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"Without love I am half human without love I'm all machine
Without love there's nothing doin' I will die without love
Without love I am an island all by myself in a heartbreak sea
Without love there's no denyin' I am dyin' without love
For there is nowhere I can run and there is no hiding place
Sticking out like a sore thumb by that gloomy look upon my face
Without love I'm incomplete without love I am not whole
Without love I'm barely on my feet I am dyin' without love
For there is nowhere I can run...I am dyin' without love"
Elda e sua analógica em um dos lindos dias do último verão.
Without having any new photos from this year, yet... :), here's another shot form the Hel Peninsula on the Polish Baltic coast.
This was a nice, calm, but very cold sunset around the docks there and i found this place with the frozen beach and lots of snow and ice on the wave-breakers that i quite enjoyed. Further one, once the lights went on, they actually illuminated the tips of the ones in front of me, making them a bit special, maybe...
Hope you'll like it and thanks for visiting.
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i'm just a gigolo, everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance
Starting each romance
Oh, what their saying
And there will come a day
And youth will pass away
What will they say about me?
When the end comes I know
They'll say just a gigolo
Life goes on without me
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For the Anniversary of My Death
Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
When the last fires will wave to me
And the silence will set out
Tireless traveller
Like the beam of a lightless star
Then I will no longer
Find myself in life as in a strange garment
Surprised at the earth
And the love of one woman
And the shamelessness of men
As today writing after three days of rain
Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease
And bowing not knowing to what
— W. S. Merwin
On the Last Day of the World
On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree
~W. S. Merwin
On the last day of the world, I would want
to feed you. Raspberries. Thin slices of apple.
Peaches so ripe they drip down our chins,
down our necks. I would want to sit with you
beneath a tree, no we’ll climb a tree, no
we’ll plant a tree, yes all of these. On the last
day of the world, I want to give myself permission
to feel exactly what I feel, to be exactly who I am,
to shed every layer of should and meet you
that way. Knowing we have only hours left,
could we put down our arguments with ourselves
and each other and find no energy to pick them up again?
On that day, I want us to write the last poem
together and let the writing undo us, let it teach us
how to get out of the way, how to obey what emerges.
Let’s run outside, no matter the weather, and praise
the light till the light is gone, and then praise the dark.
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Black on Black
My grandmother loved me with a thick accent
spoke to me Yemeni words
I never understood,
and as a child
I remember
how scared I was to stay alone with her
out of fear that I wouldn’t understand the tongue in her mouth
which she kept singing to me with a smile.
I didn’t understand
a single word she said
the sounds far, far away
even when she spoke closely.
Once
I remember,
she bought me a pineapple yogurt
and after I punched a hole with my thumb
in the thin aluminum lid
and drank it all,
I wanted to say thank you
but didn’t know
which language to use,
so I went to the big garden
plucked a flower
and handed it to her,
sheepishly.
I remember
how much awkwardness stood between us
of one blood
and two muted tongues.
She washed the yogurt cup
silently
filled it with water
and placed the flower in it.
I never understood
a word she said,
my grandmother,
but I understood her hands
I understood her flesh
even though she never
really understood
the words I said
and simply loved my little body
the daughter of her daughter.
And sometimes the heart asks
strange things for itself
like to learn Yemeni
and return to her grave
lay lips to the earth
and cry into it
all that that little girl had to say
and mainly to warn her
that the flower I’d given her
was full of ants.
— Adi Keisser
Translated from Hebrew by Ayelet Tsabari
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O Centro Histórico de Goiás abrange a área histórica do município brasileiro de Goiás, antiga capital do estado de Goiás. A preservação desse sítio histórico começou em 1978, quando foi tombada pelo Patrimônio Histórico Nacional(Iphan), possui cerca de 486 imóveis tombados e aproximadamente 1.200 bens móveis, como mobílias e obras de arte.
De influência medieval, adaptando-se à forma do terreno e sendo influenciada pela arquitetura religiosa.
A arquitetura civil, diferente da religiosa, é simples, sem exuberância como em outras cidades. Recebeu influência da arquitetura portuguesa, como fachadas contínuas e grandes quintais, adaptada ao clima tropical do local.
A cidade vem passando por várias reformas ao longo dos últimos anos, numa tentativa de conservar intacto seu aspecto colonial. Quando foi tombada Patrimônio pelo IPHAN. A partir daí foram promovidas várias campanhas para preservar todo o patrimônio histórico, arquitetônico, cultural do município.
Entre as construções existentes atualmente, se destacam a igreja da Boa morte, o Chafariz, a casa de Cora Coralina, a casa do Governador, as ruas de pedra, a antiga cadeia, a igreja de Santa Bárbara, os casarões.
Patrimônio da Unesco
Goiás, antiga capital do estado de Goiás, ganhou o título de Patrimônio Cultural da Humanidade, concedido pela Unesco no dia 27 de junho de 2001 e comemorado por toda a população da cidade e do estado.
Este é o nono conjunto a conseguir o título no Brasil.
Projeto de restauração
As atividades culturais e o turismo se tornaram relevantes, e a preservação dos monumentos começou a ser realizada.
Destacam-se a restauração das igrejas Santa Bárbara e Matriz de Santana e do Museu Arte Sacra, a retirada de postes e fios elétricos, hoje subterrâneos, e da elaboração de inventários dos bens históricos da cidade.
Goiás foi uma das cidades escolhidas na primeira fase do Projeto Monumental, que financia a restauração de sítios tombados através de empréstimos. Cerca de R$ 2 milhões devem ser destinados à cidade, para restauração de monumentos, como o Antigo Mercado, o Matadouro e Quartel XX, e na recuperação da área do Rio Vermelho. Proprietários de imóveis tombados poderão conseguir empréstimos para casarões.
Spanish
El Centro histórico de Goiás abarca el casco histórico de la ciudad brasileña de Goiás, la antigua capital del estado de Goiás. La preservación de este sitio histórico se inició en 1978 cuando fue incluida como Patrimonio Nacional (Iphan), constaba de alrededor de 486 edificios y unos 1200 activos tales como muebles y obras de arte.
La ciudad cuenta con un trazado irregular de influencia medieval, adaptándose a la forma del terreno y con gran arquitectura religiosa.
La arquitectura civil, diferente de la religiosa, es simple, sin la exuberancia como en otras ciudades brasileñas. Recibió la influencia de la arquitectura portuguesa, en fachadas continuas y patios interiores muy amplios, adaptados al clima tropical del lugar.
La ciudad ha experimentado varias reformas durante los últimos años en un esfuerzo por conservar intacto su aspecto colonial. En especial, cuando fue incluida en la lista del Patrimonio por la IPHAN, a partir de lo cual fueron promovidas diversas campañas para preservar todos los aspectos históricos, arquitectónicos y culturales del municipio.
Entre los edificios existentes actualmente, destacan la iglesia de la Buena Muerte, de la Fontana, la casa de Cora Coralina, la casa del Gobernador, las calles de piedra, la antigua cárcel, la iglesia de Santa Bárbara, las mansiones.
Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Goiás, antigua capital del estado de Goiás, obtuvo el título de Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad, otorgado por la Unesco el 27 de junio de 2001 y fue conmemorado por toda la población de la ciudad y del estado.
Éste es el noveno conjunto en conseguir el título en Brasil.
Proyecto de restauración
Las actividades culturales y el turismo han ganado relevancia, y la preservación de los monumentos comenzaron a hacerse realidad.
Entre ellos, la restauración de las iglesias Santa Bárbara y la Matriz de Santana y el Museo de Arte Sacro, la eliminación de postes y cables eléctricos, ahora soterrados, y la elaboración de inventarios de los bienes históricos de la ciudad.
Goiás fue una de las ciudades elegidas en la primera fase del Proyecto Monumental, que financia la restauración a través de préstamos. Se asignó una ayuda para restaurar los monumentos, como el Mercado Viejo, el Matadero y el Cuartel, y la recuperación de la zona del río Rojo. Los propietarios de viviendas afectadas podían obtener préstamos para reformar sus casas.
Referencias
Esta obra deriva de la traducción de Centro Histórico de Goiás, publicada bajo la Licencia de documentación libre de GNU y la Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-CompartirIgual 3.0 Unported por editores de la Wikipedia en portugués.
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Fight the poachers without arms and challenge the prejudices.
Have chosen the name of the world's most poisonous and dangerous snake: the Black Mambas, the first team against poaching composed only of women. In a world dominated by men, 2 years ago, this surveillance team was born to face the problem of ever-expanding poaching in South Africa: in 7 years, in fact, more and more the rhinos killed for their horns are being removed, causing the death of the animal and resold mainly to the Chinese market that uses it powdered in traditional medicine to heal fever, epilepsy, malaria and poisoning. It is a precious material that is very high on the black market (about $ 60,000 for kilo) and this is a strong incentive for poaching, in a densely populated and poor area like the one bordering the Greater Kruger National Park.
About this the Black Mambas have been awarded UNEP's annual recognition program (United Nations Environment Program) assigned to organizations and individuals who stand out for the protection of the environment and for building a sustainable future by acting, in their respective areas of expertise with tenacity and determination.
I heard this news this evening in the state TV
I searched the news in internet and the article goes back two years ago while they were born two years further back
And so I thought about how strange the world is, the bad news comes in a nanosecond, those beautiful in 4 years ......
I dedicate this to them
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A great blue heron searching for a meal in Bellingham Bay, Washington, during a lovely sunrise.
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------------😽GIRL WITH A CAT😽:
HEAD:
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BODY:
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Tights BoM: EstyssEon -Eon- White (100%) gift
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Creator: cef49b41-efd0-4345-99fc-615a6cb16d94 Lark (discovering.destiny) www.flickr.com/groups/2804477@N22/pool/
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------------🎩GENTLEMAN WITH NEWSPAPER🎩:
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BODY:
Gloves: [ContraptioN] Dapper Dandy's www.flickr.com/photos/waltonwainwright/49178027427/
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------------👥LADY IN BLACK👥:
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BOM top: ::FLO:: Aedos undershirt with lace collar EvoX
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------------🙋JUST ME🙋:
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------------------------📜LITTLE STORY📜
👥Lady in black👥: - God, leave that dirty cat alone, we don't want you to catch something from him.
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😽Girl with cat😽: - But mum, he's so nice and warm, listen to him purr! Can we take him with us? Pleaaaaaaase!
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👥Lady in black👥: - We're about to get on a train, where are you going to take him? Don't we have enough animals in the house?
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🎩Gentleman with a newspaper🎩: - You've got horses and dogs, you don't need a cat. You won't look after him anyway and it's all on the servants' shoulders.
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😽The girl with the cat😽: - I didn't ask for horses and dogs, you got them to go hunting. You never listen to my wishes! You wicked people! Aunt Elf, you love animals, you probably have a lot of them in your home country. Tell them we should get this cat.
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🙋Snow Elf🙋: - This cat really has a liking for you, as he is lying so calmly in your arms. But sometimes the best place for animals is out in the wild. Just think of his domestic habits of sharpening his claws on various surfaces and marking his territory. Milady, you don't have a u personal home yet and you're not in a position to take responsibility for someone else's life. Perhaps you should let this animal run free.
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👥Lady in black👥: - You see, even the Elves speak in facts. As long as we keep you we can't take another freeloader around our necks, let alone have a problem with him. I just recently updated all our furniture in the house.
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😽The girl with the cat😽: - What kind of hearts do you have? You measure everything in material things, but what about the joy he can bring? I've heard that cats are great healers of many diseases..... well, maaaaaaaah!
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🎩Gentleman with a newspaper🎩: - In our world, the feeling of joy cannot turn into material food. There's a train coming, let him go now and let's go!
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😽Girl with a cat😽: - Well daddy, you'll will love him, I promise! And I'll clean up after him myself, honestly - honestly!
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👥Lady in black👥: - So, did you hear what dad said? Be a good girl and don't be a nag!
*😽The girl with the cat😽 hugged the cat one last time, and looking at his retreating sleepy figure, sadly headed for the train with other family.*
This is the same photo only without the cone.
Did not put a lot of work into removing the cone in photoshop ( about 5 minuets)
Only did this so you could decide which way you like best.
With cone or without?
Oiee q
Atualizar sempre é bom
Acho que essa foi a melhor blend que eu fiz, pelo menos eu fiquei satisfeito *-*
Hoje de tarde
Eu sem fazer nada
Resolvi blendar alguém, só que estava sem idéias
Perguntei pra uma amiga minha quem eu podia editar, ela disse Selena Gomez (mentira, foi Hilary Duff mas acho os shoots dela 1a merda)
Aí lá vou eu pro photoshop, recorto aqui, recorto lá, monto o back, então acho um psd d.i.v.o com esse efeito
Fiquei horas tentando aplicar o efeito e nada... Só depois fui descobrir que era só colar tudo embaixo da camada do PSD ¬¬
Aí saiu isso q
Comentem *-*
Prior to the arrival of the first railroad in 1880, Greenville was a quiet little settlement, without much commerce. Lack of transportation outlets constituted the primary inhibiting factor to growth and development. Without any navigable rivers or a railroad, ox-drawn wagons hauled building materials and trade goods from Jefferson, 120 miles to the east. Although rail lines surrounded the town in all four directions in the 1870's, each was about thirty miles distant. Only horse drawn stage lines connected Greenville to the rail outlets. All of this changed in the fall of 1880 when the Missouri, Kansas and Texas (MKT or Katy) Railroad extended its line to Greenville. Hunt County's first train pulled into Greenville on October 1, 1880. One of the witnesses to its arrival, six year old A.W. Defee, feared the fire-breathing "monster" would leave the tracks and run him down. He ran for the nearby woods where his older brother later found him and coaxed him to come back and look at the now quiet locomotive.
Construction began on the permanent 2-story brick depot in 1895, a Late Victorian eclectic passenger station just west of the central business district. It was completed in June of 1896 at a cost of $24,849 less contents. The buildings design plan was completed by Stephen W. Dodge, Architect of Brooklyn, N.Y. at a cost of $250. The St. Louis firm of Thompson & Gray served as contractor. The depot was built as a passenger station only; a separate building nearby housed the railroad's freight operations. The Katy Depot quickly became a city landmark and one of the busiest places in town. According the Greenville Herald Banner "Before the highways were built 12 passenger trains a day rolled into this...station, on the East line from Shreveport to McKinney, the Mineola branch and the Main line to Denison to the north and Dallas southward." Special excursion trains carried Greenville area residents to the Texas State Fair in Dallas each October. Standing room only crowds took advantage of the $1 round trip Sunday fare. Greenville historian W. Walworth Harrison had fond memories of riding the Fair Train "when every car and vestibule was jammed with people carrying Concord grapes purchased at the fair while small boys clutched gaily colored gas-filled balloons." Well-known politicians were greeted by their constituents at the Katy Depot, including Harry Truman, who stopped at the Greenville Station during his 1948 "whistle stop" campaign tour. He gave a short speech at the station after an introduction by House Speaker Sam Rayburn. Audie Murphy, World War II's most decorated soldier, went to war from the Katy Station, having enlisted at the Greenville Post Office (NRHP 1974), one block east of the depot.
Unfortunately, MKT passenger service to Greenville ended in 1965, after many years of declining passenger loads. Passenger trains had been replaced by the family car. When the last train left the Katy station on July 1, 1965 there was no fanfare to mark the end of an era. Witnesses included 94 year old A.W. Defee, who witnessed the arrival of the first Katy passenger train and the departure of the last one. When passenger service ended, the depot's neighbors included an auto dealership & service station, symbolic of the change automobiles now possessed in the area of transportation.
The depot's association with historical events & people and it's significance in the lives of Greenville residents during the 70 years it was in use make the Katy Depot worthy of recognition by the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Despite the removal of the original rotunda after a storm damaged the roof in 1950, the building retains a high degree of historic & architectural integrity as well. For these reasons, it was added to the list on January 25, 1997. All of the above information was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/40972642
Today, the old depot is home to The Depot Christian School formed in 2022 to disciple students to learn to connect in community while exploring their God-given passions.
www.thedepotchristianschool.org/home
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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Latin name: Falco tinnunculus - Common Kestrel
Back in August we met up with family at Herrings Green Activity Farm & Bird Of Prey Centre in Bedfordshire, which is a super place to visit.
The common kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel.
When hunting, the common kestrel characteristically hovers about 10-20 m (33-66 ft) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift
Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (13–15 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (26–32 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4.8–8.9 oz), around 155 g (5.5 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5.4–11.1 oz), around 184 g (6.5 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Taken with my Canon Telephoto Zoom 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM EF Lens and framed in Photoshop.
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I was happy to be out on Friday night and taking night shots with: Marc Alexander
Perhaps this image best describe how sometimes I feel 'without you" - how dramatic title.