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You think I'd leave your side baby?
You know me better than that
Think I'd leave you down
When you're down on your knees?
I wouldn't do that
I'll tell you you're right when you're wrong
Ah, ah, ah, oh, oh, oh, oh
And if only you could see into me
Ohh, when you're cold
I'll be there
Hold you tight to me
When you're on the outside
Baby, and you can't get in
I would show you
You're so much better than you know
When you're lost, you're alone
Can't get back again
I will find you
Darlin' and I'll bring you home
And if you want to cry
I am here to dry your eyes (ooh)
You know time
You'll be fine
You think I'd leave your side baby?
You know me better than that
Think I'd leave you down
When you're down on your knees?
I wouldn't do that
I'll tell you you're right when you're wrong
Ah, ah, ah, ah, oh, oh, oh
And if only you could see into me
Ohh, when you're cold
I'll be there
Hold you tight to me (to me, yeah)
Ohh, when you're alone
I'll be there
By your side, baby
Ohh, when you're cold
I'll be there
Hold you tight to me (to me, yeah)
Ohh, when you're alone
I'll be there
By your side, baby
The Best Coloured View On Black And Large
Der Blaue Pfau (Pavo cristatus) ist eine Vogelart aus der Familie der Fasanenartigen (Phasianidae). Er gehört somit zur Ordnung der Hühnervögel, wobei der Blaue Pfau neben dem Fasan und dem Haushuhn der bekannteste Vertreter dieser Vogelgruppe ist.
Aufgrund ihres auffälligen Aussehens gelten vor allem die Männchen als die ältesten Ziervögel der Menschen. Bereits in den Sagen der griechischen Antike wurden sie erwähnt. Als standorttreue Vögel werden die ursprünglich in Indien und Sri Lanka beheimateten Tiere heute weltweit auch als Haustiere gehalten.
The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, also known as the Common Peafowl or the Blue Peafowl, is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl. The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced into many parts of the world and feral populations exist in many introduced regions. The peacock is the national bird of India and is the largest Asian galliform.
PRICE: PHP 700.00
Tower heels at 3" inches (front) and 6" inches (back)
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Crumpled cloth wedge sandal, featuring an open toe, cross-over multiple foot straps, thick ankle strap and wedge heel with a braided espadrille platform panel.
Available in different colors.
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
LENN HAS COMPANY(1 of 1) /
LENN TIENE VISITA (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 58 of 89) 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.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: The cover is not important baby, the important is the present inside.
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Lenn: Lo importante no es el envoltorio nena, lo importante es el regalo que hay dentro.
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Lenn y Gwen en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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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
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.
who knows if the moon's
who knows if the moon's
a baloon,coming out of a keen city
in the sky--filled with pretty people?
(and if you and i should
get into it,if they
should take me and take you into their baloon,
why then
we'd go up higher with all the pretty people
than houses and steeples and clouds:
go sailing
away and away sailing into a keen
city which nobody's ever visited,where
always
it's
Spring)and everyone's
in love and flowers pick themselves
(e. e. cummings)
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Essa fotografia é SOOC; redimensionamento e marca d'água são as únicas edições. Essa é a luz da lua daquele dia, e sim, ela estava brilhosa desse jeito mesmo. Eu tirei essa foto uns 30 minutos antes do céu escurecer por completo e eu pudesse ver esse efeito na água.
E eu não sei, mas tenho lido bastante coisas do E. E. Cummings esses dias. :)
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This one is SOOC; resizing and watermark would be the only editing. This light was the light of the moon that day, and yes, it was THAT bright. I took this shot about 30 minutes before the sky was totally dark and I could see this effect on the water.
Aaaand I don't know, I'm just really into E. E. Cummings poetry these days. :)
A kamagong Carlos Trece armchair
Estimate: PHP 15,000 - 17,000
Early 1900s
Laguna
Kamagong wood, cane or solihiya
125 x 50 x 53 cm (49 x 20 x 21 in)
Provenance:
From the heirs of Don Vedasto Cadeliña, former mayor of Lucban, Tayabas (now Quezon province)
The Illustrious Cadeliña – Veluz family of Lucban
Don Vedasto Cadeliña was born in 1873 in Lucban, Tayabas (now Quezon province) to Don Iñigo Cadeliña and Hermogena Villaseñor. He was a pharmacist and served as mayor (gobernadorcillo) of Lucban town for two terms – from 1905 to 1908 and from 1917 to 1922. As mayor, he led the construction of the Apolinario dela Cruz Waterworks System and the concrete Kamatian Bridge. He was married to Pacencia Sanchez and had three children: Vicenta Cadeliña who married Dr. Dominador Veluz; Imelda Cadeliña who died young and did not have family; and Jose H.N. Cadeliña who married Magdalena Saliendra but died at the age of 26 in 1934. During Don Vedasto’s first tenure as mayor, Manuel L. Quezon was governor of Tayabas province from 1906 to 1907. A good friend and confidant of Don Vedasto, Quezon, who would later become President of the Philippine Commonwealth, and his wife Aurora were regular visitors to the Cadeliña house, which was built in the 1880s. In numerous occasions when they needed to spend the night in Lucban on official visits, the couple would always be allocated the master's bedroom to stay in. The same bed, aparador, and armchair that the Quezon couple used have remained in that bedroom until recently.
Don Vedasto was known to be passionately nationalistic and was an advocate of Dr. Jose Rizal to be proclaimed as National Hero by the then new American colonial government - an honor that was eventually granted in 1901 by Governor General William Howard Taft. Indeed, Don Vedasto’s admiration for Rizal was such that his only son born in 1908 was named Jose. Interestingly, underscoring the abiding Rizalian interest of the family, Don Vedasto's cousin, Ysmael Villaseñor, participated in a competition that attracted Filipino and European sculptors to build the monument to Rizal which was to be erected in Manila. His bozeto or scale model was among the 40 finalists, but failed to win the contest. In the end he built a Rizal monument in front of the Lucban municipio which was just a stone’s throw away from Don Vedasto’s house. Many regard this monument as the best Rizal monument anywhere in the world.
Don Vedasto’s erudite interests and love for excellent local craftsmanship and aesthetics, unwavering admiration for Rizal, and inherent mindfulness of the welfare of his family were reflected in the design of the furniture pieces contained in his household. He died in 1934.
Salcedo Auctions proudly offers from the estate of Don Vedasto Cadeliña this selection of four specially commissioned pieces steeped in history and tradition, each with unique design elements while sharing between them such commonalities as materials used and design motifs that collectively complement each other, thus comprising one remarkable collection.
King Charles or Carlos III chairs, named after the Spanish king who reigned in the mid to late 18th century, traditionally have tall vertical backs, carved stiles capped by finials, majestic crest, lions decorating the arms and feet, and upholstered back and seat. The misnomered Carlos XIII or Carlos Trece chairs widely known in the Philippines were inspired by these royal chairs, but reinterpreted in a more restrained Neoclassical style that is more suitable to the local aesthetics and climate.
This armchair, previously in the master bedroom, has a foliated scroll crest centering a sunflower (the same motif found in the bed’s headboard), round stiles with turned rings topped by finials, undulating arms, and round tapering legs with ball and ring turnings, connected by X-stretcher. The seat and double-sided back are woven tightly with cane or solihiya. In well-kept condition, the beautiful grain and marbling effect color of tiger kamagong wood have remained shiny and unadulterated.
Lot 128 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 3 June 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.
watching the Celtics kick the Magic's butt in game six and advance to the NBA finals (#wewantLA, #beatLA, #banner18) was more fun w/ twitter running. I make a joke with one of the funniest guys on twitter, @BrilliantOrange, about Bill Russell being more deserving of a statue in front of Boston Garden than Bobby Orr (see here) . . . and legal and political commentator Karen Russell, Bill Russell's daughter, picks it up and RTs (retweets) it, starting a conversation. See above tweetdeck screenshot.
in case you missed the joke, here's the flying bronze Orr statue.
Der Max-Josefs-Platz – früher der Innere Markt und Schranne – wurde 1984 zur Fußgängerzone. Der historische Marktplatz ist umgeben von Bürgerhäusern im typischen Inn-Salzach-Stil (hochgezogene, horizontal abgeschlossene Fassaden; Arkadengänge; Erker). Die Häuser entstanden nach dem großen Brand von 1641. Im Kern stammen sie teilweise aus dem 14. Jahrhundert. Vormals schmale Holzhäuser wurden zu stattlichen Patrizierhäusern zusammengefasst. Das Wirtshausschild am Haus Stockhammer zeigt einen Schiffszug. Das Weinhaus Fortner „Zum Santa“ wurde 1642 gotisch umgestaltet und 1745 mit einer Frührokoko-Stuckatur versehen. In der Weinstube ist eine gotisches Gewölbe enthalten. Das Haus Nr. 22 war von 1641 bis 1878 das Rathaus von Rosenheim.
- aus Wikipedia
سحر حمزة - دبي - خاص بـ " وكالة أخبار المرأة "
منحت الأكاديمية الأميركية للدراسات الإعلامية الدكتوراه الفخرية للشيخة الدكتورة هند بنت عبد العزيز القاسمي رئيسة نادي سيدات الأعمال المهن بالإمارات الأمين العام لمنظمة الأسرة العربية في حفل خاص أقيم بدبي مؤخرا بحضور سعادة جمال بن عبيد البح رئيس منظمة الأسرة العربية وسعادة الدكتور كايد بركات رئيس مجلس إدارة الأكاديمية الأمريكية الدولية للدراسات الإعلامية والدكتور أبو بكر حسين الأمين العام لجائزة الشخصية الإنسانية العالمية والدكتور أسامة المصطفى مفوض الأكاديمية الأمريكية الدولية للدراسات الإعلامية وناديا إبراهيم ممثل السفارة الأمريكية والدكتور محمد الروسان المستشار الثقافي للسفارة الأردنية وعدد من الإعلاميين في حفل أقيم بدبي مؤخرا.
و أشادت الشيخة الدكتوراه هند القاسمي رئيسة نادي صاحبات الأعمال والمهن بالإمارات بالدور الريادي الذي تلعبه سمو الشيخة فاطمة بنت مبارك رئيسة الاتحاد النسائي العام الرئيسة الأعلى لمؤسسة التنمية الأسرية رئيسة المجلس الأعلى للأمومة والطفولة لخدمة قضايا المرأة الإماراتية والعربية .
وكانت قد أكدت الشيخة الدكتورة القاسمي في كلمة لها بمناسبة تكريمها خلال أعمال الجلسة الافتتاحية لمؤتمر الاستثمار العربي الذي عقد في جمهورية مصر العربية مطلع العام الجاري والذي نظمه اتحاد المستثمرات العربيات بمقر الأمانة العامة لجامعة الدول العربية بالقاهرة ان سمو الشيخة فاطمة بنت مبارك تعتبر رائدة الحركة النسائية فى الإمارات ويعود الفضل لسموها في تأسيس الاتحاد النسائي عام 1975 لافتة بأن سموها اهتمت منذ فترة بعيدة بالمرأة الإماراتية وقضاياها ومناصرتها وعملت في كل المحافل المحلية والإقليمية والدولية من أجل الأسرة والمجتمع .
وأكدت أن جهود سمو الشيخة فاطمة بنت مبارك مشهودة ومتواصلة في مجال الاهتمام بكل ما يخص دعم الأسرة العربية ككل والإصلاح الاجتماعي العام .
وأضافت أن سمو الشيخة فاطمة بنت مبارك حققت للمرأة في دولة الإمارات خلال السنوات القليلة الماضية إنجازات كبيرة وتمكنت من التجاوب الفعال مع حركة الحياة ومتغيراتها على أرض وطنها.
وأكدت الشيخة الدكتورة هند القاسمي أن تكريمها اليوم من قبل اتحاد المستثمرات العربيات هو تكريم للمرأة الإماراتية التى عملت سمو الشيخة فاطمة على النهوض بها ورفع شأنها والدفاع عن حقوقها وتبوئها المركز الذي تستحقه في الأسرة والمجتمع .
وكان قد شارك فى الجلسة الافتتاحية للمؤتمر الذي عقد تحت عنوان "إرادة تحديات وتعاون دولي" الدكتور نبيل العربي الأمين العام لجامعة الدول العربية وهدى يس رئيسة اتحاد المستثمرات العربيات والشيخة فريحة الأحمد الجابر الصباح سفيرة الاستثمارات العربية وعدد من الوزراء المصريين .
من جانبه دعا الأمين العام لجامعة الدول العربية الدكتور نبيل العربي إلى تضافر الجهود لتعزيز الاستثمارات العربية البينية والنهوض بها في مواجهة التحديات الراهنة التي تواجه المنطقة، مشيراً إلى ان التطورات السياسية الأخيرة في المنطقة أثرت تأثيراً سلبياً في تدفق الاستثمار إلى الدول العربية وأدت إلى ارتفاع معدلات البطالة وضعف نتائج برامج التشغيل في معظم الدول العربية .
وأعلنت هدى يس رئيسة اتحاد المستثمرات العربيات خلال المؤتمر عن إطلاق مبادرة ترويج من اجل التعريف بفرص الاستثمار في مصر .
وأكد أشرف سالمان وزير الاستثمار المصري خلال كلمته في المؤتمر استعداد الحكومة المصرية للتعاون مع مبادرة "ترويج" التي أطلقها اتحاد المستثمرات العربيات لدعم وتشجيع المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة فيما أكد وزير الصحة المصري عادل عدوي أهمية تمكين المرأة وتعزيز دورها للنهوض بالاقتصاد والتنمية في المجتمع والعمل على تعزيز التعاون العربي المشترك في مجال الاستثمار خاصة في مجال الصحة والسياحة العلاجية والتعليم وتبادل الخبرات .
وقالت الشيخة فريحة الأحمد الصباح التي تم تكريمها خلال فعاليات المؤتمر كسفيرة للاستثمارات العربية إن المرأة العربية أثبتت جدارتها في إدارة الاستثمار والشركات والمؤسسات المالية والبورصات وباتت جزءا لا يتجزأ من المنظومة الاقتصادية العالمية مؤكدة قدراتها الفائقة في المنافسة والإدارة الناجحة .
سيرة ومسار الدكتورة القاسمي
من الجدير بالذكر بأن الشيخة هند القاسمي؛ سيدة بسيطة كافحت لتبني نفسها حتى صنعت اسمًا في عالم المال والأعمال تخطى حدود دولتها الإمارات، التي كان لها فضل كبير فيما وصلت إليه من نجاحات.
وكانت قد فازت الشيخة هند القاسمي رئيسة مجلس إدارة مجلس سيدات أعمال الإمارات عام قبل عامين جينها بجائزة (أقوى نساء الشرق الأوسط) التي تمنح سنوياً للسيدات المتميزات في مختلف مجالات الحياة،
وأعلنت أكاديمية التلفزيون الهندي الجهة المنظمة للجائزة في بيان تلقت وكالة الأنباء الألمانية نسخة منه أن قائمة الفائزات ضمت 14 امرأة أخرى من مختلف دول العالم منهم الناشطة الاجتماعية ريبيكا لولوسولي (كينيا)إضافة إلى سيدتين مصريتين.
وقدمت الشيخة القاسمي دعمًا للمرأة محليًا وإقليميًا ودوليًا، ولدت عام 1957 في كلباء إمارة الشارقة، بدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، تخرجت في كلية الآداب - قسم الجغرافيا - جامعة الكويت 1979، أسست نادي فتيات كلباء الثقافي الاجتماعي الرياضي عام 1980, وصارت رئيسته منذ تأسيسه حتى يومنا هذا.
جمعية المعلمين
نُصبت رئيسة لجمعية المعلمين - فرع كلباء منذ 1983 وحتى 1985، وهي الشيخة هند بنت صقر بن سلطان القاسمي، رئيس نادى الإمارات لسيدات الأعمال، التى كانت من أشهر دواوينها الشعرية «نفوس شامخة» -1996-، ونشرت قصائدها في جريدة الاتحاد الإماراتية, وفجر الشعراء الإماراتية, ومجلة بلدية رأس الخيمة, والثقافي العربي المصرية.
دراسات نقدية
ونُشرت دراسات نقدية لديوانها في جريدة الاتحاد الإماراتية، وجريدة البيان الإماراتية، وجريدة النداء العربي المصرية, ومجلة أفكار الثقافية الأردنية.
فقدان الأب
إنجازات وطنية
صنعت الشيخة الدكتورة القاسمي لها اسمًا في عالم المال والأعمال، وشغلت مناصب قيادية عدة، كما أسهمت في تعريف العالم بدولة الإمارات كدولة حديثة واعدة ومتميزة، وهي كما تقول دائماً: "عندما أجد هناك من يقف في طريق النجاح، فإنني أرد عليهم بنجاح أكبر".
امرأة وطنية
وتعتبر الشيخة الدكتورة هند القاسمي تجربة عربية فريدة ومتميزة، وتمثل النموذج الأمثل للمرأة الوطنية المنتمية لتراب أرضها ولوطنها ولقيادتها بالإمارات ، مما جعل منها نموذجًا يحتذي به، وصورة راقية.
التغيير الاجتماعي
ترى الشيخة الدكتورة القاسمي بأن المرأة قادرة على إحداث تغيير في مختلف مجالات الحياة اقتصاديا واجتماعيا، وتأمل تعديل العديد من التشريعات والقوانين على مستوى الوطن العربي، مثل قوانين الأحوال الشخصية، وتوحيد الجهود للخروج بصيغة موحدة لقانون عربي يبحث هموم المرأة وقضاياها بشكل عام.
وتؤكد أن المرأة أصبحت قريبة من صنع القرار، وهي اليوم في مجلس الوزراء وفي مختلف المؤسسات الحكومية بل والدولية وتحقق النجاحات الكثيرة.
الدمج المثالي
بالرغم من كل ما تقوم به للنهوض بالمرأة، تقول القاسمي "لا أرى نفسي مروّجة لأجندة نسوية"، ولكنها تضيف بأنّها "تشعر بأنّ لدى النساء بعض الميزات التي تتفوق فيها على الرجال".
ووفقًا لكلامها ومعتقدها، إنّ الدمج المثالي للجنسين بإمكانه أن يمهّد الطريق إلى الازدهار والسلام في كافة أرجاء الوطن العربي.
A few weeks ago, Smokey came by to take me to lunch for my birthday and to take a few pictures and say goodbye. He's been a part of my life since I was 7 or 8 and I feel I owe much of who I am, to him. When I was growing up, he was the boyfriend who, in the words of my mother, "came over and never left". But he was more than that. For 6 or 7 formative years, Smokey was the father I never had. And, when I grew to a point where I didn't need that, he gracefully transitioned into being my friend. To this day, we talk, laugh and enjoy each other's company with an ease that I've too long taken for granted.
Smokey lives by his own rules and always has. On one hand, this has meant never having to compromise his values for a paycheck. On the other hand, he lives beneath the poverty line and can barely make ends meet. As I write this, I hear a memory of Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof saying "I realize, of course, it is no shame to be poor. But it is no great honor, either!" I think that quote says it all because Smokey is one of the most proud people I have ever met. Poverty is something he endures but it doesn't define his sense of worth or self esteem. Articulate, anachronistic, compassionate and intelligent, Smokey taught me early on that money is not the same thing as virtue. People with money are not "good people" any more than people without are "bad people".
But Smokey, anachronistic and poor as he is, lives, as we all do, in a "punish the victim" society. Marin County, like most places in the world, isn't run by people who are looking out for the "little guy", it's run by the rich, for the rich. And now, because Marin has finally become too expensive to live in, Smokey is leaving for a part of the world where he can live on his meager retirement with more than a hole in a wall to call his own.
I'm proud of him for finding a way to survive and take care of himself in his later years. But it saddens me to see him leave. In many ways, Smokey embodies the Marin County that I grew up in. Before the rock stars, movie stars, LucasFilm and all the developers, Marin was a funky little oasis. Now it's a place where you're either a millionaire or you work for one. And those of us who are not millionaires are having a harder and harder time staying here.
I wonder what will happen when all of us "little guys" are gone? Who will make the espresso drinks?
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ALM Service of Authoirisation and Commissiioning at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes Sunday September 25, 2022.
This is the walkway between the museum and the house & grounds. It's quite pretty, isn't it? For what it is? (By the way, this is where still two more ladies, a mother and her daughter, accosted me, desperately wishing to know how I styled my very vintage hair. I had more Virginians compliment my vintage style than we could count—it was wonderful!)
For the record, the visitor's center & museum at Gunston Hall is very, very nice. Of course, the house itself, and the house tour, are marvellous; many things that belonged to Mason himself are there.
In the visitor's center & museum, everything seems to be brand-spanking new; it is nicely arranged, quiet and informative...For such a small place, one dedicated to a man far too few Americans know of, they've done a marvellous job. The ladies are very friendly, the pre-house tour movie was good, and the bathrooms are not only clean, they're pretty luxe for a tourist stop (trust me, just trust me and go visit!). We really enjoyed it and would have stayed longer were we not planning to head home that day.
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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.
Palawan - Puerto Princess
We varen naar enkele eilanden met schitterende koraalriffen waar we heerlijk kunnen snorkelen ....
Pandan-island, Starfish-Island, Snake-Island ...
We verleiden de visjes met een beetje brood in de handen. Na enige tijd wemelt het rond je armen en benen van een wolk kleurijke visjes die kriebelen in je vingers of die vechten en elkanders stukje brood afpakken .... je vergeet er alles bij .... ook als de boot terug wilt vertrekken en je reisgenoten luid je naam roepen ... r i t a .... r i t a .... je hoort je naam, maar je reageert er niet op, je bent echt in vervoering door zoveel moois!
... een onvergetelijk moment tijdens de reis!
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Mânăstirea Hurezi [1690 - 1709]
Hurezi Monastery
Monastery of Horezu
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UNESCO World Heritage list
Brâncovenesc architectural style [incomplete list of buildings]
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Constantin Brâncoveanu [1654 – 1714] was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.
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Wallachia
'A Step Back in Time' On Black
Took a great roadtrip last weekend, stopped off at the Salton Sea for a few days (of course!) and then spend a great night up in Pioneertown outside of Yucca Valley. Pioneertown is an old movie set that has been saved and turned in to a nice stop on the road with a few bars, restaurant, and motel.
One of the saved buildings is a bar/bowling alley where movie stars and starlets used to unwind after a long day shooting films. The walls contain murals outlining the history of Pioneertown and it's movie past.
From the Pioneertown website
Pioneertown was built in 1946 as a movie set for western movies, including the movies of Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid, with Duncan Renaldo, Annie Oakley with Gail Davis, Judge Roy Bean with Edgar Buchanan, Range Rider with Jock O. Mahoney, and Buffalo Bill Jr. with Dick Jones. The movie set was to provide a place for the actors to live, and have their homes used as part of a movie set. Some of the original investors in the town were Roy Rogers, who also built the Pioneer Bowl, Sons of the Pioneers, which the town was named after, Dick Curtis who was a professional villian in old movies, Bud Abbott, Russell Hayden, who played Lucky on the Hoppalong Cassidy series, Louella Parsons the Hollywood gossip columnist and Philip N. Krasne: The Man Who Saved Pioneertown.
Pioneertown, California
June 2007
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
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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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View On Black, or View my most interesting stream ON BLACK!
Taking a stroll in downtown Vancouver is more than pleasing. Of course some streets, such as Granville or Robson Streets, are busier than others. More interestingly, I start to notice passageways or narrow alleys among buildings when I spend more time roaming around in the city. Take this space as an example, there is actually a stairway at the end of the open ground connecting to West George Street. Isn't it an amazing finding?
To me, I just love the layers of stairsteps between the buildings. :-)
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Downtown Vancouver, Canada
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Flâner dans le quartier des Navigli signifie découvrir l'histoire d'un des quartiers les plus anciens et les plus intéressants de Milan, devenu depuis une vingtaine d'années le lieu de rencontre des jeunes artistes et des intellectuels, point de référence du mouvement branché de Milan. Au point d'être considéré comme une sorte de Montmartre milanais où reproduire des styles de vie et des activités « bohème ». La transformation a impliqué jusqu'au moindre recoin de cet angle de la ville, à commencer par les "case di ringhiera", les maisons typiques à cour interne entourées de balcons : encore délabrées il n'y a pas si longtemps, elles ont été complètement restructurées pour devenir l'adresse le plus tendance de la ville.
Les magasins de toute sorte, les merceries, les papeteries du passé et les magasins de marque côtoient des galeries et des ateliers d'art où les jeunes artistes qui veulent s'affirmer exposent leurs oeuvres à côté des auteurs connus. Très souvent, ces laboratoires sont situés dans les petites cours internes aux balustrades fleuries, les volets large ouverts ou à peine ouverts. Pénétrer dans ces cours est une expérience inoubliable. À quelques pas du centre, vous avez la sensation de vous trouver dans une ferme en pleine campagne. Les bruits de la circulation de la ville se transforment en un vague souvenir. Sur ces cours donnent une infinité de boutiques artisanales de vitriers, de charpentiers et de marbriers.
Nice spot for a last beer before heading off west along the Trans line. with the #VelcroPalace and Smoky
see the Kingoonya Progress Association website!
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PA110235
Trans Access Road
•Some notes on the TransAccess Track: Fuel at Glendambo, Kingoonya and Forrest, though I would call Forrest to make sure they have some. This could be the last refuel for a while as it seems they will be heading N or S on the Connie Sue.
Camping anywhere along the line, but there is a camp area in Kingoonya where there is a drop toilet, and a short walk to the pub for dinner, camping in Cook by the old school, paid camping at Forrest with flushing toilets and hot showers and camping at Rawlinna by the Rodeo grounds.
Note: the property north of the rail line from around Barton to the WA border is Aboriginal land and not normally accessible. If camping by the rail line keep your fire small and masked from any approaching trains .... at night, the drivers don’t know whether the fire is on the line (signifying danger) or not. There are fines if you stop a train unnecessarily.
It's not cheap, but I would recommend a tour of the Maralinga Atomic bomb site. It's a very informative whole day tour and needs to be booked in advance (maralingatours.com.au). In the fee, you get two nights camping with fire, flushing toilets and hot showers, a whole day tour and the Aboriginal permit, so the price isn't too bad considering. To get there you head north west across the rail line from Ooldea and Maralinga is about 50km away. You could return heading straight to Watson on the rail line, but about 3km west of the Ooldea crossing is a new monument to commemorate the joining of the eastbound and westbound tracks as the line was being built. So, if going to Maralinga, see the monument first. Also, just east of the crossing at Ooldea is a monument to Daisy Bates.
There is an obelisk on the north of the line at Deakin which marks the WA/SA border. 24km east of Forrest, on the north side of the line is a small shelter built from sleepers. It is a great blowhole.
Jill (and Rod) Campbell at Kybo sheep station (3km south of Nurina rail station) has a personal museum housed in a portacabin. It includes a lot of historical documents, photos and all sorts of things they have picked up on their property including tektites. If you are interested, give them a call to see if you can visit.
Telstra have set up mobile phone towers along the line, so other than a few black spots, there's Telstra coverage all the way.
From Cook to Haig is 20-30kmph across limestone, with numerous sharp nodules. It has been done before with a van (there's a photo in the Forrest 'camp kitchen')
Don’t expect it to be easy, because you need to concentrate on the best path through the limestone, especially taking into account you will have a van behind. Malcolm and Trish
•In reply to the request re the Trans Access Road between Tarcoola and the Connie Sue, sadly the section between Lyons and Haig has been closed to public use for several years and no permits will be issued and is marked as such on all good maps (current). Russ.
•We travelled in 4WD Vehicles from Kalgoorlie on transcontinental track in July this year hoping to get through to Glendambo. From Rawlinna the track deteriorated so much so by the time we got to Haig we were down to 15kph. The track almost was nothing and so rocky and actually petered out at Loongana. We then drove down to Madura on a rough track’. Very disappointed that we could not continue on the Transcontinental, but it was impassable, and I certainly would not recommend towing a caravan. Jan and Robert
from www.westprint.com.au Friday Five 9/11/18
Ecocentro Danaus (<-- video) is located a couple miles east of La Fortuna Costa Rica. It's a fairly small reserve, 600 meters of walking trails, but boy, do they pack a LOT in such a small area. Danaus was created about 13 years ago when some forward thinking people decided it might be better to grow life than cut it down. Danaus is like a mini oasis since it's completely surrounded by pasture and cattle land. Here's what Ecocentro Danaus says about itself: 'Ecocentro Danaus is an ecological reserve that preserves a natural regenerating secondary forest. Many different biological processes take place here and there is a great biodiversity of flora and fauna in its natural state.'Danaus is worth a look if your in the La Fortuna area and you need something to do for a couple hours.
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The Ticketing Business Forum at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Thursday December 02, 2021.
The Internet is here seen as the new mirror in which we search our own likeness and identity.
The central figure, at the computer, [a self-portrait] has been toned down following the comment below by dou_ble_you, to whom, as always, my thanks for his critique. It was also, subsequently, removed, and then replaced, on a smaller scale, as here seen.
This work grew out of several earlier ones (see: flickr.com/photos/walford/2695328110/ , and flickr.com/photos/walford/2690757479/ ), with the idea of a juxtaposition with elements from two different works by the English 18th c. painter, Joseph Wright of Derby, inspired by the comments of Lensk / Paolo Avalle [see flickr.com/photos/63587066@N00/ for Lensk / Paolo Avalle], as found below the second of the two earlier versions [see www.flickr.com/photos/walford/2695328110/in/photostream/ ]. I am most grateful to Lensk for pointing me in that direction, as had forgotten Wright's Alchemist, though am most familiar with his work.
This piece was only possible with the initial inspiration from Idea-Listic [Robert Marinkovic] 's diabolical self-portrait on his profile page, and a great deal of help from dou_ble_you, who transformed my original into something far more creative and imaginative, which, I, in turn, have re-appropriated back onto my two original computer display screens.
For the original work by Idea-Listic, that triggered this idea, see: www.flickr.com/people/53959560@N00/
And for dou_ble_you's version, made for me, see: flickr.com/photos/dou_ble_you/2694068334/
And for my original version, see here below: flickr.com/photos/walford/2690757479/
The annual Tickting Business Forum at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Piucture by Paul Heyes, Wednesday April 19, 2023.
Sunrise at Mystery Bay on the Far South Coast of NSW.
Mystery Bay is a small town and a beautiful rocky bay located 15 kilometers south of Narooma on the New South Wales far south coast. It takes about 5 hours to get there from Sydney.
So what is so mysterious about this bay? Some time ago, three men in a canoe left Bega (town nearby) heading north to the open ocean. Since then no one seen them again. Months later their canoe was found in this bay with no bodies, just blood all over the boat.
There is a large camping area just minutes away from the Mystery Bay Beach and Billy’s Beach in Eurobodalla National Park. Camping area has basic primitive facilities, but its exceptional location on the cliffs of the Mystery Bay and quick access to outstanding beaches makes it a really unique and popular place.
Cliffs of the Mystery Bay are made from a layered rock and have numerous caves, rock pools and arches. There is a short walking track that starts in the camping area and leads to a number of spectacular lookouts with great views over the rugged coast of the Mystery Bay.
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
Barbara De Angelis
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
THE PARK(3 of 3): Akari's suitors /
EL PARQUE (3 de 3): Los pretendientes de Akari
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 83 of 95) 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.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Cíen: (I don't underdtand how is he that brave when he looks all the opposite from the outside... I should do like him... but not today... tomorrow... XD lol)
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Cíen: (Yo no sé el chico este de donde saca tantos cojones con la poca cosilla que es... lo tiene super chungo con Akari y aún así se arriesga el tío... Debería tomar un poco de ejemplo... pero hoy no... mañana... yaoming)
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this afternoon i found this little guy on my patio. he was a little upset but not too stressed now that he's had some food and a dish of cream. he has no tail, is very probably male (but won't let me check to be sure) and is very affectionate. he's met a couple of the neighbourhood cats who dropped by to visit and they all seem to get along decently, so he may have been living with other cats. he wants in my apartment but i've set him up with a comfortable bed and he's found a few nooks in the woodpile and among the plants to hide in.
i've put an ad up on craigslist and attempted to do the same on kijiji (but that site is screwy as hell for me when i want to post - anyone who is a wizard there, please feel free to contact me). hopefully we'll get this guy back home before long. if any of you locals recognise him (or would like to have a very affectionate cat in your home), please get in touch. i've nicknamed him swayback for the moment as he crouches and walks a little oddly - he may have a rear hip or leg problem but it's not bad as he can jump up on my benches easily.
update: i just found out he belongs to a neighbour and he's not an outdoor cat. unfortunately i haven't seen him in a few days, but apparently he was recently spotted so he may get home soon. his name is sailor and he was last seen on salisbury avenue.
final update: sailor's back home after his adventure. a neighbour a block away found him and called his humans, i just found out. good news at last.
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Went out shooting with:
Karen... www.flickr.com/photos/kvonk/
Lynn... www.flickr.com/photos/lynn_mcfulton/
Carol... www.flickr.com/photos/callieian/
And we hooked up with Scott... www.flickr.com/photos/39928120@N03/
Our tour took us to Valley Inn, the Hamilton Bay and then off to an abandoned home on Highway 6 near Puslinch...
I thought i would start with my favorite bird shots of the day and then post some of the abandoned shots when i get to them this weekend.
Thanks for the day everyone... and Scott, thanks for taking us to the abandoned house and barn
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
Als Gast in der Glashütte Eisch arbeitete Mare Saare im Rahmen des „Artist in Residence“-Programms vier Wochen in Frauenau. Während dieser Zeit konnte sie alle Möglichkeiten der Hütte für die Herstellung ihrer Kunstwerke nutzen. Hier entstanden Objekte, die, neben aktuellen Werken aus Ihrem Atelier in Tallinn, vom 19. August bis 7. November 2009 in der Galerie am Museum in Frauenau gezeigt werden.
Als „Tor zwischen Ost und West“ wurde die Estin Mare Saare von ihrer belgischen Kollegin Sandra De Clerck auf der Vernissage zur aktuellen Frauenauer Ausstellung vorgestellt; und tatsächlich ist der Name der vielgereisten und vielseitigen Glasprofessorin von der Kunstakademie in Tallinn fest verknüpft mit dem Ankommen der facettenreichen estländischen und baltischen Glaskunst in der Internationalen Studiobewegung.
Mare Saares Arbeiten öffnen dabei nicht nur den Blick auf eine fern gerückte Glas- und Kunstszene, sondern vor allem auf den flüchtigen Zauber der Ostseelandschaft, und auf eine Persönlichkeit, in der Vitalität und Verwundbarkeit zusammen wirken.
Das Glas, seine Fragilität und seine Herkunft aus körnigem, leicht verwehtem Sand benutzt sie mit genialer Virtuosität: Ein vielfarbiger, schwingender Kelch entspringt einem noch zerbrechlicher wirkenden Grund aus körnig verschmolzenem Glas, er nährt sich von ihm, bis dieser gleichsam bröckelt und schließlich inexistent, zu Sand wird.
Die in Frauenau ausgestellten, blumenartigen Objekte der Serie „Fragile Circuit“, gearbeitet in pâte de verre-Technik, stehen für einen zerbrechlichen Kreislauf, der gleichwohl ewig ist wie Ebbe und Flut. Sand ist bei Mare Saare nicht nur ein künstlerisches Bild für Erneuerung und Wiederkehr, sondern dient – neben gemahlenem und gekröseltem Glas – tatsächlich auch als technisches Ausgangsmaterial und als immer wieder verwendbare Auflage im Formprozess der zarten Objekte.
Ihr individuelles Herstellungsverfahren für diese Objekte verwendet Sand als technische Hilfe, als Form und Auflage im Schmelzprozess. Sand ist unendlich wiederverwendbar und steht auch dadurch für die Idee der Erneuerung und Ewigkeit. Der Boden der Arbeiten wird in Glas gegossen, der Blütenkelch ist aus verschmolzenen Glaskröseln in pâte de verre-Technik hergestellt.
Die Künstlerin selbst beschreibt Ihre Werke so:
„Meine Arbeiten sind oft extrem zerbrechliche, offene Tellerformen. Ich arbeite gerne mit Farben, selten aber mit völliger Transparenz. Ich versuche das Zerbrechliche, Zarte, das Verletzliche und das Flüchtige im Glas zu vereinigen, indem ich farbige Glaspulver in Formen aus Sand fuse.“
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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The future is great. That's actually kind of the outlook of Concerned's protagonist, trapped in the same Orwellian dystopia as Gordon Freeman but looking firmly on the bright side. But I mean, Chris Livingstone takes screenshots of Half-Life 2 using a free mod by a passive-aggressive sociopathic genius named Garry Newman, and makes a webcomic out of it. The result is that Chris, who is obviously a great writer but presumably not an artist in the traditional sense, makes my new favourite comic three times a week. Without the awesomeness of games and gamers, he might just be another writer who feels like he could probably do a webcomic but can't draw. He would also have nothing to mock.
Concerned satirises Half-Life 2 with affection, though. The title refers to the protagonist's pen-name - he's the author of one of the letters Breen reads out on his compulsory telecast at the start of the game. That strip is probably my favourite of the many tie-ins with the experiences of Gordon Freeman, who presumably arrives a week or so later.
Probably not intentionally, the positive outlook of the main character also plays to my own subconscious desires to live in City 17. It says something about a game's artists when they create a dystopia so beautifully it undermines the dystopian bit.