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Non è Asia, ma è simpatico lo stesso!

I was asked by a family friend and colleague to shoot the groom part of his wedding from the house to the venue. I was thrilled with the challenge and honored to get a taster of shooting a wedding. i shot in colour using my Sony A77 and various lenses, using a flash at times with a lastolite diffuser. i also converted some of the images to black and white using the nik silver effex pro software, i think the uniforms ,style of car and feel to wedding deserved to have a look from another era.

pisa hall of fame , via gabba 2010

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a 2nd rendering of this photo, thanks to feedback from lawatt.

you can see the original here

By Ryan Johnston -

This bed is noiseless, and still

Calming me, as we sink slowly

Like feather ships, to the bottom of this sleep

These blankets that you kicked

Onto the open bedroom floor

Are like frozen ocean waves

Painted in a dream

Your memory blows in

Like a winter snowdrift

It holds me in a cold embrace

In the silent air this morning

Latching on with an icy grip

Piling high inside my mind

With all of the broken things

That I always hoped to fix

The cost for going back to sleep

In this hailstorm of sheep

Is counting only nightmares

That used to be good dreams

The sun has gone away

Diving over the edge

Over the steep mountain railing

Of these western states we lived

And if she could return

If she could find her way back again

Rising from the loneliness of the sea,

Climbing into the Atlantic skyline

Filling up my empty veins

And the stasis in my head

Like a heartbeat tidal wave

A key on a kite string

The sapphire sky you left

Is overflowing ruby red

Draining from my heart

Like a crimson waterfall

Turning every star into mars

Sinking constellations like oxygen ships

Capsized in collapsed lungs

Devastated from restricted breath

In the rapture of the moment you left

And the world I’ve been seeing

Has been upside down ever since

Whatever it was that died

We bury alongside what it was,

That it brought so much life

The wind and rain will cover up the blood

They say time heals, but it never really does

Thanks To Meghann Keeley Stone, for making every idea I have a million times better!

Female Toa of Carbon

portrait of hurdy-gurdy player

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Photo by Silvia Onieva. Edited by Wsrmatre

This one in Sketchbook Pro.

Copyright Focus On Ottawa

Aperture:f/11

Shutter:1/60 sec

ISO:200

Flash: no flash

Lens:105 mm f/2.8

Date:Jan 23,2013

Concentrated Rings of Purple - #POTD

More purple! Maybe it's just my eyes, but the image seems to flicker for me. Maybe I should go easy on that crack cocaine huh?

Got a very nice review from Ian Hutson which he kindly placed on Smashwords. See it on the links below. Thanks Ian! Always appreciate a review.

Here's my Science Fiction novel it's free! Four and a half stars on barnesandnoble.com!

Someone left a very kind review of The Edge on Facebook. Always appreciative of that.

"Have just finished reading The Edge by Leslie R. Lee.

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Hard Science Fiction. A fleet of ships think they are going to war against an easy target. They're wrong. Instead of fighting for victory, they'll fight for survival.

Five star review on Smashwords, 4.5 stars on Barnes and Noble:

Review from Smashwords:

Excellent military SF read with some twists added, well developed characters and a somewhat unexpected ending. Written from the viewpoint of a kid who escaped the lower level (literally) of L.A to become an adult fighter "pod" jockey. I look forward to the release of the sequel titled "The Wound"!

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GAIUS CALIGULA. 37-41 AD. Æ As (11.21 gm). Struck 37/38 AD. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left / VESTA, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; Cohen 27. For more on Caligulan Numismatic Articles see: Coins courtesy cngoins.com

Related Articles of Caligula from American Numismatic Society Library Search

Library Catalog Search (Preliminary Version)

Full Record: Barrett, Anthony A. The invalidation of currency in the Roman Empire : the Claudian demonetization of Caligula's AES. (1999)

Full Record: Bost, Jean-Pierre. Routes, cits et ateliers montaires : quelques remarques sur les officines hispaniques entre les rgnes d'Auguste en de Caligula. (1999)

Full Record: Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information de Grenoble. Grenoble : Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information : catalogue des monnaies. II. Monnaies romaines. Monnaies impriales romaines. 2. Caligula - Neron . Index. / Bernard Rmy, Frdric Bontoux, Virginie Risler. (1998)

Full Record: Gainor, John R. The image of the Julio-Claudian dynasty from coins / by John R. Gainor.

Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Monete romane imperiali del Museo G. B. Adriani. Parte 3, Caius (37-41 d.C.) / Rodolfo Martini. (2001)

Full Record: ACCLA privy to presentation by Richard Baker on Caligula. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 1. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 2. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 3. (2002)

Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. Caligula on the Lower Rhine : Coin finds from the Roman Fort of Albaniana (The Netherlands) / Fleur Kemmers. (2004)

Full Record: Estiot, Sylviane. Le trsor de Meussia (Jura) : 399 monnaies d'argent d'poques rpublicaine et julio-claudienne / Sylviane Estiot, Isabelle Aymar. (2002)

Full Record: Gocht, Hans. Namenstilgungen an Bronzemünzen des Caligula und Claudius / Hans Gocht. (2003)

Full Record: Gomis Justo, Marivi. Ercavica : La emision de Caligula. Estimacion del numero de cunos originales.

Full Record: Sayles, Wayne G. Fakes on the Internet. (2002)

Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. The coin finds from the Roman fort Albaniana, the Netherlands / Fleur Kemmers . (2005)

Full Record: Lopez Snchez, Fernando. La afirmacion soberana de Caligula y de Claudio y el fin de las acunaciones ciudadanas en occidente / Fernando Lopez Snchez. (2000)

Full Record: Besombes, Paul-Andr. Les monnaies hispaniques de Claude Ier des dpôts de la Vilaine (Rennes) et de Saint-Lonard (Mayenne) : tmoins de quel type de contact entre l'Armorique et la pninsule ibrique ? / Paul-Andr Besombes. (2005)

Full Record: Catalli, Fiorenzo. Le thesaurus de Sora / Fiorenzo Catalli et John Scheid.

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Faux deniers de Caligula de la Renaissance.

Full Record: Vermeule, Cornelius. Faces of Empire (Julius Caesar to Justinian). Part II(B), More young faces : Caligula again and Nero reborn / Cornelius Vermeule. (2005)

Full Record: Geranio, Joe. Portraits of Caligula : the seated figure? / Joe Geranio. (2007)

Full Record: Aguilera Hernandez, Alberto. Acerca de un as de Caligula hallado en Zaragoza / Alberto Aguilera Hernandez. (2007)

Full Record: Butcher, K. E. T. Caligula : the evil emperor. (1985)

Full Record: Fuchs, Michaela. Frauen um Caligula und Claudius : Milonia Caesonia, Drusilla und Messalina. (1990)

Full Record: Faur, Jean-Claude. Moneda de Caligula de Museo Arqueologico Provincial de Tarragona. (1979)

Full Record: British Museum. Dept. of coins and medals. Coins of the Roman Empire in the British museum. Vol. I: Augustus to Vitellius / by Harold Mattingly. (1976)

Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. A Caligula Isotope of Hadrian. (1968)

Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. The Metamorphosis of an Allegad 'As of Hadrian.' (1968)

Full Record: Bendall, Simon. A 'new' gold quinarius of Caligula. (1985)

Full Record: Cortellini, Nereo. Le monete di Caligola nel Cohen.

Full Record: Guey, Julien. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula "Immensi Avreorvm Acervi (Sutone, Cal., 42,3).

Full Record: Guey, J. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula : Sutone, Cal. 42, 3.

Full Record: Curry, Michael R. The Aes Quadrans of Caligula. (1968)

Full Record: Jonas, Elemr. L'emploi dar "damnatio memoriae" sur l'un des "dupondius" de Calgula. (1937)

Full Record: Julian, R. W. The coins of Caligula. (1994)

Full Record: Donciu, Ramiro. Cu privire la activitatea militara a lui Caius (Caligula) in anul 40 e.n. (1983)

Full Record: Hansen, Peter. A history of Caligula's Vesta. (1992)

Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Augustus, Caligula oder Caludius? (1978)

Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Die Organisation der Münzprgung Caligulas. (1987)

Full Record: Johansen, Flemming S. The sculpted portraits of Caligula. (1987)

Full Record: Carter, G. F. Chemical compositions of copper-based Roman coins. V : imitations of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero / G. F. Carter and others. (1978)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. L'atelier de Lyon sous Auguste : Tibre et Caligula. (1979)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Les missions d'or et d'argent de Caligula dans l'atelier de Lyon. (1976)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon des origines au rgne de Caligula (43 avant J.-C. - 41 aprs J.-C.). (1983)

Full Record: Nony, D. Quelques as d'imitation de Caligula trouves a Bordeaux (Gironde). (1981)

Full Record: Levy, Brooks Emmons. Caligula's radiate crown. (1988)

Full Record: Poulsen, Vagn. Un nouveau visage de Caligula. (1972)

Full Record: Price, Martin Jessop. Elephant in Crete? New light ona cistophorus of Caligula. (1973)

Full Record: MacInnis, H. Frank. Ego-driven emperor commits excesses. (1979)

Full Record: McKenna, Thomas P. The case of the curious coin of Caligula : a provincial bronze restruck with legend-only dies. (1994)

Full Record: Mowat, Robert. Bronzes remarquables de Tibre, de son fils, de ses petits-fils et de Caligula. (1911)

Full Record: Koenig, Franz E. Roma, monete dal Tevere : l'imperatore Gaio (Caligola). (1988)

Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. Caligula's coins profile despot. (1993)

Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. A numismatic mystery : "the Caligula quadrans." (1994)

Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Osservazioni su contromarche ed erosioni su assi de Caligula. (1980)

Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Moneta Imperii Romani. Band 2 und 3. Die Münzprgung der Kaiser Tiberius und Caius (Caligula) 14/41 / von Wolfgang Szaivert. (1984)

Full Record: Boschung, Dietrich. Die Bildnisse des Caligula. Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Jucker, Hans. Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Das Romische Herrscherbild. 1. Abt., Bd. 4, Die Bildnisse des Caligula / Dietrich Boschung ; mit einem Beitrag von Hans-Markus von Kaenel ; auf Grund der Vorarbeiten und Marterialsammlungen von Hans Jucker. (1989)

Full Record: Rosborough, Ruskin R. An epigraphic commentary on Suetonius's life of Gaius Caligula. A thesis...for the...Doctor of Philosophy. (1920)

Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. A propos de l'aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)

Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. Un aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)

Full Record: Ritter, Hans-Werner. Adlocutio und Corona Civica unter Caligula und Tiberius. (1971)

Full Record: Kumpikevicius, Gordon C. A numismatic look at Gaius. (1979)

Full Record: Savio, Adriano. La coerenza di Caligola nella gestione della moneta / Adriano Savio. (1988)

Full Record: Savio, Adriano. Note su alcune monete di Gaio-Caligola. (1973)

Full Record: Stylow, Armin U. Die Quadranten des Caligula als Propaganda-münzen.münzen" aus der stdtischen sammlung zu Osnabrück. (1971)

Full Record: Schwartz, Jacques. Le Monnayage Snatorial entre 37 et 42 P.C. (1951)

Full Record: Rodolfo Martini, ed. Sylloge nummorum Romanorum. Italia. Milano, Civiche Raccolte Numismatiche Vol. 1 Giulio-Claudii / a cura di Rodolfo Martini. (1990)

Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Zur Julisch-Claudischen Münzprgung. (1979)

Full Record: Vedrianus. The Roman Imperial series. V. Gaius. (1963)

Full Record: Tietze, Christian M. Kaiser Cajus Caesar, genannt Caligula. (1979)

Full Record: Wood, Susan. Diva Drusilla Panthea and the sisters of Caligula / Susan Wood. (1995)

Full Record: Sutherland, Carol Humphrey Vivian. Coinage in Roman imperial policy 31 B.C.-A.D. 68. (1951)

Full Record: Sutherland, C. H. V. The mints of Lugdunum and Rome under Gaius : an unsolved problem. (1981)

Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Familienpropaganda der Kaiser Caligula und Claudius : Agrippina Maior und Antonia Augusta auf Münzen. (1978)

Full Record: Voirol, August. Eine Warenumsatzsteuer im antiken Rom und der numismatische Beleg inher Aufhebung : Centesima rerum venalium. (1943)

Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Zur Münzprgung des Caligula von Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza). (1973)

Ingredientes: 600 gramos de arroz , 1/2 de pollo troceado , Langostinos, Vieiras, 2 pimientos rojos medianos, Cebolla

2 tomates maduros , Pimienta molida , Petit poais, Un diente de ajo , Perejil , 1 hebra de azafrán (o colorante)

Aceite de oliva (un vaso, 1/4 de litro) , 1/2 limón , Ramitas de romero y tomillo , Sal

Pasos:

Paso 1: Se fríe el pollo con aceite. Una vez frito se pone a hervir con 8 vasos de agua.

Paso 2: Se sofríen las alcachofas, el pimiento y se separan aparte Por otro lado se sofríe el tomate y el ajo.

Paso 3: Se echa el arroz y se le dan unas vueltas con el tomate y el ajo ya sofrito.

Paso 4: El pollo debe estar ya hervido tras una 1/2 hora y antes de que se termine de sofreír el arroz con el tomate y ajo, se añade todo. Esto es: el pollo ya hervido con su agua (el pollo debe llevar 6 vasos de caldo tras hervirlo); después se añaden las alcachofas y el pimiento; el zumo de medio limón; un poco de pimienta, un poco de perejil, tomillo, romero, la hebra de azafrán picada (si no se tiene azafrán puede utilizarse colorante) y sal.

Paso 5: Ya tenemos todo lo anterior en la paellera o sartén. Al principio fuego fuerte, a mitad de cocción se baja a medio fuego y tras unos 20 minutos en total (más cinco minutos de reposo) ya debe estar lista para servir.

w. animated subtle finger movement, available at XstreetSL

This version was made for Tirau Dan

Top light is removed. One light source is left. Light source have almos same position with "camera".

See version one...

Photo by Silvia Onieva. Edited by Wsrmatre

This version has an Oil paint 4 photo program technique on my photo.

Her Daddy's Mom on left, then Anna, then Me. I am her Mommy's Mom. You might wonder why this is in a set called Anna Leigh's Ancestors, but Not Mine. That is because I can't be my own ancestor.

(3462annawithbothgrandmothersEaster2012resamoil4)

version one !

I think this is a rare version of the lens

River Meuse, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Version City by the Clash: www.youtube.com/watch?v=or8FNJ6B2Yk