The History of Galveston, Texas, begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island. The first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816. The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its successful revolution from Spain. The city served as the main port for the Texas Navy during the Texas Revolution. Galveston was founded in 1836 by Matthew Sabo and served as the capital of the Republic of Texas. The Battle of Galveston was fought in Galveston Bay during the American Civil War when Confederate forces under Major General John B. Magruder attacked and expelled occupying Union troops from the city. Exploration and settlement Galveston Island was originally inhabited by members of the Karankawa and Akokisa tribes who used the name "Auia" for the island. In 1519, the Alonso Álvarez de Pineda expedition sailed past Galveston Island en route from the Florida peninsula to the Pánuco River. Pineda may or may not have actually seen the island, however, Spain lay claim to the entire Gulf Coast, including Galveston Island, based on the 1519 Pineda expedition. Soon afterward, Cabeza de Vaca and his crew were shipwrecked on the island (or nearby) in November 1528, calling it "Isla de Malhado" ("Isle of Doom"), and from there began his famous trek to Mexico. Various Spanish explorers charting the region referred to the island as "Isla Blanca" ("White Island") and later "Isla de Aranjuez" ("Aranjuez Island"). In 1685 French explorer La Salle named the island "San Louis" ("Saint Louis") and the name became fixed for some time. Golden era At the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas, and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. Between 1838 and 1842, 18 newspapers were started to serve the island's rapidly growing population (The Galveston County Daily News is the sole survivor). A causeway linking the island with the mainland was finished in 1860, which paved the way for railroad expansion. Storm of 1900 In 1900, the island was struck by a devastating hurricane. Even post-Hurricane Katrina, this event holds the record as the United States' deadliest natural disaster. In the early morning of September 8, high surf, despite prevailing winds out of the north, heralded the oncoming storm. By noon, low-lying areas near the Gulf and the Bay side of the city were flooding and the winds increased. Near 4 p.m. a storm surge approximately 15 feet (5 m) high slammed into the coast. Wind speeds reached approximately 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) (an estimate, since the anemometer was blown off the U.S. Weather Bureau building). Isaac Cline was the bureau's chief meteorologist. Rebuilding and the "Open era" Despite attempts to draw new investment to the city after the hurricane, Galveston has never fully returned to its previous levels of national importance or prosperity. Development was also hindered by the construction of the Houston Ship Channel, which brought the Port of Houston into direct competition with the natural harbor of the Port of Galveston for sea traffic. To further her recovery, and rebuild her population, Galveston actively solicited immigration. Through the efforts of Rabbi Henry Cohen and Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston became the focus of an immigration plan called the Galveston Movement that, between 1907 and 1914, diverted roughly 10,000 Eastern European, Jewish immigrants from the crowded cities of the Northeastern United States. Additionally numerous other immigrant groups, including Greeks, Italians and Russian Jews came to the city during this period. This immigration trend substantially altered the ethnic makeup of the island, as well as many other areas of Texas and the western  U.S. Recent history The economy of the island entered a long, stagnant period. Many businesses relocated off of the island. By 1959, the city of Houston had long out-paced Galveston in population and economic growth. Recognizing this, the Reverend Wendelin J. Nold, fifth bishop of the Galveston Diocese, was permitted by the Vatican to erect a Cathedral of convenience in Houston, naming Sacred Heart Church as co-cathedral. The diocese was then re-designated the Diocese of Galveston-Houston. Galveston and St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica still remained the home of the diocese, but now the bishop could more easily access the rapidly growing Roman Catholic population in Houston. [quote url="http://www.galveston.com/" host="www.galveston.com" title="GALVESTON.COM: Official Website of Galveston Island, Texas Tourism & Marketing" description="" type="article" thumbnail="http://www.galveston.com/img/facebook_share.jpg" k="8a42a0afde"] [img src="https://catf.me/photos/500eba78b5b30cc898a639a1408ee439.jpg" width="1080" height="810"]

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Three years ago, while visiting friends in the wine-producing Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, Timothy McDonald decided he wanted what they had: a chance to experience small-town life in what is sometimes described as an unspoiled and more affordable version of Provence. A year later McDonald home his wife, Kathleen Brooker, took a mortgage on their paid-up Seattle home and plunked down $200,000 in cash for a 15th-century former shop house in the remote agricultural village of Azille (pop. 1,100), 90 minutes from the Toulouse airport. The couple, both in their early 60s, plan to spend several months a year there after she retires someday from her job as executive director of Historic Seattle. (McDonald, a semiretired architectural preservationist, already spends a month at a time there.) While some aging boomers might put a premium on convenience or a place that can accommodate future physical limitations, McDonald and Brooker bought in a town without even a train station and from a contractor whose idea of tasteful renovations included removing the handrail on the narrow staircase of the three-story stone structure. And why not? They’re fit bikers, runners and history buffs who care more about the town’s proximity to Cathar Romanesque sites and enjoying their French, British and Swiss neighbors. “We wanted to have a bigger life, rather than have a bigger home in the U.S., and ironically we found it in a small French town,” says Brooker. Of course, American billionaires and celebrities have always lived large in Europe. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen reportedly keeps a staff of 12 at his hilltop villa in St. Jean Cap-Ferrat, along the Côte d’Azur. George Clooney‘s 30-room palazzo on Italy’s Lake Como has starred in many A-list parties. What they’re currently finding, says Ronan McMahon, who reports on real estate trends for the International Living website, is that European prices peaked between 2006 and 2008 and are now all over the map. Stratospheric London and Paris prices never fell that much and have headed back up. But an exodus of youth from rural France and Italy has made homes like the one Brooker and McDonald bought somewhat more affordable. But a weaker euro, low interest rates and crashing real estate prices in parts of the euro zone are prompting more ordinary American Europhiles to look at buying a piece of the Old World .  Then there are Europe’s real estate bust areas, which unlike, say, Nevada and Florida haven’t started their comebacks. McMahon’s advice for those areas: Wait until prices have fallen dramatically and be prepared to hold for a while. That makes him bullish on Spain and Ireland but bearish on Portugal’s Algarve and the Greek islands of Crete, Mykonos and Santorini, where prices are down only 30% from their peak. By contrast, along the scenic Ring of Kerry, near McMahon’s Adare, County Limerick, Ireland base, $100,000 can get you a country cottage, a newly built modern home or a building plot with views of the Atlantic. All would have fetched $500,000 at the peak. In Spain deal hunters have been scooping up apartments in failed developments from banks selling for one-third of the 2007?08 list price. A two-bedroom, two-bath apartment on the Costa del Sol with distant views (on a clear day) of the ocean less than a mile away can be had for $100,000. Beyond the state of the real estate market, consider how a purchase fits into your overall finances and whether you’re really game for the practical, legal and personal challenges of maintaining a home in another country and possibly retiring there. Visit the area you’re considering multiple times, rent a place (rather than staying in a hotel), shop for food, do laundry and get the full residential experience, good and bad. Ask yourself what you’re looking for: a base for travel or a charming destination? A primary or second home? Or maybe just a vacation place that you’ll also rent out? Read Full Article: [link url="https://storify.com/genarohilley/the-cindy-shearin-group-everything-you-need-to-kno"] Read More: [link url="http://manhattanvillage.info/"] [img src="chrome-extension://baockdcbjglcifghbgakofkmajnjfkki/images/icon.png"]

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On the spirit of the art of oil painting realistic Realistic first as a visual form of art is an important part of a realistic idea ofthe spirit of traditional European art constitutes the basis of life in the entire European art development process.  oil paintingoil paintingoil paintingabstract paintingI do not know when humans do not realize that art, realistic initially moved whether derived from the imitation of nature. As in the survival of human reality from natural eventuality, very scared, despite the human rely on groups to maintain the survival of the stronger force, but in the face of the mighty beasts they still feel scared force. If we do not think Lascaux primitive cave murals lifelike animals to meet the human mimic natural visual aesthetic need or Virtual Reality fascination, it is undoubtedly the implementation of witchcraft in order to conquer these animals, they in a cave wall imitate animals such as bison and reindeer image and draw them in Arrow, injured, is praying for a win in the real hunting. In order to make themselves believe that all this will really happen, and sometimes they also drew on the familiar creek water fish ... extremely simple spirit of the idea to make them happy, and try to create more life need.abstract paintingEuropean religious painting, not every piece since Giotto touching reason why some works outstanding greatness lies in these painters devoted to painting performance from the depths of the soul that faith. Angelina Like Francis Ko, painting convey their souls in the pursuit of hope through the most profound form of painting. This feature is also adapted to the understanding of ancient Egyptian art, their deceased portrait or engraving and unconscious as a work of art to save, but to the sustenance of the indestructibility of the soul of the deceased and solace to the soul of the world. Thus imagine which one was later regarded as great works of art of earth-shattering in the history of mankind in the art for the purpose of? If simple psychological yearning and the supremacy of spiritual concern is the nature of art. The nature of art did not invent the art term, rich spiritual people will be retrospective to a lifetime of effort and limit the creation of the ideal, even if it is painful. Both the pyramids of Egypt or the Chinese grotto art, the spirit of the will of heaven and earth are the creators of our total fortune.www.oilpaintingproducer.com European painting in its complete development process, people experienced a shift from God to the people of this spiritual philosophy, the abundance of oil painting means of expression: the ancient city in Spain prop Santo Thome Cathedral, security · of Ke Lieke the works that solid modeling structure and flashes of light and shade with the entire church building decoration is amazing harmony, people have convinced that blurred the real. His paintings with the church as if refracted glory of the universe, and the spirit of the pilgrims were thoroughly conquered. Painting of the church building awareness of its spatial structure instinct of the performance of European painting. The structure of this space and is not based on the science of physical and visual experience above is precipitated their psychological ideas, spirit permeated every inch of their space. abstract paintingoil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingThe towering church steeple certainly implies that communication with God. Are all inspired by the life of the great artists of every era, creating a myriad of vivid artwork. However, the concern and commitment of the spirit is always the artist consonance. Any one of the great artists created have contemporary large number of the mortal beings dwarf, such as the 17th century, the Dutch must no lack of ownership and the skill of the painter Rembrandt, but most of the arrests in the context of the Dutch school of painting, divinity but very little. Rembrandt's spiritual feelings create immortal art, he surpassed contemporaries, but also beyond the nation.If we Titian, Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt felt vivid life, Van Gogh's paintings with his every nerve woven. You can say the painting from the moment it produces there is a strong spirit of purpose and with the continuous expansion of the scope of this purpose, the sequential forward painting skills and means of expression. "Nature as Teacher" is the source of all human art, people will feel the Europeans to Europe draw that painting is not surprising, in terms of color to the technique, everything can be felt from the life. Its natural environment and spiritual philosophy determines the style of European painting, such as they are born to three-dimensional awareness; First Europeans looks very three-dimensional, if we are Asians and they stood together, you will feel strongly the art arises plane to the East absolute world of good fortune.abstract paintingWe will be very natural and geographical solution in the tradition of European painting techniques of transparent glaze stained is how naturally produce, in order to the plane modeling level without board, I think the Chinese painting color meticulous level look Caucasian skin color rather than stay the generated the three alum nine dyed "method can be described as co-workers a different song. The human feeling is the same, the art of the most essential the even not culture-bound, which is the art of people from different cultural backgrounds resonate reasons. When we see ancient Europe and even some modern paintings, often there will be a special kind of intimacy, you will be surprised to find some sort of striking similarities in the paintings and ancient China painting. This close to feel the spirit of simple human emotion, the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses is lifelike because every respect pottery entrusted with a heroic soul.abstract paintingoil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes painting  Pursuit of spiritual goals is the mission of all the arts, especially in today's such an era of new visual experience, realistic art must firmly hold the spirit of this root bottom line, or they will lose the cultural significance. Art education in our long-term adherence to a teaching mode, the word "model" in a lot of people, especially the minds of the students' feelings thrown, than to practice basic skills, such as proportion, structure, shape, color, experimental control of a series of paintings of common sense matter. Therefore, many painting master common sense, disdain see more models glances, can recite every word to paint. For these people, abstract paintingtheir immediate living is no different from the color of the plaster. And the painted plaster Needless to say there should be more concerned about the spirit, this disregard for the value of individual life, disregard for human survival in reality state, ignoring the social and cultural penetration in the human spirit, the realistic art just stick painting techniques or just for the so-called basic skills drills. If realistic art come to this step be regarded as a real dead end. Does not know that the best technique is to stimulate seize the essence of the spirit of the natural, the best trick is to make people feel less than skills. We will Dürer a "hare" impression profound, so we feel the painting rabbit rabbit bone hair life feature seems to be no other and simply let your consciousness less than painting rabbit line and shape of the volume light and dark turn, but it all turned into a rabbit's life characteristics into one currently affecting the greatest obstacle to the development of our realistic art forward is the "concept". Rely on the concept of relying on common sense to paint over the years accumulated under the after-effects of our art education. When we look at China's ancient portraits, although when they do not understand proportion, but also do not know the structure even know the light and dark turn, but the kind of real sense of bangs, it makes absolutely believe that this world there must be such a people live, as if you know. The contrary we painted their side of the figure, but it is so strange, anti Geshi sense. Why is this?www.oilpaintingproducer.comBecause of the lack of the concept of life concern Pursuit of spiritual goals is the mission of all the arts, especially in today's such an era of new visual experience, realistic art must firmly hold the spirit of this root bottom line, or they will lose the cultural significance. Art education in our long-term adherence to a teaching mode, the word "model" in a lot of people, especially the minds of the students' feelings thrown, than to practice basic skills, such as proportion, structure, shape, color, experimental control of a series of paintings of common sense matter. Therefore, many painting master common sense, disdain see more models glances, can recite every word to paint. For these people, their immediate living is no different from the color of the plaster. And the painted plaster Needless to say there should be more concerned about the spirit, this disregard for the value of individual life, disregard for human survival in reality state, ignoring the social and cultural penetration in the human spirit, the realistic art just stick painting techniques or just for the so-called basic skills drills. If realistic art come to this step be regarded as a real dead end. Does not know that the best technique is to stimulate seize the essence of the spirit of the natural, the best trick is to make people feel less than skills. We will Dürer a "hare" impression profound, so we feel the painting rabbit rabbit bone hair life feature seems to be no other and simply let your consciousness less than painting rabbit line and shape of the volume light and dark turn, but it all turned into a rabbit's life characteristics into one currently affecting the greatest obstacle to the development of our realistic art forward is the "concept".abstract painting  Rely on the concept of relying on common sense to paint over the years accumulated under the after-effects of our art education. When we look at China's ancient portraits, although when they do not understand proportion, but also do not know the structure even know the light and dark turn, but the kind of real sense of bangs, it makes absolutely believe that this world there must be such a people live, as if you know. The contrary we painted their side of the figure, but it is so strange, anti Geshi sense. Why is this? Is because of the lack of the concept of life concern. abstract paintingoil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingOf nature, of life, of the spirit, the expression of traditional Chinese art has never had barriers, lack of positive publicity, however, because the spirit of Chinese culture increasingly negative Masquerade, art. Yin rhyme that literati painting interesting, highbrow aesthetic Complex, increasingly unable to meet the real reality. Facing the early 20th century, national distress, urgent and restructuring, the roar of the turbines and the sound of the guns of the Western powers, China's portal was completely open, original art of painting for the literati who appreciate and pondering poignant feelings of the nation has been unable to adapt to the introduction of Western learning all the voices of people of insight, which will usher in the Chinese oil painting of opportunity. But after the domestic political movement after another in the fifties and sixties, the painting in order to adapt to the needs of the political as if the disk the Narcissus by floating born, the spirit of the people's emotions are reduced to a servant of political preaching, the origin of the painting and not into the people's real life, although some features but eventually no bloody, it can be said that we are free skimming over the surface in a few decades. The reform and opening up once again provoked the Chinese oil painting of love, but originated from Heyuan, so many people lost and confused. Once upon a time, our painting became water duckweed, what the wind will be ran burst. When people got tired of drifting when they stop and want to give of themselves to block the monument, build style Ever since established Jiangshan, a Chinese oil paintings unprecedented multi-scene. But when the stage of Shique feel our expression is not very natural, and we have only dragged the heavy stiff hindquarters, difficult.www.oilpaintingproducer.comSometimes Once people are treated as some kind of human behavior, emotional and spiritual art, and big research when art itself is quietly disappear. Speak out although biased, but in fact the historyabstract paintingof academicism is the case when the the Academicism immersed to study art form as well as all the laws of nature when often overlooked is precisely why the study of the form and the purpose of the laws of nature, the long run, something that touches your soul gradually disappear, change the purpose of art is a simple craft, or temporarily will not need to consider the purpose, as long as trained hard work, art Qiaoranerzhi to. So just knowledge of the law, when the need art attack the only knives and guns sticks without the mastery of the spirit of the will accumulate in the human mind, although kept Utah death. Body complete already SOUL, this is by no means sensational words of, I think this is also largely present in our art education. Can not be used to evaluate today the Academy of Fine Arts, but we can not deny the existence of this situation. Of course, the concept of inferiority as not all College created any time in history that may arise. In addition to the painter of the knowledge and skills for the understanding of the basis of the skills and ability, more important is a person's sensibility as well as good quality of thinking. Sensibility is an understanding and awareness of its value lies in the objective reality natural second nature transformed into works of art, and painter of school support, ideas and technology play in the second nature, exhibited painter worldview and aesthetic wisdom.abstract painting The sensibility formation derived from a person's survival experience, knowledge of the structure and culture of the judgment as well as talent. Survive the experience and knowledge of the structure is the accumulation of reserves as an artist must determine a grasp and understanding of life, of life, of human emotions. Survival experience any people, but elevated to a culture of thinking qualities indispensable artist. The survival of a person's experience and knowledge structure determines for objective exploration of nature and feelings, cultural judgments from the first natural value analysis, and to make a meaningful choice. As for a person's talent acuity and depth of the reaction in the process. Talent is an objective, it is the perception, potential, like the lens of a camera, the pros and cons of its quality is the degree of imaging elite. We most commonly spoken language is the "feel", and it is found to lurking in the objective things beneath the surface of things. "Awakening" is aware epiphany; feeling is a thought process and sensibility is a way of thinking energy. abstract paintingoil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes painting Looking at Chinese painting, both styles tide few years ago, or recently fashionable the elegant sway wind, and did not touch the Chinese society's deep, is missing and art Love, nowhere near enough of regret. If not painting tradition sense of frustration, then I think the lack of passion for life and the social cultural judgment is deadly pale spirit will eventually lead to the depletion of artistic spirituality. Many artists predecessors spirit rise of Chinese painting made outstanding contributions era gave us new challenges, I think we have to do is close to nature, close to life, concern the lives, concerns life, Chinese oil painting brilliant old already began to build, we should have a deeper understanding of traditional knowledge prepared for us to interpret the life and contact with the spirit of the prescription, but if you feel powerless, it must start the imagination Zhiyong you, If you have the urge, you do not have to take into account the the refined paintings;, if there really do not have to care about whether the language fluency. Only with potential nerve touch life and vision blurred appearance temptations, the road leading to the spiritual home at your feet. www.oilpaintingproducer.com

The seventeenth-century European art 17 century European art, in the Baroque style represented a variety of styles coexistence and mutual influence era,classical paintingthe so-called "baroque" Italian semantic grotesque affectation; Portuguese defined as an irregularly shaped pearl. It is a derogatory term, people borrow the word mockery Baroque art with this style. It produces in Italy, and later affecting the prevalence of European Catholic countries, because it is the social pillar of religion, can spread to religious As a region with the spread of religious. The main features of Baroque art there are so few: because of its service at the Church of the upper and nobility, to the advancement of religion and satisfy the hedonistic desire, spared no expense to build luxurious palaces, residential, and a large number of decorative painting, sculpture, making it appear spectacular and gorgeous.oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingFine Arts emphasized rational tranquility and harmony; Renaissance and Baroque art stressed the irrationality of infinite illusions and hallucinations, tried to break the harmony and calm the tense atmosphere of the theater is filled with carvings and paintings. Reflect the rich and varied architectural structure, full of passion and a strong sense of the movement of the main characteristics of Baroque art.decorate paintingclassical paintingWriter heart works reflect a variety of complex thoughts and feelings, not only the external morphology exciting content also makes the unrest, the image of the sporty soul of Baroque art, passion of its content, form and full of a sense of intense exercise . The Baroque art gives the feeling of always kept moving, has a strong and complex rhythmic melodies, strong contrast of movement and a sense of instability.classical painting Building on the extensive use of curves and oval. Baroque art is very great importance to the spatial relationship processing, exhibit space perspective of the artistic image, painting rely on light shape, the pursuit of space a sense of depth, the emphasis on the level and depth of architecture and sculpture, to try to break the plane. Baroque art also stressed the Integrated Arts processing in general, this comprehensive architecture, sculpture and painting a comprehensive painting and sculpture integrated with each other, the styling and the integrated environment, and also contains its own part of a comprehensive Baroque art sheltered by religious support, so inevitably filled with religious overtones. classical paintingoil paintingoil painting reproductionsdecorate painting  Baroque art in different countries, different social context of artistic style of the same: the dominant Catholic forces in Italy and Flanders, by the religious domination of the Roman Baroque style predominate; supremacy in the absolute monarchy, kingship French neoclassical mainstream; citizens of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the developed capitalist popular realism art. 17th-century European art and Renaissance art compared to greater development and change: With the gradual formation of the modern capitalist countries, different national school of painting. The Renaissance mainly in Italy and the Netherlands, to the 17th century, there has been a lot of rich ethnic characteristics of the school of painting, the factions artists reflect special attention to the real life of the folk art traditions and indigenous. classical paintingDue to the changing times, people's aesthetic ideas also undergone tremendous changes: During the Renaissance, the main emphasis on harmony and tranquility, the ideal of beauty, and the creative arts in the 17th century, the emphasis on breaking the harmony, advocated the true nature of the United States, especially Caravaggio 'a complete denial of the principles of classicism, the pursuit of the performance of civilian life, from ordinary people who discover beauty and wisdom. Ordinary life in the Netherlands, Spain, painting, pop painting people and tramp these lower-class characters, often in the artist's pen showing a person's self-confidence and dignity. If Renaissance painters to depict God adults, is a big step forward to the 17th century, is the abstract portrayed as specific, personalized, more social characteristics of people.oil paintingThe painter depicted such figures, often out of the frustration of their progressive thinking and unfair society. In this century, the life of the people and basically replaced religion and mythology, became the artistic image of the subject in the painting. In addition to the figures, landscape, still life, the artist, the subject matter of painting pay more attention to the performance of light and color. European painters of the 17th century has also undergone a change, is no longer craftsmen lifelong service to the church, some of which went into the palace, became king, the guest of honor of the pope, such as Bernini, Rubens, and his living a great wealth of life; another The kinds of people towards the poor, wandering, such as Caravaggio.classical paintingdecorate painting Overall, the European art of the 17th century, the inheritance and development of the Renaissance tradition of excellence, the formation of the Baroque style, it is the mainstream style of this historical period. At the same time, classicism and realism shine their splendor. www.oilpaintingproducer.com

An origin at the Olmec people,The stone becomes face, that face completely solidified a mystery. We will be gone, and it will forever go down. Around its ever-changing it from far away at the same time is near at hand, however, watching us. This is because there is a gulf, that death us apart. Mexico stones have supreme fixity, although we do not know these stones on eternal things: what conscious gaze? We are here, the sculptor who had Hebei Figure the life eternal, that go beyond the life of death; them there, in Mexico, stone eternal death, that go beyond the death of life.wholesale oil paintingoil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate painting They carved handling, it appears that in contrast with our engraving intent; say in this scale, it's the language we can not understand. In fact, a Westerner, a dream life eternal Westerners, how can we understand such a view? This point of view: the death only resides in eternity, and only death and obtain its still the same eternal balance, in order to make life movement. For Europeans, those of Mexico's avatar is both confusing people, is terrible, because the Europeans do not know a balanced feelings burst out from the charm and terror and a "terrorist" Happy; When The ordinary eyes when watching these stones, such feelings and joy on the stones. Indeed, the history and legends to make people see art from Mexico in a terrible scene: a team of team for killing the festival with the prisoners, dolphin Ripper dug out of the heart, a picture of the surface of the nerve ceremony stripped and Those who sacrifice those bloody skin beaded with priests. These are undoubted, but the celebration cruel conqueror (refers to the occupation of Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century Spanish colonizers - Annotation) is not less than these; cross mark spread terror than in A Zi Teke eyes of the gods is staggering. The passage of time to quell these disappeared celebration only an empty shell: This can not fill the emptiness unfathomable doubt. The emptiness ......, published this emptiness talk, are contrary to, are meaningless. Can be explained better to talk about reality, the reality of this art. In this art, and diverse, and indifference: the eyes are severe, and is just. So, we will be able to find an expression in our language; expression in other cases, will make us feel strange and incomprehensible. Dating and Religion  wholesale oil paintingoil paintingoil painting reproductionsColumbus discovered the New World before the Mexican art, experienced a time we have not much idea lasted thousands of years of evolution. 11,000 years ago, human fossil remains have been found, but it was a period of human ignorance, barely known relics of research dating back to 1500 BC. From this period, called a pre-classical era to about the first century BC, its main feature is the same with all the other civilized. This period is divided into a lower stage "or" ancient stage (1500 BC to 1100 BC), "intermediate stage" or "transitional stage" (before 1100 to 600 years) and "advanced stage" or "late stage" (600 years to 100 years). Then the classical era (100 BC to AD 900), and post-classical era (about 900 to 1300). The history of the period is relatively short (1300-1521), that is roughly the equivalent of the Aztec Empire. Spaniards abandoned boat in 1521, boarded the New World; former Mexico became New Spain (in 1810 it again won independence complex known as Mexico). Pre-classical era begins with the development of agriculture; "formation" period, during which all sections of society are established, and founded a religion, this religion has become increasingly complex future. Ultimately, this religion is the worship day basis. All agricultural society to varying degrees the day statue to God, but the Mexicans confused this concept to improve to the point to be added. Mexicans believe that the day is not an abstraction, but with the space associated with them - the single entity, the entity, in accordance with a people can not control but can make the continuation of rhythm, constantly generate growth , die, and then generate. No one, the day may disappear - so both need to understand it, they need to worship it. In order to recognize the day, the Mexicans invented astronomy, text and various calculation methods; Mexicans develop a ritual To enshrine the day, held a ritual, and create art. Therefore, the law of the day is etched in stone calendar above, this stone almanac calculation accuracy (at least the Mayans so) than our almanac; Therefore, the face of the gods by means of stones, became this: existing stone with the form, and this form of preserved. Its against the movement of life beyond death still worship opposites together, the ritual must face before make life and death, re-establish a balance between moving and stationary. However, in order to worship day, there must be a large number of both the knowledge and the power of the priests. The priest group formed by former classical era, it ruled the entire classical era, it is also this group called theocratic Group. After theocratic Group fading gradually relegated to a warrior under. Religions mighty explain the various cultures in Mexico most Canaanite One of the features: in the classical era (Teotihuacan other than) those huge center is not some big cities, but some places of worship, people go there just to attend religious services. We see those huge pyramids was not magnificent building, but some of the base of the temple word fills the momentum of the majestic make people gathered at the people around them, immersive day environment: just later, to the Mayans and Aztecs era, some religious centers have people living. Today, these magnificent pyramid just does not exist was a nondescript model. But the time has solidified its on its only stone tools, and the Mexicans carved pyramid eternal illusion evidenced.The culture of the pre-classical erawholesale oil paintingoil paintingoil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate paintingThe main place of those studies have been conducted Mexico valley阿尔波利奥, Saka but Branch and Tela Di Marco. We can only study of the pottery (utensils and portrait) and a fairly rudimentary stone tools to understand the ancient stage. Vessel then is monochrome, engraved with geometric patterns as decoration; clay people like made with "paste method", the the upcoming clay and Ni Wan paste in adobe on top, into various parts of the face, or become clothing. The portraits are many different kinds (eg, male, female, old, young, dancers, acrobats, etc.), but neither portraits nor statues, which may be made in accordance with the singular intent associated with the worship of fertile works. From 1100 BC, the development of various technologies fairly rapidly, and changing; decorative pottery screen black, red, white, yellow and other colors, the performance of animals also increased, birds, fish, frogs, turtles, snakes , porcupines, dogs. The carved stone has been carved jade, spar, red, stone. Estimated that the sky phenomena related religious ceremonies. Priests may gradually replace the shaman, starting from the sixth century BC, the priests of the expanding role, resulting in a complete structure of social organization. During this period, the pre-classical era culture found in astronomy and literature; undoubtedly, architectural art development, but was wearing materials such as wood, stucco, and we still feel strange. Found in Figure Wacker Sark high remnants of the people on the platform in accordance with a certain mode architecture; huge pyramid of the classical era and the development of this model.wholesale oil paintingThe culture of the Pacific coast Culture is the culture stage of ancient Mexico unite people understand the least. These cultures was the development of the region, including today Sinaloa, Nayarit, Ke Lima, Jalisco, rice Michoacan and other states, as well as part of Guanajuato and Guerrero. Chubby melon Luo Obviously in these areas was a major center of pottery of the region is the most beautiful in Mexico, because of its various forms; color changes and colorful decorative - it uses geometric patterns and nature of biological pattern, such as frogs, butterflies hands and faces of the people. Portrait of a lot of hard stone carvings found in the state of Guerrero, has a very expressive. Those other places, has not been carried out in-depth exploration and research work, but this huge mystery is always established in the 13th century by Tara Trask Michoacan Kingdom. Tara Trask craftsmen making pottery and gold and silver utensils, they speak the language, and Mexico all other languagesdo not have any similarities, people are exploring their language of origin. Olmecs This nation is living on the Great Plains of the Gulf Coast, especially in these scenic places the Tres Sapo Benitez and pull Venda, very little understanding of the people of this nation, but that the great cultures of the classical era, such as Taxin, Teotihuacan, Maya and Zapotec cultures are formed under its influence. This nation about the end of the first classical era reached its heyday, but because it did not leave a magnificent building, it is far from being able to determine its exact age. The the Olmec invented brick, creating hieroglyphs, developed almanac and calculations, and also to create a sculpture art in Mexico. They carve huge stones, these stones is by sea transported from distant quarries.oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingwholesale oil painting The most amazing is the huge avatar of up to 3 meters and weighs 18 tons. Have realistic characteristics of these showed almost spherical singular Avatar: flat nose, lips hypertrophy thick cheeks, however their humble appearance, because their expression changes with the light, sometimes smiling, sometimes showing a pair of cold and grim look. These works, as well as those steles, sarcophagi, altars, statues and cylindrical show Olmec sculptors are skilled skills, they carved jasper Portrait its not low approach. It was found that these portraits mouth hypertrophy, sensual. Mouth joints were tested within the song-like, which is one of the characteristics of Olmec art. Another characteristic is: Where engraving portraits are men, though it was nudity is the usual technique of expression, but these portraits genitals are rarely manifested. The Olmecs especially happy performance deformities, such as humpback dwarf, obese children. No doubt, these bizarre portrait has an incredibly strange, they retain an independent surprising inspiring its own significance in any case. Hideous face of those the leopard of God (especially carving jade ax for the ceremony), often mixed and faces; Shoumian laminated surface of the people, they face various parts of the combination of an approximate Therefore, the Olmec art from realism toward abstraction transition. It seems that the Olmec people think that everything has to be manifested on the face, facet and eyes are kept the existence of time. Due to the form given by the sculptor's hands, stones with angry noble still and movement together, so that the performance of the two aspects of the universe contradictory, and this conflict is also here been resolved. www.oilpaintingproducer.com

European Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic architecture, sculpture, painting and craft general. Has ever known, the earliest European art works appear in the front-end of the Upper Paleolithic, dating from about 2.5 to 3 million years ago, the Earth in the Tamaki ice age. This Paleolithic art, disappeared with the end of the Ice Age about 10,000 years BC. Mesolithic art types increased, with the imbalance of regional cultural development, independently developed art traditions, different degrees of evolution for the Neolithic art..Their performance begin with animal-based, realistic tactics and vivid. One of the most prominent representatives of the Lascaux caves in France and Spain's Altamira cave paintings. The Lascaux cave animals image momentum majestic, full of dynamic, full of rough original flavor and vitality of the wild. Altamira cave painting "wounded bison, depicts the bison injured after huddled struggle, accurate and powerful performance of the structure and dynamics of the animal. oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate paintingPaleolithic Art before the Upper Paleolithic, although the lack of evidence of human image imitation performance, but a practical tool for making and improved, has been shown in many aesthetic factors. Such as the hand ax geometric shape, sense of symmetry, edge small modification and nicks, not primary decorative value, and manufacturing tools to prepare for the creation of works of art modeling techniques. Upper Paleolithic traditionally divided into four main cultural:①Aurignacian culture, cultural②Perigord,③Solutrean culture,④Magdalenian culture. Aurignacian culture is named after the Aurignacian caves in France on the Garonne. Named after France's Perigord Perigord culture, they synthesized the early stages of development of Paleolithic art, female figurines found near Velen the Dov cultural layer in Mordovia, is called " Velen Dov Wiener year carved piece of bone, stone, can be found in the hole on the mural corresponding style the famous caves Lascaux is the most important representatives of this stage. Solutrean culture was named after France Thorne - Loire Solutrean, Magdalenian culture takes its name from the French Dordogne Magdalenian hole, they constitute a late stage of Paleolithic art, the typical Altamira Cave in Spain. The Paleolithic art creators Cro-Magnon people, they belong to the Homo sapiens stage with modern constitution (in particular, the capacity of the brain) undifferentiated. When the ice cover of the European continent, many prairie animals concentrated in the south of France and northern Spain, such as the long-haired rhinoceros, mammoths and reindeer, France - Cantabrian even as the center, Cro-Magnon hunting The people live in a natural cave, and accumulation of skills, experience and knowledge in the long-term struggle for production, and strengthen people's understanding of themselves and their living environment, the development of the spiritual and cultural, painting on the cave, as a tool to add decorative carving. This artistic activities spread to vast areas of the formation of the different local differences in style, but as a whole, their significance and style is unified. Some graphics clearly done by one hand, these cave-drawn graphics are made by a small number of specialized (sorcerers).portrait paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate painting  Paleolithic cave art creation process is complete, first discovered some of the paintings in the finger marks on the wall, may imitate bear claw marks left from these 指痕gradually appear simple, local animal images. Early animal hook only the rough outline shape gradually precise tactics increasingly rich; draw a rich sense of volume to Magdalenian culture period with a variety of color, perspective and accurate large animals, vivid gesture. Often rely on rock walls natural of subcarinal gap as modeling foundation. Hole in through the light irradiation, or The uneven stone looks very much like the hole of Home Ownership in the hole depths swaying the fire in daily contact with the animal images. This psychological projection played a certain role in the formation process of the cave art.portrait paintingPaleolithic art, is generally regarded as a hunting witchcraft, drawings or sculpture to achieve the purpose of the to control hunting objects or proliferation of animal resources. Spears and bows and arrows in the era of the Cro-Magnon people, equipped with wooden handle, from the early Paleolithic budding sorcery, as the production of a "concept", then quite complete. Can clearly see that in many cave paintings, unfinished, held a ceremony traces spear kill shot. Some animals engraved arrow bunch spearhead or trap. Many animals are concentrated draw on a particular wall, probably think that these wall magic, a variety of image often overlap with each other, may them like a real animal, once a "kill" you have to re-draw. In the same period of Pets moving appliances arts, also found a similar treatment. Some animals and the image of the painting in the vicinity of the porosity of the rock wall on behalf of Mother Earth genital, which is to promote them birth, regeneration and hyperplasia. Hole area ofdaily life of the people living in the hole to the Ministry of the painting and sculpture often draw deep in the cave means hunting witchcraft ceremony itself is in the land of his mother's womb. Pursuit of realism in these paintings, in order to improve the inductive effects of witchcraft.oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingPaleolithic art themes mainly animal figures accounted for a considerable proportion, the the plants image of only a few to a few cases, there handprints and geometric patterns. European bison, wild horses, wild sheep, mammoths, rhinos, deer and some carnivorous animal animals reindeer in the account for a great proportion of the people at that time of life, its horn, bone, skin, flesh and blood are widely take advantage of, but portrayed not by much, probably because the reindeer and warm, clumsy body, easy to kill, the number of the addition, without the aid of witchcraft sake. Similarly, plant production (wooden tools people) And the important dependent objects in life (floral and leaf pulp), but almost did not add portrayed. Characters portrayed often mask covering her face, or personal first beast, this inference when people own image depicting special forbidden. Some may be true portrayal of the shaman practices, some the sorcerer painting in animal concentration in order to reflect the strong control force. Character in the given circumstances as the image of being hurt, and some who inserted more characters (especially in the the art apparatus) is created as the proliferation of racial idol image predominantly female.Paleolithic art distribution range is relatively concentrated, as the center of the cave art in France - Cantabrian even. Southern Spain, the south of the Italian peninsula and Sicily also found that some of the murals of the caves, the earliest cave paintings found in the Ural region of the Soviet Union. Appliances art distribution range is much broader, have been found in parts of Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Soviet Union. Appliances art and cave art time and the same style, the Cro-Magnon people in these areas may safari can not find a suitable cave painting or paintings on the rock not been handed down, only appliances arts. Appliances art portable, but also conducive to their spread.oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate paintingMesolithic Art after 10,000 years BC. With the end of the Ice Age, the climate gets warmer, land animals and plants have experienced changes affect human life, human culture has changed to adapt to the new environment, resulting in a new form of artistic expression, produced murals, carved chisel, small sculpture. The animal moved north, mainly to depict animals Paleolithic cave art and appliances arts tradition disappeared, replaced by a weak art.portrait paintingMesolithic Art can be divided into three regions. A region is a prosperous region of southern France, northern Spain Paleolithic cave art, the said A Qili culture, leaving little works, its works represent some pebbles on red or black color painting dots and lines, This is Paleolithic Magdalenian geometry during the continuation of the style, but the specific use is unknown.The two regions are the Nordic, mainly rock art. In the open-air cliff boulder painted or carved art works and activities (works portray stones or other materials can be moved). Paleolithic carving found some areas may be created by glaciers during the warm phase safari this crowd, some Stone Age people follow grassland animals moved north to the Nordic. France Ahrensburg found small carved wood patterned portrait, and the southern part of the Rhine and Germany Magdalenian the late cultural and E Qili culture thriving stylized works similarities, about 6000 BC year, there are some semi-realistic drawings carved bone stick.oil paintingoil painting reproductions   In Scandinavia, especially Norway, there has been a vivid realism carving deep Paleolithic the southwest Europe cave art legacy (in 6000 BC to 5000 years before), is the first of the Nordic prehistoric art Phase 1. Later, about 3000 BC, and gradually replaced by a semi-realistic style of painting beast, fish and figures, the shape is more rigid, often depicts animal offal. Using carve concave lines and then fill online techniques, belong to the second stage. Phase 3 began around 2000 BC, is highly simplified program people and animals, the development of this style to the northern part of the Soviet Union and Siberia. These creative people hunting witchcraft. They also found that some of the unexplained symbol is likely to be the initial text. Three regions Levant, eastern Spain. Therefore, the fine arts, also known as the Levant Art. The region after the end of the Ice Age, the living environment has undergone great changes. Flow in open-air rock and cave murals, his mother questions and manifestations are very different from the former. Character-based themes, but not simply performance, which reflects the people's production and labor and social life, such as hunting, mining, sacrifice, execution and life in rural scene. Animal images on the screen still accounts for a large proportion, between the animal and the animal, as well as contact. The size of the image is generally in the range of 15 to 20 cm, the smallest less than 2 cm, a handful of Paleolithic cave paintings on animal. Using a monochrome flat coated image of people and animals, color uniformity, the pigment is hematite, kaolin, tune resin. Hook line shape, lines skilled. Levant rock paintings are painted in the ceremonies in the "Holy Land". These "Holy Land" has been extended to use the Roman era.Often choose specialized rock wall repeatedly drawn several different periods, different content paintings stacked. The earliest the Levant special witchcraft concepts Mural power. Levantine rock art is merely a reproduction of life of the people, or to commemorate the war or major events.The art on the basis of the Paleolithic Levant produced a huge leap forward, not only reflects the complex psychological connotations, more focused on the composition process, and was already evident in the pursuit of the aesthetic aspects of the screen. oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate painting Neolithic art in the north of the Alps, the prevalence of a huge stone to build a building, its wall geometric decoration, this art is called megalithic culture, is one of the human type of prehistoric culture created in are distributed in many parts of the world. European megalithic culture in the Neolithic, it without mortar adhesive, entirely with stones Leiqi. This stone building generally divided into 4 types: stone circles, stone pillars, megalithic tomb and temple (1) stone circles. Surrounded by a large stone, in Ireland and the UK, to Stonehenge, in southern England, the most famous. "Stonehenge" in Old English, Italian for "hung up stones. It in equidistant upright boulder, resting on giant Dan Hengliang as the center of the circle to the middle of the stone altar, a total of three circles of stones erected a circle in the peripheral lap trenches, which sprinkled the white soil, ditches Tateishi circle between some after calculation and then setting scattered stones. Stonehenge is a place of religious ceremonies. 2 east of standing stones between empty and near the trenches and a straight line, just on the rocks that constitute the hand painted oil paintingoil paintingoil painting reproductionsProspective summer solstice sunrise azimuth inferred stonehenge sun worship. The②pillars. The huge stones upright, the highest of up to 20 meters high and weighs 300 tons. Some few pieces of poly stand together, plenty of several blocks lined up the ranks. The the French Brittany pillars ranks the most spectacular, a total of more than 3,000 boulders arranged at intervals of three kilometers long. Explained there are several pillars use: one that is as a place for religious ceremonies, said sector, said to commemorate the deceased.③megalithic tomb. Some built on the ground, some buried under a large mound, often as a family tomb. Are distributed in northern France and Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the structure mostly level masonry, Muding, and beam. Megalithic tomb of Mubi and part of the pillars, engraved with patterns, geometric patterns rendered as Yunlei Wen, spiral pattern, diamond-shaped pattern of concentric circles pattern. The④Temple. Relatively complete building is constructed with stones, which enshrines statues. Island of Malta's megalithic temple is the most representative. The megalithic culture also includes the small carved statues of the the giant stone portrait the same period, and the megalithic temple. The former more than the original shape of the stone a little chiseled from the odd shape; latter mostly female body image, emphasizing reproductive organs, is held reproductive worship worship idols. Its style and Neolithic rock art in common.oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingNeolithic rock art in Europe, completely out of the realist tradition in Paleolithic cave art and appliances arts, has foreshadowed the situation in the Middle Stone Age. European prehistoric art development to the Neolithic dominant trend is gradually stylized nutshell, symbolized in the Nordic prehistoric art can see the evolution of this process gradually. The prevalence of the realistic style of the Levant region, but also has to coexist symbolic artistic tendencies, this tendency may be originated in the Eastern Mediterranean, and later extended to the Iberian Peninsula.Concentrated in the south and southwest of Spain, many geometric and stylized graphics cliffs and caves. Portugal, northern Spain, have also been found, also unearthed a statue, chiseled stone tools and pottery with patterns.www.oilpaintingproducer.com

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黑客常用命令大全 以下是我在网上找到的部分常用黑客命令 net user heibai lovechina /add　　　　　　　　　　　加一个heibai的用户密码为lovechina net localgroup Administrators heibai /add　　　　把他加入Administrator组 net start telnet　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　开对方的TELNET服务 net use z:127.0.0.1c$　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 映射对方的C盘 net user guest /active:yes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 将Guest用户激活 net user guest lovechina　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　把guest的密码改为lovechina net user　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　查看所有用户列表 net user 用户名 /delete　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　删掉 net time 127.0.0.1　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　得到对方的时间， get c:index.htm d:　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　上传的文件是INDEX.HTM，它位于C:下，传到对方D: copy index.htm 127.0.0.1c$index.htm　　　　　　　　本地C盘下的index.htm复制到127.0.0.1的C盘 NET VIEW　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　显示域列表、计算机列表或指定计算机的共 计算机运行命令全集 winver---------检查Windows版本 wmimgmt.msc----打开windows管理体系结构 wupdmgr--------windows更新程序 winver---------检查Windows版本 wmimgmt.msc----打开windows管理体系结构 wupdmgr--------windows更新程序 wscript--------windows脚本宿主设置 write----------写字板winmsd-----系统信息 wiaacmgr-------扫描仪和照相机向导 winchat--------XP自带局域网聊天 mem.EⅩE--------显示内存使用情况 Msconfig.EⅩE---系统配置实用程序 mplayer2-------简易widnows media player mspaint--------画图板 mstsc----------远程桌面连接 net use ipipc$ " " /user:" " 建立IPC空链接 net use ipipc$ "密码" /user:"用户名" 建立IPC非空链接 net use h: ipc$ "密码" /user:"用户名" 直接登陆后映射对方C：到本地为H: net use h: ipc$ 登陆后映射对方C：到本地为H: net use ipipc$ /del 删除IPC链接 net use h: /del 删除映射对方到本地的为H:的映射 net user 用户名　密码　/add 建立用户 net user guest /active:yes 激活guest用户 net user 查看有哪些用户 net user 帐户名 查看帐户的属性 net localgroup administrators 用户名 /add 把“用户”添加到管理员中使其具有管理员权限,注意：administrator后加s用复数 net start 查看开启了哪些服务 net start 服务名　 开启服务；(如:net start telnet， net start schedule) net stop 服务名 停止某服务 net time 目标ip 查看对方时间 net time 目标ip /set 设置本地计算机时间与“目标IP”主机的时间同步,加上参数/yes可取消确认信息 net view 查看本地局域网内开启了哪些共享 net view ip 查看对方局域网内开启了哪些共享 net config 显示系统网络设置 net logoff 断开连接的共享 net pause 服务名 暂停某服务 net send ip "文本信息" 向对方发信息 net ver 局域网内正在使用的网络连接类型和信息 net share 查看本地开启的共享 net share ipc$ 开启ipc$共享 net share ipc$ /del 删除ipc$共享 net share c$ /del 删除C：共享 net user guest 12345 用guest用户登陆后用将密码改为12345 net password 密码 更改系统登陆密码 netstat -a 查看开启了哪些端口,常用netstat -an netstat -n 查看端口的网络连接情况，常用netstat -an netstat -v 查看正在进行的工作 netstat -p 协议名 例：netstat -p tcq/ip 查看某协议使用情况（查看tcp/ip协议使用情况） netstat -s 查看正在使用的所有协议使用情况 nbtstat -A ip 对方136到139其中一个端口开了的话，就可查看对方最近登陆的用户名（03前的为用户名）-注意：参数-A要大写 tracert -参数 ip(或计算机名) 跟踪路由（数据包），参数：“-w数字”用于设置超时间隔。 ping ip(或域名) 向对方主机发送默认大小为32字节的数据，参数：“-l[空格]数据包大小”；“-n发送数据次数”；“-t”指一直ping。 ping -t -l 65550 ip 死亡之ping(发送大于64K的文件并一直ping就成了死亡之ping) ipconfig (winipcfg) 用于windows NT及XP(windows 95 98)查看本地ip地址，ipconfig可用参数“/all”显示全部配置信息 tlist -t 以树行列表显示进程(为系统的附加工具，默认是没有安装的，在安装目录的Support/tools文件夹内) kill -F 进程名 加-F参数后强制结束某进程(为系统的附加工具，默认是没有安装的，在安装目录的Support/tools文件夹内) del -F 文件名加-F参数后就可删除只读文件,/AR、/AH、/AS、/AA分别表示删除只读、隐藏、系统、存档文件，/A-R、/A-H、/A-S、/A-A表示删除除只读、隐藏、系统、存档以外的文件。例如“DEL/AR *.*”表示删除当前目录下所有只读文件，“DEL/A-S *.*”表示删除当前目录下除系统文件以外的所有文件

I always like water and sea. Overlooking my past 22 years, I seldom travel and record. Now I'm economically independent, so I'll be ready to reward myself a long journey to see the world. How deep I like geography when I was a child! I ran into this article and have feeling for it, so I share it to you. Summer’s sweltering heat is just weeks away, and if you’re already daydreaming about stunningly scenic swimming pools in exotic locales, there’s no inspiration like these 15 cool pools around the world. From the world’s largest man-made pool in Chile to cliffside infinity pools overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, these swimming spots are among the world’s most beautiful. Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-marina-bay-sands.jpg"] When most people envision a pool with an incredibly scenic view, they most likely think of tropical beaches, not skyscrapers – yet there’s no denying that the scenery at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel pool is absolutely breathtaking. Not only is this nearly 500-foot-long pool set into a rooftop skypark, 679 feet above the ground, but it’s an infinity pool, giving swimmers the feeling that they could swim right off the edge of the building. The pool looks out onto one of the world’s most modern cities, which is brilliantly illuminated once the sun goes down. Bondi Icebergs, Sydney, Australia [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-icebergs-bondi-australia.jpg"] Can’t decide between a peaceful swim in an enclosed pool or a romp in the ocean surf? You can have both at the incredible saltwater pool at Bondi Icebergs. The ocean waves break right into the pool. Unlike most of the other swimming pools on this list, Icebergs is open to the general public for a nominal fee. Ubud Hanging Gardens, Bali, Indonesia [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-ubud-hanging-gardens.jpg"] (image via: redvisitor) Not only does each villa at the Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel in Bali have its own private infinity pool, but some guests get lucky enough to snag a room with a pool positioned directly over the main infinity pool for an experience unlike any other. From any of these pools, you can gaze into the jungle at monkeys and wild birds – not to mention a Balinese temple. Conrad Rangali Islands, Maldives [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-rangali-islands-maldives.jpg"] (image via: kta public relations) What’s not to love about this gorgeous infinity pool at the Conrad Rangali Islands hotel in Maldives? Lounging on a chaise placed on a special platform in the pool, all you can see is sparkling, clear blue waters. Kempinski Hotel Ishtar, Dead Sea, Jordan [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-kempinski-ishtar-dead-sea.jpg"] (images via: theboyg, xihalife) Literally the lowest point on earth at 1,300 feet below sea level, the north end of the Dead Sea is a beautiful place, and the Kempinksi Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea is the ideal home base from which to explore it – particularly due to its collection of serene pools and lagoons overlooking the sea. Evason Phuket, Thailand [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-evason-phuket.jpg"] (image via: edachsund) It’s difficult to imagine anything that could make this image of the adults-only infinity pool at the Evason Phuket Resort look more like paradise (except maybe a frozen organic daiquiri). Surrounded by 64 acres of tropical parklands and gardens, the Evason pool overlooks clear blue waters with a grassy island in the distance. Hayman Great Barrier Reef Resort, Queensland, Australia [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-hayman-great-barrier-reef.jpg"] (images via: hayman.com.au, sarah_ackerman) Seven times larger than an Olympic swimming pool, the pool bar at the Hayman Great Barrier Reef Resort in Australia is practically a small sea unto itself. Actually, it’s a pool-within-a-pool; the smaller central pool is freshwater and heated while the outer lagoon-like pool is as salty as the sea that lies just steps from the hotel. Four boardwalk bridges connect this little slice of paradise to the hotel. Intercontinental Hotel, Hong Kong [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-intercontinental-hong-kong.jpg"] (images via: intercontinental hotel, designsxtra) Another rooftop pool with a prime city view is the infinity pool at Hong Kong’s Intercontinental Hotel. Hotel Caruso, Ravello, Italy [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-hotel-caruso.jpg"] (images via: citalia) Renowned for its spectacular rocky cliffs overlooking the sparkling Mediterranean Sea, Italy’s Amalfi Coast is one of the most beautiful places in the world. At Hotel Caruso in Ravello, guests can enjoy these views from a heated infinity pool on a clifftop 1,000 feet above sea level. The modern pool is a stunning contrast beside the historic 11th century hotel, a former palazzo. Golden Triangle Resort, Chiang Rai, Thailand [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-golden-triangle-resort.jpg"] (images via: igor prahin) High above the Mekong River where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet is this elegant free-form infinity pool that seems to spill out onto the tropical vegetation that surrounds it. San Alfonso Del Mar, Chile [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-san-alfonso-del-mar.jpg"] (images via: hipster travel guide) The San Alfonso Del Mar isn’t just one of the most beautiful pools in Chile – it’s the largest pool in the world, measuring more than half a mile in length and reaching 115 feet deep (an amazing 11 stories!). The 66 million gallons of water needed to fill this mind-boggling pool come straight from the adjacent Pacific Ocean. It costs $4 million a year just to keep it clean. Hotel Joule, Dallas, Texas [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-hotel-joule-texas.jpg"] (images via: urban fabric, lost at e minor) Dallas, Texas is home to a stunning cantilevered rooftop pool, which not only juts out eight feet from the 10-story Hotel Joule, but features a glass end wall. Rio Calma, Fuerteventura, Spain [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-rio-calma.jpg"] (images via: bogoboo, krzysztof) The Canary Islands look even more magical when you’re enjoying the salt lagoon at the Rio Calma Hotel in Fuerteventura. The lagoon looks out over the white sand beaches that border the Atlantic Ocean. Cavo Tagoo, Mykonos, Greece [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-cavo-tagoo-mykonos.jpg"] (images via: bogoboo, homesresult) Gaze out at the iconic all-white architecture of Mykonos from the still, soothing waters of your own private infinity pool at the Cavo Tagoo Hotel. A number of rooms at the Cavo Tagoo have their own pools including the ultra-luxurious 2-bedroom Golden Villa, where the private walled infinity pool – secluded from view of other guests – offers a full sea view and blends right into the horizon. Gellert Baths, Budapest, Hungary [img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scenic-swimming-pools-gellert-baths-budapest.jpg"] Most interiors as beautiful as this are cathedrals, where it’s not exactly polite to lay on your back and stare up at the ceiling. In this case, however, leisurely gazing is not just appropriate but encouraged. Even in a country known for its luxurious spas, the Gellert thermal baths, built around natural mineral hot springs in an early-20th-century Art Noveau complex, are an amazing sight. The water in this pool, located in the main hall, is actually effervescent for an even more unique experience. thx to the writer! link: [link url="http://webecoist.com/2011/05/16/15-of-the-worlds-most-scenic-swimming-pools/"]

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As the dust settles on an unforgettable and historic FIFA World Cup™, FIFA.com reflects on some of the key statistics to have emerged over the past month. 18449 volunteers, the oldest of whom was 80 years old, played a huge role in the success of Africa’s first-ever FIFA World Cup. 669 passes were attempted by Xavi during the tournament, 104 more than his nearest challenger, Bastian Schweinsteiger. Xavi also delivered the second-highest number of crosses with 42, withonly Diego Forlan (50) attempting more. 261 fouls were committed at South Africa 2010, down significantly on Germany 2006's tally of 346. A consequence of this was that dismissals were also greatly reduced, with just 17 red cards compared to 26 four years ago. 145 goals were scored at South Africa 2010, the lowest of any FIFA World Cup since the tournament switched to a 64-game format. Indeed, the current edition continues a downward trend in this respect since the first 64-game finals were held 12 years ago, with France 1998’s total of 171 goals dwindling to 161 at Korea/Japan 2002 and then to 147 at Germany 2006. 117 minutes was the time at which Andres Iniesta struck against the Netherlands, making his dramatic winner the latest-ever winning goal in a FIFA World Cup Final. 39 years and 330 days old, David James was the most senior player of this FIFA World Cup. Holding the dual title of oldest outfield player and oldest goalscorer was Mexico’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco (37-156). Christian Eriksen was South Africa 2010’s youngest player at 18 years and 120 days old. 31 solo runs established Spain’s Sergio Ramos as the tournament’s most prolific dribbler, ahead of more likely candidates such as Lukas Podolski (27), Andres Iniesta (26), David Villa and Lionel Messi (both 25). 22 goals at Green Point Stadium made the Cape Town arena the highest-scoring of South Africa's ten venues. Johannesburg's Soccer City ranked second with 20. 22 players were used by Germany during the tournament – the most of any team. Slovenia, New Zealand and Korea DPR, by contrast, fielded just 15. 19 fouls made Japan’s Keisuke Honda an unlikely leader of the competition’s crime count. Finalists Sergio Ramos and Mark van Bommel followed closely behind on 17. 14 FIFA World Cup goals was the landmark reached by Miroslav Klose, leaving the Germany striker one behind record-holder Ronaldo but nonetheless in joint-second place with Gerd Muller. 14 yellow and red cards were handed out in a fiery Final between the Netherlands and Spain, more than doubling the previous record for this fixture, set when Argentina and West Germany shared six cards in 1986. 12 goals were scored by Bayern Munich players during South Africa 2010, making the Bavarian giants the best-represented club in the scoring charts. Bayern’s European conquerors, Inter Milan, were next-highest on nine, while Atletico Madrid players accounted for eight. The Spanish league dominated overall, with 29 goals to 21 for the Bundesliga, 12 for the English Premier League and 16 for Serie A. 9 hours and 19 minutes without conceding enabled Switzerland to set a new FIFA World Cup record. The Helvetians surpassed Italy’s previous record of 550 minutes. 8 teams have now won the FIFA World Cup after Spain joined this elite club. La Roja became the first team to win the global showpiece having lost their opening game, and the first from Europe to lift the Trophy outside their own continent. 6 FIFA World Cups as coach was the new benchmark set by Carlos Alberto Parreira, who in taking charge of his fifth team at the global showpiece, also broke the record of four he previously shared with Bora Milutinovic. 6 European teams reached the last 16 at South Africa 2010 and only three made it to the quarter-finals - an all-time low for the Old Continent. Nonetheless, while five South American representatives reached the knockout stage – four as group winners – the Final was once again an all-European affair. 3.18 million fans attended South Africa 2010’s 64 matches, just short of the FIFA World Cup record set when 3.59 million clicked through the turnstiles at USA 1994. 3 players – David Villa, Andres Iniesta and Carles Puyol – accounted for Spain’s entire haul of goals at South Africa 2010. Previously, no team had ever won the FIFA World Cup with fewer than four different goalscorers. La Roja’s overall tally of eight was the lowest of any world champions in history. 3 siblings in one squad was another first for South Africa 2010, with Jerry, Jhony and Wilson Palacios making history thanks to their inclusion in Honduras’ 23-man list. 3 assists were racked up by Kaka, Thomas Muller, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dirk Kuyt and Mesut Ozil, establishing this quintet as the competition’s most effective creators. 2 of the previous FIFA World Cup’s finalists failing to reach the second round had only ever been seen once before - in 1966, when Czechoslovakia failed to qualify and Brazil fell at the first hurdle. 2 draws and a defeat from three group games made Italy’s performance in South Africa their worst-ever FIFA World Cup showing. Never before had they failed to win a single match, or finished bottom of their group. Marcello Lippi’s side remain winless in 2010. 2 minutes and 39 seconds was the time at which Thomas Muller scored the tournament’s fastest goal in Germany’s 4-0 win over Argentina. 1 team finished the tournament unbeaten: New Zealand. That unlikely statistic was sealed when the Netherlands’ 14-match winning streak in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and tournament proper came to an end in the Final. [link url="http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/news/newsid=1273493/index.html"]