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Farewell in installments. Venus said goodbye to the morning celestial stage. Already in February 2024 it is only an object for attentive observers. It is still standing low in the holy morning sky shortly before sunrise. In March Venus said goodbye completely. Overall, 2024 is not a good year for Venus. It only appears in the evening sky again in autumn, but then only inconspicuously because of the flat rising ecliptic. It will only be presented to us in its full splendor again in 2025. In this image from January 2024, our inner neighboring planet appears together with a colorful dawn over the Black Forest high forest near the Common Lampaden. Canon 6D with EF 24-105 USM. Exposure 1 second, ISO 800, aperture 5.6. Stacking of 5 individual shots. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 #starrylandscape #twanight #saarhunsrücksteig #lightpollution #idasky #apod #mandern #astrophotography #astronomy #astronomie #nightphotography #hunsrückcaptures #hunsrücklandschaft #hunsrück #rlperleben #rheinlandpfalzerleben #sterne #sternwartetrier #nightimages #skyimages #starryskies #starrylanscape #nachthimmel #naturephotography #saarhunsrück #Observatory animals #Astronomy
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What's The Important Features of Heat Presses and Sublimation Calender?
Heat presses/sublimation calenders consist of a variety of features, but the most important include the device’s size, heat distribution, and textile alignment.
When determining heating equipment width, there are two considerations—the size of the sublimation printer and the future requirements to what will be produced, says Stark. “Often a decorator will choose to purchase a calender press that is wider than their current printer in anticipation of growth and changes in the market.”

Heat presses are available in two options, small format and large format. According to Stark, it’s always advisable to select the heat press size based on the type of items to be imaged. “It is recommended that your press has between 0.5- and one-inch margins around all four sides.”
He also advises print service providers (PSPs) ensure the press is well constructed and can produce adequate pressure. “There are many inexpensive presses on the market, they are generally only suitable for the hobby market,” he explains. Additionally, presses should have at least one year warranty and five years on the heating element.
Large format heat presses should distribute even pressure and accurate heat across the entire platen area, recommends Cris Saunders, director of sales and marketing, Insta Graphic Systems. “Heat recovery also must be quick and within five degrees of the set temperature. Failure to maintain heat means inferior applications,” he explains.
PSPs should also pay attention to transfer paper and textile alignment. John Selfhout, manager marketing and sales, Klieverik, believes a sharp print is the result of a high resolution design and printer, as well as a transfer process where the alignment between the paper and the textile is perfect. In a heat press, this process is uncontrolled when the press is opened. “Upon lifting the top-section textile, the paper may be lifted simultaneously and in a split second the gassed inks deposit on the textile, destroying the sharp image,” he explains.

The use of sticky sublimation paper is the most common way to limit this effect. On a continuous belt calender, Selfhout believes the alignment should be perfect as well. Here, he says the belt’s steering and pressurizing are the key issues to look at. “A discontinuous belt steering—waiting till the belt wanders to one side of the machine and then counter action to direct it to the other side—may result in a lateral movement of the textile versus the paper,” he offers.
According to Chase Pender, marketing manager, Supply55, Inc., PSPs looking for heat presses and/or calenders should also consider the device’s available parts, ease of training, power requirements, and if the price meets the production requirements of the application.
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08/28/17
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This picture is not only a picture of the sky, but an image of what catches the eye when our minds are blinded by the thoughts lingering in our minds. It seems like home when our soul is overthrown by the vibes that glow from such a simple dome. My thoughts are running through my head as I stare at the light shining through my flesh taking me back to that feeling I felt best. I spark up a joint to enhance that feeling I just woke and to think of those who are lost in this world of the unknown.
Tears fall down from my eyes, as I look around the streets and see my brothers die. I mean, why? In a heartbeat, a life is lost from the bullet that came from the human who decided the color of his skin was at all cost. Prayers to Virginia, such a beautiful state, it does not deserve so much rage and hate. Keep your head up guys, again, look at the sky, and lift your spirit way up high.
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X-ray data from galactic clusters across the skyImage: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Bonn/K. Migkas et al.Is the universe’s expansion the same everywhere? New research suggests it’s not—which could have huge implications for our understanding of the cosmos.Scientists led by Konstantinos Migkas at the University of Bonn in Germany analyzed data on x-rays released by hundreds of clusters…
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16 Board Games to Help Survive Thanksgiving Week With Your Family
16 Board Games to Help Survive Thanksgiving Week With Your Family


Clockwise from left: Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr, Photosynthesis, Discover: Lands Unknown, Scythe, and Forbidden SkyImage: Hub Games, Blue Orange Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Stonemaier Games, Gamewright
Thanksgiving week is a time of eating food, shopping for crap, and then eating more of the same food all over again (this time as sandwiches). Of course, there’s a lot of…
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Nine Studio Ghibli Soundtrack Albums To Be Reissued On Vinyl This Fall

The filmography of Studio Ghibli and the films of Hayao Miyazaki hold a beloved place in the hearts of many fans. The musical genius of longtime Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi, including the first scores he ever wrote, for Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind in 1983 are some of the most famed soundtracks ever heard. This includes traditional scores and highly regarded “image albums” musical cues from animated films that breathe life into characters. Now the classic scores to nine Studio Ghibli are seeing a deluxe reissue on vinyl for the first time this November 3rd via the Tokuma label. Pre-order information and links are below. Now listen to the firest teaser of the albums, The Wind Forest’ from My Neighbor Totoro: https://youtu.be/qFW_cAR5HCk https://youtu.be/6zhLBe319KE Pre-order link from HMV Japan

1. My Neighbour Totoro soundtrack: “A soundtrack board that can enjoy the music of Joe Hisaishi who can feel warmth as a warm heartedness to your heart’s content. “Sanpo” “My Neighbor Totoro” is also included. 2. My Neighbour Totoro soundbook: “Newly recorded music of “My Neighbor Totoro” based on violin, guitar, flute. A picture book of music that Totoro and children’s contacts are transmitted warmly. Violin: Shinozaki Masatsugu / Flute: Rie Akagi / Guitar: Hiroki Miyano.” 3. My Neighbour Totoro Image Song Collection: “An image album made with the concept that “children really want, the mouth is opened and the voice is lifted and made a song that can sing. Includes 10 songs + 1 instrumental musical. Song / Azumi Inoue, Joe Hisaishi, Kimiko Mori, Taku Kitahara, Suginami Children’s Choir.” 4. Castle in the Sky Laputa Symphony Hen Taiki: “Symphony album which recorded the song of the image album “The girl who came down from the sky” as a symphony composed of 60 orchestras in total. Performance: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra / Conductor: Katsuaki Nakatani.” 5. Castle in the Sky Laputa Soundtrack Flying Stone’s Mystery: “Soundtrack that contains songs used in the main part of the movie. Also included is an inserted song “Putting you down”. The jacket illustration is a mothership of the air pirate Dora family, “Tiger Moss” where “Laputa” appears. Double jacket with duplicate cell picture of Pazu and Theta.” 6. Castle in the Sky Laputa Girls Descending from the SkyImage Album: “Based on the image of Laputa directed by Hayao Miyazaki and producer Isao Takahata to Joe Hisaishi, this album was made in front of a soundtrack board. The jacket is designed by cutting out the protagonist Puzzu and theta from the theater poster.” 7. Nausicaä the Winds Legend of the Wind: “Nausicaä’s masterpieces are reproduced in about 50 orchestras. Joe Hisashi composer himself is in charge of full arrangement and production. The jacket illustration depicts the appearance of a departing Nausicaä.” 8. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Natural Soundtrack to the far place: Based on the image album, collection of soundtracks for movies. Jacket is a watercolour painting drawn down for the cover of original comic. “Despite saving the morning parrot children, Nausicaä is drawn to take a gun in hand so that you can not handle it already and release it from suffering.” 9. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Image Album of the Bird: “A work collection which can be said as the origin of Nausicaa’s film music which was created based on the image of the original cartoon in film production. Jacket illustration is an illustration of director Miyazaki Hayao drawn for Animage’s appendix poster Tolumekia Campaign.” Tracklists My Neighbour Totoro soundtrack Side A 1. Sanpo – Opening Theme Song (Inoue Azumi) 2. May village 3. Okake! 4. Suddenly with May 5. Twilight Wind 6. not scared 7. Let’s go ahead 8. Mom 9. Small Obake 10. Totoro 11. Taka Mori’s big tree 12. Welcome Side B 13. Wind Street 14. Soaked okeba 15. Flight of the moonlit 16. There is no May 17. Cat bus 18. good for you 19. My Neighbor Totoro – Ending Theme Song (Inoue Azumi) 20. Sanpo (with chorus / Azumi Inoue / Suginami Children’s Choir) My Neighbour Totoro sound book Side A 1. Wind Street 2. Mom 3. May village 4. Walk 5. My Neighbor Totoro Side B 6. Welcome 7. To be in a hurry 8. Cat bus 9. Small photo 10. Wind Street My Neighbour Totoro Song Collection Side A 1. My Neighbor Totoro (Inoue Azumi) 2. Road of the Wind (Suginami Children’s Choir) 3. Sanpo (Inoue Azumi · Suginami Children’s Choir) 4. My name (Inoue Azumi) 5. Susumi (Suginami Children’s Choir) 6. Cat bus (Kitahara Taku) Side B 7. Wonderful little shitata (Momori Kumiko) 8. Mom (Inoue Azumi) 9. A small photo (Joe Hisaishi) 10. Dondo Festival (Azumi Inoue) 11. Road of the Wind (Instrumental) Castle in the Sky Laputa Symphony Hen Taiki Side A 1. Prologue – Encounter 2. Gran’ma Dola 3. Aerial walk 4. Gondoa (embraced by my mother) Side B 5. Great Legend 6. Great act 7. Mining town 8. Time (when) castle Castle in the Sky Laputa Soundtrack Flying Stone’s Mystery Side A 1. Girl who fell from the sky 2. Morning of Slag Valley 3. Funny fight (~ pursuit) 4. Memories of Gondoor 5. Passo of disappointment 6. Robot army (resurrection ~ rescue) 7. Picking up the choir (Chorus / Suginami Children’s Choir) Side B 8. Theta’s determination 9. At the Tiger Moss issue 10. A sign of ruin 11. Moonlight sea of clouds 12. Castle in the Sky 13. Collapse of Laputa (Chorus / Suginami Children’s Choir) 14. Pointing you (singing / Annie Inoue) Castle in the Sky Laputa Image Album Girls Descending from the Sky Side A 1. Castle in the Sky 2. Pigeons and boys 3. Miner 4. Flying stone 5. Dora 6. Theta and Paso Side B 7. Big tree 8. Flapter 9. Dragon’s hole 10. Fortress of Tidis 11. Theta and Paso 12. Lost paradise Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Legends of the Wind Side A 1. Wind legend 2. combat 3. To a far place … 4. Corroded sea Side B 5. Meve 6. Majin soldier – Torumecian army – His Highness 7. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 8. Distant days 9. The way to the valley Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Natural Soundtrack to the far place… Side A 1. “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” ~ Opening ~ 2. Runaway of the royal bullock 3. Valley of the Wind 4. Insect love shining princess 5. Kushana’s invasion 6. combat Side B 7. Interaction with the royal bullock 8. In a corrupt sea 9. Annihilation of Petite 10. Battle of Maube and Corvette 11. Reviving gigantic soldier 12. Nausicaä · Requiem 13. “Bird Man” ~ Ending ~ Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Image Album of the Bird Side A 1. Wind legend 2. To the far place … (~ Nausicaa’s theme ~) 3. Meve 4. Majin soldier – Torumecian army – His Highness 5. Corroded sea Side B 6. Royal mortal 7. Return of the Demon Army 8. combat 9. The way to the valley 10. Distant days (~ Nausicaä’s theme ~) 11. Bird people (~ Nausicaä’s theme ~) Read the full article
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People ask me if I ever use my photos on my artwork... I do! Here’s an example- I also make stitched images in thread... (basically embroidery without the traditional stitches) I will post one of those pieces soon... #skyimages #arizonaartist #tucsonarizona #sunset #cloudzdelight #skyart #southwest (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpOMb8EgRb2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vrc6xavntxry
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New Zealand’s Wild Cities: A Kiwi Kinda Adventure
Short drives from Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch lead visitors to rare penguins, sea lions play-fighting on beaches, and fur seals having a lovers’ tiff.
Wait long enough in the discreet sheds built along the Otago Peninsula and you’ll see yellow-eyed penguins waddle out of the sea after a hard day’s swim. They’re among the rarest in the world, but Otago gives visitors ample time to observe their adorable antics. Photo By: Xavier Fores-Joana Roncero/Alamy/Indiapicture
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Come hail or harsh sun, the Otago Farmers Market pops up outside Dunedin Railway Station every Saturday morning. Its stained glass windows perk up when the morning light hits its early-20th-century facade. In the lawns, out come pumpkins the size of doll houses, Pinot Noirs from the Central Otago Peninsula, and buskers with guitars and voices like honey. A Frenchman hands me two crêpes: one with poached pear bundled in chocolate sauce and custard, another packed with Jerusalem artichokes, pork, cheese and egg. People’s purses balloon with jars of fragrant honey made from manuka bushes. A man with crinkly eyes doles out bacon butties, pepper pâté, and a smile each. And pies, oh there are pies everywhere. I try the traditional hangi (Maori feast) pie with beef, pumpkin, kumara (sweet) potato, and carrot. I feel I’ll never be able to eat another meal again. Until I move to the next truck.
It has been a long time since a group of Scottish settlers came to this part of Maori land in the mid-19th century and named it Dunedin (‘Dùn Èideann’ is the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh). Today, the city is a peppy university town, with ringing pubs, stunningly preserved Victorian and Edwardian buildings, a castle, and even its own kilt shop.
But I am here for Otago Peninsula, a mere 30-minute ride yet a world away, where the van waiting outside the railway station will take me.
Beyond the window of this little shed is a world that was never tamed. Cliffs so high that they’d tingle toes; the sea so blue that it can see into your soul. Dusk makes the ancient bays and beaches of the Otago Peninsula seem a bit broody. The wind howls and roars, but the green and gold tussock by the harbour bears it stoically.
I peer a few feet ahead, at the sea. Anytime now.
A yellow-eyed penguin emerges; it toddles slowly with hunched shoulders, as if walking back from school after flunking a maths test. I can sympathise: it has dived into the sea 200-300 times today, swimming 65-230 feet each time in search of seafood. It comes close enough to the shed for me to see its rad yellow eyebands—which gives it its name. Its irises too are the colour of van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.”
The royal albatross (top)—one of the world’s largest birds—and cheeky Hooker’s sea lions (bottom) are some of the creatures that call the Otago Peninsula home (bottom inset). The peninsula is a mere 30-minute drive from Dunedin (top inset). Photo Courtesy: Dunedinnz (Albatross); Photos By: Michael Rucker/ImageBroker/Getty Images (sea lions); Daniel Harwardt/iStock/Getty Images (coast)
Knee-high in size, this penguin species is believed to be the world’s rarest; about 3,000-odd ones are found only here, in New Zealand, on the eastern and southern coasts of South Island. I’m incredibly lucky to see them like this in the wild, where they roam free and are at home.
In seconds, more and more cuddly creatures rise from the sea, some strutting like calendar models, oblivious to me and my guide silently whooping in the hide. Mark, the guide, has seen this hundreds of times; he taps my arm when one penguin throws back its arms à la Shah Rukh Khan, and emits a long shrill cry. “Their Maori name is hoiho, which means ‘noise shouter’,” Mark whispers as the penguin sings with rockstarish head-shaking. Hoihos aren’t very sociable; I watch one accidentally headbutt a sheep on its way up the cliff behind us, waddling on quickly without meeting its eye. At the top, one curious lone penguin stands like Christ the Redeemer. For 15 whole minutes.
All life in the 33-kilometre Otago Peninsula revolves around preserving its creatures—the yellow-eyed and little blue species of penguins, New Zealand fur seal, New Zealand sea lion, and royal albatross. Large stretches are unpaved and settlements are small; it’s heartening to see some private properties have walking tracks for the easy passage of tourists. Trench-like hides built at various beaches and corners along the peninsula ensure that some wildlife (penguins in particular) rarely comes in direct contact with visitors. Operators like Mark’s company, Elm Wildlife Tours, are visibly passionate about ecotourism.
At the northernmost tip of Otago Peninsula is Taiaroa Head. The main attraction on this windswept piece of land jutting from the coastline is The Royal Albatross Centre, the only breeding colony on a mainland for the world’s largest seabird. Their wingspans are more than 10 feet (that’s twice the size of my mother). Rob, a guide at the centre, leads me to a viewing room with a glass panel. A young chick is huddled outside on a patch of grass, looking like it were made of cotton balls. Adult albatrosses spend almost 80 per cent of their time at sea, returning only to feed their young. They divvy up parenting, like the progressive spouses they are. Rob speaks of these gentle giants as if their lives are no less gripping than his favourite soap opera. “Royal albatrosses, or toroa, have a three-year mating period, so if you get bored of your partner, it’s going to be a while before you’ll settle down again,” he says. His favourite albatross here, he adds, was the one called ‘Grandma’ because she raised her last chick at 62. “She divorced one of her partners, but got back again. Then there’s one here in his 30s, who is bereaved and hasn’t put himself out there again,” rues Rob. As the perfect ending of his story, an adult toroa comes soaring in a circle, and swoops in towards its chick. I see its grace. These “ocean wanderers” fly 1,90,000 kilometres a year; I think of how, in less than eight months, a strong gust of wind will launch the baby albatross on its maiden flight.
Exploring the Otago Peninsula largely on foot, beside empty beaches, inlets, and dreamy purple clusters of hebe blossoms, feels more intimate than a safari. It also drives home an important lesson: that it’s me who’s on the turf of these creatures. Making myself invisible—huddling in hides, standing behind glass panels—is key to understanding them.
So I feel oddly exposed when Mark walks down Papanui beach in long strides, towards two, five, nay, nine sea lions roaring and gamboling in the sand. “They are endemic, the Hooker’s sea lions; confident around humans. Maintain safe distance, and you’re fine,” he says, coaxing me to stand about eight feet away from one that weighs at least 350 kilograms. He takes photos while I look over my shoulder at the way the creature bullies and playfights smaller lions around him, throwing sand over them, barking and chasing them. Almost all sea lions at Otago, I learn, are related to ‘Mum,’ a female who had a pup here in 1993—the first to be born on the mainland in over 100 years (https://ift.tt/1bDQ61i; tours from NZD122/Rs5,760 adults, children NZD112/Rs5,300).
All you need to observe New Zealand fur seals along Tongue Point, a 20-minute drive from Wellington (inset), is curiosity and a healthy 15-foot distance. Photos By: Skyimages/iStock/Getty Images (seal); Fotoshoot/Alamy/indiapicture (boy)
From the airplane, you can see the Hollywood-style sign perched on a hillside. ‘Wellington’ it reads, the last two letters askew, floating skyward. On ground, the world’s windiest city pops with Victorian homes along its harbour.
That evening, my walk from Wellington’s waterfront to Cuba Street passes through revolving doors of the world: Japanese, Vietnamese, Moroccan, and Indonesian food aromas come drifting, transporting me to secret kitchens. Coffeemakers hiss with head-clearing Cuban coffee at Fidel’s café; a puppeteer pulls strings to make her puppet paint a portrait of a little girl standing close by, sending her into squeals of disbelief. At Cuba Street’s night market, a persistent steampunk jewellery artist, a bookshop, and a paella stall tug at my heart and purse strings.
They say you can walk from one end of the Kiwi capital to the other in 30 minutes, and I do. The morning after, I book a tour with Seal Coast Safaris to look beyond the windy city. In just 20 minutes, Kent, my guide for the three-hour tour, drives the 4WD to a wind turbine on Brooklyn Hill, through private farmlands with ostrich and red deer. Soon, I see old mountains lick the waters of the South Coast. Wellington seems far away, and this place its rustic sibling—no golden sand beaches or sunbathers, no people at all.
Just the sea pummelling grey outcrops and hills that look a giant’s hairy back. When Kent stops along one of the beaches, at Tongue Point, I get out and—with a shock—realise I am surrounded by at least 15 New Zealand fur seals. Some look out at the robin’s-egg blue water. Others yawn as I tiptoe towards them, but begin hissing and spitting when I get too close. Two fur seals seem to be having a lovers’ tiff, smacking and flapping their flippers at each other. Another one scratches its neck and looks bored with their drama (www.sealcoast.com; tours from adults NZD125/Rs5,900, children 14 and under NZD62.5/Rs2,950).
A 1.5-hour drive southeast of Christchurch takes visitors to Akaroa, whose waters host the Hector’s dolphins—the world’s rarest and smallest. Don’t miss Akaroa’s other attraction: a whimsical sculpture garden with mosaic figures, the Giant’s House (inset). Photo Courtesy: Graeme Murray (dolphin), Photo by: Dennis Macdonald/ AgeFotostock/ Dinodia Photo Library (mosaic statues)
Roses bloom outside colonial homes in Rue Balguerie, and onion soup bubbles in old-timey cafés in nearby Rues. Iridescent paua shells mark some graves in the Old French Cemetery up the hill. I haven’t woken up in France, but it’s easy to forget that in the little town of Akaroa, a 1.5-hour drive away from Christchurch, South Island’s largest city.
Hewn from a volcano, Akaroa tucks charm in the little things—a walk to its lighthouse that watches over Caribbean-blue waters of the Banks Peninsula; stories of how French settlers arrived at its shores in 1840 only to find that the British had beaten them to it; or at the Giant’s House, a sculpture garden with Gaudi-like mosaics and Dali-esque whimsy.
Akaroa is catnip for another, significant reason—it is the home of the rare Hector’s dolphins, among the world’s smallest at five feet and endemic to New Zealand. When a Black Cat Cruise ship takes me and other visitors into the bay, cathedral-like coves and mystical orange-brown volcanic formations surround us. Seals scamper as our boat inches closer to the rockface. And then, as suddenly as they rose, the grey-black bodies of three Hector’s dolphins sink into the waters ahead of us. The boat stops, and a little girl beside me giggles every time the dolphins hiss and pop up like a jack-in-the-box of the sea. Our skipper points out their black dorsal fins—rounded, instead of pointed. Some cruises offer a chance to swim with Hector’s dolphins too (blackcat.co.nz; cruise NZD85/Rs4,015, children 5-15 NZD35/Rs1,650).
Flights between Delhi or Mumbai and New Zealand’s capital, Wellington—or Christchurch in South Island—require at least one layover in a gateway cities such as Sydney or Singapore. Dunedin is connected to Christchurch by regular domestic flights and two buses a day (6 hr; www.intercity.co.nz). Self-drive is the most popular way to travel within New Zealand. Indian travellers can apply for a New Zealand visa online (www.immigration.govt.nz). A month-long visa costs NZD246/Rs11,435 and is processed within 28 working days.
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Du lịch cùng gia đình khám phá Osaka
https://otavietnam.com/?p=39285 Du lịch cùng gia đình khám phá Osaka Booking.com Ảnh: SkyImages/ShutterStock Dotonbori Dotonbori nằm dọc con sông Dotonbori ở thành phố Osaka là địa điểm du lịch nổi tiếng nhất nơi đây. Khu phố này tập trung khá nhiều quán ăn, nhiều cửa hàng nổi tiếng với các tòa nhà cùng biển hiệu đặc trưng như Gurikoneon, Kani Doraku Dotonbori Honten, Tsubaraya. Với những bảng hiệu khổng lồ nối dài, khung cảnh ánh đèn chiếu sáng vào ban đêm làm sáng rực cho cả con đường. Lâu đài Osaka Ảnh: kosublog.com Đây là một trong những lâu đài nổi tiếng tại Nhật Bản, là biểu tượng của cả thành phố với vẻ đẹp truyền thống hấp dẫn mọi du khách. Xung quanh lâu đài có công viên bao bọc, vào mùa xuân bạn sẽ được tận hưởng khung cảnh phủ sắc hồng tại nơi đây với khoảng 3.000 cây hoa anh đào nở rộ. Bên trong công viên còn có trà quán với không gian rộng rãi và yên tĩnh, sân khấu ngoài trời để trình diễn hòa nhạc hoặc tổ chức sự kiện, và thần xã Hokoku – nơi thường xuyên diễn ra lễ cưới và được cho là nơi trú ngự của vị thần mang đến may mắn cho người đời. Chợ Kuromon Ảnh: Cheryl C. I/Wander&Blossom Trải nghiệm khám phá khu chợ Kuromon được rất nhiều du khách mách nhau, bởi nó sẽ giúp bạn cảm nhận được nét sôi động của Osaka. Đi qua khu chợ dài khoảng 300m với hơn 180 gian hàng, bạn sẽ th��y đủ loại mặt hàng được bày bán từ cá, thịt và rau quả địa phương cho đến quần áo. Trong số đó, nhiều nhất là các cửa hàng bán thực phẩm, đây còn được gọi là căn bếp của người dân Osaka. Umeda Sky Building Umeda Sky Building là một tòa nhà cao tầng nằm có độ cao 173m với 40 tầng. Tầng 40 của Umeda Sky Building chính là nơi có tầm quan sát toàn bộ thành phố Osaka. Khi đến đây vào ban đêm, du khách còn được trải nghiệm thiên cảnh ở nơi được bình chọn là một trong 100 phong cảnh ban đêm đẹp nhất ở Nhật Bản. Hozenji Yokocho Ảnh: David Panevin Con ngõ hẹp rải sỏi Hozenji Yokocho chính là nơi vẫn còn lưu lại được nét hoài cổ truyền thống giữa lòng Osaka hiện đại. Hozenji Yokocho với chiều rộng khoảng 3m dài chưa đầy 80m, nằm bên phía bắc của chùa Hozen-ji, thuộc Osaka Namba. Tại đây có rất nhiều đoạn đường nhỏ được lát đá vuông vức, nổi tiếng là bối cảnh cảm hứng trong tiểu thuyết Meoto Zenzai (Sweet Bean Broth for Two) của Oda Sakunosuke. Ngày nay du khách tìm đến đây cũng với mục đích chứng kiến khung cảnh từ tiểu thuyết ra hiện thực của một góc bình yên mang bầu không khí cổ kính của Osaka. Theo Anh Trần Nguồn: Vietravel Bởi - https://otavietnam.com/?p=39285
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¿La impresión por sublimación de tinta es sostenible y amigable con el medio ambiente?
Hola ~ buenas tardes, mis queridos amigos. Hay una pregunta acerca de la impresión por transferencia por sublimación: ¿la sostenibilidad de la impresión por tinte sub? Ahora, leyendo y siguiendo, te comparto la respuesta a continuación. La impresión por sublimación tiene muchos beneficios obvios, tal vez lo más importante es el hecho de que la sublimación del tinte produce una impresión de calidad fotográfica sin pérdida de resolución o claridad de imagen. Los resultados son siempre sorprendentes y se ajustarán a las necesidades de los clientes más exigentes.

Sin embargo, lo que a menudo se pasa por alto es el impacto ambiental de la impresión por sublimación. Muchos métodos de impresión generan desperdicios adicionales, pero la impresión por sublimación a menudo es considerada como ecológica y altamente sostenible.
Las empresas se están volcando cada vez más hacia métodos más ecológicos a medida que los clientes muestran una mayor preferencia por interactuar y hacer negocios con empresas amigables con el medio ambiente. Siga leyendo para averiguar si la impresión por sublimación satisface esa necesidad. ¿Qué es la impresión por sublimación? La impresión por sublimación es un proceso químico que imprime un diseño en una prenda a través de una reacción química. Esto implica convertir un sólido en un gas (sin convertirlo en un líquido intermedio), fusionar el diseño en la tela y luego volver el gas en un sólido, creando así una impresión duradera. Hacerlo requiere el uso de una máquina de transferencia de calor para crear la reacción química. Es importante tener en cuenta que este proceso solo puede fusionar diseños sobre materiales sintéticos, como los polímeros.
No obstante, hay muchos tipos diferentes de productos para los que puede utilizar la impresión por sublimación para crear una marca sólida, y el proceso no se limita a las prendas. También se puede utilizar para artículos de excelente marca como bolígrafos, bolsas, servilletas de tela, tazas de café, etc.

¿La impresión por sublimación es sostenible y ecológica?
Es posible que se sorprenda al saber que uno de los principales beneficios de la impresión por sublimación es su nivel de seguridad tanto para el medio ambiente como para el trabajador. De hecho, es el método más ecológico y sostenible de impresión y producción de prendas de vestir que se utiliza actualmente. Los usos de los tintes son seguros y no dañinos de ninguna manera. Las impresoras de sublimación suelen optar por utilizar CYMK, por lo que el resultado es que solo se utiliza una cantidad mínima de tintas de tinte.
Sorprendentemente, la impresión por sublimación crea absolutamente cero desperdicio. En comparación con el examen de impresión, que utiliza grandes cantidades de agua en la impresión del diseño, el examen de impresión no utiliza ninguno. Debido a que el proceso convierte el sólido directamente en gas, no hay absolutamente ninguna necesidad de agua en el proceso de teñido.
Puede utilizar Skyimage para satisfacer todas sus necesidades de impresión por sublimación, así como todas las demás necesidades de impresión relacionadas con el marketing. Skyimage ha estado sirviendo a las principales agencias de marketing y publicidad durante más de 10 años. Contáctenos hoy para más información.
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Google is getting to build its 'circus tent' building
Google is getting to build its ‘circus tent’ building
Google's new building rises like a circus tent against the California skyImage: Google
Google’s not going to let Apple get all the new, shiny campus glory in Silicon Valley. On Tuesday, the City of Mountain View gave the tech giant the go-ahead to begin construction on its newest building, its tent-like Charleston East building.
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Google's officially pitching a (new, expensive) tent in Mountain View
Google’s officially pitching a (new, expensive) tent in Mountain View
Google's officially pitching a (new, expensive) tent in Mountain View Tweet Google's new building rises like a circus tent against the California skyImage: Google By Marcus Gilmer2017-03-09 16:49:06 UTC Google's not going to let Apple get all the new, shiny campus glory in Silicon Valley. On Tuesday, the City of Mountain View gave the tech giant the go-ahead to begin construction on its newest…
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Sky Image
Se as div's não aparecerem na Dash clique ao tumblr para vê-las.
Bom, esse efeito é tipo, muito simples, você passa o mouse em cima de uma imagem e as outras quase somem por causa da opacidade, é muito simples e fácil de se fazer, se quiserem visualizar o efeito, cliquem aqui. Eu dei o nome de Sky Image porque to sem criatividade pra esses nomes e afins, k.
Vamos lá, coloque este código no seu CSS, edite se quiser, somente se quiser okay?
/* -- Sky Image by Luís (obrigar.tumblr.com) ------------------------ */ #photos {width:500px; height:120px;} #photos:hover img {opacity:0.1;} #photos img {width:120px; height:120px; background-color: rgba(14, 14, 14, 0.3); -moz-transition:0.80s; -webkit-transition:0.80s; -o-transition:0.80s; transition:0.80s;} #photos img:hover{opacity:1;}
Agora coloque este código aonde quer que apareça as imagens:
<div id="photos"> <a href="LINK"><img src="URL DA IMAGEM"></a> <a href="LINK"><img src="URL DA IMAGEM"></a> <a href="LINK"><img src="URL DA IMAGEM"></a> <a href="LINK"><img src="URL DA IMAGEM"></a> </div>
Bom, é isso. É meio que fail né mas tá aí, se usar credite, beijos. :3
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Efeito Sky Image
O Efeito Sky Image é um efeito co-criado , por ramona , ou seja , é fruto que um outro código nosso.
Copie o Código abaixo e cole em seu CSS :
.sky{margin: 2px; opacity:0.5;filter:alpha(opacity=0.20); box-shadow:0 0 1em #ccc; -webkit-transition-duration: .20s;}
.sky:hover {opacity:1.0;filter:alpha(opacity=100); -webkit-transform: rotate(50deg) scale(0.3) skew(800deg);}
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E cole o outro código onde quer que apareça :
<a target="_blank"href="URLDAPESSOA"><img src="FOTINHO" class="mode"width="56px;" ></a>
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Por LARA E AJUDAS DE RAMONA , NÃO REPASSE , NEM REBLOG.
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New Zealand’s Wild Cities: A Kiwi Kinda Adventure
Short drives from Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch lead visitors to rare penguins, sea lions play-fighting on beaches, and fur seals having a lovers’ tiff.
Wait long enough in the discreet sheds built along the Otago Peninsula and you’ll see yellow-eyed penguins waddle out of the sea after a hard day’s swim. They’re among the rarest in the world, but Otago gives visitors ample time to observe their adorable antics. Photo By: Xavier Fores-Joana Roncero/Alamy/Indiapicture
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Come hail or harsh sun, the Otago Farmers Market pops up outside Dunedin Railway Station every Saturday morning. Its stained glass windows perk up when the morning light hits its early-20th-century facade. In the lawns, out come pumpkins the size of doll houses, Pinot Noirs from the Central Otago Peninsula, and buskers with guitars and voices like honey. A Frenchman hands me two crêpes: one with poached pear bundled in chocolate sauce and custard, another packed with Jerusalem artichokes, pork, cheese and egg. People’s purses balloon with jars of fragrant honey made from manuka bushes. A man with crinkly eyes doles out bacon butties, pepper pâté, and a smile each. And pies, oh there are pies everywhere. I try the traditional hangi (Maori feast) pie with beef, pumpkin, kumara (sweet) potato, and carrot. I feel I’ll never be able to eat another meal again. Until I move to the next truck.
It has been a long time since a group of Scottish settlers came to this part of Maori land in the mid-19th century and named it Dunedin (‘Dùn Èideann’ is the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh). Today, the city is a peppy university town, with ringing pubs, stunningly preserved Victorian and Edwardian buildings, a castle, and even its own kilt shop.
But I am here for Otago Peninsula, a mere 30-minute ride yet a world away, where the van waiting outside the railway station will take me.
Beyond the window of this little shed is a world that was never tamed. Cliffs so high that they’d tingle toes; the sea so blue that it can see into your soul. Dusk makes the ancient bays and beaches of the Otago Peninsula seem a bit broody. The wind howls and roars, but the green and gold tussock by the harbour bears it stoically.
I peer a few feet ahead, at the sea. Anytime now.
A yellow-eyed penguin emerges; it toddles slowly with hunched shoulders, as if walking back from school after flunking a maths test. I can sympathise: it has dived into the sea 200-300 times today, swimming 65-230 feet each time in search of seafood. It comes close enough to the shed for me to see its rad yellow eyebands—which gives it its name. Its irises too are the colour of van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.”
The royal albatross (top)—one of the world’s largest birds—and cheeky Hooker’s sea lions (bottom) are some of the creatures that call the Otago Peninsula home (bottom inset). The peninsula is a mere 30-minute drive from Dunedin (top inset). Photo Courtesy: Dunedinnz (Albatross); Photos By: Michael Rucker/ImageBroker/Getty Images (sea lions); Daniel Harwardt/iStock/Getty Images (coast)
Knee-high in size, this penguin species is believed to be the world’s rarest; about 3,000-odd ones are found only here, in New Zealand, on the eastern and southern coasts of South Island. I’m incredibly lucky to see them like this in the wild, where they roam free and are at home.
In seconds, more and more cuddly creatures rise from the sea, some strutting like calendar models, oblivious to me and my guide silently whooping in the hide. Mark, the guide, has seen this hundreds of times; he taps my arm when one penguin throws back its arms à la Shah Rukh Khan, and emits a long shrill cry. “Their Maori name is hoiho, which means ‘noise shouter’,” Mark whispers as the penguin sings with rockstarish head-shaking. Hoihos aren’t very sociable; I watch one accidentally headbutt a sheep on its way up the cliff behind us, waddling on quickly without meeting its eye. At the top, one curious lone penguin stands like Christ the Redeemer. For 15 whole minutes.
All life in the 33-kilometre Otago Peninsula revolves around preserving its creatures—the yellow-eyed and little blue species of penguins, New Zealand fur seal, New Zealand sea lion, and royal albatross. Large stretches are unpaved and settlements are small; it’s heartening to see some private properties have walking tracks for the easy passage of tourists. Trench-like hides built at various beaches and corners along the peninsula ensure that some wildlife (penguins in particular) rarely comes in direct contact with visitors. Operators like Mark’s company, Elm Wildlife Tours, are visibly passionate about ecotourism.
At the northernmost tip of Otago Peninsula is Taiaroa Head. The main attraction on this windswept piece of land jutting from the coastline is The Royal Albatross Centre, the only breeding colony on a mainland for the world’s largest seabird. Their wingspans are more than 10 feet (that’s twice the size of my mother). Rob, a guide at the centre, leads me to a viewing room with a glass panel. A young chick is huddled outside on a patch of grass, looking like it were made of cotton balls. Adult albatrosses spend almost 80 per cent of their time at sea, returning only to feed their young. They divvy up parenting, like the progressive spouses they are. Rob speaks of these gentle giants as if their lives are no less gripping than his favourite soap opera. “Royal albatrosses, or toroa, have a three-year mating period, so if you get bored of your partner, it’s going to be a while before you’ll settle down again,” he says. His favourite albatross here, he adds, was the one called ‘Grandma’ because she raised her last chick at 62. “She divorced one of her partners, but got back again. Then there’s one here in his 30s, who is bereaved and hasn’t put himself out there again,” rues Rob. As the perfect ending of his story, an adult toroa comes soaring in a circle, and swoops in towards its chick. I see its grace. These “ocean wanderers” fly 1,90,000 kilometres a year; I think of how, in less than eight months, a strong gust of wind will launch the baby albatross on its maiden flight.
Exploring the Otago Peninsula largely on foot, beside empty beaches, inlets, and dreamy purple clusters of hebe blossoms, feels more intimate than a safari. It also drives home an important lesson: that it’s me who’s on the turf of these creatures. Making myself invisible—huddling in hides, standing behind glass panels—is key to understanding them.
So I feel oddly exposed when Mark walks down Papanui beach in long strides, towards two, five, nay, nine sea lions roaring and gamboling in the sand. “They are endemic, the Hooker’s sea lions; confident around humans. Maintain safe distance, and you’re fine,” he says, coaxing me to stand about eight feet away from one that weighs at least 350 kilograms. He takes photos while I look over my shoulder at the way the creature bullies and playfights smaller lions around him, throwing sand over them, barking and chasing them. Almost all sea lions at Otago, I learn, are related to ‘Mum,’ a female who had a pup here in 1993—the first to be born on the mainland in over 100 years (https://ift.tt/1bDQ61i; tours from NZD122/Rs5,760 adults, children NZD112/Rs5,300).
All you need to observe New Zealand fur seals along Tongue Point, a 20-minute drive from Wellington (inset), is curiosity and a healthy 15-foot distance. Photos By: Skyimages/iStock/Getty Images (seal); Fotoshoot/Alamy/indiapicture (boy)
From the airplane, you can see the Hollywood-style sign perched on a hillside. ‘Wellington’ it reads, the last two letters askew, floating skyward. On ground, the world’s windiest city pops with Victorian homes along its harbour.
That evening, my walk from Wellington’s waterfront to Cuba Street passes through revolving doors of the world: Japanese, Vietnamese, Moroccan, and Indonesian food aromas come drifting, transporting me to secret kitchens. Coffeemakers hiss with head-clearing Cuban coffee at Fidel’s café; a puppeteer pulls strings to make her puppet paint a portrait of a little girl standing close by, sending her into squeals of disbelief. At Cuba Street’s night market, a persistent steampunk jewellery artist, a bookshop, and a paella stall tug at my heart and purse strings.
They say you can walk from one end of the Kiwi capital to the other in 30 minutes, and I do. The morning after, I book a tour with Seal Coast Safaris to look beyond the windy city. In just 20 minutes, Kent, my guide for the three-hour tour, drives the 4WD to a wind turbine on Brooklyn Hill, through private farmlands with ostrich and red deer. Soon, I see old mountains lick the waters of the South Coast. Wellington seems far away, and this place its rustic sibling—no golden sand beaches or sunbathers, no people at all.
Just the sea pummelling grey outcrops and hills that look a giant’s hairy back. When Kent stops along one of the beaches, at Tongue Point, I get out and—with a shock—realise I am surrounded by at least 15 New Zealand fur seals. Some look out at the robin’s-egg blue water. Others yawn as I tiptoe towards them, but begin hissing and spitting when I get too close. Two fur seals seem to be having a lovers’ tiff, smacking and flapping their flippers at each other. Another one scratches its neck and looks bored with their drama (www.sealcoast.com; tours from adults NZD125/Rs5,900, children 14 and under NZD62.5/Rs2,950).
A 1.5-hour drive southeast of Christchurch takes visitors to Akaroa, whose waters host the Hector’s dolphins—the world’s rarest and smallest. Don’t miss Akaroa’s other attraction: a whimsical sculpture garden with mosaic figures, the Giant’s House (inset). Photo Courtesy: Graeme Murray (dolphin), Photo by: Dennis Macdonald/ AgeFotostock/ Dinodia Photo Library (mosaic statues)
Roses bloom outside colonial homes in Rue Balguerie, and onion soup bubbles in old-timey cafés in nearby Rues. Iridescent paua shells mark some graves in the Old French Cemetery up the hill. I haven’t woken up in France, but it’s easy to forget that in the little town of Akaroa, a 1.5-hour drive away from Christchurch, South Island’s largest city.
Hewn from a volcano, Akaroa tucks charm in the little things—a walk to its lighthouse that watches over Caribbean-blue waters of the Banks Peninsula; stories of how French settlers arrived at its shores in 1840 only to find that the British had beaten them to it; or at the Giant’s House, a sculpture garden with Gaudi-like mosaics and Dali-esque whimsy.
Akaroa is catnip for another, significant reason—it is the home of the rare Hector’s dolphins, among the world’s smallest at five feet and endemic to New Zealand. When a Black Cat Cruise ship takes me and other visitors into the bay, cathedral-like coves and mystical orange-brown volcanic formations surround us. Seals scamper as our boat inches closer to the rockface. And then, as suddenly as they rose, the grey-black bodies of three Hector’s dolphins sink into the waters ahead of us. The boat stops, and a little girl beside me giggles every time the dolphins hiss and pop up like a jack-in-the-box of the sea. Our skipper points out their black dorsal fins—rounded, instead of pointed. Some cruises offer a chance to swim with Hector’s dolphins too (blackcat.co.nz; cruise NZD85/Rs4,015, children 5-15 NZD35/Rs1,650).
Flights between Delhi or Mumbai and New Zealand’s capital, Wellington—or Christchurch in South Island—require at least one layover in a gateway cities such as Sydney or Singapore. Dunedin is connected to Christchurch by regular domestic flights and two buses a day (6 hr; www.intercity.co.nz). Self-drive is the most popular way to travel within New Zealand. Indian travellers can apply for a New Zealand visa online (www.immigration.govt.nz). A month-long visa costs NZD246/Rs11,435 and is processed within 28 working days.
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