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Another summer day

Has come and gone away

In Paris and Rome

But I wanna go home

Mmmmmmmm

I’m coming back home

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Legend has it that in ancient times, a small wooden box was found along the coast of Vernazza, containing the bones of a finger of Santa Margherita's hand. After shouting the miracle, the inhabitants decided to build a church in honor of the Saint in the district called Isolotto. A strong storm, however, dispersed the relic and it appeared only some time later, exactly where it was first found. The Vernazzesi then built the church there, overlooking the sea, where it is today.

More prosaically, the church of Santa Margherita d'Antiochia was built in the 13th century in the Gothic-Ligurian style by the Antelami Masters on a pre-existing Romanesque building. Mentioned for the first time in 1318, it stands on a rock overlooking the sea. The octagonal tower, 40 meters high, is crowned by small arches and ends with an ogival dome. Between 1500 and 1600 the church was enlarged, extending the hall by two bells per nave, to the detriment of the original medieval façade which was destroyed. In 1750, new works on the church led to the covering of the Romanesque interior with Baroque style coverings, also replacing the wooden roof with vaults and raising the bell tower. In more recent times, in the years 1964-1970, the church was partially restored with the original internal structure and recovering the exposed wooden roof.

The church has two entrances: the main one is more hidden and less easy to reach, and a more comfortable one, in one of the apses overlooking the tree-lined square in front of the marina, opened during the 19th century. The interior with three naves is raised above the level of the square. It houses two 17th century canvases, the Baroque high altar from 1750, an 18th century processional chest and a wooden crucifix attributed to Anton Maria Maragliano.

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Where: Sweden, Östergötland, Linköping: google maps

When: 20100415, at the Linköping sailingboat harbour.

How and why: The long pier, the fast moving clouds. A long exposure with ND filter to smooth things out.

Editing: increased shadows and decreased brightness, added contrast.

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I'm looking forward to when construction is completed . . . and it will be called Freedom Tower instead of Ground Zero . . . hopefully the new name will also signal a time when we understand that there's one Planet . . . and that we're all members of One Human Family . . . And I made this image on Easter Sunday . . . isn't that a good day to think of peace and unity?

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After far too long and busy week I treated my self with an early wake up and driving to Long Reef to take some shots which last time I didn't have chance to do. Wonderful start before the rain started to spoil this morning sunrise...

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En-route to Haystack from the summit of Warnscale. It is difficult to imagine how strong the wind was from this tranquil view! With my 6 feet 1 inch and 200 pounds frame I could lean against the wind ! :) But the climb was worth every ATP !

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Monday morning wake up knowing that youve got to go to school

Tell your mum what to expect, she says its right out of the blue

Do you went to work in debenhams, because thats what they expect

Start in lingerie, and doris is your supervisor

And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start

For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art

Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange

Making life-size models of the velvet underground in clay

In the queue for lunch they take the piss, youve got no appetite

And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight

So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk

While your cleaning up the mess the teachers looking up your skirt

Youve been used, youre confused

Write a song, Ill sing along

Are you calm? settle down

Soon you will know that you are sane

Youre on top of the world again

Monday morning wake up knowing that youve got to go to school

Mum said she had little choice when she was young, so why should you?

Do you went to work in c&a, cause thats what they expect

Move to ladieswear and take a feel off joe the storeman

Tell veronica the secrets of the boy you never kissed

Shes got everything to gain cause shes a fat girl with a lisp

She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs

cause you cant afford a blazer and youre always wearing clogs

At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room

Heed of english gets you, asks you, what the hell do you think youre doing?

Do you think youre better then the other kids? well get outside.

Youve got permission, but youve got to make the bastard think hes right

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I got out of school early today to go to an orthodontist appointment to make a date to get my braces off!

I'm getting them off in 6 weeks :]

Very exciting. Which means theyll be off by HALLOWEEN! :D

I just have to wear 6 rubber bands for 6 weeks straight :p

Whatever, its worth it :]

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En el Gobierno nacional amenazan a Mauricio Macri con responder a sus reclamos para que les traslade la jurisdicción sobre el Transporte en la Ciudad, con entregarle el Subte, pero sin los 400 millones de subsidios. Lo concreto es que más allá de las chicanas, acordaron crear una comisión que por 60 días evalúe y trate de acordar los temas en discusión. El Paseo del Bicentenario que reclamó Cristina.

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“Si querés el Subte no hay problema, te lo damos ya, pero sin los subsidios”, cruzó al jefe de Gobierno porteño un ministro, en la reunión que mantuvo con la presidenta Cristina Kirchner, el ministro del Interior Florencio Randazzo y el jefe de Gabinete, Aníbal Fernández.

Como era previsible Macri se negó, pero la idea quedó rebotando en los principales despachos de Bolívar 1. Es que todas las líneas del subte porteño, que opera Metrovías, reciben un subsidio anual de unos 400 millones de pesos. Si se les quitara este auxilio la tarifa pasaría de $ 1,10 a 2,45 mínimo.

Pero en el gobierno porteño hay quienes se entusiasman con la idea y –halcones de la popularidad ajena- hasta se arriesgan a proponer una tarifa de $ 3, para hacer obras. No es poco dinero. El Subte mueve 1,5 millones de personas por día, a 50 personas por pasajeros por día, no cuesta imaginar la masa de dinero que rápidamente Macri podría conseguir para empezar a cumplir su promesa de extender la red de subtes, y que hoy le traba la Nación. El costo político de triplicar la tarifa es obvio.

“Esto tiene dos lecturas, sería una jugada demasiado audaz, no es del estilo de Macri. Pero un político transgresor podría aceptar los subtes sin subsidio, subir las tarifas, hacer las obras y quizás termina de Presidente”, arriesgó un experimentado operador del sector del Transporte.

En el gobierno nacional también hay halcones y palomas en este asunto. Medio en serio medio en broma, algunos proponer “tirarle el Subte por la cabeza a Macri”, sin subsidios, y luego que el jefe de Gobierno se vea obligado a subir la tarifa; hacer lo propio con colectivos y trenes de manera de empezar a aligerar la cada vez más insostenible carga fiscal de la montaña de subsidios que armó Ricardo Jaime.

Frente a esta posición, sectores mas moderados proponen ir aligerando por motus propio la carga de subsidios, de manera consensuada con Macri, combinándolo con graduales aumentos de tarifa, hasta llegar a un mix de tarifa y subsidios que sea aceptable para el jefe de Gobierno y ahí sí concretar la transferencia.

En esta línea se inscribe la decisión de crear una comisión mixta entre el gobierno nacional y el porteño, para intentar acordar en el término de 60 días la mayoría de los temas de competencias que enfrentan a ambas jurisdicciones, entre ellos el Subte.

Por parte del Gobierno de la Ciudad participarán de esta negociación que se está empezando a delinear, el jefe de Gabinete Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, y el ministro de Desarrollo Urbano, Daniel Chaín, del otro lado del mostrador lo esperará un viejo conocido, el actual secretario de Transporte, Juan Pablo Schiavi.

Arriba: Formación ingresando a la estación Boedo - Línea E.

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Fall colours at Deer Lake in Burnaby near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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About this photo: Fall is my favourite season and that season starts tomorrow! I am so excited and can't wait for the leaves to change colours soon. In the mean time I will share a photo I took last year around mid October at beautiful Deer Lake in Burnaby near Vancouver. This place is only about 10-15 minute drive from my place, so I will be checking it out over there frequently and hope that the colours will be as vibrant this year as well.

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Some information on Deer Lake Park: Burnaby is a city which belongs to the Greater Vancouver area and is about 10-15 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Deer Lake is a relaxing 5 kilometre/3 mile walk around an urban lake just outside of Vancouver. The walking trail around the lake is good any time of year and is very popular with dog walkers in and around Burnaby. Trails in the park lead to a kids playground, washrooms, a boat launch and picnic tables. In the summer months Deer Lake Boat Rentals offers canoe, kayak and pedal boat rentals. Gas or electric motors are not allowed on this lake.

Deer Lake Park is a great place for outdoor activities and cultural life in Burnaby. Whether you want to visit an art gallery or see an outdoor concert, Deer Lake Park is the place you will find it. Your kids will love the park for the beach, the playground, the water activities and the Burnaby Village Museum. In the summer months the park comes alive with outdoor concerts and lake activities and in the off season it is a relaxing park to go for a quiet walk around the scenic trails.

Listen Look What You've Done - Jet

Jet es un grupo de rock de Melbourne, Australia. Su álbum debut fue Get Born, lanzado en 2003, y de él se han vendido más de 3.5 millones de copias por todo el mundo. Recibe influencias de grupos como Queen, AC/DC, The Beatles, Sweet, Oasis, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Easybeats y The Faces.

* Nic Cester (guitarra eléctrica y cantante principal)

* Chris Cester (Batería)

* Cameron Muncey (guitarra eléctrica y coros)

* Mark Wilson (bajo)

Los Hermanos Nic y Chris Cester decidieron formar una banda con Cameron Muncey y Mark Wilson en el 2001, mientras trabajaban en la misma fábrica, tomando como influencia a bandas como AC/DC, Queen, The Beatles, Oasis, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Easybeats, The Faces, Sex Pistols, The Kinks, y T. Rex. Se bautizan como Jet por la canción de Paul McCartney del disco Band on the run. En el año 2002, la banda lanza su primer EP independenete, llamado Dirty Sweet, que fue grabado en la casa de uno de los miembros de la banda. La maqueta fue todo un éxito y el sello Elektra ofreció un contrato a la banda. El contrato con el sello permite a Jet grabar su primer disco, llamado Get Born, un gran homenaje al rock clásico que contó con la participación del legendario teclista Billy Preston, famoso por grabar al final de los años 60 con The Beatles y posteriormente con Eric Clapton y Rolling Stones. Este disco fue producido por Dave Sardy en los legendarios estudios Sunset Sound en Los Ángeles. La re-edición de este disco es publicada el 12 de abril de 2004 junto a un DVD con 5 temas en directo grabados en la sala Astoria de Londres. El segundo disco de la banda, titulado Shine On, fue lanzado en octubre del 2006 y grabado en Los Ángeles bajo la producción de Dave Sardy, quien antes había colaborado en la producción del primer disco de la banda. Jet empleó gran parte del 2005 y del 2006 en este álbum, en estudios de Melbourne y Massachussets. El proceso de grabación culminó el 2006 en los estudios Hillside Manor de Dave Sardy. El grupo grabó 20 canciones para este disco, pero 5 fueron descartadas.

Take my photo off the wall

If it just won't sing for you

'Cause all that's left has gone away

And there's nothing there for you to prove

Oh, look what you've done

You've made a fool of everyone

Oh well, it seems likes such fun

Until you lose what you had won

Give me back my point of view

'Cause I just can't think for you

I can hardly hear you say

What should I do, well you choose

Oh, look what you've done

You've made a fool of everyone

Oh well, it seems likes such fun

Until you lose what you had won

Oh, look what you've done

You've made a fool of everyone

A fool of everyone

A fool of everyone

Take my photo off the wall

If it just won't sing for you

'Cause all that's left has gone away

And there's nothing there for you to do

Oh, look what you've done

You've made a fool of everyone

Oh well, it seems likes such fun

Until you lose what you had won

Oh, look what you've done

You've made a fool of everyone

A fool of everyone

A fool of everyone

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Me llegó el "Juego del 16"

1.Unas de mis aficiones favoritas son, como no, la fotografía y la edición fotográfica.

2.Me considero ahora mejor persona que hace unos años, aunque podría mejorarlo.

3.No tengo grandes metas, o grandes aspiraciones en la vida, solo sueño con ser feliz muchos años junto a mi familia.

4.No tengo muchos amigos de aquellos de los que se dice, de los de verdad, pero conozco a muuuuuuucha gente.

5.Lo mejor que me ha pasado en la vida es tener a mi hija Sandra.

6.No se me da mal la cocina.

7.Fuí una buena estudiante, pero en el instituto me torcí. No llegué a la Universidad.

8.Sufro ante cualquier maltrato, las desgracias ajenas me afectan mucho emocionalmente.

9.A menudo pienso en el pasado y pienso "qué sería de mi vida ahora si yo.....".

10.No me gusta en absoluto a lo que me dedico profesionalmente. Mi vocación es totalmente distinta.

11.Tengo una fuerza de voluntad de cero patatero :-)

12.No consigo dejar de morderme las uñas de vez en cuando.

13.Me gustan los perfumes, no me gusta utilizar siempre el mismo, porque si lo hiciera se me reconocería al momento, me gusta el cambio.

14.Disfruto sobrehumanamente viendo el mar, las olas aproximándose y rompiendo en la orilla, un atardecer.... me relaja y me permite sumergirme en mis pensamientos.

15.No concibo la vida sin música.

16.Lo peor que me ha pasado en la vida es padecer un cáncer

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A lagoon is a body of saline water that is partially separated from the adjacent sea and which keeps a proportion of saltwater at low tide. As well as providing an important habitat for seabirds, waterfowl and marshland birds, lagoons also contain unique invertebrates and specialist plants which make this type of habitat important to the UK’s overall biodiversity.

37 acres of littoral land and saline lagoons was purchased by the Society in 1991, with assistance from English Nature (now Natural England), after almost four years of fundraising and negotiations with the land owner. This area lies immediately south of a 33 acre area, which includes Easington Lagoon, which is owned by the Environment Agency and leased to the Society. A further 22 acres of land to the direct south of the Lagoons was purchased in 2000. This package of land is know as Beacon Lagoons, though has also variously been known as Beacon Ponds, Kilnsea Lagoons and Easington Lagoons. It was initially purchased primarily because of the Society’s interest in the little tern colony situated there.

The BLNR contains a variety of coastal habitats including sand dunes, shingle, salt marsh, saline lagoons and pools. The site is situated on the Holderness coast, 2km north of the Spurn peninsula and south-west of the village of Easington. It holds SSSI designation and is a potential SPA and a proposed Ramsar site because it comprises a variety of important features including:

· Its saline lagoons, which are a UK priority Annex 1 habitat under the EC ‘Habitats Directive’

· Its importance for its colony of over 1% of the British breeding population of little terns on its shingle beach and as a feeding and roosting site for important numbers of migratory birds

· Lagoons are included as a priority feature under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan

· Plants and animals which are either mainly or entirely restricted to a lagoonal habitat. These species include flora and fauna protected under schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981).

The SHCS is responsible for the management of the BLNR, with the Spurn Bird Observatory involved in the organisation of the Little Tern Protection Scheme. A Tern warden (kindly funded by BP Exploration) is employed during the breeding season to help protect the birds against predation and from the accidental intrusion of beach users.

The water in the lagoons is strongly saline but not tidal, though storm surges may occasionally temporarily connect the lagoons with the sea. These breaches introduce marine organisms that may survive in the lagoons for several years. There is also an area of non-tidal salt marsh and some low dunes.

The main threat to the flora and fauna of the lagoons is the erosion of the beach by the North Sea and by the rise in sea levels. This ultimately threatens the site with ‘coastal squeeze’ whereby the lagoons will become tidal, eventually eliminating them altogether. It is expected the southern addition will eventually acquire a similar aspect to the present lagoons, which will prolong the life of the habitat and its associated flora and fauna.

Some vulnerable plant species such as Divided Sedge (Carex divisa) and Saltwort (Salsola Kali) occur here, along with Spiral Tasselweed (Ruppia cirrhosa) which is close to qualifying as a threatened species in the near future, and Sea Wormwood (Seriphidium maritimum) which is an Internationally important species.

Invertebrates characteristic of such lagoons as these are found here. Species include the mollusc Ventrosia ventrosa, the crustaceans Palaemonetes varians and Idotea chelipes, and the bryozoans Conopeum seurati. These are just a small example of the many different species in the lagoons.

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This lovely sculpture is by the muse of Rodin, Camille Claudel. It has been widely described as a minor masterpiece and was conceived and executed while she and Rodin were lovers, though the affair ended badly and was a tragic foretelling of her future life. There was a beautiful orchestral piece of the same name written some 30 years later that expresses the piece quite well, though there is no link or view of any connected inspiration.

La Valse, un poème choréographique (a choreographic poem), is an orchestral work written by Maurice Ravel In his tribute to Ravel after the composer's death in 1937, Paul Landormy described the work as follows:

"....the most unexpected of the compositions of Ravel, revealing to us heretofore unexpected depths of Romanticism, power, vigor, and rapture in this musician whose expression is usually limited to the manifestations of an essentially classical genius".

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The genus Agapanthus was established by L'Heritier in 1788. It used to be included in the Liliaceae (lily family), was then moved to the Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis and daffodil family), moved again into the Alliaceae (onion family) then back to Amaryllidaceae and now resides in its own family, the Agapanthaceae.

The name Agapanthus is derived from the Greek agapé love and anthos, flower. There is no clear reason for this derivation although it could be interpreted as 'lovely flower' or 'flower of love'. Agapeo means 'to be contented with' which is a possible derivation, i.e. 'flower with which I am well pleased'. The specific name praecox means early, premature, unseasonable or precocious in Latin, and was possibly given because compared to the other species it is an early flowerer; minimus means smallest, which it is; and orientalis of the east, which is most likely a case of mistaken origin. Quite often in those days, the ships carrying the new plant material back to Europe came from the East, via the Cape, and some of the botanists assumed that all the plants on board came from the East.

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Once upon a time Courtney and Ashlie randomly started talking on myspace. they were both sad because they just recently lost their bestfriends because people suck. They started talking and realized they had lots in common so Ashlie was all like "Hey let's be bestfriends!" and courtney was all like "ok!" and they were bestfriends. Then they talked on the phone and stuff every day. One day Ashlie called Courtney and told her to come over and watch Twilight and she did! They hung out and were the bestest friends ever! But one day, the evil ecomony made Ashlie move to Kansas! Courtney cried and cried and the last day they saw eachother was the day this picture was taken. Courtney and Ashlie still talk almost every day. They can't wait for Ashlie to move back to Ohio so they can get an apartment together and be bestfriends again.

I love you Ashlie!

Pink hair, that's meee (:

I gave her that necklace,

she gave me that headband, which I still have!

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this is a spot in kefalari, kifisia, a bit of northern athens (on the map). it has a little roundabout where the cobblestone curves upwards towards the central green. it's quite pretty, with cafes, restaurants and a park, and people gathered to enjoy a particularly mild sunday afternoon.

i'd wanted to take a picture here for a few days now, but, now that i look at it again, i can't say i'm very happy with it... especially that awful blown out sky.

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I swear I must be medically unstable or something, my stream is like a jumble or different crazy people all thrown together!

We managed to find a beach this evening and watched the sun set over the mountains, I think it has to be up there with one of the most stunning views I've ever seen. Sadly, it didn't entirely distract me from the fact that there was almost a foot of snow in places behind me and I had my feet in freezing water :P

The weather was amazing today, starting to wish I could ditch England and it's lovely rain :P I seem to be permanently boiling at the moment so am skiing in a tshirt, oh and the tomato tone facial state is getting increasingly worse :/ I'm going to have to start doing bw photos soon or something haha

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend :)

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Pompholyxophrys es una ameba de nombre difícil y con aspecto de planeta marciano por su forma esférica y sus vivos colores de tierra.

A diferencia de Amoeba y de Mayorella de cuerpo informe y cambiante, Pompholyxophrys siempre es redonda. Ellas caminan echando todo su cuerpo a tierra y engullen así lo que encuentran a su paso cubriéndolo con su cuerpo de lava fría, sin embargo, Pompholyxophrys pasea de puntillas sobre sus pies-manos -filópodos- , como hilos de aire que apenas se ven.

El caminar de Pompholyxophrys ▷ es un caminar ingrávido, flotante… y no por su cuerpo de planeta. Su secreto está en el vestido que la adorna. Son burbujas de espuma, pero una espuma insólita de pompas de cristal. Las pequeñas esferas huecas de sílice recubren el cuerpo de Pompholyxophrys en varias capas y la hacen levitar sobre el fondo de las charcas donde vive al mismo tiempo que protegen su delicado cuerpo rojizo y blando.

Con frecuencia las amebas tienen que buscar protección recubriendo su cuerpo, unas veces lo hacen modelando una cubierta con partículas de mineral que encuentran en los fondos sobre los que pasean, en otras ocasiones fabrican una malla de escamas que les sirve de coraza. La Naturaleza nos sorprende en Pompholyxophrys, la ha vestido con un traje de pompas de cristal, que siendo más pesado que ella, la hace más ligera en los fondos del agua, incluso con finísimos pies de hilo esta ameba consigue caminar.

Pompholyxophrys vive en charcas y lagunas y se alimenta de pequeñas algas. Los colores rojizos y marcianos del interior de su cuerpo proceden de la degradación de los pigmentos de la fotosíntesis de estas algas que forman parte de su dieta.

Pompholyxophrys punicea ha sido hallada en las muestras recogidas en las inmediaciones de la Laguna de Peñalara durante el “Testing” organizado en Lozoya en homenaje a Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente y va dedicada a todos estos amigos con quienes tuve la suerte de compartir este maravilloso proyecto de Biodiversidad virtual. La fotografía se ha tomado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.

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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen otros vientos limpios. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.

José Saramago: Ni leyes ni Justicia

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Radio Nacional Holandesa

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Here are a few more pic of yesterday's jump. It was fabulous and I will describe it more once I have got over the post jump Party :-) Thank you for all your donations. I'm keeping the site open for another few months in case anyone else would like to donate.

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Ultimas noticias de la nieve tras la borrasca

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Dans la vocifération blanche

d’une tempête,

on distingue quelquefois un flocon méritant.

Mais le tumulte ne peut se

l’adjoindre.

Délaissé,

il tombera seul, dans la lourdeur tragique

du temps.

(François Jacqmin, Belgique, né 1929.

Extrait de Le livre de la neige publié en 1990)

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Engtre los gritos blancos

de la tempestad,

se distingue a veces un copo benemérito

aislado.

Pero se pierde en el tumulto .

Abandonado,

se perderá en su soledad

y en la trágica inmensidad

del tiempo.

(François Jacqmin, Bélgica, 1929. Sacado de

El libro de la nieve, 1990, versión española K)

Photo: Pic du Midi de Bigorre, descente à ski de la face sud. L'oriflamme rouge.

Foto: Esperando turno junto al precipicio.

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"Never speak to a woman about her defects; many a lover has had occasion to congratulate himself on having observed this very profitable reticence. The wingèd-footed hero, Perseus, never found fault with Andromeda for her swarthy skin. Andromache was, in everyone's opinion, far too tall; Hector was the only one who considered her of the average height. Accustom yourself to the things you don't like; you'll learn to put up with them; habit makes a lot of things acceptable. At first, Love will be put off by the merest trifle. A freshly-grafted branch that is just beginning to draw the sap.

from the green bark will fall off if the slightest breath of wind disturbs it; but if you give it time to grow strong, it will soon resist the winds and, developing into a sturdy branch, enrich the tree that bears it with its alien fruit. Time effaces everything, even bodily defects, and what we once looked upon as blemishes will one day cease to seem so. At first, our nostrils cannot bear the smell of the hides of bulls; they grow used to it in time and bear it without distress.

Nor should it be forgotten that women, who are getting on in years, have experience, and it is only experience that sets the seal of perfection on our natural."

Unfortunately this english translation of Ovid's ars amandi by y J. Lewis May in year 1930 is very victorian, epurated of every reference to sex. Here he talks about woman's defects instead of translating it "Believe me you must not accelerate to get the extreme pleasure". Mr. Puritan lives just in another world! Here the link to his translation www.sacred-texts.com/cla/ovid/lboo/

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My umbrella setup consists of the Adorama light stand , umbrella holder , Flex TT5 Pocket Wizard, the 580 EX ii and the Photoflex Umbrella. Also I have a Mini TT1 pocket wizard on my Canon 50D

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The title?

I'm currently looking to move to another camera system. My Olympus gear has served me well but I'm now looking to Nikon as it should help me in low light where I've struggled a lot in the past.

Trying to choose between two cameras is rather hard and I've spent the last few days mulling and mulling. I'll come to a decision soon enough but it's a very hard choice to make.

The title is also apt for this picture too. Two girls in a bar but I've gone through different crops, colours and tones. All have worked quite well but trying to get 'the' image has been a long time coming. No doubt I'll change my mind again - doh.

Hilo de la Sesión en Pullip .es: Happy b-day PullipClothes! ^^ /

Feliz Cumpleaños PullipChothes! ^^)

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 14 of 15) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español

Lenn: Well so... who's today's chick of the day?

Sheryl: (Oh god... T^T) Her name is PullipClothes and her birthday was some days ago. ^_^u

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Lenn: Bueno... y la churri de hoy quien es?

Sheryl: (Por dios... T^T) Se llama PullipClothes y fue su cumpleaños hace unos días. ^_^u

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

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Zoo - Barcelona (Spain).

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The Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also known as the Robust Chimpanzee, is a great ape. The name troglodytes, Greek for 'cave-dweller', was coined by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in his Handbuch der Naturgeschichte (Handbook of Natural History) published in 1779. Colloquially, it is often called the chimpanzee (or simply 'chimp'), though technically this term refers to both species in the genus Pan: the Common Chimpanzee and the closely-related Bonobo, or Pygmy Chimpanzee.

Common Chimpanzees are found in the tropical forests and wet savannas of Western and Central Africa. They once inhabited most of this region, but their habitat has been dramatically reduced in recent years.

Human and Common Chimpanzee DNA is very similar. The DNA sequence differences between humans and chimpanzees is about thirty-five million single-nucleotide changes, five million insertion/deletion events, and various chromosomal rearrangements. Typical human and chimp protein homologs differ in only an average of two amino acids. About 30% of all human proteins are identical in sequence to the corresponding chimp protein. Duplications of small parts of chromosomes have been the major source of differences between human and chimp genetic material; about 2.7% of the corresponding modern genomes represent differences, produced by gene duplications or deletions, during the approximately four to six million years since humans and chimps diverged from their common evolutionary ancestor.

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Chimpanzee

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CASTELLANO

El chimpancé común (Pan troglodytes) es una especie perteneciente a los grandes simios. Los chimpancés son los parientes más cercanos al ser humano; su rama evolutiva se separó de la rama de los humanos hace aproximadamente 7 millones de años y comparten el 96% del ADN con ellos, lo que ha llevado a Jared Diamond a utilizar el término "el tercer chimpancé" para referirse a nuestra propia especie.

Podemos encontrar chimpancés en las selvas tropicales y sabanas húmedas de África central y occidental. Solían habitar la mayor parte de esta región, pero su hábitat ha sido drásticamente reducido en los últimos años.

Los chimpancés adultos pueden medir hasta 130 cm (hembras) y 160 cm (machos), y los adultos pesan entre 40 y 70 kg, aunque poseen una fuerza muy superior a la humana. Sus cuerpos están cubiertos por un pelaje grueso de color marrón oscuro, con excepción del rostro, dedos, palmas de la mano y plantas del pie. Tanto sus pulgares como el dedo grande del pie son oponibles, permitiendo un agarre preciso. La gestación del chimpancé dura ocho meses. Las crías son destetadas aproximadamente a la edad de tres años, pero generalmente mantienen una relación cercana con su madre por varios años más. La pubertad es alcanzada a la edad de ocho a diez años y su esperanza de vida es de 50 años en cautiverio.

Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_troglodytes

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Blue Light Alarm

www.deezer.com/track/938975

LET THE LIGHTS TURN GREEN AND

LET THE ROADS BE CLEAR AND

LET NOBODY BE IN THE WAY

DAYLIGHT TRAFFIC MOVES SO SLOW

GOING TO FINALLY LET YOU GO

DOGWOODS BLOOM BY THE RIVER

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER YOU LL BE THERE WHERE I OUGHT TO

NOW I ALWAYS WANT TO BE THERE

WHEN YOU WORK THE WHOLE THING THROUGH.

YOU ASK ME TO DECIDE

LIKE THERE S A CHOICE THAT MATTERS,

LIKE WRITING LETTERS EVERYDAY.

BROKE AT LAST,YOUR EYES WON T FAIL

WAKING OUT ON THE WRONG DAY,

GOING TO LOVE YOU ANYWAY

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER YOU LL BE THERE WHERE I OUGHT TO

NOW I ALWAYS WANT TO BE THERE

WHEN YOU COME OUT OTHER SIDE

EVERYTHING I THOUGHT WE KNEW,

SOMEONE S OLD IS OUR NEW,

HITS ME LIKE A HURRICANE

BLUE EYED MORNINGS DON T COME CHEAP,

TALK TOO MUCH,TOO EASILY

BUT THERE S ALWAYS MORE TO SAY

Cerys Matthews

Italia - Nápoles - Castel Nuovo

www.comune.napoli.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/EN/IDP...

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Castel Nuovo (English: "New Castle"), often called Maschio Angioino is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall (Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy. Its scenic location and imposing size makes the castle, first erected in 1279, one of the main architectural landmarks of the city. It was a royal seat for kings of Naples, Aragon and Spain until 1815.

It is the headquarters of Neapolitan Society of Homeland History and of the Naples Committee of the Institute for the History of the Italian Risorgimento. In the complex there is also the civic museum, which includes the Palatine Chapel and the museum paths on the first and second floors.

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ESPAÑOL

El Castel Nuovo (Castillo Nuevo), conocido popularmente como Maschio Angioino (Torreón angevino), es un castillo medieval italiano construido en la ciudad de Nápoles.

Su edificación data de la época de Carlos de Anjou, quien tras su ascenso al trono de los reinos de Nápoles y Sicilia en 1266 trasladó la capital desde Palermo a Nápoles; a pesar de que ya existían en la ciudad el Castel dell'Ovo y el Castel Capuano, Carlos dispuso la elección de otro castillo donde albergar su corte. En 1279 comenzaron las obras de construcción bajo la dirección del arquitecto francés Pierre de Chaule, siendo terminado al cabo de tres años el castillo. Debido a las revueltas ocurridas durante las vísperas sicilianas, el castillo permaneció deshabitado hasta 1285, cuando fue ocupado por Carlos II de Anjou.

En 1294 fue escenario de la abdicación del papa Celestino V y la elección de su sucesor Bonifacio VIII; bajo el reinado de Roberto I de Nápoles (1309-1343) el castillo fue ampliado y embellecido. En 1347 fue saqueado por las tropas de Luis I de Hungría y hubo de ser restaurado antes del regreso de Juana I de Nápoles.

Durante el reinado de Alfonso V de Aragón, de la dinastía aragonesa, fue reforzado para resistir el batir de la nueva artillería, en desarrollo en aquellas fechas. En esa época se construyó el arco triunfal de la puerta principal.

El castillo fue nuevamente atacado en 1494 por las tropas francesas de Carlos VIII durante la primera guerra de Nápoles, y en 1503 por las fuerzas españolas de Pedro Navarro, bajo las órdenes de Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, durante la segunda guerra de Nápoles. Con la anexión de Nápoles a la corona de Aragón en la condición de virreinato en 1504, el castillo perdió su función de residencia real, que no recuperaría hasta 1734, cuando Carlos VII de Nápoles (más tarde, Carlos III de España) tomase posesión del trono napolitano.

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:

LENN HAS COMPANY(1 of 1) /

LENN TIENE VISITA (1 de 1)

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 49 of 89) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89.

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Gwen: This bed is very comfortable... I could be lying here all day long...

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Gwen: Esta cama es super cómoda... podría pasarme todo el día en ella...

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Lenn y Gwen en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Gwen's Album at Ryina's Flickr

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fear not if you find yourself

in this land of tears

embrace the sorrow

and allow it to nurture your strength

the sun will soon shine unabashed

reflected many times over

in every drop of tears

-V, 09March2009

306 days to go before my next trip to the Philippines

p.s. quite a few have asked about the "accidental magic". this was not a planned shot - i hardly, if ever, "stage" my shots. i was arranging a bunch of flowers i bought from the supermarket. misted them (force of habit), lay down a few of the daisies on a tray which happened to be mirrored. kept arranging. and as i was about to pick up the daisies i saw this. out came the camera and the macro lens. framed the shot "in camera" and snapped without a tripod. simple process really.

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Pope Benedict recently visited the United States and shared a message relevant to our country and our world. The quote below is only one small sample of his multifaceted message. But this small reference seems to fit this image of a beautiful flower, that continues to provide the beauty that was part of its creation, in spite of being "less than whole"... Our ways of seeing are often not His ways of seeing.

"The Gospel teaches us that true freedom, the freedom of the children of God, is found only in the self-surrender which is part of the mystery of love. Only by losing ourselves, the Lord tells us, do we truly find ourselves (cf. Lk 17:33). True freedom blossoms when we turn away from the burden of sin, which clouds our perceptions and weakens our resolve, and find the source of our ultimate happiness in him who is infinite love, infinite freedom, infinite life. "In his will is our peace". Real freedom, then, is God's gracious gift, the fruit of conversion to his truth, the truth which makes us free" (cf. Jn 8:32).

-Pope Benedict XVI, April 20, 2008, Yankee Stadium

Easter flowers.

March 23, 2008.

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“It's very good jam,” said the Queen.

“Well, I don't want any TO-DAY, at any rate.”

“You couldn't have it if you DID want it,” the Queen said. “The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday--but never jam to-day.”

“It MUST come sometimes to "jam to-day,"“ Alice objected.

“No, it can't,' said the Queen. “It's jam every OTHER day: to-day isn't any OTHER day, you know.”

“I don't understand you,” said Alice. “It's dreadfully confusing!”

“That's the effect of living backwards,” the Queen said kindly: “it always makes one a little giddy at first--”

“Living backwards!” Alice repeated in great astonishment. “I never heard of such a thing!”

“--but there's one great advantage in it, that one’s memory works both ways.”

”I'm sure MINE only works one way,” Alice remarked. “I can't remember things before they happen.”

”It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,” the Queen remarked.

and there were feathers in her hair.

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world peace is something that may never exist.

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this thought makes me cry and die inside

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we can always keep on hoping though

four

hoping for a better day to come, a light in the dark

five

changing subjects, summer is much too too short

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i'm going to paint my room this summer

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i am also going to henna my hair

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clean my room

nine

oganize my life

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take some more photographs

recognize this?

explore again?! and front page? (which i thought was my first but turns out was my second...:) you all. i am speechless. my gawsh.

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A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind....Morihei Ueshiba

You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling (Hall & Oats)

**A small print is available here: On Imagekind. I can also do a much larger, higher resolution, and signed print on request.

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Some great clouds appeared over the area today, so after work I decided they looked good enough to climb down the cliff to the Davenport Pier. At the top, there used to be a big cement slab that jutted over the top of the cliff and you would have to duck under it as you climbed down. Someone sawed it off since the last time I was there. I'm not sure why, but there's that much less to grab onto at the top. There's just a piece of rebar and a hunk of rail now.

If you want to shoot here, take my advice and bring at least 50 feet of rope. You can tie it off on a pipe at the top of the cliff and throw it down the "trail" so you have something to grab onto. Almost no one ever goes down the "trail", so there's no convenient foot or handholds. And what you grab onto is just as likely to come off in your hand as not. If you fall, you'll be in pretty bad shape. If you're lucky. It's a long way down.

Once I got down to the beach, conditions were excellent, unlike the last time I shot here, when the surf had me on the run. It was very peaceful with the surf only reaching the base of the first pier from time to time. As the sun set, I thought there would be a lot of color. It didn't quite turn out as I had hoped. There was some nice color, but it was fairly muted.

I started out with a couple of long exposures, of which this is the best.

I'll post one or two regular exposures later on, I think.

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One more entry for the SteamWars Madness on FBTB. But the last one.

After some great weeks the building contest on FBTB comes to an end. There were six rounds and each single one was a new challenge. This round was no different.

With no given category this time my decision fell on the iconic Boonta-Eve on Tatooine. All contest long i wanted a Podracer, but it wasn't allowed to build it in the "Speeder"-category. Now I finally was able to do so.

I don't just switched everything of metal into wood, but also changed Watto's Junkyard into a victorian JunkVilla.

I hope you like my take in this topic.

Because this is the last model of a Steampunk-series, i want to take the chance to thank the FBTB-team for hosting this great contest, all contestants for building so many cool entries and last but not least the people that voted for my creations and postet some great feedback here on flickr. :)

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Magma from the mantle intruded the deep crust and cooled slowly. Pyroxene and olivine started to crystallize from the magma. Since these where heavier than the surrounding magma, they sank to the bottom of the magma chamber where they became layered. Later, the remaining melt intruded higher levels of the continental crust, where it cooled and crystallised as tønsbergite, larvikite or lardalite. Some million years later the rock was carved and polished by glaciers during the ice age.

www.geoportalen.no/nasjonalbergart/artikler/nationaltreas...

www.nhm.uio.no/geomus/nettutstillinger/Osloriften/larviki...

Featured on the front cover and December month of the 2009 calendar from the New Scientist Magazine (Australia and New Zealand).

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Ok now I finally took the time to process one of my favourite shots from the trip to cornwall. I usually tend to get a bit anxious when it comes to processing the shots which during vacation just looked so gorgeous and about which I was the most excited. I often fear that I don't do the scene justice with the shot and the processing. As you can guess this is not out of camera, that wouldn't have been enough for me to convey the emotions connected to this scene. It's a focusstacked DRI image. And I did a little more than usual to enhance the color contrasts between warm and cool and green and magenta.

It's such a bliss when after a clouded day the sun comes into view for sunset. I was desperately waiting for this moment since I knew it would come to bath the foreground into a warm light and give the sky a kind of ethereal look... Well might also be that this is only how the scene looked or felt for me, but I hope you guys also like it!!

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Former Sounding ship of the water and shipping office Cuxhaven

Since 2010 out of service

IMO: 7642182

Technical data:

Length overall: 38.27 m

Width, overall: 8.03 m

Draught, max. 3,95 m

Max Speed: 12 knots

Area of operations: national

Built: 1946

Shipyard: Naval Shipyard Wilhelmshaven

GRT: 310

NRT: 100

Displacement: 420 tons

GL-class ship: +100 A5 E Survey Vessel

GL-Class Engine: MC

Crew: 7 people

Main drive: 1x MAK MAU 423 A, 552 kW at 360 rpm

Auxiliary Diesel: 2 x MAN D 0024 M, 37 kW

Auxiliary Diesel: 1 x MAN D 2156 MT, 132 kW

2 Surveying boats on board for use in shallow waters

Length: 6.70 m

Width: 2.30 m

Draft: max. 0.90 m

Speed: 14.5 knots

Drive. Volvo Penta AQD 40 A 280B 6 cyl, 110 kW and AQD 41A 290A 6cyl. 110kW at Aqua Master 290A (Drive)

Responsibilities:

Hydrographic surveys in the North Sea Elbe and Oste river for traffic safety of the fairway and anchorages, for the dredging requirement and control (actual and desired depths), providing data for hydromorphology and measurements for building inspection.

Yearly average of 22,000 sounding kilometers in the area of water and shipping office Cuxhaven

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This is not a montage.

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Je rentre chez moi après une journée de boulot déprimante... pas le moral. Je tourne la tête et voilà ce que je vois par ma fenêtre : Le beffroi de l'hôtel de ville de Lille avec un magnifique arc en ciel ! Mère nature nous réserve parfois de petites surprises pour nous remettre de bonne humeur :)

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I came back home after a depressing working day... I was feeling very down. I stared out the window and saw this : the Lille town hall bell tower with this magnificient rainbow ! Sometimes mother nature gives us some good surprises to give us our good mood back :)

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capturing a butterfly

with a camera

makes a great metaphor

for freezing fleeting bursts

of magical moments

each flitter is a unique gesture

which passes in an instant

each flutter is a singular motion

which never comes back

February 8th,2010(sooc +3 in comments) BETTER details/listen

¬So when i grow my hair long i will never leave it down. I will always have it up in some crazy hair style or what not. and pig tails hell no i hate those crackas! I think i might not cut my hair(in the back) ,for layers and such,until it's past my neck. I got this hair idea from one of the snsd members from the video oh! i had to use sooo many bobby pins to hold up the bottom layer of my hair haha. but the rest of my hair was long enough to go up in the tiny bun..it's so cute. my hair is so thin..i've grown to love and accept it

¬"simple pleasure/little things that make me happy"

¬waking up all cozy and reading in bed

¬the smell of peppermint room spray

¬the crazy things that jonel says

¬cuties or tangerines mmm and the way they feel in your hands, and the way the peel feels as you peel it

¬long hott showers

¬the feeling of erasers against my lips

¬long texts from my best friend, adela

¬so i know i've said this before but this time i really think i'm really going to do it. i want to become fluent in spanish i'm tired of not knowing spanish fluently. I want to read, write, and speak it fluently. I mean my bf is 100% colombian and i'm 50% cuban, duh i need to learn spanish fluently..also when i have kids in my 30s i want them to grow up speaking spanish fluently, first then learn english. nothing against english haha. i just want that. how sexy will that mix be? 50% colombian 25% cuban 25% european. my kids are going to have a great mix. hehe

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I took a trip to one of Brisbane neighbouring Islands this weekend just gone and rode around on the pushy with my best mate, camera in tow of course. We managed to stumble up on these dead trees, some nice jetties and beautiful beaches! I love little explorations!

A re-visit to these fellas at sunset is a must!

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Ensaio Geral

O balet conta uma história onde a fantasia e magia, típicas de um romantismo, contam as aventuras de um quebra-nozes de aparência humana, vestido como um soldado, mas que tem as pernas e a cabeça de tamanho desmensurado. A heroína, Clara, gostava tanto da sua aparência que o pediu como presente de natal ao seu padrinho. Assim o padrinho Herr Dosslmeyer fabricante de relógios disse "Era precisamente para ti", logo em seguida Clara experimenta-o e vê que ele quebra as nozes sempre sem perder o seu sorriso e também com grande eficácia. Seu irmão Fritz, que tinha visto como o quebra-nozes funcionava, também quis usá-lo, mas escolhe as nozes maiores que havia no cesto. Então o quebra-nozes, sendo usado grosseiramente pelo irmão dela, acaba quebrando um de seus braços. Diante das reclamações da pobre Clara, seu pai o juiz Stahlbaun, entrega à filha o seu quebra-nozes como propriedade exclusiva, tendo Fritz que sair para brincar com os seus brinquedos. Logo em seguida Clara pega no chão o braço de quebra-nozes e o consola abraçando-o em seus braços até ele dormir e Clara, também acaba dormindo. Com o adormecimento, Clara sonha... Clara volta ao esconderijo onde havia colocado o seu quebra-nozes, mas encontra o salão cheio de ratazanas enormes que o seu padrinho Dosselmeyer criou. A casa desapareceu e no lugar onde ficavam os móveis estavam árvores gigantescas. Não foi só isso que mudou; o Quebra-Nozes de Clara agora é um soldado de carne e osso e que tem às suas ordens um pelotão de soldados como ele. Começa uma batalha entre as ratazanas e o pelotão do Quebra-Nozes. Jogando enormes sapatos até às ratazanas, os soldados vencem a batalha, e com isso o rei das ratazanas e também as suas ratazanas fogem rapidamente. O bosque se transforma numa linda estufa de inverno. E o Quebra-Nozes transforma-se num lindo príncipe que leva Clara até o Reino das Neves, onde apresenta ao rei a rainha a menina e dançam juntos. Fim do 1º Acto.

Acto II

- 2º Ato

No início do 2º acto Clara e o príncipe Quebra-Nozes despedem-se e seguem para o Reino dos Doces pelo Caminho da Limonada, onde pastéis de todos os reinos do mundo dançam com os dois. Depois deste sonho tão mágico e fantástico Clara acorda e percebe que havia sonhado,ficando triste por isso. Deste modo, vai se despedir do padrinho mago, que tinha ido para casa na companhia do sobrinho. Então, para surpresa de Clara, o tal sobrinho é na verdade o príncipe Quebra-Nozes. Assim acaba o 2º Acto.

A Companhia de Dança Ana Unger apresentará o espetáculo 'Quebra Nozes', no Teatro da Paz, de 2 a 6 de dezembro, às 16h30 e 20h, e dias 16 e 17 de dezembro, no mesmo horário, com participação da Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro da Paz. O ingresso à venda na bilheteria do teatro custa a partir de R$ 10. Informação: (91) 3223-1929.