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Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 8,500 km², and there are 440,025 inhabitants (2000 census), making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of the Western Highlands.
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Simbu, also known as (and officially named) Chimbu, is a Highlands Region province in Papua New Guinea.
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Garden Detail
The Ingham County Arts Commission and the Ingham County Fair partnered in this project which brought together professional and student artists, and community residents to conceive of the images, design and paint the mural. The "Murinal" remained a landmark at the fairgrounds for over a decade but has now been painted out.
South & West Views
The "Murinal" a 1981 community arts project created a mural around the four sides of a bathroom building at the Ingham County Fairgrounds. Known as "the murinal" this community artwork depicted the Mason County rural countryside of farmland and wetlands, the Mason county courthouse, and the fairgrounds.
Cow Detail
Moo. . .ving to create jobs and training
opportunities with visible results
The Popular Arts Workshop (PAW), a community muralist group provided the artistic direction and promoted the success of the project as an opportunity to employ artists and others in community beautification.
Gary Andrews - PAW Artist
Julie Nicol (Avery) Ingham County Arts Commissioner, project leader.
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An 18th century grotesque ‘Dinemonyo’ altar table
Estimate: PHP 900,000 - 950,000
Manila
18th century
Wood
84 x 110 x 72 cm (33 x 43 x 28 ½ in)
Made of highly prized indigenous rosewood known as balayong (Afzelia rhomboidea), it has a reddish brown color that tends to darken even more with age, and has a natural luster. Very difficult to work with due to its durability and interlocking grain. The craftsmanship and condition of this table is comparable to similar tables kept in museums and top-notch private collections.
Called colloquially as dinemonyo table, it is one of the most elusive pieces of early Hispano-Filipino furniture, considered arguably as the pinnacle object to many serious furniture collectors and connoisseurs. An authentic example with original members, it is an extremely rare find.
The rectangular paneled top is enclosed by a frame with ice-plate edge to soften the edges and disguise its thickness. Below are two large drawers fitted with umbrella bosses, ornate protective key plates, and O-ring pulls. Reinforced by flanges and aprons with conforming billowing, cloud-like outlines that connect the demonyo masks on all four corners. These finely carved masks have raised fluted top hair, bulging eyes, prominent nose, mouth agape revealing some teeth and fangs, and scrolling facial hair. The cabriole legs show the delineations of a lion’s lower leg before terminating in deep, highly detailed ball and claw foot grasping a ball, resting on round-edged stretchers surmounted on ogee feet. Assembled using ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (closed and through types), as well as dovetail joints that have remained firm and strong.
Lot 242 of the Salcedo Auctions Gavel & Block auction on 6 May 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.
Dedicated to the memory of our dear friend, John Fawcett, Head of Collection Development, Buswell Library, Wheaton College, Illinois. A man of great soul, mighty laughter, profound depth of faith, a counselor of others, a musician, and, in his long battle with cancer, an inspiration and amazement to us all. For Margie, Charlotte, and Josiah, may you find yourselves wrapped in the tender love of family and friends, as you suffer this great loss.
For my double portrait of John & Margie, and tribute to them both, see also:
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While the doctors thought John would die the night before this poem was written, in his great fortitude, he pressed on until the end of May, defying all possible expectations, and inspired many in the intervening months. Such was John!
John Fawcett's funeral was a three-hour epic of music and celebration for a life richly lived and devoted to the worship and service of the God he loved. It was masterfully crafted and composed--in all its parts--around a dazzlingly rich array of musical sound and acclaimed Word of God--that took all present through a full gamut of emotions, from the grieving of our loss, to the joyful celebration of the resurrection, the latter aspect of which included all the many children dancing in the aisles--something I have never seen at a funeral. It was a fitting culmination to his long recent months (and years) of battle with cancer, and the tone of the service was triumphal, while not escapist, nor pretending that death is not anything but our last and worst enemy. I have never experienced anything like it, and I presume that John himself orchestrated the entire musical production, which included a piece composed and performed especially for the event, by his friend, professional pianist, Danial Paul Horn, also of Wheaton College.
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>Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my permission. Thanks.My apologies for image quality - the old Sigma 18 - 35mm always flares if the sun isn't behind you - Hope I've got the vibe of it ?
TRAIN CROSSING STRAND ROAD www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVDJSJdJpdA
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. Basically it was a grab shot which I'd sort of planned ....the idea was to do the Deltic just behind the traffic sign front on then swing the camera out & use the curve ...came out better than I thought it would .
PRESERVATION LINKS
www.thedps.co.uk/ ( The Deltic Preservation Society )
www.gordonhighlander.co.uk/ ( DRS now own D9016 / 55016 " Gordon Highlander "
www.55002koyli.com/ ( NRM fund to restore D9002 / 55002 " Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to working order )
www.nrm.co.uk ( National Railway Museum )
www.beaversports.co.uk ( Martin Walker's family business - RSG's Napier Engines are being rebuilt in Huddersfield )
▶ VANNES, a town of western France, capital of the department of Morbihan, 84 m. N.W. of Nantes on the railway to Brest. ◉ View it, Large On Black.
▶ Once inside the ramparts, the old centre of chaotic streets – crammed around the cathedral, and enclosed by gardens and a tiny stream – is largely pedestrianized, in refreshing contrast to the somewhat insane road system beyond.
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Image Processing : The image is a pseudo-HDR using digital blending of multiple copy layers of a single image. Adaptive sharpening using in photoshop (Tutorial coming very soon!) .
Taken on a chilling winter evening in December. I took a lot of shots. This one in particular is one of my favorites. I like the way houses are arranged. It looks efficient to me!
© 2008 Ayush Bhandari
Manchester Cathedral, Diocese of Manchester ALM ceremony. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday September 26, 2021.
Macramè è un merletto a nodi.
È un termine derivato dalla lingua araba che, come molte altre parole mediorientali, è entrato a far parte della parlata ligure importata dai marinai che dalle colonie oltremarine approdavano al porto di Genova o in qualche altro scalo della Liguria.
In generale il nome viene utilizzato per indicare un pizzo, un ricamo, un intreccio raffinato e grazioso.
Vi sono vari nodi per fare il macramè: nodo piatto, con tutte le varianti, doppio mezzo nodo, nodo semplice, nodo giuseppina, scoubidou.
Rare Crested Saguaro Cactus at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
INFORMATION ON THE SAGUARO CACTUS:
The Saguaro, pronounced "sah-wah-roh", (Carnegiea gigantea) is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and California, United States and northern Mexico.
Saguaros are slow growing, taking up to 75 years to develop a side arm. The arms themselves are grown to increase the plants reproductive capacity (more apices equal more flowers and fruit). The growth rate of saguaros is strongly dependent on local precipitation patterns, and saguaros in drier western Arizona grow only half as fast as those in and around Tucson, Arizona. Some specimens may live for more than 150 years; the champion saguaro grows in Maricopa County, Arizona and is 13.8 m tall with a girth of 3.1 m. (It was injured as a result of the Cave Creek Complex fire in June 2005.) In addition to being slow growing, they are also slow to propagate. These two factors argue for the placement of the saguaro on the endangered species list, although they are not on any such list. Harming one in any manner (including cactus plugging) is illegal by state law in Arizona, and when houses or highways are built, special permits must be obtained to move or destroy any saguaro affected.
The ribs of the saguaro are used for construction and other purposes by aboriginal Americans of the region. A fine example can be seen in the roofing of the cloisters of the Mission San Xavier del Bac on the Tohono O'odham lands near Tucson, Arizona. The Seri people of northwestern Mexico used the plant, which they call mojépe, for a number of purposes.
The saguaro blossom is the state flower of Arizona.
Source: Wikipedia
View On Black and large or
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This is the music room of the Amasya Darul-sifa which was a clinic and a hospital that was built in 1308-1309 (after the time of Selcuks, before Ottoman period)and may have been the first place to try to treat mental disorders with music and by using flowing water on the walls of the structure....They believed sound of water was healing for the mind...That made a lot of sense to me as I was sitting in the room and listening the "Ney" class...The acoustics were incredible..
I wanted to show you how amaising this room is ..so I decided to upload this full scale...Please either view it original (which is HUUUGE) and study the instruments of the Ottoman era or view it large in black..You will be amaised at the details..I promise!!
Last night, I was realizing one of my ‘photo's concept’ and my cat was very inquiring why I spent so much time in the kitchen with some singular and strange things. Photos from the concept are still in progress… but what we have there. Yep, that’s right, he veiled the photos’ objects. He is so cute... so cute so jealous =D
don’t you forget about me
don‘t, don‘t, don ‘t, don‘t
don’t you forget about me
will you stand above me?
look my way, never love me
rain keeps falling
rain keeps halling
down, down, down
will you recognize me?
call my name or walk on by
rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
down, down, down
don’t you try and pretend
it’s my beginning
we’ll win in the end, oh
harm you or touch your defences, vanity, insecurity
don’t you forget about me
I’ll be alone
dancing you know it baby
going to take you apart
I’ll put us back together at heart baby.
as you walk on by
will you call my name?
as you walk on by
will you call my name?
when you walk away
oh will you walk away?
Interior design the kitchen was made in 3D software.
3D rendering is a process during which a model of a construction, renovation or decoration project is made with a help of computer graphics. It allows you to see or visualize the interior design of your house, villa or flat with all desing elements like furniture and décor elements, before it has been build. We have completed just over 700+ interior design rendering projects some of which you can see in our gallery page.
View On Black Photo © 2009, 2010 Angela A. Stanton, All rights reserved. Contact: angela@stantonphotostudios.com for further information.
It was raining in Southern California today and daily high did not pass 20C! What in the world is happening to our weather? Normally, this time of the year, we have extremely hot 40C+ temps, no rain for 8-10 months out of the year... and it is what? Raining? Here????
In any case, this picture I am dedicating to my friend John since he and I have been debating the "value" of black and white.. I dislike black and white. yet, I must admit, this picture of the tiny puddle and the rain falling from the sky looked nothing worthy of flickr posting until I converted it to black and white!
So thanks John for pushing me! I actually like this one so perhaps there is hope.. this is my second black and white on flickr... so keep on pushing me my friend and I might some day become a black and white advocate! =)
I used Nik's Silver effects exclusively from within Lightroom 3.
Diocese of Manchester Ordination of Deacons service at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday July 02, 2017.
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La ciencia ficción ha pronosticado el aumento de robots para hacer todos los trabajos imposibles o embarazosos. Pero todas aquellas historias increíbles de robots no son útiles para nuestra vida diaria. Desde la década de los 50 los humanos han estado luchando para que todas sus tareas mundanas fueran realizadas por una legión de máquinas domésticas; pasar la aspiradora, lavar la ropa, entretener a nuestros hijos, etc... Ahora podemos añadir a esta larga lista, estos nuevos Robots Salero y Pimentero y poder darle otro sentido a la típica frase mundana “pásame la sal”.
Estos pequeños Robots salero y pimentero son los ayudantes domésticos que has estado esperando! Obedientemente marchan sobre la mesa cargados de sal y pimienta, gracias a darle cuerda antes de direccionarlos hacia el destinatario de su carga. Ya no hay necesidad de levantarse, estos robots harán el trabajo. Rompe con la monotonía con los clásicos utensilios de cocina y convierte las aburridas comidas familiares en una diversión. Con estos Robots sorprenderás a todos tus invitados.
Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep sided once glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It lies seven miles north of Abergavenny on an old road to Hay on Wye at Llanthony.
The priory dates back to around the year 1100, when Norman nobleman William de Lacy reputedly came upon a ruined chapel of St. David in this location, and was inspired to devote himself to solitary prayer and study. He was joined by Ersinius, a former Chaplain to Queen Matilda, the wife of King Henry I, and then a band of followers. A church was built on the site, dedicated to St John the Baptist, and consecrated in 1108. By 1118, a group of around 40 monks from England founded there an Augustinian priory, the first in Wales.
In 1135, after persistent attacks from the local Welsh population, the monks retreated to Gloucester where they founded a daughter cell, Llanthony Secunda. However, around 1186 another member of the de Lacy family, Hugh the fifth baron, endowed the estate with funds from his Irish estates to rebuild the priory church, and this work was completed by 1217.
The Priory became one of the great medieval buildings in Wales, in a mixture of Norman and Gothic architectural styles. Renewed building took place around 1325, with a new gatehouse. On Palm Sunday, April 4th 1327, the deposed Edward II stayed at the Priory on his way from Kenilworth Castle to Berkeley Castle, where he is alleged to have been murdered.
Following Owain Glyndŵr's rebellion in the early fifteenth century, the Priory seems to have been barely functioning. In 1481 it was formally merged with its daughter cell in Gloucester, and after 1538 both houses were suppressed by Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.
A rally from the Sorbonne to Invalides on Aug. 18, denouncing the multiplication of raids and expulsions of "sans-papiers". Here, the demonstrators are passing by a homeless man sleeping in a church staircase.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album et de parcourir les photos par ordre chronologique / Please read the explanation at the beginning of the set and view the pictures in chronological order.
Part of "Sans Papiers
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Altars of Light
by Pierre Joris
If the light is the soul
then soul is what's
all around me.
It is you,
it is around you too,
it is you.
The darkness is inside me,
the opaqueness of organs folded
upon organs--
to make light in the house of
the body--
thus to bring the
outside in,
the impossible job.
And the only place to become
the skin
the border, the inbetween, where
dark meets light, where I meets
you.
In the house of world the
many darknesses are surrounded
by light.
To see the one, we need
the other / it cuts both ways
light on light is blind
dark on dark is blind
light through dark is not
dark through light is movement
dark through light becomes,
is becoming,
to move through
light is becoming,
is all
we can know.
This six-story, 135,000-square-foot building was originally constructed by the P. H. Hanes Company in 1920 for textile manufacturing and housed the company's operations until 1951. One of the most architecturally refined industrial buildings in Winston-Salem, the building displays Beaux-Arts style details unusual among the City's industrial architecture. The building was subsequently used by the Brown-Rogers-Dixon Company for warehousing and distribution and acquired by Clachan Properties, LLC in 2006. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated by the City as a Historic Landmark. [WFL website]
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The Shukhov radio tower, also known as the Shabolovka tower is a broadcasting tower in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high free-standing steel structure was built in 1919–1922 during the Russian Civil War. It is a hyperboloid structure (hyperbolic steel gridshell). The tower is located a few kilometers south of the Moscow Kremlin, but is not accessible to tourists. The street address of the tower is "Shabolovka Street, 37", hence the tower's informal name. Due to its lattice structure, the steel shell of Shukhov Tower in Shabolovka experiences minimum wind load, which is the main hazard for high-rising buildings. The tower sections are single-cavity hyperboloids of rotation made of straight beams, the ends of which rest against circular foundations.
A huge Gothic Revival aparador
Estimate: PHP 300,000 - 330,000
Last quarter, 19th century
Nueva Ecija
Narra, iron pulls
259 x 160 x 68 cm (102 x 63 x 27 in)
Towering at 8 1/2 feet, armoires like this can only be found in grand houses owned by wealthy hacienderos. Found in the main bedroom to store and keep neatly folded clothes and other valuables, the pediment crown of this Gothic Revival piece has bolection moldings decorated with beads and reels, bulbous finials at the corners, acanthus flanges, and topped by pierced foliated and flowering scrolls that overflow at the center with large bulbous campanilla or bellflowers and acanthus leaves they appear to be protuberating as they dangle from the crown. Cabinet doors and sides have confirming double lancet arches appliqued all around with bead and reel moldings, and at the spandrels are leafy rose flowers in deep relief and are exceptionally palpable. Similar bolection moldings below the doors frame the large keyholed drawer with iron bail pull, above a secret drawer disguised as a simple faschia, and the block feet supports. Inside are ample shelvings and a pair of smaller drawers. The crown, main carcase, and the bottom drawers can be detached for portability.
Lot 117 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on June 25, 2022. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.
高雄市玩美攝影協會 / 拍攝
『玩美是人生追求完美境界的過程，完美是生活過程中的成果，攝影人在乎過程中的進行。因此，玩美幾乎是攝影人所追求的程序，意即尚在進行中，永無止息，故取名之。』
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Gerrys, Lloret de mar a large friendly pub with darts and pool, garden & terrace for smoking..great prices.
Il termine SMS (acronimo dell'inglese Short Message Service, servizio messaggi brevi) è comunemente usato per indicare un breve messaggio di testo inviato da un telefono cellulare ad un altro. Il termine corretto sarebbe SM (Short Message), ma ormai è invalso l'uso di indicare il singolo messaggio col nome del servizio.
Il servizio è stato originariamente sviluppato sulla rete GSM, tuttavia è ora disponibile anche su altre reti, come la UMTS ed alcune reti fisse. È possibile inviare SMS ad un telefono cellulare anche da un computer, tramite Internet, e dal telefono di rete fissa.
Tra i principali vantaggi percepiti dell'SMS, alla base della straordinaria diffusione di questo servizio come sistema di comunicazione, c'è il basso costo rispetto ad una lunga telefonata (vantaggio in realtà spesso inesistente, perché una conversazione via SMS è costituita da più sms a distanza di tempo, l'uno in risposta all'altro) e la possibilità di rendere la comunicazione asincrona, cioè di leggere il messaggio in un qualsiasi momento successivo alla ricezione; l'SMS è inoltre particolarmente diffuso per inviare auguri in caso di ricorrenze (grazie alla comodità di inviarne automaticamente a più destinatari) o per altri tipi di approcci relazionali, in quanto mezzo particolarmente discreto e quindi più agevole da gestire soprattutto per le persone più timide.
Il primo SMS della storia è stato inviato il 3 dicembre 1992 da un computer ad un cellulare sulla rete GSM Vodafone inglese e il testo del messaggio era "MERRY CHRISTMAS". Il primo SMS da cellulare a cellulare invece venne inviato all'inizio del 1993 da uno stagista della Nokia.
George Blencowe
Aged 16
When a friend bathing in the Lea cried for help went to his rescue and was drowned.
Sept 6 1880
According to Wikipedia:
Postman's Park is a small green memorial garden in the City of London. It is located between King Edward Street, Little Britain and Angel Street. It was created in 1880 from the churchyards of St Leonard, Foster Lane and St Botolph-without-Aldersgate together with the graveyard of Christ Church Greyfriars. St Leonard's had been a ruin since the Great Fire and was probably demolished at the time of the creation of the park. St Botolph's is still open and stands at the north east corner of the park. Christ Church was detached from its graveyard and is now a ruin on the other side of King Edward Street.
The park was the idea of the painter George Frederick Watts who wanted to celebrate people who may otherwise have been forgotten. Its name celebrates the postmen who work in the principal London post office and the former sorting office in King Edward Street.
A wall in the park has 34 hand-painted tiles paying tribute to everyday people who sacrificed their lives helping others. The hand-lettered tiles were made by Royal Doulton.
The park features in the film Closer - Natalie Portman's character takes her pseudonym 'Alice Ayres' from one of the painted tiles, as Jude Law's character discovers at the end of the film.
Diocese of Manchester Ordination of Priests service at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday June 24, 2017.
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Chúng mày đã biết tao đến từ đâu chưa ?
Tao đến từ
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mày không biết tao là ai
sao vẫn nghe tao rồi fly
mày ko biết tao là ai
sao mày lại biết tao ko đẹp trai ?
gangter cái loz gì đú à ?
này bùi thế ngu mày lú à
lại đây tao cho mày bú cà
con mẹ mày kêu lên huh hah
ok vậy hỏi zugi anh nhận xét sao về anri
1 thằng hát nhạc pussy Và trận đấu này anh nghĩ điều gì ?
Uh uhm
Nó yếu về mặt sáng tạo và chưa thuyết phục dc người nghe
Lại còn tỏ vẻ ngôi sao suốt ngày mở mồm ra phát là “ tao không care “
nó chửi anh là ko đẹp trai và ko bằng ai
fan của nó nghe nhạc bằng tai vậy thì điều này ai đúng ai sai ?
thực ra không ai sai
nhưng bọn nó suy nghĩ hơi là lệch lạc
để vẽ đẹp bao h chả phải trải qua dc những nét vẽ ngệch ngoạc
nếu muốn chững chạc
tôi thắc mắc là chuyện hét phôn thì có làm sao
50 cent đã thu qua băng cát xét trước khi trở thành ngôi sao
Anh nghĩ sao ?
chúng nó bênh mà ko suy nghĩ
Thằng anri ghen tôi đơn giản vợ nó làm đĩ
Hơn 3 năm á ? như 300 á ? nằm mơ đi
lời của mày đéo thâm
chỉ thấy chỗ ấy con mẹ mày thâm thôi
tai có thằng con hâm
nên bà ý kêu “ ôi khổ cái thân tôi “
bắt chiếc đéo phải lối
lại còn thích sao hả mr đầu gối
nói thì còn lại chối
loại mày chỉ bằng dc cái đầu gối thôi
tiền đóng web chậm lên chậm xuống
đại gia loz có tây rau muống
sự nghiệp mày đi xuống
vì tao đã chiến sẽ ko nói nói xuông
cái kiểu mày chửi quá là giản đơn
vẫn chỉ hét phôn lại sang thợ sơn
tao đoán mày chắc thức khuya dậy sớm
ra bài thật nhanh mong dc tiếng thơm
“tên của em là lady P
lùn và vẩu anh yêu em đi
trên ngực em đã xăm 3 chữ I love zugi “
oh no không đâu
em tưởng anh ngu yêu nhầm con đĩ như thằng anri sao ?
con phò như mày thì đéo thể nào bằng dc vợ tao
đừng có tự hào
rap sinh ra là dành cho những người nghèo vì nó tự do
rap tao tìm đến nó vì không gò bó đéo cần ai cho
mày chê tao ở điểm tao nghèo vì xài hét phôn ?
cái điều cơ bản mày còn không biết thì thôi xl mày chê cái loz
mày sống chỉ biết hưởng thụ bảo sao cái đầu của mày lại ngu
đã 5 năm rap nhưng sao suy nghĩ vẫn chỉ dừng lại ở 1 thằng đú ?
đông fan hơn tao , rap lâu hơn tao , nhưng sao suy nghĩ mày ko bằng tao ?
mày giầu hơn tao , mày ngầu hơn tao , nhưng chất của mày đéo bằng dc tao
biết ăn không lại mới bài hát cuối
tao thu hét phôn vẫn hơn thiếu muối
đừng hỏi tại sao vì mày quá đuối
con mẹ mày đâu tao cho ngậm chuối
thôi em ơi xin mày đừng đú
gà việt rù hay gà việt rú
mày bị ngu hay mày bị lú
khi rap thua xong thì khóc tutu
lý do để mày thoát dc trận này là last song sao ?
mày hèn lắm
mất ăn mất ngủ mấy ngày ?
mày ra nhanh để chứng minh mày giỏi
hay là chứng minh 1 điều là
nghe track của tao xong mày cay v.l
tao định đéo làm bài naỳ đâu
nhưng mà thôi cứ làm
cho bọn chó nó còn có việc mà sủa
thích thì 1 tháng tao ra
ko thì 2 tháng , 3 tháng
làm loz gì dc nhau
hết thợ sơn rồi hét phôn
mày có thấy mày giống 1 con đàn bà
đang nhai đi nhai lại 1 chủ đề ko
đi.t mẹ mày
We have had a very cold spring here in Korea. There has been no sign of any blossoms or flowers yet. I was thrilled yesterday when I found a cherry blossom tree in bloom, and several magnolia trees. They were located in a very sunny protected area. I had so much fun!
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Montblanc, Tarragona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Montblanc is the capital of the Catalan comarca Conca de Barberà, in the Spanish province of Tarragona
The medieval walled City of Montblanc is situated in the interior of the province of Tarragona, Spain. It is the commercial & cultural centre of the district and is visited by tourists who come to see the medieval Wall, (La Muralla de Montblanc) The Cathedral, and the medieval architecture belonging to many of the City's buildings.
The area around Montblanc has been inhabited for thousands of years. Evidence of cave dwellings have been found dating back to Palaeolithic times.
From the 4th to the 1st century BC Iberian villages existed on Santa Bàrbara hill. These villages coexisted with the early Roman settlers. Evidence of Roman artifacts have been found which date from between the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD.
After the invasion by the Moors in 711 AD, much of the area became dominated by a patchwork of Islamic fiefdoms. The Islamic invasion initiated a long period of very successful agricultural and commercial development. This was responsible for the birth of many towns and villages in the region which still retain their Islamic names.
The 10th and 11th centuries seem to have been a period of relatively peaceful coexistence in which Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in the region of Montblanc. This productive period continued until an allegiance of forces, strongly supported by the Roman catholic church, initiated an era of violent & destructive expulsion (1492 ~ 1614, which forced the Moors, the Jews and many of the interbred mixed race peoples to leave the Iberian peninsular. After the expulsion, the region was dominated by the Roman Catholic Church during which time the nearby Monastery at Poblet was rebuilt and expanded.
The traditional local medieval fiestas & pageantry, that are still regularly performed in Montblanc, confirm the probable use of Montblanc by the Knights Templar. Such towns offered the Knights a place to stay during their passage across Spain.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montblanc,_Tarragona
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CASTELLANO
Montblanc es un municipio, capital de la comarca de la Cuenca de Barberá, en la provincia de Tarragona, Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña, España. Posee el título de Villa Ducal desde el 1387 y el casco antiguo fue declarado Conjunto Histórico-Artístico en 1948.
La villa debe su nombre al montículo situado en el casco antiguo, conocido como Pla de Santa Bárbara. En este monte (mont, en catalán) no había huertas ni campos agrícolas porque se consideraba muy poco fértil (blanc, en catalán medieval). La unión de los dos motes dio el nombre de Montblanc.
A principios del siglo XI se fundó un pueblo conocido como Duesaigües donde los ríos Anguera y Francolí se juntaban.
Para favorecer la repoblación de la Cataluña Nueva, el conde Ramón Berenguer IV otorgó licencias libres de impuestos (no pagar usatges, ni censos, ni tasas por la leña ni agua) a algunas poblaciones, entre ellas Duesaigües. Entonces, en 1155, la población se rebautizó como Vilasalva (villa salvada -villa libre de impuestos-).
Las continuas inundaciones y la necesidad de poseer una fortificación en el camino de Lérida a Tarragona, hicieron decidir al rey Alfonso I trasladar la población a un pequeño monte cerca de allí y otorgó la nueva carta de población a Pere Berenguer de Vilafranca. Así nació Montblanc, era el febrero de 1163.
La villa creció rápidamente; el 1170 ya están documentados el castillo y una pequeña iglesia románica dedicada a Santa María. Apareció el barrio del Mercado, con actividades comerciales.
Durante el siglo XIII Montblanc creció gracias a nuevos privilegios reales y a la concesión de mercados y ferias de ganado. Se constituyó el municipio por orden de Pedro el Grande el 1284, la veguería de Montblanc y se fundaron las Escrivanías Reales y el Estudio Mayor.
La villa adquiere importancia dentro de Cataluña. En estos tiempos de construyen la iglesia de San Miguel, la Judería, y los conventos de San Francisco, de la Serra y de la Merced, así como el hospital-iglesia de San Bartolomé y de Santa Magdalena. Y también algunos edificios civiles como la Casa de la Villa, el Palacio Real y la Casa de los Josa.
En Valencia hay una calle dedicada a Montblanc, regalo del rey Jaime el Conquistador a la villa agradeciendo la ayuda de un grupo de nobles locales que viajaron con él a la conquista del Reino de Valencia.
El auge más importante de la villa es en el siglo XIV cuando llega a ser la séptima ciudad de Cataluña por número de habitantes, después de Barcelona, Lérida, Tortosa, Gerona, Tarragona y Puigcerdá, y una villa con un importante peso económico. El rey Juan I concedió a su hermano (y futuro rey) Martín el Humano el título de Duque de Montblanc.
Se construyen las obras más importantes de la villa; el recinto amurallado (con 31 torres y 5 puertas), la iglesia de Santa María, el hospital de San Marcial y el Palacio de los Alenyà. Se cubrió el torrente Riuot, que pasa por el centro de la villa y se edificaron molinos, puentes, la prisión, etc.
Desde principios de siglo XV, el párroco de Montblanc tiene el título de Plebán. Hoy en día sólo hay dos más: en Oliva y en Onteniente, ambas en Valencia.
A finales de siglo, Montblanc cayó en desgracia. Malas cosechas, epidemias y la Guerra civil catalana acabaron con el crecimiento espectacular de la Villa Ducal. Las murallas y muchas casas y puentes se vieron gravemente afectadas.
Durante los siglos XVI y XVII se produzco una mejoría pero la Guerra de los Segadores fue un golpe muy duro para la villa; se destruyeron parte de las murallas, se quemaron los archivos y, durante su retirada, las tropas castellanas del General Palavicino bombardearon la iglesia gótica de Santa María. Se producieron asaltos, squeos e incendios, todo ello arruinó definitivamente la población que perdió su peso económico y político. Este episodio se conoce como La Gran Quemada
Con la Guerra de Sucesión la villa perdió sus privilegios y su veguería. La Guerra de Independencia y las peleas entre liberales i carlistas dieron la puntilla.
La población se fue recuperando rápidamente a mediados de siglo XIX con artesanos y agricultores del cultivo de la vid. Se produjo una explosión demográfica y comercial con la llegada de mejores comunicaciones (carreteras a Valls -1821- y a Reus -1843-) y, sobre todo, con la llegada del tren el 1863. Para dejar paso a los carros llenos de aguardiente, entre los años 1855 y 1865 se destruyen los arcos que cubrían la calle mayor. También se destruyen las puertas amuralladas de entrada y salida de la calle mayor (de San Francisco y de San Antonio).
Todo esto acabó con la llegada de la filoxera, que arruinó las vides completamente. Hasta mediados de siglo XX no se empezaría a notar una mejoría de la zona, y en los últimos años ha sufrido la transformación más grande de su historia, superando la cota de los 6.500 habitantes.
Montblanc tiene escudo propio desde 1287, cuando por el tratado de Olorón se autorizó a cinco poblaciones del reino que tuviesen sello: fueron Montblanc, Barcelona, Huesca, Lérida y Cervera.
La tradición catalana supone que la leyenda de Sant Jordi ocurrió en Montblanc. Existe el Portal de Sant Jordi donde cuenta la tradición que delante del portal el santo mató el dragón.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montblanc
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In 1969, George Pereira began design of a small one-seat flying boat intended for homebuilders. This resulted in the Osprey 1 a small open cockpit plane powered by a single engine and a pusher type propeller. At about the same time the U.S. Navy began a search for a small light observation plane for use in Vietnam. One of the main requirements was that the plane be simple enough to be produced in Vietnam. The Navy approached Pereira in 1971 about his design and after examining the plane acquired it for testing. Designated as the X-28A the Osprey 1 joined the more famous X-Planes such as the X-1 and X-15. Navy testing in the fall of 1971 produced very good results with the plane meeting most of the requirements for the program. However, the program was cancelled with the end of the war in Vietnam and no military variants of the Osprey were built. George Pereira soon began work on an improved version of the Osprey. The main changes included an enclosed two-seat cockpit and amphibious capability. With the ability to land on both water and a conventional runway the usefulness of the plane was more than doubled. About 500 Ospreys of both versions have been built from kits and plans since 1975.
One of the many little alleyways in the centre of Dublin, where people hustle through back onto the main thoroughfares.
Minolta Autocord TLR:
Ilford Delta 3200 pushed to 12,800
Took this shot yesterday. Didn't spend too much time editing the shot besides running it through photomatix. I like the way it turned out. A little darker than I would like but it was pretty cloudy. I haven't been back to the Capitol in some time and it was nice to use my new equipment.
The Shot
Tripod, Canon 50d with Sigma 10-20mm, 3 bracketed RAW images
Photomatix
HDR with details enhancer
Photoshop
Applied layer 'levels'
Applied layer 'curves' for contrast
Applied layer 'hue/saturation' to increase colors (selective colors)
Dodged and burned with a 50% gray layer, blended in soft light
Applied unsharp mask after noise reduction to background layer
Blended with different exposures to get rid of ghosting.
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