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'155. Middle Room Confessions.' On Black: See your photos in a new light
This is the room I've been dreading. Not because I have a deep, dark secret, but because it's just a hodge-podge room. It's our computer/craft room. Can't provocatively say "Computer/Craft Room Confessions." Sounds lame. I was tempted to keep this room for last, but my natural order (read: "Anal retentive nature") won't allow it.
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Quick background: Last July my husband and I bought this house from my parents. I grew up in this house.
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Middle Room Confessions:
- This room was once my bedroom. My Nana lived with us when she had cancer. This was her room.
- I was sleeping in this room on June 25, 1986. My mom came in my room ridiculously early with laundry. Nana was dead. She died in the hospital.
- Very unlike my mother, she hugged me and cried and told me, "we'll all be together some day." I hated when she said that. I was almost 10 years old. I didn't want to think of the day I would die.
- I cried, but I don't know why. I don't think I could comprehend the situation.
- I didn't go to her funeral; not because I had never been to one, I was curious to see a dead person, I just didn't want to see anyone cry.
- On the morning she died, I didn't come out of my room, even when I heard my grandfather (her husband), my uncle, and the rest of the family come over. I didn't want to see anyone cry.
- Based on an episode of "Growing Pains" I made a pro/con list of why I should go to the funeral. Like I said, I didn't go.
- Shortly after she died, this became my room fulltime. I didn't have to share the backroom with my two younger sisters. One night, I was in bed and I looked at the rocking chair at the base of my bed. I swear I saw her sitting there. She looked transparent. It scared the fucking shit out of me. I covered my head with the blankets.
- Ever since that incident, I was afraid to walk past that room. I don't know why. If it was her, she wouldn't hurt me.
- Whenever a grandparent dies, I'm petrified that they will "appear" to me like she did.
- I don't even remember her. Sure, I remember her as a person, but not her personality. I don't remember her voice. I guess that should make me sad. She no longer seems real to me, just a faded memory, which really sucks because she was my mom's mom.
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Article by: Dr. Augusto V. de Viana
In facing his critics, RM harbored no ill feelings toward them. One of his most bitter
critics was Congressman Mario Bengzon who had the habit of hitting the President
on the floor of Congress. When Magsaysay met Benzon face to face during a
social function, the President embraced him and told him that he is doing a great
job in Congress. RM.s gesture so disarmed the Congressman that he never spoke
against the President again.
As the highest official of the land, Magsaysay was dedicated to the reform
of the government and its machinery. Otherwise he feared that the people would be
driven to the arms of the communists who were promising heaven on earth. Even
when he was Secretary of Defense he dismissed outright military personnel who
were remiss in their duties. In one of his midnight inspection trips he personally
surprised a sleepy sergeant guarding an ammunition dump in Central Luzon and
outrightly dismissed the commanding of!cer. As President he !red people whom
he perceived as corrupt. He never hesitated to punish the guilty public of!cial,
no matter if he was a relative or a friend. He was also tough on his relatives and
supporters did not want the people to think that their closeness to him would give
them favors.
Magsaysay canceled a contract entered into by his uncle, Ambrosio
Magsaysay, to supply coal to the Cebu Portland Co. although his predecessor had
approved the documents. RM withdrew approval of a trip to Europe by his brotherin-
law, Aurelio Bengzon, and instructed his cabinet secretaries not to permit any
of his relatives to go abroad on of!cial missions. RM dismissed his Executive
Secretary, Fred Ruiz Castro, for approving the hiring of a nephew-in-law, Feliciano
de la Gala, in Washington, D.C. as a casual employee, even Mrs. Magsaysay
requested for it. He also dismissed Gregorio Lecaros of the Central Bank for
soliciting donations to the Christmas festival held annually at Malacañang.
Magsaysay forbade his younger brother Gene to run as a political candidate
and barred the entry of 2,000 Chinese immigrants because three senators lobbied
for it. He withdrew approval by Col. Osmundo Mondoñedo for the exchange of
!rst-class Philippine rice for an imported foreign brand. He told his friend Joseph
Arcache that he could not approve the re"oating of a Japanese submarine for
scrap iron because the businessman had offered half of his pro!ts in the deal.
On March 15, two days before his tragic death one of RM.s cousins,
newsman Vicente del Fierro, came to the President.s bedroom and asked him
to donate a band for the district !esta of Project 4 (Quezon City). The President
asked if it was necessary to donate a band. His cousin replied that Sen. Claro M.
Recto who was eyeing the presidency that year had already donated one. The
President laughed saying .Never mind. If the election was to be decided by a
band, let Recto win.. Del Fierro left the bedroom without getting anything.
When RM.s family left Malacañang a week after his death, all that was
left of his paycheck was P650. When asked why so little was left of RM.s pay,
Mrs. Magsaysay explained that this was the average (sometimes P1,000) that she
received from the President.s monthly salary because all their family expenses
were deducted from it from the very !rst day he assumed the presidency.
In fact she said, .he even instructed the Palace kitchen to deduct from his
salary the cost of food consumed when our children brought their classmates in
for lunch or merienda.
The Magsaysay administration was so spotlessly transparent that the
gaffes attributed to him and circulated apparently to "aunt his ill mastery of English
must have been launched by the spurned lobbyists who saw no other way to get
back at him than to poke fun at his shortcoming.
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: INVISIBLE FRIEND 2011 (1 of 1): Nublanca's presents /
AMIGO INVISIBLE 2011 (1 de 1): Los regalos de Nublanca
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 05 of 26) 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.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
- Inside the envelope there was a letter with several photos.
Lenn: (Hey what a girl!! She's hot XD Is this my present??? *¬*)
Rach: Look! It says “Dal”
Mia: Then this is for us! I ask first!
Nice: Girls don't fight until you know what it is. Maybe it isn't worthy to fight for it. You first fix the best prey and then you fight for it. It comes in the manual Learn how to be a compulsive buyer :)
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- Dentro del sobre había una carta con varias fotos.
Lenn: (Menuda tía!! Está jamona XD Es este mi regalo??? *¬*)
Rach: Mira! Ahí pone “Dal”
Mia: Entonces es para nosotras! Me lo pido!
Nice: No os peleéis hasta ver lo que es niñas. A lo mejor no merece la pena pelearse por ello. Primero se fija la mejor presa y luego se lucha por ella. Viene en el manual de Aprende a ser compradora compulsiva :)
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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This Tuesday we had a beautiful day. -10 degrees C, clouds but no snow, and no wind. I decided to head outside the city for some serious winter photography. Just before my bus stop I spotted this beautiful deer stag standing in the snow! Well, when I got off the bus I stalked around a hill and mounted my long lens to try and capture it, thinking I had the chance for my photo of the year. But as soon as I spotted it, it spotted me. Darn! I stood still for a few minutes but it wouldn't leave me with its eyes. As soon as I took a step it ran away. And yeah, by then the other stag and the two does had become visible too. So I had to settle for a few shots of them flying away. It's not great, not well focused, but I had to upload it anyway. Also, I'm running away to Stockholm now! Will be back before New Year.
ps. The rest of the day resulted in some amazing winter scenics, which I will share with you next year. So it wasn't a total bust after all, far from it!
Take care for now! :)
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Tamaño 220 x 220 mm.
216 paginas a todo color.
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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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Size 220 x 220 mm.
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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.
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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:
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Analog 3x4 B&W instant photography
Author : IMRE BECSI
© All rights reserved
Location of shoot :
Shipyard island of Óbuda
Budapest,
Hungary,
Central-Europe
Latitude - 47°33'36.58"N
Longitude - 19° 3'40.34"E
Time of shoot : 11.07.2009.
Shooting
Film : FUJI FP-100b
Metered expo.:
(Minolta Light Meter III with Half Ball Diffusor)
Calculated expo.: 8 minute
The camera :
POLAROID 600 SE with 6x9 rollback
Mamiya 5,6/75 lens
Filters :
Circular Polar
ND4
Red
POST WORK : (12.07.2009.)
Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1600 dpi)
Scanner software : SilverFast SE
Final work : PS
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- Phalaenopsis aphrodite (Moon Orchid)
The abbreviation in the horticultural trade is Phal.
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Der botanische Name leitet sich vom griechischen Phalaina (Nachtfalter) und -opsis (Aussehen) ab, da die Blüten an tropische Nachtfalter erinnern.
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El nombre genérico procede del griego phalaina, “mariposa” y opsis, “parecido”, refiriéndose a las inflorescencias de algunas especies, que recuerdan a mariposas en movimiento.
Phalaenopsis es un género de las comunmente llamadas "Orquídea alevilla", "Orquídea mariposa" y también "Orquídeas boca" de aproximadamente 60 especies de orquídeas de la subfamilia Epidendroideae de la familia Orchidaceae
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From September 1939 to the Summer of 1944 a total of 11,537 Vultees were built to meet the needs
of the US Army Air Corps and the US Navy, making the plane one of the most important American trainer aircraft of World War II. The BT-13 production run outnumbered all other Basic Trainer (BT) types produced.
The BT-13 was an important step in the training syllabus of combat pilots-to-be of WW II. The Vultee Valiant was the next aircraft cadet pilots flew after learning to fly in primary trainers such as the PT-17 Stearman, Fairchild PT-19 or the Ryan PT-22. Unlike the primary trainers that were fitted with fixed pitch propellers, the BT-13 was somewhat less forgiving than the primary trainers which introduce the feel of a more powerful and complex aircraft having a controllable two-position variable pitch propeller with an electrical system, flight instruments and two-way radio communications. Training included formation flight, instrument flying and aerobatics.
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This shot is actually the opposite of most of my day. Most of my day was dirty, dusty, and unpleasant. Victoria went to the allergy doctor a couple weeks back and he said most of her allergies were due to dust, and that we needed to make "environmental" changes to alleviate that. The first of those is to clean everything and de-dust the apartment. Along those lines, I spent over an hour cleaning one set of blinds today. (Skin dry, lungs hurt, bleh. But my body is much better equipped to deal with it than hers.)
After 6 hours of this we were pretty drained. We got out of the apartment to run some errands which took us down into La Jolla proper. By the time we were done it was coming right up on 7 (sunset should be around 7:30 this time of year), so I suggested we head down to La Jolla Shores beach to catch the sunset at get a pic-of-the-day. By the time we got there the temperature had dropped enough that neither of us really felt like going out on the sand (much less touching the water), so I spent 5 minutes on the sidewalk. Could have (should have?) quit early though: I knew this was the one as soon as I had it in the viewfinder. I love that feeling.
For anyone that hasn't chimed in yet: I'd love your help in picking out my submissions for the county fair (I probably need to have them picked by the end of the week). Info is here.
I hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine might have had some annoying bits, but especially because I got some good shots this weekend, I'm feeling pretty good.
I am having a so much fun with these manipulated pictures,
since my friend Mr Moor (Peter) commented that it would be nice to use my own images only...I had to try and go for this a new challenge...!
This image is all mine .... Background The Owl and the Swans .... well...Not all of it I am afraid...I did put your picture of your beloved girl Sjaantje in my creation Peter ! .....as a thank you for the idea.... Hope you like it!
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Sas
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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This was taken using:
Canon 500D
Canon 18-55mm IS
F/11
27mm
59 secs
ISO 100
Lee ND 16
Lee GND 16 (positioned down to use as an ND)
Lee GND 4 (soft)
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*I dream that someday we will not have an African American running for president, but we will have an American running for president.
*I dream that we do not have Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Chinese Americans, African Americans, but that we just have Americans. A house divided will not stand!
*I dream that someday, hopefully in my lifetime, that this country can look beyond the color of skin, nationality of origin, ethnic background, and stand as one country, as one people, Americans, that love this country and each other, because we are Americans, no matter where you come from, once you are here, once you take that oath, you are an American!
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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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at some point I will get back here with the proper lens and capture the glory of this valley
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.
Went on a great hike at Springbrook today. After trying to shoot in the flat light, wind and snow yesterday, today was a pleasant change. Most of the day the sun was shining through a thin overcast that did a perfect job of diffusing the light. The 10" of snow we got yesterday made the forest preserve very picturesque.
Several months ago I happened across a gallery by Elizabeth Carmel. She has a series she calls "Pale Sun" that is absolutely stunning. It is filled with images with this type of light. It is well worth a look: elizabethcarmel.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&...
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!)
Mary Bogdan participating in the current exhibition at the Pace/MacGill Gallery in NYC.
Pace/MacGill Gallery Exhibition
PACE/MACGILL GALLERY
32 EAST 57TH ST NEW YORK NY 10022 / PHONE 212.759.7999 / FAX 212.759.8964 / EMAIL info@pacemacgill.com
SELF-PORTRAITR: AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION CURATING THE FLICKR.COM
COMMUNITY
June 30 through August 25, 2006
Pace/MacGill Gallery and the School of Visual Arts’ graduate photography department are pleased to present an interactive exhibition of self-portraits drawn from Flickr.com, the online digital photo-sharing network. Flickr’s user base consists of over one million members who share images and image-related information. Two leading forces in the New York art world—-a major photography gallery and a top art school—-have joined together to observe this online conversation of image making.
The mining and showcasing of this material strives to engage and expand a rapidly growing virtual arts community. The exhibition will be accessible to both viewers and contributors alike via the Pace/MacGill website www.pacemacgill.com. Pace/MacGill’s gallery space will house ten computers on which visitors can peruse the pictures gathered from numerous global photographers as they would online. A few monitors will display slideshows of images specifically collected via the gallery website.
The exhibition will not only rely on the Flickr community for content, but will also depend upon the activity of the site’s users for the organization and editing of what is anticipated to be thousands of images from the age-old genre of self-portraiture. Whether the image is taken by a professional photographer overseas or by an amateur experimenting with a camera phone in New York City, each image posted on Flickr and “tagged” as a self-portrait will automatically be filtered and directed into the exhibition.
The Pace/MacGill Flickr interface, created by SVA’s Jeremy Chien and Stephen Jablonsky and programmed by Kelvin Luck, allows users to vote for favorites, track the most viewed image, and create categories. Sorting options or subcategories (self portrait “with mirror” or at “beach,” for example) within the virtual exhibition will enable further definition and refinement.
The work in the exhibition will perpetually expand with the proliferation of users until the popularity of each category aids in its editing. As more images are collected and more users are interacting with the site to make selections, the work will become more discerning and interesting. One can choose the role they wish to assume: curator, artist, etcetera. With every click of the mouse, viewers become participants; the interactive community defines the exhibition. The hope is that the final result will be a 50 print exhibition of images chosen by the community.
The School of Visual Arts is widely recognized as one of the finest art schools in the country for its innovative and experimental program philosophies, its participation in the cultural life of New York City, and its unparalleled faculty comprised of professional artists. The MFA Photography, Video and Related Media department has been a leader in the implementation of photography in the digital world. The exhibition has been assembled by Pace/MacGill Gallery, Jeremy Chien, and Stephen Jablonsky. Chien and Jablonsky are both alumni and faculty members at the School of Visual Arts’ MFA program in Photography, Video and Related Media. UK web developer Kelvin Luck programmed the exhibition software to search, filter and explore Flickr.com.
Gallery summer hours are: Monday-Thursday, 9:30-5:30, and Friday, 9:30-4:00. The gallery will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Summer hours begin on June 20 and continue through Labor Day.
Thanks, BILLY Q...
I picked up the Lensbaby Fisheye Optic at Imaging USA this year. Initially I thought I would have pretty limited reasons to use it. I might pull it out for the occasional odd portrait or something but a true 180° fisheye is most often used in rap videos and at skate parks, neither of which do I often photography.
But, I am finding it a lot more useful than I originally imagined. Human vision is a funny thing. We are aware, via peripheral vision, of almost 180° of the world but we only have good focus on about 10° of out vision. Our eyes and brain see a lot but we only focus on a small sliver of that. As distorted and odd as these round images look, there is something familiar to them just because they do show the world as we see it… sort of. On a full-frame sensor camera, like the Canon 5D MKII, a 12mm fisheye like this Lensbaby optic produces a round image and much of the sensor never sees any light. The view is so wide that you have to be careful that you don’t get your feet, camera strap or elbow in the shot.
In spite of all the distortion that the lens gives, it provides a very deep depth of field even when focused very close and shot at f/4 like (the aperture I used on these shots).
There are a few drawbacks to the Lensbaby fisheye when you use it in their Composer rig. First, you have to be very careful that the image is centered properly or you end up with some of the elegant sphere getting cut off. It is also manual focus and because everything looks so small through the viewfinder, you really have to shift to Live View and digitally zoom in to focus properly. This is not a big deal if you have a little time to compose your shot but tends to preclude and “on the fly shooting.”
Anyway, it’s a fun addition to the arsenal of obscure lenses that I seem to love and fawn over. It is also a good bit cheaper than the Canon EF 8-1fmm lens f/4 L USM (which will set you back $1,400 and only stops down to f/4 while the lens baby goes to f/2). I am sure that the Auto Focus of the Canon would take a lot of the leg-work out of using an extreme fisheye and that the optics are cleaner, but I have heard reports that the clarity, when stopped down and used properly are not worth the price difference.
But, enough camera geek talk. I hope you enjoy this somewhat unusual view of Louisiana and Mississippi during the winter that I photographed yesterday on my ride back from Lake Bruin. I’m looking forward to putting this lens to more remunerative use on my next portrait assignment. All in all, highly recommended.
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Birth: 12 Jul 1812 Denmark Court, The Strand, London
Died: 04 Dec 1895 Cincinnati, Ohio
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.
The first Jew who settled in Cincinnati was Joseph Jonas, who arrived in the city in March 1817. Jonas, a young man, decided to leave his home in Exeter, England, with the avowed intention of settling in Cincinnati. Friends in Philadelphia originally endeavored to dissuade him from going to a place so isolated from all association with his coreligionists. However, Jonas reassured them that he would succeed. For the first two years, he was the only Jew in the Midwestern town.
In 1819, Jonas was joined by three others, Lewis Cohen of London, Barnet Levi of Liverpool, and Jonas Levy of Exeter. On the High Holidays in the autumn of 1819, these four men, together with David Israel Johnson of Brookville, Indiana, (a frontier trading-station) conducted the first Jewish service west of the Appalachians. Similar services were held the next three years. Newcomers continued to arrive, the early settlers being mostly Jews from England.
The first Jewish child born in Cincinnati, Frederick A. Johnson (June 2, 1821), was the son of the above-mentioned David Israel Johnson and his wife, Eliza. This couple, also English, had removed to Cincinnati from Brookville, where they had first settled. The first couple to be married were Morris Symonds and Rebekah Hyams, whose wedding was celebrated on September 15, 1824. The first death in the community was that of Benjamin Leib (or Lape) in 1821. There was no Jewish burial-ground in the town. The few Jews living in the city at once proceeded to acquire a small plot of ground to be used as a cemetery and buried him there. It is known as the Old Jewish Cemetery, This plot, which was afterward enlarged, was used as the cemetery of the Jewish community till the year 1849, after the Cholera epidemic. At present this cemetery (oldest west of the Alleghenies) is situated in the heart of the city, on Chestnut Street near Central Avenue, in the Old West End.
There were not enough settlers to form a congregation until the year 1824, when the number of Jewish inhabitants of the town had reached about twenty. On January 4 that year a preliminary meeting was held to consider the advisability of organizing a congregation. Two weeks later, on January 18, the Congregation B'ne Israel was formally organized; those in attendance were Solomon Buckingham, David I. Johnson, Joseph Jonas, Samuel Jonas, Jonas Levy, Morris Moses, Phineas Moses, Simeon Moses, Solomon Moses, and Morris Symonds. On January 8, 1830, the Ohio General Assembly granted the congregation a charter whereby it was incorporated under the laws of the state.
During the 1830s, quite a number of German Jews arrived in the city. On September 19, 1841, the B'ne Yeshurun congregation was organized by the Germans. In April 1854, Isaac Mayer Wise became the first rabbi of the B'ne Yeshurun congregation. In that same year, Wise’s brother-in-law, Edward Bloch, followed Wise to Cincinnati, and eventually founded a printing company that evolved into Bloch Publishing Company, the oldest Jewish publishing company in the U.S., which remained in Cincinnati until it moved to New York City in 1901.
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.
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I met my dad for bagels this morning. He and my mom have made some rather major decisions without even mentioning them to me.....I hate that. I don't need to be consulted, but it's weird to be out of the loop entirely.
He and I got into an intense discussion, no win really. ....He was asking me to bear the burden of my mother's anxiety. I can't do it. Right now I am hunting for a job, searching for an apartment despite my lack of income, trying to make some very major decisions about where my life is heading and with whom, and grappling with some pretty heavy heartache.
My mother is inventing reasons to be concerned and to lecture me, and then getting hurt when I can't handle it and choose to avoid her. At this point, I don't even consider avoidance immature - it's a lifesaving measure that I need to take on my own behalf.
I can't focus on my own needs, my own, job, apartment, choices and heartaches, if I'm weighed down by her constant worries. I can't carry my mother's burdens on top of my own. I just can't.
I've talked to her time and again about how damaging our relationship has become to my well-being. I've told her outright that if our relationship can't improve I have to walk away.
I know my dad means well. But he's asking something of me that I honestly can't give.
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Crimson-Fronted Barbet
Scientific Name : Megalaima rubricapilla rubricapilla (Xantholaema rubricapilla)
(Ceylon Small Barbet / Ceylon Coppersmith/ Crimson-throated Barbet)
Identification :
(16 cm) Smaller than the Brown Headed Barbet and Yellow-fronted Barbet. Has red forehead, yellow face patches and black bill. Distinguish from the Coppersmith by blue patch below cheek, small red spot on breast, unstreaked breast, and its fast call. Sexes similar. Direct flight with steady wingbeats (beware of confusion with Lorikeet). Some times sings from bare branch at top of tree. Solitary, in pair or, out of breeding season, in flocks.
Voice : A brisk "pop-pop-pop....." (Faster than Coppersmith) in burst of up to six, also a slower "wonk, wonk, wonk"
Status and Distribution : Endemic race (considered by some authorities as separate species) Common in open wood, cultivated land with trees and gardens in the wet zone up to 1000m and parts of the dry zone.
Nesting : In tree hole; January-June
A 105-year-old house near San Antonio College will likely be demolished to make room for a campus facility that will promote environmental sustainability.
The Historic and Design Review Commission denied a landmark designation Wednesday for a 1908 house at 811 Ogden St., less than a block east of the SAC campus and just west of the Tobin Hill Historic District. Representatives of Alamo Colleges said the structure will be carefully disassembled, with doors, windows and other materials saved for repairs to other historic structures. The demolition will make room for a community garden and B-cycle station, as part of the city's bicycle sharing program.
The house is near EcoCentro, a 3,000-square-foot urban sustainability center under development at SAC at 1802 N. Main Ave. It will accommodate courses and community workshops on renewable energy and other environmental topics, including gardening, composting, recycling and water conservation.
The city's Office of Historic Preservation determined the house still has much of its structural integrity, despite being used as apartments at least since the early 1950s, and request the designation.
But Molly Cundari, an architect on the project, told commissioners the house lost much of its integrity when it was converted to apartments.
“We think that the house has been altered beyond the point which it would be considered” for landmark designation, Cundari said.
Frederica Kushner, a Tobin Hill resident, appealed to the board to support the designation, which would ultimately be ruled on by the City Council, to save the house. Use of the house as a “rooming home” did not lessen its historic value, she said.
But Commissioner Harry Shafer, who made a Feb. 27 site visit, said the house is worse off than it appears, with a foundation in “terrible shape,” a leaky roof and rotting wood. Commissioner Victor Salas said it would cost “more than it would be worth” to restore it.
City staff research revealed that Henry C. Feldman, a prominent real estate agent, was among the first occupants of the house. A 1908 testimonial in the San Antonio Light said Feldman “put through some of the largest and most important real estate transfers” in the city in the early 1900s.
College district officials said they tried to find a buyer to move the house, but were unsuccessful. Despite a 6-foot perimeter fence, the district also has reported problems with vandals tearing apart walls of the vacant house in search of copper wiring.
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Here’s the 3rd of three posters I hafta do for the Dragon Clothing Mystery Tour. I've been watching too many Tsui Hark flicks and wanting to do some more zombies. I tried to keep the central figure clean and make everything around her dirty and textured. Goofing around with transparencies as well.
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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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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."
View Large On Black. A good friend mixing tunes at a club downtown. Strobist info - f5.6 at 1/90 400 iso, a strobe with a blue gel mid level camera left pointed at the background, a strobe with a cto gel low camera right, wtb set to tungsten. FYI the vest also has blue tube lighting running through it so that is where some of the strange blue highlights come from. I also shot a tighter crop but I just love the background to much to not include it.
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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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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!
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2009 - Day 61
Nikon D3 / Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 - 1/60 * f/1.4 * ISO 800 * @ 50mm - LARGE
Today was a lot of fun, and I took some really good (I think) pictures. I haven't actually had a chance to drop my film off at Colonial whatever it is in Orlando so it's going to be a day or two before I get around to posting the scans. They're website says that they scan at 2000x3000, which is a hell of a lot better than CVS or Walmart, I don't really care about there resolution, I just hope that they're able to keep the colors that you can see in the prints. The scan was a whopping 7 bucks (not as much as NCPS but still not cheap) so I sure hope that it all turns out. If it works though the next question will be do they take mail orders? I'll have to ask next time.
But anyway, I woke up around 12 and was out of the house by 1. We drove into downtown Orlando and went to guitar center with Kyle and one of his friends before we got back into the car and drove further downtown. Then we walked around Lake Eola. It was a really pretty day and again, I got some great pictures. It was kind of funny though when one of the swans chased us away from the babies. We weren't really that close but the mom was obviously pretty pissed off.
After we got back from the lake we went back to the house and hung out for a little bit before going to dinner. I had some very good pineapple fried rice with shrimp, chicken and cashews, while Izzy had what was pretty much molten lava on a plate. I have only once in my life had something that hot, but that was in Key West at some godawful mexican restaurant. That's a long story though.
After dinner though we went out to one of the many malls in the area and waited for our movie to start at 9:15pm. Yes, I know it seems like we're doing the whole tour of Orlando malls thing. It's a little odd. But really walking around the mall was pretty funny since Kyle was with us, he made being in Victoria Secret with the girls, which probably would have been pretty awkward, really funny.
I'm a serious believer that you shouldn't shop for underwear with any girl that you don't have half a chance of seeing them in said underwear. But that's another topic entirely.
Then we saw "The International". Which, I'd have to say is amazingly awful. That's one of the worst movies that I've ever seen. It was unbearably slow, had only one good scene, and the ending basically nullified everything that had happened in the last two hours of the movie. Ugh. That was a waste of $6.50.
After the movie though we went back to the house and watched Leverage until some ungodly hour of the night. It's too late and I'm really, really tired.
What sucks though is I have a feeling that the girls are going to wake me up early tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to that.