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Pierre Bonnard. French, 1867-1947
The Children’s Meal 1895
Oil on cardboard
Signed and dated (L.R.):Bonnard / 95
In the early 1890s, Bonnards young nieces and nephews began spending their holidays at Le Clos, the old family house in the village of Le Grand-Lemps near the French Alps. Their presence inspired the artist to paint a range of new subjects. Foremost among these were his celebrated “intimist” interiors. Here Bonnard has captured the daily ritual of a meal at Le Clos. Around the curved table, from the left, are the artist’s eighty-three year-old grandmother, Madame Frédéric Mertzdorff, his three-year-old nephew, Jean, and his thirty-three-year-old sister, Andrée Terrasse, with her two-year-old son, Charles, in her lap. In 1890, Andrée had married Claude Terrasse, whose portrait, painted by Suë, hangs at left.
Gift of David Allen Devrishian, 1999
1999.180.1
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Walking around the beach after sunset, between the crumbling cliffs, hemmed in by the tide I was looking for one last photo before I headed back up the wooded valley away from the coast. I noticed these three pebbles grouped together at the edge of the limestone pavement with the fresh water stream that runs down through the valley and across the beach to the sea flowing over them. The late evening soft pink glow of the sky made the rock below seem to glow itself and the round stones and blurred water seemed to me the perfect compliment to the soft light.
I would have liked to have spotted this scene earlier while the sun was still above the horizon and it's light was caught in the water making every drop sparkle. Although I'm not certain that this lighting would have suited the scene so well it would have been nice to compare and contrast the two lighting conditions. Maybe next time, although these pebbles will surely be long gone by then.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
I did manage to grab the camera only once in September. I was standing at the kitchen window one day when suddenly a huge number of Grackles (Blackbird family) descended on my back yard. I didn't even notice until the camera was turned off that there were probably about 100 of them in the trees above this birdbath. Then suddenly, as though someone had just snapped their fingers, they all disappeared in about 2 seconds. We've lived in this house about 20 years and I've never seen this happen before.
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Brave New World
Schöne neue Welt
Aldous Huxley
„O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in't!“
O Wunder! Was gibt's für herrliche Geschöpfe hier! Wie schön der Mensch ist! Schöne neue Welt, die solche Bürger trägt!
MNO
A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as carriage service provider (CSP), wireless service provider, wireless carrier, mobile phone operator, or cellular company, is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers
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In Deutschland sind zurzeit (Stand Januar 2006) 9 Lizenzen zum digitalen zellulären Mobilfunk vergeben, davon je vier für die GSM- und UMTS- Netze der in Deutschland aktiven Mobilfunknetzbetreiber und eine UMTS- Lizenz von Quam. Die zehnte Lizenz der mobilcom AG wurde Ende 2003 an die Bundesnetzagentur zurückgegeben.
Strahlung ?
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Die Struktur der gepulsten technischen Mobilfunkfrequenzen - vor allem die der geplanten UMTS-Frequenzen - nähert sich immer mehr biologisch wirksamen Frequenzmustern an, so daß "nichtthermische" Effekte, d.h. Resonanzwirkungen am biologischen "Substrat" ohne meßbare Energieübertragung immer wahrscheinlicher werden, wenn sie nicht schon Realität geworden sind. E-Felder, wie z.B. die natürliche elektromagnetische Impulsstrahlung der Atmosphäre (VLF/ELF-Bereich, "Wetterstrahlung") sind zwar Teil des naturgegeben Umweltinventars des Menschen, wie auch die natürliche Radioaktivität, die Evolution hatte im Laufe von 2 Milliarden Jahren aber Gelegenheit, sich ihnen soweit anzupassen, daß, wie im Falle der Wetterfühligkeit, von ihnen allein keine gesundheitlichen Dauerschäden verursacht werden können. Dies zeigt sich z.B. darin, daß die nur bei bestimmten Wetterlagen kurzfristig auftretenden resonanzfähigen Sfericsimpulse nur reversible und keine dauerhaften Veränderungen z.B. in der Raumstruktur von Kollageneiweiß (Gelatine) bewirken.
Der geplanten flächendeckenden und ununterbrochen wirksamen Strahlungsbelastung durch die gepulsten technischen E-Felder des Mobilfunks der neuen Art und bislang noch kaum bekannten biologischen Wirkungspotentials kann hingegen kein Bürger entgehen, auch wenn er sein Händi entsorgt oder sich abseits in den tiefen Wald verzieht. Es ist sogar zu befürchten, daß es durch die Überlagerung der biologisch wirksamen natürlichen und technischen Felder zu Synergismen kommen kann mit der Folge gesundheitlicher Schädigungen neuer Art
Depuis le 3 Octobre, plus de 200 familles dorment dans la rue de la Banque pour protester contre l'absence de logements décents. Français ou immigrés en situation régulière, tous travaillent mais vivent dans des conditions déplorables: le plus souvent à l'hôtel, ou dans des appartements minuscules, parfois menacés d'expulsion.
Malgré la pluie, les mal logés ont l'interdiction d'installer des tentes sur les trottoirs (elles ont de toute façon été confisquées lors des précédentes évacuations par les forces de l'ordre). Les cartons et les bâches sont plus ou moins tolérés, selon les jours, notamment sur le trottoir du Ministère de la Crise du Logement (mais pas en face !), mais peuvent très bien résulter en une intervention policière.
Après les pluies particulièrement violentes des derniers jours début Novembre, accompagnées de forts coups de vent, des bâches ont été accrochées à la façade pour créer une sorte d'auvent, un abri de fortune qui a déjà été démonté samedi 10 novembre par les forces de l'ordre et remonté dimanche par les militants. Depuis le départ des policiers le 13, des bâches sont installées des 2 côtés de la rue de la Banque (contre le Ministère de la Crise du Logement et contre l'AFP en face).
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
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 night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa and Gorsachius. The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greek for “night raven” and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, the Black-crowned Night Heron.
Adults are short-necked, short-legged and stout herons with a primarily brown or grey plumage, and, in most, a black crown. Young birds are brown, flecked with white. At least some of the extinct Mascarenes taxa appear to have retained this juvenile plumage in adult birds.
Night herons nest alone or in colonies on platforms of sticks in a group of trees, or on the ground in protected locations such as islands or reedbeds. 3-8 eggs are laid.
Night herons stand still at the water's edge, and wait to ambush prey, mainly at night. They primarily eat small fish, crustaceans, frogs, aquatic insects, and small mammals. During the day they rest in trees or bushes. There are seven extant species.
I photographed this beautiful bird at the Santa Barbara Zoo. I should add that it is not a part of the zoo collection but rather a local shore bird that likes to hang out at the round picnic tables near the zoo entrance along with several large ravens. I assume this is because there are some humans that feed them or they are scavenging what's been left as garbage. It is not a good idea to feed these beautiful birds as they become dependent and lazy. Neither of these species appear to be afraid of humans. This bird was sitting no more than five feet away from me as I took numerous photographs and the bird never flinched or moved. See the images below for more of this beautiful bird (including a strip collage of the head in profile). A companion Night Heron did fly into one of the open exhibition areas.
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el cielo me ayudo a darle colores a mi vida!!
hacia tiempo que no salia!!
y bueno hay que empezar a vivir otra ves!!
Vamos Gus me digo por dentro!!
es hora de ponerse de pie otra ves!!
vamos loco!!
serie amores que matan nunca mueren
Lulunta Maipú Mendoza Argentina
Tibu = Gusty = Seba @
En soled busco mi libertad!!!
Yo no quiero un amor civilizado, con recibos y escena del sofá; yo no quiero que viajes al pasado y vuelvas del mercado con ganas de llorar. Yo no quiero vecínas con pucheros; yo no quiero sembrar ni compartir; yo no quiero catorce de febrero ni cumpleaños feliz. Yo no quiero cargar con tus maletas; yo no quiero que elijas mi champú; yo no quiero mudarme de planeta, cortarme la coleta, brindar a tu salud. Yo no quiero domingos por la tarde; yo no quiero columpio en el jardin; lo que yo quiero, corazón cobarde, es que mueras por mí. Y morirme contigo si te matas y matarme contigo si te mueres porque el amor cuando no muere mata porque amores que matan nunca mueren. Yo no quiero juntar para mañana, no me pidas llegar a fin de mes; yo no quiero comerme una manzana dos veces por semana sin ganas de comer. Yo no quiero calor de invernadero; yo no quiero besar tu cicatriz; yo no quiero Madrid con aguacero ni Rosario sin tí. No me esperes a las doce en el juzgado; no me digas "volvamos a empezar"; yo no quiero ni libre ni ocupado, ni carne ni pecado, ni orgullo ni piedad. Yo no quiero saber por qué lo hiciste; yo no quiero contigo ni sin ti; lo que yo quiero, muchacha de ojos tristes, es que mueras por mí. Y morirme contigo si te matas y matarme contigo si te mueres porque el amor cuando no muere mata porque amores que matan nunca mueren
St. John's Asylum was built in 1852 and closed in 1989, leaving the remaining walls home to over 130 years of history.
This place is a pretty famous site for urbex-ers, but as developers progress with their work to turn this huge site into housing, the floors have rotted away and the finer details are all disappearing.
Not long left until this all vanishes...
St. John's Asylum was built in 1852 and closed in 1989, leaving the remaining walls home to over 130 years of history.
This place is a pretty famous site for urbex-ers, but as developers progress with their work to turn this huge site into housing, the floors have rotted away and the finer details are all disappearing.
Not long left until this all vanishes...
St. John's Asylum was built in 1852 and closed in 1989, leaving the remaining walls home to over 130 years of history.
This place is a pretty famous site for urbex-ers, but as developers progress with their work to turn this huge site into housing, the floors have rotted away and the finer details are all disappearing.
Not long left until this all vanishes...
St. John's Asylum was built in 1852 and closed in 1989, leaving the remaining walls home to over 130 years of history.
This place is a pretty famous site for urbex-ers, but as developers progress with their work to turn this huge site into housing, the floors have rotted away and the finer details are all disappearing.
Not long left until this all vanishes...
St. John's Asylum was built in 1852 and closed in 1989, leaving the remaining walls home to over 130 years of history.
This place is a pretty famous site for urbex-ers, but as developers progress with their work to turn this huge site into housing, the floors have rotted away and the finer details are all disappearing.
Not long left until this all vanishes...
In Large view (link above), you can make out the little fairies in the bottom corners (aren't they adorable?). I found them on www.scrapworkart.com with some other cute vintage images. another cool site for similar resources is carol annes boutique at carolannesboutique.blogspot.com/search/label/Sheet%20Music. have fun!!
many thanks to Angela Wolf (JoesSistah) for the beautiful blue texture
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thanks to obsidiandawn for the beautiful swirls & glitter brushes
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Well Kat had to run to Austin to take care of the grandbabies and kids down with the virus.....so I had some time to self and have been wanting to go to this location to shoot for a while. So happens that we had a storm coming in and was trying to get some lightning shots but they were pretty slow and the mosquitoes were bitting like you never seen. Southeastexas noted for there mosquitoes. My son stated to people where he lives that our mosquitoes are as big as chickens here....lol.....well tonight I had short pants and shirt on and I dont use mosquitoe spray so they won by 100 bites.....
To the far left if you enlarge that is part of the refineries in area. That particular one is Valera. To the center of the bridge is our small port. First lightning strike to catch on digital . btw...........NO PHOTOSHOP.............SOOC.....have great weekend
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Moonville was a small mining and railway town that cropped up during the 1800's iron boom and eventually disappeared just a little over 150 years ago.
Like many of Vinton and Hocking County iron boom towns that waned to nothing more than grassy fields over the last century, little is left to show humans ever dwelled here at all. Moonville is no exception- aside from an old well, a few shards of old teacups found in Raccoon Creek once in a while and three well-hidden foundations, nothing more remains.
It has long been said that the tunnel is haunted by a railway brakeman, but few ever hear of the Lavender Lady of Moonville Tunnel. However, many have crossed through the tunnel to the other side, taken the short trail off the old gravel path and caught the scent of stale lavender. Where does this smell come from even in the middle of winter when the snow is nearly knee deep?
Local Stories pertaining to Lavender Lady:
It is said that a woman from Mineral was crossing the train trestle, she was struck and killed by a train. Rumor has it that her ghost still walks the area where her broken body had plunged after being hit from the train-directly where the scent of lavender still lingers in the air.
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This past September I was in the San Juan Mountains and just outside of Lake City, from the gorgeous viewpoint at Windy Point with the high peaks of the San Juan mountains in the distance. Uncompahgre, Redcloud, Sunshine, Handies, and Wetterhorn are all 14ers (with an elevation over 14,000 ft above sea level).
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The period of Angkor is the period from approximately the latter half of the 8th century A.D. to the first half of the 15th century. If precise dates are required, the beginning may be set in 802 A.D., when the Khmer King Jayavarman II pronounced himself universal monarch (chakravartin) and declared independence from Java, and the end may be set in 1431 A.D., when Thai invaders from the kingdom of Ayutthaya sacked Angkor and caused the Khmer elite to migrate to Phnom Penh.
In any study of Angkorian architecture, the emphasis is necessarily on religious architecture, since the only remaining Angkorian buildings are religious in nature. During the period of Angkor, only temples and other religious buildings were constructed of stone. Non-religious buildings such as dwellings were constructed of perishable materials such as wood, and as such have not survived.
The religious architecture of Angkor has characteristic structures, elements, and motifs, which are identified in the glossary below. Since a number of different architectural styles succeeded one another during the Angkorean period, not all of these features were equally in evidence throughout the period. Indeed, scholars have recurred to the presence or absence of such features as one source of evidence for dating the remains.
Check out this Cherry '55 Chevy On Black
He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cicle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101
Well, he never washed his face and he never combed his hair
He had axle grease imbedded underneath his fingernails
On the muscle of his arm was a red tattoo
A picture of a heart saying "Mother, I love you"
He had a pretty girlfriend by the name of Mary Lou
But he treated her just like he treated all the rest
And everybody pitied her and everybody knew
He loved that doggone motorcycle best
He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cicle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101
Mary Lou, poor girl, she pleaded and she begged him not to leave
She said "I've got a feeling if you ride tonight I'll grieve"
But her tears were shed in vain and her every word was lost
In the rumble of an engine and the smoke from his exhaust
Then he took off like the Devil and there was fire in his eyes!! He
said "I'll go a thousand miles before the sun can rise." But he hit a screamin' diesel
that was California-bound" And when they cleared the wreckage, all
they found
Was his black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
But they couldn't find the 'cicle that took off like a gun
And they never found the terror of Highway 101
Look at this large and on black.
Milford Sound is a peculiar place -- it's stunningly beautiful, but when I went it was so packed with tourists that I couldn't appreciate the landscape. There's only one way in and out of town, and once you get there, there isn't any room to spread out (no hiking trails out of town, for example). I drove, which obviously isn't as eco-friendly as the people coming in on buses, but it enabled me to come early and stay late -- once the buses had all left, and the sightseeing planes and helicopters had landed, and all the tour boats were docked, I could really appreciate the beauty of the landscape.
A side note about the people on buses -- many (though certainly I won't condemn them all) of them seemed to be the worst kind of tourist. I spent an hour wandering around a glacial valley on the way in, and I saw bus after bus pull into the parking area and disgorge a mass of people, who then proceeded to take a picture of themselves with the landscape in the back, and then they all got back on the bus and drove away. Few, if any, of them actually experienced the landscape or interacted with it in any way. I realize buses are on schedules and that you don't have time for an extended stroll, but it seemed to me like Photoshop would've done the job just as well. To me, it seems like they miss the point of travel -- heck, by my definition they're NOT traveling. Travel should be interactive, it should be exploration, it should be discovery and experience. It involves all five senses. This just looked like TV in 3-D. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe they get something out of it that I don't see, but it sure looked to me like they wasted a lot of time and money just to say they had been there.
Anyway, I've gotten slightly off topic... This is Milford Sound, in New Zealand, during an uncharacteristic (I'm told) dry spell of nearly two weeks. That meant that the sky was rather boring, so I used some of the local plants to frame Mitre Peak. I quite like the evening light on the peak, though.
I made this one in February at the Tonto National Monument. This particular view is a bit tricky to get to, as it's from the upper dwellings of the monument. In an effort to preserve the site, park visitors are only able to view the lower, smaller dwellings. However, a few times a year the park offers ranger led hikes to the larger, more preserved upper dwellings. My wonderful husband signed my up and surprised me with the day trip for Valentines day : )
เครื่องพ่นหมอกเพิ่มความชื้นโรงเรือนเพาะเห็ด เครื่องพ่นหมอก ทำงานด้วยระบบแรงเหวี่ยงหนีศูนย์กลาง (Centrifugal Humidifier) ไม่ใช้ใบพัด ปลอดภัยในการใช้ ไม่มีปัญหาการอุดตัน ผสมสารละลายได้โดยตรงในถาดน้ำ ช่วยสร้างความชื้น และลดอุณหภูมิได้อย่างดี ในระยะเวลอันสั้น เหมาะสำหรับโรงเรือนเห็ดถั่งเช่า และโรงเรือนเห็ดทั่วไป รวมทั้งบ้านนก
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A visit to the Museo Etrusco on the Via Don Giovanni Minzoni in Volterra. Was a lot of Etruscan and Roman artifacts here. Also a back garden.
The Guarnacci museum is one of oldest public museums of Europe: it began in 1761 when the noble abbot Mario Guarnacci (Volterra 1701-1785) gave its enormous archaeological heritage, collected over years of research and purchases, to the "public of the city of Volterra".
The current disposition and location of materials demonstrate Maffei’s positivistic impact, with items separated by classes and the urns distinguished according to the theme of the bas-relief on the case. While respecting the historic memory of this arrangement, an attempt was made, in recent times, to associate it with another, more didactic, chronological tour inside the exhibition itself, able to conduct the visitor through the long history of the Etruscan Velathri.
The Guarnacci Etruscan Museum is located in via Don Minzoni in Volterra , and contains one of the most beautiful collections of Etruscan art.
In 1776 the canon of the cathedral of Volterra Pietro Franceschini found near the Etruscan necropolis of the Portone a hypogeum of considerable size dating back to the Hellenistic period, containing forty Etruscan urns, which in 1777 donated to the town of Volterra . This donation was the first nucleus of the Civic Museum which soon collected many other works found in the surroundings of Volterra and which until then had been kept in private collections of noblemen from Volterra.
Among the various donations, the most important and most important was that of Monsignor Mario Guarnacci ( 1701 - 1785 ), a wealthy priest who promoted numerous archaeological excavation campaigns, which on 15 September 1761 donated his entire collection to the newborn museum. He was named after the museum that in over two centuries of history has increased its heritage thanks to numerous excavation campaigns promoted by the Superintendency of Antiquities of Etruria.
The first seat of the museum was Palazzo Ruggeri, home of Guarnacci, later it was transferred first to some halls of the town hall and then from 1877 in the Desideri-Tangassi palace, the current headquarters.
The first Prefect and Librarian of the Guarnacci Museum is the Roman abbot Francesco Ballani , well-known librettist of his time, who was succeeded by Giuseppe Cailli in 1805 until his death in 1810 . Francesco Inghirami ( 1772 - 1846 ) occupied this position from 1810 until 1815 .
I didn't take much inside of the museum, only what took my interest at the time. Was mostly all the same kind of things from the Etruscan period.
On the floor in the middle of the building I didn't get more than these two sculptures. There was rooms with Roman tiles on the floors under raised walkways, and more sarcophagus!
Il Prete Marzio una Statua "Ritrovata"
The Priest Marzio a "Rediscovered" Statue
This statue, known since the early 1600s, was the
the result of a series of "restoration" projects
nineteenth-century, who have joined the stub
of an original statue of a togate of age
Roman a head composed, in turn, of
two different parts and two "shoulders" obtained
from marble bouquets from the
Cathedral of Volterra.
The result is that of a typical pastiche of the
taste of the last century that, until 1922 was
visible on the terrace above the source of
S. Stefano, in the formerly named place
Prato Marzio, from which it derives from the statue -
for corruption - even the name
traditional.
The current restoration has allowed
to remove unrelated parts
and to integrate the original gaps.
The head that today has been placed on the bust
belongs to the collection of the Guarnacci Museum
and it is certainly not relevant.
The type of marble, workmanship and I state of
conservation are however very much win a
those of the togato and therefore allow to give
an image - for example
and didactic - of the original form of the
monument, which by its nature permitted.
The insertion of different heads to the esconda of the
historic moment.
Eta Gluilo-Claudia (1st century AD).
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Edificio de oficinas. Lo más común en el centro porteño.
6 de la tarde. Algunos tratan de terminar sus cosas. Otros todavía tienen para un rato más.
Y otros simplemente miran por la ventana pensando en un futuro mejor.
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Office building. The most common in the city's downtown.
6 pm. Some try to finish their stuff. Others still have a lot work ahead.
And others just look out the window thinking about a better future.
The Blackmagic Ultra Lite does a lot with a little! It is a combination of our Blackmagic Top Handle with a pair of rods running above the camera. It mounts with a 5” Z-rail that attaches to the top of your camera via two ¼ 20 screws. The Blackmagic Top Handle and each of the 7” male/female threaded rods attach independently across the 5” rail with a Zacuto quick release ratcheting lever. The rods and the handles can freely slide side to side on the Z-rail for balance and can be set facing backwards or forwards. You can set the 7” rods lightweight spaced (60mm) over the camera lens to hold a follow focus or matte box. You can also attach accessories to each rail and to the rod running through the handle using a Zacuto Z-release mount. This kit has endless possibilities!
Zacuto dovetail accessories are adjustable to work with Z-Rail, NATO, SWAT, RED, PICATINNY, and WOODEN CAMERA rails.
Kit Includes:
2x Z-rail to Rod Mount connectors
So, as alluded to in the last post, I’m one of a decreasingly shrinking (i.e. it’s getting bigger) group of photographers who has never done film before. Ever. Shot it, developed it, paid for it, et cetera. That is, until a couple weeks ago when I bought my Holga 120N. And I’ve got to admit, I thoroughly enjoy it.
Since I am not Thomas Hawk and have no desire to publish a million photographs before I leave this world, going back in time to the [somewhat] long-gone days of film isn’t much of a hindrance on some larger task. Having gotten used to digital where I can take a shot, see if it’s exposed properly, and shoot it again, using film was- let’s face it- absolutely bizarre. What do you mean I have to wait to see what I just shot?! I want to see it now!
What’s more, it’s a Holga! I have no earthly idea how the final photograph’s going to look, focus is dependent on one person, three people, a group of people, or a MOUNTAIN. Aperture is a lie and there is only one shutter speed. The viewfinder doesn’t even frame the shot! The only thing I really control is the film (in this case, Ilford Delta 400).
But regardless, I have to admit- it’s a helluva experience.
I actually developed two rolls of film the other day when I developed this roll. The first, as mentioned, was a roll of Ilford FP4+ 125. And I absolutely botched it. I couldn’t get the damned thing onto the steel reel, and with the exception of half of one shot, nothing came out as more than a milky white blob. Not a big deal as it was the first roll I ran through the Holga and didn’t really have anything spectacular on it anyways.
Anyways, as for the actual developing, I was hoping that the darkroom on campus would have Rodinal (I heard it was forgiving) or Diafine (I like the contrast I’ve seen in shots using Delta 400 and Diafine), and took some numbers with me for both of those, but alas, they only had D-76. Again, no worries- I don’t really have preferences yet. This particular reel was soaked for 10.5 minutes, with 60 seconds of continuous agitation and an additional 3 inversions every 30 seconds. I used water as a stop bath (30s continuous agitation), and some unknown fixer for 6 minutes (same agitation as developer) followed by 8 minutes of washing. I actually skipped the Photoflo altogether, but that was due more to forgetfullness than intent, but there it is.
Now, the local photo store didn’t have any archival sheets for 120, so for the time being, I scanned in the shots and rerolled the film back in between the paper that 120 comes backed with and put that into the box. So much for preservation. It shall continue to live digitally at the least. (*knock on wood*) What can I say? I live in the digital age, and even when doing something analog like film, it’ll end up in the realm of the digital anyways.
So what are my thoughts? I think I love it. Or at least, I could, and will, given that the reeling process gets easier. You can’t see it in these scans, but even this second roll was imperfectly reeled. And I totally manhandled the film in the process. The whole process after reeling is quite enjoyable; I get to talk to other people in the darkroom with me all while shaking a metal can and eyeing a clock- we must seem ridiculous to a casual observer. Also, it’s probably the only bit of chemistry I’ll ever actually enjoy, so there’s that.
Holga 120N
Ilford Delta 400 Pro, D-76 (stock), 10.5min
Epson 4490
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Gigantour 2012
Feb 8, 2012
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON
Shot for www.toromagazine.com
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Mother and baby ...
In de bergen bezoeken we mensen van de Lavin Agta stam.
De Dupaningan Agta bevolking. De stamleden leven vooral van visvangst en producten die het oerwoud oplevert, zoals kokos en honing. De Agta zijn de oorspronkelijke bewoners van de Filippijnen. Ze worden ook 'de Negrita's' genoemd en ze hebben soms sterk gekruld haar, een verwantschap aan de aboriginals uit Australië.
Dupaningan Agta is an Austronesian language of the Philippine subgroup which is
spoken in northeastern Luzon, Philippines by approximately 1,400 semi-nomadic hunter gatherers belonging to the Negrito ethnic minority.
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The Agta are one of many so called "negrito" groups that inhabit the Philippine islands. Specifically the Agta inhabit only the eastern portion of Luzon
Santa Ana - Palain - Luzon - North Philippines
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Am Südwestrand des Berges befindet sich die Hauptburg. Der Hof wird vom so genannten Pfaffenstöckl und dem Doppelturmtor, der später baulich verändert wurde, dem Schloßpflegerhaus, dem Bergfried, der Wittelsbacher Turm genannt wird, dem Fürstenbau, dem ehemaligen Palas, dem italienischen Anbau, der Kapelle, dem Dürnitzbau, dem Söller und Damenstock umgrenzt. Im Süden und Südwesten erstreckt sich ein Zwinger mit Türmen. Die Vorburg mit dem Hofstallgebäude und dem Kellereigebäude ist im Osten vorgelagert. Im Südosten der Vorburg ist ein Torzwinger, der früher vier Burgtore aufwies.
Am 21. Oktober 1961 brannte der Fürstenbau aus. Dem Brand zum Opfer gefallen sind fast alle Wandmalereien, die Möbel und Ausstattung des Palas, sowie die prunkvollen Räumlichkeiten, die König Ludwig II. einrichten ließ. Erhalten geblieben sind die Narrentreppe im italienischen Anbau und die Georgskapelle. Im neu wiederaufgebauten Fürstenbau der Burg befindet sich heute das Staatsarchiv Landshut.
Von der Altstadt aus führt zum äußeren Burghof die so genannte Fürstentreppe herauf, im Volksmund auch Ochsenklavier genannt. Dies ist ein Weg aus Backsteinen mit gemauerten Querstreben, der gebaut wurde, damit Pferde den Berg hinaufgehen konnten[5].
Im restaurierten Damenstock ist seit September 2004 die „Kunst- und Wunderkammer Burg Trausnitz“ als neues Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums zu sehen. In rekonstruierter Form zeigt sie die Sammlung von Herzog Albrecht V., die sich ursprünglich in München im 2. Stock des Marstallgebäudes befand und vor allem Repräsentationszwecken diente.
Jurong Bird Park, the largest one in the world. Taken with Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII.
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The Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) is a member of the starling family of birds. It can commonly be found in East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
This species is 18 to 19 cm (7–7.5 inches) long. Adults have black heads and iridescent blue-to-green back, upper breast, wings, and tail. The belly is red-orange, separated from the blue breast by a white bar. The undertail coverts and the wing linings are white. Juveniles have duller plumage with no more than a suggestion of the white breast band. Their irises are brown, later grayish white, eventually the adult's cream-color.
The Superb Starling has a long and loud song consisting of trills and chatters. At midday it gives a softer song of repeated phrases. There are several harsh calls, the most complex of which is described as "a shrill, screeching skerrrreeee-cherrrroo-tcherreeeeeet."
This species feeds on the ground. (Wikipedia)
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We didn't get any epic sunsets during the workshop, but there were periods of good light. This is from the second night of shooting from Tunnel View, when the sky was a bit more dramatic cloud-wise. I think the monochrome treatment works real well for this image.
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FICHA TÉCNICA Orden: Rodentia. Familia: Múridos. Subfamilia: Murinos. Género: Rattus
Especie: Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1752). Subespecies presentes: Una única especie en la península ibérica e islas, aún cuando presenta razas o formas geográficas. Longitud de la cabeza y cuerpo, sin incluir la cola: entre 7 y 11 cms. Longitud de la cola: de 9 a 24 cms. Peso: De 125 a 250 gramos. Status de la especie: No amenazada.
Roedor de mediano tamaño, que no suele sobrepasar los 250 gramos de peso y que ocupa medios más rurales y menos humanizados que su congénere la rata de alcantarilla o común, también llamada rata parda (Rattus norvegicus), de la que se diferencia por su menor tamaño y mayores orejas. Otro detalle para diferenciarla es su larga cola, formada por característicos anillos escamosos, de forma redondeada y una longitud que supera notoriamente la de la cabeza más el cuerpo.
La rata campestre es originaria del sureste asiático, habiendo ocupado Europa en tiempos históricos probablemente siguiendo al hombre en sus primeras rutas comerciales, aun cuando se estima que ya pudo venir en períodos posteriores a las últimas glaciaciones. Desde Europa y tras el descubrimiento de América se extendió por resto del mundo sirviéndose de los barcos, donde viajaba como indeseado polizón, pasando a ocupar en tierra –fundamentalmente- las zonas portuarias.
En España la rata de campo ocupa todo el territorio nacional, incluidas las Baleares y Canarias.
De hábitos esencialmente nocturnos, aun cuando no es difícil verla durante el día trepando por árboles o refugiándose entre la maleza. La rata campestre no suele excavar madrigueras subterráneas, sino que suele instalar sus habitáculos en los huecos de los edificios y en las falsas de los tejados, aun cuando también ocupa con sus madrigueras los huecos de las raíces de los grandes árboles y en los lugares húmedos y encharcados para aislarse del suelo y proteger así a su descendencia acondiciona una especie de nidos, parecidos a los de las aves, de forma casi circular y con una abertura lateral, de 30 cms. de diámetro, que suele construir entre la vegetación densa como zarzales, hiedras o cañaverales, aunque también puede construirlos en árboles que cuenten con hojas permanentes y abundantes follaje que los camufle.
La rata de campo es una especie omnívora, que consume cuanto encuentra a su paso, aunque en el campo consume fundamentalmente frutos y granos.
Es un animal sociable, que vive en grupos que suelen estar dominados por un macho, aunque la jerarquía social no está muy marcada. Es frecuente el canibalismo dentro de la especie. Observación de ratas de campo silvestres llevadas a un laboratorio, para el estudio del comportamiento durante la preñez y lactancia, constató que la agresividad de la madre aumentó conforme iba acercándose el parto, el cual se produjo al décimo séptimo día de gestación. Desde que las crías nacieron, la madre se mostró muy celosa y protectora; y nunca rechazó a sus crías a pesar de que estas eran manipuladas diariamente, para evaluar su peso y sus medidas de longitud cabeza-cuerpo. Este mismo estudio destaca que no se presentó canibalismo de las madres a las crías (M. Williams de Castro, A. Castillo y C. Rosas, 2002), por lo que puede estimarse que el canibalismo que se produce en la especie es de otros individuos ajenos a la madre, la que desarrolla la conducta agresiva descrita conforme va aumentando la preñez ante la conciencia del peligro que acecha a su descendencia.
Muy curioso es el fenómeno conocido como rey de las ratas, por el que pueden acabar entrelazándose por la cola varios individuos, normalmente de 3 a 12, aun cuando se ha citado un caso de 32 ejemplares entrelazados (J. Reichholf, 1995), que quedan tan fuertemente entrelazados por alguna desconocida causa que luego no pueden separarse voluntariamente, terminando por morir de hambre y por las heridas que recíprocamente se causan. El origen de este fenómeno, admitido en la literatura científica y constatado incluso en ejemplares cautivos de laboratorio, no es conocido y se ha denominado con el nombre de rey de las ratas por considerarse en la tradición popular que era el rey de las ratas el que las amarraba y colocaba en esta situación como castigo, para controlar la superpoblación de ratas cuando escaseaba el alimento.
Pero si la rata campestre ocupa un lugar en la historia humana, es por estimarse responsable de la llamada peste bubónica o negra, de donde toma su nombre de rata negra, que fue la responsable de la muerte de millones de personas en Europa a mediados del S. XIV. Se calcula entre veinte y veinticinco millones los muertos por esta epidemia, solo en Europa. Se cuenta que uno de los primeros lugares en que se detectó la epidemia fue Sicilia, en el otoño de 1347, donde unos marineros genoveses al regresar de Caffa (Crimea) con pieles de marmota, trajeron la enfermedad que posteriormente fueron extendiendo por los diferentes puertos en que atracaban. Tan solo medio año después, en la primavera de 1348, afectó a las Baleares y poco después a la Península Ibérica y en 1349 afectaba ya a los países del norte de Europa, ocasionando grandes mortandades.
La enfermedad se transmitía a través de las ratas, cuyo agente ere un bacilo originariamente denominado Pasteurella pestis y ahora conocido como Yersinia pestis (aislado en 1894 en Hong-Kong durante una epidemia por el microbiólogo suizo Alejandro Yersin, del que tomó su nombre). El bacilo pasaba al hombre a través de las pulgas que vivían con las ratas y también transportaban la bacteria. Por lo que en realidad se trata de una epizootia de las ratas que se propaga al ser humano por intermedio de los ectoparásitos de estos animales (la pulga de las ratas llamada Xenopsylla cheopis).
Las variedades de ratas afectadas son tanto la rata campestre o negra (Rattus rattus) como la rata parda o de alcantarilla (Rattus norvegicus), aunque fue la primera (la rata campestre) la causante de la epidemia en Europa al no estar en aquélla época (S. XIV) extendida aún por el continente Europa la rata de alcantarilla. En el ser humano, los parásitos propios del hombre como la pulga (Pulex irritans) o el piojo (Pediculus capitis, P. vestimenti) también contribuían a la transmisión y expansión de la enfermedad.
La enfermedad no presentaba una única forma y podía presentarse como una afección pulmonar, que causaba graves insuficiencias respiratorias; como una septicémica (infección generalizada) con hemorragias cutáneas, con placas de color negro azulado, de ahí que se le conozca como peste negra; y, por último había una forma que se conocía como peste bubónica, que era la más frecuente, la que se caracterizaba por la aparición en el cuerpo humano de unos bubones (ganglios linfáticos) en el cuello y la ingle.
El Doctor José Manuel Reverte Coma, de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, resume ilustrativamente este dañino mal indicando como “no ha habido epidemia más terrible en el mundo como la MUERTE NEGRA por la elevada mortalidad que produjo y las consecuencias de todo tipo que trajo consigo en aquel infausto s. XIV, en el que a la peste se unieron el hambre y las guerras”.
El retroceso de la peste bubónica o negra, parece deberse a un cambio de la forma del bacilo Yersinia pestis a otra menos virulenta Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, que actuarían como vacuna, dando un alto grado de inmunidad a la peste (Castells y Mayo, 1993)
Aun cuando se ha constatado en los tiempos actuales una regresión de la población de ratas de campo, sigue siendo abundante. No obstante se considera que las ratas desempeñan un significativo papel en el ecosistema, fundamentalmente al servir de alimento a muchos carnívoros y rapaces, particularmente ahora que por la enfermedad del conejo ha disminuido preocupante la población de este lagomorfo, por lo que su papel en la cadena alimenticia ha sido reemplazado en cierto aspecto por la rata
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Longevidad: Su vida media está en torno a los dieciocho meses, en libertad, mientras que en cautividad puede alcanzar varios años de vida.
Celo: La rata de campo está activa todo el año. Suele tener de tres a cinco camadas por año.
Gestación. La gestación dura de 17 a 21 días.
Época de parto: Esta sexualmente activo a lo largo de todo el año.
Parto: La hembra puede parir de 5 a 16 ejemplares, aunque lo normal son 7 u 8, los que deposita la hembra en el interior de la madriguera o nido, donde acondiciona un lecho con restos de materia vegetal y pelo, naciendo desnudos, con los ojos cerrados, sin pelo y sin capacidad auditiva y pesando tan solo 5 ó 6 gramos.
Duración de la lactancia: Entre 15 y 17 días.
Madurez sexual. Son precoces muy pronto: la hembra es activa sexualmente a las cinco o seis semanas. Los machos precisan unos días más para alcanzar la madurez sexual.
Alimentación. Condicionada a las disponibilidades alimenticias que encuentra, aunque siente predilección por los cereales y semillas, aunque no rechaza insectos, caracoles y restos de materia vegetal. También puede predar sobre nidos de huevos.
Hábitats. La rata de campo, hasta hace unos siglos, dominaban las ciudades, pero al llegar las ratas de alcantarilla (Rattus norvegicus), de mayor tamaño, entablaron una lucha a muerte, expulsándola de las aglomeraciones urbanas y obligándola a adquirir costumbres campestres.
Huellas. Por su poco peso no suele quedar marcadas, ni siquiera en los medios óptimos. Cuando lo hace es de forma difusa, enmarañada y poco clara. La huella del pie posterior, es mayor que la del anterior, teniendo la huella del pie posterior una longitud de 1,5 cms. De largo por 0,5 cms. de ancha. Es también muy característico de la especie los rastros aceitosos, producidos por su piel grasienta, que deja marcados sobre el suelo y lugares por los que pasa habitualmente en sus correrías. Aunque estos rastros de grasa también los deja la rata común o de alcantarilla, sabremos que corresponden a una rata campestre si el rastro de grasa se encuentra en vertical o en un lugar elevado, ya que la rata común es mala treparadora. Uno de estos rastros de rata campestre lo vemos con detalle en una de las imágenes laterales que ilustran esta ficha.
Excrementos: Su forma es alargada siendo ligeramente más gruesos por el centro y la punta redondeada de 9-10 mm. de longitud y 2-3 mm. de diámetro en el centro.
Otros rastros. Los daños apreciados en resto de comida es su mejor rastro. Cuando come cereales, su alimento favorito, no come por completo los granos, sino que ataca a las semillas por un extremo, sujetándolas con las manos y si tiene más no termina de consumir la semilla encontrada, sino que pasa a otra para efectuar similar proceso. En las almendras roe la cáscara de forma difusa e irregular, aunque fundamentalmente por una punta. El cadáver de la rata de campo o su presencia en egagrópilas de aves son otros buenos rastros para asegurar su presencia en un territorio concreto.
Dimorfismo sexual: No aparente, si bien el macho es ligeramente mayor que la hembra. La hembra presenta además cinco pares de mamas, ligeramente apreciables en la lactancia.
Enemigos naturales. El turón, gineta y gato montés son sus principales enemigos. El gato doméstico (Felis catus) también se atreve con ellas, particularmente los ejemplares felinos de mayor tamaño. El hombre también las combate con raticidas.
Curiosidades ecológicas. Se cuenta que fueron las ratas y no los hombres, los que expulsaron a los soldados de Napoleón de Egipto. Kemmerich en su obra Cultura Curiosa (1944) cuenta que por las noches las ratas roían los arreos de cuero de los soldados franceses, de tal modo que los jinetes tenían que ir a pie porque las sillas no se sostenían sobre los caballos. Así mismo devoraban las correas de los fusiles, las cartucheras, las botas y todo lo que tenía cuero, cuando los soldados
dormían. Cuando los soldados comían su rancho, las ratas salían de todas partes y se lanzaban hambrientas sobre los platos de los soldados, y aunque mataban a muchas de ellas, las otras seguían comiendo con total descaro, sin inmutarse, lo que quitaba el apetito a los soldados que se negaban a continuar en estos lugares acosados por tan indeseables roedores.
Principales problemáticas. Los daños en alimentos -humanos y de animales de corral- y en los campos de cultivos son las principales problemáticas que se achacan a la rata. La posibilidad de transmitir enfermedades hace también necesario su control.
In case you can't read the text on the picture (which you probably can't...)
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The Shack was an interesting place. Poe had not been the first one to dream of it, nor would she be the last. As she gazed out the windows, she saw people of all shapes and sizes and races passing by now and again and she seemed to know that these were not people like her, these people were different, passing through. The Quiet and the Shack had changed slightly from what she could remember, but she supposed that was the way of these things. As those people came and went,
they took some things with them and left other things behind.
The Shack also seemed to have its own sort of energy; its own life almost. Just as it had blocked Laz out of Poe's mind the night before,it also blocked Poe from feeling any tingle of Serafina's arrival. Whoever had first dreamed up the Shack had built it for seclusion and reflection, and thusly, it kept things that would interfere with that... out, until such time as the occupant or the Shack itself decided that they needed to move on. After all, introspection was a good thing from time to time, but it wouldn't do to just retreat into oneself reclusively. That was-not- the Shack's purpose. It was not a hiding place.Poe had thought about using it for just that, and the Shack simply wasn't going to allow it.
Building history:
This is castle Bleijenbeek in Afferden the Netherlands , its history goes back to the year 1300 ,in 1405 a room wing with a basement was built to the castle , the basement still exists today , and a square tower was build ,in the 15. Century a shield wall was placed and a courtyard was created in the 16. century a second larger wing was added to the castle after several conversions in the 17. century this was a castle with 4 wings around the courtyard
during the 2. worldwar this castle was occupied by the germans wich did not gave up fighting ,the RAF decided to bomb this castle , this happend only 5 days befor the war ended in the southern part of the netherlands .the remains of 2 german soldiers who died here where never found , and are still here on this site , the mothers of these soldiers came back every year until the 80's to put flowers in memorial for their suns ,
even today people come here to remember their family , as we walked around the site we found a cross and flowers left behind from an engish person ..
Baugeschichte:
Das ist Schloss Bleijenbeek in Afferden in die Niederlande, seine Geschichte geht zurück bis ins Jahr 1300, in 1405 wurde eine Flügel ,Quadratische Turm und einen Keller dazu gebaut , der Keller gibt es heut zu Tage immer noch und bietet schutz und Heim für Fledermäuse , in den 15. Jahrhundert wurde eine Schild Wand dazu gebaut und so enstand einen Hof in den 16. Jahrhundert wurde eine zweite größere Flügel gebaut nach mehreren Umbauten in den 17 Jahrhundert entstand ein Schloss mit 4 Flügel rund um den Hof
während der 2. Weltkrieg wurde dieser Burg von den Deutschen nicht aufgegeben und die RAF hat diese Burg bombardieren lassen dieses passiert nur 5 Tage vor dem Ende des Krieges die Überreste von 2 Deutsche Soldaten die hier starben wurde nie wieder zurück gefunden, und befinden sich immer noch hier auf dieser Ruine, die Mütter der Soldaten kamen jedes Jahr (bis die 80 er Jahren ) wieder zu dieser Burg , zurück und haben Blumen als Gedenkstätten für ihre Sohnen hinterlassen
auch heute noch kommen Menschen hierher, um ihre Familie zu erinnern , als wir hier waren haben wir Blumen gefunden die vor ein paar Tagen noch , -angeblich von Engländer- hinterlassen waren.
Facebook Event: Pizza Tour NYC
Event Info
Name:Pizza Tour NYC
Tagline: for friends and family
Host:Vladimir Cole (Facebook / LinkedIn / Twitter)
Type:Other - Carnival
Time and Place
Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Time: 10:00am - 10:00pm
Location: NYC
City/Town: New York, NY
Description
Purpose: Tour some of the best Pizza in NYC. Now that I’m on the West Coast, this is a very important “keeping it real” event for me. I mustn’t forget what real pizza tastes like. Seattle’s pie sucks, for the most part.
Timing: Start at 10am and end at 10pm. Feel free to join in at any point by calling me (212.281.1090) for current location and next stop. Also, you can follow along via Twitter (twitter.com/vladcole).
Itinerary (in rough order):
DONE .... Rose & Joe's Bakery (31st St near Ditmars Blvd, Astoria)
DONE .... Rosario's (31st St near Ditmars Blvd, Astoria)
DONE .... Joe’s (7 Carmine Street, West Village) … walk to:
DONE .... Grandaisy Bakery (73 Sullivan St., SoHo) … walk to:
DONE .... Lombardi’s (32 Spring St., SoHo) … walk to:
DONE .... Luzzo's (1st Ave. & 12th St.) …
DONE .... Fornino (187 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn)
DONE .... Franny’s (295 Flatbush Ave., Prospect Heights, Brooklyn)
Google Maps: Brooklyn Section: Pizza Crawl by Brian Carp (Facebook)
Franny's Guests
+ Dr Sam
+ Jane Doe
© 2007 See-ming Lee (Blog / Facebook / Flickr / LinkedIn / Network / Orkut / Twitter / Wiki)
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (8 of 9): Akari and Dominic /
DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (8 de 9): Akari y Dominic
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 167 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
Akari: This is rum?
Dom: Yeah... what are you gonna make?
Akari: I'll try a cocktail that Lenn tough me (I had to take something profitable from that asshole... ^_^u)
Dom: Ahmmm...
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Akari: Esto es ron?
Dom: S-si... que te vas a hacer?
Akari: Es un cóctel que me enseñó Lenn (Algo bueno podré sacar del tiempo que he pasado aguantando al petardo ese... ^_^u)
Dom: Ammm...
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Madrid (Spain).
ENGLISH
Lavapiés is a barrio of the city of Madrid, centred on Plaza de Lavapiés.
It was the Jewish quarter of the city until the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, the church of San Lorenzo being built on the former site of the synagogue. The name literally means "wash feet", and seems to refer to the ritual washing of one's feet before entering the temple, possibly in the fountain in Plaza de Lavapiés.
It has long been a neglected area of the city. An inscription on a fountain in Plaza de Cabestreros is the only monument to the Spanish Republic in Madrid, such mentions having been systematically removed elsewhere during the Franco regime. The ruins of Escuelas Pías, a religious school, were left to stand for many years after it was burned down by supporters of the Popular Front in 1936. Only in 2002 the ruins were converted into a university library.
In the late 1980s and 1990s, Lavapiés had acquired a reputation as a "vertical slum", with its tenement blocks either empty or occupied by older people paying low rents. As a result, it became the most important location for okupación, or squatting, in Madrid.
More recently, it has become the focal point for immigrant populations, particularly Chinese, Arabs and people from the Indian subcontinent. It has been estimated that around 50% of the population is of foreign origin.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavapi%c3%a9s
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Lavapiés es el nombre de una plaza del centro de Madrid (España). Ha dado nombre también a una calle, un barrio y una estación de metro.
En su origen Lavapiés fue la judería o barrio judío de la ciudad. La actual Iglesia de San Lorenzo ocupa el solar que antaño ocupaba la sinagoga, que se comunicaba con la plaza de Lavapiés a través de la calle que hoy se llama de la Fe, llamada entonces calle de la Sinagoga. A partir de 1391 se reconstruyó la aljama y, por orden de los Reyes Católicos, fue rodeada de una muralla que cerraba sus puertas al anochecer. El motivo, según los historiadores, era proteger a sus habitantes más que aislarlos, pues la relación entre la judería y el concejo era por entonces excelente.
Muchas familias judías vivieron en el barrio de Lavapiés hasta los días de la expulsión, en 1492. Sólo algunos judíos madrileños notables (especialmente los médicos) estaban autorizados a vivir fuera de Lavapiés, para que pudiesen auxiliar a sus enfermos durante la noche. La expulsión decretada por los Reyes Católicos dejó a Lavapiés y a Madrid sin judíos. Muchos años después, llegarían de nuevo algunos judíos de Lisboa, Egipto, Túnez y otros lugares de África.
Cerca de la calle del Salitre, en la ladera de Buena Vista, mirando al Santuario de Atocha, aparecieron vestigios de lo que pudo ser un cementerio hebreo (ya que no se encontraron en él objetos cristianos) previo a la expulsión de 1492.
Parece que el nombre de Lavapiés podría proceder de una fuente que había en la plaza, donde se hacía el lavado ritual de las extremidades inferiores antes de acudir al templo. En cualquier caso, sí es cierto que en la plaza hubo una importante fuente hasta finales del siglo XIX. Lavapiés es el nombre original del barrio: la denominación El Avapiés, antigua, es en realidad una ultracorrección de Lavapiés, nombre más antiguo que el anterior.
La denominación manolo y manola que se da a los castizos madrileños procede de Lavapiés, y se dice que tiene su origen en la profusión del nombre Manuel, con el que se bautizaron muchos judíos para escapar a la expulsión en 1492. Los manolos rivalizaban con los chulapos y chulapas, procedentes éstos del barrio de Malasaña. Hoy en día se suelen emplear ambos términos indistintamente para referirse a la gente vestida con el atuendo tradicional madrileño.
A finales de los años 1980 Lavapiés era un barrio habitado exclusivamente por gente mayor, típicamente en casas viejas y de pequeñas dimensiones construidas alrededor de un patio (lo que se llama corrala, aunque su denominación correcta es la de casa de corredor). Por eso se ha hablado de chabolismo vertical. La abundancia de casas abandonadas y de viviendas de renta baja atrajo en los años 80 y 90 a multitud de jóvenes con pocos recursos, entre ellos numerosos okupas: Lavapiés ha sido, probablemente, la zona de Madrid con mayor densidad de casas ocupadas, y en ella tuvieron lugar las primeras experiencias de ocupación de la capital. Hoy en día la okupación casi ha desaparecido, pero sigue siendo el barrio con mayor cantidad de asociaciones y movimiento vecinal de Madrid.
En una segunda oleada, y por las mismas razones, acudieron al barrio centenares de inmigrantes. Se calcula que alrededor del 50% de la población del barrio es de origen no español. De hecho, eventos como el año nuevo chino o el ramadán tienen casi más resonancia en Lavapiés que, por ejemplo, la navidad.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavapi%c3%a9s
Movietone news film Ordeal of The Seafarer
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The stranding of the S.A. Seafarer on July 1, 1966, is all but forgotten,except by the affected few, but it has been referred to as “a tragic milestone” in South African maritime history. It would have been worse but for a handful of men flying Aloutte helicopters who battled against strong winds to lift off the passengers and crew of the stricken vessel.
Originally named Clan Shaw, then Steenbok and finally S.A. Seafarer, the ship was owned by the Safmarine Shipping Co when she arrived off her home port of Cape Town on the evening of June 30, 1966. On board were a crew of 63 and 12 passengers, including a six-month-old baby, Joanne Richardson. The cargo amounted to 7,800 tons and included thousands of bottles of whisky, over 300 different-titled magazines and a lethal consignment of tetra-ethyl-lead.
The weather was bad, the sea rough with a heavy swell running, and there was intermittent rain and a north westerly wind blowing at 30 knots.Port Captain Motson, of Cape Town,decided it would be safer to handle the ship by day and told the master, 32-year-old, Captain James Branch, to remain clear of the harbour and bay until morning. When Capt. Branch received the message the S.A. Seafarer was three to four miles north-west of Robben Island. For about an hour the engines were stopped and the vessel drifted but at approximately 20:30 the master went to the bridge and set a course of 230° with an option to steer 240° if it was found the ship rode more comfortably.
At 22:00 Capt. Branch reviewed the situation and again at midnight he returned to the bridge. By this time the weather had improved and the wind speed was down to 10 knots, with visibility considerably improved. The lighthouses at Green Point, Milnerton and Robben Island were all visible. Although the Port Captain had intended his message to be an instruction Capt Branch regarded it as advisory and decided to enter Table Bay and proceed to an anchorage. The task seemed simple enough and as the ship was equipped with gyro compass, magnetic compass, echo sounding apparatus, direction finder, radar and Decca Navigator, he did not for see any difficulty.
Undoubtedly, there were certain risks involved but Capt. Branch did not deem them dangerous. What he did not know was that a series of small errors had already begun to place the ship in jeopardy. The third officer had found that he could not hold the ship on a course of 230/240° with the ship travelling dead slow and he had altered course to 260°, but he made no mention of the alteration to the master and neither did he inform the second officer when the latter took over the watch at midnight.The third officer also failed to fix the ship’s position satisfactorily before handing over.
When Capt. Branch returned to the bridge at midnight he, without checking the ship’s position, rang down for “Full ahead” and turned the vessel to leeward, prior to setting a course into Table Bay.’ The ship’s head was steadied on a course for Milnerton Light but at this stage Green Point and Milnerton lights were close together and the quarter master could identify neither by its flash.
On assuming watch at midnight the second officer obtained a position by taking two bearings but failed to fix his position by taking a third bearing on Robben Island light. Nor did he lay off,on the chart, the course set by Capt. Branch. Had he done so he would have discovered how perilously close they were to the dangers off Green Point.
The second officer took another bearing at 00:23 and at this time, Capt. Branch stopped engines and checked the ship’s ability to go astern. Four minutes later the second officer took a third fix and entered the ship’s position on the chart. When he had finished he commented that the rocks on the shore were clearly visible when the beam of light from the lighthouse fell upon them. It was about this time that the boatswain uttered a warning of breakers ahead. The master immediately put the ship astern and once clear of the area the position of the ship was again fixed. Satisfied that he was clear of danger, Capt. Branch turned the ship to port and ordered “Slow ahead”. Then, when he was sure that they were heading for deeper water, he rang down for “Half ahead”.
At 00:37 the boatswain once again warned of breakers ahead. The master ordered the ship hard to port but it was too late. There was a sudden lurch and the ship was on the reef, off Green Point.
As the engine-room began to flood the engines were shut down for fear of an explosion and Capt. Branch realised that the ship was in grave danger. Every wave that broke over the SA.Seafarer pushed her further and further onto the reef.
Hurriedly, but calmly, the passengers and crew gathered in the lounge while they awaited instructions from the master. By this time it was obvious that there was no chance of saving the vessel. The first message from the ship was one of urgency: “Please take off passengers and crew as soon as possible”. Rescue operations from the shore were immediately set into motion. The tugs F.T. Bates and C.G. White left Duncan Dock and manoeuvred into position outside the breakers off Green Point in order to render whatever assistance possible.
As time dragged on several attempts were made to rig a breeches buoy but the wind and mountainous seas played havoc with the lines, constantly carrying them away and fouling them in the rocks. It was then decided that this method would be too hazardous and that a helicopter rescue should be attempted at first light. At 04:42, after being subjected to massive seas and waves, the SA.Seafarer broke her back. Rescue operations were now being hampered by lack of adequate light and it was decided to use the beam from Green Point lighthouse. The revolving mechanism was therefore stopped and the beam focused on the S.A. Seafarer.
A helicopter flown by Commandant Tatham was then manoeuvred into position over the stricken vessel in an endeavour to lower a walkie-talkie and thus establish direct communication with the shore; messages were previously being relayed to the rescue crew on the shore via Cape Town Radio. The first attempt was a disaster and the walkie-talkie was smashed but the second attempt was fruitful and direct ship-to-shore communication was established.
Although the forward section of the vessel was steady the stern section rocked violently as each wave struck.By this time those on board had gathered in and around the master’s, cabin as it was feared that the ship’s mast would fall onto the lounge area. Even in this terrible predicament, tea and biscuits were served to the crew and passengers. Helicopter rescue operations started at dawn and at 07:55 the first passenger, Mrs. Louise Waterson, was safely lifted to shore. Shortly after she was joined by her husband. From then on the rescue operation ran smoothly and at 10:15 Capt. Branch was the last person to leave.
For weeks after the stranding wreckage from the SA. Seafarer continued to be washed ashore. Drums of tra-ethyl-lead were feared to have burst as hundreds of dead crayfish and perlemoen were washed ashore but laboratory tests revealed that they had actually been killed by a wood preservative, pentachiorophenol, which had been carried in the ship’s hold.
The subsequent court of inquiry found Capt Branch negligent on three counts:
Setting an unsafe course;
Stopping the vessel and putting the engines astern at a time when she was within two cables of foul ground at Green Point and on a lee shore; and
Not appreciating the seriousness of the situation even at this late stage and not ordering “Full astern” to take the vessel clear of danger.
Capt. Branch’s certificate of competency as master was suspended for two years and the court also reprimanded the second officer for negligence in failing to warn the master of the imprudence of their course before the stranding. During the hearing Capt. Branch told the court that the stranding could have been caused by a shoal extending further seaward than shown on the chart, or by an uncharted pinnacle in the line of his course. In order to remove any doubt a survey was carried out by an underwater “sledge” pulled by a power boat. Nothing was found.
A contract to get rid of the wreck was eventually awarded to a scrap metal firm and today there is no visible evidence of the disaster.
Article by Robin Thompson.
So the other day one of my good friends Rachel contacted me and asked me to take some photos for her. And of course I accepted the offer.
So this morning (Saturday) I woke up at 7 AM with a light headache from the cheap beer from last night. (damn you bud light!) Went out to Walmart to grab some foam white boards and batteries. I was all set for the shoot.
We started to shoot at around 8 AM. The sun wasn't as strong as I thought it would be, although I kinda wished that we would have scheduled it a little bit earlier. But then again, all of us wouldn't even show up.
The group consisted of 5 lovely girls, each one with their own personalities. I had a great time and so did they. Having fun when taking photos makes it so much easier. Also when they are comfortable around me and not shy or anything. That helps a lot!
Overall I had a blast!
I'll post a few more photos from the shoot. I hope you enjoy them!
I guess you can say this is my first "official' shoot.
La torre del Rocadillo se erige junto al yacimiento arqueológico de Carteia y sobre la playa de Guadarranque, término municipal de de San Roque, en la comarca del Campo de Gibraltar, provincia de Cádiz. Es una torre de almenara, que como tal se utilizaba para prender hogueras con las que avisar de la llegada de enemigos, y fue edificada a finales del S. XVI. Formaba por tanto parte de sistema de “alerta temprana” para avisar de la presencia de “moros en la costa”, pues huelga decir que todavía quedaban algunos añitos para la invención del radar.
A poco que uno se fije se dará uno cuanta de que es idéntica a la que se levanta en la vecina población de Palmones, conocida como torre Entre Ríos. Y aquí me paro reflexionar sobre estos dos entrañables enclaves campogibraltareños que son Guadarrque y Palmones, por la multitud de similitudes que guardan entre sí: En ambos desembocan sendos ríos que les prestan sus nombres, en cuyas márgenes izquierdas se levantan poblaciones homónimas y a orillas de dos recoletas ensenadas de arena blanca también de iguales nombres. Ambos lugares han sufrido como ninguno en nuestra bahía la presión de la gran industria y los dos pertenecen a sendos municipios cuyas cabeceras tienen su origen en los gibraltareños españoles que hubieron de exiliarse cuando Gibraltar fue tomada por los ingleses, San Roque y Los Barrios. E iguales torres los custodian.