The Bridge and the Dom

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all!

The stone bridge that connects Old and New Towns in Wetzlar, Germany is one of the major tourists attractions, maybe just behind the The Dom…the almost cathedral that dominates the Old Town skyline. In this shot, taken low to catch the arch of the bridge, you get both.

Despite the less than ideal light, the Sony H50 manages enough depth of field for an effective shot.

Sony DSC H50 at 31mm equivalent. F3.5 @ 1/60th @ ISO 100. Programmed auto.

Recovery for the sky in Lightroom. Added Clarity and Vibrance. Blackpoint slightly right. Sharpen Landscapes preset.

From Germany 2009.

queensboro bridge, nyc.

August 29^th

I was in Vancouver. There was a layer of ash over everything. There was snow in the background, in the mountains.

September 1^st

I was living next to an odd river. I was upset it was fake. It was somewhere up north. I went into the river, it had no water. They always turned off the water in the Fall. I was standing in it, when suddenly someone turned on the water again. I was stuck in the river. There was a child following me.

September 6^th

I was in a strange mall. I wanted to get a camera. It was a Canon and it folded up to be tiny and could be carried on a key ring, but still had all the available features.

September 7^th

I was stuck in a mall. I couldn’t leave. One of the stores was closing down, so I stole something. There was a priest there. My car fell off a bridge into the water. I saw the word horseman.

September 13^th

I was on a boat. There was a swamp we were going through. There were weird animals in the swamp, including a huge snake. I had to meet some strange man named Richard at a coffee shop.

September 15^th

I was at a school reunion. Things were strange, I got lost. Every store was having a huge sale. Staci, a girl from school, had become a missionary. Suddenly, I was at a water park. I had to walk over a huge hole full of water to get to the rides. There was a couple that kept insisting that Ted Kennedy was still alive.

September 16^th

I was with a strange, unknown woman. We were both looking at a map of North America. We were looking at places we thought should have waterfront property, creating floods. We were concentrating on the North. There was a judge living with her son in that area, for some reason we thought it should be flooded.

September 20^th

I was in a mall in Washington DC, with another girl. She was modeling clothes. We were trying to steal tea. Suddenly, I was with Laura Bush. She was talking about her kayak that could fit in the bathtub. We were working on a calendar, I was walking a dog. The dog was trying to eat a poisonous plant, I wouldn’t let him. I tried to eat the plant.

September 23^rd

I was at some sort of auditorium with Laura Bush, GW Bush and Obama. There was something wrong, something sad was happening. I was trying to help Laura Bush. I was showing her my cat.

September 26^th

I was standing on a hill, watching the sea. There were a lot of people on the beach, having fun. A huge wave came out of nowhere. People went into the water and drowned. There was a car in the water. It was like a toy and got swept out to sea.

September 29^th

I was in an airplane with a strange man who had wild brown hair and a wild beard. We were trying to get over the international dateline, but we were having problems.

October 3^rd

There was a man, somewhere in the Middle East, amongst Arabs. He was not Arabic. He was walking through a very poor village. He got in a small plane to pilot it, it crashed in water. He lived, but had too many secrets. He had a pill, took it, and died. He was in very shallow water.

October 9^th

I was riding a bike along the South American coast, something was wrong, the atmosphere was all weird and a hole opened up in the sky.

October 12^th

I was in Africa. There was terrible flooding. I was trying to get to places on a bus. People kept trying to get into my backpack and steal things.

October 26^th

I was looking at a floor, it was ruined by water and age. There was American money all over the place, but it was moldy and in bad shape. People were trying to grab the money, but it fell apart in their hands.

October 27^th

I was in an old house, getting ready to move. Satan was changing bodies, he was in a little boy. My parents old buffet had stuff in it. Things were empty all over the Quad Cities, all the stores were closed. One of the parks had weeds and plant growth all over it, like nobody had taken care of it. People were gone.

11/17/09

I really think I’m in love with this amazing place!!

Yesterday I went for a drive around Fribourg City, and walked around parts of the Old Town.
It really makes me realise how young Australia is as a country, and how I love nothing more than to be swept away by the history of a place!

First stop – the bank!
I wanted to practice my French, but gave up as soon as I walked in the door! So my cousin asked the girl if she knew English, which she did a little bit – so money changing = a success!
Pretty awsome conversion rate, and the money makes me giggle with how colourful it is!

I already had to spend some of it buying a power plug convertor – silly me took my American convertor with me instead of my European one. Most expensive buy in a while! Seriously, don’t Australian’s visit this stunning place enough? But it was worth it – 2 cameras, a phone and my straightener that all need converting!!

We drove along a road that made me think about all those half romantic dreams I’ve conjured up about the French country side. It wound down to a café/restaurant, and a bridge that goes over the Sarine River.

I really don’t know how I let myself be tortured like this!! Horrible views right!

The views were amazing – to only have to drive about 15 minutes from home to this, is truly special!
My French is also getting pretty good – I understood a sign well enough to know it said something along the lines that it was mandatory I get on this thing that goes above the stairs!

We then went to another bridge, from which you could see Fribourg in it’s breath taking entirety!
It was starting to get dark, so the lights were slowing coming on, and when we got to a Church that was covered in Mason symbols, we sat back and watched Fribourg come alive for the night!

This Masonic Church was tiny, but had some of the wierdest statues around it! Jesus was posing like a model in one – sassy!
We might go back when it’s open to go inside, and then I’ll take proper photos. I only had my small digital camera with me yesterday, so wouldn’t have been able to do much with the lighting, like I can with my SLR. But thank you Panasonic Lumix, you’re doing pretty well!!

We drove to the centre of the Old Town, and it took several “are you serious?!” questions for me to actually believe that yes, in fact, that was a Prison right in the middle of the Old Town.
Apparently it’s only for petty criminals that were caught shop lifting and the such, so I did manage to breathe a little easier.

A little further down from the prison, is a bridge and river that brought to life the story of the lady in white!
Basically the story is that some kids were playing along the river bank and their ball went into the water, the lady came out and went to give them the ball, as the childen began edging closer to the water their parents started screaming for them to stop getting closer to the water, at which point the lady dissapeared. Spooky!
… and so is this photo I took!

So that was my little adventure for the afternoon.

This place is no less than stunning, the history will continue to blow me away, the people are fascinating, the air is crisp and clear, the scenery breathtaking and life is amazing!

"La mascota de unos buenos amigos"

Assassins Creed 2: Ubisoft confirma que su nueva entrega alcanzo la cifra de 1.6 millones de copias en todo el mundo en la 1a semana, con un 32%+ supero a la 1a entrega de la seriea AC.

Dead Space 2: En la revista de PS Magazine de UK en su ultimo numero se mostro una imagen, que confirma en su proximo N0. de Diciembre tener a detalle informacion de esta esperada serie (no como RE5). PD. imagen al final.

Heavy Rain: La tan esperada escena de la ducha que nos habian prometido el equipo de Quantic Dream, se revelara a principios del año, pero… la escena sera protagonizada por un hombre (aun sin saber quien).

Kingdom Hearts: (RUMOR) La nueva entrega de esta serie para psp Birth by Sleep, podria no llegar a la PSN, haciendo que los posedores de una PSP Go no pudieran adquirirlo, esta informacion se da por parte del twitter de un usuario que comenta que asistió a un evento en Japón donde estaba Square Enix y allí uno de los empleados le dijo la noticia alegando que había problemas de copyright ya que Disney no está todavía muy a favor de la distribución digital.

Square Enix: Confirma que se encargara de hacer las cinematicas para el juego de Deus Ex 3 (FPS con toques de Rol), que se esta desarrollando en Eidos Montreal. + Inf del juego Aqui.

I managed to create a panorama of one of my favorite locations at the Quabbin Reservoir, the Bridge at Gate 30. I say “managed” to create a panorama, which is not exactly true. I create quite a few of them, but they’re usually not sufficiently large for posting on Gigapan. Gigapan requires a 50 megabyte file, when it is a closed compressed JPEG. Photographers will note, that’s a pretty big file!  This was created with a Nikon D3x, an enormously gratifying camera with which to work.  The lens was the new NIkon 85 MM Tilt Shift, also amazingly sharp.  Enjoy. Here’s the link:

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/fullscreen/37700/

Nuevas scans muetran 3 nuevos peleadores que se unen a T.Hawk, D.Jay y Juri como nuevos personajes, siendo estos Adon, Guy & Cody; los recordamos por apariciones en el 1er SF y en la serie de Final Fight respectivamente, de igual forma en la serie SF Alpha.

Recuerden que el juego se espera para el 2010.

Favorite Ellis Quote … so far [Left4Dead2]



[just before the bridge lowers in Parish: Lift Bridge]

• Coach: Alright alright alright! We’re gonna stroll across that bridge, and the Army’s gonna take care of us
• Nick: Or, They’re gonna line us up against the wall and shoot us.
• Coach: Well, you’re free to make a new life for yourself right here in this room, Nick.
• Nick: Alright, Let’s go.
• PapaGater: Whiskey 7 this is Papa Gator. OVER
• Whiskey 7: This is Whiskey 7 over
• PapaGator: What is your repair status, Whiskey 7?
• Whiskey 7: Repair ETA in 10 minutes, over
• Coach: They sound like soldiers.
• PapaGator: Did not copy, Say again Whiskey 7
• Ellis: Hello There!
• PapaGator: Whiskey 7!
• Whiskey 7: That’s coming from the bridge!
• Whiskey Seven: That’s coming from the bridge … Bridge, who is this?
• Ellis: well shit, i’m Ellis. i got Rochelle with me … Coach. and Nick.
• Whiskey7: Bridge – ARE you IMMUNE?
• Ellis: i ain’t sick.
• Whiskey 7: Negative, Bridge, Are you IMMUNE? have you encountered the infected?
• Ellis: We fought Zombies, yEAh!
• PapaGator: Whiskey7 are you equipped for carriers
• Whiskey 7: Aaa-Ffirmative, PapaGator.
• PapaGator: Bridge, that sector is clear of friendlies – your only remaining pick up is on the east bank of the bridge. Our last chopper is leaving in 10 minutes. You need to lower the span and get across to the east.
• Ellis: Okay. We’ll see you soon. [aside to his party] - they just said we oughtta lower the bridge to get across – but once we lower it we gotta be careful because there’s zombies. heh, i guess they didn’t know we’ve been like fight’n zombies all through the city … and the swamps, & the river, & shit – EVERYWHERE. Man, we’re like fight’n zombie-machines & shit!
• Rochelle: Let’s Move!

–Jiggskc 20:16, November 24, 2009 (UTC)

NLS Strawberry Fields, the prestigious annual rock competition that took place at National Law School, Banglore has officially declared the winners list on its website. New kids on the bloc  ’Blacklisted’ won this years event. Here are the  details …

The Winners of SF 2009 were Blacklisted (Chennai) and the runners-up were Solder (Bangalore). The best guitarist was from Blacklisted, best drummer from Solder, best vocalist went to Bridge, best bassist to Bicycle days and the best Keyboard player award was secured by Armour of God (read more).

I learnt a LOT about Wales this weekend..
My favourite story is about the Red Dragons of Wales are protected by Pandas.

It is totally true..
Check Wikipedia..
Click on the picture below..

I learnt about Menai Bridge and how one side has three arches and the other has four

I need to be taken there next time.

AND Puffin Island

A final picture for now of the old bridge, which I gather from one of the comments on a previous post is still used to carry freight (though I wasn’t aware of this – you can see how overgrown the bridge has got so I was surprised that anything is still able to move along the tracks!). This picture was taken mid-morning – I just happened to get the right angle at the right time.

     Flood! Flood! Flood is everywhere!

     Because of the previous storm sweeping all across the UK, several regions of the country suffered from severe flood.In Cumbria, conditions were especially serious: residents suddenly became homeless, bridge collapsed, and a policeman even died on eve of his birthday while he was leading the stuck traffic on the collapsing bridge.

     It’s hard to imagine that there are such heavy rains and storms during winter time. Back in my country, floods only happen during the summer, and as far as I can remember, ever since the most severe flood happened in 1997, I can hear relavent news at the same time every year. Maybe it was because of the global warming, the weather is becoming abnormal. Normally there won’t be snow in my country until January or February, but this year, even as early as November, there has already snowed, and the weather turned to be very very cold, which was, rarely seen.

     There are several Hollywood movies warning people what would happen if we just let the climate be as it liked. People usually get shocked when they see the movies, but forget it soon as the film is over. I don’t think the doomsday is coming as what “2012″  suggests, but if we human beings still don’t do something to stop the tendency, it’s not impossible that humankind will really face our own destiny somewhere near the year 2012.

Beneath my feet the wood creaks

The sound of the rushing water is heard

Pulling me towards it

Away from this path

It seems so easy

To follow that sound

Seems to have a life all its own

Luring me with its simplicity

My heart yearns for comfort

My soul aches for peace

My body is tired

Difficult have the trials been

This bridge so sturdy once

Now seems full of splinters

Planks giving way

Empty space where once was solid

Watching the water beneath me

Swirling within itself

Mesmerizing me with its siren call

Drawing me towards it

Mental clarity finally wins out

Gasping for air as though drowning

Slowly placing one foot in front of the other

This bridge becomes sturdy again

Though the swirling waters call

Though the yearning to end it all

Beneath my feet still calls

My journey has not ended yet

One step at a time

Keeping in sight

The end of this bridge

The start of a new life ahead

~ caliblue ~

2009/cb

3207326    ครอบและสะพานฟัน 1    Crown and Bridge I

ศัพท์เฉพาะเกี่ยวกับฟันปลอมชนิดติดแน่น การใช้วัสดุและเครื่องมือในการใส่ฟันปลอมชนิดติดแน่น การเตรียมฟันหลักสำหรับรีเทนเนอร์ชนิดครอบโลหะทั้งซี่และชนิดครอบด้วยโลหะบางส่วน การทำพอนติกชนิดริดจ์แลป การทำตัวเชื่อมต่อชนิดติดแน่น การทำถาดพิมพ์ปากชั่วคราว

(Terminology of fixed prosthodontics; use of materials and equipment for construction of fixed prosthodontics; abutment preparation for full metal crown and partial veneer; fabrication of ridge lap pontics, fabrication of rigid connector; fabrication of individual tray.)

(3207326 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)

3207327    ปฏิบัติการครอบและสะพานฟัน 1    Crown and Bridge Laboratory I

การใช้เครื่องมืออย่างเหมาะสมในการทำสะพานฟันสามหน่วยในฟันหลังบนฟันจำลอง การทำครอบและสะพานฟันชั่วคราวด้วยอะคริลิกโดยวิธีทำในปากและนอกปากบนฟันจำลองที่เตรียมไว้แล้ว

(Proper use of instruments and equipment for posterior three-unit bridge on dentoform; fabrication of direct and indirect temporary crown and bridge on dentoform.)

(3207327 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)

Here is a page about the upper end of the old Limerick Navigation, with photos of the Ardnacrusha headrace, Castleconnell and its weir and quay, O’Briensbridge, Errina bridge and Doonass. There are photos taken over the last few days and older photos, showing normal (post-Ardnacrusha) levels at the same locations. The recent photos do at least give a hint of the levels that the pre-Ardnacrusha waterway coped with.

At time of writing, the ESB says it is going to release more water down the river to O’Briensbridge, Castleconnell and Limerick.

Photos of the lower stretches (Plassey, Corbally, the canal harbour and the Abbey River) will be posted later (floods permitting).

3207425    ครอบและสะพานฟัน 2    Crown and Bridge II

ขั้นตอนต่างๆ ในการเตรียมฟันหลักทุกชนิด การทำครอบอะคริลิกและครอบพอร์ซเลนที่มีโครงเป็นโลหะ การทำพอนติกชนิดริดจ์แลป การทำตัวเชื่อมต่อชนิดติดแน่น การทำครอบและสะพานฟันชั่วคราวด้วยอะคริลิกโดยใช้แบบจำลองที่เตรียมฟันหลักไว้เรียบร้อยแล้ว การเตรียมฟันบนฟันธรรมชาติ และการทำฟันเดือยในฟันที่รักษาคลองรากฟันแล้ว

(Preparation for all kinds of abutments; construction of acrylic crown and porcelain fused to metal crown ; construction of ridge lap pontics; construction of rigid connectors; construction of temporary crowns and bridge with indirect method; teeth preparation on natural teeth; construction of pintooth in root canal treated tooth.)

(3207425 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)