ways, as i believe that we live by choice, and not by chance. i believe in individual empowerment, and taking of responsibility for our actions. this gets me in trouble often. but i don't care.
i love photography. it is my third space, my creative retreat. i have been fascinated by light since i can remember, and photography is realizing that dream. i love to collect cameras and lenses, and have a good collection of old and new gear. some of my best photos have been with old lenses on modern digital cameras. i am one of those strange photographers who moved backwards - from digital to film media.
i love writing. i write prose and poetry, though poetry is my favorite. i write in english and sanskrit. though sanskrit is more emotive to me, i write mostly in english now. most of my poetry work remains locked in a few lovely notebooks, only to be shared with some of my very intimate friends who i connect with deeply. in connection to writing, i love to collect notebooks from around the world, as well as fountain pens. yes i am a fountain pen connoisseur. montblanc and faber castell are my favorite, though one day i do dream of owning a namiki. i use only montblanc or caran d'ache inks for these pens. when this passion gets translated into my computer, the form changes to fonts. i collect fonts for my computer.
i love reading. on last count, i think i subscribe to about 50 plus magazines on all topics. general interest, photography, business, healing, medicine, nature, travel, high technology, science, wildlife, etc. very few subjects bores me. i have a huge collection of books that either i have acquired myself, or have been gifted by my family and friends. the god father is my all time favorite.
i love cooking, and am very good at it. only queer thing about this is, i don't like anyone else in the kitchen, when i am cooking. today, i have not much time to cook, as i am consumed by work and responsibilities.
i was part of my university theatre group. we used to put up a lot of comedy plays, especially through mime. i joined this to come out of my shyness. yes, believe it or not, i was bloody shy as a child.
i love colors. which shows through much of my life. be it photographs or my wardrobe, i just love the colors of life.
i am a firm believer of the statement "once you go mac, you never go back." yes, i am a macaholic too. have been using them since 1999, and have never switched. in fact, i have helped many switch to macs over the last decade. definitely over a 100 people have switched because of me.
on a more boring note, i am in the last stages of completing my PHD. duh!!! how boring
ps: and yes...i do want world peace. now, do i get the ms. universe title ;-)