i've added half the weight i lost last year

i have a consult on my left leg next week

(which i see now is thicker than the other one - hmmm?)

my legs could not be whiter as i haven't worn shorts in a decade

my far-off wife likes the hat & bought it for me

this is probably the last shot of me i'll inflict on anyone

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One of a number of ballpoint sketches I created for our Scaling of Everest Interactive. Full thing can be seen here. www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/scaling-everest/

Tenser.

Abbey Road

www.southrnfresh.com

Yomar Lopez

The fireman of Mallet -4-4-0 tank looks tense as he attempts to bring life to the fire as it stands at Arbaroba station during the early morning of 9th December 2014. It soon became clear that all was not well, the 1938-built compound locomotive subsequently being taken out of service with insufficient steam and a badly clinkered fire.

© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission

Exposition Concept Cars aux Invalides, Paris

35mm

oakland 95

Bit of a squirrel kick, despite what I promised myself earlier. Sharp fellow, was hoping on the fences (although I didn't nab focus in time to get useful results out of those shots).

Liverpool Pride is a weekend-long festival to celebrate LGBT culture held annually at the Pier Head and Gay Quarter in Liverpool City Centre, England. The event is held on the closest weekend to 2 August, in commemoration of the death of Michael Causer, the young gay man who was murdered in the city in 2008, and has grown to become one of the largest free Gay Pride festivals in Europe with 2013's audience numbers reaching up to 75,000 people

Under A316 14.07.13

This was taken at a old age(retirement) home in Kalpaakam, TamilNadu-India.

You are looking at the hands of a 87 year old woman who lives with her husband who is 92 in the old age home. She was an instant favorite for everyone of us who visited the old age home and was constantly pressing her finger tips for a long time. She would change the hands every now and then but never stopped pressing them. It was fascinating to see her wearing the 9-yard saree. I'll soon upload a portrait of her.

See all the pics from my India Trip

March 2, 2007

High water, along the Ijjssel river ...

Scurrying Tenses.

Qualità futuristi staccato mistica Frasi obiettivi di cubiste,

modernen Expressionismus internationalen unterbrochen Perioden Adjektive intensive,

scolarium artis professores transfiguraret stimuli artists harmoniae strong,

εννοιολογήσεις συνδρομές υποτάξουν σύμβολα εκθεσιακό μονογραφία αναπαραγωγές που επιβάλλονται,

תמונות אינסופיות גיבוש מתפתחות הזדמנות נוקשה מייעדת שפות מוצגות בתבונה,

mesurau caethion goncwest cofleidio boglynnog groeso ddiamynedd hela twyllo fforchog,

otriasol požiarnej krv medzi varovaním fúrie šklbanie rohy zbrane výbuchy,

avsmalnande gyllene frukter sammanflätning dyster lektioner jätte cirklande kamrat armar,

sin maidir leis teachtairí drunken inflamed dul suas scáthanna réaltaí,

prisonniers abandonnés luttent membres battus yeux inquiets déchirés,

hajthatatlan megölte holttestek titkos csaták pengetés bántalmazott jajveszékelt hangos,

交互エディションの物語は、敵対的なムード中世の類似体が出没風刺.

Steve.D.Hammond.

emeline

Negril

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the album, see Negril (album).

Negril

Beach Resort

Negril coastline, with its famous beach in the background.

Negril coastline, with its famous beach in the background.

Negril is located in Jamaica NegrilNegril

Coordinates: 18.3110182°N 78.339386°WCoordinates: 18.3110182°N 78.339386°W[1]

CountryJamaica

ParishWestmoreland and Hanover

Time zoneEST (UTC-5)

Negril is a small (pop. 6,900) but widely dispersed beach resort town located across parts of two Jamaican parishes, Westmoreland and Hanover.[2]

Negril is about an hour and fifteen minute drive on the coastal highway from Sir Donald Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay. Westmoreland is the westernmost parish in Jamaica, located on the south side of the island. Downtown Negril, the West End cliff resorts to the south of downtown, and the southern portion of the so-called "seven mile (11 km) beach" are in Westmoreland. The northernmost resorts on the beach are in Hanover Parish. The nearest large town is Savanna-la-Mar, the capital of Westmoreland Parish.

Contents [hide]

1History

2Geography and ecology

3Negril today

4Notable appearances in media

5Notable people

6See also

6.1Resorts

7Notes

8References

9External links

History[edit]

Negril Jamaica town center

Negril fishing boats

Cliff Jumper at Ricks in Negril, Jamaica

Negril Lighthouse

The name Negril is a shortened version of Negrillo (Spanish: Little black ones), as it was originally named by the Spanish in 1494. The name is thought by some to be a reference to the black cliffs south of the village.[citation needed] Another theory holds that because there was a vast population of black eels along Negril's coast, the Spaniards called the area Anguila Negra which was shortened to Negrillo and then to Negril. Although Negril has a long history, it did not become well known until the second half of the twentieth century.[3]

Negril's development as a resort location began during the late 1950s, though access to the area proved difficult as ferries were required to drop off passengers in Negril Bay, forcing them to wade to shore. Most vacationers would rent rooms inside the homes of Jamaican families, or would pitch tents in their yards. Daniel Connell was the first person to create more traditional vacation lodging for these "flower children" when he set up the first guest house in Negril - Palm Grove. The area's welcoming and hospitable reputation grew over time and the first of many resorts was constructed in the mid to late 1960s. The first hotel in Negril was the Yacht Club by Mary's Bay on the West End.

When the road between Montego Bay and Negril was improved in the early 1970s, it helped to increase Negril's status as a new resort location. It was a two-lane paved road that ran approximately 100 yards (91 m) inland from two white coral sand beaches, at the southern end of which was a small village. The long paved road from the village ran north to Green Island, home to many of the Jamaican workers in Negril, and was straight enough to double as a runway for small airplanes, which was why there were lengths of railroad track standing on end along the side of the road - to discourage drug smugglers from landing on the road to pick up cheap cargos of marijuana[citation needed].

After Negril's infrastructure was expanded—anticipating the growth of resorts and an expanding population, a small airport, the Negril Aerodrome, was built in 1976 near Rutland Point, alongside several small hotels mostly catering to the North American winter tourists. Europeans also came to Negril, and several hotels were built to cater directly to those guests.

Geography and ecology[edit]

The geography of Jamaica is diverse. The western coastline contains the island's finest beaches, stretching for more than 6 km (3.7 mi) along a sandbar at Negril. It is sometimes known among tourists as the "7-Mile Beach" although it is only slightly more than 4 mi (6.4 km) in length, from the Negril River on the south to Rutland Point on the north.

On the inland side of Negril's main road, to the east of the shore, lies a swamp called the Great Morass, through which runs the Negril River. Within the Great Morass is the Royal Palm Reserve, with protected wetlands and forest.

In 1990, the Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society was formed as a non-profit, non-governmental organization to address ongoing degradation of the coral reef ecosystem. The Negril Marine Park was officially declared on March 4, 1998 covering a total area of approximately 160 km2 (62 sq mi) and extending from the Davis Cove River in the Parish of Hanover to St. John’s Point in Westmoreland.

Scuba diving and snorkeling are especially good in the protected reef areas.

The West End Road is also known as Lighthouse Road as there is a Belgian engineered lighthouse protecting seafarers from the dramatic cliffs. There is beautiful scenery on this western tip of Negril, near Negril Lighthouse. You can mingle with locals at beer shacks like Sexy Rexy's and others "out West".

Negril today[edit]

For years, Negril's beach has been rated as one of the top ten beaches in the world by many travel magazines.[citation needed] The beach's length is the stuff of legends—it is actually little more than four miles in length, but tourists and travel writers insist on the "seven-mile" label.[citation needed] The north end of the beach is home to the large, all-inclusive resorts, and to the south are the smaller, family-run hotels. This combination gives the Negril area a large variety of rooms, services and prices.

South of downtown Negril is West End Road, known as the West End, which is lined with resorts that offer more privacy. These areas offer easy access to waters good for snorkelling and diving, with jumping points reaching more than 40 feet (12 m) high.

Many vendors and shops are located around the beach resorts; however, they are predominantly located on the south end of the beach, where there are fewer all inclusive resorts.

That Negril is still fairly underdeveloped remains a significant factor in its charm, but this may not last, as a new highway from Montego Bay and an improved infrastructure may bring more tourists. As a result, more hotels and tour operators continue to develop new attractions and excursions in Negril. Since the 1980s, it has also become a popular location for U.S. college students to visit during spring break or just a regular vacation in Jamaica.

The last few years have seen major development along the beach. The resorts include Couples Swept Away, Couples Negril, Sandals, Beaches, Samsara Hotel, Legends Resort, the Grand Lido, Riu Palace Tropical Bay, Riu Club Hotel and Hedonism II. The Hedonism II resort is one enduring hotel/resort that has been saved from bankruptcy and remains an adult destination. A franchise of Jimmy Buffett's chain restaurant and bar, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, and a duty-free zone have also been added.

In recent years, a large development has been constructed consisting of ocean front villas, 2 or 3 bed townhouse developments and studio apartments. This development is known as Little Bay Country Club and is home to some of the wealthiest Jamaican families.

Currently under construction is the huge new Royalton Negril Resort.

Notable appearances in media[edit]

The early development of Negril as a resort is featured in Ian Fleming's 1965 novel The Man with the Golden Gun. One of the schemes of the novel's antagonist Francisco Scaramanga was to open a hotel called the "Thunderbird" on the beach.

Notable people[edit]

Author and activist B. Denham Jolly was born in Negril.[4]

See also[edit]

List of beaches in Jamaica

Resorts[edit]

Beaches Resorts - Negril[5]

Sandals Negril

Little Bay Country Club (LBCC)

Couples Swept Away

Couples Negril

Royalton Negril (under construction)

DS E-TENSE

A drawing for Present Pictorial Tens

collective exhibition in Teheran , Iran

52 Iranian poets and 52 illustrators from around the world.

Artist House, Momayez Gallery

September 13th, 2013

Bonkers and Yuba on the bed separated by a neutral zone and a tense stand-off. Yuba likes sneak attacks while Bonkers goes for propaganda victories.

Radiohead @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

A Moon Shaped Pool:

Burn the Witch

Daydreaming

Decks Dark

Desert Island Disk

Ful Stop

My Iron Lung

Climbing Up the Walls

Morning Mr. Magpie

Pyramid Song

Bloom

Identikit

The Numbers

The Gloaming

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

Everything in Its Right Place

Idioteque

There There

Encore:

Give Up the Ghost

Let Down

Present Tense

Planet Telex

Karma Police

Encore 2:

Reckoner

Creep (First performance in the United States since 2004)

Tense escrito moito sobre o carácter defensivo e de avisos da torre de San Sadurniño, dentro dunha serie que achegaría a alarma a Compostela, a base de prenderen lume sucesivamente para daren aviso da chegada dos temidos drakkar normandos ou mesmo das embarcacións procedentes do mundo musulmán, que tanto temeron os habitantes das comarcas costeiras galegas durante varios séculos. Esta imaxe tan plástica resultou moi atractiva para unha historiografía máis atenta a un relato noveleiro que a unha investigación rigorosa dos feitos do pasado e nesa liña andaba José Caamaño Bournacell, cronista e historiador de Cambados e máximo difusor deste mito, despois seguido por moitos outros. O caso é que relatos deste tipo teñen aparecido na literatura en diferentes ocasións, sendo o máis coñecido o que narra Tolkien nun momento chave da súa saga, cando as tropas de Sauron ameazan Minas Tirith e hai que dar aviso con ese sistema de lumes sucesivos para solicitaren a axuda dos aliados, maxistralmente levada a escena a imaxes na fita de Peter Jackson. Lembro aínda como, nunha conversa sobre o tema con Jose Vaamonde, técnico de cultura de Cambados, alá polo 2010, lle facía notar o paralelo de ambos relatos e o carácter de ficción dos dous. Algún tempo despois, nun curso de verán da UIMP, escoitei as mesmas razóns e o mesmo exemplo na voz dunha historiadora que trataba o tema. Supoño que ninguén dos que acreditaban nesta idea se parou a pensar na dificultade (por non dicir o imposible) de comunicación visual entre as torres da Lanzada, Cedofeita, San Sadurniño, Cálogo (realmente o sineiro non anterior ao s. XVI do vello mosteiro medieval), Lobeira, Oeste e todas as demais que se lles ocorreran.

Hai que sinalar que o bispo Sisnando I de Iria vai acometer unha política de defensa dos intereses da sé iriense e compostelá nas terras do Salnés, onde os sucesivos reis de Asturias e Galicia foran facendo cuantiosas doazóns de salinas, terras, aldeas, vasalos e illas (concretamente Ons, Arousa, Sálvora, Tambo, Cíes, Framio e “Ocobre”, tal como se chamaba Ogrobe daquela) desde o 880 en diante. Nesta relación non falta máis que Cortegada nas grandes illas das Rías Baixas, que será propiedade do bispo Sisnando II, quen tiña, xunto coa súa familia, cuantiosos intereses nesta zona. Buscábase desde a coroa incentivar o poboamento e explotación dunha zona de grande riqueza potencial, daquela practicamente deserta como boa parte da costa galega ata o século XII. Ao longo do século X as doazóns deste tipo serán continuas por parte dos sucesivos reis e agora tamén amosan o seu interese os mosteiros máis poderosos de Galicia así como as grandes casas nobiliarias, en vista do lucrativo das salinas e outros negocios do mar. O señorío da sé iriense ten que defender estes intereses diante de tal presión e das novas acometidas vikingas de mediados do século X, un momento de debilidade do poder real que deben substituír os señoríos laicos e eclesiásticos. Así Sisnando II fortifica a xoia da coroa, a cidade de Compostela, e levanta as fortalezas da Lanzada e Cedofeita (Lérez), tal como se pode coñecer por un documento do 1005. Non hai ningunha referencia en ningún lado a outra fortaleza que non sexan estas dúas. Posteriormente, neste século XI, nos tempos de Afonso V e os bispos Cresconio e Xelmírez, faranse obras para ergueren o gran complexo defensivo das Torres de Oeste, primeiro de iniciativa real e despois doado á sé iriense-compostelá no 1024, vital para a defensa de Compostela ante incursións polo Ulla.

A primeira referencia que temos da construción da torre é a que fai Jerónimo del Hoyo no 1607, asegurando que foi o mariscal Pedro Pardo quen a fixo, cando seguramente se refería a outro autotitulado mariscal, Sueiro Gomes de Soutomaior, señor da xurisdición de San Tomé do Mar que incluía, xunto con esta vila, a de Portonovo, e á vez señor de Lantañón, de Rianxo, de Vea e outros lugares, nacido arredor do 1417 e morto arredor do 1490. O caso é que non hai referencia desta torre en ningunha documentación coñecida a día de hoxe, incluíndo a cuantiosa que se derivou das guerras irmandiñas, especialmente o preito Tabera-Fonseca de 1525-34, fonte fundamental para esa época. As “Memorias” de Jerónimo del Hoyo deixan claro que na illa da Figueira estaba situado o primitivo núcleo de San Tomé do Mar, chamado daquela Vila Vella, unha pequena aldea rodeada por unha muralla e enmarcada por un pazo-fortaleza e unha capela con dedicación a San Tomé e San Sadurniño. Outro documento interesante para sabermos como era ese núcleo é un croquis que serve para delimitar graficamente os lindes das xurisdicións de San Tomé do Mar e Cambados, dado a coñecer por Héitor Picallo, que completa o documento de apeo destas xurisdicións de 1670 que se publicou no xornal “El Umia” de Cambados hai un século. Certamente a fasquía da torre lévanos moi claramente a este tempo final da Idade Media polo corte da pedra e a decoración de bólas na imposta superior e, non habendo noticias da súa destrución no conflito da Gran Guerra Irmandiña do 1465-69, é de supoñer que sería posterior, o que pode indicar tamén a noticia que dá o testamento de Sueiro Gomes de Soutomaior de 1485 onde destina un marco de prata para dotar á ermida de San Tomé do Mar cun cáliz de prata, algo que pode facer pensar que aínda non estaba dotada suficientemente nesa altura, quizais pola novidade da construción, aínda que isto xa é especular un pouco, xa que un par de canzorros, moi probablemente procedentes desta capela, e reutilizados nunha casa próxima á ponte que dá acceso á illa, semellan anteriores a este momento. En canto á decoración de bólas, é sabido que se introduce en Galicia na arquitectura románica no século XII (San Pedro da Mezquita, por exemplo), aínda que o seu uso como liñas seriadas en impostas e arcos vai ter un desenvolvemento considerable no gótico do século XV e aínda do XVI, como se pode ver nas igrexas de Santa Mariña de Ozo, Solveira, Sandiás, Pazo de Láncara (A Mezquita) ou o magnífico exemplo de Santo Tomás de Ávila (1482-93).

Para rematar hai que indicar que este conxunto, do que hoxe apenas se pode albiscar a torre arruinada, está levantado enriba dun pequeno castro costeiro do que se podían ver algúns muros das casas tras os temporais dos últimos anos, e do que dan testemuña tamén numerosos anacos de cerámica cos característicos tons escuros, formas globulosas e bordos exvasados, que se complementan con outras cerámicas de época romana (algúns anacos tamén de terra sigillata) e posterior. Probablemente haberá no lugar un pequeno castro costeiro do estilo dos de Neixón, Baroña, Toralla, ou o posible do Bico da Ran en Castrelo, e seguramente estaría en relación cos próximos Castro de Santa Mariña e o posible do Castriño. Está claro que neste pequeno lugar o potencial arqueolóxico é enorme e quizais algún día lle chegue o momento antes de que o leve o mar definitivamente como o está a facer con outro xacemento arqueolóxico próximo, o do Guidoiro Areoso, unha espectacular necrópole do Megalitismo nunha illa pertencente á Illa de Arousa sentenciada a desaparecer baixo o mar ante a desidia xeral.

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