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Realized I hadn't taken a picture on Sunday! (A very successful stag do made sure of that)
Come back to work and have a Monday from hell... Just putting me in the mood for a bit of blood...
Lighting Diagram Here
See the Contact Sheet Here
The Strobist info:
- Canon 430 exII - 1/16 - Red Gel - Shoot through umbrella - Camera left.
- Nikon SB-900 - 1/8 - half cut CTO - flagged to keep it from spilling onto the wall - Camera right
Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre
La zona de la desembocadura de l'Ebre engloba tres espais naturals protegits de gran importància: el Garxal, l'Illa de Sant Antoni i l'Illa de Buda. Les dues illes tenen el pas restringit i si hom vol visitar-les ha de demanar una autorització al Parc Natural. La platja del Garxal, en canvi, és un espai accessible tant a peu com en bicicleta. Al llarg dels recorreguts, hom pot aturar-se a llegir els pannells explicatius que s'hi han habillitat i també als miradors d'aus que permeten observar els ocells que hi viuen. A prop del Garxal es troba el Muntell Gros o De Les Verges, una duna fluvial de 4 metres d'alçada des d'on es divisa l'Illa de Buda i la llacuna que hi ha a l'interior.
123/365 - Outside - Staind
Wednesday evening we have the French TV show "La Nouvelle Star" like Britain's got talent or American Idol so I planned to go watching it with Julien at his place right after getting out of the shop at 8P.M.
I just made a stop at the supermarket to get some pizzas and arrived at my friend's place first. So I snapped some pictures of him in front of the sun before everyone arrived.
I know I've used this a bit too often right now but I knew I wouldn't had time to shot something else this evening.
That was pretty cool to see some friends and spend the night laughing.
I didn't get home too late (early this morning) cause we planned to go surfing this Thursday morning with Mathieu and Julien cause I'm on day off like Mat !
Sounds good ! First real session of the season !
Link to Outside - Staind beautiful music.
Canon EOS 7D - Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Sébastien Huruguen
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Well I have been late posting up my pictures. I went to Alabama now Im in Florida, I got my car back, but my break lights don't work, I am running around looking for a break switch, and all at the same time it feels like the world is closing in on me. I spoke to my friend Eulice today and she shared what was going on in her life.. I have to admit life was never meant to be easy. Her challenges and struggles are nothing compared to mine, When she told me what she is going through, I quickly snapped out of it and realized that I'm not struggling that bad. It's because of friends and people like her that allow me to grow and become stronger not only with faith but with life in general.
I have seen plenty of shower shots, but I had to take this today. Everytime I take a shower, Its a new refreshing, I like to sing in the shower and ponder on what is to come in life...this shot is me pondering...on the How's and When's in life...but Thank God...for another day...
Strobist: sb28 behind me at 1/16 and vivitar 285hv on side of my face at 1/16 both flashes bare
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I saw this beautiful stand of wildflowers, which I later learned are called Scarlet Buglers, while we were training our dogs and I decided to go back later on to try to capture them. While I was shooting, a couple of Hummingbirds showed up, followed by dozens, to chase each other all over the sky at break-neck speeds and amazingly abrupt changes of direction, and to feed on the wildflowers. I was naturally excited, but I didn't have my long lens with me, and every time that I tried to move in close enough, they would fly away.
Finally, I decided to sit on the ground and wait for them to come back, which they did, eventually, but they were still too far away, except for the one that was hovering about two feet behind my head, where it would have been an impossible catch, since it was too close and because I'm sure it would have flown off, even it I was able to twist around enough to see it, which I wasn't.
I went ahead and shot them, even though they were too far away and the light wasn't right, because I figured that I might be able to zoom in close enough in post-processing to make acceptable shots and since it was easy enough to delete them, if I couldn't. They didn't come out that great, but at least I'll have them to remind me of the fun I had, sitting on the ground, with the aerial show and interesting feeding going on.
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Registration Number: Belgian Registered
Chassis Number: 9306700153
Introduced in 1976 for competition in Group 4 GT, the Porsche 934 and its subsequent derivative the Porsche 935 represent the most successful and important of all sports-racing and GT cars produced during the exciting times of the mid to late 1970s. It was these fantastically advanced, yet typically reliable machines which took the motorsport reputation of Porsche, already at a very high level, to one of total world dominance. A position in sports car racing they are yet to relinquish.
One of only 31 built, this genuine matching 934 RSR Turbo is indeed an extremely rare specimen. Chassis 9306700153 is listed and described in Jürgen Barth's and Bernd Dobronz's book “Porsche - 934/935” on pages 61, 285 and 286 as being the 17th car built.
Its first owner; Jean Blaton bought this 934 from the Porsche works just prior to the Le Mans 24h race in 1976 and resprayed it from its original yellow livery (in which the car presents itself today) to white.
Starting at Le Mans in 1976 with the drivers Nick Faure and John Goss, the car did not finish the race due to problems with the turbocharger. Subsequently Blaton sold the car to well known NSU and Porsche tuner Jean-Pierre Gaban and on 23rd May 1978, Willy Braillard won the Grand Prix of Zolder against John Lagodny and Claude Bourgoignie, both competing in 935 Porsches.
J.P. Gaban kept the car until 1982 and Braillard twice scored 2nd places on 4th September 1977 as well as on 24th September 1977 in Zolder. Braillard was also successful in winning on 7th June 1978 on the 600kms of Spa. The car was then sold to the Vermeulen brothers who in turn sold it to long term owner Walter Pauwels, from him it came to its current owner who restored the car and rebuilt it back to its livery in yellow as delivered by the works back in 1976.
Today the car presents itself in superb condition and its engine and turbo charger was recently on a dyno, reading over 400hp at a boost pressure of only 0.8 Bar (over 500hp at 1.3 Bar). This is indeed one of the ultra rare (1 of 31 built) Porsche 934 RSR Turbos with documented period race history, FIA papers and race ready.
This represents a marvellous opportunity for a Porsche collector to purchase one of the most significant survivors from this important period or for a historic racer to return this car to the tracks. In this vein this is a car that is ideal for historic racing, both here on the continent and in the USA. In these events, it would surely dominate as it did so gloriously during the late 1970's.
am-uh-RANTH-us -- everlasting flower ... Dave's Botanary
kroo-EN-tus -- bloody, gory colors ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: African-spinach, blood amaranth, bush greens, caterpillar amaranth, Mexican grain amaranth, purple amaranth, red amaranth • Bengali: লাল নটে শাক lal note sak • Gujarati: રાજગરો rajgaro • Hindi: चौलाई chaulai, लाल साग lal sag, रामदाना ramdana • Kannada: ರಾಜಗಿರಿ rajgiri • Kashmiri: बुस्तान अफ्रोज़ بستان افروز bustan afroz, मवल् mawal • Konkani: राजगिरो rajgiro • Marathi: राजगिरा rajgira, श्रावणी माठ shravani maath • Nepali: लट्टे दाना latte daanaa, लट्टे घाँस latte ghaas • Punjabi: ਤਜ ਖੁਰੁਸ taj khurus • Sanskrit: राजगिरि rajagiri, राजशाकिणी rajashakini • Santali: ᱞᱟᱹᱨᱠᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ larka baha • Tamil: பூங்கீரை pu-n-kirai • Urdu: گل کيش gul-kesh, لال ساگ lal sag
botanical names: Amaranthus cruentus L. ... homotypic synonyms: Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell. • Amaranthus paniculatus var. cruentus (L.) Moq. ... heterotypic synonyms: Amaranthus paniculatus L. • Amaranthus sanguineus L. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 07 Novembder 2025
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Karnataka, Lakshadweep islands, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; introduced, cultivated both in hills as well as plains; exact state-wise statistics not known, escapes to limited extent
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
Het Bardo museum was vroeger een Moors paleis dat dienst deed als residentie voor de Tunesische beys. Het museum is huidig de bewaarplaats van de Tunesische archeologische schatten. De Romeinse mozaïeken van het museum zijn de belangrijkste in de wereld.
De eerste vorm van mozaïek, of mooi betegelde vloer, komt van de Feniciërs. Bij opgravingen in Carthago en Kerkouane werden vloeren met eenvoudige patronen, in wit mozaïek of uit fijngemalen terracotta met stukjes gekleurd marmer en glas, blootgelegd. De figuratieve mozaïeks uit het Bardo museum dateren van de 2de eeuw na C. en later en zijn gemaakt door Griekse handwerklieden. Ze versierden vaak openbare gebouwen, amfitheaters en badhuizen met mythologische thema's. Vanaf de 3de eeuw na C. werden ook de vloeren van particuliere huizen bekleed met taferelen uit de jacht, het toneel, de landbouw en de zee. Later ook met Christelijke taferelen. De mozaïekkunst kende nog een laatste heropleving in de 6de eeuw na C. door de Byzantijnen.
The Bardo National Museum (Le Musee National du Bardo) is a marvelous museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The museum has the world's largest collection of Roman mosaics, and is ranked alongside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo as the best museum in north Africa.
The idea to place a museum inside the 14th century Hafside Little Palace was taken in 1882, and six years later the museum opened its doors to the public. It tours Tunisian history, paying particular attention to the Punic, Roman, Christian and Arab periods.
The museum does not only focus on those eras, though. There is a substantial prehistoric collection, showing the area as it was before Roman and Punic intervention. However it is the Roman mosaics, most of which date back to between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC, which are the museum's most awe-inspiring sights. Particular points of interest are The Triumph of Neptune, Virgil and the floor mosaics of the Sousse room. The labyrinthine hallways and rooms of the museum ensure its visitors will become lost in all of the precious artifacts, which also include a renowned mausoleum room.
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BRABO
Type: Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
Flag: Belgium
Port of registry: Antwerp
Owner: DEME, Zwijndrecht, Belgium
Manager: Dredging International NV, Zwijndrecht, Belgium
Year built: 2007
Built by: IHC Merwede BV Dredgers, Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Length: 122.90 m
Beam: 28.00 m
Draft: 9.10 m max.
Gross tonnage: 11.136 tons
Loading capacity: 18.565 tons
Hopper capacity: 11.650 m3 max.
Dredging depth: 28.00 / 43.00 m with extension
Suction pipe: 1200 mm
Discharge pipe: 1000 mm
Total installed power: 12.197 kW
Speed: 15.90 knots loaded
Call Sign: ORON
MMSI: 205501000
IMO: 9382372
TAUCHER O.WULF 5
Type: Tug
Flag: Germany
Port of Registry: Rostock
Owner: Otto Wulf GmbH & Co. KG,Cuxhaven
Length: 29,60 m
Beam: 8,40 m
Draft: 3,90 m
Tonnage:154 Grt
Main Engine: Deutz SBV 8 M 545 - 2.000 ihp
Bunker: 57.700 litre
Bollard pull: 25 tons
Auxiliaries: 2 diesel generator sets 55 kW,47,0 kVA, 440/220 V
1 converter 25 kVA, 380/220 V
1 diesel pump for fifi set 146 kW,
1 dieselgenerator 24 V
Equipment: Radar, echosounder, gps-navigator with trackplotter, 2 vhf units, autopilot, 2 searchlights, electronic charts
Fire-/salvage - equipment:
Two portable salvage pumps one welding set, one water/foam monitor, 4.000 litre per minute
1 MOB boat, 10 hp
Accommodation: 5 crew + 3 reserve
Towing gear: 1 towing winch, 15 tons pull, 50 tons hold, two drums, one with 400 m, 34 mm, towing wire, one drum with 100 m, 28 mm wire, several spare wires
Call sign:DGDA
IMO: 6907169
The 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display delivers an amazing 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution. Designed specifically for the creative professional, this display provides more space for easier access to all the tools and palettes needed to edit, format and composite your work. Combine this display with a Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, or PowerMac G5 and there's no limit to what you can achieve.
The Cinema HD features an active-matrix liquid crystal display that produces flicker-free images that deliver twice the brightness, twice the sharpness and twice the contrast ratio of a typical CRT display. Unlike other flat panels, it's designed with a pure digital interface to deliver distortion-free images that never need adjusting. With over 4 million digital pixels, the display is uniquely suited for scientific and technical applications such as visualizing molecular structures or analyzing geological data.
Offering accurate, brilliant color performance, the Cinema HD delivers up to 16.7 million colors across a wide gamut allowing you to see subtle nuances between colors from soft pastels to rich jewel tones. A wide viewing angle ensures uniform color from edge to edge. Apple's ColorSync technology allows you to create custom profiles to maintain consistent color onscreen and in print. The result: You can confidently use this display in all your color-critical applications.
Housed in a new aluminum design, the display has a very thin bezel that enhances visual accuracy. Each display features two FireWire 400 ports and two USB 2.0 ports, making attachment of desktop peripherals, such as iSight, iPod, digital and still cameras, hard drives, printers and scanners, even more accessible and convenient. Taking advantage of the much thinner and lighter footprint of an LCD, the new displays support the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) mounting interface standard. Customers with the optional Cinema Display VESA Mount Adapter kit gain the flexibility to mount their display in locations most appropriate for their work environment.
The Cinema HD features a single cable design with elegant breakout for the USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and a pure digital connection using the industry standard Digital Video Interface (DVI) interface. The DVI connection allows for a direct pure-digital connection.
Features:
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30-inch (viewable) active-matrix liquid crystal display provides breathtaking image quality and vivid, richly saturated color.
Support for 2560-by-1600 pixel resolution for display of high definition still and video imagery.
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Industry standard DVI connector for direct attachment to Mac- and Windows-based desktops and notebooks
Incredibly wide (170 degree) horizontal and vertical viewing angle for maximum visibility and color performance.
Lightning-fast pixel response for full-motion digital video playback.
Support for 16.7 million saturated colors, for use in all graphics-intensive applications.
Simple setup and operation
Single cable with elegant breakout for connection to DVI, USB and FireWire ports
Built-in two-port USB 2.0 hub for easy connection of desktop peripheral devices.
Two FireWire 400 ports to support iSight and other desktop peripherals
Sleek, elegant design
Huge virtual workspace, very small footprint.
Narrow Bezel design to minimize visual impact of using dual displays
Unique hinge design for effortless adjustment
Support for VESA mounting solutions (Apple Cinema Display VESA Mount Adapter sold separately)
Technical specifications
Screen size (diagonal viewable image size)
Apple Cinema HD Display: 30 inches (29.7-inch viewable)
Screen type
Thin film transistor (TFT) active-matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD)
Resolutions
2560 x 1600 pixels (optimum resolution)
2048 x 1280
1920 x 1200
1280 x 800
1024 x 640
Display colors (maximum)
16.7 million
Viewing angle (typical)
170° horizontal; 170° vertical
Brightness (typical)
30-inch Cinema HD Display: 400 cd/m2
Contrast ratio (typical)
700:1
Response time (typical)
16 ms
Pixel pitch
30-inch Cinema HD Display: 0.250 mm
Screen treatment
Antiglare hardcoat
User controls (hardware and software)
Display Power,
System sleep, wake
Brightness
Monitor tilt
Connectors and cables
Cable
DVI (Digital Visual Interface)
FireWire 400
USB 2.0
DC power (24 V)
Connectors
Two-port, self-powered USB 2.0 hub
Two FireWire 400 ports
Kensington security port
VESA mount adapter
Requires optional Cinema Display VESA Mount Adapter (M9649G/A)
Compatible with VESA FDMI (MIS-D, 100, C) compliant mounting solutions
Electrical requirements
Input voltage: 100-240 VAC 50-60Hz
Maximum power when operating: 150W
Energy saver mode: 3W or less
Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)
Operating humidity: 20% to 80% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet
Agency approvals
FCC Part 15 Class B
EN55022 Class B
EN55024
VCCI Class B
AS/NZS 3548 Class B
CNS 13438 Class B
ICES-003 Class B
ISO 13406 part 2
MPR II
IEC 60950
UL 60950
CSA 60950
EN60950
ENERGY STAR
TCO '03
Size and weight
30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display
Height: 21.3 inches (54.3 cm)
Width: 27.2 inches (68.8 cm)
Depth: 8.46 inches (21.5 cm)
Weight: 27.5 pounds (12.5 kg)
System Requirements
Mac Pro, all graphic options
MacBook Pro
Power Mac G5 (PCI-X) with ATI Radeon 9650 or better or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL or better
Power Mac G5 (PCI Express), all graphics options
PowerBook G4 with dual-link DVI support
Windows PC and graphics card that supports DVI ports with dual-link digital bandwidth and VESA DDC standard for plug-and-play setup
byoo-kah-NAN-ee-uh -- named for Francis Buchanan, Supt. of Botanical Gardens, Calcutta ... Dave's Botanary
LAN-zan -- from Burmese name of this plant, launzan ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: almondette, Calumpong nut, cheronjee, chironji tree, Cuddapah almond, Hamilton mombin • Arabic: حب السمنه habulsamnah • Assamese: পিয়াল piyal • Bengali: চার char, চিরৌঞ্জী chironji, পিয়াল piyal • Gujarati: ચારોળી charoli • Hindi: चार char, चिरोंजी chironji, धनुष् dhanush, मल्लतरु mallataru, नखमुच nakhamucha, निंबबीज nimbabija, पियाल piyal, पियार piyar, प्रसवक pra-savak, प्रियाल priyal, राजवल्लभ rajavallabha • Kannada: ಚಾರ char, ಚಾರೋಳೆ charole, ಧನುಃಪಟ dhanuh-pata, ಕೊಳೆಗೇರು kole geru, ಕೊಳೆಮಾವು kole maavu, ಮರ್ಕಲಿ markali, ಮೊಱಲೆ morale, ಮೊಱಪ್ಪಿ morappi, ಮೊಱಟೆ morate, ಮೊಱವೆ morave, ನುರ್ಕಲ ಮರ nurakala mara, ಪಿಯಾಲ piyala, ಪ್ರಿಯಾಲ priyala, ರಾಜಾದನ rajadana, ಸನ್ನಕದ್ರು sannakadru • Kol: तरुम tarum • Konkani: चार char, चारोळी charoli • Malayalam: മൂങ്ങാപ്പേഴ് moongaappezh, മുരള് mural, നുറമരം nuramaram • Marathi: चार char, चारोळी charoli, पियाल piyal • Nepali: चिरौँजी chiruanjee, प्यार pyaar • Odia: ଅଖଟ୍ଟ akhatta, ଅସନ asana, ବର bara, ବୀଜକ bijaka, ଚାର କୋଳି chara koḻi, ଚିରୋଞ୍ଜି chironji, ଖରସ୍କନ୍ଧ kharaskandha, ପଟ pata, ପିୟାଳ piyala, ପ୍ରସବକ prasabaka, ପ୍ରିୟାଳ priyala, ରାଜ ବୃକ୍ଷ raja bruksha, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରାଜାଦନ rajadana, ସାର sara, ସ୍ନେହ ବୀଜ sneha bija, ତାପସପ୍ରିୟ tapasa priya • Pali: पियाल piyala, राजायतन rajayatana, सन्नकद्दु sannakaddu • Persian: چرونجی chironji, نَقْلِ خواجَہ naql-i-khwaja • Punjabi: ਚਿਰੌਂਜੀ chiraunji, ਨਕਲ ਖ਼੍ਵਾਜਾ nakal khwajah • Rajasthani: अचार achar, चिरोंजी chironji • Sanskrit: अखट्ट akhatta, बहुकल्क bahukalka, बहुवल्क bahuvalka, भक्ष्यबिज bhakshyabija, धनु dhanu, धनुस् dhanus, धनुष्पट dhanushpata, द्रुसल्लक drusallaka, खरस्कन्ध kharaskandha, ललन lalana, मक्षवीर्य makshavirya, पट pata, पियाल piyala, प्रसवक prasavaka, प्रियाल priyala, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, राजादन rajadana, सन्न sanna, सन्नकद्रु sannakadru, सन्नकद्रुम sannakadruma, स्नेहबीज snehabija, उपवट upavata, वैरादन vairadana, वृक्षादन vrkshadana • Santali: ᱛᱟᱨᱚᱯ tarop • Sindhi: چِرَوْنجيِ chiraunji • Tamil: சாரம் charam, காட்டுமா kattuma • Telugu: చార char, చారుమామిడి charumamidi, చిన్న మొరలి chinna moralli, జరుగు jarugu, జారు మామిడి jaru mamidi, ప్రియాళువు priyaluvu, రాజాదనము raj-adanamu, సారపప్పు saarapappu • Tibetan: པི་ཡ་ལ pi ya la • Tulu: ಎರಪ್ಪೆ erappe • Urdu: چار char, چرونجي chironji, دهنش dhanush, پيال piyal, پرسوك pra-savak, پريال priyal
botanical names: Buchanania lanzan Spreng. ... heterotypic synonyms: Buchanania latifolia Roxb. • Lanzana solitaria Stokes • Spondias elliptica Rottb. ex Hook.f. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 21 December 2025
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almost throughout the drier parts of the country
~~~~~ THE TAXONOMIC CONFUSION ~~~~~
Buchanania lanzan Spreng. and Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Almeida are found linked because many botanical databases and local floras (especially in India) continue to use Buchanania cochinchinensis as the "accepted" name for the chironji tree (Buchanania lanzan). However, modern global authorities like Plants of the World Online (POWO) treat Buchanania cochinchinensis strictly as a synonym of the Rutaceae tree Glycosmis cochinchinensis, leaving Buchanania lanzan Spreng. as the correct name for the chironji tree.
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
This shot can be seen at Renew Newcastle's 'Newcastle Morning Photo' exhibition at Nobby's Lighthouse. I was quite chuffed to walk in and see two ladies who spotted themselves in the shot getting very excited. For (free) ticketing information, please visit here.
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With Summer fully kicked in, I ventured out after feeling pretty sick recently. Tough to get a park, heaps of people and so bloody hot. This was 11:00am!!
Jay Kay of Jamiroquai once said, "I thought I was going to the beach bar, not the Bar Beach!" while on stage in Newcastle.
The Wikipedia entry for Bar Beach is a little interesting too....
"Bar Beach is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 1.6 km (1.0 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district abutting the beach of the same name.
Near the north-end of the beach there is a small burger bar selling hand-cut chips. If one wishes to purchase a meal there, be prepared for waits up to 1 hour for a simple burger or 30 mins for an ice-cream. Not ideal if on a road trip. Bar-bar-bar bar-barbara-anne."
The Medium Duty Business Class M2 4x4 used Freightliner Pick up Trucks for Sale in Arizona
Freightliner Pick-Up Truck Specifications :
Condition :NEW Year: 2006
Manufacturer: Freightliner Model:Business Class M2
Engine Type: MBE 900 Engine Specs: Mercedes
Transmission: Automatic Horsepower: 330
Tires: 22.5LP Wheels: All Aluminum
Wheelbase: 156"Number of Rear Axles: Single
Jardin au centre-ville - Garden in the centre of downtown
- If you come to Montréal, it is guaranteed that you will come here because Place Ville-Marie is a famous building in the heart of downtown. Photo taken from the steps going down to the street.
- Si vous venez à Montréal, c'est garanti que vous allez venir ici car Place Ville-Marie est un édifice renommé au coeur du centre-ville de Montréal. La photo fut prise en descendant vers la rue.
Place Ville-Marie comprises two short buildings, a tall cross-shaped one as you see here and a beautiful shopping plaza underneath this raised area. As you can see behind the sculpture, there are entrances covered by huge skylights. The sculpture is in a fountain and there are grassed squares with trees. There is of course an underground parking lot. The Place Ville-Marie shopping plaza was the start of the city's also famous underground city which now comprises of many interconnecting underground areas throughout the downtown core. The famous Queen Elizabeth Hotel can be seen in the background (right). The architecture is very simple but this hotel is a very luxurious one. Hôtel Le Reine Elizabeth
www.catedraldevalencia.es/en/index.php
Source : Valencia Cathedral
Inside the altarpiece
Virgin Mary, polychrome wood carving by I. Vergara
(18th century), it comes from the Cartuja de Porta Coeli.
Doors of the high altarpiece
Masterpiece of the 16th century (1506-1510), they kept a renaissance altarpiece made of silver, melted in 1812 in Majorca to make coins during the war against Napoleon Bonaparte. Painting in temper and oil on panel by Fernando de Los Llanos and Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, imitating the style of Leonardo Da Vinci and other Italian renaissance authors.
The exterior of the left door displays beautiful paintings (from the bottom): The Adoration of the Shepherd, The Adoration of the Magi and the Resurrection of Christ. Three magnificent paintings are on the right door: The Ascension of the Lord, The Arrival of the Holy Spirit and the death and the Assumption of the Virgin.
The interior of the left door depicts the meeting of St. Joachim and St. Anne, parents of the Virgin Mary, her birth and her presentation in the temple.
On the right is the Visitation of Mary to St. Elizabeth, the presentation of child Jesus in the temple and the flight into Egypt.
The doors of the high altarpiece are a master work. They were finished in 1510 and kept an altarpiece made of silver. It was also melted in 1812 to make coins in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte.
The paintings on panel by Fernando de Los Llanos and Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina imitate the style of Leonardo Da Vinci and other Italian renaissance authors.
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Raphidiophrys es una ameba sol y como todas ellas su cuerpo blando y esférico se extiende desde su mismo centro en unos finísimos tentáculos, axopodios, que son a la vez, manos y pies, redes y trampas con los que flotan, se desplazan, atrapan e inmovilizan a sus presas y las acercan a su interior. Con frecuencia los heliozoos viven entre las algas y plantas acuáticas y se alimentan tanto de los más diminutos microorganismos fotosintéticos como de pequeños protozoos e incluso algunos de los más grandes se atreven con rotíferos y pueden con crustáceos, gigantes entre los minúsculos, como las pulgas de agua.
El cuerpo de todos los heliozoos es una masa viva y blanda de poca consistencia, que se podría extender en el agua dando lugar a mil formas como lo hace el cuerpo de las amebas desnudas y por eso, la mayoría de los heliozoos se visten, casi siempre con trajes de sílice, cada uno a su manera, pero siempre de forma sorprendente, útil y hermosa.
Elegante y hermoso es el vestido de amplios ventanales de cuarzo de Clathrulina elegans en el que los brazos y el cuerpo tienen desahogo para poder moverse libremente.
De burbujas de cristal está fabricado el de la sorprendente y dorada Pompholyxophrys punicea que parece ir en traje de fiesta.
Grandes burbujas de tejido elástico son las que recubren el cuerpo gigante de Actinosphaerium, haciendo de este traje un escudo elástico y ceñido, en el que quedan atrapadas las presas que fueron demasiado curiosas o despistadas y tropezaron con él.
Espinoso y liviano es el ropaje de Acanthocystis que disuade a quien quiera acercarse mucho a él y también espinosos suelen ser los trajes de Raphidiophrys, que a veces cubren los finos brazos abrigándolos en un buen trecho como en Raphidiophrys symmetrica.
El traje con el que se viste hoy Raphidiophrys intermedia es algo distinto y está hecho con una malla de cuarzo formada por varias capas, con él, Raphidiophrys se puede mover con facilidad y sin mucho peligro entre las marañas de selvas de algas por las que discurre su vida.
Este es tan solo un pequeño muestrario de una moda que no caduca y que siempre sorprende por su belleza.
Raphidiophrys intermedia vive en aguas limpias y frescas y procede de un pequeño arroyo situado en las inmediaciones de la ermita del Cristo junto a la población zamorana de Muelas del Pan en las inmediaciones del embalse de Ricobayo.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
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When I was looking at this picture when I was at home I saw that THIS WAS A RADIATOR....
Van Nelle fabriek, Rotterdam, Famous Dutch Design Architecture in the beginning of the 20th century. Recently renovated in it's original state. It's an industrial monument now.
De architecten J.A. Brinkman en L.C. van der Vlugt gaven in de periode 1925 tot 1928 vorm aan een fabriekscomplex dat bij uitstek een exponent zou worden van het 'Nieuwe Bouwen'.
www.kunstbus.nl/verklaringen/brinkman-en-van-der-vlugt.html
Took these pictures on 8 september 2007, open monumentendag.
Yes, they were eating it.
About the Rhino
The Indian Rhinoceros or the Great One-horned Rhinoceros or the Asian One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is a large mammal found in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and in Assam, India. It is confined to the tall grasslands and forests in the foothills of the Himalayas. The Indian Rhinoceros can run at speeds of up to 25 mph (40 km/h) for short periods of time and is also an excellent swimmer. It has excellent senses of hearing and smell, but relatively poor eyesight.
The Indian Rhinoceros was the first rhinoceros known to Europeans. Rhinoceros from the Greek, "rhino" meaning nose and "ceros" meaning horn. The Indian Rhinoceros is monotypic, meaning there are no distinct subspecies. Rhinoceros unicornis was the type species for the rhinoceros family, first classified by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758
Indian rhinos have few natural enemies, except for tigers. Tigers sometimes kill unguarded calves, but adult rhinos are less vulnerable due to their size. Humans are the only other animal threat, hunting the rhinoceros primarily for sport or for the use of its horn. Mynahs and egrets both eat invertebrates from the rhino's skin and around its feet. Tabanus flies, a type of horse-fly are known to bite rhinos. The rhinos are also vulnerable to diseases spread by parasites such as leeches, ticks, and nematodes. Anthrax and the blood-disease septicemia are known to occur.
The Indian Rhinoceros makes a wide variety of vocalizations. At least ten distinct vocalizations have been identified: snorting, honking, bleating, roaring, squeak-panting, moo-grunting, shrieking, groaning, rumbling and humphing. In addition to noises, the rhino uses olfactory communication. Adult males urinate backwards, as far as 3–4 meters behind them, often in response to being disturbed by observers. Like all rhinos, the Indian Rhinoceros often defecates near other large dung piles. The Indian Rhino has pedal scent glands which are used to mark their presence at these rhino latrines. Males have been observed walking with their heads to the ground as if sniffing, presumably following the scent of females.
In aggregations, Indian Rhinos are often friendly. They will often greet each other by waving or bobbing their heads, mounting flanks, nuzzling noses, or licking. Rhinos will playfully spar, run around, and play with twigs in their mouth. Adult males are the primary instigators in fights. Fights between dominant males are the most common cause of rhino mortality, and males are also very aggressive toward females during courtship. Males will chase females over long distances and even attack them face-to-face. Unlike African Rhinos, the Indian Rhino fights with its incisors, rather than its horns.
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!
I was lost in the lakes
And the shape that your body makes
That your body makes
And the mountains said I could find you here
They whisper the snow and the leaves in my ear
I traced my finger along your trails
Your body was the map
I was lost in there
Your Rocky Spine
-The Great Lake Swimmers
Holy shitake mushrooms I got tagged twice again yesterday! I'm going to be doing facts forever!!
1. I happen to really enjoy this picture.
2. I'm taking Studio Art 2-D AP next year. My focus will be photography.
3. I'm the pickiest eater EVER. Like seriously, I will eat almost nothing.
4. I enjoy my side profile. haha
5. My nails break easily and it's really annoying. They get super long and then break. -_-
6. I think my head is too big for my neck.
7. I'm running a 5K this summer. Hopefully.
8. I much prefer being out and about to being in my house.
9. I have to get shots for Costa Rica and I'm not looking forward to it.
10. I <3 Britney Spears, N'Sync, Christina Aguilera, and the Backstreet Boys way too much.
Poroiba - Akau - Wigschool - Pruikenschool
The wigmen of the Huli people aren't like Western toupee manufacturers. They are wizards who only work with people who have fine heads of hair.
What a traditional wigman does is use ancient magic to make hair grow faster than normal so it can be cut off and turned into a wig. Evidently, magic - like hair restorer - doesn't work if the hair is long gone.
This singular way of making hairpieces is found in the Tari Valley, 2000m up in the Highlands of PNG, an area just starting to make the transition from the old ways of centuries past to the new ideas which have begun to flow from the outside world.
When I explored the villages and roadside markets around the lodge, most of the men I met were wearing caps, but a good number still went about their daily business dressed in the traditional wigs.
In fact many had not one but two wigs - a plain day wig shaped like an upturned bowl, and an ornate ceremonial wig decorated with bird feathers - possession of which, like ownership of many pigs or having more than one wife, is a sign of wealth and status.
As a result the wigmen are still much in demand. And, this being a place where magic is taken very seriously, they are deeply respected. The sign welcoming visitors to Tari Airport highlights the fact that the area is "Home to the Huli wigman."
uit:
www.nzherald.co.nz/papua-new-guinea/news/article.cfm?l_id...
and:
www.papuanewguinea.net/Wigmen.html
The Huli are an indigenous people that live in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. They number over 65,000 and have been living in the area for at least 600 years. They speak Huli, Tok Pisin, and English.
From:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huli_people
We bezoeken de pruikenschool van de Huli in het heel afgelegen en geïsoleerd dorpje Poroiba.
Dit is een 'school' met leerlingen en leraren dus. Eerst moeten de jongens toegelaten worden. De jongens moeten bevestigen dat ze nog geen sex gehad hebben met het andere geslacht. Dan worden ze ingewijd in de rituelen om het haar te laten groeien. Ten vroegste na 9 maand intens 'voeden' van de haren met gezang en hoofd besproeien, kan de leeraar oordelen of het haar klaar is voor een pruik. Dan volgt een eerste knipping. Genoeg haar dan voor een gewone pruik. Een volledige cyclus is 18 maand. De jongens blijven al die maanden ter plaatse en ze moeten maagd blijven. Sommige laten de haren groeien zo dat ze 2 pruiken hebben. Genoeg voor een ceremoniële pruik. Het is een statuussymbool.
Caterpillar D8n Dozer Crawler Used Heavy Construction Equipments for Sale
Year : 1994
Category : Dozer
Subcategory : Crawler
Manufacturer : Caterpillar
Model : D8n
Location : Pinerolo, PIEMONTE, ITALY
Serial Number : 9TC03853
Condition : USED
Hours : 14,56
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Asomando su doble cabeza de cristal la diatomea Synedra capitata se presentó un día en esta galería, y no fue por cabezonería, sino por corazonada. Synedra tiene el cuerpo esbelto de todas las de su clase, y es como cualquier diatomea una joya, en este caso fíbula de cuarzo. Con sus dos extremos engrosados haciendo de balancín y representando eso, una cabeza, que es la que le da el nombre.
Lo cierto es que la mayoría de estos fascinantes organismos microscópicos del agua no tienen cabeza, sólo los minúsculos animales acuáticos que son pluricelulares han llegado a conseguirla y todo ello para superar la desventaja de vivir en un cuerpo grande. Rotíferos, planarias o pulgas de agua pueden llevarla para acomodar en ella los principales órganos de los sentidos -tienen que saber qué se llevan a la boca-. Pero para que ojos, tacto y receptores químicos funcionen, es necesario un órgano adicional extra: el cerebro, que aunque pequeño, resuelve los problemas cotidianos de la supervivencia.
Diatomeas, désmidos, amebas y protozoos han olvidado su cabeza y viven a latidos de vida, despreocupados, sólo saben vivirla con amor ciego a cada instante, entregados a ella, como hace el corazón enamorado en una misma apuesta generosa y egoísta que no busca otra contrapartida más que el mismo amor. Es su corazón redondo, situado en el propio corazón de sus entrañas, es su núcleo, quien conduce sin retorno a estos seres por el agua, al encuentro de la luz en abrazo permanente a ella y a la vida.
La cabeza en Synedra capitata es apariencia y lo es en ella por partida doble, ... no sólo en Synedra ... en todas las diatomeas, en todos los seres microscópicos y, quizá, también en nosotros, quien manda es el corazón.
Synedra capitata, ilumina la noche a corazonadas de vida, ha perdido la cabeza, sólo la lleva en su nombre y se guía por el corazón.
La imagen de hoy proecede de una muestra recogida por África en las Gorges del Foix en Barcelona, gracias a ella la podemos mostrar hoy aquí fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de campo oscuro.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: Naruto VS Sasuke
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 01 of 23) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de Naruto en Grupo en el Foro: miPullip
- See more photos at: Renske‘s Flickr
إن مع العسر يسراً
يا إنسان ان بعد الجوع شبع، وبعد الظمأ ري، وبعد السهر نوم، وبعد المرض عافية،
سوف يصل الغائب ويهتدي الضال، ويفك العاني، وينقشع الظلام
(( فعسى الله أن يأتي بالفتح أو أمر من عنده ))
بشر الليل بصبح صادق يطارده على رؤوس الجبال، ومسارب الأودية،
بشر المهموم بفرج مفاجئ يصل في سرعة الضوء ولمح البصر،
بشر المنكوب بلطف خفي وكف حانية وادعة .
إذا رأيت الصحراء تمتد، فاعلم أن ورائها رياضاً خضراء وارفة الظلال .
إذا رأيت الحبل يشتد يشتد، فاعلم أنه سوف ينقطع .
مع الدمعة بسمة،
ومع الخوف أمناً،
ومع الفزع سكينة،
النار لا تحرق إبراهيم التوحيد؛ لأن الرعاية الربانية فتحت نافذة برداً وسلاماً .
البحر لا يغرق كليم الرحمن؛ لأن الصوت القوي الصادق نطق بكلا "إن معي ربي سيهدين" .
المعصوم في الغار بَشَّرَ صاحبه بأنه وحده معنا فـتـنـزل الأمن والفتح والسكينة .
إن عبيد ساعدتهم الراهنة وأرقاء ظروفهم القاتمة لا يرون إلا النكد والضيق والتعاسة، لأنهم لا ينظرون إلا إلى جدار الغرفة وباب الدار فحسب .
ألا فليمدوا أبصارهم وراء الحجب وليطلقوا أعنة أفكارهم إلى ما وراء الأسوار .
إذاَ فلا تضق ذرعاَ فمن المحال دوام الحال، وأفضل العبادة انتظار الفرج، الأيام دول، والدهر قلب، والليالي حبالى، والغيب مستور، والحكيم كل يوم هو في شأن، ولعل الله يحدث بعد ذلك أمرا ،
و "إن مع العسر يسراَ"
من كتاب لا تحزن للشيخ : عائض القرني
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Eating follows hunger, drinking follows thirst, sleep comes after restlessness , and health takes the place of sickness . The lost will find there way , and the one in difficulty will find relief, and the day will follow the night .
(perhaps Allah may bring a victory or a decision according to his will) Qur'an 5:52
Inform the night of a coming morning, the light of which will permeate the mountains and valleys. Give to the afflicted tidings of a sudden relief that will reach them with the speed of light or with the blinking of an eye .
if you see the desert extends for miles and miles , then know that beyond that distance are green meadows with plentiful shade.
If you see the rope tighten and tighten, know that it will snap.
tears are followed by a smile , fear is replaced by comfort,
and anxiety is overthrown by serenity. When the fire was set for him, Prophet Ibraheem (Abraham) (may peace be upon him) did not feel its heat because of the help he received from his lord.
{We [Allah] said : O' fire! be you coolness and sefety for Ibraheem ! }
Qur'an 21:69
The sea wouldn't drown Prophet Moses (may peace be upon him) because he uttered in a confident, strong, and truthful manner:
{'Nay, verily! With me is my Lord , he will guide me.'} Qur'an 26:62
Prophet Muhammad (bpuh) told Abu Bakr in the cave that Allah was with them ___ then peace and tranquility descended upon them.
Those that are slaves of the moment see only misery and wretchedness. This is because they look only at the wall and door of the room, whereas they should look beyond such barriers as are set before them.
Therefore do not be in despair ; it is impossible for things to remain the same. The days and years rotate, the future is unseen , and everyday Allah has matters to bring forth. You know it not, but it may be that Allah will afterwards bring some new thing to pass.
And {Verily, With hardship, There is a relief .}Qur'an 94:6
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Kylie Minogue Live ~ Zenith Arena ~ Lille ~ France ~ Wednesday November 5th 2014.
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OMG!!! What an incredible night!!! Best 200 Euros I EVER spent lol..:) See what a difference being at the front makes, compared to my last Kylie Gig!! I took over 2000!!! photos last night, that's a lot of editing lol.:)
One things for sure, my usual hit rate of taking around 1000 images and ending up with 5!! I like is going to be smashed this time around! I'm gonna have enough images to bore you all until Christmas probably, Bwhahahaha..:)
As your aware i do like Urbex , its a nice break away from my landscapes and its exciting , This place however was just such a big temptation , Cwn coke works , when i say this site is "Dangerous " i kid you not , We got as far as the weigh bridge just as i crossed the yard i looked right to see a security guard and his German Shepherd who then ran towards me , no fear this dog new the command as the guard new i was no real threat he was concerned for our safety and his , he said he had a busy day with tresspassers , even the guards were not allowed into this area " Just look around you" his words !! But what a place sadly he declined to show us around :-) But a truely great guy who asked us to leave and then he disappeared as we did !!! I have no plans to return the one office were were in had Ammonia test machine , test tubes & Acid its an Urbex dream but a death trap !!! its alos one amazing place.
Me posting this may tempt others i would suggest no one tries to get in here unless with a skilled person with the correct PPE .
Part of the Urbex buzz is your doing something you should not !!! It was fun getting caught , the dog well i showed no fear thats the worst thing anyone can do a beautuful dog for sure , so glad Molly was not with me , oh and said sorry to the guard .Who did not call the police but as we were leaving could hear police sirens :-)
You have been warned i guess .
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Pese a que el Xperia Z2 apenas lleva unos pocos meses en el mercado, Sony ya tiene nuevo smartphone de gama alta para sustituirlo. Como pasó con los Z y Z1, la compañía japonesa coloca dos terminales franquicia en el mismo año.
El Sony Xperia Z3 será pues a partir de ahora el smartphone de referencia que busque conseguir el reinado entre los mejores teléfonos de 2014. Veamos qué nos ofrece de nuevo y si merece la pena pensar en un cambio o salto directo.
Sin pantalla 2K para mejorar la batería
Una evolución tan temprana del Xperia Z2 nos dio estas últimas semanas tiempo para pensar que quizás Sony había decidido que la pantalla de su nuevo Xperia de gama alta pasara de la resolución 1080p a una 2k (1440p). A priori, esa era casi la única mejora que en tan poco tiempo la compañía podía darle a un terminal que ya nos pareció muy completo en nuestro análisis.
La pantalla del Xperia Z2 no aumenta su resolución pero sí el brillo para lucir más espectacular sin que ello haga que consuma más batería
Pero no ha sido así. De forma, a nuestro parecer acertada, la pantalla del nuevo Xperia Z3 se centra básicamente en mejorar la visibilidad de la misma, manteniendo la tecnología Triluminos, X-Reality y la gran novedad: un brillo de 600 nits. Y todo ello con un consumo de batería menor según Sony.
La diagonal sigue siendo de 5.2 pulgadas y la tecnología de panel, IPS.
¿Y por qué Sony no ha apostado por una pantalla de más resolución? Pues básicamente porque se ha centrado en que la batería del nuevo Xperia Z3 sea algo de lo que se pueda sentir orgulloso quien compre este nuevo terminal.
La capacidad de la misma es de 3100 mAh, solo 100 mAh menos que la del Xperia Z2, pero sin embargo Sony afirma que con el modo Stamina la mejora de autonomía es de medio día. Si con el Z2 prometían 1.4 días de duración, en este Xperia Z3 se incluye ya el hecho de que puede aguantarnos hasta dos días.
Ligera reducción de las dimensiones y más resistencia
A nivel de diseño, muy escasas son las novedades que nos deja esta renovación del Xperia Z. Sony creo que es consciente de que una de las penalizaciones que tiene su actual gama Xperia Z es que, para su tamaño de pantalla, es un terminal alto y ancho, y por eso en este Xperia Z3 recorta muy ligeramente esas dimensiones reduciendo básicamente marcos.
Sony Xperia Z2 Sony Xperia Z3 Peso 163 gr 154 gr Largo 146,8 mm 146,5 mm Ancho 73,3 mm 72,4 mm Grosor 8,2 mm 7,5 mm
El nuevo Sony Xperia Z3 ahora luce unas dimensiones de 146.5 x 72.4 mm, con grosor de 7.5 mm y un peso de 154 gramos. Tanto en grosor como en peso la reducción sí que es considerable y se apreciará en mano.
El nuevo Sony Xperia Z3 ahora sí que admite que lo sumerjamos a más profundidad y por más tiempo
Sí que ha mejorado la resistencia al agua y polvo el Xperia Z3. Sony es la compañía que el usuario reconoce como la que tiene un terminal que puede mojarse, y ha reforzado esa idea (el Samsung Galaxy S5 ha entrado con fuerza en ese campo) dotando a su nuevo smartphone con una certificación IP68 (la anterior era IP58), lo que lo hace, ahora sí, un smartphone que puede sumergirse a más profundidad y más tiempo que anteriores generaciones.
Un salto de potencia con mejora también en el sonido
Aunque no ha pasado mucho tiempo desde la salida del Z2 al mercado, el Sony Xperia Z3 incluye mejoras en el apartado directamente responsable de su potencia. El procesador es un Snapdragon MSM8974AC (801 b) con cuatro núcleos a 2.5 Ghz y acompañado de 3 GB de memoria RAM.
Algo que sí que mantiene Sony en su Xperia Z3 es el modelo con memoria interna de 16 GB, que ahora es el único disponible. No falta, eso sí, la ranura para tarjetas microSD. La conectividad del Xperia Z3 mantiene el LTE, NFC y MHL 3.0.
Un apartado en el que Sony ha tratado de dar un paso adelante es el del sonido. El Xperia Z3 incluye altavoces estéreo, sistema de cancelación del ruido en los micrófonos y tecnología DSEE HX.
Tu Xperia Z3 se conecta a la PS4 y hace de pantalla de la consola
Esa mejora del sonido unido a una pantalla más espectacular se agradecerá al hacer uso de la función Remote Play. Con esta funcionalidad, la interesante opción que nos ofrecía la PS4 de poder jugar desde una PS Vita queda replicada en el nuevo Xperia Z3. Tan solo necesitaremos la aplicación y un mando de la PS4 para jugar a consola de sobremesa desde el smartphone. Y llegarán accesorios de terceros para acoplar el terminal al mando de forma eficiente.
Estará disponible a partir del mes de octubre o noviembre y será compatible con este Xperia Z3, el Xperia Z3 Compact y el nuevo tablet de la compañía. Para el Z2 y actual tablet no está asegurado que la aplicación vaya a estar disponible.
La cámara del Sony Xperia Z3
Otro apartado donde podríamos haber visto más incorporaciones en este Xperia Z3 es la cámara de fotos. Y no estamos diciendo que la del actual Z2 no nos haya convencido, pues ha demostrado ser una de las mejores de este año.
La base de la cámara del Sony Xperia Z3 se mantiene, con un sensor de 20 megapíxeles Exmor RS, lentes G, procesador Bionz for Mobile y tamaño de 1/2.3″. La grabación de vídeo se mantiene en calidad 4K y la cámara secundaria es un modelo Exmor de 2 megapíxeles.
El sensor principal puede parecer el mismo pero no lo es. El grosor de este elemento se ha reducido casi 0.7 mm para, entre otras cosas, poder reducir las dimensiones del terminal. Además, se ha aumentado la sensibilidad del mismo, que ahora es de 12800 ISO en modo foto y de 3200 ISO en vídeo.
Donde más novedades introduce la cámara del Xperia Z3 es en el apartado de aplicaciones y modos, pero todos ellos se centran en aspectos que podemos considerar accesorios o que al menos no afectan en realidad a la calidad de las imágenes que podemos tomar.
Así, ahora podremos incluir más efectos de realidad aumentada en nuestras fotos, emitir en directo por Youtube, crear pegatinas o usar las dos cámaras (frontal y trasera) al mismo tiempo tanto en fotografías como en vídeo.
Un poco más interesante resulta la funcionalidad llamada Multicámara que permitirá, desde un terminal Xperia, controlar y hacer fotos con hasta tres terminales Xperia más o una cámara Sony conectada al teléfono vía Wifi, de manera que una misma instantánea la podemos tomar desde diferentes puntos de vista al mismo tiempo e integrarla en una sola imagen.
Sony Xperia Z3, precio y disponibilidad
El Sony Xperia Z3 tiene prevista su llegada al mercado en las próximas semanas con un precio de 699 euros. Estará disponible en cuatro colores: negro, blanco, verde y cobre.
– La noticia Sony Xperia Z3 fue publicada originalmente en Xataka por Javier Penalva.
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♫ ♪♫ Monday ~ Ludovico Einaudi♪♫ ♪
"Dime por favor dònde estàs,
en que rincòn puedo no verte,
dònde puedo dormir sin recordarte
y dònde recordar sin que me duela.
Dime por favor dònde puedo caminar
sin ver tus huellas,
dònde puedo correr sin recordarte
y dònde puedo descansar con mi tristeza.
Dime por favor cuàl es el cielo
que no tiene el calor de tu mirada,
y cuàl es el sol que tiene luz tan sòlo,
y no la sensaciòn de que me llamas.
Dime por favor cuàl es el rincòn
en el que no dejaste tu presencia.
Dime por favor cuàl es el hueco en mi almohada
que no tiene escondido tus recuerdos.
Dime por favor cuàl es la noche
en que no vendràs para velar mis sueños...
Que no puedo vivir porque te extraño
y no puedo morir porque te quiero."
~ Jorge Luis Borges ~
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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
View Light Tent Lighting (1 of 2) on Black
View Light Tent Lighting (1 of 2) Map/EXIF
Canon EOS 7D + EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 24 mm - 1/160 sec at f/22, ISO 400
Manual mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: 1.54 m
The setup. Notice the Mike's box to provide some fill. I didn't yet realize I could use the bottom flap (which is under the box) to prop the BG up. Also, forgive the mess :).
Strobist info:
2x 580EX II at 1/8th on each side of box
1x Vivitar 2800D aimed down on top of the box at full power (non manual flash)
Full instructions here.
47°34'56.23" N 122°1'49.59" W, 137 m
Kitchen Table, My Apartment
Sammamish, Washington, USA
Taken on 03.26.2011, uploaded on 03.26.2011.
©2011 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
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Nuevas galerías en breve en Biodiversidad virtual
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
mit Manfred Maurenbrecher
www.diether-dehm.de/index.php/service-mainmenu-65/archiv/...
»Mit einem Teelöffel kannst du helfen«
Der Sänger Pete Seeger über McCarthy, schwarze Listen und die Jagd nach Idealen
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Pete Seeger, der legendäre Singersongwriter von Welthits wie „We shall overcome“, „Sag mir wo die Blumen sind“, „If I had a hammer“ „Turn turn turn“, „Good Night Irene“ lebt heute noch in den gleichen bescheidenen Verhältnissen wie 1950 in Beacon im Bundeststaat New York. Dort besuchten im den heute 86jährigen Sozialisten die deutschen Liedermacher Diether Dehm und Manfred Maurenbrecher, die an neuen Liedern mit ihm und an einem Musical über ihn arbeiten. Dabei entstand Ende Mai 2005 das nachfolgende Gespräch.
Frage:
Dein damaliger Manager soll Anfang der Fünfziger verhindert haben, dass du und die „Weavers“ dein „If I had a hammer“ gespielt haben - um MacCartheys antikommunistische „Blacklisters“ nicht weiter zu provozieren. .
Seeger: Stimmt. Wir hatten zwar mit „Irene“ einen Nr.1 Hit, hatten aber allmählich einen vollständigen Radio- und Auftritts-Boykott. Natürlich war es trotzdem falsch, nachzugeben. Aber die übrigen „Weavers“ wollten die wenigen Jobs nicht auch noch verlieren. Deswegen schloss ich mich ihrer Entscheidung an.
Frage: Wann fingen die Schwarzen Listen an?
Seeger: Nun ja, auf eine Weise hat es Schwarze Listen immer gegeben. Woody Guthrie und ich kamen als „lefties“ in kein Radio, damals, Woody sang nur noch in Kalifornien einem sehr kleinen, unabhängigen Senders, der ihn fast alles singen ließ. Das einzige Mal, wo wir breit im Radio waren, war nach Pearl Harbor. Das war eine landesweite Ausstrahlung und wir hatten einen Song „Round and round Hitler’s grave, he won’t get up no more“. Aber prompt stand in der nächsten Woche auf der Titelseite einer großen New Yorker Zeitung „kommunistische Folk-Sänger versuchen, das Radio zu unterwandern“. Und das war der letzte Job, den wir bekamen. Ich hatte mein ganzes Leben lang mit Schwarzen Listen zu tun. Auch als der Gehimdienst subtiler auf Radio und TV einwirkte. Sicher: besonders brutal war die Einschüchterungs-Zeit der Fünfziger. Als Künstler genau wie Arbeiter Angst hatten, ihren Beruf zu verlieren und sie nicht wussten, wie sie ihre Familien ernähren würden… Ich bin da etwas dran vorbei gekommen, indem ich in Schulen und Kinder-Sommerlagern sang, und schließlich in Hochschulen. Aber die antikommunistischen Vereine tönten laut „Geht nicht los, um Seeger zu hören.“ Manchmal aber war alles was sie damit erreichten nur kostenlose Reklame.
Frage: Meinst du, dass es heute immer noch Schwarze Listen gibt?
Seeger: O, ich bin sicher dass die Leute, die das Fernsehen kontrollieren, sehr genau wissen, was sie tun. Ich habe keine Stimme mehr, ich versuche nicht zu singen. Aber sie spielen nicht die Platten von Leuten, wenn diese zum Beispiel für Frieden sind. Es gibt Millionen Amerikaner, die nicht froh darüber sind, dass wir im Irak sind. Aber hörst du davon im Radio, hörst du davon im Fernsehen? Nein, natürlich nicht. Weil das Radio und das Fernsehen auf eine Weise kontrolliert sind von denen, die ich „höhere Mächte“ nenne.
Frage: Darüber zerbrachen die „Weavers“, trotz ihrer Hits und großen Erfolge….
Seeger: … und dann kam ein neuer Manager, Harold Leventhal, zu den Weavers nachdem wir seit drei Jahren nicht mehr zusammen gesungen hatten. Eine Zeit während der Fred zurück zur Hochschule gegangen war, Ron Gilber ein Baby bekommen hatte, Lee Hays Kurzgeschichten schrieb. Und er sagte: „Wäret ihr bereit, eine Wiedervereinigung zu machen?“ Und wir sagten: „Sicherlich, wenn du denkst, dass du einen Saal finden kannst, der an uns vermietet.“ Nun, ein Saal, die Town Hall, mit zwölfhundert Sitzen, sagte: „Nein, wir können es nicht riskieren, die Weavers bei uns zu haben. Ihr könnt unseren Saal nicht mieten.“ Aber dann ging er zu Carnegie-Hall, und die sagten dort: „Wenn du das Geld hast, werden wir es an dich vermieten.“ Und Harold Leventhal wusste nicht, ob dort einhundert Leute sein würden oder zweihundert…. Stattdessen war es ausverkauft. Fast dreitausend. Und wir fingen wieder an zu singen. Allmählich wurde mir meine Familie aber dann doch wichtiger als die Band und 1957 schlug ich vor, dass Eric Darling den Platz übernehmen sollte. Er war ein alter Freund und ein wundervoller Musiker. Und er konnte einige Stücke viel besser spielen als ich. Und so sangen die Weavers weiter bis neunzehnhundertzweiundsechzig, glaube ich.
Frage: War Deine Welthits, etwa gesungen von Joan Baez, den Byrds, Peter, Paul and Mary und Trini Lopez nicht doch so etwas wie eine kommerzielle Waffe gegen die Blacklisters?
Seeger: Ich denke um 1958 kamen Songs von uns wieder in Mode. Peter Paul and Mary verbesserten „If I had a Hammer“; mit Trini Lopez wurde es dann ein Welthit.. Es gab auch ganz neuartige Aufnahmen von „Where Have all the Flowers gone“. Das Kingston-Trio sang das auch, und Marlene Dietrich übernahm es von denen. Max Colpet machte eine deutschsprachige Version, die sich besser singen lässt als meine englische. Es klingt im deutschen wirklich noch beeindruckender: „Sag mir wo die Blumen sind.“
Frage: Du hast auch viel musikalischen Widerstand organisiert. Glaubst du, dass Organisieren nicht auch etwas ist, was dem organischen Feingefühl und der ästhetischen Kreativität eines Künstlers schaden kann?
Seeger: Nun, Schreiber organisieren Worte. Maler organisieren Farbe. Tänzer organisieren ihre Füße und Beine, schätze ich mal, und viele andere Sachen. Und Musiker versuchen, Instrumente und Stimmen und Noten zu organisieren. Aber ich denke, jeder von uns sollte mehr als das sein. Zum einen sollten wir, falls wir Familien haben, helfen die Familie zu organisieren. Und wenn wir irgendwo Mitglieder sind, haben wir eine Verantwortung. Und das will organisiert sein. Ich denke, dass wenn es hier in hundert Jahren eine Welt gibt – niemand weiß, ob – dann nur, weil bis dahin Abermillionen Menschen, begriffen haben, wie man selbst ein Organisator des gemeinschaftlichen Organismus ist. Dann werden die Menschen nach ihren Bedürfnissen Arbeit haben, wie Karl Marx das vorausahnte – und sowas will besonders gut organisiert sein, und dann orgnanisieren die Leute sich mit der Rücksicht auf die Natur.
Frage: Wurdest Du nicht oft in Richtung fauler Kompromisse und Anpassung an Macht gedrängt, vielleicht sogar auch verlockt, mit den großen Hunden zu pinkeln?
Seeger: O, ich mache Kompromisse jedes Mal, wenn ich meinen Mund öffne. Ich mache Kompromisse, wenn ich versuche zu entscheiden was ich genau sagen will. Ich mag es nicht, Leute zu beleidigen, ich möchte nicht Leute wütend machen. Und wenn ich vor stets unterschiedlichem Publikum bin, möchte ich auch verschiedene Arten von Stücken singen. Meine Schwester Peggy sagt es so: es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen Kompromissen und Ausverkauf. Wenn du die Hoffnung für die Menschheit aufgegeben hast, so lange du nur Dein Geld verdienst.
Frage: Was sind Fehler in Deinem Leben gewesen?
Seeger: Einige meiner Fehler waren rein musikalisch. Und dann: zu viel zu reisen und von meiner Frau zu erwarten, dass sie drei Kinder großzieht ohne viel Beistand von mir. Sie lebte alleine bei einem Berg, und konnte einfach nur hoffen, dass, wenn die Hunde anfingen zu bellen, es nicht irgendein Kerl dort draußen war. Sie ist eine sehr tapfere Frau. Sie macht normalerweise Witze darüber. Sie sagt: „Wenn Peter bloß Frauen hinterher jagen würde, hätte ich eine Chance, ihn zu verlasse. Aber er jagt Idealen hinterher, und so bleibe ich bei ihm.“ Es gibt einen Cartoon über mich: eine Frau ist am Telefon, und sie hat einen großen Haufen Wäsche vor sich, und einen Besen, und ein dreijähriges Kind, das an ihrem Rock zieht, und sie sagt in das Telefon: „Nein, er ist nicht da, er ist weit weg, um die Menschheit zu retten.“
Frage: Du überarbeitest gerade Deine Biographie. Was hebst Du als gesellschaftlich besonders relevant hervor?
Seeger: Ich will Dir eine Geschichte erzählen. Stell dir eine Wippe vor. Und eine Seite der Wippe ist auf dem Boden, weil dort ein Korb, halbvoll mit Steinen, ist. Das andere Ende der Wippe ist hoch in der Luft. Dort ist ein Korb, ein Viertel voll mit Sand. Und einige von uns haben Teelöffel, und sie versuchen, mehr Sand in den Korb zu bringen. Die meisten lachen uns aus. „Ah,“ sagen sie, „Leute wie ihr haben es Jahrhunderte lang versucht. Aber es leckt aus dem Korb gerade so schnell wie ihr es hineintut.“ Nun, wir sagen: „Ihr mögt recht haben, aber wir denken ihr liegt falsch, weil wir ständig mehr Leute mit Teelöffeln bekommen. Und wir glauben, dass eines Tages der Korb so voller Sand sein wird, dass ihr die ganze Wippe in die andere Richtung gehen sehen werdet.“ Schwupp! Und Leute auf der ganzen Welt sagen: „Wie ist das so plötzlich passiert?“ Wir und all unsere kleinen Teelöffel über die Jahrhunderte hinweg werden vielleicht übersehn? Wer weiß, wer weiß. Jedenfalls glaube ich, dass du mit einem Teelöffel helfen kannst, egal wo du bist.
Frage: Nun gibt es doch eine ganz neue Generation von Singer-Songwritern in Deiner Tradition?
Seeger: Ja sicher, seit den frühen Sechzigern. Leute wie Bob Dylan und Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Joany Mitchell. Und zuerst duzende, und dann hunderte, und jetzt tausende. Ich sage immer, dass die Spitze einer Pyramide so hoch ist wie das Fundament breit ist. Wenn du also viele Leute hast, die Stücke schreiben, wird es einige gute Stücke geben. Zugegebenermaßen, vielleicht sind neunundneunzig von hundert Stücken es nicht wert, ein zweites Mal gesungen zu werden. Ich sage immer über meine eigene Arbeit, dass ich zwanzig Ideen für jedes Stück, das ich fertig stelle, kriege. Und ich erhalte zwanzig fertige Stücke für jedes Stück, das Wert ist, mehr als einmal gesungen zu werden. Aber über eine lange Lebenszeit hinweg und mit hunderten, sogar tausenden von Ideen, habe ich Glück gehabt, einige wenige duzend Stücke zu haben, von denen ich glaube, dass sie vielleicht von Leuten gesungen werden, nachdem ich tot bin. Nun, lass mich Euch danken, Diether und Manfred, dass ihr den ganzen Weg über den Ozean zu mir gekommen seid. Und ich glaube ihr könnt sehen, warum das eine sehr schwierige Zeit für mich ist. Mein Telefon klingelt alle fünf Minuten, die Post kommt, täglich in großen Bündeln. Und ich kriege zu viele Anrufe und es kommt doch immer so wenig dabei heraus.
para los que estéis en el foro: www.pullipspain.com/showthread.php?924-Sorteo-pullip-jinx-!!!
Para los que no:
La muñeca incluye outfit por ninia´s shop "VISTEME", Armas, maquillaje por Lydioteision , carving, zapatos, peluca de calidad peinada y obitsu con sus tatuajes.
¡¡En este sorteo habrá varias normas y pasos que se han de tener muy en cuenta. Por favor, LEEDLAS QUE NO CUESTA NADA.!!
-habrá 100 papeletas de 00 a 99.
-cada papeleta tiene un coste de 2 euros.
-el ganador lo dirán las últimas dos cifras del sorteo de la ONCE (el día lo pondré una vez efectuados los pagos TODOS ELLOS)
-primero se harán las reservas de los números que se quieran, comentándolo en esta publicación. Y cuando no haya papeletas SE EFECTUARÁN LOS PAGOS SOLO POR PAYPAL.
-NO HAY LIMITE DE PAPELETAS POR PERSONA!
-se tendrá en cuenta los números comentados antes. Es decir, si alguien comenta “numero 13” y el mismo número lo cogió alguien antes que esa persona, el numero será del que comentó primero.
-la persona que haya reservado un numero que ya se ha dicho podrá elegir otro comentando nuevamente un número no ocupado o bien dejarme la elección aleatoria de este (hay que avisarlo comentando “mi numero ya fue escogido, ponme uno aleatoriamente”.
-si no se sabe los números que se quiere, comenten “aleatorio X cantidad”
-una vez hechas todas las reservas se realizarán los pagos. SE PAGA POR PAYPAL. y el plazo para pagar será de 7 días (desde que se empiecen a aceptar)
-si los pagos terminasen antes del 7º día comentaría avisando del día que se realizará el sorteo de la ONCE.
-una vez reservados o pagados los números no está permitido retirarse.
-ATENCION: SI RESERVAS UN NÚMERO NO SE PUEDE CAMBIAR! (exceptuando aquellos que ya se hayan cogido u equivocaciones)
-El paypal para pagar se dará cuando todas las papeletas hayan sido reservadas.
GRACIAS POR PARTICIPAR EN EL SEGUNDO SORTEO DE GRIMM SISTERS DESIGNS!!!
(las papeletas serán apuntadas en el foro, os apuntaré ahí con vuestro nick de flickr)
I went to Saltwell Park in Gateshead last Saturday to give the D70 a whirl and this is an HDR of 3 bracketed shots taken using the 590nM filter fitted internally. I ran the shots through Photomatix Pro 4 and selected one of the mono presets. My IR is still very much in the experimental stage atm and theres so much to learn not only with shooting in the right conditions but with the processing.
Ive had to wait for my new Multi Card reader (thanks for the tip Dru) to come from Amazon so i could start sifting through the shots ive taken recently on my new Mac Book Pro as using the cable is crap! Im slowly getting the hang of the new system and its bloody great, so fast and a million miles from my weazing laptop from before :)
I still stuggle with some of the more than likely basic things like just getting to the Desktop but one good feature is you can upload the shot straight from viewing it on the desktop.
About Boat Quay:
No doubt when you visit Singapore you’will realise that all the shophouses are concentrated on just one Embankment of Boat Quay. Legend has it that the Chinese immigrants set up home only on the south bank of the river, because to them, it resembled the concave belly of a carp. And they believed this was where prosperity and wealth lay. The concentration of towering skyscrapers on this same side reflects an extension of that same belief into modern day.
But don’t be mistaken, this trailblazer of riverside nightlife in Singapore wasn’t always like this. In fact, it’s a far cry from the loading and unloading docks of mere hundred and fifty years ago. Back then, sampans of bumboats lined the bank, their various cargoes shouldered across gangplanks by coolies (labourers) and swylos (water hands). These inspiring, lean men with their skin leather-like from daily exposure to the elements would effortlessly lift gunny-sacks of produce that seemed immeasurably heavier than they were!
It’s a scene that would repeat itself hundreds of times a day, with each wave of cargo that sailed in. in fact. In the 1860’s, the thriving shipping scene at Boat Quay handled three quarters of Singapore’s total shipping business.And still playing the same role but now for all world known major banks.
EXPLORED - #389
Van mij vaste slagerij Bles
Balkenbrij is een Nederlands gerecht dat vooral in het najaar en in de winter wordt gegeten. Van oorsprong komt het uit het oostelijke of zuidelijke deel van Nederland. Het bevat veel vlees en boekweitmeel.
Recept: Balkenbrij
Ingrediënten:
350 gram boekweitmeel (buckwheat flour)
100 gram gemengd meel (mixed flour)
500 gram varkenslever (pig liver)
250 gram kopvlees (varken) (head flesh from pig)
250 gram buikspek (abdomen pitch)
1 ½ liter water
Snufje nootmuskaat (note nutmeg)
Piment
Zout (salt)
Vers gemalen peper (pepper)
Bereiding:
Zeef de bloemsoorten en vermeng ze met elkaar.
Kook de varkenslever, varkenskopvlees en het buikspek in water met zout in enkele uren gaar.
Neem het vlees uit de pan en snijd alles in kleine stukjes.
Doe het gesneden vlees terug in de pan bij het vocht. Roer er het meel en de kruiden door.
Breng alles aan de kook en roer door tot er een deegbal ontstaat. Beboter een schaal of kom en stort er de balkenbrij in.
Laat de massa 24 uur in de koelkast besterven.
From my butcher Bles
Balkenbrij is a traditional Dutch style form of liverwurst, technically a relative of the New England scrapple. It's usually made with pork liver and mainly other various cuts of the animal, all of which are cooked, ground, then cooked again with oatmeal and a special spice mix ("rommelkruid") to achieve the form of a loaf. The cuts of the loaf (about 1 cm thick) are fried.
y quien me conoce,
lo sabe.
así, sin maquillaje.
en verde y en rojo,
más rojo, últimamente...
buscando calibrar mi corazón
buscando para mí un nuevo paisaje
aunque no siempre soy muy valiente.
este soy yo,
sin mentiras
porque tengo defectos desde alli adentro
aunque no pienso pedirte perdón por ellos
porque para verdugos y jueces...
solito me doy cita y me encuentro.
este soy yo,
el de las 7:15 de la mañana,
después del antobiótico,
pero antes del desayuno.
este soy yo,
renegando del frio,
pidiendole al sol abrigo,
socio del viento para que el helado...
sea sólo un dulce,
y nada más.
y éste,
es el que anda
abrigándome los tímpanos.
conteniendo la infección hasta después del verano,
meneando mi cabeza como si cantara,
pero no canta,
ahora sólo susurra, y encanta
con poéticas ideas
de las que yo, a veces, también me embriago.
y luego,
tendré que buscar nuevas baterias
para cuando se acaben sus ímpetus,
pero
pero, y las nuevas ganas de oir...
esas..
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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.
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans. También en la web de la Fundación Biodiversidad
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El alga Closterium lunula es una mueca de sonrisa, en el mundo de los désmidos es la sonrisa insinuada y enigmática de la Gioconda, el reflejo verde del cuarto creciente que estos días brilla en el cielo. Dentro de todas sus especies hermanas es seguramente la más grande y una de las de curvatura más ancha y suave, casi puede alcanzar el milímetro de longitud y como todos los Closterium permanece flotando en el agua, en equilibrio, ayudada por los balancines de cristales que se encierran en las dos burbujas de sus extremos.
El interior de Closterium lunula es intensamente verde por el cloroplasto que guarda en su interior de extremo a extremo, es un cloroplasto de cuerpo central grueso, con muchas vacuolas y adornado con quince placas que festoneadas parten de su eje central para terminar abriéndose en el borde interior de la célula. A diferencia de lo que ocurre en otros Closterium los pirenoides salpican su interior sin orden aparente, pero sin alterar su forma serena ni su equilibrio perfecto.
Closterium lunula es una especie muy común en charcas y turberas con esfagnos y suele hacer compañía a las pequeñas estrellas que allí viven. En tan buena compañía no es extraño que Closterium , deje mostrar esta sonrisa leve y enigmática…seguramente una sonrisa hechizada por la belleza.
Closterium lunula procede hoy de unas muestras recogidas en las turberas de las inmediaciones de la Laguna de Peñalara y ha sido fotografiado a 100 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia. La imagen va dedicada a todos estos amigos con quienes tuve la suerte de compartir en Lozoya este maravilloso proyecto de Biodiversidad virtual.
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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.
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 of 9): After the test... /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (3 de 9): Después del Ensayo.
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 33 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.
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- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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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