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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.
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you ... Stranger
For TOTW "alter Egos"
Alphabet fun " J, is for Joker"
were it not for my friends and chosen family, I doubt i could
stay in the shallow end of insanity. without the responsibilities and
common sense i have,i could very easily become a villian.
A very rooted part of me truly would enjoy the chaos,
the loss of "rules" and i would delight at watching the world burn.
The Joker has always been my favorite villian, but never as much as
when heath ledger portrayed him in The Dark Knight. He lost himself
in a performance that entranced the planet. I doubt i will ever see the Joker
as crazy, because my mind understand where he is coming from.
(taking this picture was a mini-adventure, and aside from the fact that it
began pouring as soon as i found parking downtown, was a success.
you cant tell,but to my right there is a group of 6 people watching and asking
questions about my "flickr project". One of them had just seen the Dark Knight
last night for the first time, which was ironic and weird.if any of you look this up
and see the finished shot, thank you for your compliments and enjoyable company.)
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En aguas limpias, ruidosas y que a puro salto se descuelgan por precipicios de roquedos calizos, apareció por sorpresa la ameba Quadrulella entre los barrancos y pozas del río Mundo. Apareció a contracorriente, como un mosaico de cristal, pura sílice, en un territorio extraño donde toda la montaña es masa caliza quebrada por las fuerzas de la Tierra y modelada por las manos del agua.
La ameba Quadrulella prefiere con diferencia los terrenos de sílice pues de ellos extrae la materia prima con la que fabrica cada tesela cuadrada de su mosaico de vidriera transparente, sin embargo ésta se ha aventurado a hacerlo en un territorio en el que este elemento es escaso y en lugar hostil. Contra la fuerza del agua y la escasez de los elementos ha construido esta casa hermosa y singular.
Quadrulella está representada por una docena de especies de agua dulce que prefieren los substratos de sílice para vivir. Sus pies manos –pseudópodos- son anchos y con ellos recoge las algas verdes y diatomeas de las que se alimenta, vive sobre el fondo del agua, generalmente entre los musgos de ríos de montaña y de turberas.
La especie de hoy, posiblemente Quadrulella symmetrica viene de un paraje especialmente hermoso, el nacimiento del río Mundo y apareció en unas muestras recogidas allí por Belén y Tono ¡¡Gracias por vuestra pequeña joya ¡!.
La fotografía se ha realizado con 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
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Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
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Ladakh festival takes place in September 1-15 every year in Leh and villages. The inauguration ceremony takes place in Leh on large scale with the procession of various cultural troupes from different part of Ladakh. It passes through Leh Market dancing, singing with traditional music, in colorful traditional Ladakhi dresses, and finishes at Polo ground after performing their best dances and songs. The festival last for 15 days with regular program in different villages. The program includes Archery, Polo, and Mask Dances from the monasteries, traditional dances by cultural troupes from Villages. There are series of musical concert and dance program in Leh town.
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This is a photo I took of a Moose Head taxidermy decorating the inside of the Historic El Tovar Hotel at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I used Photoshop "Fractalius" filter to enhance this photo.
INFORMATION ON TAXIDERMY:
Taxidermy (from the Greek for classifying skins) is the act of mounting or reproducing dead animals for display (e.g. as hunting trophies) or for other sources of study. Taxidermy can be done on all species of animals including mammals, birds, nematodes, reptiles and amphibians. The methods that taxidermists practice have been improved over the last century, heightening taxidermic quality, and lowering toxicity. The animal is first skinned. This process is similar to removing the skin from a chicken prior to cooking. This can be accomplished without opening the body cavity so the taxidermist usually does not see internal organs or blood. The skin is tanned and then placed on a polyurethane form. Clay is used to install glass eyes. Forms and eyes are commercially available from a number of suppliers. If not, taxidermist carve or cast their own forms.
Taxidermists may practice professionally, for museums or as a business catering to hunters and fishermen, or as amateurs, such as hobbyists, hunters, and fishermen. To practice taxidermy, one must be very familiar with anatomy, sculpture, and painting, as well as tanning.
Taxidermists seek to continually maintain their skills to ensure attractive, life-like results. Although mounting an animal has long been considered an art form, often involving months of work, not all modern taxidermists trap or hunt for prize specimens.
Taxidermy specimens can be saved for later use by freezing. The taxidermist then removes the skin, to be tanned and treated for later use. The remaining muscle fibers and bones are measured and posed. The carcass is then molded in plaster. The carcass is then removed and the mold is used to produce a cast of the animal called a mannequin. Mannequins can also be made by sculpting the animal first in clay. There are many companies that produce stock forms in many sizes that can be used. Glass eyes are then usually added to the display, and possibly also artificial teeth, depending on the subject's original dental condition.
An increasingly popular trend is to freeze dry the animal. This can be done with reptiles, birds, and small mammals such as cats, large mice and some types of dogs. Freeze drying is expensive and time consuming. The equipment is expensive and requires much upkeep. Large specimens can be required to spend as long as 6 months in the freeze dryer, although it is the preferred technique for pets.
Source: Wikipedia
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Pinhole/Camera Obscura /Lensfree/Loch camera/Lensless / Without Lens/Sténope/Estenopeica/Lyukkamera Photography
Author : IMRE BECSI
© All rights reserved
Location of shoot :
Saint Fount,
Pilisszentkereszt,
Hungary,
Central-Europe
Latitude - 47°41'47.51" N
Longitude - 18°54'37.51" E
Time of shoot :
23.10.2009.
Info of Shooting :
Film : FUJI FP-100b(expired : 2007-05)
Metered expo.: 7.5 ev. (1 min. 55 sec.)
Calculated expo.: 10 ev = 20 sec.
( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to FUJI B&W Instant film)
Dev.: 120 sec. (10 C)
The camera :
Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera
- focus : 33 mm
- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)
- diaphragm : 132
Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.
Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).
Picture from the camera :
www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2837193476/in/set-72...
The parameters of camera :
(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)
- Angle of view : 119°24'26"
- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 3,6
- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 887
Post work : (23.-24.10.09)
Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)
Scanner software : SilverFast SE
Final work : PS
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This images are copyright protected. No reproduction in any way,
no copies, no editing, no publishing, no screenshots, no posting,
no blogging, no transmitting downloading or uploading
without my written permission!
Thanks for looking !
Comments very much welcome !
Thank you !
Tibet Foundation
Tibet Foundation Earthquake Appeal 2008
Update: 17 July 2008
Tibet Foundation has so far sent £24,000 to schools in the disaster
area inside Tibet.
This is around RMB 325,000 Chinese Yuan or $ 48,000 US Dollars.
There remains an urgent need for long term rehabilitation work
particularly in schools.
Our second stage target is to raise £50,000 for rehabilitation and
relief work in the Tibetan areas in which we have been working since
1993 through our Aid to Tibet programme.
Our current identified priorities remain for community level
interventions where we can make a real difference through local
action.
Donate Now:
www.justgiving.com/tibetearthquake
Other Ways to Donate:
www.tibet-foundation.org/tf/donate.php
One of the best ways of helping is to set up a standing order:
www.tibet-foundation.org/tf/forms/generic_tf_boform.pdf
Money Distributed so Far
We have supported schools with food and blankets to a total of £9,000.
We have committed £13,000 to furniture and equipment for schools.
We have supported an orphanage with an immediate grant of £2,000 for
children with special needs. This has doubled its numbers to over 100
needy children and we will make a series of small grants to schools
and longer term education sponsorships for children in the earthquake
areas.
The Ark - Longkang Orphanage has 43 children aged 3-12. They are of
Tibetan background, with mental and physical special needs. Some
minor, some more serious.
They have one doctor and rely on their own resources, with a lot of
volunteer, labour, materials and benefit in kind support from local
communities. It is located 2 miles north of Jiuzhaigou National Park.
The plan is to take in another 60 young people with special needs from
the Quake area in the next weeks.
However there isn't the capacity long term to house and feed over 100
children, especially given the extra needs of these young people.
Therefore this is likely to be for the short term (less than 1 year).
Although there is currently a great deal of uncertainty in the
aftermath of this huge disaster.
Contributions have come in from our supporters and many Tibetans from
across the world.
We are very grateful for this and are committed to working to help the
vulnerable who will bear the consequences of this terrible natural
disaster.
My sincere appreciation for your generosity,
Karma Hardy
Director
karma.hardy@tibet-foundation.org
Switchboard +44 207 930 6001
Previous Updates:
www.tibet-foundation.org/news/newsitem.php?NewsStory=130
www.tibet-foundation.org/news/newsitem.php?NewsStory=129
www.tibet-foundation.org/news/newsitem.php?NewsStory=128
www.tibet-foundation.org/news/newsitem.php?NewsStory=131
One of the best ways of helping is to set up a standing order to Tibet
Foundation, please contact the office to find out the best way to do
this or click on the link below and print out the form and return it
to us.
www.tibet-foundation.org/tf/forms/generic_tf_boform.pdf
Tibet Foundation is a registered UK charity founded and managed by
Tibetans to work both in exile and inside ethnic Tibetan areas in
China.
The area in which we have been working is Kandze is all within 300km
of the epicentre of the earthquake near Yingxiu.
Kandze is the name given both to the region (Kandze Autonomous
Prefecture) and a county (Kandze County) in the north west of Sichuan
Tibet Foundation is continuing to approach other funders and we
welcome the opportunity to discuss our appeal and would like to make
the offer of being available by email, telephone and meeting in
person.
The 12th May 7.9 earthquake hit the Sichuan Aba Tibetan and Qiang
Autonomous Prefecture in Wenchuan County and affected more than half
of China and beyond to neighbouring countries.
The epicentre was in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
Aba is also known as the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
Aba Tibetan Prefecture has been affected mainly in terms of
infrastructure, roads, bridges and transport hubs in the region.
Tibetan areas adjacent to Wenchuan (which in Tibetan language is
called "Lung Kuo") were badly affected by the quake. But Wenchuan and
the surrounding towns and cities are mainly Han Chinese. The Tibetan
areas lie further afield. For that reason, the damage may prove to be
less extensive there than closer to the epicentre. As Tibetan homes
tend to be traditionally made of wood, they are better able to
withstand quake damage. Although the effects of the quake were felt
very powerfully above 3000m, the damage was greatest in the zone of
500m to 1000m with the higher population.
Fax +44 207 930 6002
office@tibet-foundation.org
Tibet Foundation (Charity No. 292400).
2 St. James's Market. London SW1Y 4SB
I found it difficult taking this picture.I was walking around in Antwerp, a major city in Belgium and noticed from afar this little old woman sitting in the middle of the street in an old crummy wheelchair.My mind began turning round, should I, could I, would I ?? Man, I almost felt guilty taking the shot but I had to do it.I would not forgive myself if I hadn't taken this shot but I felt like a hunter who had taken a prey that was bound and gagged to a tree and impossible to miss ! Now I kinda snuck up on her behind some parked cars, just because i felt guilty and wanted to take the shot quickly and then take of.I saw the green van parked not far from her and the driver making way to open the backdoors of the van.The van had some text on it that read something like " home for the elderly so and so...".She was likely being picked up to meat other oldfolks at the nursery home or the old folks home.I took several shots.At first this lady looked kinda startled and not very pleased.But, after regaining my senses, and downtalking my feeling of guilt in my head, I kneeled down beside her and started explaining to her why I took the photos and what the purpose was.She was hardhearing and I had to speak up but I was under the impression that she understood what i said.I took some more photos and on the last of them she actually managed to produce a faint smile.
Thank you lovely lady.I'm thinking of you.
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El cisne común (Cygnus olor), también llamado cisne mudo y cisne blanco , es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Anatidae propia del Hemisferio Norte. Su denominación científica es Cygnus olor, donde tanto cygnus como olor significan "cisne" en griego clásico y en latín, respectivamente.El cisne mudo debe su nombre a que no emite los fuertes trompetazos de los otros congéneres, aunque sí emite ciertos sonidos que lo descalificarían de mudo.
Esta especie presenta el segundo tamaño del género Cygnus; solo el cisne trompetero es un poco mayor. Se le distingue de los otros cisnes blancos por tener el pico de color amarillo anaranjado a rojo. Los otros lo tienen negro y amarillo. También es el único cisne blanco al que le crece una carúncula negra sobre la base del pico.
No hay dimorfismo sexual en el plumaje. Los machos son más grandes, y su envergadura alar es de 2,4 metros. La carúncula negra sobre el pico se desarrolla más en el macho.
Distribución
El cisne común ocupa el Hemisferio Norte, al igual que los otros cisnes blancos. Tiene parentesco con el cisne negro de Australia, más que con los otros cisnes blancos.
En Europa se lo denomina cisne común. En el siglo XIII en Gran Bretaña había poblaciones de este cisne en estado parcialmente domesticado. Después fue introducido en Francia y otros lugares de Europa, donde logró establecerse. Es un ave que se vio favorecida en los bellos estanques artificiales de las monarquías europeas.
El área de distribución natural de la especie es difícil de establecer, debido a que se confunden poblaciones salvajes, introducidas por el hombre y naturalizadas a partir de introducciones. Se consideran parcialmente salvajes aquéllos que anidan al noreste de Europa, en las Islas Británicas, al sur de Suecia, en Dinamarca, Holanda, norte de Francia, norte de Alemania, Polonia, en los países al sur del mar Báltico y el mar Negro.
En Asia se consideran naturales o salvajes a los que anidan en el mar Caspio, continuando hacia el oriente en forma irregular por el sur de Siberia hasta el lago Baikal, y aquellos que anidan al norte de Mongolia.
En invierno las poblaciones del norte se trasladan hacia el sur, aunque en algunos lugares son sedentarias y permanecen todo el año en el área donde se reproducen, desplazándose hacia las costas.
Cuando migran desde Europa se reúnen con las poblaciones en el mar Negro y el mar Caspio. En Asia invierna en la costa del mar Amarillo.
Se los considera avistes ocasionales en todo el resto de Europa, en el delta del Nilo, golfo Pérsico, en Irán, desde Afganistán hasta la India, en la península de Corea y en Japón.
Fue introducido en América del Norte, Australia, Nueva Zelanda y Sudáfrica. En América del Norte hay dos poblaciones grandes en el noreste; ocasionalmente se lo suele ver en el sur de Canadá. Ambas poblaciones tienen miles de ejemplares. Las poblaciones de Australia y Nueva Zelanda se mantienen estables, sin aumentar ni disminuir notablemente. La población natural al norte de Asia y Europa aparenta crecer; se estima en medio millón el número de individuos.
Ocupa hábitats de lagos y ríos poco caudalosos, con orillas donde crece vegetación alta. En invierno está presente en estuarios de agua salobre en las cercanías del mar, en costas marinas con alguna protección y en el mar abierto si la costa no tiene protección.
Mike Soroka (MIT Sea Grant robotics page, Squarespace portfolio, Artisan's Asylum site search (he teaches “Hot Glass Tool Training” classes, etc) , demonstrating hot glasswork to visitors.
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Quoting from the Artisan's Asylum First Winter Open Studios! Facebook event page:
Yes, Artisan’s Asylum is holding its first Winter Open Studios on Saturday December 1st, from noon to 5PM. It’s FREE, open to the public, and families are welcome; so come join the fun, and tell your friends that this is a chance to see what everyone's talking about.
More than twenty makers, crafters, jewelers, engineers and artists will participate. Tour group workshops and individual studios, observe demonstrations, purchase unique artworks and talk to who made them. Enjoy dragons, robots, collages, and interactive computer-generated music installations. Watch welders and glassworkers first-hand, and see jewelry being made on a 3D printer.
Artisan’s Asylum is now one of the largest collaborative maker/art/hacker spaces in the USA, with robust shop facilities for making almost anything you can dream up. Classes range over media including woodworking, metalworking, electronics, robotics, silk-screening and more. You can even sign up for one when you visit this event.
For more information, visit Artisan's Asylum's website, as well as on Facebook and Twitter. And there is also, of course, a Flickr account and Flickr group.
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I also have other photos of Artisan's Asylum, many related to SYBS: Somerville Youth Build and Sail, a project where we are building Optimist sailboats with our kids, and they will in turn learn to sail in them on the Mystic River.
Lumbier, Navarra (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Rose bedeguar gall, Robin's pincushion gall, or Moss gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of an unopened leaf axillary or terminal buds mostly on Field Rose (Rosa arvensis) or Dog rose (Rosa canina) shrubs, caused by the parthenogenetic hymenopteran gall wasp (Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)), previous synonyms are D. bedeguaris, Rhodites rosae or Cynips rosae.
Diplolepis lay up to sixty eggs within each leaf buds using their ovipositor. The asexual wasp emerges in spring; less than one percent are males.
The bedeguar gall is surrounded by a dense mass of sticky branched filaments. This structure gives the appearance of a ball of moss and its filaments are often brightly coloured, being at their best in around September; starting off green and then passing through pink and crimson to reddish brown. A large specimen can be up to 10 cm in width. The larvae develop and then over winter as pupae in the now brown and dry looking structure, emerging in May. The unilarval chambers are set in a woody core which persists after the filaments have worn off.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_bedeguar_gall
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CASTELLANO
Las Agallas son estructuras de tipo tumoral inducidos por insectos y otros artrópodos, nemátodos, hongos o bacterias. Se trata de la respuesta del vegetal a la presencia del parásito con un crecimiento anómalo de tejido que intenta aislar el ataque o infección. Este tejido de nueva formación adquiere formas muy variadas.
Los cinípidos, avispas gallaritas o moscas de las agallas (Cynipidae) son una familia de himenópteros apócritos de la superfamilia Cynipoidea. Se conocen cerca de 1.300 especies; son de pequeño tamaño (1-8 mm), cosmopolitas, con 360 especies de 36 diferentes géneros en Europa y 800 especies en América.
Las larvas de muchas especies desarrollan características gallaritas; y hay también muchas especies inquilinos o parásitas de otras avispas gallaritas, tales como las del género Synergus.
Las gallaritas mayormente se desarrollan directamente después que la hembra oviposita. La inducción para la formación de gallaritas es muy desconocida; no se conoce bien cuales son los mecanismos desencadenantes ya sea químicos, mecánicos o virales. Las larvas crecen absorbiendo los tejidos nutritivos de las agallas, donde además están bien protegidas de efectos ambientales adversos externos. Las plantas hospedantes y el tamaño y forma de las gallaritas son específicos de cada especie de avispas, donde el 70 % de las spp. conocidas viven en varios tipos de robles. Uno puede hallar agallas en muchas partes de tales árboles, algunas en hojas, tallos, ramas, raíces. Otras especies de avispas parasitan rosales o arces, así como a muchas hierbas. Frecuentemente, la determinación de la especie es muy simple observando las agallas producidas más que al insecto en sí.
Las agallas de la avispa del rosal (Diplolepis rosae) se distinguen y se conocen como bedeguars. Se encuentran en los pies del rosal y tienen una longitud de 5 cm con largos pelos rojos. Dentro de sus agallas hay diversas cámaras, ocupadas por las larvas.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalla, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynipidae
Production & Photography: Pablo Henríquez Palma
Models: Ana Luisa, Anna Cristina / Elite
Styling and Clothes: Cote Bari
Make Up: Sole Donoso
Post: Nelson Muñoz - Pablo Henríquez Palma
A bright and cheerful quilt for the children's bedroom
Created in Photoshop. Mosaic made with Mosaic Maker: bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php
Hope you had a refreshing weekend, my Flickr friends, and are ready for a new week full of fun and games! Happy Mosaic Monday, for those of you who make them! Happy Monday for those who don't yet! Thank you so much for your visits yesterday and comments on my pictures and galleries! You all are so very encouraging with your kind comments! Flickr friends are the best!
Please!! NO Glittery Awards or Large Graphics...Buddy Icons are OK. Thank You!
I have created a gallery of Thoughts and Prayers for our Japanese neighbors. Please feel free to click down through the gallery and add yours to the stream of strength and inspiration heading across the Pacific...
This one was begging for some attention!
INFORMATION ON CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS:
A sea lion is one of many marine mammals of the family Otariidae. Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae or flaps, long front flippers, and the ability to walk on four flippers on land. They are generally found in shallow waters of coastal areas of both northern and southern hemispheres, with abundant food sources.
Sea lions of many species have seen a severe and rapid decrease in numbers in recent years. Many factors including overfishing of prey species, shooting by fishermen and pollution have probably contributed to the decline. The population of Steller sea lions in Alaska has declined as much as 80% since the 1970s. In contrast, California sea lions are abundant and the population continues to expand at a rate of approximately 5.0% annually, as it has since the mid-1970s.
Sea lions are often a popular attraction at zoos and aquariums, performing behaviors such as throwing and catching balls on their noses and clapping.
Source: Wikipedia
OMG! this is like the first time in like a few weeks that I've gotten my 365 up before the end of the day, lol
Today was a good day :)
woke up, drove to school (while drinking peach mango Fuze, and listening to Owl City...doesn't get a whole lot better than that).
Chem class wasn't too bad. Lab was ok, except for the fact that I really need to go back and relearn all the stuff I learned last spring because I pretty much forgot it all :/
went home, ate lunch, took a nap :)
watching the study hall was pretty easy. kids played outside for a while, then they watched some of finding nemo :)
the last hour there was only one kid, which was easy and hard cause he was so bored and there wasn't anything for him to do :P
Had to take my sister to her drama practice, but it was ok cause one of my best friends went with me!
we ate at chick-fil-a, then went to Goodwill, and dunkin donuts before i had to pick my sister up.
Then we dropped my sister off at the church (where I took this beautiful picture of God's painting skills) ;)
went home, chilled for a bit. made my friend a Flickr cause she's in a photography class :)
took her home and that's pretty much it.
But I loved it cause I can really talk to her and I don't get to hang out with her that often, so it was great! =D
Hopefully we will start hanging out more :)
Anyways, I hope everyone else had a great day too!
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5,000+ views!!!!!
Thanks so much everyone!!!
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Made it to explore a few days ago, and I didn't even know, lol. It's not up there now, but still pretty cool!
Thanks Everyone! =D
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Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Los verdes, dorados y cobrizos colores de Hantzschia amphioxys nos dicen que está llena de vida y con alegría y rapidez, como un extraño barco doblado, surca este océano que es la gota de agua sin oleaje en la que remolca a una pequeña réplica vacía fabricada en cristal, como su propio casco.
Puede que la pequeña Hantzschia remolcada esté vacía de color pero su cubierta está labrada en dimunutos surcos, un cascarón de sílice más complejo que la más compleja obra de arquitectura y cuyos secretos sólo el microscopio electrónico puede revelar con toda la plenitud de su belleza.
En las diatomeas el vacío está lleno de armonía y de belleza muchas veces invisible y siempre labrado por la vida.
Hantzschia amphioxys es una diatomea relativamente frecuente, vive en manantiales, pero también en aguas remansadas o en aquellas movidas por la corriente, no es exigente con la calidad del agua y tolera bien ambientes cargados de materia orgánica.
La fotografía se ha tomado a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y procede de una represa, probablemente construida por los romanos en el bonito arroyo de Sogo, situado en la comarca zamorana de Sayago.
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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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Cryptomonas cabalga a medio camino entre las algas y los protozoos, como tantos otros organismos verdes de una sola célula que no entienden de las clasificaciones y van por libre, por el camino que el azar y la Naturaleza han ido construyendo con el lento paso del tiempo.
No se ha detenido ni un instante en su nadar rápido y sinuoso, con ascensos y descensos virajes y saltos. Por fin, después de muchos intentos, hemos podido retener en una fracción de segundo un instante de la vida de este flagelado de los fondos poco profundos que es Cryptomonas.
Cryptomonas tiene el cuerpo oval, rígido, de contorno algo irregular y su ápice está truncado y abierto en una hendidura, la citofaringe, en la que se insertan dos flagelos de desigual longitud y de estructura compleja. A ambos lados de esta hendidura llama la atención una formación perfectamente ordenada en varias hileras de botones verdes, son pequeños órganos explosivos, extrusomas, liberan de manera violenta su contenido haciendo que el flagelado deje de remar y se impulse a reacción.
El interior de Cryptomonas está ocupado por dos grandes cloroplastos laterales, hoy verdes, y camuflados por numerosos gránulos cargados de azúcares de reserva, pero pueden ir recorriendo el arcoíris, del azul hasta el rojo, en función de los pigmentos que se carguen en ellos.
La mancha rojiza de nuestra Cryptomonas recuerda a las manchas oculares de las Euglenas y posiblemente corresponda a un órgano de función desconocida, los -óvalos o corpúsculos de Maupas-
Vive en los fondos no muy profundos incluso debajo del hielo, donde es frecuente que florezca en invierno, nada infatigablemente en una huida sin fin, el invierno hace que los recursos en el agua se vuelvan escasos y Cryptomonas es un preciado bocado de las pequeñas larvas y peces que tienen que hacer frente a la estación fría. La especie de hoy recuerda mucho a Cryptomonas platyuris y procede de las aguas limpias y frías de un pequeño río próximo a la población alistana de Samir de los Caños en Zamora y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
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okay so, this picture is exactly how im feeling right now. in orchestra we are having compose a piece of music. which means you pretty much have to write 5 pieces of music because you have to writte for all the parts in the string orchestra. which is violin 1, violin 2, viola, chello & bass. gooness im overwhelemed with it. but im getting through. i've finished two melodys. but thats it. i've only been working a week. but i feel so behind.
but before its over, it WILL drive me crazy. just sayin'.
oh & p.s - i know i just uploaded like a BUNCH of pictures, but please.. if you view. leave a comment. i'd love to know what you think. i promise to make it back to you streams to tell you my thoughts :)
okay so i just got tagged also, & im bored so ima do my ten facts already :)
1. im actually reading a book right now, The Last Song.
2. I pretty much live for the weekends.
3. I'm OCD about my straightner. I have to make sure its off like 10 times before i actually leave the house. I'm scared I'm goin to burn the house down :(
3. I dont really like the show The Secrect Life.. but i HAVE to watch it to see where the drama is. Too bad its over tonight haha.
4. When I listen to country music it reminds me of summer. Idk why it, it just does.
5. My wisdom teeth are comin' in, so i go to the dentist wednesday to find out if I gotta get them cut out :/
6. I'd rather wear sweatpants anyday over any outfit. hahaha.
7. I'm not good at math, at all.
8. I wish i could play the piano.. not sure if thats a fact or anything. but just thought i'd say that.
9. I'm a fresh new PRO on here ;)
10. I pretty much take a nap everyday in my 1st period, just because I TA in that class. (teacher assistant) ha!
sorry those were kinda sucky facts, just killin time :)
Hilo de la Sesión en Pullip .es: I Like It / Me Gusta
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 1 of 5) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: Okay... I already mopped the toilets, cleaned the mirrors and swiped the carpets... can I know what else do “your Majesty” want from me now...? ¬¬
Sheryl: Ò_Ó Hey! Don't use this tone with me... I can still force you to clean the seam between the floor tiles with a toothbrush if I want... So be careful.
Lenn: Damn it! This is not fair! You are taking this punishment too far... I told you it was an idea from the new young dude, not mine... and it's me who's paying for it while he is at the showcase (on my armchair ò-ó)
Sheryl: HOW DARE YOU??! How can you say I'm taking this punishment too far??!! Ò_Ó You better don't freak me out... Have you a rough idea of how disastrous you left my workshop? The plasma burn won't come out even using a mr. clean's magic sponge! And needless to say, Kuroi's weapon was almost damaged! Are you concious that I have to ship it right away very soon?? What if you break it?? I wouldn't have the time to fix it!! You better shut up, you are not having the half of what you really deserve ¬¬ I should disassemble you in small parts and scatter them along the four corners of the earth... But I won't loose one single minute more with you... I just too busy...
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Lenn: Vale... Ya he fregado los lavabos, limpiado los espejos, y aspirado las alfombras... Se puede sabes que mas quiere “su Majestad” que haga ahora...? ¬¬
Sheryl: Ò_Ó Hey! No te pases ni un pelo con ese tonito... Todavía puedo ponerte a limpiar las juntas de las baldosas con un cepillo de dientes, si quiero... Así que andate con ojo.
Lenn: Joder! Es que no es justo! Te estás pasando un huevo con el castigo... Ya te dije que fue idea del chavalillo nuevo... y encima estoy pagando yo por su culpa mientras él está en la estantería (en mi butaca ò-ó)
Sheryl: SERÁ POSIBLE??! Que me estoy pasando un huevo??!! Ò_Ó Mira, no me calientes que me dejaste el taller hecho un desastre! Esa quemadura de plasma no se va ni con la esponja mágica de don limpo! Por no hablar de que casi te cargas el arma de Kuroi!! Eres consciente de que la tengo que enviar en breve por correo?? Y si la llegas a joder?? No tendría tiempo de arreglarla!! Bastante bien me estoy portando contigo ¬¬ Tendría que desmontarte en piezas pequeñas y esparcirlas a los cuatro vientos... Pero no pienso perder mas tiempo contigo, estoy demasiado ocupada...
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Timanfaya National Park or Parque Nacional de Timanfaya is a Spanish national park covering the municipalities of southern portion of Tinajo and the northern portion of Yaiza. The park is located in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote. The area is 51.07 km². The parkland is entirely made up of volcanic soil. The greatest recorded eruptions occurred between 1730 and 1736. The volcanic activity continues as the surface temperature in the core ranges from 100 to 600 ºC at the depth of 13m, which is demonstrated by pouring water into the ground, resulting in a geyser of steam which is an attraction for tourists. In 1993, UNESCO granted the qualification for the Biospherical Reserve.
The statue "El Diablo" by César Manrique is its symbol. The park is open to the public, and conducts tours of the volcanic landscape by coach.
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Die etwa 845 km² große Insel Lanzarote ist zu drei Vierteln mit Lava bedeckt, ausgespieen aus mindestens 300 Kratern von etwa 100 Vulkanen. Das Eruptivmaterial der sechs Jahre dauernden Ausbrüche vom 1. September 1730 bis 16. April 1736 bedeckt etwa 167 km² Lanzarotes. Der Timanfaya Nationalpark im Südwesten der Insel erstreckt sich über 51,07 km², von der Ortsgrenze Yaizas bis zum Montaña Timanfaya, die Westgrenze bildet die Küstenlinie. Hier entstanden damals 32 Vulkankegel. Diese Ausbrüche im 18. Jahrhundert waren, nicht nur wegen der großen Menge des ausgespieenen Materials, sondern auch wegen der langen Dauer, die bedeutendsten in der Geschichte des Vulkanismus. Zu den Ausbrüchen an Land kamen noch zahlreiche Seebeben.
Der Nationalpark ist über gut asphaltierte Straßen zu erreichen. Sie wurden zum Besuch General Francos 1950 angelegt. Eine 14 Kilometer lange Rundfahrt kann nur per Bus unternommen werden. Von dem 350 Meter hoch gelegenen Montaña Rajada erhält man einen Überblick über den größten Teil des Timanfaya-Nationalparks. Das große Areal, das heute das Lavameer einnimmt, gehörte vor den Ausbrüchen zum fruchtbarsten Teil Lanzarotes. Nach der Katastrophe lag die unglaubliche Menge von acht Millionen Kubikmetern Lava dort, wo zuvor kleine Ortschaften und einzelne Gehöfte existiert hatten; insgesamt wurden etwa 420 Häuser zerstört. Die zerstörten Dörfer waren Timanfaya, Los Rodeos, Mancha Blanca, Santa Catalina, Mazo, Jarretas, Tingafa, Peña Palomas, Testeina, La Geria, Macintafe, Mozaga, Guagaro, Masdache und Iguadén, außerdem die Landgüter von Maretas und Chupaderos.
Die Vulkane, die den Timanfaya-Nationalpark bilden, gehören zur so genannten Hawaii-Gruppe. Diese bilden in großen Höhen riesige Aschesäulen, die Lapillis, und die vom Wind befördert weite Flächen und Hänge alter Krater bedeckt haben. Diese durch die Ascheregen gebildeten Flächen nennt man Valle de la Tranquilidad (Tal der Ruhe). Das Zentrum des Ausbruchs lag am Maciso del Fuego (Feuer-Massiv), welches 525 Meter hoch aufragt. Dieser Vulkan ist von Schlacke und Asche bedeckt, die von den Ausbrüchen des 18. Jahrhunderts stammen. Allerdings stellte man fest, dass der Bergrücken, der immer noch enorme Hitzestrahlungen aussendet, aus sehr alter Lava besteht, dem alten Berg Timanfaya zugehörig. Interessant sind die häufigen Reihen von kleinen Öfchen (Hornitos) und Parasitenvulkanen, so genannt, weil sie sich am Fuße eines Zentralkolosses gebildet haben. Der imposante Vulkankrater Corazoncillo, der größte Explosionskrater Lanzarotes, besitzt eine Caldera, deren Tiefe etwa 100 Meter unter die Oberfläche der Außenwelt geht. Die Lava dieses Vulkans begrub das Dorf Timanfaya.
Nur sehr langsam hat sich auf dem entstandenen Malpaís (schlechten Land) wieder etwas Vegetation gebildet. Man kann an einigen Orten Flechten oder kleine Sukkulente und viele niedrige dornige Sträucher namens Aulaga Majorera entdecken. Dieser Strauch wird von der Parkverwaltung verwendet, um die hohe Temperatur des Erdbodens im Bereich des Islote de Hilario zu demonstrieren. Das in ein Loch im Boden gestopfte, trockene Geäst geht sofort in Flammen auf. Bei einer weiteren beeindruckenden Demonstration wird Wasser in ein senkrecht im Boden eingelassenes Rohr gegossen. Da die Temperatur wenige Meter unter der Erdoberfläche über 400°C beträgt, entsteht eine explosionsartig empor schießende Dampffontäne. Westlich des Hauptkraters des Montaña del Fuego beträgt die Temperatur in 27 Metern Tiefe etwa 700°C. Der Islote de Hilario, wurde nach jenem Mann namens Hilario benannt, der der Sage nach wie ein Einsiedler in diesem Felseneiland lebte, während mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert, ohne weitere Begleitung als seinem Kamel. Man erzählt, dass Hilario einen Feigenbaum gepflanzt hatte, der, obwohl er Wurzeln schlug, niemals Früchte trug, weil die Blüte sich nicht von Flammen ernähren konnte. Hier wurde von César Manrique das runde Restaurant El Diablo (Der Teufel) mit Kochstelle über einem heißen Erdloch errichtet.
Quelle/Source: Wikipedia
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (4 of 7): MUSE /
LA SALA DE ESTAR (4 de 7): MUSE
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 42 of 106) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: Mm-mphh... What do you think? ò_ó
Matt: XD Hahaha, come on you peevish, everybody carries his stuff, and you are the drumer, right? XD
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Dom: Mm-mfff... Tu que crees? ò_ó
Matt: XD Jajaja, anda quejica, cada uno se lleva lo suyo, y tu escogiste la batería, no? XD
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
i love this picture so much...the colors and textures. plus its just a cool place. an old abandoned train station. i barely edited it at all. the color of the sky is so different from California! so open and blue! :)
so my little cousin (technically my cousin's kid, aka 2nd cousin), Adarae, is a ball of energy. much more so than the last time i saw her. she dragged me around the house and outside. i got to jump on the trampoline and play with her toys. shes so good at talking for a 3 year old! haha im proud of her. i had to be in charge during bath time. shes cute. she didn't want to get out of the tub(apparently she usually doesnt like baths) because we were having so much fun. haha. my pants got all wet and stuff cuz she kept splashing me. shes basically crazy. she asks a lot of questions and is really smart. i enjoy her a lot. now it is lateish and i am in the guest bedroom watching/listening to the bats outside and i have a kitty friend. his name is clide and he has like half a tail. hes cuuute.
its nice and green here too. they have a huge yard and a barn. they have 2 kitties a dog, a bunny, a snake and a turtle(or turtles? idk). plus a kid. and my cousin is pregnant! shes going to have a boy. its going to be cute. its just like her and her brother (who is younger). they are going to match. they are interesting (very good) parents. they have a laid back approach to it all because they are from michigan.. its kind of refreshing to watch.i think its also because i am here and they want (especially jenifer) to spend time with me instead of talking to the kid every second.
i love it here. so much better than being in iron mountain. also i get to talk to my cousins. and, nino if you are reading this, she is a camp freak too and is super excited that i met you at camp. it was so funny. i have been talking about you a lot. i miss you baby. my phone isnt working and i cant call you.
anyways. im going to go read my cousins new book after i work on my flickr groups some more.
also i said cute way too much in this post.
National Naval Aviation Museum
Rolling off the Douglas Aircraft Company assembly line in El Segundo, California, in December 1940, SBD-2 Dauntless (Bureau Number 2106) was delivered to Bombing Squadron (VB) 2 at Naval Air Station (NAS) San Diego, California, on the last day of 1940. For the better part of the following year the aircraft flew with that squadron, logging hours flying from the deck of the aircraft carrier Lexington (CV 2) and participating in large-scale military maneuvers in Louisiana.
During the first week of December 1941, with Lexington earmarked to deliver aircraft of a Marine scout bombing squadron to Midway Atoll, the aircraft was off loaded from the carrier to make room for the additional aircraft and left at Pearl Harbor when "Lady Lex" put to sea. Thus, on the morning of 7 December 1941, it was on Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Put back aboard Lexington when she returned to Pearl, the aircraft embarked in the carrier to the South Pacific. On 10 March 1942, flown by Lieutenant (junior grade) Mark T. Whittier with Aviation Radioman Second Class Forest G. Stanley as his gunner, the aircraft joined 103 other planes from Lexington and Yorktown (CV 5) in a raid against Japanese shipping at Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea. Credited with pressing home his attack against a Japanese ship, Whittier received the Navy Cross.
When Lexington returned to Pearl Harbor following the raid, the museum's SBD-2 was again put ashore and earmarked for transfer to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron (VMSB) 241 on Midway Atoll, arriving there with eighteen other SBD-2s on 26 May 1942, on board the aircraft transport Kitty Hawk (APV 1).
On the morning of 4 June 1942, with 1st Lieutenant Daniel Iverson as pilot and Private First Class Wallace Reid manning the .30-caliber machine gun in the aft cockpit. the museum's aircraft was one of sixteen SBD-2s of VMSB-241 launched to attack Japanese aircraft carriers to the west of Midway. Approaching the enemy carrier Hiryu, the Marine planes came under fire from antiaircraft gunners and fighters of the enemy combat air patrol. Iverson, with two Japanese Zero fighters following him down in his dive, released his bomb at an altitude of 800 feet. During his egress from the target area, the pair of Zeroes on Iverson's tail were joined by two others, which pursued the Dauntless for miles. Enemy fire holed Iverson's plane 219 times, knocking out his hydraulic system and wounding Reid. One bullet came so close that it clipped Iverson's throat microphone chord. Nevertheless, the pilot managed to return to Midway, making a one-wheel landing on the atoll. His was one of only eight SBD-2s of VMSB-241 to return from the attack against the Japanese fleet. For their actions, Iverson received the Navy Cross and Reid was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Returned to the United States, the museum's SBD-2 was repaired and eventually assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, Illinois. On the morning of 11 June 1943, with Marine 2nd Lieutenant Donald A. Douglas, Jr., at the controls, the aircraft ditched in the waters of Lake Michigan during an errant approach to the training carrier Sable (IX 81). Douglas was retrieved from the water by a Coast Guard rescue boat, but his aircraft sank to the bottom of the lake.
Recovered in 1994, the aircraft underwent extensive restoration at the museum before being placed on public display in 2001. Elements of its original paint scheme when delivered to the fleet are still visible on its wings and tail surfaces. A survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack and two combat actions, including the famous Battle of Midway, it is one of the most historic aircraft in existence anywhere in the world.
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I put my Costco rebate check to good use this weekend and bought a set of dumbbells. Now my Home Gym is almost compete and all for less than $500!!!
These dumbbells only go to 55 pounds though, which is unfortunate. I'd Like them to go to 70 pounds, but that gets expensive...
I was tagged again by one of my contacts. I was suppose to take an "in the moment" photo, but.... I wanted to use the Alien Bees, so I figured I'd just stage the whole thing.
Selfie's are extremely hard to do. Trying to pose , waiting for the timer, and getting everything framed "just so" is tricky. There are a things I would change here for sure, but sometimes you reach that "good enough" point.
Thoughts?
Here's The 5 People I'm tagging. No need to take a photo though:
1) Sandy Phimester
2) Timtoll56
3) Signal:Noise
4) *Lynne
5) Lari Design
Thanks again Tati for the tag!
Chicago Bears football bedding, comforters and sheets sets
Familybedding.com is proud to announce the addition of the new MVP NFL Chicago Bears Collection. This new logo bedding line is unique in its appeal to the young and more mature tastes. Official MVP NFL Chicago Bears colors with a soft leather, texture-printed stripe. This new look has an ultra soft and washable micro suede fabric. The comforter is reversible to a jersey solid!
We also offer your choice of three other officially licensed NFL Chicago Bears bedding and room decor. The Side Lines collection and Locker Room collection from Sports Coverage and the Team Denim collection from Dan River. The Sports Coverage Chicago Bears Sidelines and Locker Room comforters look like a real jersey, made from 100% polyester jersey mesh. The Dan River Team Denim comforter is 100% cotton soft denim that kids love.
We offer your choice of two sheets sets. The Locker Room sheets are 100% cotton jersey knit, soft and durable. The Dan River sheets sets are a 180 thread count pinstripe percale fabric.
Our NFL Chicago Bears sports bedding and room decor, featuring authentic Chicago Bears team colors, is great for your child's room and guest rooms. The Chicago Bears throws and blankets are great for warmth on a cold day watching football. If your child is an Chicago Bears fan, they will love having their friends over to play NFL 07 on these great Chicago Bears bean bags. Chicago Bears wall border and rugs will finish off your Chicago Bears bedroom decor. Also to add to your Chicago Bears collection are the Shower Curtains to continue your decor in your bathroom.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is by far the most common species that breeds in the eastern half of North America, although most states have sporadic Rufous sightings, and Bob and Martha Sargent have banded eight other hummingbird species as winter visitors to five southeastern states. Ruby-throats are intensely inquisitive and thus easily attracted to feeders, where males in particular typically display aggressive territoriality toward rival hummers, other birds, and even insects such as bees, butterflies, and sphinx moths. They quickly become accustomed to human presence, and will swoop down to investigate red articles of clothing, possibly as potential food sources. Feeders hung at windows attract as many visitors as ones farther from structures, and the bird that claims a feeder as its territory may spend much of the day perched nearby, guarding the food source against intruders. Many hummingbird watchers find "Hummer Warz" endlessly entertaining, although the chases are obviously serious business to the hungry birds. For a short period immediately after fledging, a female will tolerate the presence of her own young at the feeder, but they are soon treated the same as other adult birds - as rivals in pursuit of the food necessary to prepare for the fall migration.
Courtship is apparently very brief, if it exists at all, and once mated the female raises the young alone. The walnut-sized nest, built by the female, is constructed on a foundation of bud scales attached to a tree limb with spider silk; lichens camouflage the outside, and the inside is lined with dandelion, cattail, or thistle down. The nest will stretch to contain the growing nestlings, and may sometimes be reused (rebuilt) the following year.
Two white, pea-sized eggs are laid two or three days apart, which the female will incubate from 60 to 80 percent of the day for 12-16 days. Reports of the duration of the nestling phase vary from 14 to 31 days, the wide range possibly varying with the availability of food; 18-23 days is normal. when they leave the nest, the chicks are considerably larger than their mothers: they may weigh 4.5 grams, while poor Mom is down to only 2.5 g after the stress of raising them. Since the mother starts incubating the first egg as soon as it's laid, that chick will hatch and fledge earlier than its sibling; it will remain close to the nest until the other chick is ready to fly. After leaving the nest, fledglings are fed by their mother for about 10 days. It is thought that Ruby-throats live as long as 12 years, but the average is probably 3-5 years.
Physical Description
Average length: 3.5 inches (8.9 cm)
Average weight: 1/8 ounce (3.1 g)
Body temperature: 105°-108°F (40.5°-42.2°C)
Wing beats: 40-80 per second, average about 52
Respiration: 250 per minute
Heart rate: 250 beats/min resting; 1200 beats/min feeding
Flight speed: 30 mph (48 kph) normal; 50 mph (80 kph) escape; 63 mph (101 kph) dive
Plumage
Adult male: Emerald green back, iridescent ruby red gorget (throat) that may appear black under some lighting conditions, gray flanks, forked tail with no white. Smaller than the female.
Adult female: Emerald green back, white breast and throat, rounded tail with white tips. Larger than the male, with longer bill.
Juveniles: Young of both sexes look like the adult female. In August and September, young males may develop some red spots in the gorget.
Molts: One complete molt per year, which may start during the fall migration and continue into March. Young males acquire full ruby gorgets during their first molt.
Gender identification is simple if the light is right: the brilliant red gorget of the male is unmistakable. More commonly, though, the shape and presence of white on the tail is a more reliable field mark.
Distribution and Migration
Ruby-throats breed throughout eastern to midwestern North America, from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Most winter in Mexico, Central America, and on Caribbean islands, although a few remain in the Gulf states and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Most researchers accept a remarkable non-stop crossing of the Gulf, taking 18-20 hours. They arrive at the coast in late February or early March, and follow the development of spring flowers northward, reaching my home in Morganfield, Kentucky on April 20 +/- 2 days. Males migrate earlier than females, in both directions; some adult males start south as early as JUly. Our female breeding birds leave here (Morganfield, Kentucky) in September, with the young of the year following; the last juveniles depart abruptly at first frost (mid-October). By mid-November the fall migration is essentially completed throughout North America.
OSTIA ANTICA
is a district in the commune of Rome, Italy, five kilometers away from the coast. It is distinct from Ostia.
For ancient history of the site, see Ostia Antica.
Under the Romans, Ostia Antica reached a peak of some 75,000 inhabitants in the 2nd and 3rd century AD. A slow decline began with the time of Constantine I, and the decaying conditions of the city were mentioned by St. Augustine when he passed through in the late 4th century. His mother, St. Monica, died in an inn here. The poet Rutilius Namatianus also reported the lack of maintenance of the city in 414. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD, with the cathedral (titulus) of Santa Aurea erected over the tomb of St. Monica.
As the centuries passed, Ostia fell into ruin but remained an access from the sea for visitors to Rome. Saracen pirates were a frequent concern; the naval Battle of Ostia was fought off the coast in 849. Pope Gregory IV fortified the existing burgh and it was rechristened Gregoriopolis. By this time, the shifting course of the Tiber had landlocked the ancient port, and the town was mainly a shelter for the workers of the nearby salt mills.
In the late 15th century, the bishop Giuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II) commissioned the rebuilding of the main church and town walls under the direction of the architect Baccio Pontelli. The Castle of Julius II, also built at this time, remains the most striking feature of modern Ostia. The castle was abandoned after a flood in 1587 flooded its moat and turned the surrounding area into a marsh.
The castle and the town were restored again in the 20th century.
In popular culture
Ostia was featured in the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God, both written by British novelist Robert Graves. The novels include scenes set at Ostia spanning from the reign of Augustus to the reign of Claudius, including the departure of Agrippa to Syria and Claudius's reconstruction of the harbour. In the 1976 television series, Ostia was frequently mentioned but never actually seen.
Ostia appears briefly towards the end of the Roman Empire section of the 1981 comedy film History of the World, Part I, where the main characters board a galleon (bearing the El Al logo) bound for Judaea. In the film, however, Ostia is only ever referred to as simply "the port".
The Gemeentemuseum (municipal museum) in The Hague is the crowning achievement of Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856-1934). Berlage was a pioneer in the field of modern architecture in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, he died before the museum was completed.
The design of the museum is based on a grid composed of squares and cubes with sides measuring 1.10 metres. All the walls and columns are located on the system lines and intersections of this grid. The number 11 and multiples of it recur throughout the building. The result is a sense of balance and harmony that permeates the entire design.
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Berlages laatste schepping, het Gemeentemuseum in Den Haag, wordt wel gezien als de kroon op een omvangrijk oeuvre dat internationaal van groot belang is geweest als voorloper op de moderne architectuur.
Het museum is ontworpen op een raster van 1,10 meter in het vierkant. Alle muren en kolommen staan op de systeemlijnen en knooppunten van 1,10 meter. Het getal 11 of een veelvoud daarvan komt in het hele gebouw vaak voor. Hiermee wilde Berlage evenwicht en harmonie in het totale ontwerp brengen.
(Source/bron: www.gemeentemuseum.nl)
I've finally come to the end of the Iceland pictures that I'm going to put on Flickr. I'm finishing with some shots from the first night of our trip of the "Sun Voyager" in Reykjavik. After a cloudy evening, the sun dropped below a gap in the clouds to give us a most spectacular sunset. I took loads of pictures - we were there about an hour an a half - and \'ve struggled to decide which I like best, so have included some more in the comment below.
The first shot in the comment was taken slightly earlier than this one, the second a wider shot around the same time and the last was taken around midnight, before we finally went back to our hotel.
A full set of my pictures, including a few that aren't on Flickr, can be seen on this travel photography site, if anyone is interested:
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Welcome to my new series of pictures, taking the title of 'Dreams Of'. I'm hoping to do about 8 in this series, I may do less or may do more afterwards, we'll see.:)
Today's is, obviously, friendship, but I'm going to do others like Imagination, Fantasy, Romance, Power, Laughter, etc. Oh and, the main theme throughout is the parcel/luggage tags, which will all feature in the pictures.
The other person, holding my hand, is Becky. She is one of my closest friends & I love her to bits, and she'll be real embarrassed that I've just said that ;D (there's more pictures in the comments form today :)
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Ok.....some pics have a story and this one does.....I told my friend that I went out and shot a few pics last weekend and told him of the Texas Longhorns.....he simply asked, " does the females have longhorns too"? I said sure they do.....lol....if you enlarge there is proof in the udder......:) ...buy the way this was extremely long shot of 200mm and cropped...
I had a little setback ( trying to do more than I should) but paid for it so having to take baby steps. Hard to explain after not shooting and processing how difficult it is to not want it all at once but learned quickly.........I do want to thank all of those for the find words and support, it has made life much easier, and recovery better..........take care and have a great week........
Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Astasia es un flagelado y es la prima ciega y pálida de Euglena, pero no por ello hay que compadecerse, vive perfectamente y posiblemente ella lo ha elegido así y es seguro que desde hace millones y millones de años su vida transcurra como la de hoy y que en un acuerdo con la Naturaleza haya encontrado su hueco para su existencia por siempre en las lagunas.
Es pálida porque no necesita la luz del sol para vivir, por ello se zambulle y nada alegre desde los fondos de las charcas hasta la superficie y en este bucear, arrastrada por su flagelo, va envolviendo en remolinos a pequeñas partículas, materia orgánica y bacterias que constituyen su alimento.
Aunque el cuerpo de Astasia es un portento de flexibilidad y en ocasiones en él se producen ondas como en un ritual de danza de vientre, la de hoy, más discreta, tímida o austera apenas se deforma y navega con determinación cruzando el océano de esta gota de agua.
La camisa de Astasia como la de Euglena es transparente y aparece adornada con finísimas estrías, aquí invisibles para nosotros, su cuerpo alargado y su fina cola redondeada nos hacen suponer que se trata de Astasia kathemerios o una forma similar y con esa alegría ciega y pálida, va palpando y surcando el agua mientras su flagelo dibuja letras cuyo significado no alcanzamos a comprender…un bonito misterio que quedará así, como misterio por resolver.
Astasia kathemerios es un flagelado que habita principalmente en zonas de aguas estancadas ricas en materia orgánica. La de hoy procede de la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, en las inmediaciones de la población zamorana de Vigo de Sanabria y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (2 of 5): The movie /
CITA EN EL CINE (2 de 5): La Peli
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Cíen: You got it
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Cíen: Como quieras.
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
So I know this is a strange picture to post here, but it well represents how awesome my day was. Today I got to do a lot of things for the first time like see an evidence room at a police station and peruse its contents including, but not limited to; a 40 gallon garbage can full of confiscated weapons (baseball bats, machine guns, rifles, scissors, machetes, etc.), evidence lockers containing brass knuckles and meth, a room full of marajuana and a fridge full of blood. Then I got to ride in a police car to the dump to drop off 400 pounds of prescription and otc drugs for incineration. This pic is of the dump. I know I am going to sound like an eleven-year-old boy when I say this, but is was freaking rad!
William Brouillard
www.cia.edu/faculty/directory.php?faculty_id=15
Artist Statement
The platters I have sent to this exhibition combine several ceramic traditions. The first is, The Palace Art Pot. Palace Art Pots were made to demonstrate wealth and power. They were made to tell a story, to commemorate an event or a person, and to demonstrate skill and challenge the abilities of the artisans who made them. The second tradition is the Fish Platter. Fish platters were a staple of the Neo Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1950s and 60s. The third and last tradition is the One-Line visual and verbal Pun, Platters of the ceramic Funk Movement.
Humor through the use of the visual pun was a mainstay of the California Funk movement. Humor in clay has a tradition as old as the use of the material. I have always felt that humor has been given short shift as a serious emotion. Art work that uses humor and has been actively excised from collections of serious art. It may be that we do not understand the function of humor as well as we understand the function of the other emotions.
In the work presented I have tried to inject some humor into the decorative / commemorative object. The platters are big to give them a slightly overblown sense of their own importance and to be able to be viewed from a distance . They are meant for the wall and the table. The large size to fit the importance of large gatherings.
I have tried to replace historical patterns with objects reduced to pattern. Some of the objects are extensions of my environment or reflections of personal interests. Images of turn of the century technology, (the Machine Age), are a personal favorite. Subject matter ranges from humorous depiction of everyday objects to gender stereotypes. My abilities as A draftsman are limited but seem to be adequate for the kind and quality of image that the subject requires. They have a cartoon look as opposed to the crisp complexity of fine china.
The clay body, a red earthenware, is heavily potted and makes no secrete of its variations and flaws. The glaze work is in the Majolica style and is done very much like a watercolor on soft paper. The pots are fired twice. They are bisqued to cone 05 and glazed to cone 04. Some may have an additional firing to Cone 018 for low temperature luster and enamels. They are fired in an oxidizing atmosphere using an electric kiln.
William Brouillard June, 22 1993
Resume
William Craig Brouillard
CURRENT POSITION:
Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics department, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, from 1980
EDUCATION:
M.F.A., Ceramic Art, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 1976
University of Wisconsin, at Madison, Wisconsin, 1973
B.A., Art Education, State University of Wisconsin, Stout at Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1969
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
Brouillard Studios, 2662 W14th st. Cleveland, OH 44113, production of pottery and ceramic commission work 1980-1993
Resident Craftsman at The Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, as a full time self supporting studio artist in clay, with some related teaching duties, 1976 -1978
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Instructor, Teaching beginning intermediate and Graduate level ceramics, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 1978-1979
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Kiln Design and Construction, to advanced and graduate level students at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 1974 - 1976
Teaching Assistantship, teaching Two and Three Dimensional Design to beginning and advanced Students, also instruction in materials and techniques of woodworking, at The New York State College of
GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Cup Show, purchase award, University of Southern IL. 1992
Ohio Designer Craftsmen, purchase award, Best of 92 exhibition, Columbus, OH. 1992
Excellence in Design Award Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Best of 92 Exhibition, 1992
American Craft Museum, Design Award , for Excellence in Design, in conduction with the Designed and made for use Exhibition, at The American Craft Museum, NY 1986
Purchase Award, The Clay Cup Show, Southern IL. University, 1986
Art Park , Lewiston NY. Summer work and travel grant 1980
COLLECTIONS REPRESENTED BY
The Detroit Museum of Art [DIA], Detroit MI.
The Cleveland Museum ofArt, Cleveland OH.
The Millard Collection, St Louis, MO
The Sinker Collection, Detroit, MI.
The Vincent Lim Collection,Philadelphia, PA
The Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, PA
University of Southern Illinois
Ohio Designer Craftsman, Columbus, OH
Ceramics Monthly, Columbus, OH
The Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
Alfred University, Museum of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Lerner Tower, Cleveland, OH
PUBLICATIONS, REF.
American Ceramics Magazine, Jan. 1994 Studio Potter Magazine, Jan, 1992, "The Language of the Lip" NCCECA Journal "Developing a Plastic Alphabet", volume 6, 1985 Studio Potter "Ohio Potters", October, 1983 Craft Horizons, December , 1978 Ceramics Monthly, "Penland Potters", October 1977 The Alfred Kiln Drawings, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Publication of The Department of Art and Design, 1976
GALLERIES REPRESENTED BY
-The Clay Place, 5416 Walnut St., Pittsburgh, PA. 15232, 1-412-682-3737
-The Pewabic Pottery, 10125 East Jefferson, Detroit, MI. 48214, 1-313-822-0954
-The Farrel Collection, 2633 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, 1-202-483-8334
-Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
-NCCECA, National Conference For Education in the Ceramic Arts
-SPACES, Arts Organization, Cleveland, OH
-OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN, North Central Area Represenitive, Columbus, OH
-AAUP, American Association of University Professors, Washington DC
Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Antophysa vegetans, es un alga pálida que no es alga, es un árbol diminuto que no es árbol. Es Antophysa , uno de esos seres fantásticos que escapan a las cuadriculados esquemas de clasificación de los que Antophysa se escabulle nadando dejando que su copa de árbol imposible arrastre su tronco ligero ▷.
Antophysa es un flagelado ovalado de pequeño cuerpo, la parte anterior remata en un corto pico en el que se insertan dos flagelos, uno largo y ondulante, que siempre se mueve serpenteando y otro corto, prácticamente invisible y casi recto.
A Antophysa no parece gustarle la soledad y de este modo busca compañía formando ramilletes esféricos que construyen una copa cerrada siempre agitada con el saludo de los flagelos de quienes la forman ▷.
Todos los individuos de Antophysa , construyen solidariamente un tronco gelatinoso, con el que se suelen anclar a los fondos donde viven o a otras algas para filtrar el agua cargada de nutrientes en la que les gusta vivir. Allí, batiendo sus flagelos generan remolinos de agua que atraen a sus principales alimentos, las bacterias y de este modo sobreviven, dividiéndose en ramas y construyendo bosques de arbolado pálido.
Antophysa se incluye en el grupo de algas crisofíceas, algas amarillas, o como ésta, más pálidas, curioso grupo que admite a este ser que no necesita la luz del sol y que se alimenta de bacterias.
Unas veces Antophysa , en su libertad de decidir y de vivir nada libremente en formaciones esféricas en las aguas contaminadas en las que suele habitar, otras veces decide vivir fijada al fondo, sustentada por su tronco gelatinoso y hoy, este ser inclasificable decide nadar arrastrando su tronco común, árbol volandero que no necesita raíces, así es Antophysa y vuela en libertad avanzando y girando, abriéndose paso en el agua de la laguna ▷.
Anthophysa vegetans vive en zonas de aguas estancadas con una apreciable contaminación, la de hoy procede de la localidad bretona de Ille et Vilane, próxima a Rennes y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos, empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
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I've been trying to follow the Haiti earthquake closely, as they are very close to us here in the Caribbean, but the truth is that this is heartbreaking stuff, and very hard to watch. Before uploading this, I read that they are talking about the possibility of 200,000 dead! The 2004 Tsunami ended up around 230,000, but that was spread in beteween 10-12 nations. This is 200,000 on a single country....and the poorest country in the western hemisphere at that.
With that said, I started thinking, what would happen if I were to die tomorrow and how I would feel about it. I've never really thought about this before. I've had a good life so far, no complaints on my part. I've traveled, seen the world, graduated from college, I've been fairly successful, have my own house, married to a great woman, etc.
On the professional side, I still have a lot more to accomplish. I've had a dream for quite a few years and I believe that the dream will become a reality this year. It certainly is the perfect moment for it, I just have to get things together and do this. I have always been my toughest critic and I put a lot of pressure on myself, but that's just me.
On the personal side, I wish I was able to leave a deeper mark on others. I do not have a ton of friends, but rather a good group of intensely loyal friends that matter much more. Those are the ones that I know they have my back no matter what. To those few loyal friends, I'll be forever greatful.
To my lovely wife, I got so lucky marrying this amazing woman, that I almost still don't believe it, and it has already been 8 years. She is amazing and I can't ask for anything better. I really can't see myself without her.....it would suck big time not being around her.
Iker....I would watch over him, no matter where I would go. That little guys has changed my life so quickly and in so many ways. Between him and Anabel, I have all the reasons in the world to look for a new day, everyday. It's not that I am afraid of death, but rather, I have a LOT TO LIVE FOR.
Disclaimer: I am not depressed, suicidal, or something similar. I am OK, it's just random thoughts.
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Podría parecer una isla imaginaria de un mapa de ficción, con sus valles y montañas, sus cráteres y su costa recortada, pero sus dimensiones son minúsculas y en un territorio tan pequeño se supone que ni siquiera, por muy imaginaria que fuera esta isla, nadie podría habitarla ¿nadie?...
En acción, la imaginación nos hace volver a la realidad, esta isla se mueve extendiéndose y abriendo sus brazos planos, va atropellándose a sí misma a medida que avanza ▷. Es una ameba en realidad, y se llama Mayorella ameba acuática y desnuda que, como todas, cambia de forma en cada instante y que nunca es igual que como fue.
Es una ameba inofensiva, como la mayoría de las amebas, aunque es verdad que algunas de ellas son microorganismos que pueden causar enfermedades, como casi siempre en la vida, las que hacen daño son las más ruidosas, a las que más se oye, sin embargo la mayoría son silenciosas, inofensivas y necesarias, descomponen la materia orgánica para que la vida se recicle y en esta labor crean suelo fértil y depuran el agua, silenciosamente, billones de billones de estos seres trabajando para la vida, trabajando para el Planeta.
La ameba de hoy no sólo no es verdugo, a veces se convierte en víctima de la implacable ley de la Naturaleza, Mayorella penardi es una minúscula isla, pero a pesar de su tamaño es habitable, algo deben tener sus tierras que tanto gustan. En ocasiones la ameba Mayorella penardi se ve visitada por seres que la invaden completamente, como en una gran superpoblación, la avalancha de turistas puede llegar a la isla en forma de Amoebophilus simplex un hongo en cuyo nombre está escrito que ama a las amebas…las debe amar mucho, les va robando la vida literalmente…y de una forma tan simple que las terminará asfixiando. Afortunadamente nuestro islote de hoy permanece virgen y a salvo de los incómodos visitantes.
Mayorella penardi es una ameba que se encuentra distribuida por el hemisferio norte, habita tanto en el agua como en los suelos húmedos, se alimenta de restos orgánicos y de algas, su cuerpo aplanado se extiende en pseudópodos amplios que terminan en un pequeño apéndice, la de hoy ha venido de Samir, un pequeño pueblecito de las tierras de Aliste de Zamora. La fotografía se ha realizado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Prof. Andrea Carandini e Roma Archeologia: "i turisti americani (...) e avrebbero potuto partecipare a lavori semplici ma preziosi, come lavare la ceramica," il Manifesto, (2 aprile 2013).
Intervista con l'archeologo Andrea Carandini, presidente del Fai. «Per salvaguardare il nostro patrimonio dobbiamo imparare la lezione anglosassone: il pragmatismo»
il Manifesto, 2 aprile 2013
www.patrimoniosos.it/rsol.php?op=getarticle&id=103435
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Question? The American tourists washing ceramics fragments in Pompey? Will they be informed of cleaning those fragments with or without nearly the 30 years of asbestos exposure?
At this point it might just be better to have the MiBAC simply sell Italy on ebay...they might make just enough money to clean up the trash in Rome, Naples, and Venice, etc......
POMPEI ARCHEOLOGIA: 'Amianto a Pompei,' in: "Frammenti di amianto negli scavi di Pompei," napoli.com / youtube (21/11/2012), & "Amianto negli scavi di Pompei, tragedia annuniciata 30 anni fa," METROPOLIS (25/11/2012).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/8355567990/in...
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Andrea Carandini è una delle voci più autorevoli e critiche della nostra intelligencija. Erede di una tradizione liberale che ha fatto la storia d'Italia. Il nonno, Luigi Albertini, è stato direttore del Corriere della Sera finché il fascismo non lo estromise, il padre Nicolò il primo ambasciatore della neonata Repubblica a Londra. Archeologo multitasking, si è distinto nelle tante competenze della propria professione: scavi - è stato nel Belpaese il pioniere della tecnica stratigrafica elaborata dagli specialisti britannici, che ha applicato con risultati eccezionali sul colle Palatino -, saggistica, con una cura per la chiarezza divulgativa trascurata da gran parte degli accademici (nel 2012 ha visto le stampe l'Atlante di Roma Antica), insegnamento: prima a Siena e Pisa, presso l'Università La Sapienza di Roma dal 1992 al 2010. E politica.
Nominato da Sandro Bondi presidente del Consiglio superiore dei beni culturali nel marzo del 2009, al posto del dimissionario Salvatore Settis, ha rinunciato all'incarico nel maggio del 2012.
Dal 19 febbraio è presidente del Fondo ambiente italiano (Fai), la più influente fondazione privata che in Italia si occupa di patrimonio culturale, impegnandosi per l'apertura al pubblico di siti e monumenti di rilevanza artistica, storica e paesaggistica ricevuti in donazione o eredità.
Due esempi su tutti: l'abbazia di San Fruttuoso a Camogli e la Villa Gregoriana di Tivoli.
Il 23 e il 24 marzo, a un mese dalle elezioni politiche, le Giornate Fai di primavera, organizzate ogni anno a partire dal 1992, hanno permesso a cinquecentomila persone di visitare settecento luoghi normalmente non accessibili. Numeri, messi in moto da un'istituzione non pubblica, con cui lo Stato non può non fare i conti.
Professor Carandini, cosa si aspetta il Fai dal prossimo governo in materia di beni culturali?
Il 25 marzo scorso abbiamo incontrato il presidente del consiglio preincaricato Bersani in parlamento, in compagnia di altre sei prestigiose associazioni ambientaliste (Legambiente, Wwf, Greenpeace, Cai, Touring Club, Federazione Pro Natura, ndr). Siamo stati ricevuti da Bersani e Enrico Letta nella Sala del Cavaliere di Montecitorio. Io sono intervenuto per ultimo e ho preferito concentrare la mia attenzione sullo status disastroso del ministero dei beni culturali. Invece di fare l'interesse del Fai, ho fatto quello del dicastero perché l'interesse del primo riguarda anche il Fai. Non ho una posizione politica radicale e mi rendo conto che ritornare alle situazioni di un tempo, quando la spesa pubblica era oltremisura alta, non è possibile. Tuttavia, noi e il ministero dell'ambiente siamo stati maciullati molto al di sopra degli altri, tanto che quest'anno il ministero per i beni e le attività culturali dispone di soli novanta milioni per mantenere l'intero patrimonio italiano: archivi, biblioteche, archeologia, gallerie, storia dell'arte, monumenti, paesaggio. Nulla.
Il nostro ministero è come un Lazzaro che aspetta un Gesù che lo resusciti, tanto è malconcio, con organici ormai allo stremo. Inoltre, siamo anche vittime di lentezze insostenibili. Visto quanto successo con il Colosseo, per quell'insana passione che hanno gli italiani di ammazzarsi l'un l'altro? Se i lavori di restauro cominceranno in aprile sarà già un miracolo, ma quanto tempo è passato.... E Pompei? Nel corso dell'ultima seduta in cui ero ancora presidente del Consiglio superiore dei beni culturali, avevamo varato un eccellente progetto di restauro finanziato dall'Europa. Se partirà - all'inizio dell'anno prossimo come il direttore generale per le antichità assicura, posto che sia vero - saranno passati venti mesi.
I soliti problemi burocratici?
Le gare per assegnare i lavori sono molto complicate perché sono state studiate per appalti pubblici ordinari, come la costruzione di un'autostrada. Applicarle indifferentemente anche per Pompei non è naturalmente l'affare più semplice del mondo.
Dovunque, incontri difficoltà. Non solo per ragioni economiche. Lo stesso Fai tenta a volte di gestire dei beni di proprietà dello Stato o dei Comuni e si impelaga in situazioni che non trovano esito felice. Per esempio, avevamo ottenuto da uno sponsor sette milioni di euro. Li abbiamo persi per il troppo tempo passato; lo sponsor si è scocciato.
Auspica una maggiore collaborazione tra pubblico e privato, magari più calibrata rispetto alla dubbia trasparenza della concessione ottenuta dalla Tod's di Diego Della Valle per il Colosseo?
L'operazione Colosseo è stata condotta perfettamente; andrà, infatti, in porto. Non capisco la baraonda creatasi, figlia solo del sospetto. La verità è che, in Italia, se tu non fai niente sei adorato, se agisci, subito qualcuno sostiene che avrebbe fatto meglio di te. In questo caso, funzionari di primo ordine sono stati criticati ingiustamente. Roberto Cecchi, sottosegretario del Mibac con Ornaghi, una persona intemerata, è stato massacrato. Preso di mira dalla cultura della faida, della rissa, per cui se non sei mio amico fai male tutto. Questa mentalità rende le cose difficili. La crisi politica è sotto i nostri occhi, i beni culturali sono da anni in una situazione di agonia.
E cosa si può dire del Fai?
Il Fai non mi preoccupa. Quest'anno va in pari bilancio per la prima volta. Ha raccolto venti milioni di euro con i telefonini, le iscrizioni, le donazioni degli amici. La nostra è una fatica che produce una partecipazione di popolo meravigliosa, fondata sul volontariato. Io credo che l'Italia possa godere sul serio di una cittadinanza bella e pulita. Basti osservare la passione del volontariato: l'amore del prossimo cristiano tradotto in termini laici.
Nel Regno Unito il National Trust, l'associazione nazionale di difesa del patrimonio culturale, incide con maggiore efficacia sulla politica dello Stato e coinvolge di più i cittadini...
Il Fai nasce proprio quando la figlia di Benedetto Croce, Elena, propose a Giulia Maria Crespi di fondare un «National Trust» italiano. Era il 1975. Crespi inizialmente tentennò, dubitando che da noi una struttura così tipicamente britannica potesse prendere piede. Ma in breve, grazie anche all'architetto Renato Bazzoni, si convinse. Si fonda su una cultura totalmente partecipativa. Anche nel Fai è così. Io, che ne sono il presidente, sono un volontario. Il nostro staff è composto da centoventi persone e nelle recenti Giornate di primavera hanno lavorato con noi settemila volontari e ventunomila apprendisti ciceroni, dalle elementari agli studenti universitari. Il Fai non è un'associazione elitaria. Si regge su una vasta collaborazione popolare che, tuttavia, ha bisogno di svilupparsi ulteriormente. Il National Trust è più avanti di noi, ma ha anche ottanta anni di vantaggio. A maggio andremo in Gran Bretagna per imparare. Chiederò loro di venire da noi per darci consigli e suggerimenti, non risparmiandoci critiche.
Da parte mia, dopo aver servito lo Stato per tutta la vita, prima all'università e poi al ministero, mi ero tanto scorato da ritirarmi a vita privata. Quando Ilaria Borletti Buitoni ha lasciato la presidenza del Fai, mi hanno chiesto di sostituirla: non ho potuto non accettare. Durante la mia presidenza del Consiglio superiore sono sempre stato in contatto con questa organizzazione.
Con la nuova legislatura, vantate un ottimo appoggio in parlamento grazie alla presenza dell'ex presidente, eletta deputato con la lista Scelta Civica di Mario Monti...
Borletti ha trasformato quello che era un simpatico artigianato in una vera e propria industria culturale. Chiunque visiti a Milano la nuova sede della fondazione, nell'edificio della Cavallerizza Radetzky, rimarrà strabiliato al cospetto di un'imponente industria culturale. Mi è ritornato l'ardore, ma vorrei che tutta l'Italia fosse come il Fai. Concreta, costruttiva. L'industria italiana sta andando a pezzi perché all'estero riescono a fare di meglio a minor prezzo. Dove invece abbiamo il dovere di riporre notevoli speranze, è per l'appunto nel campo dei servizi culturali. In fondo, la Cina ci desidera, l'India, il Brasile, i paesi in via di sviluppo che, come è giusto che sia, attendono finalmente il loro turno. E noi, quando vengono in Italia, cosa gli offriamo? Al Palatino non c'è ancora una didascalia. Su internet manca un servizio di qualità che permetta a un indiano di informarsi prima di visitarlo.
Vorrebbe che l'università, oltre a fare ricerca, si aprisse verso una maggiore attenzione nei confronti della promozione e valorizzazione del patrimonio?
Certamente. Tuttavia l'università, prima di tutto, deve tornare a essere una cosa seria perché non lo è più. Per colpa di uno stupido egualitarismo, si è dato a strati sempre più ampi della popolazione un vino sempre più annacquato, dando a credere di trattare tutti come una volta si trattavano solo le élites. L'élite, però, beveva vino, non acqua tinta. Tutto ciò non solo non è onesto, ma è anche antidemocratico. Ormai ci si forma male e, chi è privilegiato, va a formarsi all'estero. Terminati gli studi, c'è il merito o la raccomandazione. Chi viene da condizioni più umili, può fare affidamento solo sul merito. Confesso che all'università, da quando sono in pensione, non ho più messo piede, intristito dalla sua decadenza. Continuo a mantenere stretti rapporti con i giovani. Grazie al loro contributo, ho recentemente pubblicato l'Atlante di Roma Antica. Spesso, però, i giovani non partecipano alla pubblicazione delle ricerche cui hanno preso parte. Vengono usati strumentalmente.
Spesso si dimentica anche che l'archeologia, prima di essere un'erudita passione, è a pieno titolo una professione. Una persistente visione aristocratica del mestiere di archeologo, per esempio, si coglie nel successo di associazioni straniere, soprattutto statunitensi, che organizzano costosi campi di lavoro archeologico in Italia.
Negli anni ottanta, quando insegnavo all'università di Pisa, volevo organizzare uno scavo a Tartuchino, una piccola fattoria dell'Etruria, ma non avevo i fondi necessari. Mi sono allora recato a Boston, per incontrarmi con i responsabili di una struttura privata che, tra le varie attività culturali, proponeva vacanze intelligenti. Se c'è il dentista del Minnesota che si diverte a passare le sue vacanze scavando un relitto spagnolo su un'isola dei Caraibi, perché non avrei dovuto tentare lo stesso con gli etruschi in Toscana? In cambio di denaro investito nella ricerca, i turisti americani sarebbero stati accolti da professionisti e avrebbero potuto partecipare a lavori semplici ma preziosi, come lavare la ceramica. A Boston non è stato difficile. È bastato illustrare in un teatro la nostra iniziativa. Lo scavo di Tartuchino ci ha guadagnato un sostegno economico e un valido aiuto manuale. Nella pratica culturale, c'è grande spazio per le possibilità di invenzione. Purtroppo, in Italia, molti giovani non hanno competenze di tipo imprenditoriale. Viviamo in una società capitalistica in cui l'impresa è un elemento fondamentale, ma siamo stati abituati a criticare sempre l'esistente invece di coglierne l'opportunità. Mai addormentare la critica, bisogna però accompagnarla con il fare. E noi predichiamo, ma quando arriva il momento di agire ci impantaniamo. Quello che mi piace del Fai, al contrario, è il pragmatismo. È questa la lezione anglosassone.
Debido a las críticas y recomendaciones decidí editarla y subirla de nuevo. Es la versión 2.0 de Seagulls' Sunset
Espero que les guste.
Due to the critics and recomendations I decided to edit and upload it again. This is the 2.0 version of Seagulls' Sunset
I hope you like it.
1975 Nikon Nikkormat FT2.
Non-ai prime Nikkors -
UD 20mm f/3.5
28mm f/2.8
50mm f/2
£1 Kodak "Mexican Fandango" 200 asa colour print film.
Nikon Nikkormat FT2.
Non-ai prime Nikkors -
UD 20mm f/3.5
28mm f/2.8
50mm f/2
£1 Kodak "Mexican Fandango" 200 asa colour print film.
Church of St Brynach , Llanfrynach
Llanfrynach Church is in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, in the community of Llanfrynach in the county of Powys. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SO0752325791.
The church is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 16859 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.
Summary
St Brynach's church is situated in the centre of Llanfrynach village some 4km from Brecon. It is a Victorian structure attached to a medieval tower and contains only a few items of interest, namely the only survivor of three early medieval stones found during the rebuilding of 1885 and a medieval font. The churchyard is large for a village church and may once have been more curvilinear than it now appears.
Tower is attributed to 14thC, though it is as likely to be 15thC, but rest of the building dates from 1885.
Parts of the following description are quoted from the 1979 publication The Buildings of Wales: Powys by Richard Haslam
History
An early medieval foundation here seems likely, though the dedication and the three reputedly sculptured stones apart there is no evidence to collaborate such a view.
The 1291 Taxatio records 'Ecclesia de Lambernach' at the unexceptional value of œ4 6s 8d.
The nave and chancel were replaced by a local builder, William Jones, in the Decorated style in 1885. The rood loft which functioned as a gallery according to Theophilus Jones was removed a this time and of three early medieval stones found at the time only one can now be located.
In 1864 the tower wall was broken through to create space for a set of pews for the de Winton family. A west window was created at the same time. The vestry was added in 1892, the tower was re-roofed in 1905, and internally the font was re-dressed in 1892.
Architecture
Llanfrynach comprises a nave with a slightly narrower chancel, a west tower of the same width as the nave, a north vestry with a boiler room underneath, and a south porch towards the south-west corner of the nave. It is aligned north-east/south-west but 'ecclesiastical east' is adopted here for descriptive purposes.
Fabrics: 'A' consists of greyish red sandstone, though with some variations in colour, in both blocks and slabs, irregularly coursed and with ashlar quoins. 'B' is of more regular blocks and slabs, less weathered, and randomly coursed. All this stone looks new and there are buff-yellow sandstone dressings.
Roof: reconstituted clay tiles. Cross finials on chancel and porch.
Drainage: there are no obvious signs other than downpipes into raised drain holes against the walls. It is possible that any trench around the wall has now grassed over.
Exterior
Tower. General. Fabric A. Wall faces are heavily pointed, obscuring the masonry. Certain features are consistent to all faces: there is a chamfered plinth at a height of 1m, a string-course in rounded section at 1.5m, a string-course defines the top of the second stage about two-thirds of the way up the tower, and a third with hollow moulding at the top of the belfry stage; above this is a battlemented parapet, which Griffiths of RCAHMW thought was modern. The whole tower is usually attributed to the 14thC.
North wall: at base of second stage is a trefoil-headed lancet of buff sandstone with a relieving arch over, completely Victorian, inserted. This stage also shows some possible plaster remnants. Belfry is lit by a four-centred arched window, the two lights having cusped tracery and louvre boards; some of the dressings renewed.
East wall: nave apex reaches to just below the second stage string-course. Third stage has standard belfry window but not possible to determine whether any of the dressings renewed. Two waterspouts on the string-course above.
South wall: second stage has an inserted Victorian window as in north wall. At the top of this stage there is also a slit window with unchamfered jambs and a lintel that is splayed on the underside. This slit is blocked up as is part of the standard belfry window in the third stage.
West wall: the second stage carries a large two-light window of Victorian date, and above it is a slit window with undercut lintel as on the south side. The standard belfry window has some renewed tracery, and there are two waterspouts on the string-course above.
Nave. General. Fabric 'B'. Plinth with chamfer at height of between 0.3m-0.6m. Windows of regular form and all have relieving arches in 'B'.
North wall: two two-light windows. Buttress overlies junction of nave and tower.
South wall: three two-light windows, having quatrefoils above, hoodmouldings with ballflower stops; two buttresses, one at south-east angle, the other overlapping tower wall as on the north.
Chancel. General. Similar to nave in terms of fabric, plinth, windows etc. The roof is lower by almost one metre.
North wall: almost completely disguised by vestry.
East wall: three-light window with cusped tracery, hoodmoulding with weathered human-headed stops, relieving arch; two diagonal buttresses at corners.
South wall: one two-light window with trefoiled heads, hoodmoulding with ballflower stops, relieving arch.
Vestry. General. Boiler house beneath with flight of steps leading down to it. Door plus windows are square-headed and the latter have lights with mock Caernarvon arches. Blocked window in east wall.
Porch. General. Fabric 'B'.
East wall: one trefoiled window with a 'decorative' relieving arch; buttress at south-east angle.
South wall: high-pitched gable end. Two-centred arched doorway with complex mouldings and a hoodmoulding with ballflower stops. Old gravestones leant against wall.
West wall: as east wall.
Interior
Porch. General. Stone flags for floor, plastered walls; roof of rafters with collars.
North wall: Gothic arched doorway with complex moulding and ballflower stops to the hoodmoulding. Plain wooden door.
East wall: small splayed window with stone bench beneath.
West wall: as east wall.
Tower. General. Floor is reached by two steps up from nave. Wooden floor with pews set on it. Plastered walls.
North wall: nothing significant.
East wall: high two-centred arch, chamfered on both faces but only above springing points. Early medieval stone (see below) attached to northern reveal.
South and west walls: nothing of significance.
Nave. General. Tiles, some decorated, and raised wooden floors under seats; no grilles or obvious heating ducts. Walls plastered and whitewashed. Roof of spaced scissor-trusses with collars.
North wall: splayed windows, two-centred arched doorway of Victorian form to vestry. Three mural tablets, one of 1763/1785, the other two 19thC.
East wall: high two-centred arch with stops and responds. Galvanised steel plaques bear Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments.
South wall: splayed windows. Two mural tablets of 19thC and 20thC.
Chancel. General. One step up to chancel and two to altar. Tiled floor with carpets over. Roof as nave but no scissor trusses.
North wall: has organ against it and two 19thC mural tablets.
East wall: galvanised reredos painted with 'Art Noveau' angels on either side of altar.
South wall: 20thC mural tablet.
Churchyard
Llanfrynach churchyard is exceptionally large and flat. Its present shape is sub-square and there is no evidence to indicate an earlier fossilised boundary.
It is overgrown on the east and north sides where there are fewer burial, but the areas of more recent burials are better maintained.
Boundary: the perimeter is defined by a stone wall, replaced by breeze block walling at the north-west angle.
Monuments: their spread is irregular. The area north-west of the church is currently in use, there is a single row east of the chancel, 19thC groups to the south of the church, and further graveslabs have been cleared and are now set against the east and much of the north wall of the churchyard.
Furniture: a churchyard cross, but of the 20thC, having been copied from one at Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, in 1910.
Earthworks: church is set on a slight platform, visible at the eastern end and around part of the north side. The earlier bank of the churchyard can be seen running about 2m outside the present eastern perimeter wall.
Ancillary features: small, double iron gates at the western corner, similar gates with the addition of a kissing gate on the south, both served by tarmac paths. On the south-east opposite the pub is a stone stile and on the north-east access from Ty-mawr was provided by a mock crenellated gateway; both of these served by grass paths. The rectory was linked to the church by a vertical stone stile in the north wall.
Vegetation: there are a number of large pines and deciduous trees on the north side of the churchyard and yews form both sides of an avenue running from the porch to the south gate with a few more by the grass path leading eastwards.
www.darckr.com/username.php?username=9099757@N05 --- Turkey, Antalya, Amarok Adventure World, Safari Tour ---- www.vianobilis.com/amarok-adventure-world-7e5 ---- Amarok Adventure World ---- Selge (griechisch Σέλγη) war eine antike Stadt in der kleinasiatischen Landschaft Pisidien beim heutigen Altınkayaköy (früher Zerk) (Türkei). Er lag 56 km nordwestlich von Side auf ca. 1000 m. ü. M. im oberen Tal des Eurymedon (heute: Köprüçay) am westlichen Ende des Taurusgebirges.Der Überlieferung nach soll Selge nach dem Krieg um Troja durch den Seher Kalchas gegründet und durch Griechen aus Sparta besiedelt worden sein. Auf Münzen ist der Ort seit dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. nachweisbar. Wirtschaftliche Grundlage war der Anbau von Wein und Oliven auf der umgebenden fruchtbaren Hochebene. Politisch bestanden zu Aspendos gute Beziehungen, ansonsten war die Stadt kriegerisch gegen ihre Nachbarn ausgerichtet. Als Alexander der Große durch Kleinasien zog, verbündete sich die Stadt mit ihm, um, allerdings erfolglos, die nahe Stadt Termessos zu belagern. Polybios beschreibt einen Krieg zwischen Selge und Pednelissos 220 v. Chr., in dem Pednellissos Achaios, den Statthalter von Side, zu Hilfe rief. 25 v. Chr. verlor Selge die Selbstständigkeit und wurde in die römische Provinz Galatien eingegliedert. Laut Strabon soll die Stadt zu dieser Zeit etwa 20.000 Einwohner gehabt haben. Seine größte Blüte erreichte Selge zur Zeit des römischen Kaiserreiches. Im Jahr 339 kam es zu einer erfolglosen Belagerung durch die Goten. In byzantinischer Zeit war Selge Bischofssitz. Die Stadt wurde später in seldschukischer Zeit aufgegeben.Es sind die Reste der Stadtmauer, eines Theaters, eines Stadions, der Agora mit Säulenhallen, eines Gymnasions und einer Basilika erhalten. Das Theater wurde im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. neu gebaut. Außerhalb der Stadtmauer lagen ein Aquädukt und einige Kammergräber. ---- Selge (in Greek Σελγη) was an important city in Pisidia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay)forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
The town was believed to be a Greek colony, for Strabo[1] states that it was founded by Spartans, but adds the somewhat unintelligible remark that previously it had been founded by Calchas. The acropolis of Selge bore the name of Kesbedion.[2] The district in which the town was situated was extremely fertile, producing abundance of oil and wine, but the town itself was difficult of access, being surrounded by precipices and beds of torrents flowing towards the Eurymedon and Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[3] At that time they were at war with Termessos.
At the period when Achaeus had made himself master of Western Asia, Selge were at war with Pednelissus, which was besieged by them; and Achaeus, on the invitation of Pednelissus, sent a large force against Selge (218 BC). After a long and vigorous siege, the Selgians, being betrayed and despairing of resisting Achaeus any longer, sent deputies to sue for peace, which was granted to them on the following terms: they agreed to pay immediately 400 talents, to restore the prisoners of Pednelissus, and after a time to pay 300 talents in addition.[4] We now have for a long time no particulars about the history of Selge; in the 5th century AD Zosimus[5] calls it indeed a little town, but it was still strong enough to repel a body of Goths. It is strange that Pliny does not notice Selge, for we know from its coins that it was still a flourishing town in the time of Hadrian; and it is also mentioned in Ptolemy[6] and Hierocles. Independently of wine and oil, the country about Selge was rich in timber, and a variety of trees, among which the storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[7]
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the gymnasium, the stoa, the stadium and the basilica. There are also the outlines of two temples, but the best conserved monument is the theater, restored in the 3rd century AD.
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley