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Ecco un piccolo scatto del nostro pupetto ESAURITO! :D Grazie mille Ele per i consigli :) e ha ragione lei... che stia cominciando a capire che deve mettersi in posa?? :D
Nikon D90 / 50mm f1.8
Vi chiedo cortesemente di non postare immagini di qualcunque tipo. Saranno rimosse.
Please don't post pictures of any kind. Will be removed.
Frankenstein the prototype.
Made by clay, oil colors, some artificial hair and cooking oil.
Even if I am a monster
Even if I am a freak
I still do have feelings
Like pride and jealousy
I've got bolts upon my neck
And I look a little green
I am your creation
Why am I obscene?
That's one thing that I
Still can't figure out
That is why that you must die
So I can go your route
And take the place of you
Nobody will really care
I think they'll all believe
That you tumbled down the stairs
And with a quick transplant
I will become you
I will have ideas
And a clear point of view.
"Gannon Dean Rust"
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An impressive show of beautiful cars and models
I was really surprised with the extremely friendly behavior of the models I photographed. Despite the huge crowd of a Saturday afternoon I managed to collect some thrilling smiles and poses.
This show was a great opportunity to do a kind of picture I really like: Model Photography.
For all the shots I used my D300 together with my fantastic and sharp Nikon 50mm f/1.4D plus a SB-800 with diffuser mounted on the camera in iTTL mode. It really worked like a charm.
That's a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote :) he always has the best quotes.
This is my first diptych, tell me what you think of it :D
It was sunny again today, so i took full advantage >:]
I have a tennis tournament tomorrow ! I'm excited! Hopefully i've improved since my last tournament.
Anyways, unknown thing about me #15:
I love Audrey Hepburn movies :) She's such an amazing actress and the plots of the movies are always so good!! I still need to see Funny Face, but I will get around to that
Village Mindima - Chimbu tribe - skeleton bodypainting.
Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 8,500 km², and there are 440,025 inhabitants (2000 census), making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of the Western Highlands.
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Simbu, also known as (and officially named) Chimbu, is a Highlands Region province in Papua New Guinea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbu_Province
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We ontmoeten de mensen van de Chimbu-stam. Ze organiseren een dans. We kunnen de voorbereidingen en de body painting meebeleven. Ze gebruiken alleen zwarte en witte verf. Op de lichamen van de dansers worden geraamten getekend. Heel luguber. We zien dan ook de skelettendans en het gevecht tegen de kwade geesten.
Interstate 8 between Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California.
The Imperial Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in California. This dune system extends for more than 40 miles along the eastern edge of the Imperial Valley agricultural region in a band averaging five miles in width. It is roughly bordered on the west by the Coachella Canal which delivers Colorado River water to the fertile agricultural valley to the north.
A major east-west route of the Union Pacific railroad skirts the eastern edge. The dune system is divided into 3 areas. The northern most area is known as Mammoth Wash. South of Mammoth Wash is the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness and the largest and most heavily used area begins at Highway 78 and continues south just past Interstate 8.
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Todos los rotíferos filtran el agua y la hacen girar en remolinos con las aspas de su corona, que son cilios ▷. Con frecuencia esa corona es doble y se sitúa como en Philodina, formando dos rodetes a ambos lados de la cabeza. A veces esa corona crece y se deshilacha en tentáculos que terminan convirtiéndose en finísimas antenas como ocurre en Collotheca.
En ocasiones, cuando crece de manera uniforme forma un gran disco y ésta es una de las principales características de la familia de los Floscularidos. Esa corona, extendida como un plato es casi circular en Ptygura, algo lobulada la presenta Limnias, pero también ligeramente acorazonada y suavemente angulosa la exhibe el rotífero de hoy, que, de perfil, más que una corona recuerda a un sombrero de mariachi. La mayor parte de los rasgos anatómicos del protagonista de hoy nos llevan a pensar en Sinantherina , pero aunque son la mayoría no lo son todos.
El rotífero que nos acompaña se muestra solitario y apenas se sujeta con el extremo de su pie a unas briznas de materia orgánica que ha encontrado en el fondo. Se protege a sí mismo escondiéndose dentro de su cuerpo, como hacen todos los rotíferos, pero no ha construido una casa para refugiarse como la que fabrican sus parientes más próximos, Limnias o Ptygura .
Sinantherina vive a cuerpo descubierto y sólo protege el extremo de su pie, que calza dentro de un diminuto zapato gelatinoso. La defensa de Sinantherina no la encuentra en su coraza inexistente sino en el resto de sus compañeros con los que se suele asociar…son tan originales que no se unen por la mano, lo hacen por el pie y forman así pequeñas rosetas que siempre filtran el agua. Sin embargo, el de hoy, parece haber optado por la soledad
Sinantherina es un rotífero que vive en aguas estancadas y que con frecuencia se asocia para vivir formando colonias de vida fija o libres y viajeras. La solitaria de hoy procede de unas muestras recogidas en unas praderas encharcadas junto a la población zamorana de Mahíde y ha sido fotografiada a 200 aumentos utilizando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Gracias a Santiago Ortiz por incorporar nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.
Con nuestra gratitud también para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en la UNED de Barbastro
Hoy con nuestro agradecimiento a Bárbara Barrera por su precioso artículo sobre diatomeas en la revista Vidriooh!
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Spirostomum es un ciliado bastante común en aguas poco oxigenadas y cargadas de materia orgánica. Corre como un cordón que cose los grumos de sedimento con suavidad, en movimientos armónicos, de avance y retroceso, de giro y de movimientos de trayectoria recta. Se desliza con facilidad tanto en los lugares despejados como en aquellos en los que encuentra obstáculos que no lo son para él.
En Spirostomum minus la boca se abre de costado desde un extremo del cuerpo de cinta hasta un poco menos de la mitad, lo suficiente para barrer el agua con amplitud y recoger de ella los frutos que le servirán de alimento, que podrán ser casi cualquier cosa.
Spirostomum minus es dentro del grupo de sus hermanos uno de los más pequeños y con un núcleo alargado construido por pequeñas esferas donde se aloja el material genético. Es la segunda vez que se asoma por la galería, en este caso, jugando también, como Rotaria a unos malabares con Trachelomonas …y es que estos seres del agua casi son como niños y siempre que ven una pelota corren detrás de ella para jugar.
Spirostomum minus es también ciliado de aguas muy eutrofizadas. En ellas encuentra no sólo su alimento, parece que también su diversión. El de hoy procede de una muestra recogida por Raquel Posada en una pequeña charca de Villanueva de Gozón, en las cercanías de los impresionantes acantilados del Cabo Peñas de Asturias y se ha fotografiado a 200 aumentos utilizando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
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Plantas de Encina Micorrizadas de Trufa Negra Tuber Melanosporum
La trufa negra (nombre científico Tuber melanosporum), conocida también como trufa de Perigord, es muy apreciada en la gastronomía por su aroma y de gran valor económico. Se trata de un hongo que se encuentra bajo el suelo (hipogeo) y que posee un aspecto exterior oscuro tirando a negro, de superficie verrugosa. Hoy en día este hongo puede cultivarse en las denominadas truferas
Descripción
Trufa negra (Tuber nigrum Bull. (= Tuber melanosporum Vittad.). Etimología.- Tuber {l} ~ protuberancia; nigrum {l} ~ negro, por sus esporas pardo-negruzcas. Descripción.- Trufa globosa a subglobosa, de 3-12 cm de diám., firme y compacta. Peridio negro, mate, recubierto de verrugas piramidales y poligonales de 3-5 mm. Gleba compacta, al principio gris-violácea y en la madurez pardo-negruzca recorrida por venaciones estériles blanquecinas, de tonalidades rosadas al contacto con el aire. Olor perfumado muy característico, a marisco, sabor delicioso. Microscopía.- Peridio pseudoparenquimático, de 200-300 µm de espesor, opaco, compuesto de células angulares e irregulares, de 7-19 µm de diám., más grandes y de paredes más gruesas (0,5-1,5 µm) y pigmentadas hacia la superficie. Hifas glebales de 4-7 µm de diám., septadas, a veces ramificadas, con elementos inflados dispersos de tamaño muy variable. Ascos globosos, de 60-70 µm de diám., conteniendo en su interior 1-4 esporas. Ascosporas elipsoidales, de 29-45 x 17-24 µm, hialinas cuando jóvenes, adquiriendo un color pardo-oscuro y opaco al madurar, recubiertas de numerosas espinas rígidas de 4-6 µm de longitud. Distribución. Tuber nigrum Bull. se diferencia de T. brumale Vittad. por el color más oscuro de su gleba, venación más rosada al contacto con el aire y esporas más alargadas, translúcidas cuando jóvenes y pardo-oscuras-opacas cuando maduran, mientras que en T. brumale permanecen translúcidas.
Su hábitat natural son los bosques del sur de Francia, Italia y España. Vive bajo tierra, en simbiosis con las raíces de encinas, robles y avellanos principalmente, aunque también vive asociada a las raíces de algunos pinos (halepensis y silvestris) y estepas o jaras (Cistus albidus), generalmente en tierras calizas. Se reproduce en la primavera, apareciendo entonces como pequeñas pelotas, que luego en el verano y otoño se hinchan y maduran, llegando al tamaño de una pelota de golf. Mide entre 3 y 7 cm -a veces se recogen de 10 cm- y un peso entre 20 y 200 gramos, aunque excepcionalmente pueden superar los 600 g.[1] La trufa despide sustancias alelopáticas que impiden el crecimiento de la hierba a su alrededor, y ese suele ser a veces una clave para poder encontrarlas.
Su aspecto recuerda al de una patata si nace en un suelo 'suelto' y de forma irregular, con unas “verrugas” poco profundas si nace en un suelo pedregoso, pudiendo llegar a tener formas caprichosas. El color de su carne es negro-violáceo, con venas blancas, cuando ha llegado a su completa madurez. Como su nombre indica, la madurez llega en invierno. El famososo gastrósofo francés Grimod de La Reynière mencionaba: “Las trufas están realmente buenas después de la Navidad. Dejemos pues a los maestrillos ignorantes, a los glotones imberbes, a los paladares sin experiencia, la pequeña gloria de comer las primeras”.
Recolección
Se recolecta en el invierno, utilizándose perros especialmente adiestrados en su olfato (un ejemplo de raza empleada en su recoleción Parson Russell Terrier) y el denominado machete trufero. Se han llegado a emplear cerdos (se menciona que son mejores las hembras) en su recolección. Algunos expertos las detectan gracias a la presencia de la 'mosca de la trufa' (Suilla gigantea). Las mejores fechas son enero, aunque el periodo de recolección comienza en diciembre llegando hasta marzo. Antiguamente se utilizaban cerdos. Los sitios donde se ha cultivado anteriormente viñas suelen ser frecuentes (sobre todo en los lugares donde hay cepas podridas) y también en las zonas donde se haya cultivado olivos, o donde haya encinas. No obstante la recolección de este hongo es un misterio sometido a diversas investigaciones.
Usos
Es bastante complicado definir el aroma y sabor de la trufa negra, sin haberla probado. Los especialistas aseguran que no hay una trufa igual a otra. Principales factores influyentes son: hábitat, clima y cantidad de lluvia caída durante su desarrollo, y esencialmente el árbol al cual estuvo adherida. El poeta y ensayista francés J. L. Vaudoyer escribió “Hay dos razas de comedores de trufas: una que cree que son buenas porque son caras, y otra que sabe que son caras porque son buenas”. Se pueden emplear en la cocina crudas o cocidas, cortadas en láminas (con un aparato de cortar especial similar a la mandolina), en rodajas o en dados, picados en forma de jugo, de fumet. Suelen emplearse en la elaboración de salsas para acompañar carnes, pasta; en la elaboración de ensaladas, en la elaboración de embutidos y foie gras.
Las trufas se pueden conservar cerca de dos semanas en temperaturas de frigorífico y casi 10 meses congeladas. Se pueden introducir en recipientes pero éstos deben permitir respirar a la trufa. Se comercializan hoy en día en pequeños botes de cristal con esencias de trufa, an algunas ocasiones sumergidas en aceites o en brandy.
So I am walking through this abandoned hotel with Jen and Smack. I drop behind to shoot in one of the guest rooms and they continue on. As I go to catch up I find a room packed full with beds still in their plastic sheets, pillows, soap, shampoo. vacums, etc... Then it hits me - this room smells like death. Not overpowering, but just enough to make you stand up and notice - like driving down the road with the windows open, past a very ripe carcass on the roadside. I look around - nothing. As I'm leaving the room I start to hear it...this monstrous buzzing noise, coming from behind a door left ajar. I kick it open and the light comes streaming in - and there half hidden beneath the stairs - was this. Not sure if it was wounded by a hunter, or naturally curled up there - but it was nature at it's most primeval.
And a reminder - everything is from the Earth, and returns to it in one way or the other.
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Madrid (Spain).
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The Jardines del Buen Retiro or Parque del Buen Retiro (literally "Gardens" or "Park of the Pleasant Retreat"), or simply El Retiro, the "Lungs of Madrid", is the main park of the city of Madrid, capital of Spain.
The Parque del Buen Retiro is a large and popular 1.4 km² (350-acre) park at the edge of the city center, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Museo del Prado. A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculpture and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake and host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions. The park is entirely surrounded by the present-day city.
In 1505, at the time of Isabella I (r. 1474–1504) the Monasterio de Jerónimos was moved from an unsuitable location elsewhere to the present site of Iglesia de San Jerónimo el Real, and a new monastery built in Isabelline Gothic style. The royal family had a retreat built as part of the church.
King Philip II (r. 1556–1598) moved the Spanish court to Madrid in 1561. Philip had the Retiro enlarged by his architect Juan Bautista de Toledo, and formal avenues of trees were laid out. Here, at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, the king could withdraw during Lent, bringing the court with him.
The "Jardines del Buen Retiro" were extended in the 1620s, when Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Philip IV's powerful favourite, gave the king several tracts of land in the vicinity for the Court's recreational use. Olivares determined to build, in a place that the king liked, a royal house which should be superior to those villas that Roman nobles had lately been setting up in the hillyt outskirts of Rome. Although this second royal residence was to be built in what were then outlying areas of Madrid, it was actually not far from the existing Alcázar or fortress residence, and the location in a cool, wooded area proved to be ideal.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_del_Buen_Retiro
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Los Jardines del Buen Retiro, popularmente conocidos como El Retiro, son un parque de 118 hectáreas situado en Madrid. Es uno de los lugares más significativos de la capital española.
Los Jardines tienen su origen entre los años 1630 y 1640, cuando el Conde-Duque de Olivares (Don Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel), valido de Felipe IV (1621–1665), le regaló al rey unos terrenos que le habían sido cedidos por el Duque de Fernán Núñez para el recreo de la Corte en torno al Monasterio de los Jerónimos de Madrid. Así, con la reforma del Cuarto Real que había junto al Monasterio, se inició la construcción del Palacio del Buen Retiro. Contaba entonces con unas 145 hectáreas. Aunque esta segunda residencia real iba a estar en lo que en aquellos tiempos eran las afueras de la villa de Madrid, no estaba excesivamente lejos del alcázar y resultó ser un lugar muy agradable por estar en una zona muy boscosa y fresca.
Bajo la dirección de los arquitectos Giovanni Battista Crescenzi y Alonso Carbonell se construyeron diversos edificios, entre ellos el teatro del Buen Retiro que acogió representaciones teatrales de los grandes del Siglo de Oro, Calderón de la Barca y Lope de Vega. Perduran aún el Casón del Buen Retiro, antiguo Salón de Baile, el Museo del Ejército, antaño Salón de Reinos con sus paredes decoradas con pinturas de Velázquez, Zurbarán y frescos de Lucas Jordán y los jardines.
Éstos se levantaron al mismo tiempo que el palacio, trabajando en ellos, entre otros, Cosme Lotti, escenógrafo del Gran Duque de Toscana, y edificándose una leonera para la exhibición de animales salvajes y una pajarera para aves exóticas. El estanque grande, escenario de naumaquias y espectáculos acuáticos, el estanque ochavado o de las campanillas y la ría chica pertenecen a este período inicial.
A lo largo de la historia, en este conjunto se han ido efectuando modificaciones, no siempre planificadas, que cambiaron la fisonomía del jardín, como el Parterre diseñado durante el reinado de Felipe V (1700–1746), la Real Fábrica de Porcelana del Buen Retiro en tiempos de Carlos III (1759–1788) o el Observatorio Astronómico, obra de Juan de Villanueva, reinando Carlos IV (1788–1808). El rey Carlos III fue el primero en permitir el acceso de los ciudadanos al recinto, siempre que cumpliesen con la condición de ir bien aseados y vestidos.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buen_Retiro
2nd Wine Tasting @ NK Yong's House
Saturday 17.01.2009
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2006 Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon Mâcon-Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette (France, Burgundy, Mâconnais) www.comtes-lafon.fr. Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon produces wines ranging from generic Mâcon up to four single-vineyard wines, including the Clos de la Crochette. First planted with vines by the monks of the once so influent abbey of Cluny, this 2.6 hectares walled vineyard is believed to be one of the oldest growing sites of Chardonnay in the world hence the name of the village. With the same biodynamic techniques as used in his Meursault domaine, Lafon has crafted a delicious wine that shows the regions true potential.
13.0%. 100% Chardonnay. The nose offers crispness, apples, and lucious stonefruit framed by a touch of vanilla butter oak while the medium-bodied palate is strung with refreshing acidity, melon and green apple notes. Nice and tart with a bone dry finish. Love its youthful vibrancy. Best from 2009 to 2012. Tasted; January 2009. Price: From €16.66. S$53.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2005 Domaine Michel Gros Nuits St. Georges (France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits) www.domaine-michel-gros.com. Born in 1995, Michel Gros is a conscientious viticulturalist with 18 hectares in Vosne-Romanée and Nuits St. Georges. Michel uses between 50% and 80% new oak, with 100% for Grand Cru. Michel Gros product offering include the following: Bourgogne, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny, Clos Vougeot, Morey St. Denis En la Rue de Vergy, Nuits St. Georges, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru, St. Georges Les Chaliots, Vosne-Romanée, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brulees, and the highly sought after, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Clos des Réas.
13.0%. 100% Pinot Noir from 0.78 hectares vineyard from 4 different designated vineyard sites, namely: Les Athees, Les Lavieres, Les Bas De Combe, and La Perriere Noblet in Vosne-Romanée. A welcoming red into an afternoon of tasting, the 2005 Michel Gros NSG is a delight and rewards with a complex nose of spice, earth and dark ripe raspberries, with further responsorial chants of bright ripe raspberries, dry smooth and elegant tannins on the palate. Good promising medium and spicy finish. Best from 2009 to 2020. Price: From €28.00, £50, S$108.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2006 Conti Costanti Rosso di Montalcino (Italy, Tuscany) www.costanti.it. Costanti Brunello was founded in the 1970s by brothers Conte Emilio and Elvio. Since 1982, grandson Andrea has been overseeing this 25 hectares estate planted with 100% Sangivoese ranging from 6 to 25 years old vines. Product offered includes: Brunello di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Rosso di Montalcino, and a Bordeaux like blend in Vermiglio, composited of 70% Sangiovese, and 30% Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon.
13.5%. 100% Sangiovese spending 12 months in French oak before bottling and release. The premium 2006 Conti Costanti Rosso is well built with full aromas of toast, floral, and strong red raspberry and currant. Medium-bodied, with superbly fresh and acute acidity plus soft tannins with ample ripeness with a fragmented medium finish. Best from late 2009 to 2012. From €25.36, S$51.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2003 Conti Costanti Brunello di Montalcino (Italy, Tuscany) www.costanti.it. 13.5%. 100% Sangiovese spends a whopping huge 48 months in stasis, with 18 months in French, 18 months in Slavonian, and additional 12 bottled months before release. This fine Piedmonte Brunello is rich and layered, with first impressions of tobacco, herb, beautiful mix of red cherries and berries and an upfront persistent warmness, heat. Full-bodied, with reticent tones and revelation of beautifully balanced red fruits, well stuffed from front to end, spice, lush grippy acidity lending a noticeable level, giving way to a refined light finish. Readily now. Best from 2009 to 2023. Price: From €50.00, £18.00, S$91.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2005 Agricola Punica Barrua Isola dei Nuraghi IGT (Italy, Sardinia). Founded in 2002, Punica is a branded 200 hectares joint venture by Dottore Sebastiano Rosso, the current crafter of Sassicaia at Tenuta San Guido is winemaker, Marchese Nicoló Incisa della Rocchetta and Giacomo Tachis, the legendary wine consultants who created Sassicaia, Tignanello and Solaia.
14.5%. 85% Carignano, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Merlot. 18 months in French oak, with a further 12 months in bottle before release. The 2005 Barrua is toasty, deeply entrenched with deep licorice, toasty oak and generous portions of inky plum and blackberries aromas. Medium-bodied, and velvety with a deep black fruit presence, meaty, with a lovely spicy texture, sweet ripe tannins backed with seductive new oak. Drinkable, with a spicy licorice finish. Best from 2010 to 2016. From €36.00, S$72.00. Tasted; January 2009.
Described by Matt Kramer as one of the great Chianti estates and reliably good, Fontodi is a 68 hectares estate founded in 1968 and managed by Macro and Giovanni Manetti. Today the estate is overseen by proprietor Giovanni Manetti and consulting oenologist Franco Bernabei. Product offering include the basic Chianti Classicos, a Riserva styled Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo from a single 8 hectares vineyard made with 90% Sangiovese, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Others include the estate's Super Tuscan, the 10 hectares, Flaccianello della Pieve made of 100% Sangiovese and Case Via Syrah and Pinot Nero (First planted in 1985) offerings.
2005 Fontodi Chianti Classico (Italy, Tuscany, Chianti) www.fontodi.com. 13.5%. 100% Sangiovese. 2 years in French oak, with a further 3 months in bottle before release. From the estate's introductory wine, the 2005 Chianti Classico is fresh, with a show of toasty oak powered by alluring red berry aromas. Medium-bodied, with soft strawberries, silky acidity and a dusty character, licorice leading to a dry caressing finish. Best from 2009 to 2012. From €15.00, S$50.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2006 Fontodi Chianti Classico (Italy, Tuscany, Chianti) www.fontodi.com. 14.0%. 100% Sangiovese. 2 years in French oak, with a further 3 months in bottle before release. The 2006 Chianti Classico is beautiful with smoky and toasty oak, and a rich spread of red, dark berry and cherry aroma, and a flight of vanilla oak tones. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins, dry acidity and a rich finish. Drink now. From €14.00, S$50.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2004 Fontodi Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo (Italy, Tuscany) www.fontodi.com. 14.0%. 80% Sangiovese, and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. 16 to 18 months in French oak, with a further 6 months in bottle before release. A top notch Chianti with savory aromas of sweet vanilla, toast, red berries with licorice and floral complexity. Medium-bodied, with depth of ripe dark fruit, and lovely lushness and silk like tannin and acidity, and should evolve further with aging from this classic and bumper Tuscany vintage. Dry peppered aftertaste. At best between 2009 and 2016. From €30.00, S$87.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2006 Fontodi Pinot Nero Case Via Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT (Italy, Tuscany) www.fontodi.com. 14.5%. 100% Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) from the single vineyard "La Rota". 12 months in French oak barrels, with 6 months in bottle before release. The 2006 Pinot Nero Case Via presented a fresh touch to the world of old world Pinot Noir, with a very ripe and intense dark cherry nose, and a full-bodied expression with predominating oak tannin and flavors, reconciled by warmness, weight and richness of more ripe fruit as evident on the palate, with a dry tannin streak finish. Best from 2010 to 2021. From €25.00, S$76.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2004 Fontodi Syrah Case Via Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT (Italy, Tuscany) www.fontodi.com. 14.5%. 100% Syrah from single vineyard "Case Via". 12 to 15 months in French oak, 6 additional months in bottle before release. Fontodi's 2004 Syrah Case Via serves with a punchy nasal presence of sweet black cherry, spice and licorice. Full-bodied, with an exceeding amount of fruit extraction, cherry, spice. As compared with the range of offerings from Fontodi in 2004, you probably be better off with the Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo on price and quality points. From 2010 to 2018. From €40.00, S$88.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2005 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT (Italy, Tuscany) www.fontodi.com. 14.5%. 100% Sangiovese from 30 year old vines. 16 to 18 months in French oak, with a further 12 months in bottle before release. One of the first Supertuscans to be produced using Sangiovese in 1981, the 2005 Flaccianello epitomizes a perfumed experience with fresh toasty oak, black berry, spice and vibrancy on the nose. Medium-bodied, with soft tannin, light acidity, red fruits, simplicity, light finish and a noticeable lesser depth and clarity as compared with the massive and heavily structured 2004. Best from 2010 to 2018. From €40.00, S$109.00. Tasted; January 2009.
Tenuta San Guido was founded in 1965 and today the 75 hectares estate is managed by Mario Incisa della Rochetta, along with guidance from Giacomo Tachis who framed the success of Sassicaia, Tignanello and Solaia who has since given way to Sebastiano Rosa, whom was educated and trained at Bordeaux's Lafite-Rothschild and Piedmont's Argiano. San Guido's product star offering includes; Le Difese (A blend of 70% Sangiovese, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon), Guidalberto (A blend of 45% Carbernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and 10% Sangiovese), and the estate most famed wine export, Sassicaia (A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 15% Cabernet Franc).
2004 Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto Toscana IGT (Italy, Tuscany) www.sassicaia.com. 14.5%. Like its big sister, Guidalberto is produced from hand selected grapes, meticulously sorted and blended together with 45% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Sangiovese, of which both Merlot and Sangiovese are two varieties never included in Sassicaia. It is then aged for 12 months in a mix of French and American oak, 30% new, the rest used Sassicaia barrels before bottling and release.
The 2004 Guidalberto opens up with a concerted bouquet of dark berry fruit, with chocolate hint. Medium-bodied with soft tannins, with lushness and softly crushed cherry and berry fruit, and a sweet and clean medium finish. A quality effort plus a good buy attesting to the renowned winemaking skills at Sassicaia. Drink between 2009 and 2014. From €26.00, S$74.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2005 Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia (Italy, Tuscany) www.sassicaia.com. 13.5%. 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 15% Cabernet Franc. 24 months in French oak before bottling and release. The stellar 2005 Sassicaia's nose has an irresistible and perfumed character, with a tug of freshness, bright dark berry fruit and subtle hints of smoky oak and herbs. Full-bodied, while on the heels of the highly successful and much richer 2004, the 2005 is medium to full-bodied, is really accessible, showing finesse and structured material on the palate, balanced and with a lovely mouth feel and silky tannin. Further blackberry reside from its mid palate to a lively and satisfying sumptuous finish. Best from 2011 to 2022. From: €90.00, £85.00, S$183.00 onwards. Tasted; January 2009.
Johann Josef Prüm (died 1944) and son Sebastian (died 1969) founded the 14 hectares estate in 1911. Today, the family owned estate is managed by Dr. Manfred Prüm (1969) and wife Amai. Planted with 95% Riesling, the estate vineyards and offerings include; top sites in Wehlener Sonnenuhr, and Graacher Himmelreich. Others and lesser-known ones include Badstube in Bernkastel, and Sonnenuhr in Zeltingen. Joh. Jos. Prüm is a member of the VDP (Verband deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitäts-Weingüter) association.
2004 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett (Germany, Mosel) 8.5%. 100% Riesling. Sulfurous which blew off with time, the 2004 Wehlener Sonnenuh Kabinett shows complexity and cleaniness, with scintillating aromas of apple, and slate like mineral meshed into this medium to full-bodied and structured Riesling. Balanced and well integrated with a seamless texture, light acidity touch and a juicy medium finish. Drink from 2009 to 2018. From: €13.00, S$58.00. Tasted; January 2009.
2006 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese (Germany, Mosel) 8.0%. 100% Riesling from vineyards sites in Bernkastel, Graacher Himmelreich, Wehlen and Zeltingen. Sulfurous which blew off with time. The 2006 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese is a crowd pleaser and a superb affirming late harvest wine, an oozing perfume of peaches, honeysuckle and sweetened mineral. Medium-bodied, with good balance, weight and light acidity and a terrifying mouthfeel with bursting flavors of mineral, underscored by a solid body of ripe white fruit and a pleasant scrumptious, succulent silk driven finish. Best from 2009 to 2026. From: €29.70, S$75.00. Tasted; January 2009.
Today, I had the chance to spend an hour interviewing ex Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistani Muslim League (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, in his home in Raiwind, in the outskirts of Lahore. M. Sharif was ousted by current president Musharaf in a coup in 1999, and lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until Nov. 2007, when he returned to his stronghold of Punjab. After the assassination of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif stands out as the main opposition leader for the upcoming elections. As we were returning to Lahore, we learnt a suicide attack near the High Court had killed 23 people :-(
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Elections (Recommended as a slideshow)
Bas-relief Number 6 from the 2nd century AD in the Tang-e Chowgan gorge by the ancient Sassanid city of Bishapur represents the Victory of King Shapur II. Compared to the larger and more complex Relief Number 3, this one is much better preserved, because it is located high on the rockface, and therefore escaped the erosion of the flooding of the gorge.
This relief shows Shapur II sitting on his throne in the centre of the first register, with his hand on his sword. Compared with many reliefs, although in concordance with the Eastern Apadana Staircase reliefs of Persepolis, the order is reversed in this reliefs, such that the gift bearers arrive here from the left, and the soldiers from the right, accompanied by prisoners of war. One of the soldiers even carries decapitated heads...
See also Bishapur Reliefs Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Number 4, Number 5
Valley del Frances: The French Valley: A large valley that forms the central arm of the famed 'W' hike in Torres del Paine.
Spectacular granite spires and mountains of the Andean cordillera surrounded me. The cirque ahead of me lined with impressive cliffs. To the west rises the abbrupt walls of Cerro Cota and Cerro Cathedral. To the east, from north to south, lie the peaks of Fortaleza, La Espada, La Hoja, la Mascara, Cuerno Norte and Cuerno Principal. Behind me, stretched far out into the valley, lay the twisted edges of Lago Nordenskjold, glimmering in the late afternoon sun.
But thats as far as physical features go. To really experience it, you really have to be there!.
Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene we were looking at. Neither can pictures do justice. From west to east, a range of mountains necked by hanging glaciers surrounded us. Waterfalls fell in long cascades from the top of these granite peaks, its glacial meltwater disappearing into thick forests that permeated the level below the snowline. The sharp peaks rising all around us redefined the size of this national park - it was beauty beholden, it was nature as nature intended; it was landscape as landscape intended; it was earth as earth intended.
And all we could do was to be a silent spectator to this magnificent spectacle, overwhelmed and inspired at the same time. Emotions were reduced to being simplistically complex; and the scale in our minds could only go so far. Nothing of what I have seen in my travels compared to the one I was seeing now. It was truly the highlight of this trip and this hike in particular.
Here is a panorama from the second Mirador in Valle del Frances. I believe 7 images were comped to give this single shot. I just wished I had blue skies to go with this!
Do view it large to do it justice!.
Torres del Paine National Park
Chile
Rupit, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Rupit and Pruit (in Catalan Rupit i Pruit) are a municipality of the region of Osona located to the northeast of the region and the east of the Sierra de Cabrera. It is integrated by two urban nuclei: Rupit and Pruit, that they were independent until year 1980. It is the last town of the province of Barcelona in the highway that unites the municipalities of Vic, capital of the region of Osona and Olot, capital of the region of the Garrotxa (Girona).
The origin of the town we found in the castle that was constructed around year 1000, replacing the one of Fàbregues, where they went constructing houses around.
In 14th century the population underwent a reduction but it recovered, arriving in 17th and 18th centuries at the maximum splendor that has never had the town. The church was possibly built between 13th and 14th centuries, and it was dedicated to San Miguel Arcángel.
Pruit already names in year 955, when it belonged to viscounts of Osona. Always there is been united to the castle and jurisdiction of Rupit.
Sources: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_y_Pruit and pieraedicions.com/rupitpruitbreuhistoria.htm.
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CASTELLANO
Rupit y Pruit (en catalán Rupit i Pruit) es un municipio de la comarca de Osona situado al noreste de la comarca y al este de la Sierra de Cabrera. Está integrado por dos núcleos urbanos: Rupit y Pruit, que fueron independientes hasta el año 1977. Es el último pueblo de la provincia de Barcelona en la carretera que une los municipios de Vic, capital de la comarca de Osona y Olot, capital de la comarca de La Garrotxa (Gerona).
La iglesia de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y su castillo están documentados desde el año 968. Hacia el siglo XII surgió el pueblo de Rupit habitado por familias nobles. En 1878, la iglesia de Rupit dejó de depender de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y en 1959 el municipio pasó a llamarse Rupit. En 1977 se unieron los municipios de Rupit y Pruit.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_i_Pruit
No... it's NOT the London Bridge
Saturday was just too hectic - spent the day catching up on my pp, doing the big Christmas shop (stocking up) and then cleaning and arranging getting ready for Xmas. End of the day I was too tired to take a shot so I am using one of the shots I took the previous night (Day 195).
This is the Tower Bridge in London. For those outside of UK, this is actually not the London Bridge which is referred to in the children's rhyme. This one is closer to the Tower of London from which it gets its name.
I wanted to get some trailing lights on the bridge from a bus but waiting out in the cold was too difficult for me. I did get a trailing bus and trailing boat in 2 different shots so combined them in to one. Both "trails" are not defined enough because the exposures was too long but I was not hanging around in the freezing cold to get it perfect!
Image taken from the book Ford Escort RS Cosworth & World Rally Car by Graham Robson, published by Veloce Publishing.
The Escort RS Cosworth, which started rallying in 1993, was one of the most ingenious designs of all time. What started as a shortened Sierra Cosworth 4x4 platform, topped off by a modified Escort cabin and outer skins, was soon developed into a versatile and sophisticated rally car, and eventually became Ford's most successful since the legendary Escorts of the 1970s.
Because it was smaller, lighter, and more nimble than any of the Sierras, the combination of Cosworth power, four-wheel-drive transmission, and an effective aerodynamic package made it a Rally Giant in all conditions. With five World victories in its first season, and success all round the world in later years, it was seen in every continent, in all conditions. Drivers like Carlos Sainz, Tommi Makinen and Francois Delecour added their own stardust to a glittering reputation. To meet a change in regulations, the Escort World Rally Car took over in 1997, and also enjoyed years of success.
Until the all-new Focus WRC was launched in 1999, this generation of Escorts was the most effective rally car that Ford had ever produced.
click here for more info about the book.
Other sites of interest!
Tundra community, Camp Ridge, Kantishna Hills, Denali National Park, Alaska
lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxauthid=1&ta...
One of the wanderflechten, or vagrant lichens, which curls when dry and may blow around like tumbleweed. Moisture causes it to uncurl to facilitate photosynthesis . The upper surface of the branches is dark, while the lower surface features "whitish pruinose patches without a cortex, and functionally equivalent to pseudochyphellae" as described by Brodo.
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www.cpbr.gov.au/lichen/ecology-vagrants.html - "The great majority of lichens grow attached to substrates of some sort but many are able to continue growing if they become unattached. There is also a small number of species which never grow attached to any substrate. These are often referred to as vagrant lichens and I will use the word in that sense on this website. Species that normally grow attached but that are able to survive unattached are often referred to as erratic lichens, but be aware that some authors use the word erratic to include the vagrant species as well and then describe those species as obligatorily erratic. English words such as vagrant and vague are derived from Latin words built on the root VAG, conveying the sense of 'wandering'. In several other languages these lichens are known by names that are easy for an English speaker to understand. Thus they may be lichens vagabondes (French), licheni vaganti (Italian), líquenes migratorios, líquenes vagantes (both Spanish) or Wanderflechten (German). The last is easy to comprehend once you know that Flechten is the German word for lichens."
ready to roll - www.flickr.com/photos/tabtannery/14960118516/
rarely fertile - www.flickr.com/photos/jordan_in_alaska/3578746229/
neat vagrant in Australia - www.flickr.com/photos/83327151@N08/29498214986/
replaced with improved version 11/2025
my lichen photos by genus - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections/7215762439...
my photos arranged by subject, e.g. mountains - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections
See the article at www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201110pride...
Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!
by Michael Mahler
On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.
Parade
About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.
Parade units included
Lake Erie Belly Dance
Doctor Who contingent
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
Erie Gay News
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Latonia Theatre
PFLAG Butler
Erie Sisters
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie
Community United Church
OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)
There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.
Rally
The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.
Speakers and performers included:
Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large
Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011
Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church
Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011
Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA
Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV
Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation
Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone
Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Diva D’Vyne
Games
The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition
Donors
Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included
AdultMart
Allegheny College Bookstore
BeautiControl
Blue Heron Inn
Body Language
Chicory Hill Herbs
Coca-Cola/Erie
Country Fair
Craze Night Club
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Douglas Kolcun
Drenched Fur
Earthshine Company
Eerie Horror Film Festival
emma's revolution
Erie Book Store
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Department of Health
Erie Playhouse
Erie Seawolves
Erie Sisters
Erie Spine and Wellness
Family United Counseling
Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach
Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road
Glass Growers
Good Health Rejuvenation
Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.
Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
Hollywood Stories
Horomanski's DJ'ing Services
JR's Last Laugh
Kensington Books
La bella
Larese Floral Design
LBT Women
Lion's Den Adult Super Store
MLR Books
Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness
Pie in the Sky Cafe
Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse
Sam's Club
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Silk Screen Unlimited
Smith's Hot Dogs
State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock
Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio
The Ringbearer
Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St
Wegman's- Peach St
Wendy's of Erie
Zone Dance Club
Committee Members & Volunteers
Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included
Season
Chris
Preston
Mark H
Erin Moll
Amy
Sue McCabe
Alex
Jeff H
John Daly King
Kerry
In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:
Kevin Schultz
Dok
Johauna
Wanda
Bob H
Eric Rogers
Maria S.
Deb Spilko
Brian
Info Tables & Vendors
Info tables included:
Adagio Health
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter
Community United Church
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Equality Pennsylvania
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Human Relations Commission
Erie Gay News
Erie Sisters
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
SafeNet Center
United Way of Erie County
Voices for Independence
Vendors included
BeautiControl
Book Merchant
Christopher's Novelty Gifts
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Collecting Food
We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.
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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual
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Con sus dos largos brazos de hilo la verde Eutreptia se abre paso en los caminos del agua, a veces despejados como un cielo limpio y en otras ocasiones salpìcados de diminutos viajeros como ella que buscan para vivir una pequeña ventana a la luz del sol.
Eutreptia es un flagelado primo hermano de Euglena, que adopta forma de cometa cuando puede nadar libre en la inmensidad de cualquier gota de agua, su prolongada cola estabiliza la tortuosa navegación que le imponen sus dos largos flagelos y de este modo, avanza sin contratiempos enhebrando su silueta de pez entre las corrientes de agua.
El interior de Eutreptia está cargado de pequeños cloroplastos discoidales que apenas tienen espacio para moverse dentro de su cuerpo y que no caben en la estrecha cola-timón de este flagelado viajero. Eutreptia está vestida con una fina y plástica membrana transparente elegantemente adornada por unas delicadísimas estrías paralelas casi invisibles. Esta película que recubre su cuerpo como una ajustada camisa, igual que la de algunas especies de Euglena, Distigma o Astasia permite el cambio de forma y la completa transformación de sus aspecto.
Los dos largos flagelos de Eutreptia ondulan y parecen trenzarse para deshacerse después en sus movimientos rizados, pero cuando tropiezan con algún obstáculo como marañas de algas o redes de diatomeas, se desacompasan al mismo tiempo que Eutreptia se altera y sus contornos de comenta se revuelven hasta transformarse mágicamente en los de un globo.
Eutreptia, como Euglena, es ser misterioso de vida animal y vegetal al mismo tiempo, una pequeña mancha ocular de color rojizo constituye su ojo de cíclope que sólo ve la luz
La especie que mostramos hoy, probablemente Eutreptia viridis puede vivir en aguas dulces, como éstas de las que procede y es capaz de soportar una notable carga de materia orgánica. Se trata de un hallazgo singular, del que no tenemos constancia de citas precedentes en la Península Ibérica - las únicas conocidas del continente europeo proceden de Gran Bretaña y Rumanía - y tan solo se ha constatado su presencia en otros continentes a partir de tres citas, una en Brasil, otra en China y la tercera de Australia.
Eutreptia ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos con la técncia de contraste de interferencia a partir de una muestra recogida a 3 metros de profundidad en el Lago de Sanabria (Zamora), desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán construido en el Planeta propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
Intha weaver at work in a village on Lake Inle.
The Intha
The dominant ethnicity of Lake Inle are the Intha, meaning sons of the lake. They are thought to have arrived from the Tavoy region of Southern Burma many centuries ago, and are linguistically related to the Bamar group. Today they speak an antiquated Burmese and are Buddhist.
The Intha live in bamboo houses built over the water on stilts and grow vegetables and fruit hydroponically on floating gardens that rise and fall with the tidesthus giving rise to the perception of 'floating villages'. The fertile water ensures an abundant harvest which get sold on 'floating markets' where goods are traded from one boat to another. The itinerary follows a five day cycle, rotating between the five larger villages on Lake Inle.
Most transport is by flat bottom canoes, propelled by a particular rowing style where the rower stands on one leg on the flattened stern of the canoe and wrapping the other around a long oar. The standing rowing method evolved to enable rowers to see over the tall reeds. Nevertheless the women row seated, eventhough they are equally adept at the standing style.
The Intha are best known for their unique fishing method, which is an extension of the rowing style, using a cone shaped bamboo framed wrapped with a fishing net, which is lowered to the bottom of the shallow Lake Inle with one hand and one foot. A bamboo stake is then driven into the net to agitate the water and drive the fish up. The net is then closed and the entire contraption is raised from the water.
The Intha should also be noted as weavers, producing the lotus cloth unique to the area, and worn by monks as ceremonial robes. They are best known however for creating traditional distinctive cotton cloth, the Inle Longyi. The patterns were originally Cambodian inspired, but now also drive from Thai and Indonesian influences. Silk brought in from China and Thailand are also used for more luxurious textiles, which are sold to tourists.
Lake Inle
Lake Inle is a freshwater lake of around 115square kilometers in Myanmar's Shan State located at an altitude of 880 meters. The lake is very shallow reaching no more than 2 or 3 meters depending on the season.
The lake is a tourist attraction for its images of the fishermen and their flat bottom canoes on mirror still water, as well as the the floating villages and markets. Time of course never stands still, and larger motor powered boats have made their way onto the lake, mainly as tourist transport, causing wakes that never existed before, while the market increasingly caters for tourist souvenirs. However given the political situation, tourism is still limited in Myanmar, but a number of very high quality lodges have sprung up along the lake shores.
Shan State
Shan State forms Myanmar's border with China, Laos and Thailand, and encompasses a quarter of Myanmar's total territory. Shan State derives its name from the local Shan people, who live largely rural lifestyles.
From the 1948 Myanmar independence, Chinese state and ethnic activity has increased, as have armed rebellions fueled by the emergence of war lords, who developed Shan State into a major opium growing area. Accordingly, the state is better known as the Golden Triangle or Shwe-Tri Gan and to this day, Myanmar is the world's second largest opium producer after Afghanistan, whilst the local people growing poppy continue to live below the poverty line. Heroin base is mostly produced within Myanmar and then transported by donkey across the mountainous Thailand border for conversion to heroin and transport to Bangkok and wider trafficking.
The heavily armed insurgence groups, including the 20,000 strong United Wa State Army (UWSA) that represent an undefined independent Wa State which would enclose Shan State, still render the zone unstable. The Wa people openly use the Yuan as currency, as opposed to the Myanmar Kyat, and in 2008 parts of Shan State were ceded autonomy.
Myanmar
Burma, or Myanmar as it has been renamed by the military dictatorship, derives its name from the Burmese word Bamar, which is pronounced 'Bama', and became 'Burma' in the colonial days. However in old Burmese it is pronounced Mranma or Myanmah, thus giving rise to Myanmar. The renaming remains the subject of debate, where the UN refers to 'Myanmar', the US, UK and France still refer to 'Burma', and yet the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal refer to 'Myanmar'. We've followed the UN and used current naming throughout this collection of photos, however with the alternatives included in the tags.
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Explored! #52 [December 3, 2018] Thanks!
South Padre Island, Texas.
This is one of those terrific photographs almost anyone could have taken, given a camera and the same opportunity....
We (Mom & "the kids") spent part of 1992's Texas ballpark vacation visiting Mom's sister Violet in Corpus Christi. Besides touring the town and sampling the restaurants, we spent nearly a full day on the beach, where the amusements included really cute crabs and really annoying gulls. Both types of critters, apparently, live off the sunbathers.
Its incredible how FAST the butterflies are.. Shot at 1/750s and still the motion blur...this is not camera shake (evident with the bottom left flower sharpness!)
WOW.. getting motion blur at such speed just shows how the butterflies take off and why its so hard to photograph them IN-FLIGHT!
I tried to catch the butterflies in flight literally dozens of times during this vacation... but this is the only one i have with me to showcase!
Gay & Lesbian Pride March 2010
It’s back in 2010, the event that stops traffic… On Sunday February 7th, the 15th annual Pride March takes over Fitzroy St, St Kilda in a blaze of colour, noise and movement!
Pride March 2010 is an open air celebration culminating in a Pride March down Fitzroy Street St Kilda and finishing with performances on the foreshore. Pride March is to express courage, solidarity, pride, diversity and a strong sense of community.
Gay & Lesbian Pride March
Down Fitzroy Street to Catani Gardens
Sunday 7 February 2010
Fitzroy St, St Kilda Victoria 3182 Australia.
Telephone: 03 9513 3054
Turning 30 in 2010, St Kilda Festival is one of Australia’s best known and Melbourne’s most loved events. It utilises St Kilda’s stunning foreshore and celebrates the cream of Australia’s musical talents.
Saturday 6 February is Yalukit Wilam Ngargee: People, Place Gathering, an outdoor Indigenous festival featuring music, dance, children’s activities and more that welcomes people to St Kilda for the week ahead, O’Donnell Gardens.
From 7-13 February experience Live N Local: St Kilda venues throw open their doors to host a variety of local bands, musicians, performers, artists and comedians in a series of one off and special events - everything you love about St Kilda and more.
Yes, I know I was in Marrakech and not in Casablanca, but how many people are there who don't think of Casablanca when they think of Morocco?
One of the things that I simply did not expect in Morocco was just how people react to having their photos taken. As I've learned since returning to the States, its a common occurrence in Africa for a photographer to have to pay to take a photo. Some sources claim this is because people there are under the impression that we photographers will just try to commercialize their face while other sources say it's a more spiritual thing and has something to do with their souls.
Regardless of the reason, I wasn't really up for paying for photos and I didn't want to play the classic Douchebag With a Camera game, so I decided it'd be a good opportunity to practice shooting from the hip. It wasn't easy, but it was certainly a lot of fun trying, especially since I was using a zoom lens and tried my hand at choosing focal length blind as well. Admittedly, I spent most of the time around 35mm since I know exactly what to expect there.
As with the last photograph from Morocco that I posted, this one was taken in the Djemaa el Fna medina of Marrakech.
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Been here a few times never happy due to the light and sky until today worth the £6 entrance fee as the gardens and flowers looked amazing.Think my job is done at this amazing location ;-)
An ancient site dating back to the 7th century was originally owned by the church but later acquired by the Button family in the 16th century. The name was changed to Dyffryn St. Thomas when the estate was sold to Thomas Pryce, who built the first building to be known as Dyffryn House. John Cory bought the estate in 1891 and built the present house two years later. He later commissioned Thomas Mawson to landscape the gardens to complement his magnificent house. After John Cory's death in 1910, his third son, Reginald, a keen horticulturalist and leading figure in the RHS, developed the gardens and arboretum notably through his joint sponsorship of several plant hunting expeditions. The most remarkable of the results of this is the Paper Bark Maple, Acer griseum, which was grown from seed brought back from China by Ernest Wilson.
After Reginald Cory's death in 1934, the estate went to his daughter Florence who died just two years later. It was then bought by Sir Cennydd Traherne who leased it in 1939 to Glamorgan County Council on a 999 year lease. The Grade I listed gardens are being restored in two phases with grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The first phase is for £3.25 million and the second for £2.9 million.
i redid my room!
on saturday julia came over and we cleaned my room. let me tell you, my room was a MESS. it took us six hours. by the end i had countless bags filled with papers and just general shit that used to sit on the floor in my room. then i had one massive garbage bag full of clothes (now my dresser drawers can actually open and close! yes!) and one garbage bag full of "accessories". these bags came in the mail from the lupus foundation, so they just got a ton of stuff from my room.... the only thing i don't understand is why having lupus makes you need clothes and stuff? but i guess they are for poor people with lupus. also, the whole time i was thinking of house. and how it's never lupus... i also gave away a TON of books. an entire shelf full, actually. so about a quarter of all the books i own. which is a lot.
then we painted blackboard paint onto my wall. and then we painted a silver "picture frame" around it. but it's kind of just a wavy silver blob. that was extremely fun. and now a have a chalk board on my wall! theeennnnnnn we put up all sorts of pictures and magazine stuff and artwork.
and then today i bought a PAPASAN CHAIR. i didn't know that was the name for it until today, but it was kind of an impulse buy and i'm incredibly happy. lol. i also moved my bed.
so i accomplished a lot in the past few days. actually, i've pretty much done everything on my todo list EXCEPT finish any of my summer reading/homework. so now my chalk board is a very not fun list of stuff i need to do.
i'm reading pride and prejudice in the picture, but i'm really only up to chapter 18 in the sparknotes. lol. i'm going to hell. i still need to read the picture of dorian gray, some book about john mccain's 2000 campaign, do my ap bio homework, study for the ACT, and work on my college essays. fml.
AND SCHOOL STARTS ON WEDNESDAY :(
Aínsa, Huesca (Spain).
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The church of Santa María de Aínsa, is a good example of the Medieval architecture of the Sobrarbe area, although throughout its history it has undergone many modifications of the several rooms the temple is made up of: church, subterranean crypt, cloister and belfry tower.
The origins of the temple go back to the XIth century, being an irregularly proportioned construction of rough ashlar.
The church is accessed by way of an open door with a semicircular arc and archivolts, upheld by columns with carved capitals, and on the higher part of the entrance the usual Romanesque chrysmon may be seen.
However, the church has another entrance at the back, which acts as a junction between the temple proper, the tower and the irregular pentagon-shaped medieval cloister.
From the church, entering from the first stretch of the nave, one reaches the basement, a crypt opened beneath the front part of the temple.
On the other hand, to visit the tower and enjoy a beautiful view of the Aínsa’s historical urban area and its surroundings, one must enter from the exterior, through an elevated door. When one reaches the belfry’s openings, it is easy to understand why this tower had religious uses, but above all military ones , as it is an excellent observation tower for the Cinca river.
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La Iglesia parroquial de Santa María de Ainsa (Provincia de Huesca, España) es un templo de estilo románico iniciado en el siglo XI y finalizado en el siglo XII. Se consagró en 1181.
De sencilla portada de cuatro arquivoltas apoyadas en otros tantos pares de columnas de capiteles labrados. Desde el interior del templo de única nave con bóveda de medio cañón apuntado se accede a la cripta y el claustro, ambos de gran interés.
La Cripta cuenta con 18 columnas y capiteles. Su torre, de dimensiones únicas en el románico aragonés, hace imprescindible su visita, con saeteras para la defensa, se alza entre las casas del pueblo y domina el entorno. Consta de cuatro pisos diferenciados, uno de ellos, el tercero, destinado a campanario.
El claustro, totalmente irregular, es un ejemplo de adaptación al medio. En el interior se puede admirar la obra del ábside realizada en piedra blanda de color rojo. La bóveda es de horno y tiene el eje ligeramente desviado del de la nave.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santa_Mar%c3%ada_(Ainsa)
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Anisonema se mueve y deja atrás su larga cola, mientras avanza serenamente tirado por un carro que no existe. Son dos los flagelos de este protozoo, que nacen juntos para marcar sentidos opuestos. Anisonema es un primo de las Euglenas, primo blanco y dorado, que prescinde de la energía del sol y que tiene que buscarse la vida entre las algas y los restos vegetales en los que encuentra el sustento.
En Anisonema el flagelo que se dirige hacia adelante es el que ejerce la fuerza motora y el que explora, mientras que el que rezagado se deja arrastrar, gobierna la nave con rumbo seguro. Es un movimiento silencioso y estable que nace del equilibrio entre la acción y la pasividad, el dirigirse hacia adelante y el de señalar lo ya navegado.
El cuerpo de Anisonema es algo rígido, pero también flexible, no tiene la plasticidad de otros familiares casi contorsionistas como Distigma o Peranema, pero es capaz de encontrar la salida entre los túneles de restos orgánicos de hojas y tallos que tapizan el lecho de los ríos en los que vive. Hoy nos encontramos con un personaje infrecuente, Anisonema ¿?. Nos ha visitado ya en alguna ocasión , Anisonema acinus, de menor talla y con interior casi de transparencia de agua, el que se muestra aquí, desconocido para nosotros, se mueve igual que aquel y conserva algunos rasgos de su identidad todavía no bien conocida y por eso misteriosa.
El Anisonema de hoy, flagelado de hilos desiguales, procede de unas muestras recogidas en un pequeño regato de aguas limpias junto a la localidad alistana de Samir de los Caños, en la provincia de Zamora, y ha sido fotografiado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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Mentre Prometeo giaceva incatenato alla montagna e subiva il castigo dell'aquila, Zeus meditava una punizione anche per gli uomini che Prometeo così stoltamente aveva aiutato.
Chiese a suo figlio Efesto di costruire un essere ad immagine e somiglianza delle dee olimpiche, da regalare agli uomini.
Venne così creata la donna, che tutti gli dei coprirono di regali: Afrodite le donò la bellezza, Hermes la curiosità, Era la capacità di generare figli agli uomini e così via. Per questo Zeus la chiamò Pandora, ovvero "Tutti i doni" e le donò uno strano vaso chiuso, proibendole di aprirlo.
Pandora venne portata al cospetto di Epimeteo -titano fratello di Prometeo- da Hermes, che la presentò come un dono di Zeus Olimpo agli uomini. Epimeteo subito se ne innamorò e la prese in sposa.
Passarono gli anni e Pandora era sempre morsa dalla curiosità di sapere che cosa Zeus avesse riposto dentro quel vaso così ben chiuso. Spesso lo prendeva in mano ma poi lo posava, seppur a malincuore, ricordando i consigli del Re degli Dei.
Un giorno Pandora prese il vaso, corrosa da una curiosità isterica, e forzò il coperchio con forza. Di colpo si staccò e il vaso si illuminò: venne percorso da un tremolìo e con un grido, Pandora lo allontanò dal suo viso. Cominciò ad uscire un fumo acre e denso, accompagnato da un terrificante rombo di tuono. Tra le volute nere come l'abisso si intravedevano facce sfigurate e urlanti: erano tutti i mali del mondo che Zeus aveva rinchiuso nel vaso affinchè non colpissero gli uomini. Un castigo terribile ma Zeus, nella sua lungimiranza, aveva chiuso nel vaso anche la Speranza, che da quel momento dà coraggio e forza all'uomo e gli permette di affrontare i mali della vita.
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Vaswani Group one of the most established names in the Indian real estate industry unveils their new project Bella Vista. Located off Brookefields Road, in close proximity to the EPIP Park and ITPL, Bangalore, Bella Vista comprises of thirty one, 4 BHK town houses. Bella Vista's location in the heart of Bangalore's IT corridor makes it an especially attractive investment proposition.
Scheduled for completion in end of April 2009, Bella Vista offers a lifestyle replete with amenities and facilities that cater to all your needs and comfort. Large swimming pool, children's play area, spacious clubhouse with Multi-Station Gym, steam room are what one can expect from Bella Vista.
The extensive landscaped garden takes you closer to nature. Encapsulated in exclusivity, quality and offering a distinctive lifestyle expression Bella Vista enables home buyers and property investors an opportunity to invest in one of the hottest property markets in India.
Photo by Laurie Finch
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Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!
by Michael Mahler
On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.
Parade
About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.
Parade units included
Lake Erie Belly Dance
Doctor Who contingent
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
Erie Gay News
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Latonia Theatre
PFLAG Butler
Erie Sisters
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie
Community United Church
OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)
There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.
Rally
The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.
Speakers and performers included:
Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large
Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011
Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church
Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011
Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA
Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV
Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation
Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone
Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Diva D’Vyne
Games
The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition
Donors
Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included
AdultMart
Allegheny College Bookstore
BeautiControl
Blue Heron Inn
Body Language
Chicory Hill Herbs
Coca-Cola/Erie
Country Fair
Craze Night Club
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Douglas Kolcun
Drenched Fur
Earthshine Company
Eerie Horror Film Festival
emma's revolution
Erie Book Store
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Department of Health
Erie Playhouse
Erie Seawolves
Erie Sisters
Erie Spine and Wellness
Family United Counseling
Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach
Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road
Glass Growers
Good Health Rejuvenation
Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.
Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
Hollywood Stories
Horomanski's DJ'ing Services
JR's Last Laugh
Kensington Books
La bella
Larese Floral Design
LBT Women
Lion's Den Adult Super Store
MLR Books
Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness
Pie in the Sky Cafe
Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse
Sam's Club
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Silk Screen Unlimited
Smith's Hot Dogs
State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock
Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio
The Ringbearer
Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St
Wegman's- Peach St
Wendy's of Erie
Zone Dance Club
Committee Members & Volunteers
Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included
Season
Chris
Preston
Mark H
Erin Moll
Amy
Sue McCabe
Alex
Jeff H
John Daly King
Kerry
In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:
Kevin Schultz
Dok
Johauna
Wanda
Bob H
Eric Rogers
Maria S.
Deb Spilko
Brian
Info Tables & Vendors
Info tables included:
Adagio Health
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter
Community United Church
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Equality Pennsylvania
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Human Relations Commission
Erie Gay News
Erie Sisters
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
SafeNet Center
United Way of Erie County
Voices for Independence
Vendors included
BeautiControl
Book Merchant
Christopher's Novelty Gifts
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Collecting Food
We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.
Parc Natural del Garraf - Olivella, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Prayer flags are colorful panels or rectangular cloths often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes. Unknown in other branches of Buddhism, prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bön, which predated Buddhism in Tibet. Traditionally they are woodblock-printed with texts and images.
The Indian Buddhist Sutras, written on cloth in India, were transmitted to other regions of the world. These sutras, written on banners, were the origin of prayer flags. Legend ascribes the origin of the prayer flag to the Shakyamuni Buddha, whose prayers were written on battle flags used by the devas against their adversaries, the asuras. The legend may have given the Indian bhikku a reason for carrying the 'heavenly' banner as a way of signifying his commitment to ahimsa. This knowledge was carried into Tibet by 800 CE, and the actual flags were introduced no later than 1040 CE, where they were further modified. The Indian monk Atisha (980-1054 CE) introduced the Indian practice of printing on cloth prayer flags to Tibet.
Lung Ta (meaning "Wind Horse") horizontal prayer flags are of square or rectangular shape and are connected along their top edges to a long string or thread. They are commonly hung on a diagonal line from high to low between two objects (e.g., a rock and the top of a pole) in high places such as the tops of temples, monasteries, stupas or mountain passes.
Traditionally, prayer flags come in sets of five, one in each of five colors. The five colors represent the elements, and the Five Pure Lights and are arranged from left to right in a specific order. Different elements are associated with different colors for specific traditions, purposes and sadhana:
- Blue (symbolizing sky/space)
- White (symbolizing air/wind)
- Red (symbolizing fire)
- Green (symbolizing water)
- Yellow (symbolizing earth)
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel
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CASTELLANO
Las banderas de oración son coloridos paneles o paños rectangulares a menudo encadenados a lo largo de las crestas y de los picos de las montañas en el Himalaya para bendecir el terreno circundante o para otros propósitos. Desconocido en otras ramas del Budismo, se cree que las banderas de oración se originaron con Bön, que precedió el Budismo en el Tíbet. Tradicionalmente los textos y las imágenes son impresiones con plancha.
El Sutras budista indio, escrito en el paño en la India, fue transmitido a otras regiones del mundo. Estos sutras, escritos en banderas, eran el origen de las banderas de oración. La leyenda atribuye el origen de la bandera del rezo al Buda Shakyamuni, cuyos rezos fueron escritos en las banderas de batalla usadas por los devas contra sus adversarios, los asuras. La leyenda pudo haber dado al bhikku indio una razón para llevar la bandera “divina” como manera de significar su compromiso al ahimsa. Este conocimiento fue llevado en Tíbet por el año 800 DC, y las banderas reales fueron introducidas antes del 1040 DC, donde fueron modificadas más a fondo. El monje indio Atisha (980-1054) introdujo en el Tíbet la práctica india de la impresión en banderas de oración.
Las banderas horizontales de oración Lung Ta (significa “caballo del viento”) son de forma cuadrada o rectangular y están conectadas a lo largo de sus bordes superiores con una larga cuerda o hilo. Normalmente se cuelgan en una línea diagonal de arriba a abajo entre dos objetos (por ejemplo, de una roca a la punta de un poste) en lugares altos tales como las puntas de templos, de monasterios, de estupas o de pasos de montaña.
Tradicionalmente, las banderas de oración van en grupos de cinco, cada una de uno de cinco colores. Los cinco colores representan los elementos, y las cinco Luces Puras se disponen de izquierda a derecha en un orden específico. Los diversos elementos se asocian a diversos colores para tradiciones, los propósitos y el sadhana específicos:
- Azul (simbolizando cielo/espacio)
- Blanco (simbolizando aire/viento)
- Rojo (simbolizando fuego)
- Verde (simbolizando agua)
- Amarillo (simbolizando tierra)
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For more than 8 years, I have been sharing a little piece of December with three friends from my old days at school. During these days we enjoy lovely moments of joy and sorrow by withdrawing ourselves from the rest of the world diving into our favorite things: films, music, food and nature.
These photos were taken using a very old camera someone gave it to me while I was a kid, probably the same time I met the "horchatas"(*) (an extremely appropriate name given by my sister to my friends from school).
In particular, this series of photographies belongs to a film which has been kept on purpose during a year inside this camera, waiting for me to clearly make out our imminent reunion. It makes all the sense: future and past are equally present during our dangling conversations.
This photo series intends to represent the atmosphere we create during our stay together.
(*) Horchata is a chufa refreshing drink from Valencia. However, in Spanish we say "Horchata blood" for a extremely calm character
I can't believe I just became someone who uses a selfie stick. (Stephanie's friend Mayte had one.)
#TransPrideSeattle
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Tess, Gabriel's transgender daughter, is the biggest reason we were all there on Friday evening, and somehow we all managed to squish her almost out of sight in this picture! The girl on the left is one of her best friends, and I don't remember her name. That's Uber-Go-Team-Dad Gabriel in the background; his current wife Kornelija on the right and his ex-wife Stephanie to my right. To Stephanie's right is her friend Mayte, who whipped the selfie stick out of her purse when I said I wanted to get a shot of us all. She offered to take the photo but knowing she was part of the group I told her I wanted her in it. (Turns out Tess's friend's parents were also there so I guess there was a bigger group than I thought, and maybe that means I excluded some people here?) P.S. Mayte was also the name of the woman Prince was married to between 1996 and 2000. She was a belly dancer. I'm pretty sure this Mayte was none of those things.