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I have only a couple of weeks left here in Japan and kept realizing that there were quite a few shots that I did not have due to my short notice move to Turkey before last summer. Now that I am back, I now have only a few weekends left before leaving Japan for good. We basically only had this last weekend as our only time when we don’t have something planned and getting a good shot of Fuji was one of “those shots” I was missing out on. So we threw our sleeping bags into our small little Toyota Starlet to camp out on Friday night for a 4am viewing of Fuji across Lake Motosu as long as our luck way for clear viewing conditions.

Two people sleeping in a Toyota Starlet goes against the grain of the universe and I would never recommend anyone ever try that. On top of not being able to sleep in 3 cubic feet worth of space, I also omitted my allergy meds, and allergies in Japan kick my ass. Luckily the weather cooperated and we had our first clear skies in what seemed like weeks. Not only did we get an awesome viewing at Lake Motosu, but we were also able to get some nice warm light paint on Fuji across nearby Lake Saiko.

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Genuss und Geselligkeit treffen sich an Bord

des Fahrgastmotorschiff „DEUTSCHLAND“. Unter-

nehmen, Vereine oder Privatpersonen können ihre

persönliche Charterfahrt planen und sich an Bord ver-

wöhnen lassen. Bis zu 50 Passagiere können auf den

Fahrten die Geeste aus einer ganz neuen Perspektive

kennenlernen und die Reize der Uferlandschaft genießen.

Schwerpunkt sind die Fahrten von Bremerhaven nach

Bederkesa, oder Flußfahrten von Bederkesa nach

Bremerhaven mit kleinen Zwischenstopps unter anderem

am Anleger Kührstedt und der Lintiger Stauschleuse. Die „DEUTSCHLAND“ bietet eine Auswahl an

verschiedenen Rahmenprogrammen während der

kleinen Zwischenstopps oder in Bederkesa.

Zusätzlich haben die Gäste die Möglichkeit, unter einem

großen kulinarischen Angebot während der Charter-

fahrten zu wählen.

Weiterhin besteht die Möglichkeit, mit der

„DEUTSCHLAND“ eine Hafenrundfahrt im Bremer-

havener Fischereihafen mit Schleusung in der

Doppelschleuse zu erleben. Die Geestefahrt dauert

ca. 3,5-4 Std. und die Hafenrundfahrt ca. 2 Std. An- und

Ablegestelle ist in Bremerhaven der Ponton am

Morgenstern-Museum und in Bederkesa der Anleger

am Kanal. Shuttle-Service wird angeboten.

Fahrtzeit: Mai bis Oktober und ausserhalb der

Saison nach Wunsch des Kunden.

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week of confessions ends today!

So... I'm running out of things to confess. I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. I guess that in itself is a confession... I'm either revealing too much or I don't tell ANYONE (save for a very special few). I think I should go back to being more secretive. I think sometimes that I reveal too much of my true genuine emotions and someday they are going to come back and bite me in the ass. Some such examples of me revealing too much can be seen here, here, and here. (just three examples) I look back at them now and think, "what a melodramatic baby..." but I guess they documented how my day was that day. Man, this 365 project is making me realise a lot about myself. It's getting TOO HEAVY, PEOPLE! :-P

I really can't imagine my life without this project, actually. I don't know what I'll do in January when it's done. Do a second year? Thoughts on that..?

Song of the Day - Handsome Furs - Sing! Captain

"There's a town, just a little town

Raining cloud, a hollow sound

When our lover gather round

And if they're cold

Then they're cold

Feed them wine, feed them chrome

We hate this place here

It's our home, It's our home

And your car-collapsing trees and I

Could turn them back to sound

With the torches in our hands we will reduce it

To the ground"

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That is what he is known as, so at this point i think you should open up another window in your internet browser and google him or check out the website www.thejesusguy.com . The site was made by a movie director whom actually has made a documentary film on James.

James which he goes by is his middle name and he does not say he is Jesus but at first glance he sure does look like him, wearing only a robe and walking the country barefoot, James has traveled to 47 states and several different countries. With only a bible and his toothbrush. He doesnt use money and wont accept it, he lives off of what he is given.

So today i was killing a hour before i had to pick my father up from a meeting and i saw a man who looked like Jesus walking down a major road bare foot, so having my camera on me i instantly turned around and snapped some shots of him while he was walking. I then decided to get out of the car and talk to him, i talked to him for almost a hour and even walked about a mile with him as he was heading to Tampa.

He never once pressed Religion on me, he asked about my beliefs but never went further than that, i then brought it up later on. He was the most warm hearted man i have ever met in my life and if anyone ever see him, i really think you should take the time to talk to him.

I am not a very religious person and its a rather hot topic with me, but after speaking with him i feel my spiritual beliefs have become more open.

Thank you James and i hope to see you again in the future, my prayers are with you on your Journey.

Best big.

My return home from Pennsylvania required a stopover in Phoenix, Arizona. Remind me to never fly so far south when flying across the country -- going from Pittsburgh to San Francisco by way of a city near the Mexican border doesn't do anything to shorten your travel time.

On the flight from Phoenix to the Bay Area, I sat next to the most nervous flyer I've ever encountered. On the ground, she was friendly, conversational, ordinary. In the air, she was wild-eyed and terrified. When the plane hit turbulence, she'd cower into the wall next to her window seat. Sometimes she'd flail her arms or cover her face. Her hands shook. I'd never been around someone who was feeling such primal terror.

The weather was stormy in the Bay Area, and the landing approach was rough. Her convulsions reached a frenzy, and she turned to me and apologized. I put my hand on her arm. "It's okay. Just remember: this is safer than the car you're getting into when you land. It's the safest way to travel."

"I know. I'm trying." Then she looked at me. "My sister and her husband were killed in a plane crash."

Oh.

Nothing refutes statistics like experience. All I could do was sympathize and share a similar story. I'm not sure it helped, but at least we were on the ground by the time I was done.

Incredibly, my fearful flyer has to face her terror every two weeks. She likes to sit in the front of the plane, where she can watch the flight attendants when they're strapped into their takeoff and landing seats. "If they look nervous, then I know something's really wrong."

Every two weeks she faces the worst demons in her world. She stares down the scars of the past in order to make her way. I guess you can't ask more than that of anyone.

It's good to be home.

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:

LENN AND SAWL SNEEK OUT(1 of 1) /

LA ESCAPADA DE LENN Y SAWL (1 de 1)

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 48 of 49) 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.

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Sawl: YOU ALMOST DIED ASSHOLE??? YOU ALMOST KILLED ME!!!! Ò_Óuuuuuu Shit!!!!!

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Sawl: QUE CASI TE MATAS CAPULLO???? CASI ME MATAS A MI!!!!! Ò_Óuuuuuu Joder!!!!!

LINKS:

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

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (4 of 9): Lenn meets Nana /

DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (4 de 9): Lenn conoce a Nana

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 41 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

Lenn: Hey what's up with this people!! You see... everybody here lied down on you own while I work like a nigger...

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Lenn: Que passa con esta peña!! Aquí todos tiraos a vuestra bola mientras yo curro como un negro...

LINKS:

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

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Minao's Akari Collaboration

Just BSing at work... don't tell my boss! :) :)

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Quiapo Church, officially known as Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, is a Roman Catholic church located in the District of Quiapo, Manila, in the Philippines. The church is one of the most popular churches in the country. It is home to the Black Nazarene, a much venerated statue of Jesus Christ which many people believe has miraculous attributes. The church was painted cream after the original Mexican Baroque edifice was burned down in 1928. Also known as St. John the Baptist Parish, the church at present belongs to the Archdiocese of Manila. The current rector is Rev. Msgr. Jose Clemente Ignacio, who succeeded Msgr. Josefino Ramirez (the Vicar General of the archdiocese) upon the latter's appointment as rector of the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Maysilo, Mandaluyong City.

The Quiapo Church holds a weekly novena every Friday and a procession every year on January 9 devoted to the Black Nazarene. Both are attended by thousands of devotees. Many sick people come to see the Black Nazarene, hoping that getting a chance to pray in front of its miraculous image would heal their sicknesses.

(From Wikipedia)

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (7 of 7): Sun /

LA SALA DE ESTAR (7 de 7): Sun

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 101 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

Sun: - whispering – What if we tie him with a dog lasso? XD

Cíen: … (I figured that out hundreds of times... ¬¬)

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Sun: - susurrando - Y si lo dejamos atado con correa? XD

Cíen: … (Me lo he planteado muchas veces... ¬¬)

LINKS:

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

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Minao's Akari Collaboration

- Minao's Uriel Collaboration

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BELIO:32: Neo-Psychedelia. Libro.

Tamaño 220 x 220 mm.

216 paginas a todo color.

Cubierta plastificado mate.

Textos en castellano e ingles.

Contenido: Diseño gráfico, ilustración, fotografía, arte urbano, arte contemporáneo.

ISBN: 978-84-614-3652-1

En este libro de Belio podréis encontrar artistas cuya obra nos parece un paso contemporáneo hacia una nueva concepción de la psicodelia, un reflejo de la naturaleza fractal y matemática, la alteración de la percepción humana y la exploración del espacio infinito contenido en nuestra mente. En definitiva, una oda a la belleza de una realidad aún inexplicable. Artículos de artistas como Daniel Zeller, Robert Hardgrave, Philip Metten, Dhear, Oliver Hibert, Jimmy Joe Roche, Transphormetic, Yoshi Sodeoka y Damon Soule. En la sección INKjection tenéis dossiers de los artistas Android, Arn Vleespapier, Base23 y Tabasco Raremaster.

Listado de artistas publicados en la sección EXP: Adam White, Agnosix, Arnaud Loumeau, blindSALIDA, Boogieman Media, C86, Crispy/Crystal, Eika, Enrico Fioraso, Ezequiel de San Pablo, Feli, Felipe Solano, George 'Geo' Atherton, Jimena Ramírez, Lateralideas, Luis Alfonso Villalobos, Mankey y Flextatowa, Nick Nenov, Pinkyvision, Sorin Bericha, Tim Green, Uranus Design Lab. + Lechatrose y Vritis.

Listado de artistas publicados en la sección FLOG: Bettina Harvey, Daniel Martin, Javier IA, Noem9 Studio, Pery Burge, Priya Saihgal, Salt, Tomas Rak.

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BELIO:32: Neo-Psychedelia. Libro.

Size 220 x 220 mm.

216 pages printed in full color.

Glossy coated double cover.

English and Spanish texts.

Content: Graphic design, illustration, photography, street art, contemporary art.

ISBN: 978-84-614-3652-1

In this Belio book you can find artists whose work we consider a contemporary step towards a new conception of psychedelia. A reflection of the fractal and mathematic nature, the alteration of the human perception and the exploration of the infinite spacial content in our mind. In short, an ode to the beauty of a still inexplicable reality. Articles about artists like Daniel Zeller, Robert Hardgrave, Philip Metten, Dhear, Oliver Hibert, Jimmy Joe Roche, Transphormetic, Yoshi Sodeoka and Damon Soule. At INKjection section you have dossiers of the artists Android, Arn Vleespapier, Base23 and Tabasco Raremaster.

List of artists published on EXP section: Adam White, Agnosix, Arnaud Loumeau, blindSALIDA, Boogieman Media, C86, Crispy/Crystal, Eika, Enrico Fioraso, Ezequiel de San Pablo, Feli, Felipe Solano, George 'Geo' Atherton, Jimena Ramírez, Lateralideas, Luis Alfonso Villalobos, Mankey y Flextatowa, Nick Nenov, Pinkyvision, Sorin Bericha, Tim Green, Uranus Design Lab. + Lechatrose and Vritis.

List of artists published on FLOG section: Bettina Harvey, Daniel Martin, Javier IA, Noem9 Studio, Pery Burge, Priya Saihgal, Salt, Tomas Rak.

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The Registan was the heart of the ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The name Registan (ریگستان) means "Sandy place" in Persian.

The Registan was a place of public executions, where also people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous copper pipes called dzharchis.

The three madrasahs of the Registan are: Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420), the Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636) and the Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660). Madrasah is an Arabic term meaning a Muslim clergy academy.

The Ulugh Beg Madrasah has its imposing portal with lancet arch facing the square. The corners are flanked by the high well-proportioned minarets. Mosaic panel over the entrance arch is decorated by geometrical stylized ornaments. The square-shaped courtyard includes a mosque, lecture rooms and is fringed by the dormitory cells in which students lived. There are deep galleries along the axes. Originally the Ulugh Beg Madrasah was a two-storied building with four domed darskhonas (lecture room) at the corners. The madrasah was one of the best clergy universities of the whole Moslem Orient of the 15th century. Abdurakhman Djami, a prominent poet, scientist and philosopher studied there. Ulugh Beg himself gave lectures there. During Ulugbek's government the Madrasah was a centre of secular science. In the 17th century the ruler of Samarkand Yalangtush Bakhodur ordered the construction of the Sher-Dor and Tillya-Kori madrasahs. The Sher-Dor (Having Tigers) Madrasah was designed by architect Abdujabor. The decoration of the madrasah is not as refined as that on the 15th century - "golden age" of Samarkand architecture. Anyway, the harmony of large and small rooms, exquisite mosaic decor, monumentality and efficient symmetry - all these put the structure among the best architectural monuments of Samarkand.

Ten years later the Tilya-Kori Madrasah was built, the name means "Gilded". It was not only the place of training students, but also it played the role of grand mosque. It has two-storied main facade, vast courtyard fringed by dormitory cells with four galleries along axes. Mosque building (see picture 6) is situated in the western section of the courtyard. The main hall of the mosque is abundantly gilded.

To the east of Tilya-Kori Madrasah the mausoleum of Shaybanids (16 century) is located (see picture). The real founder of Shaybanid power was Muhammad Shaybani - grandson of Abu'l Khair. In 1500, with the backing of the Chaghataite Khanate, then based in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Muhammad Shaybani has conquered Samarkand and Bukhara from their last Timurid rulers. The founder of the dynasty then turned on his benefactors and in 1503 took Tashkent. He captured Khiva in 1506 and in 1507 he swooped down on Merv (Turkmenistan), eastern Persia, and western Afghanistan. The Shaybanids stopped the advance of the Safavids, who in 1502 had defeated the Akkoyunlu (Iran). Muhammad Shaybani was a leader of nomadic Uzbeks. During the ensuing years they substantially settled down in oases of Central Asia. The Uzbek invasion of 15 c. was the last component of the today's Uzbek nation ethnogeny.

The ancient trading dome Chorsu is situated right behind the Sher-Dor. Now it is well restored. The existence of the trading dome at this place confirms the information that Registan was medieval Samarkand's commercial center and the plaza was probably a wall to wall market. During the Soviet era, the site was restored, which included digging down 3 meters to its original level to expose the buildings' full height.

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Remember my previous picture of the little ECC88 Valve?

Well here's the wee beastie that it belongs to and she's a beauty :-)

This is a 1969/1970 Telequipment S51 Oscilloscope proudly bearing a small metal plate simply stating, "Made In England". Most of the components in there bear similar motifs as well as 'Made in Great Britain' and fair old chokes me up that we used to build such marvels. Not anymore....

This example I bought as a non-worker and after some scrounging about, (without paying through the nose!), I obtained some replacement valves for her and spent some time tidying up historic fiddles, (others previous attempts at repair!)

After a bit of a clean up and final checks I hooked her up to the mains and she finally sprung to life. I stood there with the biggest grin on my face ever :-)

Total cost of purchase and replacment parts - a massive £12:50, very nice.

(Considering there's 5 Mullard valves and a couple of Brimars I did rather well as most 'audiophiles' pay more than that for a single valve!!! Doesn't bear thinking about?!)

Will she languish on a shelf as a 'collectable'? Of course not, she's a good old workhorse and I'll soon be cracking that whip. An addition of a component tester I've already started to build, (makes my DIY electronics from scrap parts much simpler - the amount of times I've scrounged a part from a broken piece of equipment to find the scrounged component was one of the faulty ones!!), and plans for a curve tracer she'll be pressed into hard service. Of course an infra red interface will come in damn handy for checking and adjusting the shutter speeds on my old cameras too.

Much like those valves I get a warm fuzzy feeling that she's working. Unfortunately I'm as old as this piece of equipment and probably smell just as musty, (Ha, ha!)

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you know him...

this greedy bastard :D

i used to watch spongebob all the time before... but not so much lately... the work time really not freindly with it...

but neverless i still love them...

but i dont know why, i never become a fan of the spongebob it self

i love patrick the most

and mr Krabs after that...

this a quick shot

i tweak at picasa to pump the shadow as ussual... i wish i can get it right on the first time without post processing

but yeahhh as long as i'm happy with the result i'm okay :D

and the tilt is on purpose...

i got another pic on the comment

SET UP

-D700 + 24-70mm

-sb900 as a master only for trigger

-sb600 behind mr.krabs at 1/8

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

Ce texte de présentation est écrit à partir du catalogue du Musée Egizio (musée d’égyptologie de Turin), en vente sur le site de la boutique (Museo Egizio [Français]) :

shop.museoegizio.it/index.php/libri-e-cataloghi/libri-in-...

Le site du musée montre quelques photos :

dominiqueartis.fr/le-musee-egyptologique-de-turin/

Mon album Flickr sur la collection Égypte du Musée du Louvre est ici :

www.flickr.com/photos/cvalette/albums/72157627371742222

Photos 1_ : Histoire du Musée, Galerie des Rois (salles 1 et 14)

L’histoire du Musée Egizio à Turin commence par l’achat par l’Italie, en 1823 pour la somme exorbitante de 400 000 livres piémontaises, de la collection Drovetti. La France avait renoncé. L’italien Drovetti, d’abord au service de Bonaparte lors de l’expédition d’Egypte en 1718, entre en contact avec Méhémet Ali et rassemble une très riche et scientifiquement très intéressante collection de grandes statues, de sarcophages, de stèles, de papyrus etc. L’intérêt pour ce sujet s’est considérablement renforcé avec la publication de la “Description de l’Égypte” par l’équipe scientifique de Bonaparte. Champollion, qui vient de déchiffrer les hiéroglyphes de la Pierre de Rosette, rejoint Turin en 1824 pour étudier et traduire les nombreuses inscriptions réunies au musée. Il déchiffre le Canon Royal, papyrus qui établit dans l'ordre chronologique la liste des souverains égyptiens (photos 1_45 à 1_48). Il restaure une magnifique statue de Ramsès II (photos 1_07 à 1_14) et prend la défense de la qualité artistique de cet art face aux canons culturels dominants, qui ne jurent que par les statues grecques. Champollion souligne la virtuosité du rendu fluide du tissu (photo 1_07), et explique que l’aspect statique et conventionnel des attitudes tient à une méprise sur la fonction de cet art, qui doit se comprendre comme un discours, et non pas comme une représentation. La stylisation qui fonde le discours peut distordre la représentation, comme le montre cette statue du dieu Ptah dont la position assise conduit à plier le sceptre en trois (photo 1_35, comparée à 1_34). Le martelage, assez souvent pratiqué, se remarque sur la grande statue de Séthi II (5m de haut) : l'inscription est martelée (photo 1_19) pour effacer le hiéroglyphe du Dieu Seth, souvent considéré comme hostile (1er caractère du cartouche de droite, lecture de gauche à droite). Le Livre des Morts d’Iuefankh (photos 1_27 à 1_29), paryrus de l’Époque Ptolémaïque retrouvé complet, permet de découvrir la quasi-totalité des rites de sépulture. Y sont illustrées la scène de la pesée du cœur, qui se doit d’être plus léger que la plume de Maat (photo 1_27) et les scènes des travaux des champs (registre médian de droite à gauche : labourage, semailles, moisson des épis, fabrication des pains, photo 1_28). Le musée grossit avec une seconde collection Drovetti, encore plus intéressante que la première, puis avec les remarquables apports de Schiaparelli à partir de 1894 : fouilles d’Héliopolis (entre1903 et 1906), de Giza (1903), d’Assiout (entre 1906 et 1913), de la Vallée des Reines (entre 1903 et 1905), de Deir el-Médina (entre 1905 et 1908), de Gebelein (entre 1910 et 1920), d’Assouan (1914). Deux tombes inviolées sont découvertes à Gebelein, celle d’Iti et Neferu comprenant une chapelle décorée de fresques en bon état. Le ratissage méthodique des restes du village des artisans à Deir el-Médina conduit finalement à la découverte de la tombe inviolé de Kha et Merit : la profusion de leurs objets familiers, dont certains intimes comme le linge de corps (photo 4_12) ou une perruque (photo 4_06) nous permet d’entrer dans la vie des Égyptiens.

Photos 2_ : de la Période Prédynastique au Moyen Empire, tombe d’Iti et Néférou (salles 2 à 5)

De l’époque Nagada date le corps d’un homme adulte momifié de façon naturelle dans le sable (photo 2_01 de la reconstitution de sa tombe), ainsi qu’un morceau de toile trouvé à Gebelein montrant une procession de barques (2_10). Une houe et une faucille datent de l’Ancien Empire (photos 2_11 et 2_12), l’Égypte du sud et celle du nord étant désormais réunies sous la direction d’un seul souverain. La Princesse Redji (photos 2_18 à 2_20) est la fille d’un roi de la IIIe dynastie. Une autre statue montre le Surintendant des travaux royaux Iteti (photos 2_28 à 2_30). On remarque deux tuniques plissées (très rares, photos 2_23 et 2_24). Passant de la salle 2 à la salle 3 on découvre la Tombe des inconnus à Gebelein : une momie dans une tombe inviolée (photo 2_31) et la reconstitution de la tombe (photos 2_32 à 2_39). On admire ensuite les peintures a tempera (fresques utilisant du jaune d’œuf comme liant) de la tombe d’Iti (“Chef des troupes” et “Trésorier du roi”) et de son épouse Néférou (squelette d’une femme, probablement Néférou, photo 2_40). Ces fresques ornaient une série de salles semi-rupestres et un couloir. On voit charger un bateau (photo 2_41), remplir des silos pendant que des gazelles mangent dans des bacs (photo 6470), abattre un bovidé (photos 2_43 à 2_45). Dans la salle 4, les fouilles livrent un abondant mobilier (photos 2_32 à 2_57), notamment des barques funéraires miniatures (photos 2_37 et 2_56) et des petits personnages préparant des pains (photos 2_53 à 2_55). Il faut noter que l’œil oudjat sur la paroi extérieure de la cuve (photo 2_50) est toujours situé du côté tête de la momie (photos 2_49 et 2_35 à 2_36). La stèle funéraire d’Iti a été retrouvée lors des fouilles (photo 2_59). L’hippopotame, animal dangereux, est neutralisé au moyen de figurines en faïence bleue (photo 2_65). Dans la salle 5, le vizir Iymérou (XIIIe dynastie) est représenté (photo 2_67) les bras en attitude de prière, avec le collier shenpou emblématique de sa fonction. Il semble que sa tête, ici, aurait été rajoutée sur une statue empruntée. La statue colossale du Gouverneur Ouahka (photo 2_68) a été retrouvée au fond d’un puits.

Photos 3_ : Nouvel Empire, Deir el-Médina (salles 5 et 6)

Toujours salle 5, Âanen, deuxième Prêtre d’Amon, beau-frère d’Amenotep III, est représenté, selon la coutume, par cette statue légèrement moins grande que la taille réelle. Il porte une peau de léopard décorée d’étoiles, tête de la bête en évidence : c’est le signe d’appartenance à un haut rang (photo 3_01). Hapou était 3e Prêtre Lecteur d’Amon sous Thoutmosis II. Sa statue (photo 3_02) est ici adossée à une stèle. La statue de la Dame Hel (dame littéralement “femme de maison”, photo 3_04), collection Drovetti, illustre bien ce qu’est une statue de chapelle d’une tombe de dignitaire. La coutume était d’enfouir le corps et d’ériger en surface une chapelle destinée à recueillir les offrandes faites au défunt. On admire le cercueil de Pouia (Thèbes, XVIIIe dynastie, photo 3_10), on note un oushebti (serviteur miniature à l’effigie du défunt) de Usehat, scribe d’Amon (photo 3_11), des pots à onguent en albâtre de Djehouti (règne de Toutmosis III, photo 3_12), la couverture du sarcophage de Djehoutym et une vasque votive à têtes d’Hathor (photos 3_14 et 3_15).

Salle 6, on remarque une statue en bois d’un Porte-étendard provenant de Deir el-Médina (photo 3_16), et le naos de l’artisan Kasa (photo 3_17), trouvé dans sa tombe : au premier registre, Kasa et son épouse apportent des offrandes à Khnoum, Satet et Ânouqet (triade d’Éléphantine), au second registre, Kasa et son épouse reçoivent des offrandes, chaque pilier porte une tête d’Hathor. Pour mémoire, le naos d’un temple est la pièce ultime, au fond du temple, qui contient la statue du dieu. Les artisans du village de Deir el-Médina, réalisateurs des tombes royales de la Vallée des Rois et de la Vallée des Reines, nous ont laissé d’abondants témoignages de leur travail : des papyrus (Plan de la Tombe de Ramsès IV, Papyrus de la Mine, Papyrus satyrico-érotique, photos 3_21 à 3_25) des ostraca (photos 3_36 à 3_41). Ils nous ont aussi laissé leurs tombes (Pyramidion du scribe Ramosé à l’entrée de la chapelle de sa sépulture, photos 3_26 à 3_29) et leurs objets de culte (Déesse Metseger photos 3_32 à 3_36). La sculpture d’Amenhotep Ier divinisé (photos 3_54 et 3_55) est reconnue comme un chef-d’œuvre du musée. La statue théophore de Penmernabou dédiée au culte d’Amon-Rê (bélier, photos 3_50 à 3_53) est également remarquable. Après avoir laissé la Chapelle de Maia et de son épouse (photos 3_60 à 3_63) et quitté la salle 6, on arrive dans la salle 7 consacrée à la tombe de Kha et Merit.

Photos 4_ : Nouvel Empire, tombe de Kha et Merit (salle 7)

On a retrouvé dans une jarre (photo 4_09) le papyrus du Livre des morts de Kha, en parfait état, avec une superbe image de couverture (photo 4_07), et une touchante image du ba de Kha (la partie mobile de son être, capable de franchir les murs après la mort, photo 4_08). Les fouilles de la tombe de Kha et Merit ont livré la stèle funéraire de Kha (photo 4_01), les cercueils emboîtés de Kha (photos 4_02 à 4_04) et le masque funéraire de Merit (photo 4_05), complétés par le lit de Kha (photo 4_14) et celui de Merit, un siège pliant de Kha (photo 4_15, modèle très apprécié pour la facilité de son transport), une chaise avec une statuette de Kha (photos 4_16 et 4_17), des bâtons de marche (photo 4_19), des vases de Merit (photos 4_20 à 4_24), deux coudées royales données à Kha par Amenhotep II (photos 4_24 et 4_26). Deux coffres en bois magnifiquement peints ont livré du linge de corps et une tunique (photos 4_10 à 4_13). Ces traces très personnelles sont complétées par la perruque de Merit (photo 4_06).

Photos 5_ : Sarcophages de la 3e Période Intermédiaire, de la Période Ptolémaïque à la Période Romaine (salles 8 à 13)

Les cercueils du musée Egizio, trouvés dans deux cachettes de Deir el-Bahari, datent principalement de la 3e Période Intermédiaire. L’agencement comprend (photo 5_01) la cuve, qui accueille la momie, le couvercle interne, recouvert lui-même par le couvercle externe. Rappelons que l’art égyptien, selon Champollion, est un récit et remarquons que, sur le couvercle du cercueil selon la convention du récit, les hommes ont les mains fermées et les oreilles apparentes (photos 5_02 et 5_05 à 5_08), alors que les femmes ont les mains ouvertes posées à plat et les oreilles cachées (photos 5_03 et 5_04). Sur les couvercles, la déesse Nout déploie ses ailes protectrices (photos 5_02 à 5_04). Nout, déesse du ciel, est présente sur les flancs de la cuve (photos 5_10 et 5_11) ou sur la face interne du couvercle (photo 5_08). La momie regarde parfois une évocation du ciel étoilé (cercueil de Méréou avec une horloge stellaire en texte, photo 2_64, Moyen Empire). La déesse du Sycomore, vénérée à Thèbe, nourrit et désaltère le défunt (photo 5_12).

Une bande centrale de texte caractérise les cercueils de la Basse Époque (photo 5_16, photos 5_23 et 5_24). Un papyrus illustre de façon précise l’emploi de la houe de labourage à la Basse Époque (photo 5_30), outil que l’on a vu dès l’Ancien Empire (photo 2_11).

De l’Époque Ptolémaïque date un cartonnage de cercueil représentant la scène de la momification (photo 5_34). Plusieurs Livres des Morts (photos 5_35 à 5_39) datent aussi de cette époque. Le thème d’Isis tenant l’enfant Horus (photo 5_44) semble avoir été largement repris dans la culture chrétienne (thème de la Vierge et l’enfant). Isis, à l’Époque Ptolémaïque, devient Aphrodite (photos 5_45 à 5_48).

À l’Époque Romaine peu de choses subsistent de la culture de l’Égypte antique, hormis quelques momies de chat (photos 5_59 et 5_60). Un pied votif (photo 5_52) est dédié à Isis et Sérapis serpentiformes et à Harpocrate enfant.

Boîtier EOS 7D MarkII (ou EOS 7D), zoom Sigma 17-70mm stabilisé. Travail sous Gimp.

FY-luh -- tribe ... Dave's Botanary

no-dee-FLOR-uh -- flowers from the nodes ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: frog fruit, purple lippia, turkey-tangle fogfruit, wild long pepper • Assamese: কুৰকুৰি বন kurkuri bon • Bengali: বুকুনবুটি bukunbuti, কাচড়াঘাস kacharaghas • Dogri: रतोलिया ratoliya • Gujarati: જલપીપર jalapipara, રતવેલીયો rataveliyo • Hindi: भू ओकरा bhu okra, छोटा ओकरा chota okra, जल बूटी jal buti, जल पिप्पली jal pippali, तान taan • Kachchhi: રતવલ ratval, રતોઉખરાર rato-ukharar • Kannada: ಜಲಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ jala hippali, ಕೆರೆಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ kere hippali, ನೀರುಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ neeru hippali, ನೆಲಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ nela hippali • Konkani: अदली adali • Malayalam: ജലതിപ്പലി jalathippali, കാട്ടുതിപ്പലി kattuthippali, നീർതിപ്പലി neerthippali • Manipuri: ꯆꯤꯡꯂꯦꯡꯕꯤ chinglengbi • Marathi: गौर मुंडी goura mundi, जल पिंपळी jala pimpali, रतवेल ratavel • Nepali: अकमर akamar, जल पिप्ली jal piplee, कोकना kokanaa, कुरकुरे झार kurakure jhaar, मत्स्यगन्धा matsyagandhaa, फुली झार phulee jhaar • Odia: ଜଳପିପ୍ପଳୀ jalapippali, କଚରଙ୍ଗା kacharanga, ଲାଙ୍ଗଳୀଶାକ langalishaka, ଶକୁଳାହନୀ shakulahani, ଶାରଦୀ sharadi • Punjabi: ਗੋਰਖਮੁੰਡੀ gorakhmundi • Rajasthani: जलबूटी jalbuti • Sanskrit: अग्निज्वाला agnijvala, बहुशिखा bahushikha, जलपिप्पली jalapippali, लाङ्गली langali, महाराष्ट्री maharashtri, मत्स्यगन्धा matsyagandha, शकुलादनी shakuladani, शारदी sharadi, वशीर vashira • Tamil: பொடுதலை potutalai, தோயபாணம் toyapanam, வன்னிகா vannika • Telugu: బొక్కెనాకు bokenaku, బొక్కెన bokkena, గజ పిప్పలి కాడ gajapippali-kada, మొసలిపప్పు mosalipappu, నీరు పిప్పలి కాడ neeru pippali kada • Tulu: ನೀರ್ ಪಿಪ್ಪಲಿ neerpippali • Urdu: بکن بوٹی bukkan booti, تان taan

botanical names: Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene ... homotypic synonyms: Blairia nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. • Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. • Platonia nodiflora (L.) Raf. • Verbena nodiflora L. • Zappania nodiflora (L.) Lam. ... POWO, retrieved 29 March 2024

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So here I am. This was a split second mugshot taken by excellent photographer and genuinely nice guy Scott Wilson at London Underground (Tube station 'Angel' IIRC) travelling from Thames path west to the British Museum. We teamed-up for a 24 hour photowalk in the capital, visiting and shooting quite nifty locations. More to come!

I'm pretty pleased with the result, and I'm updating all my avatars and buddy icons with it. It's far less fear inducing than the old one (hehe) which is - of course, being the nice chap that I actually am - much better. (*cough*) Thx Scott! Btw, is that lens working again? ;-)

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From my notes:

7 Nov 2010

Day 1, following Night 1 on the Laurel Highlands Trail

Chris and I saw the most beautiful place in its most beautiful moment this morning. We had hiked for only about half an hour from our makeshift camp, set up by headlamp the night before. Two and a half miles from the Ohiopyle trailhead, we happened upon a rock promontory. Looking over the precipice, we were confronted by a seriously aggressive S-turn in a seemingly calm Youghiogheny River.

The railroad line, frequented by CSX, responded accordingly, but took a far more leisurely path, giving a wide berth to the forceful waterway. From our slate vantage, we saw the sun play tricks with the water's surface. At the far turn, seemingly static caps of whitewater; at the close, sterling ripples scattered across the surface. The whole scene was framed by a section of the gorge that seemed to form a great bowl. To our left, the southeast, a huge bite had been taken out of the ridgeline and was catching the sun as it peeked over the rim. It reminded me of a blanket pressed into a space too small for it to lay flat. Turning clockwise, facing directly south, the ridgeline became exposed with some vegetation on top. I saw exposed slate cliff, Chris perhaps some streaks of snow. Regardless, its regularity, contrast and beauty were stunning. Continuing right, the distance treated us to a view of three geometrically exact furrows running cross-ways down the slope. More near, the ridge took a leisurely course down to terminate in the river bed.

On that close hill, the trees were subjected to the full mid-morning sun. Their tops stood in perfect bareness, contrasting against the brown earth behind them. Their detail was breathtaking. On a farther hill, the bare trees were interrupted by islands of burgundy Christmas ornaments - trees reluctant to lose their splendor from earlier in the season. Following our gaze down to the valley floor, the trees became the carpet for a perfectly flat floodplain, interrupted only by CSX's steel.

Too late, we must mention our observation deck. It was perfectly formed to a variety of dispositions - the more adventurous (me) could dangle their legs off of a sixty foot drop, while the more cautious, or intelligent, depending upon perspective, could use a small bench - a higher portion of the slate previously shattered on the outer edge, leaving a ledge two feet higher than the rest. The violence of the fracture was recorded diligently in the exposed face. Each layer of sediment was clearly separated with a crack. Per Chris's observation (I was too fixated out), we had wood fungus shelves and a tree whose life had ended in a blaze of electrical glory peeking over our shoulders.

The sky was blue beyond blue. Several cottonballs waved hello as they drifted past.

The most thrilling moment came upon looking down. Immediately in front of us, three eighty year old oak trees shot upward in their circuitous oak-y fashion. Of course, they had clutched their leaves into November, causing us great annoyance for the obstruction at first. Later, we realized we had been rude. The three sisters, each obviously unique in her experience, were also quite apparently from the same stock. Their resemblance was stunning, their proximity even more so.

Sitting and reflecting, conversation moved and shook and halted for long periods of consideration. Eventually, our talk lead to these three stately oaks. This sight which had changed us over the course of an hour, they had stood witness to this same sight for almost a century. And this moment in time, when the sun just began to peek over the eastern rim? They see it every day. To be an oak.

And what of the river below? This bed, these rocks had seen tens of hundreds of generations of this family of oaks. These rocks began their shaping to their current state before humans could realize what seeing something like this was. The river, in fact, was the dynamic force that functioned as prime mover in each of the valley's many facets. Down to the smallest detail, each element paid homage to this grueling, tireless force. And we paid homage as well, for our one hour.

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Male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs). Most likely, if the Chaffinch were not a very common bird we would be impressed by that color pattern formed by subtle but amazing tones. In fact, the Spanish name of this bird (Pinzón vulgar) makes an allusion to that commonnes. Very often beauty is cryptic and remains hidden by a misleading sense of habituation. However, the rarest is not the opposite to the worst, and common is not synonymous of bad. It is when one sits and waits, and looks out there without pressure that there is no way for confusion.

Buferrera, Parque Nacional Picos de Europa

25 Mar 2011

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Aperture: f/4.0

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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (1 of 9): Introducing MUSE /

CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (1 de 9): Presentando a MUSE...

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 01 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.

Hilo de la Kedada en Pullip .es

Hilos de Fotos en el FORO DE PULLIPS: Pullip .es:

- Hilo de MUSE (Fotos en Grupo)

- Mattew Bellamy

- Dominic Howard

- Chris Wolstenholme

Songs of MUSE:

Uprising

Undisclosed Desires

Resistance

Starlight

Supermassive Black Hole

Knights of Cydonia

Butterflies and Hurricanes

Time is running out

Feeling Good

BLISS

New Born

Sunburn

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This is a shot of a cement works machine near where I live.

I wasn't techincally meant to be there but I managed to abide by the law (just)!

This machine makes all sorts of weird noises that freaked me out but I liked the machine itself.

I tried to get this with the wide angle but it was just too far away. Resorted to the inferior quality kit lens but, thanks to HDR's magical properties, it doesn't matter.

I've made an alternative crop here:

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Lee GND 16 (positioned down to use as an ND)

Lee GND 4 (soft)

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El petirrojo europeo2 (Erithacus rubecula) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Muscicapidae.3 Está distribuido por toda Europa, principalmente en la región meridional y occidental del continente, donde habita todo el año en Centroeuropa y es migrante parcial en el Norte de Europa y Norte de África.

Descripción

Tiene el tamaño de un gorrión común (Passer domesticus) (largo de 14 cm), pero es más ligero. Los adultos se distinguen por el color naranja intenso de su pecho y cara, sobre un plumaje pardo oliváceo. Los jóvenes carecen de color anaranjado y son marcadamente moteados de pardo oscuro y ocráceo. Destacan sus ojos grandes, negros y redondos. Los polluelos mientras están en el nido tienen el interior del pico de color amarillo verdoso. Es relativamente confiado con el hombre, pudiendo llegar a comer de su mano, en algunos casos.

Hábitat

Bosques húmedos (robledales, hayedos y otros) con abundante matorral y bosques de ribera. Muy común en parques y jardines urbanos. Es uno de los pájaros más fáciles de atraer a comederos y cajas nido. En la Península Ibérica, las poblaciones aumentan considerablemente al llegar el otoño, sobre todo en años fríos, cuando los ejemplares del norte buscan refugio en nuestras latitude

Reproducción

En el petirrojo, generalmente es la hembra la que acude al macho en su territorio. Cuando ella está esperando la segunda puesta, el macho se encarga de la alimentación de la primera. Los recién nacidos empiezan a volar a los 13-14 días de salir del huevo.

Periodo de nidificación: de abril a agosto.

Número de crías: 1-2 al año.

Número de huevos: 5-6 en cada puesta. Son blancos con puntitos marrones.

Incubación: 13-14 días.

Costumbres

El petirrojo es un pájaro muy sociable, atrevido y curioso que acostumbra a salir del bosque y plantarse a mitad de un camino para ver quién llega a su propiedad, emitiendo su característica voz de alerta: un chip-chip metálico y seco. Su canto es un gorjeo musical, muy melódico, parecido al del ruiseñor. Construye su nido en alguna oquedad resguardada en el bosque.

Alimentación

El hábitat del petirrojo europeo o común son los jardines, setos, bosquecillos. Se alimenta, mayoritariamente, de invertebrados pequeños que viven en el suelo (insectos, pequeñas arañas,sanguijuelas o gusanos). En otoño y en la primavera se alimenta también de bayas y frutos pequeños.

Abraham Abraham

Birth: 12 Jul 1812 Denmark Court, The Strand, London

Died: 04 Dec 1895 Cincinnati, Ohio

Photograph of Abraham Abraham

The first Jewish child born in Cincinnati was a boy in 1821; apparently Selina was the first Jewish girl born in Cincinnati, in 1823.

The history of the Jews in Cincinnati occupies a prominent place in the development of Jewish secular and religious life in the United States. Cincinnati is not only the oldest Jewish community west of the Allegheny Mountains but has also been an institutional center of American Reform Judaism for more than a century. The American Israelite, the longest-running Jewish weekly still published in the country, opened for business in the city in 1854.

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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Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!

by Michael Mahler

On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.

Parade

About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.

Parade units included

Lake Erie Belly Dance

Doctor Who contingent

PFLAG Erie/Crawford County

Erie Gay News

Lake Erie Derby Dames

LBT Women

Latonia Theatre

PFLAG Butler

Erie Sisters

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie

Community United Church

OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)

There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.

Rally

The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.

Speakers and performers included:

Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large

Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011

Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church

Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011

Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA

Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV

Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation

Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone

Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.

Diva D’Vyne

Games

The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition

Donors

Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included

AdultMart

Allegheny College Bookstore

BeautiControl

Blue Heron Inn

Body Language

Chicory Hill Herbs

Coca-Cola/Erie

Country Fair

Craze Night Club

Crime Victim Center of Erie County

Douglas Kolcun

Drenched Fur

Earthshine Company

Eerie Horror Film Festival

emma's revolution

Erie Book Store

Erie County Democratic Party

Erie County Department of Health

Erie Playhouse

Erie Seawolves

Erie Sisters

Erie Spine and Wellness

Family United Counseling

Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach

Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road

Glass Growers

Good Health Rejuvenation

Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.

Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group

Hollywood Stories

Horomanski's DJ'ing Services

JR's Last Laugh

Kensington Books

La bella

Larese Floral Design

LBT Women

Lion's Den Adult Super Store

MLR Books

Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness

Pie in the Sky Cafe

Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse

Sam's Club

Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More

Silk Screen Unlimited

Smith's Hot Dogs

State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock

Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio

The Ringbearer

Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St

Wegman's- Peach St

Wendy's of Erie

Zone Dance Club

Committee Members & Volunteers

Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included

Season

Chris

Preston

Mark H

Erin Moll

Amy

Sue McCabe

Alex

Jeff H

John Daly King

Kerry

In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:

Kevin Schultz

Dok

Johauna

Wanda

Bob H

Eric Rogers

Maria S.

Deb Spilko

Brian

Info Tables & Vendors

Info tables included:

Adagio Health

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter

Community United Church

Crime Victim Center of Erie County

Equality Pennsylvania

Erie County Democratic Party

Erie County Human Relations Commission

Erie Gay News

Erie Sisters

Lake Erie Derby Dames

LBT Women

Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition

PFLAG Erie/Crawford County

SafeNet Center

United Way of Erie County

Voices for Independence

Vendors included

BeautiControl

Book Merchant

Christopher's Novelty Gifts

Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More

Collecting Food

We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.

Town Hall / Ayuntamiento - Sevilla (Spain).

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The Town Hall of Sevilla was built in the 16th century in Plateresque Style by Diego de Riaño.

Plateresque refers to the 15th and 16th century art form in Spain, characterized by an ornate style of architecture. This form was soon transferred to Spanish-owned colonies in America. The terms means, "in the manner of a silversmith." Distinct examples of the style include the Royal Chapel of the Granada Cathedral, Monterrey Palace in Salamanca, the facades of Seville Town Hall, the Universities of Salamanca and Alcalá de Henares. The artistic form is derived from the work of the Italian Renaissance.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateresque

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CASTELLANO

El Ayuntamiento de Sevilla, de estilo plateresco, fue construído en el siglo XVI por Diego de Riaño.

Plateresco es un estilo arquitectónico exclusivo del Renacimiento español. Aparece a comienzos del siglo XV y se extiende durante los dos siglos siguientes.

El Plateresco es una fusión de los componentes del mudéjar y del gótico flamígero: inclusión de escudos y pináculos o fachadas divididas en tres cuerpos (mientras que las renacentistas están divididan en dos). Pero incorpora también elementos renacentistas como las columnas o algunos elementos decorativos.

Se caracteriza por fachadas fuertemente adornadas, como si se tratasen de obras de orfebrería (de ahí su nombre).

Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateresco

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DENVER CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING, DENVER

The construction of a new government center for the combined City and County of Denver was initiated by Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton in 1924, although including it in the Denver Civic Center was first proposed as early as 1906.

This American Renaissance Styled building was completed in 1932. Balancing the State Capitol across an expanse of lawns, it fulfilled the ideals of the City Beautiful Movement proponents who had worked on the Civic Center plans for more than two decades.

The new City Hall replaced two buildings. One was the 1883 City Hall at Speer Boulevard and Larimer Street, a four-story stone structure. The jail was in the basement, and prisoners were in danger of drowning when nearby Cherry Creek flooded. The new City and County Building also replaced the old Arapahoe County Building at Sixteenth Street and Court Place, later the site of Zeckendorf Plaza.

The new City Hall was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Denver, organized by the Colorado Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Its mission was to aid Mayor Stapleton in designing the new civic structure. The site selected was bounded by West Colfax Avenue, West Fourteenth Street, Bannock, and Cherokee, as suggested in the 1917 Civic Center plan.

Ground was broken in March 1929, and the cornerstone laid February 1931. Voters approved a $2.5 million bond issue in 1931, the same year that they voted Stapleton out of office. His successor, George D. Begole, reluctantly continued the project, working with the Allied Architects under the leadership of Denver architect Robert K. Fuller. Supervising architect from 1929 to 1931 was Roland L. Linder. The building was dedicated by Mayor Begole on August 1, 1932.

The four-story building is shaped in a semi-circle, opening east toward Civic Center Park and the State Capitol. At its center is a circular bell tower and a tall Roman temple style portico with Corinthian columns.

The east facade is embellished with engaged Ionic columns. The building was faced with gray granite. The project employed 250 stone carvers, who also detailed the marbles of the interior. Six hundred rail cars brought stone from Georgia and parts of Colorado. Among the building's 200 rooms are City Council Chambers, the Mayor's Office, and spaces once occupied by the Denver Art Museum.

The building has been decked out in colored lights every Christmas since its doors opened. A $10 million refurbishment during 1991 and 1992 restored the grand lobby, Allen True's mural "The Miners' Court" and Gladys Caldwell Fisher's life-sized bas-relief "Orpheus and the Animals."

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Acariciando el agua, como un rizo de Medusa, unas algas doradas, revolotean dando vueltas y más vueltas ▷. Se han juntado en una hilera, primero para formar un corro y ahora, después de haber crecido, abriéndose formarán dos, dos ruedas verdes y doradas que danzan alegrando el agua.

El alga Cyclonexis dibuja rizos y sortijas, es un flagelado pocas veces encontrado en Europa y del que no existen referencias en la Península Ibérica, es otro de los tesoros hallados en una pequeña laguna junto al Lago de Sanabria en Zamora. No se ha citado muchas veces después de que fuera descubierta y descrita por vez primera en 1886, desde el otro lado del océano en New Jersey.

A Cyclonexis le gustan las aguas frías y limpias de las turberas y crece sobre almohadillas de esfagnos, vive y nada en colonias anulares formadas por un número de individuos que varía de 4 a 34 que se mueven al ritmo de los dos desiguales flagelos de cada uno de ellos. Cada célula de la colonia tiene forma de cuña, uno o dos cloroplastos y dos vacuolas contráctiles. Cuando se tiene que dividir cada alga lo hace partiéndose longitudinalmente.

Hasta la fecha son tres las especies que se han descrito de ella, muy probablemente la que mostramos aquí corresponda a Cyclonexis annularis

Hoy, además, Cyclonexis nos regala algo excepcional, cuando el anillo se hace grande, se abre por un punto para hacer de uno dos, y mientras tanto, en rizo de Medusa, descuidada, dibuja un ancho corazón.

Las fotografías y el vídeo que las acompaña se han tomado sobre una muestra procedente de la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, junto a Vigo de Sanabria, en las inmediaciones del Lago de Sanabria. Han sido realizadas 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

Beautiful Somaliland.http://www.afrodigg.com/news.php

July 31, 2008

Tourists in Somaliland

Last week we went to Somalia as American tourists. We stayed only a night, but that was plenty of time to wander unescorted through the local market, explore town in a battered Toyota station wagon, and even head out into the desert to admire some ancient cave paintings.

It might seem an odd choice of vacation spot, given that Somalia, so long synonymous with "failed state," appears to be growing ever more dangerous. The insurgency against the American-backed Ethiopian occupation persists, and just last week it was reported that a particularly radical group has launched a campaign to murder relief workers, who are there trying desperately to avert an oncoming famine.

Indeed, we were able to travel safely to Somalia only because of a peculiar but important technicality: The world makes no distinction between the Republic of Somaliland, the autonomous and self-governing territory that we visited, and the rest of Somalia to its south.

Since declaring independence in 1991, Somaliland has achieved a level of peace and stability beyond the wildest dreams of the quasi-government in Mogadishu. Yet remarkably, throughout the many years the international community has funded, fed and sought vainly to stabilize Somalia, it has studiously ignored the peaceful and democratic polity to Somalia’s north.

This is not an oversight but a conscious policy decision: No country on earth will recognize Somaliland as a peer. The African Union has occasionally "studied" the issue, but its members are loath to endorse what would amount to secession from one of their own.

The United States and many European states have said they will defer to the African Union’s policy - despite their willingness last year to proactively promote the controversial independence of Kosovo.

With the world averting its eyes, the remarkable achievements of Somaliland have gone unnoticed. In one of the world’s most dangerous and unstable areas, it has managed to establish peace and stability, and gone on to develop a unique democratic regime that incorporates both direct elections and formal roles for traditional clan elders. It has established a legal system that carefully balances local tribal custom, Islamic jurisprudence, and Western constitutional tradition. While democracy’s reputation is precarious throughout much of the Muslim world, this devout country has held elections on its own initiative and at considerable cost to its national reserves.

The international community’s approach to Somaliland not only ignores these accomplishments; it might actually destroy them.

Without formal recognition, Somaliland cannot enter into trade agreements with other countries, and is unable to exploit the natural resources under its earth and its Red Sea port of Berbera. It struggles to attract foreign investors willing to operate in an "ungoverned" area. It can’t even receive normal development aid from donor countries and agencies, because they cannot channel aid through an unrecognized government. Instead, the people of Somaliland receive only a portion of the aid designated for "Somalia."

The situation has left Somaliland underdeveloped and desperately poor, with the government often unable to provide even the most basic public services. Of no less concern, the durability of its democracy has recently come into question, with scheduled presidential elections delayed until next March. (The official explanation was that the authorities in this nation of nomadic goat herders needed more time to register voters.)

It’s hard to know which is more improbable: that an impoverished country in a chaotic but strategically important region would develop its own fragile democracy, or that the United States would deliberately ignore its requests for assistance.

In the absence of Western political and economic engagement, Somaliland is pursuing investment and support from China and Gulf countries. Such support might be enough to ensure Somaliland’s survival and eventual growth, but it will crowd out America’s chance to win the gratitude of a potentially valuable ally in a very troubled area.

From the journalist who took us to lunch to the guide who took us to the cave paintings, the people we met in Somaliland were welcoming, hopeful and bewildered by the absence of recognition from the West. They were frustrated to still be overlooked out of respect for the sovereignty of the failed state to their south.

"Every member of Parliament in Mogadishu gets a salary paid mostly by U.S. and EU funds," one Somaliland official told us. "And every one of them is a killer. If you kill enough people, you are called a warlord and you get invited to conferences. Meanwhile, I was elected by thousands of votes in a free election, but the international community does not consider us a country. They should be rewarding democracy, not killing."

Peter Buttigieg is a management consultant in Chicago and a fellow at the Truman National Security Project. Nathaniel Myers is a political analyst in Ethiopia.

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Antes de hacer la foto dudé en hacerla en modo A, es decir con prioridad de abertura, ya que no me gusta usarla en modo P y que sea la máquina la que controle la exposición. También pensé en usarla en modo SCENE, pero no sabía bien cuál elegir. Así que giré el disco de control hasta seleccionar el diafragma adecuado, teniendo en cuenta que se incrementaba 1/3 EV. A veces uso el modo M para ajustar la abertura y la velocidad del obturador, pero eso me hace perder tiempo. Eso sí antes le di al botón WB para ajustar el balance de blancos exactamente en 5300 K. También podía haber usado el balance de blanco a un solo toque que mola mucho, pero no tenía ninguna hoja de papel blanco a mano (es que no puedo estar por todo). Seguidamente le di al botón ISO para ajustar la sensibilidad. Luego dudé entre elegir la medición ESP, ponderada central o puntual. Podía utilizar esta última, midiendo en las altas luces y compensando la exposición dándole + 2 puntos, usando el botón para tal fin y teniendo configurado el intervalo de paso EV en 1/3EV, para luego recuperar información en el postprocesado. Al final me decidí por la ESP y que fuera la cámara la que midiera, no lo iba a hacer todo yo. También podía haber usado la medición HI, es decir de puntos con control de iluminación, pero no lo consideré necesario. Aunque usar la medición puntual y bloquear la exposición con el botón AEL/AFL tampoco hubiera sido mala idea. Luego, decidí usar el S-AF, para enfocar automáticamente pues usar el MF es más complicado sin la pantalla partida de mi antigua OM2. Así que presioné el botón hasta la mitad bloquear el enfoque y que se iluminara la marca de confirmación AF. Tampoco quise configurar el botón AEL/AFL para activar el modo C-AF. Una vez decidido, miré por el visor fijándome que me indicara la marca de confirmación AF y que la indicación de sobre o subexpuesto no parpadease. Pero no he dicho que previamente usé la función “reducción de ruido” pues es sabido que durante el fotografiado a una velocidad de obturación lenta es posible que aparezca ruido en la pantalla ya que se genera corriente en las secciones del dispositivo de captación de imagen que normalmente no están expuestas a la luz, dando como resultado un aumento de temperatura en el mencionado dispositivo de captación o en el circuito accionador de este dispositivo de captación de imagen. Como quería ver previamente la profundidad de campo, configuré el botón Fn para esta función y lástima que mi cámara no tiene estabilizador de imagen que si no también lo configuro. Además, como tenía problemas para enfocar automáticamente, enfoqué el objeto a fotografiar y pulsé el botón a medias hasta que se encendió la marca de confirmación AF y mientras mantenía pulsado a medias el botón disparador, me moví a la composición deseada. Otra cosa, como la cámara tiene tres cuadros AF de enfoque, traté de enfocar usando el cuadro AF central. Como modo de grabación elegí el formato RAW con 3200x2400 píxeles. Me gusta más que el HQ o SQ. No sé si he dicho que contraste lo tenía configurado en NATURAL, no me gusta el VIVID y el ajuste de gradación estaba en NORMAL, pues el CLAVE ALTA o CLAVE BAJA no eran adecuados para esta toma. Y no me di cuenta, pero podía haber puesto la compensación de sombreado en ACTIVADO pues va bien con objetivos gran angulares. Se me olvidaba decir que el filtro de ruido lo puse en ESTANDAR.

En fin, que mientras hacía todo esto, Dedodisparador se empezaba a impacientar, así que simplemente miré, encuadré y disparé... total...

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View On Black

My roommate was leaving to head out to Old Town bars so I pulled her into the garage (my studio) for a quick shot.

Thank you to my roommate for looking beautiful and letting me take the photo.

Strobist: AB800 into 64" PLM silver umbrella with white diffuser to act as a softbox @ camera left as key light. AB800 into PLM shoot-through white 64" umbrella @ camera right facing the wall for bounce effect. It was quick so I don't remember the power on each light. Key light was probably about 1-1.5 stops higher than the fill.

Best on black

Monday 4th was dedicated to defend immigration rights. The main actions yere in the morning in front of the immigration center of Rostock (where a protester was injured and a couple detained) and in the afternoon, a rally at a refugee camp. This was followed by a large unauthorized demonstration, resulting in hours of waiting until the authorities allowed the protesters to go to to the harbor.

Here, one of the numerous clowns during the demonstration.

Please read the explanation at the beginning of the set and view the pictures in chronological order.

Part of " G8 summit 2007"

View Large On Black

First the watches in the light, then a shot with simulated subdued light - actually shot in complete darkness, but a strongly reduced fill flash was fired.

The ugly orange, green and white reflections are from LED's on my computer, scanner, printer etc. - these have been blocked off by black cloth for the following shots.

The shot at 22:12 was the first of the decay series, this is how it looks immediately after "lights off". Notice that the initial luminosity of the SuperLuminova on both Fortis is much brighter than the tritium tubes on the Ball.

For the following shots the watches have been covered up, and the entire setup stayed in complete darkness between the shots. The decay of luminosity for SL makes the advantage of tritium tubes clear in the second shot.

Check the time as indicated on the Ball watch for elapsed time between the shots

One word about the exposure: All shot at ISO 200, 15sec f/5.6. Opening up to f/5.6 means that overall DoF is shallow, but closing down to f/8 or f/11 will cause the luminous dots on the seconds hands on both the B-42 Marinemaster and the Ball become (for the camera only) invisible. Going for a 30sec exposure time would have caused "burn out" on the Marinemaster and the Flieger, because they are initially too bright. Overall it's a compromise.

The final shot shows how it remains "all night long". As mentioned elsewhere, a camera sees different than a human eye, so one final personal remark. Constant exposure lume shot series like this do favor tritium tubes.

Though it may not anymore be visible in the pictures because a constant exposure was used for all shots, the Fortis B-42 Marinemaster remains comfortable readable throughout the night (with full dark adapted eyes). On the new B-42 Flieger only the hands can be seen through the night.

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Audi A8 (2002).

Escala 1/44.

Power Series Racer.

Maisto.

Made in China.

Produced by Maisto from:

2005 to 2006 (?)

2010 to 2015 (?)

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Maisto

Brand

"Founded in 1967, Maisto first rose to prominence as a diecast manufacturer in the 1980s with models in 1/18, 1/24 and 1/64 scales. Their models depict a variety of vehicles including cars, trucks and motorcycles. Maisto's 1/18 models raised levels of detail and features to new heights for their resaonable price point.

Models are available in a number of different ranges, both ready-built and as kits. They also manufacture radio controlled models.

All Miasto products since 2007 will have a tool identification number that can be found on the chassis., it’s a 5-digit number, such as 11809. This is to fulfill Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)'s (US) requirement tracing the date and place of production. The 1st digit is to identify whether it is produced in Manda / May Tat, 2nd and 3rd digit are production year, 4th and 5th digit indicate production week."

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Audi A8

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Audi A8 is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994.

Succeeding the Audi V8, and now in its fourth generation, the A8 has been offered with both front- or permanent all-wheel drive—and in short- and long-wheelbase variants.

The first two generations employed the Volkswagen Group D platform, with the current generation deriving from the MLB platform.

After the original model's 1994 release, Audi released the second generation in late 2002, the third in late 2009, and the fourth and current iteration in 2017.

Notable for being the first mass-market car with an aluminium chassis, all A8 models have used this construction method co-developed with Alcoa and marketed as the Audi Space Frame.

A mechanically-upgraded, high-performance version of the A8 debuted in 1996 as the Audi S8. Produced exclusively at Audi's Neckarsulm plant, unlike the donor A8 model, the S8 has been available only in short-wheelbase form and is fitted standard with Audi's quattro all-wheel drive system."

(...)

Second generation (D3, Typ 4E; 2002–2009)

"The second-generation Audi A8 (Typ 4E) built on the Volkswagen Group D3 platform was unveiled via press release in July 2002 and introduced in November 2002 in Europe and in June 2003 (as a 2004 model) in the United States.

The model was longer than the previous generation, with room for four or five large adult occupants in the cabin, depending on rear seat configuration.

The D3 development program began in 1996, with the design process commencing in Ingolstadt in 1997."

(...)

"The A8 was previewed 2001 Frankfurt Motor Show by the Audi Avantissimo concept car. This concept introduced much of the technology later available on the series production A8 D3, including: Multi Media Interface, 6-speed automatic transmission with shift paddles, V8 biturbo engine (RS6), self-levelling adaptive air suspension with continuously controlled damping, electric park brake, bi-xenon headlights with static Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS) curve headlights, dashboard, driver identification systems with fingerprint scanner.

As with the previous version, two body variants of the second generation A8 are offered, the A8 (standard, or short wheelbase), and the long-wheelbase (LWB) A8 L. The A8 L adds 120 mm (4.7 inches) to the rear legroom and 11 mm (0.43 in) to the overall height of the car."

(...)

"In 2005, new internal combustion engines became available."

(...)

2007 facelift

"Changes include:

- Updated Front Fascia incorporating Audi's signature single frame full-nose grill. Complimenting the pronounced styling of the nose, designers tossed the understated round fog lights, opting for larger rectangular fog Light housings- inside a set of 'Side-View illuminators' have been integrated into the housing; aiding drivers in low-light or poor visibility conditions by automatically illuminating depending on speed and steering angle. Side-View Illuminators operate independent of fog lights.

- Updated Tail-light Assembly featuring much brighter and more efficient LED bulbs. Dual rear fog lights are still standard."

(...)

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Second generation (D3/4E)

Production

August 2002 – November 2009

Assembly

Germany: Neckarsulm

Designer

Miklós Kovács, Imre Hasanic, Dany Garand (1999)

Platform

Volkswagen Group D3

Engine

V6 petrol engine

V8 petrol engine

V10 petrol engine

W12 engine

V6 diesel engine

V8 diesel engine

Transmission

Automatic transmission

Continuously variable transmission

Dimensions

Wheelbase

SWB: 2,944 mm (115.9 in)

LWB: 3,074 mm (121.0 in)

Length

SWB:

pre 2007: 5,051 mm (198.9 in),

post 2007: 5,062 mm (199.3 in)

LWB:

pre 2007: 5,181 mm (204.0 in),

post 2007: 5,192 mm (204.4 in)

Width

1,894 mm (74.6 in)

Height

SWB: 1,444 mm (56.9 in)

LWB: 1,455 mm (57.3 in)

Kerb weight

1,670–1,990 kg (3,682–4,387 lb)

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_A8

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (2 of 7): Toilet /

LA SALA DE ESTAR (2 de 7): El Baño

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 15 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

Lenn: - whistling - ...phy, phy-phy, phyyyy...

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Lenn: - silvando - ...Fi,fi-if, fiiii...

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La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliers

Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles;

L'homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles

Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.

Comme de longs échos qui de loin se confondent

Dans une ténébreuse et profonde unité,

Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarté,

Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se répondent.

Il est des parfums frais comme des chairs d'enfants,

Doux comme les hautbois, verts comme les prairies,

- Et d'autres, corrompus, riches et triomphants,

Ayant l'expansion des choses infinies,

Comme l'ambre, le musc, le benjoin et l'encens,

Qui chantent les transports de l'esprit et des sens.

~ Charles Baudelaire ~

Nature is a temple where the living pillars

Let go sometimes a blurred speech -

A Forest of symbols passes through a man's reach

And observes him with a familiar regard.

Like the distant echoes that mingle and confound

In a unity of darkness and quiet

Deep as the night, clear as daylight

The perfumes, the colors, the sounds correspond.

The perfume is as fresh as the flesh of an infant

Sweet as an oboe, green as a prairie

- And the others, corrupt, rich and triumphant

Enlightened by the things of infinity,

Like amber, musk, benzoin and incense

That sing, transporting the soul and sense.

Greengrocer Russortaggi in Via dei Tribunali. View On Black

Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio, called Totò (February 15, 1898 – April 15, 1967), was an eminent and celebrated Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter. In Italy today he is widely considered to be the greatest, most popular and most beloved Italian artist of spectacle of all time, and he is the most cheered Italian comedian and television personality of the last century. He was renowned for unforgettable comic roles, and throughout his career he showed that he was also comfortable in dramatic portrayals.

Totò was born in the Rione Sanità, a poor area of Naples, Italy, where he met many famous artists like Eduardo De Filippo and Carlo Scarpetta.

Totò died at the age of 69 on April 15, 1967, in Rome, after a series of heart attacks. Even in death he was unique—due to overwhelming popular request there were three funeral services: the first one in Rome, a second in his birth city Naples and a few days afterwards a third one by the local camorra boss; an empty casket was carried along the packed streets of the popular Rione Sanità quarter where he was born.

To this very day there is not a shop in Naples that doesn't carry an image of Totò, his birth home has been recently opened to the public as a museum dedicated to him, and his tombstone is constantly visited by adoring fans who remember him as the most beloved Italian artist of all time and even pray to him for help, as if he was a saint.

Read more about this typical Neapolitan character: Totò

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Worms, anyone? I've got plenty to go 'round.

So much for a break from silly self portraits, haha. From my last 52 week entry:

I figure I could use a break from the more fun and silly self's for this 52 week'r.

Growing up I used to love those gummy candies that are available at Walgreens and other corner convenience stores. My favorites were the gummy candies that were lathered and coated in sugar. More particularly the peach rings, and the sugar battered creepy crawlies.

It's been a while since I've indulged in the gummy goodness. Until today at least. I went to Safeway and swooped up a bag of non-sugar coated worms. They were great tasting ... at first. on nom nom nom

While taking this series of self portraits I repeatedly found myself chewing and eating the gummy worms. I downed so many that they tasted absolutely horrendous by the time I got the shot I wanted.

For the record, that is indeed a real jumbo sized creepy crawly slimey squirming live wriggling pulsing night crawling earthworm in my left hand!

Who said worms aren't cute? Earthworms are cool. And tapeworms are cute.

In any case, with Happy Hallow right around the corner -stay safe, and have fun out there everyone!

Lighting: Canon 430EX camera left shoot thru @ 1/2 triggered via poverty wizards.

52

December 14th,2009(feliz ocho mes jonel) ON WHITE

ah i've wanted to do this since everyone has been doing it. but it was night so there wasn't the best lighting. i tried though. then jonel called me so i had to take what i took. hehe

so today i woke up at 5:30am to go to work. I was so dead, haha. Then it took me 20mins to open the door, stupid key, then i got a new key.wee. work was slow. so i just chilled. I thought about jonel a lot, food and other stuff. I love reading the dictionary. i find it so fun. People think i'm weird for that..but i love it. I think it's fun and you learn new words. that's just me though. Then i came home and had a snack. I came home to a package(things i had ordered online, the first one anyway). It was my pillowcases, the book i bought for my aunt and key caps:D. so that made me happy. i went to throw out my trash and i found something awesome(pictures below). so i treaded up the 3 flights of stairs with that big thing. i felt beastly. Then i re arranged my room so it can fit. and now i love my room even more. it's even more my personality then before. it feels so cozy. regardless of how much i loathe irvine and the aura it has around it..i love my room. I want to go home. I don't want to be in this superficial, shallow, stuckup state, but i'm making the best of it. I don't want to be miserable or complain or ungrateful so i'm just trying to make the best of it. And be positive and grateful and content as crap. it's working so far, but i still miss florida like hell. Then i started making an artichoke. it turned out good but i was so unsatisfied after words:/ i waited until 7:38 to eat and i was a bit flustered about that. I sware if it wasn't for yoga i wouldn't be able to keep myself together. I've really been able to control my emotions and not go into some crazy things. I'm the worst pmser ever, and i used to be a really dramatic person, then i grew out of it, and now with yoga i'm controlling my pms. Thank GOD i hate her when she's on her period. So emotional and up and down and thinking to much and err. I just want to slap halima accross the face and scream "chill." haha no clue why i'm telling y'all something this personal to me. so i ate a tiny bowl of ceral and that made me happy. Today was crazy but so awesome. haha it's funny when i get all these tests i'm so grateful and feel relieved. i can't explain it. when something goes soo wrong and i'm upset, stressed, or flustered, then i get over it..it's like a burned a fuse that i've been holding in me. or something. can't explain it. haha anyways. now i'm just chilling. jonel and i didn't get to talk long tonight and that made me even more upset, but i'm grateful i got to even hear his voice.That beautiful thing. anyways night. glad i get to wake up at 7am not 5am tomorrow. hehe

Bucci

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Vídeos Making Off:

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BUCCI - 50mm Quantaray Macro Tech 10 MX AF + Sistema de Flash D.I.Y FLASH DIFFUSER

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