sábado, 31 de diciembre de 2011

Mubadala World Tennis Championship at Abu Dhabi

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skyhigh lookout, mt dandenong - watching the penultimate sunset of the year

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viernes, 30 de diciembre de 2011

Cowboys' Ryan brings family to see 'when we win the East'

IRVING, Texas -- The family of Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan is already in New York to do some sightseeing before Sunday's NFC East showdown game with the Giants.

Ryan left no doubt that the biggest sight to see will be at MetLife Stadium.

“I want them to be there when we win the East, and I’ll probably steal a couple of [championship] T-shirts and make sure they get them, because that’s what we’re there for,” Ryan said Friday at the Cowboys practice facility.

Ryan is the fraternal twin brother of Jets head coach Rex Ryan. The Ryans share a certain bravado in addition to DNA as Rob Ryan all but guaranteed a victory for his family.

“I know they’re going to see the Empire State Building, probably see their Uncle Rex and Cousin Matthew [Russo, a retired FDNY fire marshal],” Ryan said. “But they’re there to watch their dad become a champion, again. So that’s what we’re going to do.”

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jueves, 29 de diciembre de 2011

miércoles, 28 de diciembre de 2011

Morning at Maroubra

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Morning at Maroubra

Went for a quick sunrise shot this morning to Maroubra.

The sunrise was nice with the sun hiding behind the clouds.

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When Classical Musicians Call In Sick

Anthony Fogg got the call on a Tuesday night this past summer. Because of continuing problems with his right hand, pianist Leon Fleisher was canceling his Friday performance at Tanglewood, the Massachusetts summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Fogg, the BSO's artistic administrator, immediately got on the phone with the concert's conductor, Hans Graf. Their initial impulse was to find a musician as venerable and well known as Mr. Fleisher who could play the piece he was scheduled to perform, Mozart's Concerto No. 12 in A Major. Or, if not that exact concerto, another by Mozart or perhaps an early Beethoven bagatelle to serve as a counterweight to the second—heavier—portion of the program, Mahler's Fifth.

But eventually a different solution emerged. "We thought, 'If we're replacing someone who is older, we might be better off getting an up- and-coming player, preferably a pianist because pianists are very popular with our audiences,'" Mr. Fogg recalled. The list of possibilities included 29-year-old Orion Weiss, who'd recently worked with Mr. Graf and had had a fellowship at Tanglewood.

So there Mr. Weiss was, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C on July 29, a performance the Berkshire Review website characterized as "alert and full of felicitous details."

On Broadway when the star can't go on, management simply taps the eager understudy. When classical musicians and singers bow out, an occupational hazard what with all that international travel and all those international viruses, there's generally no backup waiting in the wings. Thus, in September there was much hand-wringing—and much baton passing—when a back injury sidelined Metropolitan Opera maestro James Levine for the season. The Met's principal guest conductor, Fabio Luisi, stepped in—dropping out of engagements in Rome, Genoa, Vienna and San Francisco—necessitating considerable scrambling to find substitutes.

The best that management can hope for in such instances is fair warning. "We may get an email saying, 'Just a heads up. So-and-so singer isn't feeling well, isn't canceling yet but fyi . . . ,'" said Chad Smith, vice president of artistic planning for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "That's an indication that you need to get your ducks in a row."

Often, however, artists will hold off, hoping for a swift return to good health. "They want to perform," Mr. Fogg said, "so they wait as long as they can and then realize they won't be well enough."

That's when the all-points bulletin goes out to artists' management companies and to orchestra administrators. "Since the Internet, it's become easier. You can quickly gather information about the whereabouts of a potential replacement," said Mr. Fogg, who, rather like a handicapper at the track, makes it a point to stay abreast of new and midcareer talent—and their fortes. "You know who's had great success recently and who, maybe, isn't performing as well as they did 10 years ago," he added.

All things being equal, orchestras and impresarios want both to get a marquee name and to keep the scheduled program intact. If the priority is retaining the program, "an orchestra might prefer a younger, less celebrated performer who can play that piece rather than to have a well-known artist come in and play whatever he has at his fingertips," said James Egelhofer, an artist manager at the agency IMG Artists.

It's particularly challenging at a place, like the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where there is considerable contemporary programming. "Finding people who can step in and do those pieces is difficult," Mr. Smith said.

Of course, the issue isn't simply how well the replacement plays his instrument—it's how well he plays with others. "There are a lot of sensitive artistic concerns when you're trying to match a soloist with a conductor," Mr. Egelhofer said.

For orchestras and impresarios, a cancellation can be as much opportunity as nightmare. Early this year, the Boston Symphony had to find a conductor to take on two programs that an ailing Sir Colin Davis had been slated to lead. The conductor for the second week was Stéphane Denève, a young French conductor who couldn't do the Sibelius repertoire that had been planned. "But the opportunity to work with him," Mr. Fogg said, "outweighed our desire to keep the program in place."

Similarly, when, a few seasons ago, conductor Yuri Temirkanov had to pull out of a number of concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Spaniard Pablo Heras-Casado was invited to step in. "You look to see who's creating some sort of buzz, and Pablo was someone I'd been hearing very good things about," Mr. Smith said. "We were lucky to get him for his American debut."

For the replacement artist, it could be the start of something big. There's a lure and legend surrounding cancellations. Consider the 25-year-old Leonard Bernstein stepping in to conduct the New York Philharmonic, in 1943, when Bruno Walter was laid low by the flu. Or the 17-year-old Lang Lang replacing an ailing André Watts for a 1999 performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Or the young Michael Tilson Thomas stepping in midconcert, in 1969, to finish the job for the indisposed conductor William Steinberg at the BSO and, years later, the untried Esa-Pekka Salonen stepping in for Mr. Thomas with the London Philharmonia Orchestra.

Yoheved ("Veda") Kaplinsky, head of the piano department at the Juilliard School, said that students are "incessantly made aware" of the career benefits of being a replacement artist. "Even if you get management today, you're low man," she said. "Your best chances are that someone will cancel and the talent agency will throw something your way. A manager called one of my former students and asked her, on eight days' notice, to replace Leon [Fleisher] at Ravinia. I'm sure she was not the first person called, but she was the first one available with good credentials."

To improve their odds, "I tell my students very often that they should have in their repertoire some of the less well-known concerti," Ms. Kaplinsky continued. "Everyone can play Rachmaninoff's Second and Tchaikovsky's First. But few can play the Corigliano."

And where does the audience figure in all this, the people who, having paid for Peter Serkin, want Mr. Serkin? "There are always going to be people who are buying a ticket to see X artist and will be upset," said Mr. Smith of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "But they understand that this is a dynamic process. People get sick. It's about having the trust of our patrons so they know that a person we're putting in as a replacement will intrigue them and engage them and maybe make them hear the music differently."

If the audience has paid for an artist "of great, great distinction that they rarely get to hear, there can be a sense of great disappointment," agreed the BSO's Mr. Fogg. "But if the replacement is a young artist, listeners may feel, 'This is someone's big break, the night people will be talking about in 40 years—and I'm here witnessing it!'"

Ms. Kaufman writes about culture and the arts for the Journal.

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lunes, 26 de diciembre de 2011

Sunbeam Kitchen Centre - olde skool cooking machine that purrs like a pussy cat...and makes great pastry for the boysenberry pie that is to come #cooking #pie #boxingday #australia #pastry #berries #upick #food #christmas #holidays

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sábado, 24 de diciembre de 2011

kinglake rebuilds_8143

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viernes, 23 de diciembre de 2011

Fall Nature Walk 003

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Nature Walk on Struble Trail in Downingtown, Chester County, PA in October 2009.

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Madrid Barajas Airport Check-in Gate - Madrid Spain

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jueves, 22 de diciembre de 2011

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Horses in Winter,Groningen,the Netherlands,Europe

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martes, 20 de diciembre de 2011

Bearded Dragon, Eye to Eye.

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Bearded Dragon, Eye to Eye.

In my backyard today.
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Looking back through the years at the Giants-Jets civil war

The Giants and Jets renew regular-season hostilities Saturday for the 12th time in history with more than just bragging rights on the line — their precarious playoff hopes also hang in the balance. The Giants hold a 7-4 all-time edge in the series that has featured everything from late-game Joe Namath heroics to stifling Big Blue defensive efforts to a postgame Bill Parcells fit (Jets version). With the Christmas Eve showdown looming, The Post takes a look back inside each of the previous 11 editions of the pigskin sibling rivalry:

Nov. 1, 1970

Giants 22, Jets 10

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OFF BROADWAY: Joe Namath pulls into the end zone on a bootleg during the Jets’ overtime win at the Yale Bowl in 1974.

(Shea Stadium)

Recap: In the first meeting between the two teams, Jets quarterback Al Woodall connected with George Nock for an 8-yard touchdown pass to give the Jets a 7-0 lead. The teams then traded field goals, giving the Jets a 10-3 lead early in the third quarter. But the rest of the quarter was all Giants: a safety and Fran Tarkenton touchdown throws to Bob Tucker and Clifton McNeil put the Giants up 19-10. They added a field goal in the fourth quarter for a 22-10 victory.

Significance: This was the Jets’ first year in the NFL after playing in the AFL for their first 10 seasons. Joe Namath broke his wrist two games prior to this one, and Weeb Ewbank’s Jets ­— less than two years removed from their Super Bowl III triumph — stumbled to a 4-10 record, missing the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. The Giants ended the season at 9-5, missing the playoffs after losing to the Rams, 31-3, on the final day of the regular season. Despite not making the postseason, head coach Alex Webster was named the NFL Coach of the Year.

Nov. 10, 1974

Jets 26, Giants 20 (OT)

(Giants home game, at Yale Bowl)

Recap: With Yankee Stadium closed for renovations and Giants Stadium under construction, the game was played in New Haven, Conn. A close game throughout, Craig Morton piloted the Giants to a 20-13 lead in the fourth quarter. Joe Namath, who had missed the first Giants game, tied the game with a 3-yard bootleg touchdown run with eight minutes left in regulation — his first rushing touchdown in five seasons. Each team missed potential game-winning field goals before Namath threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Emerson Boozer in overtime to give the Jets the win. It was the first regular-season NFL game to be decided in overtime after a sudden-death extra period was adopted prior to the season.

Significance: Neither team was very good — each had a 2-7 record following the game. But the Charley Winner-coached Jets, led by Namath, the eventual comeback player of the year, finished the season with a 7-7 record. The loss to the Jets began a six-game losing streak for Bill Arnsparger’s Giants, who finished with a 2-12 record — their worst in the then-50-year history of the franchise.

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sábado, 17 de diciembre de 2011

Winnipeg is still special to Teemu Selanne

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Ducks forward Teemu Selanne's remarkable NHL career began in Winnipeg, where he scored a rookie record 76 goals during the 1992-93 season. (Al Bello / Allsport / January 27, 1995)

Imagine life without Teemu Selanne ever playing for the Winnipeg Jets, taking those 76 goals and 132 points and scoring them in his rookie season for another Canadian team.

It is certainly worth recounting what almost didn't happen now that the Ducks' Selanne is about to settle into the warm (well, metaphorically speaking) Manitoba civic embrace Saturday. The adopted son is returning for an eagerly awaited homecoming when the Ducks play the Jets.

Selanne's rookie season was with the Jets in 1992-93, and if Winnipeg had not stepped up financially, he would have been playing right wing for the Calgary Flames. The Flames first tried to trade for him and then came up with a $2.7-million offer sheet for Selanne, a sizable number in those days. The Jets swallowed hard and matched.

"There was some controversy around it all because here was this guy coming from Europe who was getting which was then a very big contract for an entry-level guy," said Selanne's longtime agent, Don Baizley, who lives in Winnipeg.

"I always thought he [Selanne] was motivated by the speculation that, geez, this guy wasn't worth this money, that kind of stuff. Then he came in and got 76 goals."

Talk about money for something.

Seventy-six goals and an unabashed joy in playing quickly erased the notion that $2.7 million was too much. Selanne would play for the Jets until financial considerations became an issue, again, for the franchise and he was traded to Anaheim on Feb. 7, 1996.

His magic scoring touch followed him to California and he would go on to score 50-plus goals in back-to-back seasons with the Ducks. He twice made the league's All-Star first team, once with the Jets and once with the Ducks, and won the Stanley Cup in 2007 in his second stint with Anaheim. Even in his 19th season, the ageless Selanne is leading the Ducks in scoring. He has 646 career goals (14th all-time) and 1,370 points (23rd all-time).

The staying power of the relationship between Selanne and Winnipeg has been fascinating, surviving the trade and, later, the Jets' move to Phoenix. With the NHL returning to Manitoba this season after the Atlanta Thrashers were sold and moved to Winnipeg, it represented a chance to tie up loose ends for Selanne, 41.

"When I got traded I didn't really have a chance to say goodbye to the people and the city," Selanne said this week on a conference call. "It was the next day I am gone. It's pretty tough when you get traded. Everything is rushing and you have to be gone the next day. That's why I'm really looking forward to going back there."

That goes for his family and friends. His mother, wife and their four sons, and a number of friends from Finland will be on hand this weekend for the occasion. Selanne's oldest son, Eemil, was born a few weeks after the trade from Winnipeg to Anaheim.

The interest in Selanne is so high that the Ducks will be holding a news conference in a hotel ballroom Saturday, not at the morning skate at the MTS Centre.

As for the game, the Jets plan to honor Selanne with a video tribute, to be unveiled during the first TV timeout.

Gentlemen, start your ovations.

"Winnipeg was really, really special," Selanne said. "The people, there's a reason why their plates on the cars have 'Friendly Manitoba' because it's a really friendly city and unbelievable fans and it was just a great 4½ years there."

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miércoles, 14 de diciembre de 2011

Duntroon Graduation 027

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lunes, 12 de diciembre de 2011

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domingo, 11 de diciembre de 2011

Menkaure

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sábado, 10 de diciembre de 2011

YB Tide

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jueves, 8 de diciembre de 2011

Fields, Northumberland

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miércoles, 7 de diciembre de 2011

Diamond Lake

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martes, 6 de diciembre de 2011

Belgrade. Federal Parliament

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domingo, 4 de diciembre de 2011

Eiffel tower from Trocadero

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Segovia, Spain

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sábado, 3 de diciembre de 2011

133/365

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133/365

Ultimamente las lluvias han dejado pequeos charcos en los campos de los alrededores y esto es motivo para que multiples especies de aves ( teros, patos, garzas, palomas, etc) encuentren un lugar para nadar y alimentarse.
Lately, rains have left puddles in the fields around and this is grounds for many species of birds (lapwings, ducks, herons, pigeons, etc.) find a place to swim and feed.

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endless view, on the Adriatic Sea

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endless view, on the Adriatic Sea

taken last summer in Italy on Goro

if you like the calm and the feeling of being alone in the world.
go visit those nature reserve of the delta po works , full of nature and you be all alone with raptors, herons, flamingo and other broken old houses

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jueves, 1 de diciembre de 2011

Teddy's Peak

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miércoles, 30 de noviembre de 2011

Jamaican Sunset in Jamaican Colours

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Photo: Nick Jonas and Delta Goodrem dinner date in Australia

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Photo: Nick Jonas and Delta Goodrem dinner date in Australia

pending time with his lady love in her homeland, Nick Jonas joined Delta Goodrem on a dinner date in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday night (November 29).

The cute young couple walked hand-in-hand as they arrived at the restaurant Cafe Sydney for dinner - during which time a photographer snapping shots of the pair suddenly took a spill.

Known for his kind ways, the "Camp Rock" heartthrob offered his help in assisting the shutterbug back to his feet before he and Miss Goodrem proceeded forth with the dinner date plans.

The outing comes just a few days after Delta took the stage at the 2011 ARIA Awards as a presenter, after which she tweeted, "What a special night to be apart of! So wonderful to see so many familiar faces!! GREAT to be home at #ARIAS! so much Love everyone :) x"

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martes, 29 de noviembre de 2011

View from Appartment

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View from Appartment

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Photo of the Day: 29th November

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Photo of the Day: 29th November

Model Harbour

Thanks to a friend on Twitter, I wanted to make some more tilt-shift photography. Whilst out in Porthmadog I snapped a few shots of the harbour.

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Photo of the Day, tilt-shift photography ebook download, Porthmadog

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lunes, 28 de noviembre de 2011

Frozen in motion

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Frozen in motion

While taking some pictures of the crashing waves after the storm the other day I though I'd see how this would look at a high shutter speed. The ISO was cranked up to 1250, giving me a shutter speed of 1/250 at f/7.1. I think a slower shutter speed I think looked better, but I did think this looked kinda cool. Let me know what you think. As always, comments and criticism are always welcome and appreciated.

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mmmm...Beer

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mmmm...Beer

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05/11/2011; I'm not extremely fond of Foam and their ridiculous policy of not allowing to make pictures at all in their museum, which kind of is like not allowing to pray in a church in my honest opinion, but at least they had this cool creation projected on their faade for the Museum N8.

I liked the question mark the most for photo purposes, because the rest just moved too much and too quickly to make a decent picture of.

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domingo, 27 de noviembre de 2011

Senza titolo 29

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Senza titolo 29

Nikon D300S
AF-S Nikkor 35mm G ED
F16 1/125sec
200 ISO

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sábado, 26 de noviembre de 2011

Glasswing Butterfly = Greta Oto = Glasfluegel Falter, 01

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Glasswing Butterfly = Greta Oto = Glasfluegel Falter, 01

Here is an interesting link (languages in Nederland, English and German) to the place I took the foto at: www.orchideeenhoeve.com/

The Glasswing (Greta oto) is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, subtribe Godyridina.[1][2] Its wings are translucent, with a wingspan of 2.2 to 2.4 in (5.6 to 6.1 cm).[2] Its most common English name is glasswing, and its Spanish name is "espejitos", which means "little mirrors." Indeed, the tissue between the veins of its wings looks like glass, as it lacks the coloured scales found in other butterflies.[3] The opaque borders of its wings are dark brown sometimes tinted with red or orange, and its body is dark in color.

Adults range from Mexico through Panama.[2] G. morgane oto visits common flowers like lantana, but prefers to lay its eggs on plants of the tropical Solanaceae genus Cestrum.[2] The green caterpillars[4] feed on these toxic plants and are perhaps toxic to predators through secondary chemicals stored in their tissues; caterpillar chemical extracts are unpalatable to Paraponera clavata ants.[5] Adults are also assumed to be toxic,[6] but their toxicity mainly results from males feeding on flowers (e.g., Asteraceae) whose nectar contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids. These same alkaloids also are converted into pheromones by the males and used to attract females.

The Greta oto may also be found in Venezuela, as there are photographs taken in the mountain area around the City of Caracas.

G. oto adults also exhibit a number of interesting behaviors, such as long migrations and lekking among males

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

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viernes, 25 de noviembre de 2011

Bahraini Activists Find Opening

MANAMA, Bahrain—Bahraini opposition figures are seizing on a hard-hitting report that condemned the government for its punishing crackdown on pro-democracy protesters this year, hoping it will lead to an end to months of political deadlock on the Gulf island.

The publication of the inquiry, which accused Bahrain's authorities of using excessive force and widespread torture on protesters earlier in the year, could pave the way for renewed talks between the opposition and the regime, analysts and the opposition say. Talks between the mainstream opposition and the government broke down in March.

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Clashes with police followed a funeral outside Manama on Thursday.

The day after the report's release, police clashed with youths in A'ali on the outskirts of the capital, where thousands of mourners marched at a funeral for a man killed Wednesday in the village. Rights groups say the man was killed when a police vehicle collided with his car; the government blames his death on a traffic accident.

The ruling family is under pressure to implement recommendations in the report, which include setting up an independent body made up of government and opposition members to carry out reform and to hold to account those responsible for torture and other crimes.

The government also is being pushed to go beyond the recommendations of the report, which focuses on ending torture and other human-rights abuses but doesn't contain suggestions for political reform. Mainly Shiite antigovernment protesters led massive rallies in February and March, demanding greater rights and reforms for their majority community, with some calling for the downfall of the monarchy. The protesters complain the minority Sunnis get better jobs, pay and housing.

"The commission's work does not involve political issues or negotiations," the inquiry, led by respected Egyptian human-rights lawyer Cherif Bassiouni, said in its 500-page report, published Wednesday.

Some analysts fear the government will focus on the recommendations in the Bassiouni report and sidestep calls for political reform.

"It is unlikely that the reforms [the government] will implement will solve the key structural political problems of the country," said Michael Stephens, a researcher at the United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in Qatar. "The King won't implement major political reforms because it will erode the power base upon which his rule relies; it is therefore highly unlikely that the core problems in Bahrain will be solved."

Nearly 50 people were killed during Bahrain's nine-month long unrest, which peaked in February and March. Hundreds were arrested and imprisoned, and thousands of protesters were sacked from public and private-sector jobs.

Al Wefaq, Bahrain's largest opposition party, which has long called for Bahrain to have a proper constitutional monarchy and a Parliament with full legislative powers, hopes the report recommendations will lead to discussions about political reform.

"Enough is enough," said Abdul Jalil Khalil of Wefaq. "We are ready to sit together; we don't want to close any doors."

Wefaq boycotted elections in September to replace its 18 members of the lower house of Parliament who quit in protest in February over the regime's crackdown on protesters. The party, which rejected reforms offered by the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa in March, remains the strongest opposition force in the country.

A Bahrain government spokesman played down the likelihood of a quick resumption of talks with the opposition. "We don't know when in the future there will be any talks; we need fertile ground to proceed," he said.

Mr. Khalil of Wefaq said his party won't accept focusing only on the report proposals in any future talks with the government. "This will escalate the problems in Bahrain," he said.

Bahrain Sunni rulers on Thursday were digesting the findings of the inquiry, set up by the Gulf state's ruler in late June after international condemnation for its brutal suppression of demonstrators demanding greater rights. Government officials said hard-liners in the regime, representing the monarchy's more conservative wing, are unhappy with the findings and may try to slow the implementation of its recommendations.

Lateefa Algaoud, an independent member of Parliament, said the report was too critical of the government. She dismissed its claim that it found no clear evidence linking Iran to the unrest. "It is obvious that Iran is playing a big role in this; the intervention for us is clear," she said.

Bahrain has repeatedly accused neighboring Iran of fomenting violence in the Gulf state.

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miércoles, 23 de noviembre de 2011

great-barrington-2011d.jpg

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Great Barrington, MA, USA
12 October 2011 [100-0923]

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domingo, 20 de noviembre de 2011

11 09 St. Johns Prep Freshman Soccer vs Catholic Memorial-3711

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11 09 St. Johns Prep Freshman Soccer vs Catholic Memorial-3711

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sábado, 19 de noviembre de 2011

Howth Head

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Howth Head

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The ignoring Mallard

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The ignoring Mallard

This picture I do like quite a lot.
Certainly not the technically best shot i have taken but the scenery looks funny (at least to me).
It really looks like the mallard in front is posing and ignoring the other one in the back ...

I hope you like it ;-)

Shot with a Canon 5D2 and a EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
At 280mm, ISO 1000, F5,6 and 1/200 sec

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Comments are always welcome and favs most appreciated.

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viernes, 18 de noviembre de 2011

Life Beneath White Rock Pier 3

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Life Beneath White Rock Pier 3

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