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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
Limited editon Mini #Ringdoll,http://www.ringdoll.com/goods.php?id=607.Gift for Event(2016.02.01-2016.02.28).
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.
DENVER CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING, DENVER
The construction of a new government center for the combined City and County of Denver was initiated by Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton in 1924, although including it in the Denver Civic Center was first proposed as early as 1906.
This American Renaissance Styled building was completed in 1932. Balancing the State Capitol across an expanse of lawns, it fulfilled the ideals of the City Beautiful Movement proponents who had worked on the Civic Center plans for more than two decades.
The new City Hall replaced two buildings. One was the 1883 City Hall at Speer Boulevard and Larimer Street, a four-story stone structure. The jail was in the basement, and prisoners were in danger of drowning when nearby Cherry Creek flooded. The new City and County Building also replaced the old Arapahoe County Building at Sixteenth Street and Court Place, later the site of Zeckendorf Plaza.
The new City Hall was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Denver, organized by the Colorado Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Its mission was to aid Mayor Stapleton in designing the new civic structure. The site selected was bounded by West Colfax Avenue, West Fourteenth Street, Bannock, and Cherokee, as suggested in the 1917 Civic Center plan.
Ground was broken in March 1929, and the cornerstone laid February 1931. Voters approved a $2.5 million bond issue in 1931, the same year that they voted Stapleton out of office. His successor, George D. Begole, reluctantly continued the project, working with the Allied Architects under the leadership of Denver architect Robert K. Fuller. Supervising architect from 1929 to 1931 was Roland L. Linder. The building was dedicated by Mayor Begole on August 1, 1932.
The four-story building is shaped in a semi-circle, opening east toward Civic Center Park and the State Capitol. At its center is a circular bell tower and a tall Roman temple style portico with Corinthian columns.
The east facade is embellished with engaged Ionic columns. The building was faced with gray granite. The project employed 250 stone carvers, who also detailed the marbles of the interior. Six hundred rail cars brought stone from Georgia and parts of Colorado. Among the building's 200 rooms are City Council Chambers, the Mayor's Office, and spaces once occupied by the Denver Art Museum.
The building has been decked out in colored lights every Christmas since its doors opened. A $10 million refurbishment during 1991 and 1992 restored the grand lobby, Allen True's mural "The Miners' Court" and Gladys Caldwell Fisher's life-sized bas-relief "Orpheus and the Animals."
Check it out on black or at 1280 x 850 pixel if you... dare! ;-)
About this shot
So here I am. This was a split second mugshot taken by excellent photographer and genuinely nice guy Scott Wilson at London Underground (Tube station 'Angel' IIRC) travelling from Thames path west to the British Museum. We teamed-up for a 24 hour photowalk in the capital, visiting and shooting quite nifty locations. More to come!
I'm pretty pleased with the result, and I'm updating all my avatars and buddy icons with it. It's far less fear inducing than the old one (hehe) which is - of course, being the nice chap that I actually am - much better. (*cough*) Thx Scott! Btw, is that lens working again? ;-)
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Date: Taken on March 10, 2012 at 10.51pm CET
Exif data
Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/1.8
Focal Length 50 mm (Nikon 50mm f/1.4 G)
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias -5/3 EV
Single RAW shot processed in Lightroom, dunno how - I wasn't there. ;-)
Long boring story shot... Got bored. A mental image of a gang of flashes setting an umbrella on fire flashed through my head. Decided mount 4 flashes to 1 umbrella and fire them. No fire :(
D90 | 18mm | f/22 | ISO100
Strobist:
SB-600 1/1
SB-24 1/1
40AF-4N 1/1
433D 1/1
Through white umbrella
Fired w/ Alienbees Cybersync Triggers
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, is a public high school located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas.
It is an arts magnet school of the Dallas Independent School District, and as such is locally known simply as "Arts Magnet".
Many well-known artists have graduated from the school including Norah Jones, Erykah Badu, Frank LoCrasto, Edie Brickell, and Roy Hardgrove.
Architects : Allied Works Architecture Brad Cloepfil
www.alliedworks.com/launch.html
History~ In 1892, Dallas established its first high school for African American pupils.
The school was moved in 1922 to larger quarters, and renamed Booker T. Washington High School, after the African-American education pioneer Booker T. Washington. For many years, it was the only Dallas high school that allowed students of color. ~ Wikipedia
fr: Un dimanche Soir au Loft, Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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
Adrenaline Fight Network, Clash at the Waterfront, 4th September, Arbroath, Scotland (Body Academy, Team Raw, Jigoku, Jan-Shi, Griphouse)
Worms, anyone? I've got plenty to go 'round.
So much for a break from silly self portraits, haha. From my last 52 week entry:
I figure I could use a break from the more fun and silly self's for this 52 week'r.
Growing up I used to love those gummy candies that are available at Walgreens and other corner convenience stores. My favorites were the gummy candies that were lathered and coated in sugar. More particularly the peach rings, and the sugar battered creepy crawlies.
It's been a while since I've indulged in the gummy goodness. Until today at least. I went to Safeway and swooped up a bag of non-sugar coated worms. They were great tasting ... at first. on nom nom nom
While taking this series of self portraits I repeatedly found myself chewing and eating the gummy worms. I downed so many that they tasted absolutely horrendous by the time I got the shot I wanted.
For the record, that is indeed a real jumbo sized creepy crawly slimey squirming live wriggling pulsing night crawling earthworm in my left hand!
Who said worms aren't cute? Earthworms are cool. And tapeworms are cute.
In any case, with Happy Hallow right around the corner -stay safe, and have fun out there everyone!
Lighting: Canon 430EX camera left shoot thru @ 1/2 triggered via poverty wizards.
ass-KLE-pee-us -- named for Asklepios, the god of healing in Greek mythology ... Dave's Botanary
ku-ra-SAV-ik-uh -- of or from Curaçao, a Dutch Caribbean island ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: bloodflower, Curassavian swallow-wort, false ipecac, Indian root, scarlet milkweed, silkweed, West Indian ipecacuanha • Assamese: আকন লতা akon lota, ভাদৈ তিতা ফুল bhadoi tita phul • Bengali: কাকতুণ্ডী kaktundi, কৃষ্ণকলি krishna-kali • Bodo: खिम-नाना khim-nana • Dogri: रत्तफुल rattphul • Garhwali: काकतुण्डी kaktundi, लाइमा laima • Gujarati: કાકતુંડી kakatundi • Hajong: আকান্দা লেৱা akanda lewa • Haryanvi: काकाटुन्डी kakatundi • Hindi: काकाटुन्डी kakatundi, कौरा डोडी kaura dodi • Kachchhi: કાકતુંડી kakatundi • Kannada: ಚದುರಂಗಿ ಗಿಡ chadurangi gida, ಹುಲುಗಿಲು ಗಿಡ hulugilu gida, ಕಾಕತುಂಡಿ kakatundi • Kokborok: কালী-সাম kali-sam • Konkani: कुडकी kurki • Kuki: langthlei • Kullui: काकतुण्डी kaktundi • Malayalam: ചെമ്മുള്ളി ചെടി chemmulli chedi, കമ്മൽ ചെടി kammal chedi • Malvani: कुडकी kurki • Manipuri: ꯀ꯭ꯔꯤꯁꯅꯥꯆꯨꯔꯥ krishnachura • Marathi: हळद कुंकूं halad kunku, काकतुंडी kakatundi, कुडकी kurki, कुरकी kuraki, पिवळा चित्रक pivla chitrak • Mizo: ding-di • Nepali: खुर्सानी कोशे फूल khursaani koshe phool, हिरालाल hiraalaal, माछा फूल maachhaa phool, मदाने madaane, शनिखार shanikhaar • Rabha: আখম লেৱা akhom-lewa • Sanskrit: काकनासिका kakanasika, काकतुण्डी kakatundi • Tamil: அரியமான் ariyaman, ககாதுண்டி kakaathundi • Telugu: అగ్ని జిల్లేడు agni jilledu, జిల్లేడు మందార jilledu mandara • Tulu: ಚದುರಂಗಿ chadurangi
known for / parts made use of: a keystone ecological host plant, roots, stems, leaves & flowers, seed pods & fluff, the milky sap / latex ... compiled from the web
botanical names: Asclepias curassavica L. ... homotypic synonyms: Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb. • Asclepias bicolor Moench • Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze ... heterotypic synonyms: Asclepias cubensis Wender. • Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmanns. ex Schult. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 13 July 2026
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout; introduced, naturalized, cultivated.
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
A view of Gudam Village in Imsil County, looking down from a lookout point.
March 11, 2015
Imsil-gun County, Jeollabuk-do
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Korean Culture and Information Service
Korea.net (www.korea.net)
Official Photographer : Jeon Han
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Imsil, a county that fills your emptiness
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Imsil, ngôi làng lan tỏa tình người giản dị
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한국기행: 산과 물이 어우러진 풍경, '임실'
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Pasting from Bostonist: More MITardis: Doctor Who vs. Harvard?:
• • • • •
Earlier today, we posted photographs of the scifi cult object that recently appeared on the roof of MIT building 7. After a closer inspection of the images, we have deciphered the text on the left door:
HACKER TELEPHONE
FREE FOR USE OF
HACKERS
ADVICE & ASSISTANCE
NOT REALLY OBTAINABLE
JACK & JAMES
MAY RESPOND TO CALLS
DO NOT OPEN
We've also learned, from Eric Schmiedl's gorgeous nighttime photographs, that the TARDIS lights up at night.
The blue box, when it initially materialized at MIT, seems to have been accompanied by a banner declaring the score:
THE DOCTOR - 1
HAHVAHD - 0
We know (because we're nerds) that the Doctor has longstanding feuds with the Master, Sontarans, Cybermen, Daleks, the Rani, and the Ice Warriors, and he owes Casanova a chicken, but—what sort of conflict does he have with Harvard University?
• • • • •
UPDATE: After The Doctor's visit to MIT, a Dalek showed up, too.
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.
I got L Glass!!!
Well I have finally joined the L Glass club. I wasn't sure if I would ever get there but I made it. So what is the secret handshake anyway?
I have thought long and hard about getting the 16-35mm f/2.8L but I could not bring myself to spend that much on one lens. After some sage advice from Cory Disbrow, I decided to get this lens along with the 70-200mm f/4L instead. I would get more range for less $$. Obviously it is not f/2.8, but after I start taking some consistently high quality shots (not there yet) I think I will be able to justify it to myself. Cory did mention something that gave me pause. He said that I might consider holding off until I could afford the 70-200 f/4L with IS. It is double the price and I am not known for being patient where gear is concerned (Sorry, Julie). However I did hold off for a bit to think it over. I knew I would use the 17-40. I have rented it and loved it. I have often wanted to go wider than my existing 28-135mm would allow.
So now my quandary, I have camera $$ to spend and I am not sure what to spend it on. My options:
-The 70-200mm 4/L without IS (side note, I just lost a bid for a used one on eBay as I was typing this)
-The Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 - I really like what Tom Bricker has done with this lens (even though its on a Nikon) but I will need to wait for one to be in stock @ B&H or buy from Hong Kong. Yeah, I know it will lean my camera bag to the wide angle side, but I can always rent a telephoto if I need it. (I have a reservation for the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II for a wedding/cruise in October)
-Upgrade my 50mm prime to f/1.4 from f/1.8. Not sure how much of an edge the additional aperture will get me on dark Disney rides. I have yet to use my 7D @ a Disney park, so I am not sure what I can do with it. I have only used it with my XTi body.
-Forget the lenses and buy Photoshop. I use PSPx2 but I have yet to use all of its capabilities. Also, next year my daughter will hit high school (Nooooooo!!!!) and some places will let her get the student discount as a result.
Any opinions?
I am going to put my XTi body on eBay in a couple days to fund my purchase of
Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod Legs along with a Manfrotto 322RC2 Joystick Head, so if anybody is interested......
Le doyenné de Rambouillet comporte six paroisses:
1-Ablis
2-Chevreuse (La Vallée de Chevreuse)
3-Gazeran - Saint-Hilarion
4-Les Essarts - Le Perray
5-Rambouillet
6-Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
rattaché au Diocèse de Versailles
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1-Ablis
Ablis, Allainville-aux-Bois, Boinville-le-Gaillard, Craches, Greffiers, Orsonville, Paray-Douaville, Prunay-en-Yvelines, Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt, Sonchamp
Ablis (Saint Pierre Saint Paul)
1, avenue des Platanes. B.P. 18
dim 11h
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Allainville-aux-Bois (Saint Pierre)
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Boinville-le-Gaillard (Assomption)
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Craches (Notre-Dame-de-la-Crèche-et-Saint-Gorgon)
1 2 3 ou 4e dim 9h30
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Greffiers (hameau de la commune de Sonchamp)
Orsonville (Saint André)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78472_01
Paray-Douaville (Saint Pierre)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78478_01
Prunay-en-Yvelines (anc Prunay-sous-Ablis)
Saint Pierre et Saint Paul
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78506_01
Saint-Martin de Bréthencourt (Saint Pierre Saint Paul)
dim 10h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78564_01
Sonchamp (Saint Georges)
sam 18h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78601_01
2-Chevreuse (La Vallée de Chevreuse)
Cernay-la-Ville, Chevreuse, Choisel, Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Milon-la-Chapelle, Saint-Forget, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Senlisse
Cernay-la-Ville (Saint Brice)
Place de l'Eglise
sam 18h30 (1, 2, 3 et 5e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78128_01
Chevreuse (Saint Martin)
Place du Gl de Gaulle
dim 11h (hebd), 18h30 (portugais, 1er dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78160_01
Choisel (Saint Jean Baptiste)
Place de l'église
dim 9h30 (1, 3 et 5e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78162_01
Dampierre-en-Yvelines (Saint Pierre Saint Germain)
Place de l'église
sam 18h30 (2e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78193_01
Milon-la-Chapelle (Assomption)
dim 9h30 (2 et 4e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78406_01
Saint-Forget (Saint Féréol)
11 route de Dampierre
dim 11h (5e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78548_01
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuses (Saint Remy)
16 rue de la République
dim 11h
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78575_01
Senlisse (Saint Denis)
sam 18h30 (4e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78590_01
3-Gazeran - Saint-Hilarion
Emancé, Gazeran, GrandChamp, Hermeray, La Boissière-École, Mittainville, Orcemont, Orphin, Poigny-la-Forêt, Raizeux, Saint-Hilarion
www.paroissedegazeran-catholique-yvelines.cef.fr/
Emancé (Saint Remy)
rue de l'Eglise
1 2 3 ou 4e sam 18h30
1 2 3 ou 4e dim 9h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78209_01
Gazeran (Saint Germain d'Auxerre)
4, rue de l'Eglise
dim 11h
11 novembre 11h
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78269_01
Gazeran (Salle Saint Benoît)
8 sept 9h30
Hermeray (Saint Germain d'Auxerre)
rue de l'Eglise
1 2 3 ou 4e sam 18h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78307_01
La Boissière-Ecole
2 bis, Grande rue
1 2 3 ou 4e sam
1 2 3 ou 4e dim 9h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78077_01
Mittainville (Saint Remy)
1 2 3 ou 4e dim 9h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78407_01
Orcemont (Saint Eutrope)
rue de l'Eglise
1 2 3 ou 4e sam 18h30
1 2 3 ou 4e dim 9h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78464_01
Orphin (Sainte Monégonde)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78470_01
Poigny-la-Forêt (Saint Pierre)
route de Saint Léger
1 2 3 ou 4e sam 18h
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78497_01
Raizeux (Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle)
7, chemin de l'Eglise
1 2 3 ou 4e sam 18h
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78516_01
Saint-Hilarion (Saint Hilarion)
5, rue de l'Eglise
1 2 3 ou 4e sam 18h
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78557_01
4-Les Essarts - Le Perray
Auffargis, Le Perray-en-Yvelines, Les Bréviaires, Les Essarts-le-Roi, Vieille-Eglise
Auffargis (Saint André)
sam 18h30
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78030_01
Le Perray-en-Yvelines (Saint Eloi)
1, rue de l'Eglise
dim 9h45
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78486_01
Les Bréviaires (Saint Antoine)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78108_01
Les Essarts-le-Roi (Saint Martin)
25 rue Henri-Prou
sam 18h (1, 3 et 5e dim)
dim 11h15
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78165_01
Vieille-Eglise (Saint Gilles)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78655_01
5-Rambouillet
Rambouillet (Saint Lubin Saint Jean Baptiste)
place Jeanne d'Arc
sam 18h30
dim 11h
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78517_01
Rambouillet (Sainte Bernadette de la Louvière)
2, rue de la paix
dim 9h30
dim 18h30 (sauf en juillet et août)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78517_02
Rambouillet (Chapelle de l'Hôpital)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78517_03
6-Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
Bullion, Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, La Celle-les-Bordes, Longvilliers, Ponthevrard, Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
advparoissedesaint-arnoult.web.officelive.com/default.aspx
Bullion (Saint Vincent)
sam 18h (1 et 3e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78120_01
hameau de Moutiers à la commune de Bullion
chapelle Sainte Anne
sam 18h (5e dim)
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines (Saint Nicolas)
1, Esplanade de l'Eglise
dim 9h45 (1 et 3e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78164_01
La Celle-les-Bordes (Saint Germain de Paris)
dim 9h45 (2 et 4e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78125_01
Longvilliers (Saint Pierre)
sam 18h (2 et 4e dim de la Toussaint à Paques)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78349_01
Ponthevrard (Saint Germain de Paris)
sam 18h (5e dim)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78499_01
Rochefort-en-Yvelines (Assomption)
sam 18h (2 et 4e dim de Pâque à Toussaint)
messesinfo.catholique.fr/public/fiche.php?valcode=78522_01
Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (Saint Nicolas)
81 rue du Général de Gaulle
sam 19h (2e dim portugais)
dim 11h
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It's been a while since I did a photo walk around sunset time. Not only because I've got tighter schedule back in Taiwan, but also the weather condition is far from OK to get a decent sunset view... Nevertheless here I am in the middle of nowhere around coastal shore in Chunghwa, central Taiwan, trying to capture the sunset!
As a matter of fact, I did not reach the destination I originally planned to. I was both late and lost when trying to locate the beach I wanted to be... I made up my mind to make some shots at the beach near where I pulled over my car! But before I could reach the beach, I needed to climb over concrete groyne fields. I think it's worthwhile as I kind of like the simplicity of the view here!
Honestly speaking the real challenge is how to get back to the car after sunset shooting. Imagine the situation... I was carrying "sandy" tripod, climbed up big cement stones, with my rainboots and in the dark! It's really spooky! I'm glad I managed to survive here! lol...
p.s. 歡迎點閱我最新的文章「也無風雨也無晴」，或是我的部落格 光影、色彩、我，關於攝影二三事！
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~彰濱工業區海灘, 線西鄉, 鹿港, 臺灣~
Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, Changhua, Taiwan
- manually blended with two exposures
- ISO 200, F8, 0.8 & 1 sec, 19mm
- Canon 5D Mark II with EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens
- Sunset @5.46pm / Shot @ 6.01pm
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An odd sign we saw in some Tube station. I have absolutely no idea what it actually refers to, but considering that I am a PHP developer by trade, this was quite funny to me.
Castelló d'Empúries, Girona (Spain).
ENGLISH
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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CASTELLANO
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.
Fuente: www.castello.cat/interior/es/223-61/basilica-de-santa-mar...
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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The modern sea-wall that shelters the port disguises history rather well. When the Roman empire fell, Pozzuoli, with the adjacent imperial glory of the port facilities of Baia, went into centuries of decline. As late as the 1880s, a travel writer in the New York Times could still say:
...The harbor of Pozzuoli is an interesting place to visit, if only to study the manner in which the ancients built their piers. There still remains the tremendous structure, or a very large portion of it, called by Seneca, Pilae, and by Suetonius, Moles Puteolanae. Of 25 buttresses, which supported 24 arches, 16 are left, three being under water. They are constructed of brick and pozzulana earth, and bear an inscription reporting that the pier was restored by Antonius Pius. A common, but very erroneous impression, owing probably to the fact of the pier now being called Ponte [bridge] di Caligula, is that it was connected with the ponton [sic] bridge which that emperor threw across the bay of Baiae in order that, clad in the armor of Alexander the Great, he might there celebrate his insane triumph over the Parthians.
Indeed, photos from that period show the pier/sea-wall of Pozzuoli to be low and jagged, essentially what is left of the old Roman structure (seen in the above image) after many centuries of neglect. (Sources differ as to how many arches the original Roman pier had.) After a century of talk about rebuilding the pier into a more modern structure, it wasn't until the early 1900s that this was done. Dvorak (sources, below) reports in 1904:
The largest and best-known Roman breakwater is that at Puteoli, commonly called the Bridge of Caligula. This great work consisted of fifteen tall piers of concrete, some of 52 feet square, others smaller, rising from 49 feet of water to some 16 feet above the surface. The tops of the piers were connected by arches, and the whole work was often referred to as the "opus pilarum," or "moles puteolanae." Unfortunately, but little of the old work is now to be seen, for the harbour is sheltered by a solid sea-wall, which has been constructed by filling up the spaces between the ancient piers. The work was originally proposed by Carlo Fontana, and, in spite of the adverse criticism of Fazio, will soon be finished.
The modernizing work was, indeed, finished and was, as noted, redone in the 1980s. Roman engineers built differently than modern ones. A modern seawall stops waves completely; the Romans, however, built separate piers (in this case, joined by arches) that were close enough to break the main force of the waves but still let sufficient water pass through. Without modern dredging equipment, this had the advantage of letting currents sweep through the harbor and keep the port from silting up. Perhaps the most interesting thing in the whole harbor was the small island off the end of the pier. It was covered with buildings and has disappeared completely; it is probably the one mentioned by the Greek historian Pausanias in the second century AD:
Off Diceearchia [the original Greek name for Pozzuoli, ed.], which belongs to the Etruscans, there is boiling water in the sea, and an island has been constructed artificially, that the water may be utilized for warm baths. The modern sea-wall of Pozzuoli (jutting out on the right in this photo) runs almost exactly east to west, pointing directly at Baia.
Much of the western part of the bay, off of Baia, has been studied and made available in the new museum in the Aragonese castle off of Baia; those waters are also now an "underwater archaeology park," but I don't know the extent to which such efforts have extended to Pausania's "artificial island." Also, there was apparently a second harbor at Puteoli. Ancient sources mention it and in the early 19th century, engineers planning to rebuild the harbor spoke of the existence of an extensive network of piers offshore below the old acropolis to the east of the main harbor.
A charming window! See large on black 'Une fenêtre charmante!'
Notice the flowers under each window. Notice also the lace curtain which suggest a dining room or kitchen window.
This house is on a corner. Cette maison est sur un coin.
Notice the flowers under each window and the bay window on one side.
This is a typical house of this particular style here. It is a modern design based on the very old Québécois house. In Saint-Lambert, an old town with areas developed at various periods, there are a few very old colonists' homes, and very modern homes built in the last 10 years or so. There is anything in between. This sector of Saint-Lambert is called Préville because this tiny town was annexed in the 70s. The general style in this area is old Normandy and old Québécois type homes. So all the streets are filled with these. I took several photos on September 11, 2006 and I am gradually showing them. See the Saint-Lambert set for the ones already downloaded. More to come.
This home of which I took 5 photos is particularly charming because of the attention to details. The blue doors and shutters, the white porch ramp, the old wood fence and most of all, the country-style landscaping. The others have the same or similar design but it is interesting to see how people do different things to decorate the exterior of their homes and what landscaping they chose.
One of several homes I photographed on September 11 and 12, 2006. All are in the quiet Préville sector of my hometown of Saint-Lambert, Québec.
Une de plusieurs maison que j'ai photographiées le 11 et le 12 Septembre, 2006. Toutes sont situées dans le secteur tranquille de Préville à ma ville de Saint-Lambert, Québec.
See/voir Sets:
flickr.com/photos/mimosa0/sets/72157594391278893/
There are major errors in the map. Other towns next to Saint-Lambert are indicated even if I put the photos on specific streets in my town!!!! It should read Saint-Lambert or at least St-Lambert.
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siehe auch / view also that Original Photo: experimentation: swimming.fireberg
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☻ Ort: ♦ Svalbard / Spitzbergen Inselgruppe im Arktischen Ozean
♦ Territorium Norwegens nach Spitzbergenvertrag von 1920
♦ entmilitarisierte Zone, dient heute der Internationalen Arktisforschung
♦ hier vor der russischen Enklave Barentsburg
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☻ Place.: ♦ Svalbard / Spitsbergen archipelagoe in Arctic Ocean
♦ Region of Norway according Svalbard Treaty from 1920 demilitarized zone
♦ it now serves primarily the International Arctic research
♦ here befor the russian Enclave Barentsburg
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Explore # 126
Processing: just a b/w filter in alien skin exposure + some textures and tonemapping in lucisart.
Info:
Exposure: 1/ 320 Sec.
Aperture: f/ 1.4
ISO-Speed: 100
Focal Length: 30mm
Lens: SIGMA 30mm 1.4 DC HSM
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better view it here, just to be safe.
week of confessions ends today!
So... I'm running out of things to confess. I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. I guess that in itself is a confession... I'm either revealing too much or I don't tell ANYONE (save for a very special few). I think I should go back to being more secretive. I think sometimes that I reveal too much of my true genuine emotions and someday they are going to come back and bite me in the ass. Some such examples of me revealing too much can be seen here, here, and here. (just three examples) I look back at them now and think, "what a melodramatic baby..." but I guess they documented how my day was that day. Man, this 365 project is making me realise a lot about myself. It's getting TOO HEAVY, PEOPLE! :-P
I really can't imagine my life without this project, actually. I don't know what I'll do in January when it's done. Do a second year? Thoughts on that..?
Song of the Day - Handsome Furs - Sing! Captain
"There's a town, just a little town
Raining cloud, a hollow sound
When our lover gather round
And if they're cold
Then they're cold
Feed them wine, feed them chrome
We hate this place here
It's our home, It's our home
And your car-collapsing trees and I
Could turn them back to sound
With the torches in our hands we will reduce it
To the ground"
View On Black and LARGE--it's pretty impressive
This is Bruno Zacchini's Super Repeating Cannon. It resides in the Museum of the Circus in Sarasota, Florida.
"Flying isn't the hard part; landing in the net is" - Mario Zacchini
John Ringling saw the Zacchinis perform at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, where he signed Hugo and Bruno (brothers) Zacchinni for the 1929 season of Ringling Brothers Circus. Over the years, the Zachinni family has dominated the human cannonball tradition. From the earliest 1900s, the Zachini brothers and their children have amazed thousands with their death-defying performance.
In 1946-47, the first Super-repeating cannon was designed and built by Bruno Zacchini with the assistance of his brother, Teobaldo in Sarasota. They used a GMC truck as the base. Bruno's daughter, Silvana, at the age of 16, became the first woman to be shot from this cannon. Later she was joined by her aunt, Simone Loyal, as a double human cannon ball act. Hugo was the last of the family members to take flight on August 29, 1991. The Zacchini's also suffered several serious accidents, including one, where two of them collided in mid air having been simultaneously shot from opposing cannons.
In 1961, this particular cannon would shoot 2 performers nearly 140' through the air in seconds of each other at speeds of 125 mph. The cannon is 37' long including the cab, 8' wide, and 20' high with the barrel raised. It is mounted on a Mack truck.
The operating mechanism has been removed--it remains a closely guarded family secret.
The cannon was made available to the museum through the courtesy of Silvana Zacchini Meluza.
Background information courtesy of the Museum of the Circus.
For more information on human cannonballs (it's dangerous, but interesting) visit this site: everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1690298
Puppies for Parole held its first annual auction in Jefferson City, Missouri, on September 8. More than 500 people attended the event for the live and silent auctions and BBQ dinner. Puppies for Parole is a program developed by the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) to prevent the euthanization of dogs in local shelters. Director of Corrections George Lombardi stated, “The project allows offenders to be handlers of the dogs and train them within the prison environment over an 8-week period. The detainees learn a skill and the program changes their thinking and emotional makeup. It improves the atmosphere of the prisons and most importantly, helps those in need like the developmentally disabled, ailing and aging veterans, children of autism and returning combat veterans.” Our Hospice units use canines in several infirmaries across Missouri. Leon Vickers, Regional Director, gave a presentation at the auction detailing how the dogs in our hospice units aid/comfort dying inmates.
The event raised more than $17,000 for the dogs. Corizon employees attended the event and contributed over $1,700 through the auction items and tickets. Those in attendance from Corizon were: Stuart Campbell, Ralf Salke, Dr. Mark Fleming, Leon Vickers, Deb Steinman, Tara Taylor, Stormi Moeller, Cary Markley and Toni Keel. Stuart Campbell was the successful bidder of the Puppies for Parole metal work and donated it to the Missouri Regional Office to be displayed for all to see.
To find out more about our correctional healthcare services, employment opportunities and community involvement visit our website at www.corizonhealth.com
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I head back to the US a week from today. I'm a big ball of nervous energy right now as I'm excited to head back but really worried about what I'm going to do once I'm there.
Today I had a goodbye lunch with Ete and Aubrey and then we met up with Folarin so I could give him my bag of lightstands and other lighting gear (hence the two bare SB900s in this photo). I didn't bring my camera to lunch with me as I didn't know if I'd have time to shoot anything but I had been planning on shooting a shot from the roof of the plaza again anyhow.
The last few days here the weather has been really weird. Apparently it's normal but there has just been this constant haze of dust from the desert hanging around the atmosphere. It's been making things really dull and quite ugly. I figured I should try to get a photo of it since I doubt I'll ever see anything like it again.
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Strobist info: SB900 @ 1/4 @ 17mm bare w 1/2 CTO gel camera left behind bar that I am sitting on | SB900 @ 1/16 @ 35mm bare w 1/2 CTO gel camera left on my left side and behind me | Fired via PocketWizard MultiMax Transceivers
Camera info: Nikon D700 | Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 | 14mm | 1/160s | f10 | ISO400
Poroiba - Akau - Wigschool - Pruikenschool
The wigmen of the Huli people aren't like Western toupee manufacturers. They are wizards who only work with people who have fine heads of hair.
What a traditional wigman does is use ancient magic to make hair grow faster than normal so it can be cut off and turned into a wig. Evidently, magic - like hair restorer - doesn't work if the hair is long gone.
This singular way of making hairpieces is found in the Tari Valley, 2000m up in the Highlands of PNG, an area just starting to make the transition from the old ways of centuries past to the new ideas which have begun to flow from the outside world.
When I explored the villages and roadside markets around the lodge, most of the men I met were wearing caps, but a good number still went about their daily business dressed in the traditional wigs.
In fact many had not one but two wigs - a plain day wig shaped like an upturned bowl, and an ornate ceremonial wig decorated with bird feathers - possession of which, like ownership of many pigs or having more than one wife, is a sign of wealth and status.
As a result the wigmen are still much in demand. And, this being a place where magic is taken very seriously, they are deeply respected. The sign welcoming visitors to Tari Airport highlights the fact that the area is "Home to the Huli wigman."
uit:
www.nzherald.co.nz/papua-new-guinea/news/article.cfm?l_id...
and:
www.papuanewguinea.net/Wigmen.html
The Huli are an indigenous people that live in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. They number over 65,000 and have been living in the area for at least 600 years. They speak Huli, Tok Pisin, and English.
From:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huli_people
We bezoeken de pruikenschool van de Huli in het heel afgelegen en geïsoleerd dorpje Poroiba.
Dit is een 'school' met leerlingen en leraren dus. Eerst moeten de jongens toegelaten worden. De jongens moeten bevestigen dat ze nog geen sex gehad hebben met het andere geslacht. Dan worden ze ingewijd in de rituelen om het haar te laten groeien. Ten vroegste na 9 maand intens 'voeden' van de haren met gezang en hoofd besproeien, kan de leeraar oordelen of het haar klaar is voor een pruik. Dan volgt een eerste knipping. Genoeg haar dan voor een gewone pruik. Een volledige cyclus is 18 maand. De jongens blijven al die maanden ter plaatse en ze moeten maagd blijven. Sommige laten de haren groeien zo dat ze 2 pruiken hebben. Genoeg voor een ceremoniële pruik. Het is een statuussymbool.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (7 of 7): Sun /
LA SALA DE ESTAR (7 de 7): Sun
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 101 of 106) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Sun: - whispering – What if we tie him with a dog lasso? XD
Cíen: … (I figured that out hundreds of times... ¬¬)
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Sun: - susurrando - Y si lo dejamos atado con correa? XD
Cíen: … (Me lo he planteado muchas veces... ¬¬)
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Antes de hacer la foto dudé en hacerla en modo A, es decir con prioridad de abertura, ya que no me gusta usarla en modo P y que sea la máquina la que controle la exposición. También pensé en usarla en modo SCENE, pero no sabía bien cuál elegir. Así que giré el disco de control hasta seleccionar el diafragma adecuado, teniendo en cuenta que se incrementaba 1/3 EV. A veces uso el modo M para ajustar la abertura y la velocidad del obturador, pero eso me hace perder tiempo. Eso sí antes le di al botón WB para ajustar el balance de blancos exactamente en 5300 K. También podía haber usado el balance de blanco a un solo toque que mola mucho, pero no tenía ninguna hoja de papel blanco a mano (es que no puedo estar por todo). Seguidamente le di al botón ISO para ajustar la sensibilidad. Luego dudé entre elegir la medición ESP, ponderada central o puntual. Podía utilizar esta última, midiendo en las altas luces y compensando la exposición dándole + 2 puntos, usando el botón para tal fin y teniendo configurado el intervalo de paso EV en 1/3EV, para luego recuperar información en el postprocesado. Al final me decidí por la ESP y que fuera la cámara la que midiera, no lo iba a hacer todo yo. También podía haber usado la medición HI, es decir de puntos con control de iluminación, pero no lo consideré necesario. Aunque usar la medición puntual y bloquear la exposición con el botón AEL/AFL tampoco hubiera sido mala idea. Luego, decidí usar el S-AF, para enfocar automáticamente pues usar el MF es más complicado sin la pantalla partida de mi antigua OM2. Así que presioné el botón hasta la mitad bloquear el enfoque y que se iluminara la marca de confirmación AF. Tampoco quise configurar el botón AEL/AFL para activar el modo C-AF. Una vez decidido, miré por el visor fijándome que me indicara la marca de confirmación AF y que la indicación de sobre o subexpuesto no parpadease. Pero no he dicho que previamente usé la función “reducción de ruido” pues es sabido que durante el fotografiado a una velocidad de obturación lenta es posible que aparezca ruido en la pantalla ya que se genera corriente en las secciones del dispositivo de captación de imagen que normalmente no están expuestas a la luz, dando como resultado un aumento de temperatura en el mencionado dispositivo de captación o en el circuito accionador de este dispositivo de captación de imagen. Como quería ver previamente la profundidad de campo, configuré el botón Fn para esta función y lástima que mi cámara no tiene estabilizador de imagen que si no también lo configuro. Además, como tenía problemas para enfocar automáticamente, enfoqué el objeto a fotografiar y pulsé el botón a medias hasta que se encendió la marca de confirmación AF y mientras mantenía pulsado a medias el botón disparador, me moví a la composición deseada. Otra cosa, como la cámara tiene tres cuadros AF de enfoque, traté de enfocar usando el cuadro AF central. Como modo de grabación elegí el formato RAW con 3200x2400 píxeles. Me gusta más que el HQ o SQ. No sé si he dicho que contraste lo tenía configurado en NATURAL, no me gusta el VIVID y el ajuste de gradación estaba en NORMAL, pues el CLAVE ALTA o CLAVE BAJA no eran adecuados para esta toma. Y no me di cuenta, pero podía haber puesto la compensación de sombreado en ACTIVADO pues va bien con objetivos gran angulares. Se me olvidaba decir que el filtro de ruido lo puse en ESTANDAR.
En fin, que mientras hacía todo esto, Dedodisparador se empezaba a impacientar, así que simplemente miré, encuadré y disparé... total...
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN VISITS NOIREL (1 of 1) /
SHIN VISITA A NOIREL (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 24 of 55) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Shin: With Gabriel is very easy, XD Why don't you find out by yourself?
Noirel: Annoying man... Ooookay... I'll talk to him ^_^u
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Shin: Con Gabriel es muy fácil, XD porque no lo compruebas por ti misma?
Noirel: Que pesado Shin... Valee... hablaré con él. ^_^u
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (2 of 7): Toilet /
LA SALA DE ESTAR (2 de 7): El Baño
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 15 of 106) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: - whistling - ...phy, phy-phy, phyyyy...
/
Lenn: - silvando - ...Fi,fi-if, fiiii...
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (5 of 9): Shin askes for Yas /
DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (5 de 9): Shin pregunta por Yas
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 77 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
Shin: (^_^uuuuuuuuu Reallyyy? Damn, I need to talk seiously to Sheryl to stop publishing my private life... ¬¬)
/
Shin: (^_^uuuuuuuuu A sí? Joer, voy a tener que hablar seriamente con Sheryl para que deje de publicar mi vida privada...¬¬)
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Processed as HDR from single RAW to 3 exposures (-2/0/+2), orton effect and vignette, then desaturated.
This photo means a lot to me.
It was taken 21th of September 2008 in Trollhättan, Sweden, in the surrounding woods of NÄL (a large hospital).
From left to right, the picture holds one of my brothers, my mother, her man and our dog.
The reason I hold this photo dear is because this is the day the struggle began, both for my mom and for our family and friends. The doctors found a tumor in my mothers stomach. A week later she was diagnosed with cancer.
*** UPDATED ***
My mother has undergone a large surgical operation. She is recovering fine right now, but she still awaits chemotherapy and radation-therapy.
*** UPDATED **
Complications. She had another surgery. Trying to fight an infection at the same time.
*** UPDATE February 2009 ***
Progress! She has woken up from 7 weeks of coma. Has been in recovery after that for a couple of weeks and had her first day of permission from the hospital! Hope!
*** UPDATE March 2009***
She's home! A nurse visits her 2 times per day, but she's managing just fine. I couldn't have wished for anything better!
"You're sick of hangin' around and you'd like to travel;
Get tired of travelin' and you want to settle down.
I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin',
Get out of the door and light out and look all around.
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me What a long, strange trip it's been.
Truckin', I'm a goin' home. Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong,
Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on.
Hey now get back truckin' home."
Grateful Dead - Truckin
So today I was out and I saw this old Chevy pickup truck. I had my camera with me, and being inspired by Patty's (ppphotograph) amazing work, lately, like this for instance; power wagon.
I just knew I couldn't pass up this opportunity. The challenge was photographing it where it was, parked on a city street in Brooklyn, in surroundings that were anything but picturesque. I made a shoot out of it anyway, wishing that I at the very least had my tripod with me. I will post some of the others at a later date, but for now I had way too much fun with this one in Photoshop and I am offering it up.
~ Thank you for looking at my photos ~ :) -Jim
english
www.paroquiadaericeira.info/paroquia/index.php?tem=3&...
Something like
The chapel now known as the "St. Anthony", is situated in a plantaforma on Fisherman's Beach in the town of Ericeira, forming the epicenter of the progression of the urban village. It is said today that divides north from south
On the history of the chapel, little is known, especially prior to sec. XVII. Some records show her as coeval to the Parish (sec XV), no traces recorded material this time.
It was the chapel of the House, the first near the Palace of the County. It is known that in 1609, it was the headquarters of the brotherhood of Our Lady of Good Voyage of the Men of the Sea and it followed from their sessions .. In 1645, became the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Voyage.
He was also in this chapel that served the Brotherhood of St. Anthony, brotherhood of unmarried girls.
It is curious that this chapel is well patron saint double, both with the same degree of importance.
Chapel of modest proportions singia is not only to worship but also a "lighthouse" signaling the entry of boats in the harbor of Praia dos Pescadores, serving it to the small bell placed in a niche in the wall of the west ..
In 1645 it was lined with polychrome tiles, funded by the offer of a ring of great value, forming different patterns, among which, on the triumphal arch, still retained a small log of Our Lady of Good Voyage and Child, surrounded six winged heads of angels, with the monograms of Christ, Mary and Joseph and dated 1634.
The original image of Our Lady of Good Voyage of major proportions, upholstered wood and polychrome, restored in 1761, was vandalized and thrown overboard in the night of 22 to 23 January 1912. This image just left the hand that gave the coast the next day and is now preserved in the museum of Santa Casa da Misericordia of Ericeira.
The current building is from the XVII Century, the results of the previous expansion, and one of the works was recorded in front of the doors - 1664. In 1993, he was subject aobras conservção and restoration of the carving, painting and gilding of the reredos. The choir has a balcony, turned wood poles that are repeated in the pulpit side of the chapel.
There are six pictures in the chapel, Our Lady of Good Voyage, flanked by images of Sto. Antonio on the right side and S. Vicente on the left, both dating from the eighteenth century, of small proportions, wood upholstered with great perfection and graceful, another image of Sto. Antonio has the highest proportion of XX fri, and ship in pianhas embedded in the wall, images of S. Peter and St. Catherine of Alexandria, also of the eighteenth century, upholstered wood. In the sacristy there is a sec arcaz the seventeenth / eighteenth and an image of S. Francis of Assisi dating without some
Today is celebrated the third weekend, week of August the festivities in honor of Our Lady of Good Voyage patron saint of fishermen of Ericeira.
Português
A capela hoje mais conhecida como de "Santo António", situa-se numa plantaforma sobre a Praia dos Pescadores na Vila da Ericeira, formando o epicentro da progressão urbana da vila. Diz-se ainda hoje que divide o Norte do Sul.
Sobre a história da capela pouco se sabe, sobretudo anteriormente ao sec. XVII. Alguns registos apontam-na como coeva à Paroquial (sec XIV ou XV), não registando vestigios materiais dessa época.
Foi capela da Câmara, próximo do primeiro Paço do Concelho. Sabe-se que em 1609, já era sede das confrarias de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem dos Homens do Mar e nela decorriam as suas sessões.. Em 1645, passou a ser a Capela de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem.
Era também nesta capela que funcionava a Confraria de Santo António, confraria das raparigas solteiras.
É curioso notar que esta capela tem assim duplo orago, ambos com o mesmo grau de importância.
Capela de modestas proporções nao se singia apenas ao culto, mas também a "farol" assinalando a entrada dos barcos no porto da Praia dos Pescadores, servindo-se para isso do pequeno sino colocado num nicho na parede do lado poente..
Em 1645 foi forrada a azulejos policromos,custeados pela oferta de um anel de grande valor, formando padrões diversos, dos quais se destaca, sobre o arco triunfal, ainda hoje conservado, um pequeno registo de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem com o Menino, rodeado de seis cabeças aladas de anjos, com os monogramas de Cristo, Maria e José e datados de 1634.
A primitiva imagem de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem de maiores proporções, em madeira estofada e policroma, restaurada em 1761, foi vandalizada e lançada ao mar na noite de 22 para 23 de Janeiro de 1912. Desta imagem apenas restou a mão que deu a costa no dia seguinte e que se conserva actualmente no museu da Sta Casa da Misericordia da Ericeira.
O actual edificio é do sec XVII, resulta da ampliação do anterior, e uma das obras ficou registada nas portas da frontaria - 1664. Em 1993, foi sujeita aobras de conservção e restauro da talha, pintura e douramento do retábulo. O coro alto possui um varandim de madeira de postes torneados que se repetem no pulpito lateral da capela.
Existem na capela seis imagens, a de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, ladeada pelas imagens de Sto. António do lado direito e S. Vicente do lado esquerdo, ambas datadas do sec XVIII, de pequenas proporções , em madeira estofada com grande primor e graciosas, uma outra imagem de Sto. António de maiores proporções já do sex XX, e na nave em pianhas embutidas na parede, as imagens de S. Pedro e Sta. Catarina de Alexandria, também do sec XVIII, em madeira estofada. Na sacristia existe um arcaz do sec XVII/XVIII e uma imagem de S. Francisco de Assis sem datação certa
Actualmente celebra-se no terceiro fim-de-semana de Agosto as festas em honra de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem padroeira dos pescadores da Ericeira.
Exposición "SUBLIMINAL"
Giro lingüístico y paradoja visual
Consideraciones sobre las fotografías de Álvaro Pérez Mulas
(El texto completo)
En sus estudios sobre el inconsciente óptico Rosalind Krauss recordaba que el pintor norteamericano Frank Stella decía a menudo que la persona a quien más admiraba era el jugador de baseball Ted Williams, el cual presumía de tener una visión tan rápida que era capaz de ver las costuras de la pelota cuando ésta sobrevolaba la base. La excepcional mirada del deportista atraía al pintor por su capacidad de ampliar el espectro de lo visible y superar la mirada natural descubriendo detalles de un mundo que no podríamos percibir de otra manera y accediendo con ello a una suerte de “estado abstracto” de la visión.
La mirada fotográfica de Álvaro Pérez Mulas llega a capturar detalles en los objetos y las superficies urbanas que la vista humana no es capaz de detectar, pero no tanto porque sean invisibles como porque su “humilde objetualidad” los hace pasar desapercibidos. Queremos decir con ello que lo que se descubre en estas fotografías, nunca será lo visto por quien pasó cerca de esos objetos; y aquí radica el valor de las mismas; su capacidad de revelación y transfiguración, pues al final las imágenes resultantes son autónomas respecto al referente objetivo del que han sido seleccionadas. De este modo la fotografía recoge una vieja finalidad de la pintura: hacernos ver lo que de otro modo no veríamos; hacernos conocer lo que de otro modo no conoceríamos…
Como todos saben la fotografía nació con la ilusión de ser el medio que podía fijar más exacta y objetivamente que ningún otro la realidad, inmovilizándola y bidimensionándola. Pero los diferentes espacios discursivos desarrollados por este soporte en los últimos años han logrado dar ese giro de tuerca que hace que lo falso se convierta en verdadero, el engaño se perciba como certeza y la realidad –o más bien los indicios de lo real-: como abstracción.
Como ha señalado Jean Baudrillard, la técnica de la fotografía nos lleva más allá de la réplica y el trampantojo. A través de su juego irreal con la mirada, su inmovilidad, su silencio y su reducción fenomenológica de movimientos, la fotografía se reafirma a sí misma como la más pura y al tiempo, la más artificial exposición de la imagen. La visión fotográfica transforma la mirada y provoca un doble juego entre realidad y simulacro que amplifica el concepto de ilusión hasta el infinito.
En las fotos que Álvaro Pérez Mulas presentó hace dos años en la Galería Adora Calvo bajo el significativo título: “RECONFIGURACIONES”, de las cuales su nueva serie “SUBLIMINAL” son una continuación lógica; la abstracción –si así pudiera llamársele- aparecía casi como un enigma, pero también, -siguiendo a Baudrillard- “como una realidad más real que lo real”. Algunas imágenes se percibían -y se perciben todavía en la nueva serie- como “paisajes de la objetualidad cotidiana” que se transfiguran a través de la mirada fragmentaria del objetivo fotográfico; lo cual las convierte en autónomas, es decir: en fragmentos constitutivos de un universo que se aleja de lo real para constituirse, por encima de todo, en “espacio pos-pictórico”.
Pérez Mulas se ha ido moviendo en las series fotográficas que preceden a su nuevo trabajo en el territorio de la paradoja pues sus fotos revelan el universo radicalmente no objetivo que reside dentro de la estructura de los objetos –y ahora también de las palabras- . La imagen se enmascara en tanto que huella de lo real pues la fragmentación y el aumento de escala contribuyen a aislarla de su referente llevándola virtualmente, al territorio de la abstracción, pero nunca llega a perder del todo su capacidad descriptiva. En cada imagen queda evidenciada la inspiración objetual pero también su intercambiabilidad con los modos de la pintura entendiendo por tales el mantenimiento del formato, -de la lectura frontal- y sobre todo del lenguaje y los signos plásticos -las composiciones determinadas por dibujos lineales, texturas y campos cromáticos-, así como el espacio de representación, limitado por unos imaginarios márgenes cuadrangulares que incitan a la contemplación bidimensional. Cada una de estas fotos se postula de modo independiente como una “ficción objetiva” una “re-configuración fragmentaria de la realidad” que llegamos a percibir, -sin saberlo- como: “la imagen simulada por la apariencia de la imagen”.
Ahora bien, cuando las “formas del lenguaje” entran en colisión con el “lenguaje de las formas” como sucede en la nueva serie fotográfica, las reglas del juego interpretativo pueden llegar a variar…
En el proyecto que ahora presenta en el Espacio Emergente del DA2 bajo el título “SUBLIMINAL” Álvaro Pérez Mulas da una nueva vuelta de tuerca a su trabajo anterior y establece lo que podríamos denominar: un “giro lingüístico” de orden conceptual que transforma las imágenes en “fonemas” y las formas en “signos comunicativos” que interrogan -tautológicamente- al espectador sobre el verdadero significado de aquello que está viendo: ¿lo que miras es lo que ves?
En cada imagen siguen quedando evidenciadas como ya hemos visto: la inspiración objetual y la inspiración pictórica; pero también su intercambiabilidad con los modos del lenguaje y hasta cierto punto de la poesía visual. Este desdoblamiento provoca una tensión equidistante entre los tres vértices del triángulo: abstracción, representación y comunicación; pues en cada foto nos encontramos con la huella, el rastro, la disección y el referente; pero al mismo tiempo asistimos a una suerte de “asesinato simbólico del objeto” en favor -aparente- de los signos del lenguaje; lo que a buen seguro: hará sonreír a los conceptuales más recalcitrantes y provocará una cierto estado de perplejidad en el espectador.
La lógica de un uso sintáctico de las palabras transmite dudas y decisiones sobre el significado de los signos y las formas, lo que de algún modo sería comparable al análisis de las “condiciones de la verdad” tal y como fueron formuladas por Wittgenstein. Así pues, podemos concluir destacando que para Pérez Mulas la sintaxis lógica –tanto si nos referimos al lenguaje como a las formas- existe para ser pervertida desde dentro. Las “formas-fonema” son como un virus que se auto-duplica y que sólo puede ser destruido por otro virus más fuerte y resistente y está claro que en este caso sólo las paradojas visuales (y no los diccionarios) tienen la capacidad para hacernos dudar y en consecuencia “diseccionar” el “lenguaje de las formas” con la misma intensidad que las “formas del lenguaje”.
F. Javier Panera Cuevas
Director de Programación del Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Domus Artium 2002, DA2
Las demás fotografías de esta serie se pueden ver aquí
© Álvaro Pérez Mulas
this is probably the most sexual thing i've posted; i get this mad vibe from it.
she got a ghetto booty like NAohMAAY!
bahahahahahahahaha. goddamn that gangster rap shit.
regardless, i'm sitting here, and ...OGOD, i wish you could see what i see.
it blatantly describes - absolutely perfectly - where i live.
there's a couple two tables up. he's wearing overalls and a grey tee-shirt, his skin is nearly leather from his life spent outdoors. she is in a striped red and white, hair cut like a butch and grandmum glasses. they're both on the obese side of life, and using the free wifi to look up "that shit that was on the infomercial last night."
if i'm not mistaken, they're browsing knives.
"shit. this is 34.95$. they got dem cheaper at walmart."
welcome to the heartland of america, ladies and gents.
Best on black
Monday 4th was dedicated to defend immigration rights. The main actions yere in the morning in front of the immigration center of Rostock (where a protester was injured and a couple detained) and in the afternoon, a rally at a refugee camp. This was followed by a large unauthorized demonstration, resulting in hours of waiting until the authorities allowed the protesters to go to to the harbor.
Here, one of the numerous clowns during the demonstration.
Please read the explanation at the beginning of the set and view the pictures in chronological order.
Part of " G8 summit 2007"
In August 2014 the Hamilton County Commissioners voted to put on the ballot for this November a one-quarter of one percent sales tax increase that by law is limited to five years to fund the restoration of Cincinnati Union Terminal.
The tax would generate nearly $172 million in revenue-- and when it is combined with historic tax credits, contributions from the State of Ohio, and philanthropic fundraising efforts it will allow for the complete repair and restoration of Union Terminal.
Hamilton County residents will not be the only ones paying for this. The Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati analyzed and determined that approximately 47% of the sales tax collected in Hamilton County comes from people who live outside the county, thus relieving the tax burden on local residents.
Additionally, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the sales tax increase would cost the average resident just $23 per year. The Hamilton County Commissioners also put in the proposal that by law this increase would end after just five years.
The successful passage of Issue 8 will allow us to preserve Union Terminal and guarantee that it will continue to be an essential part of our region's great heritage. Future generations will benefit from our investment now-- ensuring that our children, and grandchildren, are able to enjoy Union Terminal.
Decades of time, outdated construction techniques and years of freezing and thawing have taken its toll on Union Terminal. But, repairs can be made to the exterior envelope of Union Terminal to prevent water damage and to the steel structures underneath, making the building fit for a very long time into our future. Additional repairs and renovations to outdated mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems will make Union Terminal more efficient and create more opportunities for activities within the building.
There are many ways to become involved with the campaign. First and foremost is to make sure you are registered to vote by October 6 and vote 'Yes' on Election Day, November 4th.
My character in HEROICA RPG
En Sabah Nur, level 11½ Mage ~Lucky~
29 year old human male
Power: 19 (16+3) | Health: 10 (15+1-6) | Ether: 15| Gold: 0
Inventory: Sangriste Dagger (WP: 5), Helmet (+1 HP), Thorny Diadem(+3Power-6HP), Loaded Die (Lucky effect), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water) 4 Potions, 2 Tonics, Grand Tonic, Phoenix Essence, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness
Nur prefers Earth, Lightning, and Wood magic.
CURRENT SPELL LIST:
Earth Shard - Mage removes clump of the surrounding earth, fastens it into a shard and hurls it at target.
Requirements: Roll of 3. Ether (1)
Earthquake - Mage causes the earth to quake damaging multiple targets.
Requirements: Roll of 1. Ether (1)
Earthen Fury - Mage causes critical damage (WPx2 + LVL) to single target.
Requirements: Roll of 2. Ether (1)
Move Earth - Mage causes the earth to open in a specific location. Causes no damage.
Requirements: Shovel.
BACKSTORY:
My father was an expert at separating people from their valuables and as you can imagine, we had to move from city to city quite often. Eventually we ran out of places to hide and were taken in by a small like-minded orc tribe.
Spent the better part of my youth wrestling with orc and ogre younglings and even participating in their rites of passage. The elder shamans noticed something special within me so conducted spiritual tests on me. I displayed an affinity for their magicks so they taught me their secrets. When my father and I finally moved along, I took what I'd learned and continued my magical studies. Although I favor earthen magic, I'm quite well versed in other forms of sorcery.
QUESTS - Participated in
Quest #6: "WANTED! Donny Dozenhands
Quest #10: Extra-Curricular Activities
QUESTS - Hosted