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The indigenous Maori are not to messed with when they go full tribal man. Like in so many countries the indigenous population have not had a good deal under colonialism.

Agreed 💯 The history and culture is so amazing. Thanks for the positive feedback.

Have a great weekend brother 🧡

If I remember correctly,Dorset has so much history from ancient times, and is an amazing part of the country to visit.

Kudos to you man 🙏. I have never been there, maybe one day.

Have an awesome weekend 🧡

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It is the largest single sculpture ever recovered from antiquity.

SUPPLIZIO DI DIRCE, better known as TORO FARNESE, is a Roman copy of a famous Hellenistic sculpture group, in marble, preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Naked In The Hammock (1892 ). Carrara marble in life size, Antonio Frilli.

Antonio Frilli ( ? - 1902 ).

He was a Florentine sculptor specializing in marble and alabaster statues. Two years after the death of the sculptor, his son Umberto, brought this work to the United States to the Louisiana Shopping Exposition, where the piece won the Exhibition's Grand Prix and six gold medals.

Lord Lloyd-Webber collection

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"The Black Cat" is a chilling short story written by the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.

First published in 1843, the narrative is a haunting exploration of guilt, madness, and the capacity for evil in the human soul.

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Thanks man 🙏 I love Thai food so much. When I am not living there I miss the food, even crave it, so I have to make it myself.

I enjoy cooking anyway, almost as much as eating it ....

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'Timeless classic', 'highly influential', 'genre defining' and more, are all phrases used to describe the incredible single 'Fade to Grey' by Visage which was released on this day (Nov 14th 1980) 44 years ago.

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The track originally started life in 1979 as an instrumental, written by Chris Payne and Billy Currie and titled 'Toot City', until lyrics were written by Midge Ure and the song was adopted to be used for the Visage project.

The final version wouldn't be complete however, without the unique talent of Steve Strange, who's vocal made the song what it is and created a masterpiece that has been loved by generations ever since.

The single peaked at #8 on the UK Chart and Top 10 in most European countries but also hit the top spot in West Germany and Switzerland.

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To celebrate the Thai Loy Krathong festival of the full moon, I made Somtam today.

Here is the process in photos....

Peeling and cutting the ingredients.

Mashing in the mortar and pestle.

Adding more ingredients.

More mixing and ingredients.

Serve and enjoy 🧡

Pura Vida 🏝️

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This happened literally 5 minutes ago.

The cheeky little bird is looking at his own reflection in the window and tapping.

Seems like he's trying to get in, too funny.

Eventually, he gave up and flew away....

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What a first concert to have. Kudos 🙏

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Vigoleno Castle is located in the medieval Italian town of Vigoleno, on a hill some 500 meters above the sea level on the border between the provinces of Piacenza and Parma in Italy.

The structure dates back to the 10th century, although the first documented evidence of its existence is from the first half of 12th century.

The castle is protected by 2 walls, one medieval and the other one built during the Renaissance period. There are different portcullis, embrasures, Ghibelline battlements and traces of a draw-bridge as well.

The castello almost continuously belonged to the Scotti family from the late 1300s to the early 1900, when it was sold. It is now a hotel.

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Maiden Castle: Europe's Largest and Most Complex Iron Age Hillfort

Dominating the Dorset landscape, Maiden Castle stands as a testament to the ingenuity and power of the Iron Age Celts. This colossal hillfort, one of the largest and most complex in Europe, offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of ancient Britons.

Encompassing an area the size of 50 football pitches, Maiden Castle is a marvel of defensive architecture. Its intricate network of ramparts, ditches, and entrances, designed to withstand attack, is a sight to behold. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of intense conflict, including the remains of siege engines and mass burials.

Beyond its military significance, Maiden Castle was also a thriving community. The hillfort's inhabitants would have engaged in a variety of activities, from farming and crafts to religious rituals. Excavations have revealed evidence of houses, workshops, and storage pits, offering valuable insights into daily life during the Iron Age.

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ON THIS DATE (52 YEARS AGO)

November 8, 1972 - Lou Reed: Transformer is released.

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Transformer is the second solo album by Lou Reed, released on November 8, 1972. It reached #29 on the Billboard 200 Top LP's chart. The single, "Walk On The Wild Side" reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Unlike its predecessor, Lou Reed, eight songs of which were written during his Velvet Underground days, Transformer contains mainly new material. However, there are four songs that date from his VU days: "Andy's Chest" and "Satellite of Love" (Velvet Underground demos of which surfaced in 1985 and 1995, respectively), "Goodnight Ladies" had been played by the Velvets live in 1970, and "New York Telephone Conversation" had been played in rehearsals during the band's summer 1970 residency at Max's Kansas City.

Transformer was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, both of whom had been strongly influenced by Reed's work with the Velvet Underground. Bowie had obliquely referenced the Velvet Underground in the cover notes for his album Hunky Dory and regularly performed both "White Light/White Heat" and "Waiting for the Man" in concerts and on the BBC during 1971–1973.

Mick Ronson who was at the time the lead guitarist with Bowie's band, The Spiders from Mars, played a major role in the recording of the album, serving as the co-producer and primary session musician (contributing guitar, piano, recorder and backing vocals) and arranger, notably the lush string arrangement for "Perfect Day". Reed lauded Ronson's contribution in the Transformer episode of the documentary series Classic Albums, praising the beauty of his work and fading out the vocal to highlight the strings. The songs on the LP are now among Reed's best-known works, including "Walk on the Wild Side", "Perfect Day" and "Satellite of Love", and the album's commercial success elevated him from cult status to become an international star.

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A real cockteaser, this album. That great cover: Lou and those burned-out eyes staring out in grim black and white beneath a haze of gold spray paint, and on the back, ace berdache Ernie Thormahlen posing in archetypal butch, complete with cartoon erectile bulge, short hair, motorcycle cap, and pack of Luckies up his T-shirt sleeve, and then again resplendent in high heels, panty hose, rouge, mascara, and long ebony locks; the title with all its connotations of finality and electro-magnetic perversity. Your preternatural instincts tell you it's all there, but all you're given is glint, flash and frottage.

Lou Reed is probably a genius. During his days as singer/songwriter/ guitarist with the Velvet Underground, he was responsible for some of the most amazing stuff ever to be etched in vinyl; all those great, grinding, abrasive songs about ambivalence, bonecrushers, Asthmador, toxic psychosis and getting dicked, stuff like "Venus in Furs," "Heroin," "Lady Godiva's Operation," "Sister Ray," "White Light/White Heat," and those wonderful cottonmouth lullabies like "Candy Says" and "Pale Blue Eyes." His first solo album, Lou Reed, was a bit of a disappointment in light of his work with the Velvets. Reed himself was somewhat dissatisfied with it.

Between that album and this one came the ascendancy of David Bowie, a man who had been more peripherally influenced by the cinematic lyrics and sexual warpage of the Velvet Underground. Lou Reed, in turn, was drawn to Bowie's music. Bowie included Velvet tunes such as "Waiting for the Man" and "White Light/White Heat" in his stage repertoire; Reed, last summer, made his first English appearance with Bowie. Now, on Transformer, Bowie is Reed's producer.

David Bowie's show biz pansexuality has been more than a minor catalyst in Lou Reed's emergence from the closet here. Sure, homosexuality was always an inherent aspect of the Velvet Underground's ominous and smutsome music, but it was always a pushy, amoral and aggressive kind of sexuality. God knows rock & roll could use, along with a few other things, some good faggot energy, but, with some notable exceptions, the sexuality that Reed profiles on Transformer is timid and flaccid.

"Make Up," a tune about putting on make-up and coming "out of the closets/out on the street," is as corny and innocuous as "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story. There's no energy, no assertion. It isn't decadent, it isn't perverse, it isn't rock & roll, it's just a stereotypical image of the faggot-as-sissy traipsing around and lisping about effeminacy.

"Goodnight Ladies" is another cliche about the lonely Saturday nights, the perfumed decadence and the wistful sipping of mixed drinks at closing time.

"New York Telephone Conversation" is a cutesy poke at New York pop-sphere gossip and small talk, as if anyone possibly gave two shits about it in the first place.

Perhaps, the worst of the batch, "Perfect Day" is a soft lilter about spending a wonderful day drinking Sangria in the park with his girlfriend, about how it made him feel so normal, so good. Wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerful.

And then there's the good stuff. Real good stuff. "Vicious" is almost abrasive enough and the lyrics are great: "Vicious/You want me to hit you with a stick/When I watch you come/Baby, I just wanna run far away/When I see you walkin' down the street/I step on your hands and I mangle your feet/Oh, baby, you're so vicious/Why don't you swallow razor blades/Do you think I'm some kinda gay blade?" It's the best song he's done since the days of the Velvet Underground, the kind of song he can do best (his voice has practically no range).

"Walk on the Wild Side" is another winner, a laid-back, seedy pullulator in the tradition of "Pale Blue Eyes," the song is about various New York notables and their ramiform homo adventures, punctuated eerily by the phrases "walk on the wild side" and "and the colored girls go 'toot-ta-doo, toot-ta-doo.'" Great images of hustling, defensive blowjobs and someone shaving his legs while hitchhiking 1500 miles from Miami to New York that fade into a baritone sax coda.

"Hangin' 'Round" and "Satellite of Love" are the two remaining quality cuts, songs where the sexuality is protopathic rather than superficial.

Reed himself says he thinks the album's great. I don't think it's nearly as good as he's capable of doing. He seems to have the abilities to come up with some really dangerous, powerful music, stuff that people like Jagger and Bowie have only rubbed knees with. He should forget this artsy-fartsy kind of homo stuff and just go in there with a bad hangover and start blaring out his visions of lunar assfuck. That'd be really nice.

~ Nick Tosches (January 4, 1973)

TRACKS:

All songs written by Lou Reed.

Side one

"Vicious" – 2:58

"Andy's Chest" – 3:20

"Perfect Day" – 3:46

"Hangin' 'Round" – 3:35

"Walk on the Wild Side" – 4:15

Side two

"Make Up" – 3:00

"Satellite of Love" – 3:42

"Wagon Wheel" – 3:19

"New York Telephone Conversation" – 1:33

"I'm So Free" – 3:09

"Goodnight Ladies" – 4:31

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Fan Ho.

Chinese, 1931–2016

"Approaching Shadow", 1954

From the 'Hong Kong Yesterday' collection

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Loy Krathong is a Thai festival that translates to "to float a basket" or "to float a ritual vessel or lamp".

The festival is celebrated by releasing decorated baskets, or krathongs, onto rivers, lakes, and canals.

Here's some more information about Loy Krathong:

Origin

The festival's origins can be traced back to India and the Sukhothai period. It's adapted from Hindu rituals and is a symbol of gratitude.

Meaning

The word loy means "to float" and krathong refers to a "basket, vessel, or boat".

Origin

The festival's origins can be traced back to India and the Sukhothai period. It's adapted from Hindu rituals and is a symbol of gratitude.

Celebrations

During the festival, people gather to release decorated krathongs on the water. The krathongs are often made of banana leaves and shaped like a lotus blossom or small boat. They are decorated with candles, incense, flowers, and sometimes money or other sacrifices.

When it's celebrated

The festival takes place on the evening of the full moon in the 12th month of the Thai lunar calendar, which usually falls in November on the Western calendar.

Other names

Outside of Thailand, the festival is known by different names, including:

Tazaungdaing festival: In Myanmar

Il Full Moon Poya: In Sri Lanka

Lantern Festival: In China

Bon Om Touk: In Cambodia

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Great shooting 😉

Happy Loi Krathong. Good health and wealth to you and your fam. 🧡

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