"It's hard to be a man

But I'm doing all I can

I'm ready to give this all I have

I'm ready to be amazed

'Cause I'm standing here alone

Trying to make this life my own

And nothing will keep this heart from beating

I'm still breathing

Promise me some dignity

If I were to stand and die here

'Cause my heart is somewhere else

It's a pain I've never felt

Time's racing (Please slow down)

I got to find my way out

I'm hopeless (But hoping)

My lungs won't fail me now

'Cause I'm still breathing."

--"Still Breathing" by Mayday Parade

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This is Russell Sweet. Some of you have seen him before in my photos. He's such a good model. I have so many pictures from today. I can't wait to share them.

This is part of a series. = ) Read the description on the set page.

Looks REALLY good here

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"The Day before Tomorrow." 1999

two screen slide projection installation

Installation view: “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, ” Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France. 6th of February – 18th of April, 2010

Collection Whitney Museum of American Art:

collection.whitney.org/object/33136

Exhibition history of the installation “The Day Before Tomorrow”(1999):

1999 “Chronos & Kairos,” Curator René Block. Participating artists including: Darren Almond, Janine Antoni, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Bloom, George Brecht, Marcel Broodhaers, John Cage, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Marcel Duchamp, Hans Peter Feldmann, Robert Fillou, Dick Higgins, Christian Jankowski, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, Joseph Kosuth, George Maciunas, Tatsuo Miyajima, Mariko Mori, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Man Ray, Dieter Roth, Thomas Ruff, Sam Taylor Wood, Endre Tot, Rosemarie Trockel, Ben Vautier, Wolff Vostell, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Emmett Williams, Maaria Wirkkala, La Monte Young/Marian Zazeela. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, 5 Sept.-7 Nov. Kassel, Germany. Catalog:

www.flickr.com/photos/artexh/7610743052/in/album-72157633...

2002 “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky”. Lisson Gallery London.

2005 “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky,” Curator Loretta Yarlow. Fine Arts Center UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts. Catalog with an introduction by René Block and Loretta Yarlow and texts by Adam D. Weinberg, Barry Schwabsky, Andreas Bee, Anthony Bond, Kai-Uwe Hemken. (English and German),

2005-6 “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky: The Day Before Tomorrow,” Curator René Block. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. Catalog with an introduction by René Block and Loretta Yarlow. Texts by Adam D. Weinberg, Barry Schwabsky, Andreas Bee, Anthony Bond, Kai-Uwe Hemken. (English and German).

Information: www.flickr.com/photos/artexh/14066015496/in/album-7215763...

Installation view: www.flickr.com/photos/artexh/6577909915/in/album-72157633... www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=1817&menu

2007 “Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky,” ESPOO Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Catalog with texts by Timo Valjakka, Anthony Spira, Barry Schwabsky, (English, Finnish, Swedish), EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki.

Installation view: www.flickr.com/photos/artexh/5596767254/in/album-72157633...

2008 “Taking Time,” Curators Isabel Carlos and Iñaki Martinez Antelo. Artists: Ignasi Abali, Jorge Barbi, Fernando Bryce, Matthew Buckingham, Victor Burgin, Mircea Cantor, Tacita Dean, Mark Dion, Jimmie Durham, William Eggleston, Douglas Gordon, João Maria Gusmão, On Kawara, David Lamelas, Tatsuo Miyajima, Jonathan Monk, Allan Ruppersberg, Sam Taylor Wood. Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo. MARCO, Spain. Catalog:

2010 “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, ” Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole. 6th of February – 18th of April, France. Catalog with texts by John Hanhardt and Philippe-Alain Michaud: www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=1817&menu

Installation view: www.flickr.com/photos/artexh/7598098558/in/album-72157633...

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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.

www.unsere-flotte.de/deutschland.html

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discusiarte.wordpress.com/category/arte-popular/

We verblijven op het eilandje Wichub Wala, gelegen ten NO van de provincie Panama aan de kust van de Atlantische oceaan. Het eilandje is piepklein. Het staat vol met nette hutjes. Er is een bakker, een supermarkt, een restaurant, een groot plein en een grote gemeenschappelijke overdekte ruimte met zitbanken. Regelmatig komen de dorpsbewoners daar samen om belangrijke beslissingen te nemen. Het eilandje zelf heeft een dorpschef en telt zo ongeveer een gemeenschap van een paar honderd 'Kuna Yala' indianen. Ze leven van visvangst, jacht en toerisme. De vrouwen naaien mooie decoratieve doekjes, 'de Mola's'. De Kuna vrouwen hebben veel smaak om zich te kleden en te versieren met gouden juwelen. Hun armen en benen worden omwonden met gekleurde glazen pareltjes in mooie decors. Ze dragen ook een bloesje met pofmouwkes en een typisch 'Mola' borststukje. Daarop een rokje met bloemmotieven. Sommige getrouwde Kuna vrouwen schilderen een mooie zwarte lijn dwars over hun gezicht en dragen een gouden neusclip onderaan in de neus.

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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

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歡迎點閱我最新的文章「最真實的感動」，或是我的部落格 光影、色彩、我，關於攝影二三事！

Shot was taken during my New York trip last summer. It's a popular vantage point of Grand Central Terminal, and I just cannot let it go! :-)

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~紐約，紐約州，美國~

New York City, NY, USA

- ISO 100, F22, 30 sec, 16mm

- Canon 5D Mark II with EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens

© copyright 2011 Hsiang Wei Chao

.|| This image may not be used for any purposes without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.

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

Color 1st comment | large on black | Link to prints available on my profile page

Trying to chose between the black & white and the color on this one nearly killed me (see first comment for the color image). You really can't imagine how much time I spent flipping back and forth and agonizing and changing my mind. At last I made the decision to post the black & white because I noticed I had a pattern going with my last few shots: color, b/w, color, b/w, color ... well, it was b/w's turn I guess.

I really do love both versions, and both types of presentation in general. For my recent work, the b/w I feel can present a stronger overall composition and image - without the "distraction" of color. However, the color often seems more beautiful, and more reminiscent of the scene itself.

When I was a painter (and still, as a designer) I am very colorful and think of my strength in the use of color to be among my greatest talents as an artist. So, it's not so easy for me to leave the beauty of color behind. But, the strength and impact of b/w, well ... ahhhh! I just go back and forth a million times.

I know that whichever I choose there will be many who will prefer the other (but also many who will be quite happy with the choice). I value critique and the opinions of others, but ultimately it is my own opinion that I need to find each time. Usually I can find it. With this photo, I could not.

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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)

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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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Size 220 x 220 mm.

216 pages printed in full color.

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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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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.

Check out more at my blog, for lots of photos, recipes, tech talk, travel writing and other ramblings. I appreciate any feedback but, please do not post graphic awards or invitations in the comments, I'm just not crazy about them. Also, if you want to use any of my Commercial Commons licensed photos please link the attribution back to my blog (listed above) and use my full name, Frank McMains. Thanks! Sorry, but you have to pay to use fully copyright protected photos.

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 40 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

Kuroi: HEEEEEY YOU TWO!!!!

Sawul: O_______O !!!

/

Kuroi: EEEEEEEEEH VOSOTROS!!!!

Sawul: O_______O !!!

LINKS:

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

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

Visit my blog for advice on how on how to take photographs of your children or submit a photo for inclusion in "Ken's Tips On Your Pics": www.kensharp.com/blog/category/kens-tips-on-your-pics-2/

© Ken Sharp. Please do not use or download without permission. If you have any queries please contact me: www.kensharp.com

Nicer on black. I've never felt the urge to use a black background before, but it was just immediately obvious that the white background wasn't working here, and colors are much nicer against a black background. There are some color space issues here and, e.g., the green of the barrel is duller in Firefox than in Photoshop here on my computer. If I had nothing else to do I could probably improve this somewhat, but there are bigger fish that need frying. Sigh.

Back to Pea Ridge National Military Park in NW Arkansas. This was a site of a major battle in the western theater of the U.S. Civil War. The western theater was never of any great significance to the war, though, so this is a bit of "big fish in a small pond".

The site has some wonderful prairie and woods, and they've reconstructed some of the areas, including dribbling the odd canon here and there.

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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!)

Vandaag was galerieopwegs keuze van videowerken te zien voor bezoekers van de tentoonstelling Video Vortex.2 in het Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Montevideo/Time Based Arts in Amsterdam waar De Galerist zich curator for one day mocht noemen.

Maartje Jaquet, die De Galerist verraste met een heuse trofee, wees de weg naar de tentoonstelling Bloody Beautiful bij Ronmandos. Een wonderkamer met beestachtig werk van Silvia B., Marcel Berlanger, Jeroen Eisinga, Mark Fairnington, Nicolas Grospierre & Olga Mokrzycka, Koen Hauser, Martin Healy, Karen Knorr, Marjan Laaper, Erwin Olaf, Barbara Polderman, William Wegman, Cindy Wright en Christiaan Zwanikken.

Zwanikken (1967) maakt fantastische bewegende installaties -met meestal een computergestuurd mechaniek dat schedels, skeletdelen of (delen van) opgezette dieren in beweging brengt- die menselijk of dierlijk gedragingen vertonen. Zijn werk ontstaat "vanuit een grenzeloze fascinatie voor de schoonheid van het leven." Ook het Museum Tinguely (Basel, Zwitserland) heeft werk van hem in collectie.

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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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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.

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Op dit schitterende "terras" met prachtig uitzicht over de stad kwam ik min of meer al dwalend en onoplettend terecht. Het was er heerlijk rustig, lekkere koffie tegen een spotprijsje en toen ik deze plek opnieuw wilde bezoeken om wat bij te komen van alle stedelijke hectiek duurde het wel héél lang voordat ik het weer gevonden had.

Tip: hij ligt boven het oude station in Moorse stijl, waar alleen de treinen naar Sintra vertrekken.

Thuis op internet gevonden wat en waar het was: Fontein Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara

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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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Rattlesnake Ridge (sometimes called Rattlesnake Ledge or Rattlesnake Mountain) is a mountain ridge located south of North Bend, Washington. It rises from the intersection of State Route 18 and I-90 and runs southeast about seven air miles (11 km) or eleven trail miles (18 km). It is the highest and easternmost of the Issaquah Alps (although Cedar Butte in the gap between Rattlesnake Ledge and the Cascade front at Mount Washington is considered by Harvey Manning to be a quasi-Alp). A complicated maze of abandoned logging roads and constructed trails have been strung together to provide a 13-mile (21 km) foot path from the Snoqualmie Point Trailhead at Exit 27 on I-90 all the way to the Rattlesnake Lake trailhead near Exit 32.

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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.

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I realized I hadn't done anything cool with photoshop in a while, so I figured what better time to get my 'shop on than with the release of Left 4 Dead 2!

Out of all the photoshop projects I've done lately, I think this one was the most fun. It looks like I actually put some effort into it and is probably the coolest looking one so far. I decided on an original color scheme of purplish-blueish, rather than the official green/yellow. Except for the ripped thumb part (taken straight from the actual box art ._. ) everything is my own work. (But even that took a while to make it look right.)

The alternate (a.k.a. The one that's blatant advertising for the game) is in the comments. I was thinking about uploading it instead of the one here, but I had to go with the simplicity of this one. (Not the mention the word "dEAD" looks kinda funky)

P.S. I find it funny that I spent my night working on a Left 4 Dead pic, rather than actually playing it. Hmmmm... Well, that's what tonight is for. :D

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This large raptor showed up in our back yard this Morning. Stillwater, OK March 11, 2009

Bluesbandit1750 said that it is a Cooper's Hawk and I have another confirmation.

Coopers Hawk from Wikipedia...

"Cooper's Hawk was first described by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1828. It is a member of the goshawk genus Accipiter. This bird was named after the naturalist William Cooper, one of the founders of the New York Lyceum of Natural History (later the New York Academy of Sciences) in New York. Other common names; Big Blue Darter, Chicken Hawk, Hen Hawk, Mexican Hawk, Quail Hawk, Striker and Swift Hawk[2]

The average size of an adult male, at 312 g (.69 lb), 39.37 cm (15.5 in) long and has a wingspan of 71.12 cm (29 in). The adult male is significantly smaller than the average female, at 500 g (1.1 lb), 45 cm (17.7 in) long and has a wingspan of 83 cm (32.67 in). All have short rounded wings and a very long tail with dark bands, round-ended at the tip. Adults have red eyes and have a black cap, with blue-gray upper parts and white underparts with fine, thin, reddish bars. Their tail is blue gray on top and pale underneath, barred with black bands. Immatures have yellow eyes and have a brown cap, with brown upper parts and pale underparts with thin black streaks mostly ending at the belly. Their tail is brown on top and pale underneath, barred with dark bands. "

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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.

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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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Type: Container Ship

Flag: Antigua & Barbuda

Port of Registry: Saint John’s

Previous names: JPO AQUARIUS, LIBRA BUENOS AIRES, CMA CGM CHILI

Owner: Oltmann Shipping Company, Stade, Germany

Operator: CMA CGM, Marseille, France

Year built: 2000

Built by: Aker MTW Werft, Wismar, Germany

Length: 207.41m

Beam: 29.80 m

Draft: 11.40 m

Gross tonnage: 25 361 tons

Net tonnage: 12 733 tons

Deadweight: 33 931 tons

Container capacity: 2470 TEU

Reefer Points: 400

Cranes: 3 x 45 tons

Engine type: B & W 8S60MC, 7 cylinder

Engine power: 16 980 kW

Speed​​: 22 knots

Call Sign: V2KU

MMSI: 304200000

IMO: 9220316

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In Buddhism, the fish symbolizes happiness and freedom. Also the fish makes an appearance as one of the eight sacred symbols of the Buddha: 1) Conch, 2) Lotus, 3) Parasol, 4) Wheel, 5) Knot, 6) Pair of Golden Fish, 7) Banner of Victory, 8) Vase.

In Norse and ancient European cultures, the fish had symbolic meanings of adaptability, determination, and the flow of life.

The fish was sacred to the Greco-Roman mythology, where it held symbolic meaning of change and transformation.

In Christianity, the fish is a symbol of abundance and faith as observed in the Biblical story of fishes and loaves.

In ancient Eastern Indian mythology, the fish is a symbol of transformation and creation. This is observed in the ancient flood myth in which Vishnu transformed himself into a fish (Matsya) to save the world from a great flood.

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At one time, Frank Sinatra and the Beach Boys crooned here nightly, and more people spent their summer vacations sunbathing along the shoreline than hiking in Yosemite National Park. But, the Salton Sea is no longer loved. It's totally abandoned. Falling into disrepair. In fact, being intentionally dismantled. It's like a nature-resort wasteland.

Today, the sea has been left mainly to the birds. It's a 300,000-acre saltwater lake that straddles Riverside and Imperial counties in the hottest, driest part of southeastern California and is a stopping ground for nearly 400 species of birds - more than any other wetland in the United States except the Texas Gulf Coast. Millions of migrating birds, including endangered brown pelicans, rare blue herons, and eared grebes flock to the sea during winter months.

The Salton Sea is a modern day environmental conundrum. It's undeniably one of the most important habitats for birds in the West. But the sea relies mainly on ["wasteful"] irrigation run-off from Imperial Valley agriculture. The farm run-off is a toxic "soup" of salt, fertilizers, selenium and traces of pesticide - all of which encourage the massive growth of plant life & algae in the water, which both richly feeds the fish (contributing to their health & well-being) and then depletes the oxygen (in the hottest months) in the water, thus killing the fish. Mass fish deaths = nasty odor that can be smelled all the way to Palm Springs. Bye, bye tourism. So, the conundrum ... conserve water, eliminate waste = the sea drying up and the birds losing an important wetland sanctuary. Congress has spent millions over the last 10+ years trying to find a solution to this tricky equation. All I know is: if anyone offers you a "hot" investment opportunity in a new Salton Sea resort ... just say no.

If Congress has its way ... the current legislation proposes spending $2billion (!!) to dry up most of the lake, leaving a small brine pit in the center, and a small lake at the south end and a small lake at the north end of the current sea. I dunno. Somehow that seems a sad, sorry "solution."

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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.

Castelló d'Empúries, Girona (Spain).

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The post-processing of this photo has been enough elaborated. From a single shot I do a HDR with Lock06 tone mapping to smooth shades and emphasize the texture of the stone. Then I have turned it to B&W with green filter. Next I have trimmed the sky of the original and I have stuck it in the B&W. I have intensified blue touching the curves, and I have turned the sky to B&W with red filter… and this is what it has left.

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The gothic parochial cathedral of Santa Maria has the structure and dimensions of a cathedral, a status which it did not achieve despite various attempts made by the earls of Empuries to have it named as such.

It is one of the most interesting examples of Catalan religious gothic architecture.

The construction, which began in the thirteenth century and continued throughout the entire fourteenth century, was completed at the beginning of the fifteenth century when the façade, with its beautiful marble entrance, was finished. The interior, representative of the Mediterranean gothic style, contains: unique roman baptism fonts, an exceptional 15th century alabaster altar piece, two sarcophagus belonging to earls, and a gothic stained glass window, the alter piece “dels Dolors” from the 18th century, an organ from the 19th century and many other items of interest.

The bell tower, with gothic decorations, follows the architectural design of the 13 century roman Lombard influence.

Source: www.castello.cat/interior/en/223-61/basilica-of-santa-mar...

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El post-proceso de esta foto ha sido bastante elaborado. A partir de una sola toma he hecho un HDR con mapeo de tonos Lock06 para suavizar sombras y resaltar la textura de la piedra. Luego lo he convertido a B/N con filtro verde. Seguidamente he recortado el cielo de la original y lo he pegado en la B/N. He intensificado el azul tocando curvas, y he convertido el cielo a B/N con filtro rojo... y esto es lo que ha salido.

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La iglesia parroquial gótica de Santa María tiene una estructura y unas dimensiones propias de una catedral, una dignidad que no consiguió a pesar de los varios intentos realizados por los condes de Empúries.

Es uno de los ejemplos más interesantes de la arquitectura religiosa gótica de Cataluña.

La obra, empezada en el siglo XIII, prosiguió durante todo el siglo XIV i finalizó a principios del XV, cuando se construyó la fachada con el bello portal de mármol. El espacio interior, paradigma del gótico mediterráneo, contiene las singulares fuentes bautismales románicas, el muy notable retablo mayor de alabastro del siglo XV, dos sarcófagos condales y un vitral góticos, el retablo de los Dolores del siglo XVIII, el órgano del siglo XIX y muchos otros elementos de interés.

El campanario, con decoración gótica, sigue todavía la composición arquitectónica de los campanarios románicos de influencia lombarda. Pertenece seguramente al siglo XIII.

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I found this Rolls Royce Phantom, in the pouring rain in the city of Arnhem, at a few meters of my house. It stood gracefully together with a Aston Martin DB9, Audi S8, Audi Q7 V12 TDI, Bentley Continental Flying Spur, BMW M5 and a Porsche Panamera Turbo.

I was in a hurry to get to a store before closing time and it kept raining but still I managed to get some shots of all the cars there. I liked this shot for the contrast and DoF and I think the B-W conversion really ads to the texture of the raindrops on this amazing vehicle.

For more shots of these cars, take a look at my stream at Autogespot.com.

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.

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Going through my archives I found this ...The detail and colour really shine here.........This male Mallard didn't mind me watching him at all.

"Breeding (Alternate) Plumage: Head iridescent dark green. Narrow white neck ring. Breast chestnut-brown. Back and wings brownish gray. Underparts light grayish. Rump and under tail black, with white area just in front along flanks. Tail white on outside with black middle feathers. Central tail feathers curled up toward back. Bill yellow to greenish, with black nail at tip. Eyes dark. Feet red.

Eclipse (Basic) Plumage: Crown dark green. Face pale brownish. Dark line through eye. Breast warm brown. Body and wings mottled brown, white, and buff. Slight upturn to central tail feathers. Bill clear yellowish olive."

Have a great day everyone!!

As discovered via Fatwallet, BestBuy has interesting "Back to School" coupon booklets at their stores. It's interesting because they appear to give you random sets of discounts. Someone found a way to identify the one that give you the 30% off coupon.

Basically, I've confirmed two ways to quickly spot the ones that have the bigger discounts:

1. As you'll see in the photos, the 30% off ones have slightly different copyright text than the lower (10% 5% 15%) booklets. If you get one with a 29528_1 to the left of the copyright symbol on the back cover, you have a lower one. If there's no text to the left of the the copyright symbol, you've got the 30% off!

2. I found the "Back-to-School" booklets next to the customer service counters. Since there were sales people there, I couldn't afford to stand around and sort through stacks of booklets. A quick way to find the ones with the bigger discounts is to look from the top side of the stack (i.e. spine of the booklet fold). The 30% off ones will be less yellowish in print, probably because of a difference in printing or folding batch.

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Camera / Lens: Nikon D60 with Nikkor AF-S 35mm f1.8

ISO: 800

Aperture: f1.8

Exposure: 1/25 secs (handheld shot)

the shot was taken with the B&W mode of the camera

Larnaca, Cyprus

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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"

Worklog (French) : www.overclocking-pc.fr/forums/showthread.php?58465-Waterc...

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Configuration :

OS: Windows 10 Pro x64

PSU: Corsair AX1200i

MB: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition

CPU: Hexacore Intel Core i7 4930K

RAM: 4x4 Go de Ram Corsair Dominator Platinum 2666 CAS 10

GPU: 3way-SLI GeForce GTX TITAN

Sound Card : Asus Essence STX II with 7.1 daugther card

SSD : Crucial MX 100 (512 Go)

HDD:

- WD Vélociraptor (1To)

- WD Green (2To)

- WD (1To)

Case : Phanteks Enthoo Primo

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Watercooling Material :

Waterblock :

-CPU / Motherboard - EK Water Blocks - Kit for Southbridge, Mosfets/VRM & CPU - EK-FB KIT ASUS R5E Monoblock - Nickel / Acetal

-GPU-

- XSPC - WaterBlock VGA Razor TITAN / 780 / 780 Ti

- XSPC Backplate.

Thermal Compound :

- Gelid GC Extreme Thermal Compound

- Phobya thermal Pad XT 7W/mk 1mm

- Phobya thermal Pad XT 7W/mk 0.5mm

Pump :

- 2x Laing DDC 3.25 TP 12 Volts

- XSPC - Top Plexi DOUBLE for 2 Pumps Laing DDC V2

- 2x EK Water Blocks - EK-DDC Heatsink Housing - black

Fitting :

- Nanoxia Coolforce Acrylic Fittings 10/12

- Nanoxia Coolforce flex Fittings 10/13

- Some Barrow Fittings

- Koolance QD3 Quick Disconnect No-Spill Coupling 10/13

Tubing :

- Acrylic Tubing 10/12 [OK]

- Transparent Masterkleer flex Tubing 10/13

Reservoir :

- Alphacool - Reservoir HF 38 Cape Cyclone 250 V.2

Liquide :

- KooLance -High Performances 700mL - LIQ-702CL-B

Radiator :

- Alphacool - Radiateur NexXxoS Monsta 360 [Push/Pull]

- Alphacool - Radiateur NexXxoS UT60 Full Cuivre 360 [Push/Pull]

- Watercool MO-RA3 360 PRO black (3x360mm Rad) [Push]

Rhéobus :

- Lamptron CW611

- Hub Phanteks 11 Fan

- 2x PCB Y Phobya 8 Fan

Fan :

- Aerocool Dead Silence black (120mm & 140mm)

- Aerocool Dead Silence white (120mm)

- Phanteks PH-F140SP white LEDs (140mm)

Controleur :

- AquaComputer - temperature sensor 1/4"

- Barrow flowmeter 1/4"

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: Naruto VS Sasuke

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 01 of 23) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.

LINKS:

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

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Hilo de Naruto en Grupo en el Foro: miPullip

- See more photos at: Renske‘s Flickr