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Solar do Unhão

MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna

Salvador

Bahia

Brasil

 

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" Hector Julio Páride Bernabó ou Carybé (Lanús, 7 de fevereiro de 1911 — Salvador, 2 de outubro de 1997) foi um pintor, gravador, desenhista, ilustrador, ceramista, escultor, muralista, pesquisador, historiador e jornalista argentino naturalizado e radicado no Brasil.

 

Durante a época que morou no Rio de Janeiro, foi escoteiro. Lá, era costume cada um ser identificado por um nome de peixe e ele recebeu o apelido de de Carybé (nome de um tipo de piranha). O artista usou-o então como alcunha no lugar do seu nome de batismo, muito parecido com o do seu irmão, também pintor.[1]

 

Fez cinco mil trabalhos, entre pinturas, desenhos, esculturas e esboços. Ilustrou livros de Jorge Amado e Cem Anos de Solidão de Gabriel García Márquez. Era obá de Xangô, posto honorífico do candomblé. Faleceu na varanda da casa de Xangô, do Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá, lugar que adorava.

 

Uma parte da obra de Carybé se encontra no Museu Afro-Brasileiro de Salvador. São 27 painéis representando os orixás do candomblé da Bahia. Cada prancha apresenta um orixá com suas armas e animal litúrgico. Foram confeccionadas em madeira de cedro, com trabalhos de entalhe e incrustações de materiais diversos, para atender a uma encomenda do antigo Banco da Bahia S.A., atual Banco BBM S.A., que os instalou em sua agência da Avenida Sete de Setembro, no ano de 1968".

Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó or Carybé (Lanús, 7 February 1911 - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 2 October 1997) was a painter, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, potter, sculptor, mural painter, researcher, historian and journalist. He settled in Brazil and naturalized as a Brazilian.

 

While living in Rio de Janeiro, he was a scout. There, scouts were nicknamed after types of fish, and he was given the nickname of Carybé (a kind of piranha). So the artist used it as an alias for his Christian name, which was very similar to his brother’s name, who was also an artist.

 

He produced five thousand pieces of work, including paintings, drawings, sculptures and sketches. He illustrated books by Jorge Amado as well as Gabriel Gárcia Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was an Obá de Xangô, an honorary position in candomblé. He died of heart failure during a session in a candomblé yard.

 

Some of Carybé’s work can be found in the Afro-Brazilian Museum of Salvador: 27 panels representing the orixás. of the Bahian candomblé. Each board shows an orixá with his weapons and his animal of worship. They were painted on Cedar wood, with engravings and scaling of various kinds of material. The work was commissioned by the former Banco da Bahia S.A., now Banco BBM S.A., which installed them in its branch on Avenida Sete de Setembro in 1968.

 

Carybé produced more than 5,000 works; his art was expressed through paintings, engravings, illustrations, wood carvings, mosaics and murals".

 

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Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea

Waves sweep the sand from my island.

My sunsets fade.

Field and glade wait only for rain

Grain after grain love erodes my

High weathered walls which fend off the tide

Cradle the wind

to my island.

 

Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide

Mournfully glide o'er my island.

My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,

Dissolves in the sun.

Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run

Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes

Violet skies

Touch my island,

Touch me.

 

Beneath the wind turned wave

Infinite peace

Islands join hands

'Neathe heaven's sea.

 

Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone

Hungrily reach from my island.

Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds

Are strewn on my shore.

Equal in love, bound in circles.

Earth, stream and tree return to the sea

Waves sweep sand from my island,

from me.

 

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The Stadium Business Summit 2023 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Wednesday June 28, 2023.

According to Sino Hotel Guide:

 

The Hall of Abstinence is located near the western entrance of the Temple of Heaven. It is encircled by two walls. The Inner wall is called Brick City, and the outer wall is called the Purple Wall. To further ensure the safety of the emperor, a moat was built to surround the Purple Wall.

 

A bell tower, two stone pavilions and a beamless hall are the main structures here. The bell tower is in the northeast corner of the Hall of Abstinence. Before each ceremony. bells would be struck when the emperor left for the Circular Altar Mound and would not stop until the emperor arrived, After the ceremony, the bells would be struck again.

 

Of the two stone pavilions, the right pavilion kept time while the left one has a bronze plate with the word "fasting" engraved on it as a constant reminder to the emperor to observe fasting rules. The beamless hall was one of the most famous buildings in Beijing. A blue-tiled roof atop the hall symbolized that the emperor must always acknowledge the Supremacy of the Heavenly Emperor.

 

Before each ceremony, emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties held a three-day fast during Spring, Summer and Winter. The emperors spent two days fasting in the Forbidden City and completed the three-day fast in the Hall of Abstinence.

 

During the three days, the emperor could not drink wine. He could only eat vegetables, but not garlic or onions. The emperor couldn't have any entertainment, nor could he handle any state affairs. Also, he had to be away from women. Naturally, such restrictions could be difficult for any emperor who was accustomed to all these luxuries.

 

This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 63 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.

 

Original size:18200 × 9100 (165.6 MP; 175.86 MB).

 

Location: Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China

An ivory head of Santo Domingo de Guzman

 

ESTIMATE: PHP 550,000 - 600,000

 

18th century

Manila

Ivory, wood, glass eyes, polychrome

18 x 11 x 13 cm (7 x 4 1/4 x 5 in)

 

Provenance:

From the heirs of Dr. José P. Bantug

 

Separately carved ivory heads were intended to be attached to a sculpted saint’s body, which could take several forms: de tallado, a fully carved and finely detailed wooden body painted in organic polychrome to create a complete sculpture; de gozne or mannequin-type wooden body with articulated limbs; or a bastidor-type structure consisting of a half-length carved wooden torso with a wooden slat framework below, functioning like a petticoat and also fitted with articulated limbs. The latter two forms were designed for de vestir sculptures, meant to be dressed in real, often elaborately embroidered garments. Once completed, these santo images were installed in church altar niches or used as processional figures. Affluent families likewise commissioned santo images for private devotion within their homes.

 

This ivory head represents Santo Domingo de Guzmán. It features an elongated, narrow face with softly rounded yet prominent cheeks and a refined jawline. The almond-shaped eyes are slightly wide and contemplative, retaining their original, well-integrated glass elements. Heavy lids rest beneath high-arched eyebrows, enhancing the introspective expression. The nose is slender and elongated, characteristic of Baroque devotional sculpture. The beard is deeply undercut and stylized in controlled, layered curls, while the small mouth with gently fleshy lips conveys a calm, inward-looking demeanor. The overall aesthetic is light and refined. A circular cavity beneath the head confirms that it was designed to be mounted onto a wooden body. Both its construction and stylistic characteristics point to early 18th-century (1700–1740) production in Manila workshops, where highly skilled Chinese artisans (Sangleys) collaborated with indigenous Filipino carvers. During the early to mid-1700s, sculptors increasingly emphasized subtle naturalism, evident here in the slightly parted lips – revealing carved teeth when viewed at an angle – and in the delicately indicated Adam’s apple (laryngeal prominence). This ivory head represents a superb example of Manila workshops at their technical peak, during a period when the colonial settlement was recognized as a global center of religious art.

 

Possibly due to pecuniary considerations or the unavailability of ivory of sufficient size, the uppermost portion of the head, including the finely carved tonsure, was fashioned separately from wood and surmounted onto the ivory. Based on strict classical proportions, the head would have originally belonged to a sculpture measuring approximately 36 to 42 inches in height.

 

Santo Domingo de Guzman or Saint Dominic (1170-1221) was a Castilian Catholic priest and founder of the Dominican Order. He and his order are traditionally credited with spreading and popularizing the rosary. The mark on the ivory forehead indicates the former presence of a star appliqué, one of the saint’s principal attributes, symbolizing the light of holiness and divine wisdom.

 

This ivory head has remained in the possession of the Bantug family, passed down through successive generations from their distinguished collection, beginning with the patriarch Dr. José P. Bantug (1884–1964), physician, public health educator, and author.

 

Lot 212 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on March 14 and 15, 2026. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.

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Juana I de Castilla, (1479 – 1555) . Fue la primera reina de España junto con su hijo Carlos I de España ( y V de Alemania)............

Pero lo más importante de su vida fué el amor a su marido, Felipe, llamado " el Hermoso" por atractivo.Como en un cuento , se casó con su príncipe encantador. Por desgracia, murió, y al quedarse viuda, se sumió en un profundo dolor, y sus enemigos la relegaron al cautiverio en Tordesillas, y la apodaron "La loca"...su delito fué amar como una mujer, no como una Reina.

   

Juana I of Castile, (1479 - 1555). She was the first queen of Spain together with her son Carlos I of Spain (and V of Germany) ............

But the most important thing of her life was the love to her husband, Philip, the called " The beautiful one " for attraction. Like in a story, she married his charming prince. Unfortunately, he died, and still had when her a widow, sank in a deep pain, and her enemies relegated her to the captivity in Tordesillas, and nicknamed " The mad one " ... her crime was to love as a woman, not as a Queen.

   

"All art is but imitation of nature."

 

( Lucius Annaeus Seneca )

 

PRINTS

 

Pentax K-1000, Illford Delta 100, Zenitar 2.8/16

This is the village of Kola, as seen from the EDK Compound at the top of the hill.

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In response to the picture below this one

this is the horse that the owner most wants to be in foal

out of the two after going too stud Aperantly its a better breed

of horse and is worth more money so now the waiting game

begins for him and i must say that this is my fave out of the two

i have rode this one a few times now and every time that i see her

3 things come to mind power speed and not forgetting PULCHER

and i have learned two things not to do when i am with her never

let her no that i am scared because she will feed off of it and never

turn my back on her as she always head butts me in the back she has done that

twice to me now and the second time that she did it she put me on the floor and i can tell

you there will not be a third time lol anyway again thankyou for your

time and your comments kind regards.

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Military men in Trinidad.

 

Part of Cuba

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The DSLR is crop frame, I used multiple shots at a much lower ISO and I edited both images subjectively to look their best. I didn't originally intend for these two shots to be put to a comparison, I just thought the results were interesting. There are things I prefer about both shots.

 

*I found out the lab underexposed the Provia by a full stop!*

If the Provia had been shot at a stop slower, it would probably be a lot prettier, but I shot it at 1/30sec handheld and that's what the meter asked for. At $23 a roll after processing, I wasn't interested in exposure bracketing my shots.

 

Also, if anyone knows what caused those big blue dots in my Provia, it's actually on the slides, the whole roll. I processed two other rolls at the same time and it's not on those.

View from the roof of the building.

بالصور: طالبة لبنانية تحلم ببناء صاروخ… ومركبة فضائية

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حلمها التخصص في صناعة الصورايخ والمركبات الفضائية، وهي تحلق الآن في “فضاءٍ” اختارته ودنا إليها بتفوقها وتميزها، مايا رضوان نصر ابنة السبعة عشر ربيعا عادت إلى ربوع بلدتها كفرفاقود في قضاء الشوف، لتمضي إجازتها السنوية بين أهلها، لتغادر بعد أسبوع إلى الولايات المتحدة لاستكمال دراستها الأكاديمية في “جامعة ماساتشوستس الاميركية للتكنولوجيا” (MIT)، بعد أن اختارتها الجامعة كطالبة متفوقة وخصتها بمنحة لدراسة “هندسة علم الفضاء”. من مدرسة رسمية في لبنان إلى أهم الجامعات العلمية في الولايات المتحدة الأميركية، مسيرة فتية لكنها حافلة بنجاحات ما تزال مفتوحة على آفاق واسعة، وقد كان لـ green area لقاء مع مايا وحلق معها في سماء أحلامها الكبيرة، وبدت خلال اللقاء متألقة، متوثبة وفرحة بما حققت لذاتها ولبلدها. مايا من مواليد العام 1997 في بلدة كفرفاقود – قضاء الشوف، بدأت دراستها في مدرسة دميت الرسمية (مرحلة الروضة)، ومن ثم انتقلت الى مدرسة “الشوف ناسيونال كوليدج” shouf national college في بعقلين إلى أن تخرجت منها هذا العام 2014.

وأشارت إلى أنها أنهت “السنة الدراسة الجامعية الأولى بجامعة ماساتشوستس الاميركية للتكنولوجيا (MIT)”. وعن سبب اختيارها للدراسة التخصصية في واحدة من أهم الجامعات العلمية في العالم، قالت: “الجامعة لا تكشف سبب اختيار الطالب للالتحاق بها، لكن القيمين عليها قد يكونوا استندوا لعلاماتي العالية، ولا سيما في مادة الرياضيات وفي امتحاني الـ S.AT 1 والــ S.AT 2 (امتحانا دخول للجامعة في الرياضيات واللغة الانكليزية)، فضلا عن تفوقي الدائم في المدرسة ونشاطاتي في كل المجالات، إضافة إلى أنني حققت أكثر من فوز في العديد من المسابقات، وربما لكل هذه الاسباب مجتمعة تم اختياري لمتابعة الدراسة في هذه الجامعة، وهي من المرات النادرة التي يستقبل فيها هذا القسم طلابا من المنطقة العربية، إلا إذا كانوا يحملون الجنسية الاميركية”.

حلمها الـ “ناسا”

تجدر الاشارة إلى أن جامعة ماساتشوستس الاميركية للتكنولوجي (MIT)هي من الجامعات المتخصصة في علوم الفضاء، وقد اختارت نصر دراسة “هندسة علم الفضاء” Aerospace Engineering، وقالت: “مدة الدراسة أربع سنوات، ومن ثم تبدأ الدراسات العليا (الماستر والدكتوراه)، وفي الدراسة الجامعية نتعلم كل ما هو على صلة بعلوم هندسة الفضاء وليس فقط موضوعا محددا”.

وعما إذا كان طموحها أن تصل إلى وكالة الفضاء الأميركية (ناسا)، قالت بحماس: “أكيد (ناسا) أو cern (أوروبا) أو SpaceX (مؤسسة أميركية لتكنولوجيا الفضاء)، لكن (ناسا) NASA هي حلمي”.

وعما تحلم في مجال الاختصاص، إن كان التلسكوبات المتطورة أو الدفع النفاث على غرار العالم اللبناني شارل العشي، قالت نصر: “أكثر من يستهويني هو عالم الصواريخ والمركبات الفضائية، وسأسعى لتحقيق طموحاتي في هذا المجال، لأوكد أن المرأة اللبنانية بشكل خاص والمرأة بشكل عام قادرة بإرادتها أن تصل إلى أعلى المراتب وفي مجالات علمية متطورة ومتقدمة”.

وقالت “أتمنى تحقيق حلمي وأن أجعل الناس أقرب من معرفة الفضاء ودراسته، وأن اللبنانيين قادرون على الوصول إلى أعلى المراتب اذا كان لديهم الطموح”.

وشكرت نصر “عائلتي التي وقفت الى جانبي ومدرستي وأساتذتي في لبنان والـــ AMIDEAST (مؤسسة تدعم الطلاب اللبنانيين المتفوقين للتقدم الى الجامعات الأميركية)”.

أما والدها رضوان نسيب نصر، فاعتبر أن “ما حققته مايا ابنة السبعة عشر عاما هو فخر لجميع اللبنانيين”، وأثنى “على اهتمام green area في مواكبة ما وصلت اليه مايا وغيرها من الطلاب اللبنانيين المتفوقين”.

السنة الدراسية الأولى

أنهت مايا السنة الاولى بتفوق في مجال دراسة هندسة الفضاء، وقالت: “بعد اسبوع من الآن لدي حلقة تدريب Stage لشهرين في برنامج Zero Robotics الذي أعدته (الناسا) وسأكون مساعدة ومشرفة على التلامذة في المدارس الاميركية، وسنقوم من خلال هذا البرنامج بإعداد مباريات في مجال البرمجة بين التلامذة للمرحلتين المتوسطة والثانوية، فضلا عن برامج للاقمار الصناعية يعرف عنه باسم Spheres، وهو عبارة عن أقمار صناعية موجودة في الفضاء حاليا، وتحديدا في “محطة الفضاء الدولية” International Space Station المعروفة اختصارا بـ ISS”. وأشارت إلى أن “ثمة ثلاثة أقمار صناعية تدور داخل المحطة التي تدور بدورها في الفضاء”، ولفتت إلى أن “المباراة بين التلامذة ستكون حول كيفية برمجة هذه الاقمار الصناعية، والبرنامج الذي يفوز سيتم تشغيله داخل المحطة عبر التواصل مع رواد الفضاء الموجودين هناك”. وقالت نصر: “أحضر حاليا للعمل في السنة المقبلة، لكن هذه المرة داخل (الناسا) كعمل تجريبي في سياق اختصاصي، وأتمنى أن يكون هذا العمل ممهدا لبناء صاروخ دفع نفاث، خصوصا وأنني أحظى بدعم وتقدير وهناك فرص كبيرة أمامي لكن المشكلة في عدم حصولي على الجنسية حتى الآن، لأن العمل في الناسا يتطلب شروطا مشددة من بينها الحصول على الجنسية وأتمنى أن أحصل عليها في السنوات الثلاث المقبلة”. ووجهت نصر عبر green area رسالة إلى شباب لبنان قائلة: “علينا كشباب أن نواجه تحدياتنا بالعلم وأن ننسى طوائفنا وانتماءاتنا السياسة الضيقة فالعالم بات أصغر من قرية ولا يمكننا إلا أن نكون متسلحين بالعلم لمواجهة تحديات الحاضر والمستقبل في البيئة والعلوم والاقتصاد والتنمية”.

     

The Stadium Business Design Summit at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Tuesday November 30, 2021.

(c) C.H.Stocker

 

For a week, Lee and myself left the Hebrides in the hopeful search for a new home on the mainland.

 

We headed across Scotland to Aberdeenshire and back, so most of these photos are from this trip including the Isle of Skye.

 

We stayed at Glenside Stables, a stables managed by Lee's animal-mad daughter Abby! There we saw the grandchildren for the first time in months and of course the many animals including a Roe Deer.

 

This lovely wee creature was abandoned by its mother and is being hand reared by Abby. As a result, it follows her around like its mother, plays happily with the dogs and the children and will curl up happily with Theo, the toddler.

 

So thank you to Abby and family for your hospitality and here's a link to their Facebook page:

 

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089215031447

 

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Thousands demonstrated on Friday in Tahrir Square, demanding public trial of Mubarak, his interior ministry Habib el-Adly, and other regime figures.

 

The square and the surrounding streets since early morning have been emptied from all police and military presence. Most of the established political forces, most notably the Muslim Brothers, did not take part in the demonstrations.

 

The families of the martyrs were present, and demanded speedy trials of the police murderers, as it's becoming clear day by day that they will get away with what they did. More shockingly, most police officers who are currently undergoing trial still hold their positions (or have been promoted)! Demonstrators also denounced the brutal police crackdown on the protests in the square on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

 

Protesters marched, in solidarity with the detainees, by 4pm on the ministerial cabinet headquarters and the interior ministry. Policemen from inside the interior ministry's compound threw rocks and were making provocative gestures with their hands. Protesters responded by rocks and a shower of insults and chants against both the military and the police.

 

I've heard very strong chants, demanding the execution of Mubarak, Adly and Field Marshal Tantawi. While some are staging a sit in at the moment, others will resume protesting on Saturday, in the run up to the mass protests planned next Friday 8 July.

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Nikon D800E + 85 mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm - 1/8000 sec at f/1.4, ISO 400

Aperture priority mode @ -1/3 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash

Subject Distance: unknown

 

If I were a bulldog, I'd have bitten my tongue off by accident long ago.

 

47°35'42" N 122°13'38" W

Luther Burbank Park

Mercer Island, Washington, United States

 

Taken on 10.21.2012, uploaded on 10.21.2012.

 

©2012 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info

Following a discussion on the KAP Forum I tried some tests to see if I could get a kite to fly reliably off the wind. Here are the results:

 

In this case the Flow Form 16 is the baseline kite. I tested it against a Flow Form 8, and took up as much as 2.5" of bridle line on one side of the Flow Form 16, but never got much deviation. I did not attempt to try changing the tail layout. I was pleased to see how invariant the flight is as a function of bridle tweaking, but it didn't get me any closer to flying off-wind.

 

Next I used the Flow Form 16 as the base kite, and tried offsetting a 6' rokkaku. In the case of the rokkaku, I took a tip from Ramon and offset the upper bridle by 2" to the left, and 2" to the right, respectively. The photos from each of these offsets is shown above.

 

I didn't shoot any video, but the flight in both cases was remarkably stable. Before flying either configuration I flew the rokkaku without an offset, and found it flew just off to the right of the Flow Form. This is also echoed in the above photos, in which the right-hand offset flies farther to the right than the left-hand offset does to the left.

 

Both kites are on 200' of line. The dimensions of the rokkaku are 5' wide by 6' high. I can't quote the dimensions of the Flow Form. I popped all this into CAD and got angles of 20.7 to the left and 24.8 to the right. I didn't shoot any video, but in both cases flight was quite stable. I'm taking this as a potential for a 20 degree offset either way, give or take.

 

In any case it works, and it's one more tool to add to the list. I'd like to go out and really characterize this at some point (so much bridle offset = so much sky offset). But for now it's nice just to know it's possible.

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From the minute I laid eyes on him...actually I

slammed the door in his face. My neighbor Louis,

who was the spitting image of Sammy Davis Jr.

knocked on my door one morning and asked "hey is

this your cat? He's been hanging around your

door!"

 

"NO!" and the door got slammed in both their faces!

 

later on that day as I was walking 2 doors down

the street to my friend Mark's I looked down to

see this same orange and white cat walking beside

me meowing and he was really talking to me....I

was like, Who are you? I don't know you. Leave

me alone!"

That evening my best friend came over to work on

some performance piece or costume or something

and we decided to go get some beer from the

little bodega on the corner of 13th and Avenue A.

We got some cold brews and were walking back down

the street to my apt at 513 East 13th.

 

I was in the middle of a sentence when I just

stopped like I was suddenly frozen in place.....

and turned to the woman who was standing on the

sidewalk. I didn't even see what was in her arms

when I stopped...not until a little orange and

white paw reached out and touched my arm....third

time... I was charmed...and she was his mouth

piece....in a rush she started in at 100 miles an

hour, hey look at this nice cat he is really

really really nice cat and he needs a place to

live he lives in the parking lot and the old

woman feeds him and it's starting to get cold and

he'll freeze and he's a really really nice cat

and he's so friendly, not like the others and I

already have 12 cats and can't take any more,

please can you take him? You don't have cats,

right?"

 

"Well yes my roommate has a cat and he doesn't

like other cats...he just had a big fight with my

neighbors cat last night....so I'll take him

upstairs and if Weftus doesn't like him then he's

coming back down to the street.

I can't promise anything but I'll try."

 

So I took the little guy up to the apt. and put

him on the bed in my room where Weftus was laid

out like the King that he was. The little one

touched noses with him and jumped off the bed to

look around at his new home....I stood in total

amazement...Weftus didn't move. He was in as much

shock as I was. He just lay there on the

bed...and didn't move. He never once fought with

the little guy...never....ever

 

I had a new cat.

I remember holding the little guy in my arms, I

was sitting Indian meditation style with him

laying on my legs,lap, curled up. I tilted my

head down and shut my eyes...all of a sudden I

got a stream of images flying through my

head....going on an airplane with this little

fellow, traveling across the country in a

van....too many images to keep up with...so

fast....the one that stuck was the

airplane...then I remembered that it was November

and that in a month I'd be flying home to KY for

the Xmas holidays and I'd have my little fellow

with me! Like I said, charmed.

The next day off to visit the vet and find out a

bit about my new little one. How old was he?

About 6 months old. He needed all of his shots,

but was basically pretty healthy for a New York

City Street Kitty. Still didn't have a name for

him. I'd introduced him to my extended family. He

loved to cuddle people. He loved Mark Henry and

my boyfriend Chris. I knew he had to have a

special name but wasn't really sure

what...charmed...magic....nothing was right. I

knew I had to wait a few days until the perfect

name came....

 

now I'm from Kentucky and when I moved to New

York City I had trouble with people understanding

me and my accent...I said naayn instead of

nine...so I really had to concentrate on my

vowels when giving out my phone number...or I

wouldn't get a call. Mark had given me a funny

place mat with Southernisms on it.....and I WAS

AMAZED at all the words that weren't really

words. One of them was Idnit...which is southern

for the northernIsn't it". I remember

thinking..."what, that isn't a real word?"

 

Chris came over one night and we decided to take

my little one for his first car ride. I didn't

have a car in the city at the time so it was a

treat. Cats aren't allowed on busses or subways

unless they are well hidden inside a big purse or

backpack. You had to take an expensive cab to get

places with an animal. So off we went for a car

ride in Manhattan! I was sitting in the back seat

holding him in my arms and all I could say was

Id'nee (southern for isn't he) cute, Id'nee

sweet, Id'nee mine"...then I paused and said

Id'nee, Id'nee!!! I've found a name!!!

Id'nee...so that all you northerners have to

speak a little southern!"

I had that wonderful street rescue cat for over

20 years- he moved with me to Switzerland when he

was 7 years old---he died December 22nd 2004.

Best cat I ever had.....

photos are of Id'nee with Weftus the cat and

Id'nee with Mark-my friend. circa November

1984-January 1985

Id'nee wearing a ribbon is at my mom's Christmas 1985

--

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043 321 8080

079 623 4034

www.partyart.ch

taylor@partyart.ch

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View On White <--- large.

 

went to a nice location up in the hills with benjo, kyle, and kyle's friend from washington in town. gold reflector camera left for the lighting on benjo.

 

7d + 35L

 

www.twitter.com/drj_photo

www.drjphoto.com

www.derek-johnson.tumblr.com

www.jerekdohnson.wordpress.com

Black

I have been tagged by Samia apu

 

1, The first thing I do nowadays when I wake up is to turn on my laptop. its becoming a daily routine now.

 

2. I love tea. That's the other thing I need to drink in the morning. Ak cup chai.

 

3. Its been raining here in az. I want to go out but its really cold outside.

 

4. My previous pair of Vans lasted me 3 years.

 

5. I spend all my money on electronics. I rarely go to the mall for shopping.

 

6. I get all this amazing ideas before I go to bed. When I wake up, I forget all of those darn ideas.

 

7. My dad calls me Bigfoot.

 

8. I need to go to Bangladesh. Its been 3 years since I visited.

 

9. I have been wanting a mac for a while. Although I am a loyal PC guy. Same goes for Canon.

 

10. Cars are more attractive to me than girls. If I have to choose one only I would go with the big junk in the trunk. =p

 

Phew....I have written these facts twice. Last time I didn't save it and it was all gone :(

 

strobist: sb-28 left top at 1/32 w/snoot

sb-24 background 1/16

 

- - - - - - -

 

Last night was a good night.

 

The air was crisp and past memories flooded our minds.

 

We know it won’t last.

 

We know that tomorrow it will all be gone and everything will be as it was before.

 

But the feeling of freedom that I had at that moment was exhilarating.

 

Feeling like nothing had changed.

 

We were still all the innocent and sweet girls we were before.

 

I wished for a moment that the past didn’t exist.

 

That no hurt and pain had been afflicted upon the friendship that had existed.

 

…past tense….existed, because everything changed.

 

Everything changed when they came into our lives and broke the bonds that

 

had been there much longer than they had.

 

4 years of friendship and memories that were torn and broken

 

by these people we’d known for a short couple months.

 

Pictures of them flashed in my mind.

 

Him hugging a girl that I used to know the way he had to me.

 

Kissing her and making her feel like the world didn’t exist.

 

That’s the way he made me feel.

 

I felt safe with him.

 

If I had known they would someday be together, I would have never befriended her.

 

Willa was my friend and they took her away from me.

 

I felt betrayed by her. I hurt because I knew that it was either me or them and she chose them. After 4 years of friendship, she chose a family that we’d known for a couple months.

 

And Christa, the girl I had trusted and became friends with through youth group, who said she would never go out with a guy like Jeff is now hugging him, kissing him, loving him, the way I had a year ago.

 

So, no. I can’t forget.

 

I can’t let go.

 

I can’t move on knowing that friendship is only as strong as the influence you have over people.

 

I wish I could let go. I wish things could be the same as they were before, when we used to blast the music in the car and have the windows down feeling like the world had so much to offer.

 

But I can’t. I can’t not hate them for taking away the person I loved, my best friend, my church, my trust.

 

Snakes like that deserve nothing more than to burn in hell.

 

H, E, double hockey sticks.

www.universoriginal.com/product.php?id_product=79

 

Este ratón con la forma de una pieza gigante de Lego es nada menos que un insulto a la ergonomía. En cualquier caso, cuenta con una rueda de desplazamiento, unos botones principal y secundario, y una resolución de 800 dpi. Es el perfecto regalo para un arquitecto que no podrá resistirse a su brillante perfección y minimalismo. Con un tamaño de 95 x 32 x 55 mm, el mouse de la pieza de construcción más retro que se conoce y se conecta a la computadora por medio de USB, siendo compatible con los sistemas operativos Windows y Mac.

View Moonset on Black

 

View Moonset Map/EXIF

 

Canon EOS 7D + EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 34 mm - 1/1250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200

Aperture priority mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash

Subject Distance: unknown

 

Taken out the window while driving to work.

 

Taking this reminded me of something that makes me sort of sad, actually. I remembered the story about Joshua Bell playing Mozart in the DC subway to (mostly) deaf commuters. Even though I got this shot, I, too, was in such a rush to get to work that I did not think it appropriate to stop, get out the tripod, and give this scene some justice. I am saddened to think of the result I could have had if I had only taken 30 minutes out of my day to pursue beauty. Sigh.

 

47°39'18" N 122°3'45" W, 30.80 m

Sahalee way

Sammamish, Washington, USA

 

Taken on 12.04.2009, uploaded on 05.07.2012.

 

©2009 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info

ずいぶん前に受けたZEND PHP Certの認定証が届きましたよ。国際郵便で。

 

中身は、

・知らない人の直筆サイン入りのレター

・と、その人の名刺

・プラスチック額縁入り認定証 (CEOとか知らない人3名の直筆サイン入り。左のAndiはZendのndの人っすね)

・微妙なPHP x Zendのステッカー

・Zend Certified Engineerのステッカー (レーザープリンタで出力の)

・Zend Products CD-ROM (何入ってるんだろう)

 

払った試験料のわりには、大盤振る舞いな感じ

View On Black

 

Thousands demonstrated on Friday in Tahrir Square, demanding public trial of Mubarak, his interior ministry Habib el-Adly, and other regime figures.

 

The square and the surrounding streets since early morning have been emptied from all police and military presence. Most of the established political forces, most notably the Muslim Brothers, did not take part in the demonstrations.

 

The families of the martyrs were present, and demanded speedy trials of the police murderers, as it's becoming clear day by day that they will get away with what they did. More shockingly, most police officers who are currently undergoing trial still hold their positions (or have been promoted)! Demonstrators also denounced the brutal police crackdown on the protests in the square on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

 

Protesters marched, in solidarity with the detainees, by 4pm on the ministerial cabinet headquarters and the interior ministry. Policemen from inside the interior ministry's compound threw rocks and were making provocative gestures with their hands. Protesters responded by rocks and a shower of insults and chants against both the military and the police.

 

I've heard very strong chants, demanding the execution of Mubarak, Adly and Field Marshal Tantawi. While some are staging a sit in at the moment, others will resume protesting on Saturday, in the run up to the mass protests planned next Friday 8 July.

View On Black and Large.

Taken WILD, not in a park or backyard. Taken in wild Oregon in a heavy thicket of wild Roses.

Found this guy at approx 3600 ft elevation going into the Coast Range of Oregon. The lighting makes it look like I've sharpened the image but I haven't. The most interesting thing with this guy is the Translucent wings (outer 1/4th). You can see the flower coming through the upper right wing tip and green leaf on the bottom left wing.

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (2 of 5): The movie /

CITA EN EL CINE (2 de 5): La Peli

 

(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.

 

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Dom: God, what an ungraceful man...

Akari: XD

Chris: It makes you want to go to the shop just to check if that guy is really there selling stuff XD The commercial is of the worst, but they convinced me to want to go... Marketing power! XD

/

Dom: Jo-der, que tío más feo...

Akari: XD

Chris: Dan ganas de ir a la tienda solo para ver si ese tío está ahí vendiendo de verdad XD El anuncio es cutre de cojones, pero me han convencido para querer ir... Marketing power! XD

 

 

COLLABORATION:

- Minao's Akari Collaboration

- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.

- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.

 

SHERYL LINKS:

- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl

- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012

Bucci

 

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/robson.bucci

 

Entrevista no Digiforum:

 

www.digiforum.com.br/viewtopic.php?t=78078

 

Portfólio:

issuu.com/bucci10/docs/2_mini_portfoleo_fotos_bucci_10x15

 

GoPro - Dia de foto, bike e Jardim Botânico:

 

Vídeos Making Off:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=45NGHZIk2YQ&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPuPpsW78Ww&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lblneevaOdA&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qowp0oSfos&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf8VSAJv_os&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSHa73QrIxQ&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBs9XjA0dT8&feature=g-upl&amp....

  

BUCCI - 50mm Quantaray Macro Tech 10 MX AF + Sistema de Flash D.I.Y FLASH DIFFUSER

www.flickr.com/photos/bucci10/8191598385/in/photostream/

 

Bucci

 

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/robson.bucci

 

Entrevista no Digiforum:

 

www.digiforum.com.br/viewtopic.php?t=78078

 

Portfólio:

issuu.com/bucci10/docs/2_mini_portfoleo_fotos_bucci_10x15

 

GoPro - Dia de foto, bike e Jardim Botânico:

 

Vídeos Making Off:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=45NGHZIk2YQ&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPuPpsW78Ww&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lblneevaOdA&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qowp0oSfos&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf8VSAJv_os&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSHa73QrIxQ&feature=g-upl&amp....

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBs9XjA0dT8&feature=g-upl&amp....

  

BUCCI - 50mm Quantaray Macro Tech 10 MX AF + Sistema de Flash D.I.Y FLASH DIFFUSER

www.flickr.com/photos/bucci10/8191598385/in/photostream/

www.tour-eiffel.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

 

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Eiffel

 

La tour Eiffel, initialement nommée tour de 300 mètres, est une tour de fer puddlé construite par Gustave Eiffel et ses collaborateurs pour l'Exposition universelle de Paris de 1889. Situé à l'extrémité du parc du Champ-de-Mars, en bordure de la Seine, ce monument parisien, symbole de la capitale française, est le neuvième site le plus visité du pays en 2006 et le premier monument payant visité au monde avec 6,893 millions de visiteurs en 2007.

D'une hauteur de 313,2 mètres à l'origine, la tour Eiffel est restée le monument le plus élevé du monde pendant 41 ans. Sa hauteur a été plusieurs fois augmentée par l'installation de nombreuses antennes, pour culminer à 324 m et 325 m depuis le 17 janvier 2005 avec l'émetteur TNT. Utilisée dans le passé pour de nombreuses expériences scientifiques, elle sert aujourd'hui d'émetteur de programmes radiophoniques et télévisés. Sa construction n’a duré que deux ans et deux mois.

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