Natural Wonders

Beautiful Lais Ribeiro In Bikini at Miami

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Desert Surrounded by Icey Mountains

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It is well-known that Transbaikal or Zabaykalsky Krai is a region with snow-capped mountains and huge ice fields to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia.

But not many people are aware of the fact that a true desert can be found in the place. Chara Sands are located in Kalarsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, the sand band is 10 km long and 5 km wide.

The sands are surrounded by boreal forests and marshes.

Demi Rose Mawby in Bikini

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Kylie Jenner in hot look

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Jordan Caver In Bikini

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Moscow 1941 eyes of American photographer

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 9 Jul 2014 17:06:00 -0400

Writes blogger samsebeskazal: «Favourite places and photos from the book" Taking off Russian war "Margaret Bourke-White, the summer of 1941 which was the only foreign photographer in the Soviet Union. Her book - a unique material consisting of rare photographs, descriptions of events through the eyes of Western man and interesting domestic details. This post - continued. The first part consisted entirely of photos with captions. In this I decided to add that seemed interesting to me in the text book. But the letters turned out so much that I had readability dilute their photographs from the archives of LIFE. They also authored Bourke-White, but has long been in the network, so it is more known. I must clarify that this is not a literal translation of the text, and freestyle attempt to retell the contents of some chapters without distorting the facts mentioned therein. The book was published in New York in 1942. I have the original edition, not bought ebay.

In the Soviet Union, Margaret went along with her husband, writer and journalist Erskine Caldwell. Their union was short-lived. They married in 1939 and divorced in 1942. The trip does not publicized and was not coordinated, and all that she could get - this resolution and the U.S. State Department visa to the USSR. The representative of the Soviet embassy warned her that for the past several years in the Soviet Union ban on the employment of foreign photographers and he could not guarantee that she will get permission to take photographs. One of the few who knew about the trip, Margaret, was the photo editor of the magazine LIFE. Her husband Erskine went as a freelancer. He had a preliminary agreement with CBS and LIFE magazine on the publication of future materials, if any, and will be of interest. The Soviet Union was selected as a country that was soon to enter the war against Germany. In America this is no doubt. The whole question was when it would happen. "

1. Margaret spent almost a month before the trip to prepare lessons and equipment repair of photographic equipment, realizing that something has happened with technology in the USSR, it would be with this problem alone. From 3000 she took a lamp to flash, a huge number of films, five cameras, twenty-two lenses, portable equipment for printing and developing, photochemistry, duplicates all the screws used in the equipment, and much more. Best part of it was sent by sea to Hong Kong. All it weighed about 300 pounds. In late March 1941, they embarked on their long way to go: New York - Indianapolis - Honolulu - Midway Island - Wake Island - Manila - Hong Kong - Chongqing - Lanzhou - Gobi - Hami - Almaty - Moscow. The journey was long, with stops and change of transport.Where could get planes. Where there was no such possibility, rode in cars. China alone they took a whole month. On the Soviet customs in Almaty they carefully watched the equipment checked the contents of all the bottles using sticks. Suddenly there is hidden.Then there was a long flight to Moscow with several landings, which took them a half day.In the capital of the USSR, they arrived at the beginning of May.

2. Gorky Street in the direction of the Historical Museum.

With three previous visits to the Soviet Union and with the help of the Writers' Union and the Society of cultural exchange with foreign countries, she managed to get permission to take photographs. Despite a lot of prohibitions and restrictions imposed, it was still very happy. In addition to the prohibitions shooting hampered by bad weather. In May 1941 in Moscow, it was snowing, and the sky is almost the whole month was covered with gray clouds. In addition to the clouds, the sky hung a premonition of a future war. Though acted nonaggression pact, Germans could be found in all Moscow hotels, and the Soviet press did not write any anti-German words in everyday conversations and moods interlocutors felt speedy and inevitable offensive war.

3. People listen to the speech in the Park of Culture and Recreation.

In Moscow they met Yevgeny Petrov, with whom Margaret met in New York during his joint Ilf travel America (Ilf died in 1937). Sergei Eisenstein arranged for them a special screening of his film "Alexander Nevsky". After the session, Eisenstein shrewdly observed that very soon the film will return to the big screen.

4. Workers Mikoyan meat processing plant.

Most Margaret shook news that in his speech on May 5, 1941, addressed to graduates of military academies, Stalin declared that Germany is the real enemy of the USSR. In the text of the newspaper was in a redacted form, but the essence is still reached Western journalists in Moscow. Convey this news editors did not allow censorship. One of the correspondents, who was able to secretly send the information about it abroad, was expelled from the USSR during the week.

5. Queue mausoleum.

American Ambassador Steinhardt for several weeks led to the preparation of future evacuation of diplomatic representation. Backing the U.S. embassy was equipped in the country, 30 kilometers from Moscow to Leningrad Highway. He was completely absorbed in the matter and chose the colors for painting walls and a thick cloth to curtain windows.Tissue, as well as many other things that it was impossible to get in Moscow, brought from Stockholm by special courier. He ordered from the United States several large tents and set them under the trees next to the house for the deployment of U.S. citizens who have to leave the hotel in the event of hostilities. Until the last moment he did not know that the place chosen by him for the evacuation was dangerously close to several factories for the production of munitions that have undergone massive bombings. When it became known that there was no room and time to look for something else.

6. Queue in a clothing store on Gorky Street.

Margaret and her husband lived in a room at the "National", which almost half was inhabited by Germans. The room cost 96 rubles a day ($ 18 at the then exchange rate). The rooms are to Gorky Street - Fifth Avenue in Moscow, she named her. From the windows of visible cheese shop, store sparkling wines, toy store and more just hit her store diet. Inside attended by a physician who is selected individually free diet and gave recommendations for healthy eating. Yet it struck Diet salads and 32 types of bread. She began to go there all the time because of the chocolate. In a typical deli tiles cost $ 2.50 (if translated into dollars) in dietary same tiles specially made chocolate was worth only 50 cents.

7. Gorky Street.

Margaret noted that in ordinary conversations, people are increasingly turning to the topic of politics and war. Became walk many jokes about Hitler. Here's one she heard in Moscow. After reaching the coast of the English Channel, Hitler realized that before him irresistible water barrier and he does not know what to do and how to translate the army on the other side. In seeking a solution, he turns to the old rabbi for advice: - Tell me Rabbi, I go through the channel? - It's not difficult, he replies. Moses had the exact same problem a thousand years ago. - What did he do? Hitler asks. - He acted very simple. He took his staff, thrust it into the water, and she parted before him. - Oh! This is what I need. Where can I get this staff?

- The British Museum, said the rabbi.

8. Lobby Hotel Moscow.

Another indicator of the deteriorating situation in the country was a travel ban on foreigners outside of Moscow. Even diplomats had to obtain special permission to travel to the Soviet Union. Many refuse. At first it caused outrage among diplomats, but then they realized that the measure is directed against the Germans, who were thus kept away from what is happening in the regions. In early June, Margaret and Erskine manages to get permission for a little trip to the Soviet Union, and with Evgeny Petrov they are sent on a trip to Ukraine, the Caucasus and the Crimea.

9. Kislovodsk.

News about the beginning of the war finds them on the way back when they travel by train from Sochi to Moscow. Overall picture of what is happening is not. Reach them only scraps of information from radio stations and news that people pass on word of mouth. Along the way they encounter many trains with soldiers and military equipment. One of the soldiers transmits them through the window of the newspaper and read out to the holes, passing from car to car. In Moscow, they returned only on June 27 and settle in the same "National".They give the room that until recently lived Sales Representative Germany to the USSR. This huge apartment with a piano and a private terrace, which overlooks the Red Square and Lenin's mausoleum. The most amazing thing that's worth it the same 96 rubles per day.Margaret questioned the receptionist and learned that the Germans began to massively leave the hotel a week before the war began. During this time, all German representatives urgently left Moscow. By Saturday, June 21 there was no one but two men who fled in a hurry in the morning, leaving their bags and not paying for accommodation.

10. The gates of the Kremlin.

The next morning, the first thing that Margaret finds - it was a new order (she calls him anticamera law), on the basis of which to each person holding the camera can shoot without warning. At that moment she realizes that she fell greatest chance in her life. She is the only representative of the photographer and the foreign press in the vast country, which became one of the largest wars in history. The second problem is the U.S. ordered a mandatory evacuation of U.S. citizens from Moscow. Part of the aircraft are taken in Stockholm, and the rest are sent by train to Vladivostok. Ambassador Steinhardt warns them as soon as possible bombardment of the city and said that the last two remaining free space in the car and that it was their last chance to leave. Margaret and her husband refused to meet him that came to Moscow to work, not to escape in one of the most important moments in history.

11. Moscow in the moonlight.

Evacuation of children not officially declared, even when the front approached Smolensk.Instead, it was said that 20,000 students will be sent to summer holidays in the northern areas "for research", and even 50,000 will go on an expedition to Central Asia "for geological survey." When the Germans came closer to Moscow, the streets around the station were filled with thousands of women with children who have actually lived there for many days in anticipation of free space on the train.

12. Street trade.

When Margaret went to the hairdresser to wash your hair and nails done, I saw an ad that Moscow no longer manicurist and the service is not provided. To the question "Why" - she received an answer, that all workers sent to the rear for child care. Margaret had the most to learn to paint and polish your nails.

13. Camouflage on Manezh Square.

14. Crowds Muscovites facing the street from the metro station Sverdlov Square, where they hid during the next air raid. The building in the photo - this hotel "Moscow". U.S. Ambassador moved accompanied by six officers of the NKVD, who were both his bodyguards and officers (Margaret nicknamed their YMCA Boys). His every move was under control, wherever he went. The same fate befell the other diplomats. Changed only the number of employees deputed, which depended on the status of the accompanying person.Ambassador almost no contact with them, but, by his own admission, two years so used to the silent fellow travelers that when they were not around, it started to miss them. She remembered the time when, during a dinner at one of the best and most expensive restaurants in Moscow people at the next table without objection and as teammates got up and left, leaving a half-eaten plates of food. And all this only because it was necessary to plant followed after NKVD, who immediately ordered a most exquisite and expensive meals.Who paid for all this, and whether it is paid, and remains unknown. When the ambassador came to him in the hotel, the two were on the street to protect the car, one is standing at the entrance to the hotel, one looked for stairs and elevator on their floor, and the two stood in the corridor outside the room doors. NKVD did not impede the movement of the city, and one day when they, along with Ambassador descended into the subway, those helping them, away from the hustle and crowds.

15. Escalator in the metro, which raises people up to speed three times faster than in New York.

16. Mayakovsky Metro Station.

First bombing at the ready with a camera Margaret met on July 26 in Spazzo House, residence of the U.S. ambassador, which was used at the time as the embassy. It was the only place where she was sure that no one disturbed her during a raid and can not prohibit to shoot. That night Ambassador Steinhardt left the cottage, and the building remained only a few Soviet officials who followed the roof and had to extinguish incendiary bombs. It all started at ten o'clock in the evening. Margaret and her husband got out on the sloping roof outside the ambassador's office and began to watch the sky, jagged dozens of powerful spotlights rays. Over their heads there, here there is an outbreak of exploding shells, traces of tracer bullets and incendiary bombs bright flame, slowly descended by parachute. On the same night was shot down the first German plane, and one of the 500-kilogram bombs exploded near the house Spazzo, falling on the building at the Vakhtangov Theater and completely destroying it. An explosion killed the people who were in the shelter of the theater, as well as actors Basil Cuza and Nikolay Chistyakov, who were on duty that night on the roof. Residence building escaped with only broken windows. Back at the hotel, Margaret began to display and print the resulting pictures, but the process was interrupted by another air raid and the sound of the alarm. To save pictures, she had to stay in the room and hide under the bed from the watchful attendants who checked the room and the hotel guests were driven to near a bomb shelter.

17. The people in the bomb shelter.

18. Ukrainian collective farmers. When the war began, the woman voluntarily undertook the work that lay ahead on the shoulders of men. "We have to work three times as much" - they told me. Once for himself, once for the men went to the front, and one time - for our homeland. Morale was so strong that women no longer go to work, they marched at her.They even began to keep their farm tools as a real weapon. Due to this they alone managed to harvest just as effectively as if they were close to their sons and husbands.

19. Factory posters. When I saw this scene, I thought that he was in the studio of Walt Disney. Artists, writers and poets worked together. Pictured right they show a new series of posters with the letters of the alphabet, publishing one new letter every day. The left you can see the cookie cutter copies of works by Ivan thymidine. Posters were made using a stencil, pencil and gouache. Work in full swing 24 hours a day.

20. Since Russian letters G and H in foreign names sound the same, they use it in their propaganda. Handsome as Goebbels. Slim as Goering. Blonde, like Hitler.

21. Posters in the health food store on Gorky Street.

22. Orlova Russian film star and her husband, film director Alexander. Without any doubt, Lyubov Orlova - the most famous actress in the Soviet Union and one of the few women in the country who wear slacks. It is so popular that when Alexander wants to go somewhere where many soldiers and guards, he takes her with him. Nobody is blocking their way, do not ask documents, and the soldiers only affably waving and say Orlova passport is not needed. Everybody knows it. She tomboy and loves jargon, which is trying to teach me. It is a universal favorite, and her husband adores her and removes all movies exclusively for its participation.

23. Alexandrov and Orlov greeted guests at his country house, which is located 40 kilometers from Moscow towards Smolensk. Alexander himself designed the house, bringing architectural ideas from California and Mexico, where he worked on the film with Eisenstein. From the terrace you can watch the air raids on Moscow, and the road to the side cottages crammed military equipment and soldiers marching toward the front.

24. They have a large living room and fireplace, which is very rare in Russia. Alexandrov Charlie calls his wife since they first met in one of the survey sites. Instead of the usual in this situation (in America) cocktails served white and red wine.

25. Alexandrov does not drink anything stronger than wine, while his wife prefers Georgian vodka. Have cottage can afford only famous writers, artists, people associated with the theater and cinema, scientists, party leaders and other people with high incomes.

26. Poster in the Park of Culture and Recreation. Park became a center of learning defense.The poster shows how to deal with fallen onto the roof of incendiary bombs. Near the signature: "Demolish the invaders," and "Death to the bloody fascists!" Muscovites have long and rich tradition in the fire fighting. Even before the war they were engaged in preventive training. When the British sent their experts from London, then they said that they have nothing to teach Russian, so well and smoothly they all do. On the roofs of all duty, including women and children. Eisenstein, Shostakovich, Aleksandrov, Tisse, opera singers, scientists and many others - all of them have extensive experience in the fight against incendiary bombs.

27. Ptashkina (right in the photo) - a heroic woman who was able to remove from the roof of 35 firebombs overnight. She is disabled, but refused to be evacuated and organized a brigade to fight the fire, consisting of some students. In the photo they sprinkled sand bomb training and poured water from a hose. Ptashkina was awarded a medal and a prize of 500 rubles.

28. Ivan the Great Bell in the Kremlin during the air raid. When incendiary bomb dropped, then the German pilots an opportunity to find them on the ground desired goal. Black and white photo does not convey the whole brightness of colors that night. Tracer bullets reserve the bright red marks, explosions from anti-aircraft shells may be blue, yellow or orange, firebombs light of different colors, from yellow and orange to red. Large always shine bright white light.

29. The White Nights of Moscow - is a phrase that Muscovites used for centuries, but it was during the war, it made sense. Windows and silhouettes of houses on the left photo real. They are painted with non-combustible paint on canvas, which are covered with buildings of the Kremlin. It is part of multi-color camouflage Kremlin. On the walls are painted as non-existent buildings and trees covered with a camouflage net Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell. Photo taken from a 12-minute delay. I apologize for the errors and possible curvature expressions in text. Everything is written in one today, more precisely for free time, which was not much.

Kendall Jenner – Bikini Candids in Greece

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Thrilling Pictures That Will Make Your Stomach Drop

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1. Cliff camping.

2. Skywalking in the Alps.

3. Portaledge camping at Yosemite.

4. Climbing Redwoods.

5. Sitting on the Trolltunga rock in Norway.

6. Jumping on the Trolltunga rock in Norway.

7. British climber John Roberts in South Africa.

8. Ice climbing a frozen waterfall.

9. Extreme skiing at Grand Targhee, Wyoming.|

10. Tree camping in Germany.

11. Extreme kayaking at Victoria Falls.

12. Blake Aldridge dives 29 metres from the rock monolith during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Portugal.

13. On the Edgewalk in Toronto.

14. A defying act by Eskil Rønningsbakken in Norway.

15. Alex Honnold at Yosemite.

16. Now imagine if you dropped your phone down there.

17.Dean Potter slacklining in Yosemite

18.On the Edge, Mount Blanc, France.

19. Glacierboarding.

20. Trapeze paragliding.

21. Hanging out at the Sky Walk in Macau.

22.Bruce Peninsula National Park

23. Strange sport in the air, USA

24. In Ft. Tryon park by Jordan Matter.

25. Base jumping in Yosemite..

26. Bike trail on the Cliffs of Moher.

27. Driving down a sand dune in Lucky Bay, Australia.

28.China’s mt Huashan Death trail

29. Looking down from LION’S head

30. I Think Photography, I Think Miss-En-Scene, I Think … Wow

North Korea - South Korea find 10 differences

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:18:00 -0400

North Korea is ruled by an unscrupulous dictator, while South Korea enjoys democracy. And despite the fact that the two countries share the same peninsula, a feeling that they are separated worlds. In the photo project "Korea-South Korea» German photographer Dieter Leistner decided to demonstrate how North and South Korea are different from each other.

1. Urban street in South Korea.

2. Urban street in North Korea.

3. Bus stop in South Korea.

4. Bus stop in North Korea.

5. Woman at work in South Korea.

6. Woman at work in North Korea.

7. Public transport in South Korea.

8. Public transport in North Korea.

9. Suburbs in South Korea.

10. Suburbs in North Korea.

Most young slum zoos in the world

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:34:00 -0400

June 10, 1793 in Paris, opened the first public zoo. Zoos are still very popular, especially when they appear young. Present to you a selection of photos of newborn creatures, made in the last few months

1. Three-month cub pressed to his mother at the zoo Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., March 29. (Nati Harnik / AP)

2. Female Rothschild giraffe sniffs her pup at the Hanover Zoo in Germany, May 7.(Sebastian Kahnert / EPA)

3. Female white tiger with one of her cubs in zoo Tobu in Tokyo, Japan, on May 2. (Koji Sasahara / AP)

4. Calf rhino sports beside his mother in the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany, March 7. (Holger Hollemann / AFP - Getty Images)

5. Lioness licks one of her cubs in the zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, April 26. (Catrinus Van Der Veen / EPA)

6. Kudu licks her cub at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on April 26. Kudu - a kind of antelope. (Federico Gambarini / EPA)

7. Tigress and her cub otrodu three weeks at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 23.(Michael Probst / AP)

8. Emu chicks walk across the lawn in Berlin zoo, Germany, April 16. (Britta Pedersen / AFP - Getty Images)

9. Colobus female holding a baby in his Brukfilf Zoo, Illinois, March 27. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

10. Kangaroo Bennett with her cub at the zoo in Russia, March 28. (Danil Semyonov / AFP - Getty Images)

11. Koala cub sits on the back of its mother at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, March 27.(Marius Becker / AFP - Getty Images)

12. Sandhill crane walking on the golf course in Orlando, Fla., March 20. (David Cannon / Getty Images)

13. The white bear and her cubs in the zoo in Brno, Czech Republic, March 16. (Radek Mica / AFP - Getty Images)

14. Cub squirrel monkey sitting on the back of its mother at the zoo in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 15. (Virginia Zoo via AP)

15. Female Sumatran orangutan hugging her cub at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, March 15. (Michal Cizek / AFP - Getty Images)

16. Takin female and her cub in the Zoo Wroclaw, Poland, on March 9. (Maciej Kulczynski / EPA)

17. Zebra and her newborn baby stand in their enclosure at the zoo of Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 19. (Sander Koning / EPA)

18. Gorilla carries on the back of her cub at the Zoo in Asheboro North Carolina, North Carolina, February 14. (Jerry Wolford / News & Record via AP)

19. Female small lories with its cub at the zoo in Szeged, Hungary, January 24. (Csaba Segesvari / AFP - Getty Images)

20. Newborn baby elephant and his mother at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, February 25. (Petr David Josek / AP)

21. Silvery marmosets feed in Uipsneydskom zoo in England, on January 8. (Adrian Dennis / AFP - Getty Images)

22. Western lowland gorilla hugging her newborn cub at Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, on December 27. (Isifa / Getty Images Contributor)

23. Bakers cub plays with his mother at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia, December 14.(Julian Smith / EPA)

10 most cozy Italian towns

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:44:00 -0400

To start the holiday period many of our compatriots are chosen as a place to stay beautiful Italy. For those who can not be surprised bustle of the eternal city of Rome and Milan shopping our selection of the most cozy Italian cities on the coast. Probably each of us ever dreamed to spend if not life, then at least a vacation in a quiet hamlet on the beach, drinking coffee and wine tasting at local restaurants, listening to the voices of gulls and surf.

Choose!

1. Vernazza

Vernazza is the most organic, beautiful and picturesque town Italian "pyatizemelya" (Cinque Terre) Liguria. Today it is home to just over a thousand people, so Vernazza is also one of the quietest towns and compete with them can only calm Manarola. On a background of multicolored multi-storey houses-towers are evident older medieval walls of galleries, palaces, monasteries and, of course, the castle, whose low walls once protected the rest locals from pirate raids. In the narrow streets of Vernazza, at steep angles going down to the sea, at almost every step, you can see the boats, "parked" at home so naturally as look cars standing in our backyards at entrances.

2. Portofino

Portofino - the resort of the Ligurian coast. He is surrounded by hills covered with olive trees. Overview of the windows ropeway whole town is visible at a glance. It liked to be Guy de Maupassant, who wrote about Portofino: "This Green Bay in the realm of harmony and peace, as contrasted with all the vain anxieties of our lives." There is everything here: unspoiled nature and splendid beaches, historical monuments and expensive shops. The former fishing village has been transformed into a wonderful resort that celebrities love to visit.

3. Atrani

Atrani - a small town on the west coast of Italy, in the region of Campania, in the province of Salerno. Atrani cherishes its medieval origins and with its picturesque lanes, arcs in, courtyards, squares and stairs like a festive Christmas decorations, lapped by the sea.During the time of the Amalfi Republic in this town lived the noblest families. Here held coronation and burial doges. Atrani is located just 700 meters from Amalfi, in a natural amphitheater surrounded by huge cliffs receding upward. Atrani center is away from the busy coast road, as entry into the city only allowed local people: it helps keep the town in a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere.

4. Positano

Positano - one of the most famous resorts in the south of Italy, located in the Gulf of Salerno on the Amalfi Coast. Beauty of the landscape, in the XIX century made Positano mecca for artists. The town is scattered over three small valleys sandwiched between the mountains and the sea. Typical colorful houses climb the steep mountain slopes. Virtually anywhere in the town offers a magnificent view of the sea. Positano has been known since Roman times. According to legend, it was founded by the sea god Neptune (Poseidon). Galli islands off the coast of Positano are mentioned in the "Odyssey" - according to Homer, here lived a siren. The Middle Ages in the town preserved watchtowers built to protect against the Saracen pirates.

5. Ravello

Ravello - the city of music with romantic gardens, cool alleys and medieval architecture. In XI - XIII centuries, at the invitation of wealthy merchants, arrived in Ravello Arab architects and built palaces here. And to this day still retains the charm of Ravello ancient village.Ravello rich culture closely linked to its musical heritage. Wagner often rested here, in love with this place that inspired him to write many of his famous works. Every summer there is a festival of symphonic music in his name. From the slopes of the terrace, which is located in Ravello, offering great views of the Amalfi Coast.

6. Manarola

Manarola - small fishing town in Liguria, northern Italy. The city is located on a cliff overhanging the wild coastline of the Ligurian Sea. It is also one of the five cities that make up the Cinque Terre. Manarola is the oldest and one of the smallest towns in the famous five. In the center of town is the church of San Lorenzo, built in 1338. In the western part is a small harbor in the east area, where locals often gather to discuss any important matters.Despite the fact that there is no beach - it's a good place for snorkeling and study of caves and rock crevices. To descend to the water built a special ladder. The main fishing here is traditionally fishing and winemaking. Even in the times of the Roman Empire the local wine was appreciated for its excellent taste.

7. Sorrento

Sorrento has always been known as a prestigious resting place: Roman patricians built around the villa and on the nearby island of Capri settled himself emperor Tiberius.Sorrento is located on the steep cliffs of volcanic tuff, terminating in the Gulf of Naples.Piazza Tasso can be called the heart of Sorrento. It is from here that the main shopping street, Via Corso, known for its restaurants, shops and clubs. In Sorrento has two ports - Marina Piccola and Marina Grande. Every morning from Marina Grande sent sea missiles on the island of Capri, Ischia, Procida and the neighboring towns of Positano and Amalfi.

8. Rapallo

At 40 kilometers from Genoa is a small town of Rapallo. There are many historical monuments - ancient cathedrals and churches, is considered the oldest church of San Gervasio and Protas, which was mentioned in ancient manuscripts VI century. Rapallo very clean, noble and charming city. In one of the best hotels in the nineteenth century, located on a high bank near the port enjoyed staying Hemingway. Every day to the shores of Rapallo white yachts moor.

9. Lerici

Lerici - it's a strange mixture of buildings, small coves and rocky cliffs that pierce the sparkling sea. It is a favorite vacation spot of inhabitants northern Italy, because here you can enjoy a quiet relaxing holiday away from the crowds of foreign tourists. The main attraction of the town - the old medieval castle.

10. Castiglioncello

Castiglioncello - a small town in the province of Livorno, located on a promontory washed by the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city is surrounded by pine and oak forests and picturesque hills that literally break off and fall down, forming cliffs, small bays and coves cozy with charming beaches. Past the beauty of the land could not pass by the ancient Romans and Etruscans, and later - the Medici in the Renaissance. Recently Castiglioncello famous as a resort town, which at one time built their villas Marcello Mastroianni and Luchino Visconti.Town allows a calm and measured way of life, eliminating the fuss and noise. Castiglioncello - is a secluded resort for the elite. Mass tourism is here unwritten taboo. Castiglioncello therefore attracts many creative people, including artists, founded the commune.

Jordan Carver Take Yoga Class

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Coast of libya from the air

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:20:00 -0400

Some time ago, photographer Jason Hawkes (Jason Hawkes) went on a trip to Libya, where he had the opportunity to make a helicopter Mi-8 along the Mediterranean coast of Tripoli and several ancient towns, including Sabratha and Leptis Magna. Photographer kindly shared his photos with a broad audience.

1. Kind of a well-preserved Roman theater on the Mediterranean coast in Sabratha, Libya.Originally, the town was a Phoenician trading port, but later became part of the Roman Empire. (© Jason Hawkes)

2. Ruins of the Temple of Isis in Sabratha on the Mediterranean coast. (© Jason Hawkes)

3. Ruins of Sabratha. (© Jason Hawkes)

4. Ruins of Roman theater in Sabratha on the Mediterranean coast. (© Jason Hawkes)

5. Kind of ancient Sabratha (foreground). In the background one can see modern buildings.(© Jason Hawkes)

6. Ruins of Roman theater in Sabratha. (© Jason Hawkes)

7. Tripoli coast. (© Jason Hawkes)

8. Quarry on the Mediterranean coast between Tripoli and Sabratha, Libya. (© Jason Hawkes)

9. Former residence in Tripoli Libyan monarchs. Now the building is a public library. (© Jason Hawkes)

10. People at Martyrs Square in Tripoli. (© Jason Hawkes)

11. Roofs of houses in Tripoli. (© Jason Hawkes)

12. Fountain at Martyrs Square in Tripoli. (© Jason Hawkes)

13. Roofs of houses in Tripoli. (© Jason Hawkes)

14. The crowd on the street in Tripoli. (© Jason Hawkes)

15. Ruins on the beach in Al-Hums, Libya. (© Jason Hawkes)

16. Ruins of Leptis Magna Roman times near modern Al-Hums, Libya. (© Jason Hawkes)

17. The ancient city of Leptis Magna, founded about two thousand years ago on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. (© Jason Hawkes)

18. Ruins of theater in the ancient city of Leptis Magna. (© Jason Hawkes)

19. Ruins breakwater wall and the Byzantine empire in the ancient city of Leptis Magna.Harbor was the right of the building, but many years ago it has grown with sludge. (© Jason Hawkes)

20. The ruins of the ancient city of Leptis Magna. (© Jason Hawkes)

21. The ruins of the ancient city of Leptis Magna. (© Jason Hawkes)

22. Ruins forum Septimius Severus in the ancient city of Leptis Magna. (© Jason Hawkes)

23. Amphitheater in the ancient city of Leptis Magna, on the Mediterranean coast. (© Jason Hawkes)

24. Amphitheater in the ancient city of Leptis Magna, on the Mediterranean coast. (© Jason Hawkes)

Luisa Zissman shows off her incredible bikini body

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10 the scariest roller coaster in the world

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:28:00 -0400

May 8, 1976 has been a real revolution in the world of roller coasters. In the amusement park Six Flags Magic Mountain in California opened the world's first steel roller coaster with a noose. In our time loop - this is not the worst thing that the creators are willing to offer rides to fans of adrenaline lining up around the world to tickle your nerves. We offer you a virtual ride on the ten most scary roller coaster in the world! Attention: nervous, fearful height and people with weak vestibular system is better not to look further!

1. Silver Star, Europa Park, Rust (Baden), Germany

"Silver Star" - the highest roller coaster in Europe, the German steel tickle nerves since 2002. Using a system of chain hoists, slowly at first, they will take you up to a height of 73 meters, and then will drop and whirl at speeds up to 130 km / h

2. Tower of Terror II, Dreamworld, Queensland, Australia

The first "Tower of terror", which opened in 1997, managed to scare more than 8 million Australians, and in 2010 was launched again and was even worse. Push Along leave the tunnel and 7 seconds get to the top of a vertical tower with a maximum speed of 161 km / hOn top of the 35-meter tower, they hang for a moment, and then fall down in horror.

3. Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spa Land, Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan

"Steel Dragon" is no longer either the fastest or the highest hills, but still the longest. And also the most expensive ever made, due to the amount used in the construction of steel, it is necessary to make the slide resistant to earthquakes. But even if we do not take into account the earthquake, this monster is definitely earned its place in our top ten.

4. Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey, United States

Kingda Ka - survivor in the world of roller coasters, but to this day remains the highest hills in the world with a dizzying 139 meters record. However, in its history in the attraction there are many problems. In 2005, a variety of slides comprehend mechanical damage that affected the starter motor and the cable system. Fortunately, the problem has been completely eliminated, but in 2009, Kingda Ka was struck by lightning, causing new damage.Now that's really scary ...

5. Intimidator 305, Kings Dominion, Virginia, United States

A relative newcomer in the world of roller coasters, "Zapugivatel 305" (already getting scared by one name ...) in 2010 won the award "Golden Ticket" as the best new roller coaster.

6. Dodonpa, Fuji-Q Highland, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

What may surprise coaster thrill, unless they are already the fastest, high or long? Doponda knows the answer - the biggest acceleration! Knocking skiers confused not the beginning of the high-spirited, Doponda suddenly accelerates to 172 km / h for ... attention ... 1.8 seconds! And then throws you up and down the almost vertical loop.

7. Superman: Escape from Krypton, Six Flags Magic Mountain, California, USA

Prior to 2011, "Superman: Escape from Krypton" was known simply as "Superman: The Escape." But after a new coat of paint and adding moving backwards trucks, was born a new super-hero world attractions. A top speed of 160 km / h and rising to a height of 126.5 meters, updated "Superman" knows exactly how to get you a shot of adrenaline.

8. Thunder Dolphin, Tokyo Dome City, Tokyo, Japan

"Thunder Dolphin" is quite modest in terms of speed, altitude and acceleration, relative to other participants in the list, but it has its own unique "trick", through which he and it proved. Path "Dolphin" passes through the concrete ring and encircles most current building on tickling the nerves away.

9. Formula Rossa, Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Formula Rossa - currently the fastest roller coaster in the world. Accelerated to 240 km / h in less than 5 seconds. Speed is so high that sitting in the first row have to wear special goggles to prevent eye injury.

10. Eejanaika, Fuji-Q Highland, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Still other slides from the same park, but they are worth. These slides - with "twists", and in the truest sense of the word. Eejanaika - the so-called slide 4D, which actually means that besides the usual ups and downs and loops at the same time you get ... 360-degree rotating seat! Can rides become even worse?

Iraq unrest

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:11:00 -0400

The fighting continued in Iraq today near a main oil refinery, with government forces trying to stop a week-long attack from members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and others. The Iraqi foreign minister has asked the United States for air strikes against the Sunni militants' positions but President Obama, in a meeting with leaders of Congress today, said he wanted for now to focus on training Iraq's security forces and providing equipment. Thousand of displaced civilians have been looking for shelter since the the attacks began. --Lloyd Young

An image downloaded on June 11 from the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waving the trademark Islamists flag after they allegedly seized an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi province of Salahuddin. Jihadists are pushing toward Baghdad on June 12 after capturing a town just hours to the north, as the US mulled air strikes in a bid to bolster Iraq's collapsing security forces. (AFP/Getty Images)

An image uploaded June 14 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. A major offensive spearheaded by ISIL but also involving supporters of executed dictator Saddam Hussein has overrun all of one province and chunks of three others since it was launched on June 9. (AFP/Getty Images)

Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northern Iraq city of Mosul on June 10. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday, overrunning a military base and freeing hundreds of prisoners in a spectacular strike against the Shi'ite-led Iraqi government. (Reuters)

Tribal fighters from Ramadi wave the Iraqi flag and shout slogans in support of Iraqi security forces in Kerbala on June 15. The insurgent offensive that has threatened to dismember Iraq spread to the northwest of the country on Sunday, when Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border, clashing with police and government forces. (Mushtaq Muhammed/Reuters)

Demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on June 16 as they carry al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The CIA and other spy agencies are scrambling to close intelligence gaps as they seek ways to support possible military or covert action against the leaders of the al-Qaida-inspired militant group that has seized parts of Iraq and threatens Baghdadís government. (Associated Press)

A member of the Kurdish security forces walks away from a controlled explosion in the town of Tuz Khurmato, north of the capital Baghdad on June 17. (Yahya Ahmad/Reuters)

Personnel from the Kurdish security forces detain a man suspected of being a militant belonging to the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the outskirts of Kirkuk on June 16. Iraq's Shi'ite rulers defied Western calls on Tuesday to reach out to Sunnis to defuse the uprising in the north of the country, declaring a boycott of Iraq's main Sunni political bloc and accusing Sunni power Saudi Arabia of promoting "genocide". (Ako Rasheed/Reuters)

Iraqi Shiite tribesmen brandish their weapons as they gather to show their willingness to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities on June 17 in the southern Shiite Muslim shrine city of Najaf. Fighting erupted at the northern approaches to Baghdad Tuesday as Iraq accused Saudi Arabia of backing militants who have seized swathes of territory in an offensive the UN says threatens its very existence. (Haidar Hamdani/AFP/Getty Images)

An Iraqi security forces member with his weapon takes position as people, who fled from the violence in Mosul, arrive in their vehicles at a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region on June 14. The insurgent offensive that has threatened to dismember Iraq spread to the northwest of the country on Sunday, when Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border, clashing with police and government forces. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters and other Sunni Muslim armed groups have stormed several towns on the road to Baghdad after seizing the city of Mosul nearly a week ago. (Jacob Russell/Reuters)

Iraqis who have fled fighting between security forces and al-Qaida inspired militants in their hometown of Tal Afar carry their belongings at Germawa camp for displaced Iraqis, in a hot dusty plain in the largely-autonomous Kurdish area of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad on June 17. (Associated Press)

Iraqis who fled the violence in their home towns wait at a refugee camp near the city of Erbil, northern Iraq, on June 16. Iraqis who fled the violence in Tal Afar arrive at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, northern Iraq. Jihadist militants fighting the Iraqi government on 16 June claimed further advances in the north of the troubled country. The rapid advance of The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other fighters from Iraq's Sunni minority who complain of discrimination at the hands of al-Maliki's Shiite-led government has caused international concern. (EPA)

Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul reach for a fruit during a food distribution at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on June 16. Sunni militants captured a strategic city along the highway to Syria on Monday, moving closer to their goal of linking areas under their control on both sides of the border. The al-Qaida breakaway group leading the push in Iraq also is fighting in the civil war next door in Syria where it controls territory abutting the Iraqi border. (Associated Press)

An Iraqi man buys military uniforms at a shop in Basra, southeast of Baghdad on June 16. The US is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember Iraq and unleash all-out sectarian warfare across a crescent of the Middle East, with no regard for national borders that the fighters reject. (Essam Al-Sudani/Reuters)

An Iraqi Shiite man cleans weapons as he gets ready to defend his Sadr City district in case of an attack by Sunni extremists on June 13 in Baghdad. Leading Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on Iraqis today to take up arms against the offensive spearheaded by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching on Baghdad, as thousands volunteered to bolster the the capital's defenses. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi laborers work at a white cement factory in Bartala in the Nineveh province, east of Mosul on June 17. Fighting erupted at the northern approaches to Baghdad today as Iraq accused Saudi Arabia of backing militants who have seized swathes of its territory in an offensive the UN says threatens its very existence. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)

An Iraqi civilian, volunteering to fight a militant offensive, kisses a Koran book as he queues with comrades before boarding buses to reach Mosul on June 15 in the southern port city of Basra. Leading Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged Iraqis on June 13 to take up arms against Sunni militants marching on Baghdad, as thousands volunteered to bolster the capital's defenses. (AFP/Getty Images)

An Iraqi soldier pats down men as they arrive to volunteer to join the fight against a major offensive by jihadists in northern Iraq on June 13, 2014, at recruiting center in the capital Baghdad. Iraqi forces clashed with militants advancing on the city of Baquba, just 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad, as an offensive spearheaded by jihadists drew closer to the capital. (Ali al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi men who volunteered to join the fight against a major offensive by jihadists in northern Iraq climb on an army truck outside a recruiting center in the capital Baghdad on June 13. Iraqi forces clashed with militants advancing on the city of Baquba, just 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad, as an offensive spearheaded by jihadists drew closer to the capital. (Ali al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the Shiite Muslim Mehdi Army militia, take part in training in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on June 17. Iraqi Shiite volunteers, who had been fighting in neighboring Syria, have been heading home to battle an offensive that has brought militants to near Baghdad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the Iraqi security forces patrol an area near the borders between Karbala Province and Anbar Province on June 16. The US said it could launch air strikes and act jointly with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government, after a rampage by Sunni Islamist insurgents across Iraq that has scrambled alliances in the Middle East. (Mushtaq Muhammed/Reuters)

An Iraqi security officer, stands guard outside the Church of the Virgin Mary in the northern town of Bartala on June 15 east of the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi security stayed in the town to protect the local churches and community. The exiled governor of Mosul, Iraq's second city which was seized by Islamist fighters last week, has called for US and Turkish air strikes against the militants. (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqis attend Mass on June 15 at the Chaldean Church of the Virgin Mary of the Harvest, in Alqosh, set in the seventh century Saint Hormoz monastery built into a hill overlooking Alqosh, a village of some 6,000 inhabitants about 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Mosul, northern Iraq. Dozens of Christian families that fled to this ancient Iraqi village have taken a much-traversed route -- many from their minority community have escaped to Alqosh before, in fear for their lives. This time, few say they want to go back to their homes, seeking safety under the Kurdish forces known as the Peshmerga. (Associated Press)

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter wounded in clashes with jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Kirkuk is watched by a family member as he lies on a bed in the emergency ward of a hospital in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on June 18. The rapid shift to Kurdish control in Iraq's ethnically mixed oil city of Kirkuk is a step toward a long-held dream for Kurds but has sparked fears among other groups. (Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)

A burnt vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces is pictured at a checkpoint in east Mosul, one day after radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of the city on June 11. Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group extended their control from the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to an area further south that includes Iraq's biggest oil refinery in a devastating show of strength against the Shi'ite-led government. (Reuters)

A member of Kurdish Peshmerga forces takes position overlooking militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Jalawla in the Diyala province, on June 14, 2014. A major offensive by militants, spearheaded by jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant but involving other groups, overran all of Nineveh and chunks of three more provinces in a matter of days. (Rick Findler/AFP/Getty Images)

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Natural Picdump - 6

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Kim Kardashian Bikini Candids in Mexico

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10 amazing world of wedding traditions

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:19:00 -0400

1. On Samoa bridesmaid dress made from the bark of the mulberry tree.

2. Nigeria its ideals of beauty. If the bride before the wedding (or the first time after it) attains magnificent forms, the groom has the full right to send her back to her parents - eat off.

3. And here in Kenya is the custom by which the first month after the wedding, the groom should wear women's clothes, to fully experience how hard it is to be a woman.

4. Namibia instead veil bride wears a special headdress, called "ECORA" and is made of goat skin, which also rubbed resin, fat and red ocher.

5. The Ethiopic Surma tribe is the custom by which the girl for some time before the wedding, removed the lower teeth, pierced lip and insert it in a clay disk. From time to time the disc is replaced by a similar but larger diameter. And here's the wedding? And despite the fact that the larger the diameter disc - the more dowry the bride, because it symbolizes the drive level of wealth of the family of the bride.

6. On the island of Java, as in most countries, before registration of marriage the couple must pay the fee in the budget. But not money - and rat tails. 25 tails of the couple must submit to the local authorities as a wedding fee.

7. Notion of the wedding night in Albania is very conditional. There is a tradition that three days and three nights in the newly formed wife must resist encroachments husband performance family debt. This is done in order to confuse evil spirits.

8. Nenets But do not bother too much with the wedding dishes, and guests are served raw venison.

9. All Trombrian just on the island, next to New Guinea. Want to get married - sing with her future husband of one plate in front of other members of the tribe. After this ritual is considered married couple.

10. Finally, if you get to the wedding feast on about. Bali, is fairly surprised. The wedding table, you will see only women. And the men? They rest. Because it is they cooked all the dishes, with such joy that eat them women.

Historical Tower of Hercules

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:50:00 -0400

In 61 BCE a Roman seaborne expedition, probably led by Julius Caesar himself, landed at present-day La Coruña (Brigantium) with the intention of installing a port and commercial settlement. There had already been Roman colonisation along the Mediterranean facade of the Iberian Peninsula and along the south and south-west from the 2nd century BCE. The port of Brigantium played an important role during the Cantabrian Wars (29-19 BCE). Once peace was restored, its strategic maritime role at the entrance to the Bay of Biscay, as well as that of a trading station, were confirmed. It became a rear base for the conquest of the British Isles while Galicia was being Romanised.

Under the name of Farum Brigantium, the Tower was probably erected in the 1st century CE, at the latest in the reign of Trajan (98-117). The votive inscription on a small ancillary construction would appear to bear this out. This monumental lighthouse is located at the entrance to La Coruña harbour, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is designed to facilitate navigation along the rugged Galicia coastline, on a strategic point on the sea route linking the Mediterranean to northwest Europe.

A wood-fired system was located on the summit platform in a shelter opening on to the seaward facade; it possibly had columns used for navigational alignment when making the difficult approach and entry into the harbour. On the basis of the surviving structure, the original tower had a horizontal cross-section measuring 11.75m (33 Roman feet) square. It was surrounded by a spiral ramp providing access to the platform. The base of the Tower rested on 18m square foundations.

The Tower's use as an illuminated lighthouse probably persisted for a relatively long time throughout the Roman Empire. It seems not to have been lit throughout most of the High Middle Ages, although it remained intact and continued to play a role as a landmark and watchtower. The gazetteer lists the names of farum and faro in the 9th and 10th centuries, probably with periods of return to nocturnal service depending on the historical context and the state of maritime navigation. It is difficult to determine exactly the Tower's use and upkeep in medieval times. It seems to have been abandoned and in poor condition after the Viking invasions (854-56), as was the city; it is, however, referred to in two 10th century texts as the Farum Precantium.

Medieval chronicles mention the creation of a fort and a small town in the 11th-12th centuries, in this same position. The Tower is referred to as the Castellum Pharum; at this time it was used for defensive purposes and as an observation post, which most likely saved it from probable ruin. The urban and port development of Burgo de Faro Novo, later Crunia, started at the end of the 12th century and into the following century, in connection with the reign of Ferdinand II and the Pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela. The contemporary toponymy shows that the name then given to the Tower was Turrin de Faro suggesting its restoration as a lighthouse, but the external ramp appears to have been in ruins, perhaps as a result of the Tower's use for defensive purposes in the preceding centuries. The reuse of dressed stone from the collapsed parts of the Tower is reported during the late Middle Ages, until a 1557 municipal edict forbade this practice.

Starting in the 14th century, La Coruña became one of the kingdom's largest and most cosmopolitan ports. It was an essential stage between northern Europe and the Mediterranean world. The lighthouse's function would appear to have been fully restored at that time. The Tower of Hercules was a major symbol of the city in the 15th century, and was the main heraldic motif on the city's seal.

Iconography from the 16th century shows a highly restored Tower, notably fitted with a dome-shaped lantern. The external ramp no longer exists, but traces of its spiral shape are still visible. Work on the timber staircase is mentioned in the same period. There are several descriptions of the Tower in the 17th century. The first truly identifiable restoration was that led by the Duke of Uceda, the Captain General of Galicia in 1684-85. The presence of an internal staircase is again reported. In 1755 the Lisbon earthquake affected many buildings in the La Coruña region, but the Tower survived thanks to its architectonic design and the quality of its mortar (see Description).

The major restoration-reconstruction work on the Tower was undertaken in two stages at the end of the 18th century, from 1788 to 1806. The work was carried for navigational reasons, the external condition of the Tower, and changes in lighting systems. The work was entrusted to the naval engineer Lieutenant Eustaquio Giannini. It was preceded and accompanied by measurements and plans that are invaluable in understanding the Tower in modern times. At this time, its height was significantly raised and it was fitted with a new bell lantern; the interior staircase was rebuilt; and the exterior facing and the openings were completely reconstructed (see Description). It assumed its current external form in Neo-Classical style. Additional work was carried out by José Giannini, Eustaquio's brother, between 1799 and 1806. The lantern and the lighting system were replaced for operational reasons and to take account of the most recent innovations, the bell turret was replaced by a new higher one, and a platform was added around the base of the Tower.

The optical system was again changed in 1847 for a very efficient catadioptric system using Fresnel lenses. In the 1860s, ancillary buildings were erected and the access ways repaired. Further work was carried out in 1905: the internal staircase was again restored, this time entirely in stone. The lighthouse was fitted with electric lighting in 1926, with its beam visible for up to 32 nautical miles. In the 1990s excavations were undertaken at the base of the Tower, under the platform added in the early 19th century, to reveal the Roman foundations and buried remains. In 1991-92 the facades of the Tower and the small Roman building were restored.

Numerous legends surround the Tower's history, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. They attempt to explain in mythical and popular terms the Tower's origins and its construction, regardless of any historical or archaeological understanding. There are three main families of legends: the legend of Breogán in the Celtic-Irish tradition, the Greco-Roman legend of Hercules, the demigod of mythical strength who gave the Tower its contemporary name, and the tale of Trecenzonio halfway between the former two legends. There is evidence of these mythical tales in Galicia starting from the 14th century, but they probably predate that time.

Given that the lighthouse continues in use, ICOMOS regrets the absence of any description of the optical systems, which are an integral part of the lighthouse and its history, and the changes that they have undergone, notably in modern and contemporary times, in relation to Atlantic shipping.

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Claudia Romani Bikini Candids on the Beach in Miami

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10 horror stories about poor nutrition

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:09:00 -0400

May Day celebrations this year - this is the time when we first eat almost one kebabs, and then - Easter cakes and eggs. And, oddly enough, some one does not exclude the other. But holidays, holidays, and in the world there are people who do the most absurd their usual diet feeding. Below are ten examples of people that have moved the food, so to speak, to a new level.

1. RB

Diet: almost nothing but Red Bull, in a few months.

woman from New Zealand gained excess weight after pregnancy and really wanted to lose a few pounds fast, so she did something that would not have made any reasonable person - namely, began to consume only Red Bull. She saw it mainly for appetite suppression, but of course, it also gave her energy without having a meal. Despite the fact that this diet was not too successful and created health problems, including stroke, she still managed to lose a lot of weight very quickly. Apparently, she did not really want to diet conscious, it happens.

2. Carrots

Diet: Only carrots and carrot juice.

Girl wanted to win a bet with my roommate: she believed that eating a lot of carrots can tan (ie become orange), and her roommate did not agree with her. She wanted to prove to a neighbor, which is not necessarily getting fake tan to look like Oompa Loompas, but you can just eat a lot of carrots. So she began a diet of carrots and carrot juice. This diet is very dangerous. Although orange leather itself is not considered to be harmful, and eventually passes, you will be severely limited in nutrients that quickly displays the body out of balance.

3. Beer

Diet: nothing but beer and water during Catholic Lent.

An Jovan decided to try something new during Lent. His plan was to drink only beer and water for the entire period. Man brews its beer at home and fascinated by a group of Bavarian monks who called beer "liquid bread". Monks themselves are unlikely to drink beer during Lent, but Jovan claims that he was trying to find the historical aspects of this issue.Most likely, he just found a very good excuse to drink in the post. Sure, he spent most of it in the semi-comatose state.

4. Kola

Diet: ten liters of cola a day.

After opening the coroner in New Zealand announced that woman's death occurred mainly due to the fact that she drank about 10 liters of cola a day. Her friends claimed that she also smoked a couple of packs of cigarettes a day and hardly ate anything. Company Coca-Cola, of course, deny that their product had something to do with this case, trying to avoid a lawsuit. But common sense dictates that they can hardly be blamed - the real culprit here lack of self-control and control of the family, which did not intervene in time and do not give women the necessary assistance.

5. Twinkie - cake with filling.

Diet: Twinkie cakes.

man wanted to prove that there is not really good or bad calories, at least when it comes to weight loss. So he developed a completely sane plan to get to the depths of this issue. He had not eaten anything except a Twinkie and sometimes Doritos chips, Oreo cookies and cereal bars. Nevertheless, he continued to maintain a low calorie. It turned out that his theory is confirmed, he did lose weight. Unfortunately for him, the fact that you lose weight by not eating anything other than junk food, does not mean it's good for you. The key conclusion here should be that if you want to lose weight, you need to eat less and move more carbohydrates and not eat a bit of cake.

6. Chocolate

Diet: almost nothing but chocolate.

Girl from the UK eats almost nothing but chocolate. Her parents are trying to justify the fact that she's just suffering "pischefobiey." Despite the fact that it is currently in good health, it seems highly unlikely that her good health will remain unchanged unless the habit of eating almost only one chocolate will have a long-term perspective. Parents say that she "eats 15 squares of chocolate and cooking chocolate 10 fingers every morning." She seems to be eating the same things for lunch from time to time by adding rice crisps, but only if they are completely covered with melted chocolate. Its only "exception" from the diet - this cheese crisps Wotsits.

7. Chicken nuggets

Diet: almost nothing but chicken nuggets for 15 years.

Stacey from the UK has been hospitalized after she collapsed at work. It turned out that it breathing problems, anemia and other problems are likely associated with the diet. The fact that as a child she tried chicken nuggets and has since refused to eat anything else. Her mother made a few feeble attempts to teach her daughter to a normal diet, but quickly gave up. As a result, in my entire life it has grown daughter hardly ate anything other than nuggets. Despite claims by doctors that if she was going to stick to this diet, you will die young, Stacy did not want to give up the diet. It just does not feel that he could eat something else.

8. Veganism

Diet Vegetarianism for an infant.

pair of parents from Queens nearly killed her child by negligence. "Negligence" was that they refused to breastfeed him or give him any milk or milk products. In fact, all they have allowed a child is fruit, vegetables and legumes. In other words, they are paid with the birth of his baby in veganism, considering it a religion. Both parents were sentenced to imprisonment from five to twenty-five years because the judge considered that they should understand that the child is too small for a vegetarian diet and nutrition needs improvement.

9. Fat Man

Diet: burgers, fried in its own fat, evacuated during liposuction.

artist, known for its shocking creative projects, recently had surgery liposuction. As part of an art project he used own fat to fry the cutlets, and gave them to friends. He considered this a trick masterpieces, not cannibalism. But this is not the first artist ridiculous attempt to attract attention. He also painted an iceberg red paint and offered people click blender, when there was a live fish. Here we are unlikely to give advice, but we feel that it would be better in a room with four soft walls.

10. Colleagues

Diet: eating each other on TV.

Two leading Dutch TV show struggled to come up with something that will make people pay attention to them, and after a long search, decided that the best way would be to eat each other. They are surgically cut off part of itself buttocks and abdomen. After that, the chef cooked their meat and gave it complete with garnish. Although many people claim that it was a hoax, leading insist that everything happening was quite real, and even show people the scars to prove it. However, it is not surprising to those two. Earlier arguments invoked by the same channel, where sick people competed to win the saving organs.

7 most famous first ladies in history

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 19:32:00 -0400

1. Jacqueline Kennedy

In 1952, at a reception 23-year-old journalist Jacqueline Bouvier was officially presented by 35-year-old Senator John Kennedy. A year later they were married. When in January 1960, Kennedy announced his decision to run for president, Jacqueline, despite the pregnancy, including her husband in the presidential race.

She responded to numerous messages that came to the campaign headquarters, recorded commercials, accompanied her husband during trips around the country, gave interviews and conducted his own newspaper column Campaign Wife. When January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy has been approved for the presidency of the United States, Jacqueline became one of the youngest First Ladies in history.One of the first projects in the status of the first lady was the reconstruction of the White House, which had been invited largest decorators and consultants, including a collector of vintage furniture pieces, Henry Dupont. Already in February 1962, CBS News Channel viewers could virtually wander around the White House, accompanied by leading Charles Collingwood and Jacqueline Kennedy. Needless to say that ordinary Americans almost idolized Jackie, a former journalist colleagues tried to bring to the public all the hottest news of her life. One of the most famous women of her time remembered not only as a heroine gossip, trendsetter and a sample of grace. She has made a significant contribution to the arts and preservation of architectural models of the past.

2. Eleanor Roosevelt

Spouse thirty second American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt called "the first lady of the world." Well known for its phrase: "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds - event.Small minds discuss people. " She held the White House for 12 years and enjoyed extraordinary popularity among ordinary Americans. Franklin and Eleanor met, while still very young people.Then they could hardly imagine what fate awaits them. During the whole time, until Roosevelt was president, Eleanor remained his right hand: went around the country, met with people and convey to her husband the real mood of the voters. She was the only first lady who gave their own weekly press conference.Politics or public affairs, Eleanor Roosevelt was actively engaged until the end of life. She fought for the rights of women, participated in the creation of a human rights organization Freedom House, on her initiative was developed and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In February this year, Eleanor Roosevelt led the ranking for the fifth time "Best first lady of the state," according to historians.

3. Eva Peron

The first words that Maria Eva Ibarguren said her future husband, Argentine President Juan Peron: "Thank you, Colonel, that you exist." For six years, Eva Peron was in the status of the first lady, she was able of "comrade Evita" become the second person in the state.Peron unconditionally trusted her opinion, including discussing candidates for senior posts of the country. She managed to properly play the role of "facilitator", a liaison between President Peron and his "shirtless people." Help disadvantaged became a priority area of its socio-political work.Evita won the hearts of Argentines who worshiped "mother of the nation" and retold each other numerous legends of her life. "Without fanaticism achieve nothing" - often repeated and continued Eva lot of hard work. The activity of this legendary woman and today is much controversy.

4. Raisa Gorbachev

Raisa Gorbachev became the first (and, incidentally, the only) of the first lady of the Soviet Union. After the election in 1985 of Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary of the CPSU his wife actively involved in social work.With the support of major cultural figures, including academician Dmitry Likhachev, she created the Soviet Culture Fund, which supported numerous museums, financed the restoration of churches and monuments, to the return of cultural property in the country.Spouses Gorbachev seemed to be inseparable: the first lady was accompanied by Mikhail Gorbachev during official visits and was his constant companion for many receptions.Compatriots treated regularly appearing on television first lady ambiguous, but its name was known to everyone, and her outfits and hair discussed no less than a new image Pugacheva.Foreign press named Raisa Gorbachev "Messenger of Peace", it is often the attention paid to the active support of its policy, intended husband. She chaired the Foundation "Help the Children of Chernobyl" and oversaw the work of the charity fund "Hematologists of the World - children." In 1987, according to the British edition of Woman's Own, she was named Woman of the Year.

5. Imelda Marcos

History demonstrates that not all first ladies, unfortunately, able to pass a test with dignity "copper pipes." For rigid character and irrepressible Imelda Marcos extravagance called "steel butterfly".In 1954, Imelda Romualdez beauty met with Congressman Ferdinand Marcos. And if the path to the heart darling Ferdinand took just 11 days (it is through such time politician Imelda did offer), then the top of the career ladder, he had to rise as much as 12 years.In 1966, Marquez became the president of the Philippines, and his wife - the first lady of the country. In 1972, Marquez cancels the constitution and actually introduces a dictatorship in the country for years to 20 years. Free access to the country's budget "inspires" the first lady: she buys everything - the fabulously expensive jewelry, designer clothes and luxury items.About shopping Imelda Marcos composed legends. She knew, perhaps, one simple way to improve your own mood: get on a plane and go for shopping in the United States. In one of the many customs documents, for example, says that at a time the first lady has managed to spend a few million dollars. At the same time thousands of Filipinos living in poverty.Finally, people could not resist: in 1986, Ferdinand Marcos was deposed and exiled with his wife out of the country. Five years later, Imelda was allowed to return: she launched her own collection of clothing and even tried to run for the Philippine parliament in 2010.

6. Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni French jokingly referred to as "a major achievement by President Sarkozy."Marry a top model and singer was a bold decision, even for extravagant Nicolas Sarkozy.About his chosen Bruni wrote: "I did not expect that a meeting of the living and witty man.His charm and wit captivated me. He has five or six brains, and everything works fine. "In February 2008, Carla Bruni became the first lady of France, and in March already coped superbly with its role during the official visit of the French President to the British Queen.In numerous interviews Carla Bruni complained that the policy takes too much time and effort, but in practice, demonstrating how well you manage to combine her role as a mother, a singer and first lady.She not only earned three times more than her husband, but also successfully performed the duties of the Ambassador Foundation for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS. True, its public affairs talked a lot less than about his personal life: active speculation about pregnancy, birth, daughter, and, of course, arguing about clothes or gasped, noticing the absence of certain parts of the female wardrobe.

7. Hillary Clinton

In the ranking of the most influential first lady Hillary Clinton White House, will undoubtedly be in the first position. Usual girly entertainment young Hillary preferred discussion meetings and work with juvenile offenders from disadvantaged suburbs of Chicago. In 1975, Hillary and Bill as spouses and begin joint path to the endpoint - the presidency. In 1993, Bill Clinton became the 42nd president of the United States, and Hillary - the first lady. She is ambitious, well-educated, competent, intelligent and level-headed. Spouse immediately instructs her to chair a committee of health care reform, but a year later Hillary forced to leave the post. In 2000, Hillary decides to demonstrate their political independence and became a senator from New York, and then, in 2009, agrees to take the post of Secretary of State in the Obama administration. According to the poll Reuters / Ipsos, published a few days ago, most Americans believe that the presidential election in 2016 to win Hillary Clinton - a politician who distinguishes the ability to take responsibility. Here are just wants whether the former first lady to participate in the new political race?

The Trulli Houses of Alberobello

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The small town of Alberobello in the province of Bari, in the southern region of Puglia, in Italy, displays some remarkable examples of a traditional mortar-less construction called Trulli. These dry stone huts are constructed out of limestone slabs stacked on top of each other to form pyramidal, domed or conical roofs. Despite the lack of mortar, the structure is surprisingly stable.

Trulli were built during a period of history, when the construction of stable dwellings was highly-taxed. The ingenious inhabitants of the region came up with the idea of the trulli – temporary houses that could be dismantled at short notice, particularly when the tax inspector is around. This is known to have occurred in 1644 to thwart tax inspectors sent by the King of Naples.

Trulli were constructed using roughly worked limestone boulders collected from neighboring fields. The structural walls are laid directly on the bedrock, after removal of the topsoil when necessary. The walls are pierced by small windows, while fireplaces, ovens and alcoves are recessed into the thickness of the walls. The roofs are constructed in two layers with an outwardly tilted layer of limestone on the outside to prevent rainwater from trickling in. The roofs terminate in a decorative pinnacle, often with ingenious provisions for collecting rainwater using projecting eaves at the base of the roof which divert the water through a channeled slab into a cistern beneath the house.

The interiors are equipped with wooden fittings, such as door frames, barrel-vaulted niches, etc., and in some of the larger trulli there is a second story formed from a wooden floor and reached by means of a wooden staircase.

The thick stone walls of a trullo shielded the inhabitants from the hot sun creating a pleasantly cool interior in the summer. However, during the winter months, the trullo becomes chillingly cold. The condensation of moisture given off by cooking and breathing makes it difficult to feel warm even in front of the fire. The inhabitants simply leave the doors open during the day to keep the interior dry, and live more outdoors than in.

Truli construction started in the mid-16th century and continued into the early 20th century. Construction of new trulli quickly declined from the 19th century. As labour cost began to rise in the twentieth century, the sheer expense of handling the hundreds of tons necessary for building a single house became prohibitive.

New trulli are no longer built in Alberobello. The surviving ones, from the 18th, 19th and the first decades of the 20th century, are now used as stores, restaurants, and lodging, and many are still inhabited by locals. Because of its unique collection of some 1,500 trulli in an urban environment, Alberobello was designated a UNESCO world heritage site.

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