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Each nation used to provide its country with security
with factories providing arms for their country
Now multinational companies compete in the arms trade
to serve any customer, maximising the money to be made
So just as farms compete to provide fruit for other countries
so people can live to enjoy the taste of nature
National warehouses compete to provide arms around the world
to aid death
and all hell unfolds.
Our gracious queen
should grasp her crown
and take a good fucking swing at Blair and Brown
for leading her countries to illegal warfare
and trying to pass it off that we're doing 'cause we care.
Now prudence of wars are a redemptive cause
I've never heard such nonsense under international laws
We think we have the right to enforce democracy
when we're weakening ours everyday
What hypocrisy.
We'll be together against this
We'll be forever against this
Fuck man
I just woke up to a land where killing is part of every day
and every mind in this intelligent species
is then blinded into the battlefield
like it's natural for us to break instead of build
Unities intrinsic the only cause worth fighting for,
all religions, colours and creeds
Now we are the world and we are the people
We are the world and we are the people
and we will be heard.
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.
The Ticketing Business Forum at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Thursday December 02, 2021.
Amelia Kennedy
Aged 19
Died in trying to save her sister from their burning house in Edwards Lane Stoke Newington.
Oct 18 1871
According to Wikipedia::
Postman's Park is a small green memorial garden in the City of London. It is located between King Edward Street, Little Britain and Angel Street. It was created in 1880 from the churchyards of St Leonard, Foster Lane and St Botolph-without-Aldersgate together with the graveyard of Christ Church Greyfriars. St Leonard's had been a ruin since the Great Fire and was probably demolished at the time of the creation of the park. St Botolph's is still open and stands at the north east corner of the park. Christ Church was detached from its graveyard and is now a ruin on the other side of King Edward Street.
The park was the idea of the painter George Frederick Watts who wanted to celebrate people who may otherwise have been forgotten. Its name celebrates the postmen who work in the principal London post office and the former sorting office in King Edward Street.
A wall in the park has 34 hand-painted tiles paying tribute to everyday people who sacrificed their lives helping others. The hand-lettered tiles were made by Royal Doulton.
The park features in the film Closer - Natalie Portman's character takes her pseudonym 'Alice Ayres' from one of the painted tiles, as Jude Law's character discovers at the end of the film.
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.
Best View On Black
24 second exposure
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
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
Buscan estandarizar, facilitar y acelerar el desarrollo de aplicaciones web complejas usando este lenguaje.
campionato Italiano ciclocross uisp 2010 organizzata da Vesperini mariano ad Ascoli Piceno il 17 Gennaio 2010 www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=36871&id=1632219712&am... Grandissima partecipazione al Campionato Italiano 2010 di Ascoli Piceno - Castel di Lama AP con immensa soddisfazione della Lega Ciclismo UISP, a suggellare una straripante ed avvincente stagione Cic...locross 2009/2010 grazie soprattutto al lavoro svolto da tutti i componenti la Lega Ciclismo e alla preziosa collaborazione di tutte le Società che hanno dato vita fin dal mese di ottobre ad un Master bellissimo ed avvincente. Record di atleti che hanno dato vita ad una splendida manifestazione ben 137 i partecipanti a contendersi il tricolore provenienti da ben 8 regioni alla partenza del 37° Campionato Italiano di ciclocross UISP. La manifestazione si è svolta presso l'area verde “Eco Services” del patron Giuseppe Trainie con l'impeccabile organizzazione della “Riviera delle Palme” diretta magistralmente dal vulcanico regista Mariano Vesperini. Tracciato di 2 km ricavato all'interno di un parco sportivo dell'azienda di Traini a fiancheggiare il fiume Tronto con tre punti dove scendere a piedi ed una impegnativa salita che saliva verso il traguardo posto di fronte al punto vendita Garden Shop - Ecoservices .... Mostra tutto Percorso molto bello scorrevole, tutto tracciato in tricolore, interamente visibile dal numerosissimo pubblico accorso per l’occasione, percorso tecnico quel che basta per esaltare le capacità dei contendenti e rendere la gara estremamente spettacolare, interamente molto ben segnalato Sponsor della manifestazione ECOSERVICES - GARDEN SHOP - ITALFER LAVORI. SOFER CARPENTERIE- FRIGOSTAR Pesce di Mario Andrenacci - ROMACAR Gruppo FIAT. Alle Premiazioni Il Sindaco di Ascoli Piceno Castelli ,L'Assessore della Provincia di Ascoli Piceno Bruno Gabrielli, Il Consigliere Regionale Natali, L'assessore allo sport del Comune di Ascoli Piceno Brugni,il Presidente del CONI della Provincia di Ascoli Piceno e moltissimi gli sponsor presenti. Due splendide gare in una buona giornata che ha visto laurearsi campioni italiani tre marchigiani, due emiliani, due toscani e un abruzzese. Nella prima gara subito in testa il duo marchigiano Marco Gobbetti e Rosario Pecci, poi al terzo giro la sfortuna di un guasto tecnico appieda Pecci e per il bravo e preparato “grillo senigalliese” e' un gioco da ragazzi imporsi, vittoria facile in 54'39", Pecci a 44", Tittoni a 47" poi Conti Giulio e Malatesta. 13 gli atleti a pieni giri. Nella seconda manche il più' forte e' l'emiliano Davide Montanari che domina la gara e vince facilmente in 58'38"; l'umbro Laloni a 1'39", il toscano Pioli che termina con la bici in spalla a 1'39" poi il livornese Anelli e l'abruzzese Scipioni. Anche in questa seconda prova contenuti tecnici elevati e grande interesse da parte del numeroso pubblico che ha sempre incitato i contendenti. 20 gli atleti a pieni giri. I nuovi Campioni Italiani 2010 sono: Classifiche Donne: 1.Beatrice Mistretta (Cicli Taddei - Toscana); 2.Ines Macchiarola 3.Alice Torcianti. Giovani: 1.Simone Traini (New Pupilli Grottazzolina - Marche); 2.Yuri Torcianti); 3.Francesco Ciccola. A1: 1.Simone Pioli (Buffardello Bike - Toscana); 2.Andrea Animali; 3.Andrea Pierangelini. A2:1.Davide Montanari (Team Max - Emilia Romagna); 2.Alberto Laloni; 3.Corso Anelli. A3: 1.Alessio Olivi (Cicli Cingolani - Marche); 2.Federico Bartolini; 3.Stefano Santini. A4: 1.Marco Gobbetti (Cicli Cingolani - Marche); 2.Rosario Pecci; 3.Giovanni Tittoni. A5: 1.Mauro D’Alessio (Team Ponte - Marche); 2.Franco Corsini; 3.Serafino Bruni. A6: 1.Pio Sorci (Cicli Neri - Emilia Romagna); 2.Biagio Lunairdini; 3.Paolo Soricetti
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The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, better known as the 'Big Mac' Bridge due to its golden yellow arches, connects Interstate 71 in downtown Cincinnati to Kentucky. The bridge is named after the founder of the Boy Scouts, who was born and raised nearby. However, many locals, including traffic reporters, ignore the bridge's official name and instead call it "The Big Mac Bridge".
Right-of-way acquisition for the bridge began in January 1968, and construction began on the Ohio River crossing in November 1971. The still-unnamed bridge opened to limited traffic in September 1976. The name of the new bridge was announced on October 5, 1976, the choice being to name the bridge after Daniel Carter Beard, in honor of the founder of the Boy Scouts of America. The Scouts had lobbied hard for the bridge to carry Beard's name, with some paddling down the Ohio and Kentucky rivers to carry petitions to the governor in Frankfort. The Ohio River span and a short section of highway were dedicated on February 14, 1977, with Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown leading the dedication ceremonies.
The bridge is the easternmost of the city's downtown bridge group.
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)
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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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.
You have to check this out large and on a black background by clicking here
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
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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more here:
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
For slideshow click here:
From Wikipedia:
20 (twenty) is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. A group of twenty units is often referred to as a score.
Twenty is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10. Skipping 2 and adding the other divisors gives 20, hence 20 is a semiperfect number, and since it is not divisible by any of the smaller semiperfect numbers, it is a primitive semiperfect number. 20 is the smallest abundant number that is not a multiple of 3.
It is also the sum of the first four triangular numbers, making it a tetrahedral number.
20 is the atomic number of calcium.
20 is the total number of digits on the human body, which makes it a convenient number system radix; such number systems are called vigesimal. In the former British currency system, there were twenty shillings in a pound.
A polyhedron with twenty faces is an icosahedron.
20 is the number of proteinogenic amino acids that are encoded by the standard genetic code.
Twenty is a village in Lincolnshire.
20 is the code for international direct dial phone calls to Egypt.
Oh, and 20 is the number of my "Explorized" photos: thanks to all visitors!
Da Wikipedia:
Venti è il numero naturale dopo il 19 e prima del 21.
20 è il numero atomico del calcio (Ca).
20 è il numero di amminoacidi, denominato proteinogenici, che sono messi dal codice genetico normale.
Nella Smorfia il numero 20 è la festa.
Oh, e 20 è il numero delle mie foto "esplorizzate": grazie a tutti i visitatori!
Top row:
4. Turin Roofs - I tetti di Torino
5. Welding mask glass used as ND filter - vetro per maschera da saldatura usato come filtro ND
6. Mediterranean details - Via Zara
8. Love of Summer, Summer of Love
Center row:
9. Imperia Oneglia - vegetables at the Wednesday market
10. Birra Menabrea 150° Anniversario
11. Grey Heron - Airone Cenerino
12. Ghostly effect
13. Ternary trenette
14. Cervo (Imperia)
16. Fusilli “waves and particles”
Bottom row:
17. Boom!
18. Colors of Liguria - terrace of Pirates
19. Dandelion
Megadeth
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Gigantour 2012
Feb 8, 2012
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON
Shot for www.toromagazine.com
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Please do not use without written consent.
Please contact tonyfelgueiras@yahoo.ca for usage rights.
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.
uz-translations.uz/engine/includes/print.php?category=aus...
more here:
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
For slideshow click here:
"Get up on your hands and knees
Underneath the poplar trees
Digging through the sticks and stones
Looking for store bought bones
Waiting on the rising sun
Clutching at your holstered gun
Praying on a shooting star
That I can be wherever you are
Looking through a telescope
Maybe there's a sign of hope
Leaving everything behind
Stirring a store bought mind
Sitting at the edge of the seat
Wishing you were here by me
Sifting through the mud and the bricks
Looking for a store bought fix
You can't buy what you can't find."
--"Store Bought Bones" by The Raconteurs
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This is Russell Sweet. Some of you have seen him before in my photos. He's such a good model. I have so many pictures from today. I can't wait to share them.
This is part of a series. = ) Read the description on the set page.
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.
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Driving back through Big Sur, I couldn't help but notice the Point Sur Lightstation.
"The Point Sur Lightstation sits 361 feet above the surf on a large volcanic rock. Point Sur is the only complete turn-of-the century Lightstation open to the public in California, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. First lit on August 1, 1889, the lighthouse has remained in continuous operation. Lighthouse keepers and their families lived at the site from 1889 to 1974 when the lighthouse was automated. Today the Lightstation buildings are being restored through the efforts of park staff, State Park volunteers and the non-profit Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers. The Lightstation is open to the public only through docent-led tours."
I was too lazy and cold to take the CPL off the lens.
My own little disclaimer to myself...I'm working off the laptop screen, so I may have to go back and re-look at a number of the shots I post while on travel.
Thanks for looking!
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Comments and constructive criticism always appreciated.
About the Shot
Usually when I visit the zoo, the baboons are frolicking up the back of their sizeable enclosure, too far away for my 200mm to reach. This time, I arrived at the viewing window to find a huge crowd of people gathered. I waited patiently for a couple of minutes then pushed to the front to be greeted with this lovely sight. Two of the zoo's newest babies right down the front. I'm going to guess that the wee one with the grass in his mouth is Chandu. He was more confident than the other one. Within minutes the youngsters were scooped up and carried away so I got there just at the right time.
1/500 | f5.6 | ISO 400
About the Baboon Babies
Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed the first of its spring arrivals in the form of three baby gelada baboons. The new additions, which are the first gelada babies to be born at the Zoo, have been named Chandu, Chibale and Chiku. Chandu, who was the first to arrive on 10 February, is the only one to be sexed so far and is a boy. Chibale, whose name means kinship, followed on 6 March and Chiku, whose name means chatter, finally arrived on 10 March. The names for the three baboons have been chosen by their keepers to reflect the Ethiopian origin of this species.
Gelada baboons have only been part of the animal collection since 2007 when a group of seven arrived from Rheine Zoo in Germany. In 2008 the Zoo received a male called Malachi from Colchester Zoo who is father to all three babies.
Gelada baboons live in the Ethiopian Highlands. They live in large troops, led by one dominant male, with younger males, females and infants of all ages making up the rest of the group. They are currently in danger of extinction due to the expansion of the local human population. Not only do they have to compete for land but they are also targeted by farmers who suspect them of crop-raiding.
Georgina Cook, one of the Primate Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo, said:
“We’re really happy that our gelada group have bred successfully as it means that they have settled in really well. The youngsters have already started exploring the enclosure on their own and we’re sure they will prove to be very popular with visitors.”
Also of interest: Primates | Edinburgh Zoo | Animal Babies
Almoço com o Senador Paulo Paim (PT/RS)
Fomos convidados pelas Associações para um almoço com o senador Paulo Paim (PT/RS) para tratar da MD 2.115/2001 e já foi marcado uma Audiência Publica para o Dia 04 Fev. 2013 para tratar da colocação em pauta da mesma para votar no próximo ano e termos tudo que os foi tirado de volta, vejam o discurso que foi enviado ao Senador e lido pelo mesmo ontem 19 Dez. 2012 no Plenário do Senado Federal:
Pronunciamento do Exmº Sr. Senador Paulo Paim versando sobre a Situação Salarial dos Militares das Forças Armadas veja o discurso abaixo na íntegra :
Link da página do Senador Paulo Paim:
www.senadorpaim.com.br/verDiscurso.php?id=2391
Pronunciamento sobre situação dos aposentados e pensionistas das Forças Armadas.
Senhor Presidente,
Senhoras e Senhores Senadores.
Recebi das Forças Armadas, um relato sobre a situação em que se encontram e gostaria de compartilhá-lo com as Senhoras e os Senhores Senadores:
“Em passado recente, os Comandantes da Marinha, do Exército e da Aeronáutica fizeram chegar ao conhecimento do Ministro da Defesa, um relato sobre a degradante situação salarial dos militares federais.
Desse relato constava uma proposta destinada a, pelo menos, atenuar a atual situação, igualando a remuneração média dos militares federais àquela da Administração Direta, categoria de servidores civis federais, que percebem a menor remuneração em todo e serviço público federal.
Esse relato tinha por objetivo formalizar as apreensões dos Chefes Militares em relação ao agravamento continuado de um problema, permanentemente acompanhado e da mais alta prioridade, que tem afetado profundamente a Família Militar.
Ora, a prioridade do tema é inquestionável, pois se refere ao homem, aos recursos humanos, fator mais importante em qualquer organização, principalmente,...
... na militar, que exige a superação de todo o tipo de limite, inclusive aquele, em situação extrema, da tendência de preservação da própria vida.
Por isso que a questão remuneratória é mais premente, em urgência e em atenção, do que as relativas ao equipamento, aos sistemas de armas e à modelação de estruturas organizacionais, cogitações sempre periféricas em relação ao homem.
Não se pode conceber, no mundo atual, de constantes transformações, tecnológicas e sociais, um militar despreparado e, antes de tudo, muito mal remunerado,...
... depreciado socialmente, tendo em vista a retribuição monetária pelo trabalho que realiza, um dos indicadores principais de aceitação social no mundo em que vivemos.
Naturalmente que o assunto remuneração, embora prioritário, não é o único a merecer atenção.
Há que se considerar, também, a educação, a proteção social e, em outra esfera de cogitação, a questão dos valores, amplamente invocada e proclamada, mas, infelizmente, na maioria das vezes, analisada de modo superficial e a partir de conceitos inconsistentes.
Nesses dias em que vivemos de globalização, de encurtamento das “distâncias”, da prevalência do mercado, de interação, de grande amplitude comunicacional, de transparência,...
... não se pode atribuir ao valor uma função inibidora do interesse, socialmente legítimo, de obter-se uma remuneração adequada ao trabalho produzido.
Como compreender que a atividade que as Forças Armadas, percebida, pela sociedade em geral, como da maior relevância, tenha um reconhecimento remuneratório muito abaixo de todos outros tipos de atividades existentes na administração pública?
Essa, sem dúvida, não é uma questão de valores. Não se pode invocar o patriotismo, a responsabilidade, a disciplina, a dedicação como fatores compensatórios à retribuição salarial.
Essa invocação é um instrumento constrangedor, pois exige que a pessoa se submeta a uma situação aviltante em nome de crenças que lhe dão identidade e dignidade.
Ao contrário, a situação salarial iníqua, que se agrava, a cada dia, tem de ser urgentemente corrigida, para que as condições emocionais e afetivas dos militares permitam o reforço dos valores, em nível individual e social.
Não se pode ignorar que o exercício dos valores ocorre no homem, um organismo e, portanto, que vive se desenvolve e tem necessidades básicas a serem atendidas.
Atualmente, a atividade do militar federal resulta em uma retribuição salarial mínima, que, em alguns postos ou graduações, não permite sequer o atendimento às necessidades de alimentação, habitação, saúde e lazer.
Não se trata de pleitear vantagens pecuniárias excessivas, mas apenas de obter um tratamento igual a quem menos percebe em todo o serviço público da União.
Esse estado degradante vem sendo desenhado há algum tempo. Na verdade, os militares federais, nos últimos cem anos, de acordo com os diplomas legais que têm regulado os seus vencimentos, tiveram sempre uma remuneração modesta.
Mas ocorre que, a partir de 2001, a situação começou a se deteriorar progressivamente. Esse processo pode ser constatado a partir de informações oficiais.
Observa-se que, de acordo com o Boletim Estatístico de Pessoal, publicação do MPOG, em 2004, a remuneração bruta média mensal dos militares correspondia a 102,50% daquela da Administração Direta, categoria de servidores civis mais mal remunerada...
... em todo o serviço público federal, e, em 2012, como resultado de um aviltamento permanente, corresponde a 70,82%.
As comparações com outras categorias indicam relações mais desfavoráveis, ainda, aos militares.
Assim, em 2012, o militar da ativa percebe uma remuneração bruta média mensal equivalente a 16,67 % daquela do servidor do MPU.
Ocorre, no entanto, que, continuadamente, há anos, essa questão tem sido levada ao conhecimento dos escalões superiores das Forças, mas nenhuma providência efetiva é desenvolvida no sentido de corrigi-la.
Ao contrário, invariavelmente, são iniciados estudos protelatórios a partir de pressupostos, que contrariam toda a experiência adquirida em mais de cem anos de regulação dos salários dos militares brasileiros.
Esses estudos, também, quase sempre, ensejam introduzir, na legislação pertinente, dispositivos no sentido de quebrar as regras da paridade e da integralidade,...
... contrariando todos os acordos firmados durante a elaboração da MP nº2.215/2001, que trata da remuneração dos militares federais, e durante a Reforma da Previdência de 2003, que redundou na EC nº 41.
Quase sempre, são oferecidas possibilidades de se criarem “gratificações para os militares dos postos mais elevados e da ativa” e outros mecanismos para segregar o pessoal da ativa dos inativos.
Essas tentativas têm sido firmemente, descartadas pelas Forças, mas sempre retornam, sob formas diversificadas, quando se iniciam novas discussões sobre o tema da remuneração dos militares.
Ora, a decisão a ser tomada diz respeito à elevação do soldo e não à procura de uma solução mágica de conceder-se um aumento sem a elevação correspondente da despesa.
De modo que esse problema tornou-se, devido ao tempo em que persiste e à incapacidade de os setores responsáveis em resolvê-lo,...
... na questão mais prioritária e grave no âmbito de toda a família Militar, reclamando uma solução imediata, que não pode mais ser postergada sequer por um ou dois meses.
Não é um problema identificado ultimamente, mas que se arrasta desde 2001 com a edição da MP 2215/2001 e sobre o qual já se fizeram inúmeras análises e apreciações,...
... todas de conhecimento dos escalões técnicos e políticos encarregados do tema, no âmbito do governo.
Não é, também, um problema banal, que possa aguardar oportunidades ou cautelas de natureza política, pois o tempo para essas precauções,...
... de há muito, já se exauriu, enquanto a Família Militar sofre o solapamento, continuado, de sua dignidade, autoestima e de sua serenidade.
Em decorrência do acima exposto, urge a necessidade do Senado Federal, colocar em pauta para votação a MP 2215-10/2001, objetivando, como proposições, resgatar aos proventos da família militar gratificações e benefícios retirados através daquela MP.
Isto significa, no mínimo, atenuar o “sofrimento” desse importante seguimento que como nômade, zela pela soberania nacional.
Outrossim, há de se considerar, o retorno dos proventos do posto/graduação acima, quando da transferência do militar para a inatividade, a fim de que possa ser minimizado, também, perdas daquilo que percebia no serviço ativo.
As proposições dos signatários da presente exposição, assim se define como retorno:
1 – do escalonamento vertical;
2 – do soldo do posto/graduação subsequente quando da transferência para a inatividade;
3 – da GAM (Gratificação de Atividade Militar);
4 – da gratificação de inatividade, que substituía a perda do auxílio de moradia concedida apenas aos militares no serviço ativo;
5 – do auxílio moradia para aqueles que estão no serviço ativo; e
6 – da Licença Especial concedida a cada decênio.
O resgate das perdas enumeradas (de 1 a 6) será significativo para, de forma substancial, melhorar os proventos da Família Militar.
Os signatários do presente documento e as coirmãs nos vários estados, externam a V. Exa. Senador Paulo Paim, profunda gratidão.
Senador Paulo Paim.
Waldemar da Mouta Campello Sírio
Confederação Nacional da Família Militar – CONFAMIL
Genivaldo santos
Associação dos Militares da Reserva Remunerada, Reformados e Pensionistas das Forças Armadas no Distrito Federal (AMARP – FFAA – DF)
Cantídio Rosa Dantas
Federação da Família Militar do DF (FAMIL/DF)
Eduardo Souza Silva
Comissão Nacional QESA Brasil (CNQB)
Warley Martins Gonçalles
Confederação Brasileira de Aposentados e Pensionistas (COBAP)
João Pimenta
Associação dos Aposentados e Pensionista, Idosos da previdência Social do DF e Entorno (ASAPREV-DF)
Drª Rita Siqueira Dienstmann
Federação da Família Militar do DF (FAMIL - Mulher - DF)
Miriam Dienstmann Stein
Presidente do PAI do Brasil Mulher - DF
Warley Martins Gonçalles
Partido dos Pensionistas, Aposentados e Idosos do Brasil
Era o que tinha a dizer,
Senador Paulo Paim (PT/RS)
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Madrid (Spain).
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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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CASTELLANO
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
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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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.
www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-fb27-...
The Vickers Vimy was designed as a long-range bomber capable of delivering a one ton payload to central Germany. Deliveries to the RAF began in October 1918, just too late to see operational use in World War One. However, pioneering flights across the Atlantic, from England to Australia and London to Cape Town would ensure its place in aviation history.Brooklands Museum - Explore
This modern reproduction was commissioned by Peter McMillan in 1994 to re-enact the type’s three long distance flights of 1919-20. Its first flight was made in California on the 30th July 1994. In 1994 it flew the epic 75th anniversary flight to Australia, piloted by Peter McMillan and Lang Kidby. In 1999 it successfully flew to South Africa, piloted by Mark Rebholz and John LaNoue and on 2nd -3rd July 2005, the Vimy achieved the ultimate goal when Steve Fossett and Mark Rebholz successfully re-enacted Alcock & Brown’s trans-Atlantic flight from St Johns, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, in just under 19 hours.
In 2006 ownership passed to the American ISTAT Foundation and the aeroplane was maintained to airworthy standards at Dunsfold Park by Brooklands Museum volunteers. It was finally donated to Brooklands Museum Trust on 26th August 2006.
Since 2006 the Vimy has represented Brooklands at a number of occasions including the Farnborough Airshow, the Goodwood Revival and the 2009 Connemara Airshow in Ireland to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of Alcock and Brown flying the Atlantic. The decision was taken to retire the aircraft from flying (see the full reasons on our Vimy Retirement page) and on the 15th November 2009, its last flight was to the grass landing strip at Mercedes-Benz World. See a 10 minute film by Andy Lambert of the arrival at www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHPe79Bhvb4. The Vimy was subsequently taken by road to the Wellington Hangar at the Museum on the 19th November - see Andy Lambert’s film of this at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjepleZp7vI. The Vimy Exhibition was formally opened by Peter McMillan at the Museum’s Vimy Day on the 21st November 2009.
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)
Montgomery, AL
History: The B-17, arguably World War II's most famous heavy bomber, first flew on July 28, 1935, before a crowd of reporters eager to see Boeing's new bomber take wing. It was dubbed the "Flying Fortress" by the members of the press in attendance because of its (at least for the time) heavy defensive armament. The prototype crashed in October, but because of its impressive speed and handling the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) decided to continue testing anyway. They ordered 13 YB-17s for further evaluation, a decision that would prove momentous in years to come.
The YB-17 had five machine guns, room for 4,800 pounds of bombs and a crew of nine. It had electrically retractable landing gear. After testing the YB-17, an improved prototype, the Y1B-17, was built with Wright Cyclone radial engines. Twelve were delivered to the USAAC's 2nd Bombardment Group for trials. One of these was soon equipped with new Moss/General Electric turbochargers that became standard on all future Flying Fortresses. The first production order was for 39 B-17Bs with turbo-charged engines, and as soon as these were under production another order for the B-17C was placed, with seven machine guns instead of the original five.
The RAF received their first B-17Cs in 1941, and were soon conducting daylight raids over Germany. The defensive armament soon proved inadequate, and the B-17's altitude was little defense against the German fighters. Orders for the B-17D were soon placed with self-sealing fuel tanks and more armor because of lessons learned in bombing missions over Europe. The B-17E and B-17F soon followed with larger tail. The B-17F was the first to serve with the USAAF 8th Air Force. After suffering staggering losses in late 1943, analysis proved head-on attacks by enemy fighters were a distinct problem. The final major version, the B-17G, added a chin turret with dual machineguns. This gave the B-17 a defensive armament of 13 guns.
After the war, several dozen B-17s lived on as fire-bombers and aerial surveyors until the last one was retired in the 1970s. Today, a few B-17s have been restored to their wartime splendor. Eleven are currently flying in the United States, one in the UK and another one in France. [History by David MacGillivray]
Nicknames: Fort; The Flying Coffin (Nazi propaganda nickname)
Specifications (B-17G):
Engines: Four 1,200-hp Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone turbocharged radial piston engines
Weight: Empty 36,135 lbs., Max Takeoff 65,500 lbs.
Wing Span: 103ft. 9in.
Length: 74ft. 4in.
Height: 19ft. 1in.
Performance:
Maximum Speed at 25,000 ft: 287 mph
Cruising Speed: 182 mph
Ceiling: 35,800 ft.
Range: 2,000 miles with 6,000 lb. bomb load
Armament:
13 12.7-mm (0.5-inch) machine guns
Up to 17,600 pounds of bombs
Number Built: ~12, 800+
Number Still Airworthy: 13
Looks Good Large on Black
The Morning Star over Ayre's Rock at Dawn.
•Ayers Rock is located in the middle of Australia, in fact very close to the actual geographical centre.
•Geographical coordinates: 25°20'41" S, 131°01'57" E.
•Ayers Rock is not the world's largest monolith. This title belongs to Mt Augustus in Western Australia.
•Uluru is
◦862.5 metres above sea level,
◦348 metres (1141 feet) high,
◦3.6 km long (2.2 miles),
◦1.9 km wide (1.2 miles),
◦9.4 km or 5.8 miles around the base (that's walking),
◦covers 3.33 km2 (1.29 miles2),
◦extends about several km/miles into the ground, it is not exactly known how far (despite the numbers you might have read).
•The climbing track (which trespasses an important Aboriginal sacred site) is 1.6 km (one mile) long.
•The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is 1326 km2 in size (132,567 hectares, or 512 miles2).
•Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park has a desert climate.
•The area receives a surprising amount of rainfall for a desert (like most Australian deserts do), about 200 - 250 mm a year.
•Like all deserts the area experiences extremes in temperature. Winter nights can be as cold as -8°C, and summer days as hot as 48°C.
•During the middle of summer (December to March) the daily maximum averages 38°C
•Both Uluru and Kata Tjuta are left overs of a huge sediment that has formed hundreds of millions of years ago:
•Sand was laid down in a basin which formed about 900 million years ago. Material continued to collect at the bottom of this ancient sea bed until about 300 million years ago.
•550 million years ago the area was lifted and folded and mountain ranges formed. These ranges eroded in the following millions of years, leaving huge sediments at the bottom.
•About 300 million years ago the seas disappeared. The remaining sediment folded and fractured again. In this major process the sediment layers that now form Uluru were tilted, so that today they are at a 85° angle. Kata Tjuta was tilted some 20°. The whole region was lifted up above sea level in the process.
•This means Uluru and Kata Tjuta are the only visible tips of a massive underground rock slab.
•You could even argue that the description of Uluru as a monolith is inaccurate, as it is actually part of this huge underground rock formation that also includes Kata Tjuta.
•The intriguing sculpted shapes, valleys and ridges, caves, potholes and plunge pools are the result of the last few hundreds of millions of years of erosion. The flaky surface is due to chemical decomposition.
•Uluru is made of arkose sandstone (a sandstone rich in feldspar), whereas Kata Tjuta is a conglomerate of gravel and boulders, cemented together by mud and sand.
•Uluru is naturally grey, but the iron content of the rock is "rusting" at the surface, resulting in the distinctive red iron oxide coating
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.
Friday was a sad day for me. I walked into work at 7:45 am to find out that a young woman who I've worked with for some time now, only 28 years old, had died in her sleep. I can not express the shock and sadness i hold in my heart right now. This woman was a daughter, a sister, a caregiver, a friend, and an all around wonderful person. She had a lot left to do in this world and was always striving to be the best person she could be.
I sent this balloon to her for I smile because she has lived. This is my tribute to her life, not her death. I will think about her daily and what could've been. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends at this hard time. Anita. We love you.
“You can shed tears that she is gone,
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.”
-David Harkins
My boyfriend is better than yours :)
So basically, here's my last week:
-Monday: hung out with my biffle Nicole until my boyfriend and I could meet up. He had "errands" to run for his "mom". He shows up at my house with a single, yellow, long-stemmed rose because of our four month anniversary (unnecessary, but adorable). The three of us hang out for about an hour or so until Nicole leaves and Tim (bf) stayed for dinner. When I was standing out by his car, he gave me a rubber duck (I used to collect them) and I thanked him and we talked for awhile but right before he got in his car, he says "Remember, ducks come in flocks".
-Tuesday: I'm freaking out because this giant essay (a quarter of my final grade) is due Wednesday and my essay SUCKED. So I spent the whole day attempting to fix it. I go to dance class and was tired and not really on my A-game and then I hurt my knee coming out of a jete. My dad comes to pick me up, and I gripe the whole way home. We pull up in the driveway and "Alicia, Winter Ball?" is spelled on the window in yellow and rubber ducks everywhere. Tim's in my livingroom with a boquet. He also sat down with me and stayed for like an hour helping me revise my essay and gave me some really good ideas to switch up the organization for a more logical progression. I think it's pretty good now.
-Wednesday- It was a half day, and I had a free third period, so I was painting in the art room. I look over and Nicole and Tim peek through the door (Nicole goes to a different school so I was very confused) and they asked me if I wanted to go on an epic adventure. I told them I couldn't because I had studio time scheduled at noon, so they said they would find me after. I got home after the shoot, and they showed up at my door. Nicole wanted a cookie, so we drove like 40 minutes to this one mall, got a cookie, turned around. We dropped Nicole off and Tim and I went to his house. We hung out for awhile and went to dinner with his family and then to the bookstore.
-Thursday: I drove to Portland to visit family for Thanksgiving. Delicious, relaxing, fun.
-Friday: We went to Powells (ginormous bookstore) before we left, and ate at PF Chang's. Very relaxing. We drove home.
-Saturday: I did my first set of Senior Portraits at two. Got home around four (we went out for lunch). Talked on the phone with Tim (who's at his lakehouse) for like an hour and then edited photos until like 2 AM.
-Sunday. Today I woke up and got coffee and Raisin Bran, and watched my favorite episode of scrubs on youtube. It makes my heart all melty. I love today, I love this week. I'm perfectly relaxed, perfectly happy, and perfectly in love.
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Phoenicopterus roseus
El flamenco común (Phoenicopterus roseus) es una especie de ave de la familia Phoenicopteridae, que vive en grandes grupos en zonas acuáticas de África, sudoeste de Asia (incluida Turquía), sur de la India, sur de Europa (incluida España) y Chipre.
Características
Su altura es de 120 a 140 cm, con una envergadura alar semejante, se caracteriza por su plumaje rosado, que en las alas es siempre más intenso y puede llegar a ser rojo, y con las plumas primarias y secundarias de color negro. También son características sus largas patas y su largo cuello.
Historia natural
Se alimentan en lagos pocos profundos, a veces en bandadas de más de un millón de ejemplares y cuando un miembro del grupo detecta peligro, deja de alimentarse y estira el cuello y la cabeza hacia arriba mientras grita, avisando así al resto del grupo.
Como todos los flamencos, esta especie pone en un montón de barro, un solo huevo blanco gredoso. La mayoría del plumaje es rosado-blanco, pero los abrigos del ala son rojizos y las plumas de vuelo son negras. El pico es rosado con la punta negra, y las patas son enteramente rosadas. La llamada parece el toque de una bocina como el graznido de un ganso.
Distribución
Zonas acuáticas de África, sudoeste de Asia (incluida Turquía), sur de la India, sur de Europa (incluida España) y Chipre.
En España anida en la laguna de Fuentedepiedra, Doñana, Cabo de Gata y Delta del Ebro. Otras poblaciones importantes se encuentran en la Camarga. Numerosos flamencos procedentes de estas zonas pasan el invierno y, en ocasiones, gran parte del resto del año, en zonas húmedas del norte de África, como la Mar Chica, en Nador, o la desembocadura del río Souss, al sur de Agadir
La barceloneta / Radio Malanga
S´ha d´escoltar, deu ni do radio malanga ¡ / hay que escucharlo, vaya con radio malanga¡
“Barcelona... la típica ciudad que te quema las neuronas...
es ese paraíso en que tu mente no funciona, tu cuerpo reacciona,
tus sentidos dan respuesta a todo lo que te cuestionas...”
vas de marcha,de marcha y mucha marcha.....
tanta marcha que hasta las obligaciones te comvidan
a tomar algo en el bareto de la esquina....
asi me salgo y me envuelvo en otra rutina
y me sumerjo en una vitrina
llena de tapas
y menos y segundos platos....
y en el momemto que me aprietan los zapatos yo me los saco...
bajo la rambla del raval ,el paseo colon,el puerto viejo
que ahora es tan moderno....
y llego a la playa,a la barceloneta....
el lugar donde el intinerario se completa
la playa repleta....
hemos quedado en los cubos pero espacio es lo que nunca hallo
si te quieres bañar porque te quieres refrescar,
te das cuenta que el agua esta sucia,
que como mucho has de engañar tu astucia.....
de todos modos te vas a lanzar,porque quieres gozar,yo.....
porque por fin es la locura del sol con el mar,
porque por fin es la locura del sol.....
te vas a la barceloneta,neta....
te vas a la barceloneta,neta....
te vas a la barceloneta,neta....
cerceza, beer.....
cerveza, beer....
cerveza beeer....( un heladito suavecito)
butaaaanooooooo.......
que fas aquesta nit noia?
no ho saps?
doncs deixa ja la paranoia
i escolta´m que aixo em sona molt bé