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為什麼她的舉手投足總是透露著優雅？

為什麼她的淑女韻味令我移不開目光？

因為她是名門淑女.

在一個轉彎處,我注意到她了.那優雅的氣質,讓我的目光始終無法移開.雖然有許多的男士正在跟她交談,我也耐心的等待.相較於其他大家閏秀,她的身軀雖然嬌小,但一舉手,一投足.那股氣勢,那優雅的氣質.讓我不能用一般世俗的眼光;用一般人旁敲側擊的方式來回應她.我決定走上前去,用最正式的方式來介紹我自己.儘其所能的描繪她的 Level of Detail.才不會辜負她那優雅的氣質.

我採用縮小光圈至F11,來強調細節.但景深這時卻因光圈的縮小而使她身旁的閒雜人等一一現形..所以我把小黑五推至最短對焦距離,焦長推進至200mm.來縮小景深,讓她不受世俗的紛紛擾擾.一陣流言蜚語也無損她名門淑女的風範.等流言蜚語過去,我知道最佳時刻已到來,透過指尖記錄下她最美的一刻.

我用下列的比喻來記錄現場的狀況.

"有許多的男士正在跟她交談"

這朵花在田埂旁,很亮麗.讓人很難不注意她,如同名門淑女般.

現場很多人在拍她,所以我在旁等了一段時間.

"讓我不能用一般世俗的眼光;用一般人旁敲側擊的方式來回應她.我決定走上前去,用最正式的方式來介紹我自己"

因為在現場大部分的人都是側拍的方式.但我直覺告訴我,不能浪費了這朵花.所以我採用正上方的拍攝方式,儘可能的去描繪她的細節.

"因光圈的縮小而使她身旁的閒雜人等一一現形">

因為旁邊有很多的枝葉,過於雜亂.我直覺告訴自己,要取得純淨的背景才能突顯她的氣質.

"一陣流言蜚語也無損她名門淑女的風範">

在拍攝這朵名門淑女時,現場有風在吹動.

我等到風停,她回到我要的角度,才按下快門拍下她優美的身影.

"...on the floor of his room."

(On black.)

Besides attending a class today and writing reports, I spent the afternoon at a friend's house. We talked a lot and she put on some Eddie Izzard. It was fun. :)

I've been tagged. By Trixiepix. And just when I thought I'd wrap up the day and lay my thoughts to sleep... :)

Here we go:

#01 I (used to) change interests on a daily basis, so keeping up with 365 is sometimes a real pain the butt, but I'm determined to stick to, to prove myself I can go through with something - not just drop the idea before I've REALLY given it a go.

#02 I'm a pervert, I'm a poet, I'm a romantic soul.

I really like weird (and I do mean weird, Necrophilia variations is right up my alley) books and movies and music.

#03 When going out for a drink, I usually drink coffee, or during the winter, black tea, vanilla flavoured.

#04 I adore chocolate. The kind with 50 or more percent of cocoa. The bitterness tastes so sweet to me. :) Also, I like chocolate with chili peppers.

#05 Like Trixiepics, I get a kick out of organizing things. On my computer. Into folders and zip files and partitions and so on and so forth...

#06 I like to look at people. Not in a voyeur kind of way, I just like to look at people when I walk past them, to see their faces, to see what they're wearing, how fast they are walking. It interests me. :)

#07 I (used to) usually give up, if the results were not perfect the first time. I had to learn to deal with mistakes.

#08 REMOVED

#09 The first time I did a snow angel was a couple of days ago.

#10 I adore the feeling of fresh, clean hands. I just love it. It feels wonderful. :)

#11 My memory is like swiss cheese, but without the cheese. This is one of the reasons I began 365. To have something to remember ALL of the days by.

#12 I'd like to improve my photos, but lately I don't take enough time to produce results I'd be really proud of. Shame on me.

#13 Lately most of what I wear is black. Last year I was sort of getting into really coloured stuff, but this year I mostly go for black. (Except this one outfit I wear at home - yellow sweatshirt and red pants.)

#14 I thought for sure I wouldn't get tagged. :)

#15 I really like the 80's Yugoslavian punk/new wave scene. There's something about that era that I find so alluring I can't even say. The music, the rebel attitude. (Those days, there actually was something to rebel about. Nowadays, you can do almost whatever you like, so being a rebel these days is pretty much pointless.)

#16 I don't like sports. I don't like to do them. I don't like to watch. I was always absolutely horrible at team sports. The only exception is running. I like that, because sometimes that's when I'm most alone and have all my thoughts to myself.

Done! Woo-hoo! :)

That was a lot of text. Probably the longest description I'll ever write. :)

This was day fifty-seven.

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

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Yesterday my sister and I visited the Powell Volvo dealer in Scottsdale, Arizona. They were making some incredible good deals on these great cars and my sister bought one (a great V50 station-wagon). While she worked out the details with the dealer, I walked around and took photos of the many Volvos on the lot. You wouldn't know there was an economic recession going on in Scottsdale, Arizona, for this Volvo dealership was doing great and had many customers (the salesman told me Volvo is owned by Ford now).

Ever since I lived in Sweden, I've loved Volvo cars. These new ones are super! I especially like the body-style and look of the C30 coupe (the fast spiffy car used in the popular film "Twilight", driven by Edward the teenage vampire). Above is a photo of the back end of one of the C30 Volvos on display, pretty cool!

INFORMATION ON VOLVO CARS:

Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, and currently owned by Ford Motor Company. The name Volvo, Latin for "I roll" (or "I drive" in a modern sense, was thought to be a good trademark for a ball bearing as well as for an automobile.

Volvo was originally formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF. It was not until 1935 when Volvo AB was introduced on the Swedish stock exchange that SKF sold most of the shares in the company. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company as part of its Premier Automotive Group.

Volvo produces models ranging from SUVs, wagons, and sedans to compact executive sedans and coupes. With 2,500 dealerships worldwide in 100 markets; 60 percent of sales come from Europe, 30 percent from North America, and the other 10 percent is from the rest of the world. Volvo cars have always evoked a reputation for solidity and reliability.[

Volvo's market share is shrinking in the North American market. However, Volvo increased its market share in new markets such as Russia, China and India. Specifically, Volvo expected sales in Russia to double and exceed 20,000 units by the end of 2007, making Russia one of the ten biggest markets for the company. Volvo already boasts the leading position in Russia's luxury car segment.

Older models were often compared to tractors, partly because Volvo AB was and still is a manufacturer of heavy equipment, earlier Bolinder-Munktell, now Volvo Construction Equipment. Considered by some to be slow and heavy, they earned the distinction "brick" as a term of endearment for the classic, block-shaped Volvo, with the more powerful turbo charged variants known as "turbobricks". More recent models have moved away from the boxy styles favored in the 1970s and 1980s and built a reputation for sporting performance, but not before the phenomenal success of factory-supported Volvo 240 turbos winning both the 1985 European Touring Car Championship (ETC) and 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC).

Source: Wikipedia

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN VISITS NOIREL (1 of 1) /

SHIN VISITA A NOIREL (1 de 1)

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 41 of 55) 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.

FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español

Shin: OOOH! It can't be!!! O__O It's a skull at the dice!!! Is KIRAA!!! The dice is Kira!!!! YEAAAAH I found him!!!! He belongs to me!!

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Shin: OOOH! No puede ser!!! O__O Una calavera en el dado!!! Es KIRAA!!! Es el dado de Kira!!!! SIII! Lo he encontrado!!!! Está en mi poder!!

LINKS:

- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Saw Canceled and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr

- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (2 of 9): Akari's arrival /

DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (2 de 9): La Llegada de Akari

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 16 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Akari: Hi Kuro... how are you cuty thing... :D

Nana Alright, spit now, spit, I want details!

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Akari: Hola Kuro... que mono eres... :D

Nana: Bueno cuenta, cuenta, quiero detalles!

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Minao's Akari Collaboration

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I took this shot of the Manhattan Skyline from Liberty Island, New York City, in October 2004 with my first digital camera, a Fuji MX. Wish I'd had my Nikon D80 back then...but of course it didn't exisit at the time :-)

INFORMATION ON MANHATTAN ISLAND:

Manhattan is an island borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. With a 2006 population of 1,611,581[1] living in a land area of 22.96 square miles (59.47 km²), it is the most densely populated county in the United States at 66,940 residents per square mile (25,846/km²). It is also the second wealthiest county in the United States. The borough consists of Manhattan Island, Roosevelt Island, Randalls Island, almost 1/10th of Ellis Island, the above-water portion of Liberty Island, several much smaller islands, and a small section on the mainland of New York State adjacent to the Bronx.

Manhattan is a major commercial, financial, and cultural center of the United States, and to some extent, the world. Most major radio, television, and telecommunications companies in the United States are based here, as well as many news, magazine, book, and other media publishers. Manhattan has many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, museums, and universities. It is also home to the headquarters of the United Nations. Manhattan has the largest central business district in the United States, is the site of both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and is the home to the largest number of corporate headquarters in the nation. It is indisputably the center of New York City and the New York metropolitan region, holding the seat of city government, and the largest fraction of employment, business, and recreational activities.

The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, an officer on Henry Hudson's yacht Halve Maen (Half Moon). A 1610 map depicts the name Manahata twice, on both the west and east sides of the Mauritius River (later named the Hudson River). The word "Manhattan" has been translated as "island of many hills" from the Lenape language. The Encyclopedia of New York City offers other derivations, including from the Munsee dialect of Lenape: manahachtanienk ("place of general inebriation"), manahatouh ("place where timber is procured for bows and arrows"), or menatay ("island").

According to 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there were 1,620,867 people residing in Manhattan on July 1, 2007. As of the 2000 Census, the population density of New York County was 66,940.1/sq mi (25,849.9/km²), the highest population density of any county in the United States. If the 2007 census estimates are accurate, then the population density now exceeds 70,595 people per square mile. In 1910, at the height of European immigration to New York, Manhattan's population density reached a peak of 120,250.299/sq mi (46,428.9/km²). There were 798,144 housing units in 2000 at an average density of 34,756.7/sq mi (13,421.8/km²). Only 20.3% of Manhattan residents lived in owner-occupied housing, the second-lowest rate of all counties in the nation, behind The Bronx.

Source: Wikipedia

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If I Were Ever To Paint A Splendid Smile, This Would Be It.

This is a edited (w/ paint effect) pic of a family friend from England. (the Punajabi side:) She has lovely smile, which I've told her a million times. The credit goes to her mother who gave her and her sister the beautiful genes. Lucky them:)

(Just wish she takes the news of my posting to the world wide web with a likewise smile.)

A quote above is a bit corny yet speaks the truth; don't know the author. Feels so appropriate for this picture.

Lately, I've been intrigued by the 'painted effect' and 'played with it'. This is a product of that play. I suppose when one can't paint this would be the next best option:)

**"I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things, Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar." -Ralph Waldo Emerson **

**"If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all." - Alexander Pope** (posted this before, but you can understand u i posted it again)

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The modern sea-wall that shelters the port disguises history rather well. When the Roman empire fell, Pozzuoli, with the adjacent imperial glory of the port facilities of Baia, went into centuries of decline. As late as the 1880s, a travel writer in the New York Times could still say:

...The harbor of Pozzuoli is an interesting place to visit, if only to study the manner in which the ancients built their piers. There still remains the tremendous structure, or a very large portion of it, called by Seneca, Pilae, and by Suetonius, Moles Puteolanae. Of 25 buttresses, which supported 24 arches, 16 are left, three being under water. They are constructed of brick and pozzulana earth, and bear an inscription reporting that the pier was restored by Antonius Pius. A common, but very erroneous impression, owing probably to the fact of the pier now being called Ponte [bridge] di Caligula, is that it was connected with the ponton [sic] bridge which that emperor threw across the bay of Baiae in order that, clad in the armor of Alexander the Great, he might there celebrate his insane triumph over the Parthians.

Indeed, photos from that period show the pier/sea-wall of Pozzuoli to be low and jagged, essentially what is left of the old Roman structure (seen in the above image) after many centuries of neglect. (Sources differ as to how many arches the original Roman pier had.) After a century of talk about rebuilding the pier into a more modern structure, it wasn't until the early 1900s that this was done. Dvorak (sources, below) reports in 1904:

The largest and best-known Roman breakwater is that at Puteoli, commonly called the Bridge of Caligula. This great work consisted of fifteen tall piers of concrete, some of 52 feet square, others smaller, rising from 49 feet of water to some 16 feet above the surface. The tops of the piers were connected by arches, and the whole work was often referred to as the "opus pilarum," or "moles puteolanae." Unfortunately, but little of the old work is now to be seen, for the harbour is sheltered by a solid sea-wall, which has been constructed by filling up the spaces between the ancient piers. The work was originally proposed by Carlo Fontana, and, in spite of the adverse criticism of Fazio, will soon be finished.

The modernizing work was, indeed, finished and was, as noted, redone in the 1980s. Roman engineers built differently than modern ones. A modern seawall stops waves completely; the Romans, however, built separate piers (in this case, joined by arches) that were close enough to break the main force of the waves but still let sufficient water pass through. Without modern dredging equipment, this had the advantage of letting currents sweep through the harbor and keep the port from silting up. Perhaps the most interesting thing in the whole harbor was the small island off the end of the pier. It was covered with buildings and has disappeared completely; it is probably the one mentioned by the Greek historian Pausanias in the second century AD:

Off Diceearchia [the original Greek name for Pozzuoli, ed.], which belongs to the Etruscans, there is boiling water in the sea, and an island has been constructed artificially, that the water may be utilized for warm baths. The modern sea-wall of Pozzuoli (jutting out on the right in this photo) runs almost exactly east to west, pointing directly at Baia.

Much of the western part of the bay, off of Baia, has been studied and made available in the new museum in the Aragonese castle off of Baia; those waters are also now an "underwater archaeology park," but I don't know the extent to which such efforts have extended to Pausania's "artificial island." Also, there was apparently a second harbor at Puteoli. Ancient sources mention it and in the early 19th century, engineers planning to rebuild the harbor spoke of the existence of an extensive network of piers offshore below the old acropolis to the east of the main harbor.

gi paninhos www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003023933976&sk=ph...

essa foto é de outra compra...mas trouxe só pra ilustrar pois fiz a compra hoje...

a gisele é um amor, e os paninhos dela sempre chegam assim, como na foto...passadinho, dobradinho e embaladinhos...aff dá uma dózinha de desmanchar o pacote kkkk

corre lá flores...os pedidos são por email mas tem no face, no orkut e no site...

no orkut www.orkut.com.br/Main#Profile?uid=11092241424606275589

no site www.armazemdostecidos.com.br/

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See my DNA... - or - View On Black

Part of a self-assigned series for my wife's upcoming book, "Dog O'My Heart" - Guinness and Robbie were in Monrovia, California at the time. Robbie is the son of some dear friends; Guiness is their bear-chasing rottweiler. We shot this in the shade of a porch - but with a 2PM afternoon sun - trying to beat a deadline for an evening Amtrak train back to Texas.

Camera: Hasslebad, 150mm lens

Film: Fujichrome 100, 120mm.

Scanned on a Nikon 9000 Coolscan.

Strobist data: Norman 4K pak, 1 head at 2K, through a single 72" Chimera soft box at left + reflector at right + used the sun light & balanced it for hairlight. Exposure was probably around 1/125 @ f/16 or so...verified with Polaroid PN55 Polapak film.

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Primo becchino S'ha da dare cristiana sepoltura ad una che ha voluto anticiparsi l'ora della salvezza?

Secondo becchino Sì, ti dico; perciò prepara subito la fossa. Il magistrato ha esaminato il caso ed ha deciso che sia da concedersi cristiana sepoltura.

Primo becchino Com'è possibile? Ammenoché non si sia annegata per difendersi.

Secondo becchino Infatti, è stato accertato così.

Primo becchino Già, dev'essere stato "se offendendo",

non altrimenti. Perché il punto è questo:se io annego di mia volontà, questo è un atto, ed un atto ha tre momenti: agire, fare, consumare; argal lei s'è annegata di sua volontà.

Secondo becchino Ma no, senti, mio bravo zappatore...

Primo becchino Permetti: qui c'è l'acqua, e qui c'è l'uomo. Bene. Se ora l'uomo va nell'acqua e, volente o nolente, ci si annega, è stato lui ad andarci... sta' attento; se invece è l'acqua ad andare dall'uomo, e lo annega, non è lui che s'annega.

Argal la propria vita non accorcia chi della propria morte non ha colpa.

Secondo becchino Così è la legge?

Primo becchino Sì, perdio, così; così almeno l'ha interpretata il giudice.

Secondo becchino Bah, devo dirti come me la sento? Non fosse stata costei nobildonna sarebbe stata seppellita fuori da cristian cimitero.

Primo becchino Ah, l'hai capita? E' una grande ingiustizia che a questo mondo le persone bene abbiano più diritto di annegarsi o d'impiccarsi che gli altri cristiani.

(Comincia a scavare)

Affonda, vanga! Non c'è nobiltà a questo mondo di più antica data dei giardinieri, degli affossatori e dei becchini, la cui professione continua quella che faceva Adamo.

Secondo becchino Perché, Adamo era nobile?

Primo becchino E' stato lui il primo a portar armi.

Secondo becchino Ma va'! Se non ne aveva!

Primo becchino Che dici! Non sarai mica un eretico? Come la interpreti tu la Scrittura? Secondo la Scrittura, egli zappava; poteva egli zappare senza l'arma delle braccia? Ti faccio altra domanda, adesso, e se non mi rispondi giusto, confèssati per un...

Secondo becchino Dài, tira avanti!

Primo becchino Ecco: chi è che fabbrica più solido del muratore, oppur del carpentiere, oppur più del falegname.

Secondo becchino Chi fa forche. Perché fa qualche cosa che vive più di mille suoi inquilini.

Primo becchino Azzeccata. Il tuo spirito mi piace. Le forche vanno bene, ma per chi? Per quelli che fan male; e tu fai male a dire che una forca è più solida d'una chiesa, àrgal, la forca è cosa che va bene a te. Avanti, prova ancora.

Secondo becchino (Ripetendo la prima domanda del primo becchino) "Chi è che costruisce più robusto del muratore, oppur del carpentiere, oppur del falegname?"

Primo becchino Dimmi questo, e poi basta.

Secondo becchino Dunque, vediamo un po'... aspetta, aspetta... Ce l'ho in punta di lingua...

Primo becchino Allora sputalo.

Secondo becchino Macché, perdincibacco, non mi viene!

Entrano, dal fondo, Amleto e Orazio

Primo becchinoBeh, via, non lambiccarti più il cervello. L'asino tardo non aggiusta il passo sotto le bastonate. Un'altra volta, se ti faranno la stessa domanda,

rispondi: "il beccamorto"; le sue case durano fino al giorno del Giudizio. Adesso, per favore, va' da Yaughan e fatti dare una pinta di birra.

(Esce il secondo becchino)

(Cantando mentre zappa)

"Da ragazzo far l'amore

"mi sembrava un dolce gioco

"per trascorrer le mie ore,

"ma n'ho ricavato poco..."

Amleto Non ha costui coscienza del mestiere,

se può cantare scavando una fossa?

Orazio Lo rende indifferente l'abitudine.

Amleto Proprio così; man che poco lavora,

ha più sensibile il senso del tatto.

Primo becchino (Sempre cantando)

"Ma col passo suo felpato

"la vecchiaia mi ha ghermito,

"per sotterra m'ha avviato,

"come mai non fossi nato."

(Getta fuori della fossa un teschio)

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The Gūr-e Amīr or Guri Amir is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane (also known as Timur) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It occupies an important place in the history of Persian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra, built by Timur's descendants, the ruling Mughal dynasty of North India. It has been heavily restored.

Gur-e Amir is Persian for "Tomb of the King". This architectural complex with its azure dome contains the tombs of Tamerlane, his sons Shah Rukh and Miran Shah and grandson Ulugh Beg and Muhammad Sultan. Also honoured with a place in the tomb is Timur's teacher Mir Sayyid Baraka.

The earliest part of the complex was built at the end of the 14th century by the orders of Muhammad Sultan. Now only the foundations of the madrasah and khanaka, the entrance portal and a part of one of four minarets remains.

The construction of the mausoleum itself began in 1403 after the sudden death of Muhammad Sultan, Tamerlane's heir apparent and his beloved grandson, for whom it was intended. Timur had built himself a smaller tomb in Shahrisabz near his Ak-Saray palace. However, when Timur died in 1405 on campaign on his military expedition to China, the passes to Shahrisabz were snowed in, so he was buried here instead. Ulugh Beg, another grandson of Tamerlane, completed the work. During his reign the mausoleum became the family crypt of the Timurid Dynasty.

The entrance portal to the Muhammad Sultan ensemble is richly decorated with carved bricks and various mosaics. The decoration of the portal was accomplished by the skilled craftsman (ustad) Muhammad bin Mahmud Isfahani. Outwardly the Gur-e Amir Mausoleum is a one-cupola building. It is famous for its simplicity of construction and for its solemn monumentality of appearance. It is an octahedral building crowned by an azure fluted dome (see picture). The exterior decoration of the walls consists of the blue, light-blue and white tiles organized into geometrical and epigraphic ornaments against a background of terracotta bricks. The dome (diameter - 15 m (49.21 ft), height - 12.5 m (41.01 ft)) is of a bright blue color with deep rosettes and white spots. Heavy ribbed fluting gives an amazing expressiveness to the cupola.

During the reign of Ulugh Beg a doorway was made to provide an entrance into the mausoleum.

Inwardly the mausoleum appears as a large, high chamber with deep niches at the sides and diverse decoration. The lower part of the walls covered are by onyx slabs composed as one panel. Each of these slabs is decorated with refined paintings. Above the panel there is a marble stalactite cornice. Large expanses of the walls are decorated with painted plaster; the arches and the internal dome are ornamented by high-relief papier-mache cartouches, gilded and painted. The ornate carved headstones in the inner room of the mausoleum merely indicate the location of the actual tombs in a crypt directly underneath the main chamber. Under Ulugh Beg's government a solid block of dark green jade was placed over the grave of Tamerlane. Formerly this stone had been used at a place of worship in the Chinese emperor's palace, then as the throne of Kabek Khan (a descendant of Genghis Khan) in Karshi. Next to Tamerlane's grave lie the marble tombstones of his sons Miran Shah and Shah Rukh and also of grandsons - Muhammad Sultan and Ulugh Beg. Tamerlane's spiritual teacher Mir Said Baraka, also rests here. In 1740, the Persian warlord Nadir Shah tried to carry off the valuable tomb stone, but it broke in two. This was interpreted as a bad omen. His advisers urged him to leave the stone to its rightful place. The second time the stone was disturbed was on June 19, 1941 when Soviet archaeologists opened the crypt. The anthropologist Mikhail Gerasimov was able to reconstruct Tamerlane's facial features from his skull, and it was also confirmed that he was 172 cm in height, a giant for his day, and would have walked with a pronounced limp. Further historical information about the assassination of Ulugh Beg and the authenticity of the other graves was also confirmed. Timur's skeleton and that of Ulugh Beg, his grandson, were reinterred with full Islamic burial rites in November 1942, at the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.

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In our backyard we have tangerine and grapefruit trees and this winter we are fortunate to have a bounty of fresh citrus to pick and eat whenever we please. These tangerines are just so sweet and delicious! I admit I've sat down and eaten 3 or 4 at a time!

I took this photo with a flash at twilight after a good rain.

INFORMATION ON THE TANGERINE:

The tangerine (Citrus × tangerina) is an orange- or red-coloured citrus fruit. It is a variety of the Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata). Tangerines are smaller than most oranges, and the skin of some varieties will peel off more easily. The taste is often less sour, or tart, than that of an orange.

Good quality tangerines will be firm to slightly soft, heavy for their size, and pebbly-skinned with no deep grooves, as well as orange in color. Peak tangerine season is short, lasting from November to January in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Honey tangerine, originally called a murcott, is very sweet, as its name suggests. Other popular kinds include the sunburst tangerines and Fairchild tangerines. One of the oldest and most popular varieties is the Dancy tangerine, but it is no longer widely grown. The Dancy was known as the zipper-skin tangerine, and also as the kid-glove orange, for its loose, pliable peel. Its peak season is December, so children would often receive one in their Christmas stockings. For this reason it is commonly known as known a 'Christmas Orange'.

Tangerines are most commonly peeled and eaten out of hand. The fresh fruit is also used in salads, desserts and main dishes. Fresh tangerine juice and frozen juice concentrate are commonly available in the United States. Tangerines are a good source of vitamin C, folate and beta-carotene. They also contain some potassium, magnesium and vitamins B1, B2 & B3.

Historically, the name tangerine comes from Tangier, Morocco, a port from which the first tangerines were shipped to Europe. The adjective tangerine, from Tangier or Tanger, was first recorded as an English word in 1710.

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About a week ago I made some cherry buttermilk ice cream but I wasn't all that satisfied with the final texture. Yesterday I picked up a few peaches at the farmers market and figured what better to do with them then to cook them down and add them to some ice cream so I went for attempt #2 on the buttermilk. All it took was about twice the number of egg yolks and now I have a beautifully textured peach and vanilla buttermilk ice cream.

I was hoping it would last for a while in my freezer but I ended up eating about half of it while shooting this photo. Speaking of shooting this photo, I started out with one light and shooting against a black posterboard background but wasn't too happy with the results, it just sort of snowballed from there.

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Way too much strobist info: SB900 @ 1/2 @ 200mm into DIY beauty dish high camera left | 580EXII @ 1/4 @ 24mm into 28" softbox camera right | SB900 @ 1/8 @ 35mm top of frame behind ice cream aimed down | White plate just below spoon to highlight bottom of spoon and catch melting ice cream | Silver reflectors just out of bottom of frames right and left to highlight the lower front portion of the ice cream | Fired via PocketWizard MultiMax Transceivers

Camera info: Nikon D700 | Lester Dine Kiron 105mm f/2.8 | 105mm | 1/50s | f16 | ISO100

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The pool looked so wonderful that the second Nalu entered the pool deck she dove in. It's a common, almost daily occurrence so I just let her play awhile. It was my chance to introduce her to her new water toy, Mr. Flappy. She absolutely loves him. We may just have to use him when the new Southeast FL Dock Dogs club has its Grand Opening June 19th in Dania beach. Nalu is excited over the news of a club forming only an hour away! Before the nearest clubs were 2 1/2 & 4 hours away.

In this picture you can see something she loves to do. When I get her out I always go straight for her toy, put it away and take her to the dog tub outside for a quick bath to get the chlorine out. Well when she suspects I'm getting ready to kick her out she'll start playing on the steps. She pushes the toy down with her feet until she has it pinned on the second step, she then dunks her head under to retrieve it. She also likes to take the toy to the jet right by the steps and lets the jet take the toy under and past her. She quickly turn pushes off the wall and dunks under to get it. Another of her quarks is if I leave her by herself while I'm cleaning the kitchen or working by the sliding glass door leading out to the pool deck (so I can see her) she'll actually throws the toy in herself and launches into the pool to retrieve it. I don't think I've ever seen a dog who loves the pool more, she would live in there if I let her. She may be 7 but I think she needs a turn in the field, moms fault of course!

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Independence Day celebrations held in Christchurch, July 4 2011.

From DipNote:

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A Christchurch Fourth

U.S. Embassy Wellington celebrated a special Fourth of July in Christchurch, where Ambassador David Huebner honored seven New Zealanders for the courage and commitment they had shown helping evacuate a large American delegation in the immediate aftermath of the devastating February 22 earthquake.

About 150 guests attended the ceremony, designed to show solidarity with the struggling city and to signal that Christchurch is open for business. Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson thanked Ambassador Huebner for hosting the event and giving Cantabrians a semblance of normality by having something to celebrate. The event was hosted in the northwest of the city in one of the few locations still able to cater to a larger party.

A large delegation of U.S. government leaders, businesspeople, and academics was in Christchurch for the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership Forum on February 22, 2011. The delegation was spread throughout the city when the earthquake struck. In the chaotic aftermath it became imperative to locate, gather, and evacuate the delegation -- something that would have been simply impossible without the dedicated courage of many, many people.

"The stoic professionalism of so many in the face of so much ensured that our American visitors were superbly looked after that day," Ambassador Huebner said.

"It was for that reason, and to acknowledge that Christchurch is still functional and open for business, that we decided to hold an Independence Day ceremony in Christchurch," Ambassador Huebner said. "We wanted not only to thank everyone involved that day, but to underscore the long and deep friendship between the United States and the people of New Zealand in general and Christchurch in particular."

Canterbury has suffered thousands of aftershocks in recent months and two large ones in mid-June that further rattled the nerves of its citizens and damaged many more buildings.

Honored by the Ambassador were bus drivers who stuck with their vehicles and transported Americans back to safety at the U.S. Antarctic Center, members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force who assisted with the evacuations, and a local senior constable from the New Zealand Police who remained with U.S. Embassy staff who performed American Citizen services in the week after the earthquake.

The Very Rev. Peter Beck, dean of the now-crumbled Christ Church Cathedral, thanked Ambassador Huebner for what he described as a "very moving" event. He pointed out that the last formal service at the Cathedral, the iconic heart of the city, had been on the evening before the opening of the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership, which many members of both delegations attended.

Cited for their "unwavering courage and commitment" with the American Ambassador's Exemplary Service award were: Simon McKenzie, driver, Leopard Coach; John Goldie, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Heather Caspersen, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Flight Lieutenant Vaughn Jones, RNZAF; Warrant Officer Warren Tyndall, RNZAF; Squadron Leader Andy Scott, RNZAF; and Senior Constable Thomas "Blue" Young, New Zealand Police.

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So for a shoot where I was supposed to be focusing on the boy shorts, I took a lot of shots where they were completely hidden. I blame the models for this! Well, alright, it's probably my fault;->

I really thought this shot looked pretty good out of camera, but after several hours of post work, I think the original was kind of boring;-> I may post a before/after of this shot at some point, including the rough steps I went through if there is interest.

This was shot in "studio" (okay, it was a basement, you got me!), and the background added in post. The background is actually composed of several images from a cemetery, though I ended up with a composition that didn't include any headstones as the crop was just too tight and the headstones were too distracting poking up over a shoulder or under an arm. . .

As always, comments and criticisms are welcome and encouraged! I really value feedback! I'm still learning on every shoot and on each photo I do post work on and I can't learn in a vacuum!

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pedo guy

An abbreviation of the word torpedo, pedo is a term of endearment often used by business magnates, investors and engineers, for a fast and excellent swimmer or diver. Sometimes, divers in Thailand who rescue young soccer teams from caves believe it means pedophile, but that's not the case.

PERSON 1: “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”

PERSON 2: "Did you just call me a pedophile?"

PERSON 1: No, it's short for torpedo. You swim really fast."

PERSON 2: "Oh my bad. And thank you. You are a true gentleman."

PERSON 1: "And you, sir, are a true pedo."

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Common insult used in South Africa in 1970s and 1980s. It is synonymous with “creepy old man” and is used to insult a person’s appearance and demeanor. Usually used in a very aristocratic way. As of lately, however, has become rare in spoken English due to increased avareness of term “pedophilia” among younger generation and millennials.

Other popular examples of psychological disorders being used as an insult include words “idiot”, “downs” and others.

Aunt Beryl clutching at her pearls hearing that her Johnny was called a pedo guy.

In totally not a pedo guys!

#pedo guy

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Someone who hurt your pride by telling you that your invention is useless and tell you to stick it up your ass.

A: I just saved all the boys from the cave by diving. It proves that your submarine is useless. Stick it up your ass.

B: You are a pedo guy.

#pedo guy

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(noun) - Traditional South African insult, circa 1930's, originally aimed at people too poor to own a motor vehicle, and so were forced to remain as pedestrians.

More modern usage is by middle-class westerners who are so entrenched in their usage of vehicles with internal combustion engines, that they shun or eschew the development of electric vehicles (see also icing). i.e. they would rather choose to walk, than to drive an electric vehicle, even if it gives the appearance that they could be too poor to own a motor vehicle.

e.g. "I'd rather be a pedo guy than to buy a Nissan Leaf!"

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Toneel - Performance - The Asaro Mudmen

Een jong paar vindt een vruchtbaar stukje grond om te bewerken. De lokale mensen willen de 'landrovers' verjagen. In de nacht komen strijders uit de rivier geklauterd, hun lichaam volledig onder de modder. Ze zetten ook een moddermasker op. Al dansend komen ze muisstil rond het koppel geslopen. Die zijn plotseling verrast en denken dat dit boze geesten zijn. Vliegensvlug lopen ze weg... de dorpsclan heeft hun grond terug!

We see the story about a couple who had been stolen a peace of ground.

The Asarao Mudmen come from just outside the town of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

Legend has it that the mudmen were defeated by an opposing tribe and forced to flee into the Asaro River. They waited until dusk before attempting to escape. The enemy saw them arise from the muddy banks covered in mud and thought they were spirits. Most tribes in Papua New Guinea are very scared of spirits, so the enemy fled in fear, and the Asaro Mudmen were victorious. The Mudmen then went into the town to see what had happened, not knowing the enemy were still there. The enemy were so terrified they ran back to their town and had a special ceremony to ward off the spirits.

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Alright, it's a new year and I thought about restarting a 365 but then I went back and looked through all that I've already done and written about and I couldn't just abandon it for a new one. So instead of starting fresh, I'm giving it a second chance and picking up with the # that January 1st is supposed to be, even though I last left off at 86. I'll catch up when I have time. Also, a new stipulation is the shot has to be taken each day. Something pertinent about each day. Anyways, the point is....the holiday madness is over, the month of December is over, and now life can get leveled.

For me, December held frigid weather, work, good friends, heartbreak, apartment hunting, lease signing, going broke, and moving. It also held guilt for letting my photography... my one and only outlet... fall by the wayside. But no more. Thank god it was only a month, or else I would feel worse and it would be even harder to pick it back up. December was emotionally exhausting, which is saying a lot since the month before it was just as, if not more, emotionally exhausting.

But I've made some personal decisions. I am going to avoid further emotional exhaustion and focus on simplicity, inner peace, and loving myself. I will surround myself with creative people with good hearts and goals. I will be honest with myself and those I am close to. Most of all, I will forgive myself.

Easy enough right? And I will think positive thoughts before fall asleep.

I think I made my feet look sufficiently horror-movie gritty. Anyone care to fund a pedicure? I've never had one and I guess it's supposed to be nice.

Happy new year, Flickrs.

Blue Devils:

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Though in the 1930s Paramin Blue Devils are reported to have used instruments carved from bamboo, known as tamboo bamboo, for their percussive accompaniment, they now ordinarily move to rhythms established by beating biscuit tins, which have sometimes been given a higher pitch by tempering them with fire. According to Ashton Fournillier, a Paramin King Devil, you identify the Blue Devil by the colored paint, generally blue; the pitchfork; and the blood and guts on the tongue. There is a dance that involves hooking the foot to walk together with movements of the head and shoulders simultaneously while thrusting the pitchfork forward and screaming to the beat of the biscuit tin. Blue devils also sometimes carry painted replicas of cutlasses (machetes). Whereas once they dressed only in cutoff shorts without masks, they now often sport wings, sometimes decorated with swastikas, wear other kinds of clothes, increasingly use animal masks, and until they were recently outlawed at times carried snakes. They sometimes uproot small trees, have been seen to eat small raw sharks snatched from fish vendors, or dismember live chickens. Like some other aggressive traditional characters, they scamper up hills, climb poles and occasionally buildings. In addition to the popular blue, they sometimes paint themselves red, green, black, or white. The staccato beat of their biscuit tins, their glistening body colors, combined with their traditional dance step and skillful maneuvers identify them at once. You distinctly hear them comin' down de road. One of their most popular antics is to blow large gusts of fire, either on the ground or in the air, by spitting kerosene into the flames of their flambeaux (torches made out of bottles of kerosene).

Among the devils there is a King Devil, who leads the sometimes aggressively threatening demands for "titi"; (Trinidad dollars). The King Devil is usually on a leash controlled by another jab, sometimes called an imp, who restrains the King, whether as an emblem of enslavement or a figure of authoritative restraint in the festive context. Though the role of King Devil is an honorific that is usually held for some time by one band member, and then sometimes passed to his son, other devils can exchange roles. The usual move is from percussion to performance, so that a person that this year provides the all-important percussive rhythm, next year might become a bulging eyed, drooling monster who moves and writhes with dexterity as he pleads for and plays with the dollars thrown or dangled in front of him. Despite the fact that for the most part they keep within their own boundaries, the ferocity of their demeanor and their elemental, transgressive threats are often frightening.

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History: The prototype of the Skyraider was first flown on 18 March 1945. Designed as a robust, multi-role attack aircraft for the US Navy, the carrier-based Skyraider was able to carry a wide variety of weapons on its numerous wing hard points. The Skyraider first saw combat in the Korean War, where its long loiter time and heavy load-hauling capability gave it a distinct utility advantage over the jet aircraft of the time.

Various versions were developed over the years; the most numerous types being: AD-1 (Initial production version with 2500hp R-3350 engine); AD-2 (Improved AD-1 with wheel-well covers and increased fuel load, etc.); AD-3 (Redesigned canopy, improved propeller, etc.); AD-4 (2700hp R-3350 engine, further canopy improvements, etc.); AD-4W (3-seat Early Warning version); AD-5 (4-seat multi-role version. Many variants of the AD-5 were capable of carrying up to 12 passengers in the rear fuselage); AD-6 (Single-seat attack version).

During the 1960s, the AD-x designations were changed to A-1D through A-1J. The A-1 series was operated with enormous success during the Vietnam War, where it was used in the Ground Attack, Forward Air Control, and Search and Rescue roles. The AD-6 and AD-7 were used by the French Armee de l'Air in Algeria.

Nicknames: Able Dog; Sandy; Spad; Hobo; Firefly; Zorro; The Big Gun; Old Faithful; Old Miscellaneous; Fat Face (AD-5 version); Guppy (AD-5W version); Q-Bird (AD-1Q/AD-5Q versions); Flying Dumptruck (A-1E); Crazy Water Buffalo (South Vietnamese nickname).

Specifications (AD-7 / A-1J):

Engine: 2800hp Wright R-3350-26B radial piston engine

Weight: Empty 10,550 lbs., Max Takeoff 25,000 lbs.

Wing Span: 50ft. 9in.

Length: 38ft. 10in.

Height: 15ft. 8.25in.

Performance:

Maximum Speed at 18,000ft: 320mph

Cruising Speed at 6,000ft: 190mph

Ceiling: 25,500ft

Range: 900 miles

Armament:

Four 20mm cannon

8,000lbs of hardpoint-mounted freefall and/or forward-firing weapons

Number Built: 3,180

Here are some of the Women of PHP, and their Booth Babe, Cal Evans,

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Kazarap y Cheo. La pasamos bien esa tarde

Estoy de cumpleaños!. Ya tengo 18. No puedo decir algunas palabras porque estoy todo stresado con las postulaciones a la Universidad. Llamando, mandando mails y todo el asunto para ver si quedo en medicina en alguna universidad. Me llegaron algunas malas y otras buenas noticias. Ojalá quede en la U.

Quiero agradecer a todos mis amigos que me saludaron hoy y a todos los flickeros que comentan mis fotos.

Feliz Navidad para todos!.

Kazarap and Cheo. Nice evening we had then.

Today it’s my birthday, I’m 18 now. I can’t say some deep words, ‘cause I’m completely freaked out with admission to universities. Calling, sending e-mails and all kind of things to see if I get to study medicine on any university. I recieved some bad and good news. I hope I can get there.

I just want to say thanks to all my friends that said Happy Birthday today and all the flickr people that comment my photos ^^.

Merry Christmas to everybody!

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Quoting the web site of WXRV-FM "The River":

Boston’s independent and solar-powered radio station is gearing up for a free lunch time concert in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day from noon-3pm. The concert will take place on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, a new model of dynamic outdoor space that brings Bostonians together to enjoy everything that’s great about the city. The Greenway will be transformed into a fun outdoor atmosphere that includes free music, arts and crafts and other activities.

Combining a knack for infectious melodies with a quirky, bizarre sense of humor and a vaguely avant-garde aesthetic borrowed from the New York post-punk underground, They Might Be Giants became one of the most unlikely alternative success stories of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Musically, the duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell borrowed from everywhere, but their freewheeling eclecticism was enhanced by their arcane, geeky sense of humor. They would reference everything from British Invasion to Tin Pan Alley, while making allusions to pulp fiction and President Polk. Through their string of indie releases and constant touring as a duo, They Might Be Giants built up a huge following on college campuses during the late ’80s, switching to a major label in the early ’90s…The 2000’s saw them re-emerge as one of America’s most beloved family bands, and saw their songwriting embraced by Dunkin’ Donuts, Malcom in the Middle, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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The above collaborative diptych resulted from seeing Tina Manthorpe's photograph ("Sandstone Swirl," on right, see www.flickr.com/photos/84265607@N00/3909143298/ ) the same day that the elm tree in my front yard was cut down. It was killed by beetle invasion (Dutch Elm disease), see my post below: www.flickr.com/photos/walford/3914173910/

I was struck by how both stone and wood could have comparable ring patterns embedded in them, though those on the tree lack the incredible suggestiveness, and whirling motion of the sandstone captured so well by Tina Manthorpe.

When I proposed a collaboration, she immediately agreed, and her version is more professionally edged in black, at her request, see www.flickr.com/photos/84265607@N00/3920376902/. We agreed that I would put it up in this olive tone, which I slightly prefer, to suggest the common source in nature of these rings in such different substances.

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Efesto, figlio di Zeus ed Hera, era il dio del fuoco, della tecnologia, dei fabbri, degli artigiani, degli operai, degli scultori, dei metalli e della metallurgia.

Particolarmente adorato ad Atene e nella Magna Grecia, la sua fucina si pensava fosse collocata sotto il cono vulcanico dell'isola di Vulcano, o sotto l'Etna.

Aveva ben poco dell'aspetto divino dei suoi parenti Olimpi, dato che passava gran parte del suo tempo nella fumosa fucina da fabbro, aiutato dai giganti, tuttavia era sposato ad Afrodite, la più bella tra le belle.

Era zoppo a causa di una caduta dall'Olimpo, scagliato dall'alto dei cieli da Hera, scandalizzata nell'aver dato alla luce un bambino dall'aspetto non divino. Egli precipitò per giorni e giorni, precipitando poi nell'Oceano, dove venne allevato da Teti.

Le sue vendette erano tremende: per vendicarsi della madre la imprigionò per mesi a tradimento in un trono d'oro dopo avergliene fatto gentile dono. Una volta, stufo dei continui tradimenti della moglie, la imprigionò nel letto con il suo amante Ares e chiamò tutti gli dei a riderne.

E' tuttavia un dio molto richiesto dagli altri dei per la sua bravura nel fabbricare gioielli ed armi.

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Rolls-Royce Limited was founded in 1906 by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls, and produced its first aircraft engine in 1914.

Around half the aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I were made by Rolls-Royce. By the late 1920s, aero engines made up most of Rolls-Royce's business. Henry Royce's last design was the Merlin aero engine, which came out in 1935 although he had died in 1933. This was a development subsequent to the R engine, which had powered a record-breaking Supermarine S6.B seaplane to almost 400mph in the 1931 Schneider Trophy. The legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin is revered as a British Icon [3]. The Merlin powered many World War II aircraft: the British Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, De Havilland Mosquito (twin-engined), Avro Lancaster (4-engine); it also transformed the American P-51 Mustang into one of the best fighters of its time, its Merlin engine built by Packard under licence. The early Merlins were used by the British Royal Air Force in the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire that won the Battle of Britain. The "Merlin engine" is often considered to be one of the main factors in winning the war for the Allies. [4] .Over 160,000 Merlin engines were produced.

In the post-World War II period Rolls-Royce made significant advances in gas turbine engine design and manufacture. The Dart and Tyne turboprop engines were particularly important, enabling airlines to cut journey times within several continents, whilst jet airliners were introduced on longer services. The Dart engine was used in Argosy, Avro 748 and its military variant the Andover, Friendship, Herald and Viscount aircraft, whilst the more powerful Tyne powered the Atlantic, Transall and the Vanguard. Many of these turboprops are still in service.

Rolls-Royce engines had traditionally borne numeric designations during development and then were assigned the name of a British river on delivery. The use of river names was introduced with the earliest Rolls jet engines to reflect their nature: a steady flow of power rather than the pulses of a piston engine. RB stands for "Rolls Barnoldswick", the latter a major ex-Rover facility bought by Rolls-Royce when it traded production of engines (the Rolls-Royce Meteor) for production of the first Whittle engines.

Amongst the jet engines of this period was the RB163 Spey which powers the Trident, BAC 1-11, Grumman Gulfstream II and Fokker F28. Military versions of the Spey powered the Buccaneer S2 for the RAF, the Phantom F4K and F4M, and the Nimrod. The Spey was licence built by Allison Engine Company as the TF41 for the A-7 Corsair II. Other types of military engines produced in the second half of the 20th Century include the Avon and Viper; these engines powered many of the British Aircraft of this period.

Also of this period was the Conway, a low (by today's standards) bypass ratio turbofan which was used on some Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s, and all Vickers VC10s as well as on the MkII variant of the Handley Page Victor bomber for the RAF.

During the late 1950s and '60s there was a significant rationalisation of the British aero-engine manufacturers, culminating in the merger of Rolls-Royce and Bristol Siddeley in 1966. Bristol Siddeley, which had itself resulted from the merger of Armstrong Siddeley and Bristol in 1959, and with its principal factory at Filton, near Bristol, had a strong base in military engines, including the Olympus, which was chosen for Concorde.

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Maria Waldrast (means "Maria Rest-in-the-Forest" in English) is one of the highest Convents in Europe - 1641m (5383 Ft.) Altitude. It is located in Tirol, Austria, near Matrei am Brenner. The Foundation of the Convent is based upon a Story, that says, that in the Year 1407 two Herdsmen found an Effigy of the Virgin Mother in a Tree Trunk.

It is a very popular Place of Pilgrim here in Tirol - located very solitary in the Middle of the Mountains. There is a Spring with right-turning Spa-Water - right turning Water is very seldom and really amazing to drink. You can't compare it with any other Water in the World. It's a Healing Water too, and many People come up here to fill the Water and take it home - it is drinkable for a long Time. I did the same today and also made a Prayer for my Family and some Friends.

A very calmful and contemplative Place up there.

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Hoy toca el interior de la Iglesia de Santa María de Wamba, recordar que mi D60 a más de ISO 800 funciona bastante mal, así es que se hizo lo que se pudo.

La iglesia encandila, por su antigüedad y porque esos toques mozárabes mezclados con toques visigodos no se ve muy a menudo. Y mucho menos si es de origen Templario.

La iglesia de Santa María, tal y como está estructurada hoy día, cuenta con tres naves, un crucero no señalado en planta y tres capillas rectangulares en la cabecera. El crucero y la cabecera son de época mozárabe, del siglo X. Se trata de un espacio muy compartimentado, separado con pilares sencillos que soportan arcos de herradura. Uno de los pilares del lado de la Epístola conserva un capitel tallado a bisel con formas vegetales estilizadas. Algunas bóvedas son de cañón, con generatriz de herradura y otras han sido rehechas. El cuerpo de la iglesia es románico de finales del siglo XII; consta de tres naves separadas por pilares compuestos de núcleo rectangular y columnas adosadas, con capiteles de tres tipos: con motivos vegetales, con figuraciones animalísticas y monstruosas, y con representaciones historiadas, como el Pecado Original, la Gula, el Peso de las Almas y otras. Los arcos son apuntados y de rosca doblada y la cubrición es de madera. Entre las portadas destaca la de los pies, que tiene un tímpano y va protegida por un tejaroz con canecillos decorados con figuras de animales y cabezas humanas. Las tres columnas de las jambas llevan capiteles con decoración animal y vegetal y las arquivoltas se decoran con lóbulos y gruesos boceles.

En el muro del testero de la capilla mayor se conservan restos de pintura al fresco que parecen imitar la decoración de una tela oriental. Entre la imaginería que conserva la iglesia hay que destacar un Cristo en madera policromada del tercer cuarto del siglo XVI, de clara influencia berruguetesca,que se acerca a los tipos de Francisco Giralte. Entre los retablos hay que fijarse en un retablo de pintura de principios del siglo XVI, de dos cuerpos y tres calles, con una arquitectura de estilo plateresco. La tabla central representa la Epifanía, flanqueada por Santa Catalina con un donante y San Pedro y San Pablo. En el espacio homónimo se encuentra la escena del Llanto por Cristo Muerto, flanqueada por San Juan Bautista, con donantes femeninos y San Miguel, con donantes masculinos.

Pero además Wamba cuenta con dos ermitas, la del Humilladero y la de la Virgen de la Encina.

Por cierto, los que tengan fotos del osario pueden ponerlas en este hilo y así completo la serie, que me faltó esa parte por ver.

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tw.myblog.yahoo.com/since19381938/ fff13145240666.blogspot.com/ 花蓮薯第一品牌「洄瀾薯道」是一家以〝手工‧低糖‧不含防腐劑〞為經營理念的花蓮薯專賣店。由花蓮縣政府認證，採用花蓮縣無毒農業的農產品作為名產主要食材。 除了花蓮最古早的花蓮薯、紫心薯、花蓮芋、手工麻糬之外，創新研發的土製炸彈、和風蕃薯燒、芋仔蕃薯、健康曉月餅…都已成為台灣最受歡迎的健康養生名產。 「洄瀾薯道」所有的自製產品絕不添加防腐劑、色素、人工香料，除了全面採用市價三倍的有機無毒蕃薯、紫心薯；為了降低甜度改用日本進口比砂糖貴了七倍以上的天然海藻糖，更率先以食品真空脫氧包裝延長保存期限。 畢竟衛生、健康、安全才是食品製作最重要的考量。

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El ánsar o ganso común (Anser anser) es una especie de ave de la familia Anatidae caracterizado por su cuerpo grande, con el pico grueso y naranja, plumaje gris pardo, patas rosas y parte caudal inferior blanquecina.

Su voz es muy fuerte, a modo de trompeteo. Anida en el suelo, tapizando el nido parcialmente; pone de cuatro a seis huevos en una nidada, de mayo a junio. Se alimenta arrancando hierbas y brotes del suelo; a veces excava buscando raíces y bulbos.

Se cría en casi toda Europa, en zonas húmedas y a veces pantanosas. En muchos casos, los individuos introducidos se naturalizan y se hacen residentes, perdiendo su carácter salvaje, en parte.

Existen numerosas razas domésticas que se crían como aves de corral; se consideran pertenecientes a la subespecie Anser anser domesticus.

Ordination of Deacons service at Manchester Cathedral, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday June 30, 2019.

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Dallas Police Memorial stands next to Dallas City Hall is designed by Ed Baum and John Maruszczak my former Professors at University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture. They won the competition in 1996 which I was very proud of.

" A stainless steel construction emerges from the site like a figurative officer's shield and carries the badge numbers and names of police killed in the line of duty. One plane floats as an overhead bar while another follows the incline of the earth. The plane above casts a rectangular shadow across the broad asphalt steps, recalling the mourning bar worn on police badges when an officer is lost. Within this shadow the badge numbers of fallen officers are illuminated, projected by the rays of the sun. The removed stainless numerals, like reversed stencils. are mounted and given to the officers' families." ~ from record architects site

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I loooooove ferns! They are wonderful photo subjects. And finding such a large patch like this in full autumn suit made me all giddy! ;-) Taken about an hour later than me previous upload.

Sadly, I've missed most of the good autumn colours due to work. I've been more or less all over Europe these last few weeks, and this weekend our company had it's 25th anniversary as a company...as all 25th birthdays, it was one HELL of a party! ;-) This weekend will go to birthday celebrations as well, for myself, my mother and my girlfriends step-grandmother (who insisted we came for dinner). So it does not look like I'll be getting any shooting done this weekend either. Contemplating a week of vacation next week...

Anyways, here are the specs:

Canon 5D

Canon 17-40mm @ 17mm

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5sec

ISO 100

Lee .9 and .6 soft ND grads

Heliopan Polarizer

Hope you like it, I sure do! ;-D

Cheers

Håkon

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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN VISITS NOIREL (1 of 1) /

SHIN VISITA A NOIREL (1 de 1)

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 40 of 55) 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.

FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español

Shin: MY TREASYREEEEE!!! The dice rules!!! I'll build citys made of dices to please you! Oh! Oh, my master dice and my lord!!!

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Shin: MI TESOOOOROOOOOO!!! El dado manda!!! Haré ciudades de dados para complacerte! Oh! Oh, mi gran dado y señor!!!

LINKS:

- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Saw Canceled and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr

- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr

Cementiri de Montjuïc - Barcelona (Spain).

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All Saints' Day (also called All Hallows or Hallowmas), often shortened to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on November 1 in Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In terms of Roman Catholic theology, the feast commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in heaven, while the next day, All Souls' Day, commemorates the departed faithful who have not yet been purified and reached heaven.

In the early Church, Christians would celebrate the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ (known as the saint's "birth day") by serving an All-Night Vigil, and then celebrating the Eucharist over their tomb or the shrine at their place of martyrdom. In the fourth century, neighbouring dioceses began to transfer relics, and to celebrate the feast days of specific martyrs in common. Frequently, a number of Christians would suffer martyrdom on the same day, which naturally led to a joint commemoration. In the persecution of Diocletian the number of martyrs became so great that a separate day could not be assigned to each. But the Church, feeling that every martyr should be venerated, appointed a common day for all.

The Western Christian holiday of All Saints Day falls on 1 November, followed by All Souls' Day on 2 November, and is a Holy Day of Obligation in the Latin Rite Roman Catholic Church.

The feast of All Saints, on its current date, is traced to the foundation by Pope Gregory III (731-741) of an oratory in St Peter's for the relics "of the holy apostles and of all saints, martyrs and confessors, of all the just made perfect who are at rest throughout the world", with the day moved to 1 November.

In Portugal, Spain and Mexico, ofrendas (offerings) are made on this day. In Spain, the play Don Juan Tenorio is traditionally performed. In Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain people bring flowers to the graves of dead relatives.

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints

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El Día de Todos Los Santos es una solemnidad cristiana instituida en honor de Todos los Santos, conocidos y desconocidos, según el papa Urbano IV, para compensar cualquier falta a las fiestas de los santos durante el año por parte de los fieles.

En los países de tradición católica, se celebra el 1 de noviembre; mientras que en la Iglesia Ortodoxa se celebra el primer domingo después de Pentecostés; aunque también la celebran las Iglesias Anglicana y Luterana. En ella se venera a todos los santos que no tienen una fiesta propia en el calendario litúrgico. Por tradición es un día feriado no laborable.

La Iglesia Primitiva acostumbraba celebrar el aniversario de la muerte de un mártir en el lugar del martirio. Frecuentemente los grupos de mártires morían el mismo día, lo cual condujo naturalmente a una celebración común. En la persecución de Diocleciano el número de mártires llego a ser tan grande que no se podía separar un día para asignársele. Pero la Iglesia, sintiendo que cada mártir debería ser venerado, señalo un día en común para todos. La primera muestra de ello se remonta a Antioquia en el Domingo antes de Pentecostés.

Gregorio III (731-741) consagro una capilla en la Basílica de San Pedro a todos los Santos y arregló el aniversario para el 1 de noviembre. La basílica de los Apóstoles que ya existía en Roma, ahora su dedicación seria recordada anualmente el 1 de Mayo. Gregorio IV extendió la celebración del 1 de Noviembre a toda la Iglesia, a mediados del siglo IX. La vigilia parece haber sido llevada a cabo antes que la misma fiesta. Y la octava fue adicionada por Sixto IV en el siglo XV.

Esta vigilia, resultó sin embargo, coincidir con la celebración pagana de Samhain el 31 de octubre, ahora llamado Halloween (nombre que proviene de la frase "All hallow's Eve" o "Víspera de Todos los Santos" entre los anglosajones), que marcaba el final del año celta. En esta fecha se celebraba entre los antiguos, la apertura dimensional entre el mundo tangible y el mundo de las tinieblas. Y que no tiene que ver con la fiesta cristiana de Todos los Santos.

En España, dentro de la tradición católica se realiza una visita a donde yacen los seres queridos. Es el día del año en que más flores se venden.

En Cataluña se celebra la denominada castañada en la que se comen boniatos al horno, castañas y unos dulces especiales para este día llamados panellets. Hay una costumbre de dibujar y recortar una mujer asando castañas con siete piernas, a la que se le corta una pierna cada día hasta el día de la celebración.

Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%c3%ada_de_Todos_Los_Santos

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According to Wikipedia, the Clouded Leopard is a cat found from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China, and has been classified as vulnerable since 2008 by IUCN. Its total population size is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a decreasing population trend, and no single population numbering more than 1,000 adults. The clouded leopard is considered to form an evolutionary link between the big cats and the small cats. The Sunda Clouded Leopard found on Sumatra and Borneo is genetically distinct and has been considered a separate species since 2006. Both species are the smallest of the big cats, and are not closely related to the leopard. Clouded Leopards weigh between 25 and 51 lbs (11.5 - 23 kg). Females vary in head-to-base-of-tail length from 27 to 37 inches (69 - 94cm), with a tail 24 to 32 inches (61 - 81cm) long. Males are larger at 32 to 43 inches (81 - 109cm) with a tail 29 to 36 inches (74 - 91cm) long. Their shoulder height varies from 20 to 22 inches (51 - 56cm). They have exceptionally long, piercing canine teeth, the upper being about three times as long as the basal width of the socket. The upper pair of canines may measure 1.6 inches (4cm) or longer. They are often referred to as a “modern-day saber tooth” because they have the largest canines in proportion to their body size, matching the tiger in the length of their canines.

Clouded Leopard Contemplating a Nap at Zoo Miami, Florida