© Angela M. Lobefaro
Lisbon - Portugal
Amália da Piedade Rodrigues, GCSE, GCIH, (July 23, 1920 – October 6, 1999), also known as Amália Rodrigues (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈmaliɐ ʁuˈdɾiɡɨʃ]) was a Portuguese singer and also actress. Despite official documents which give her date of birth as July 23, Rodrigues always said her birthday was July 1, 1920 [1]. She was born in Lisbon, in the rua Martim Vaz (Martim Vaz Street), neighborhood of Pena. Her father was a trumpet player and cobbler from Fundão who returned there when Amália was just over a year old, leaving her to live in Lisbon with her maternal grandmother in a deeply Catholic environment until she was 14, when her parents returned to the capital and she moved back in with them.
She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado") and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. In fact, she was one of the most important figures in the genre’s development, and enjoyed a 40-year recording and stage career. Rodrigues' performances and choice of repertoire pushed fado’s boundaries and helped redefine it and reconfigure it for her and subsequent generations. In effect, Rodrigues wrote the rulebook on what fado could be and on how a female fadista — or fado singer — should perform it, to the extent that she remains an unsurpassable model and an unending source of repertoire for all those who came afterwards. Rodrigues enjoyed an extensive international career between the 1950s and the 1970s, although in an era where such efforts were not as easily quantified as today. Other well-known international fado artists such as Madredeus, Dulce Pontes and Mariza have come close, however.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A1lia_Rodrigues
26 March, 2010
Rainha Do Fado
25 March, 2010
Ruins of the Carmo Convent
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Ruins of the Carmo Convent
( Convento da Ordem do Carmo ) - Lisbon - Portugal
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24 March, 2010
Beauty and The Beast
© Angela M. Lobefaro
a snapshot from a professional shooting in Bairro Alto
Lisbon - Portugal
On The Lisbon Waterfront
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Il porto di Lisbona con il ponte Alcantara visti dal Castel San George
Lisbon - Portugal
23 March, 2010
Six Degrees Of Separation
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Six degrees of separation (also referred to as the "Human Web") refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth. It was popularized by a play written by John Guare.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation
Oriente Station - Lisbon
www.golisbon.com/sight-seeing/oriente-station.html
High Culture or Culture from Above ?
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Oriente Station - Lisbon
www.golisbon.com/sight-seeing/oriente-station.html
22 March, 2010
16 March, 2010
14 March, 2010
Looking at old Things in New Ways
© Angela M. Lobefaro
RIcetto di Candelo
Ricetto (RECEPTUM)
Between the most meaningful and beautiful European Fortified Receptum.
Fortified construction built as village, building plan dated 1160 a.d.
built from the people of Candelo from 1300 till beginning of 1400 a.d.
Used as "Receptum" fortified village to hide, in was times, and as a food storage location in peace times.
These walls were constructed with stones from the local streams.
In this mediaeval village many movies have been filmed.
Candelo, Biella, Piedmont, Italy
5 km from where I live
www.piemonte-emozioni.it/comuni/eng/candelo.shtml
Nel cuore della Biella medievale
Qui sono state girate per esempio le puntatate della "Freccia Nera" 1 e 2, e molti altri films.
I Ricetti, originali, in Italia sono molto rari, piu' info le forniro' in seguito con le altre foto...
comunque qui c'e' un link: www.atl.biella.it/arte/ricetto/ricetto.html
11 March, 2010
Flickr Stats & Couchdb
Flickrstats monthly search terms count
Flickrstats montly search terms distribution
Flickrstats monthly fields
Recently Flickr published the historical referrer data, and I fell in love with Couchdb, so making a long story short I've downloaded all the csv files from 2007 to 2010 and I put them into a database.
Now I'm wondering about which queries code first . Can you help me ?
I've made great findings digging into what people search when stumble on my stream.
Thanks
Angela & Max
03 March, 2010
Wave Couch
©Angela M. Lobefaro
Playing on the beach in Ko Chang - Thailand
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22 February, 2010
In fondo...c'è la Provvidenza
© Angela M. Lobefaro
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
................
we have raised 1587 Euro
during a Fund Raising dinner
in Biella
for: HAITI
(2156 USD)
www.cesvi.org/?pagina=pagina_generica.php&id=1886
please consider a donation
thanks
11 February, 2010
Mount Olympus Vineyard
© Angela M. Lobefaro
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Taken in Castello di Castellengo, Castellengo - Biella Piedmont, Italy
6 km from where we live.
Dear Friends
I am very busy with my being a volunteer
I am organizing a Fund Raising dinner
in Biella
this time for: HAITI
www.cesvi.org/?pagina=pagina_generica.php&id=1886
09 February, 2010
Dazed and Confused
© Angela M. Lobefaro
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Taken in Mottalciata - Biella Piedmont, Italy
6 km from where we live.
Dear Friends
I am very busy with my being a volunteer
I am organizing a Fund Raising dinner
in Biella
this time for: HAITI
www.cesvi.org/?pagina=pagina_generica.php&id=1886
05 February, 2010
Sed Libera Nos a Malo
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Chiesa di Sant' Anna (40km) in Vercelli, Piedmont. Italy.
Dear Friends
I am very busy with my being a volunteer
I am organizing a Fund Raising dinner
in Biella
this time for: HAITI
www.cesvi.org/?pagina=pagina_generica.php&id=1886
03 February, 2010
Cuore di Ghiaccio
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Darkr Gallery of my photos
50 Most Interesting
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31 January, 2010
Dead Set
A creepy old abandoned cinema inside a mental asylum...
drops from the roof...
holes in the floor...
a dense silence
29 January, 2010
From Reason to Revelation
Basilica di Sant'Andrea
a tribute to a cathedral close to where we live (40km) in Vercelli dating back to 1219
Sant'Andrea on Wikipedia
Take a look at my INTERVIEW with my Flickr Friend ALONSODR!!: angiereal.blogspot.com/
Dear Friends
I am very busy with my being a volunteer
I am organizing again a fund raising event in Biella (my home town) for:
this project:
STOP AIDS AT BIRTH
The major Cesvi campaign to defeat Hiv/Aids in Sub-Saharan Africa.
www.cesvi.eu/index.php?pagina=pagina_generica.php&id=720
www.cesvi.eu/index.php
www.cesvi.org
Now my project is on line on the official CESVI site! wow!:
www.cesvi.org/?pagina=pagina_generica.php&id=1264
Therefore when I will visit your great shots, often I will just leave a fave, with no comment nor invites.
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28 January, 2010
25 January, 2010
Ricetto Platinum Edition
taken in Candelo (5 km from our home) - Piedmont, Italy -
During a nice walk with Claudio
Klausthebest
Mediavel Battle: Video of a movie taken here
RIcetto di Candelo
Ricetto (RECEPTUM)
One of the most meaningful and beautiful European Fortified Receptums
The fortified construction was orginally built as a village, and the building plan was dated 1160 a.d.
It was built by the people of Candelo from 1300 till the beginning of 1400 a.d.
It was used as a Receptum (a fortified place to hide) in times of war, and as a food storage location in times of peace
In this mediaeval village many movies have been filmed.
Candelo, Biella, Piedmont, Italy
5 km from where I live
Nel cuore della Biella medievale
Qui sono state girate per esempio le puntatate della "Freccia Nera" 1 e 2, e molti altri film.
I Ricetti, originali, in Italia sono molto rari, piu' info le forniro' in seguito con le altre foto...
comunque qui c'e' un link: www.atl.biella.it/arte/ricetto/ricetto.html
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricetto_di_Candelo
My Interestingness- Explore shots
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24 January, 2010
Sete di Assoluto
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Sacred Mount of Oropa - Biella - Italy
Sacred Mount of Oropa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacro_Monte_di_Oropa
Oropa Sanctuary (Unesco World Heritage) in Biella - Italy
Piedmont’s famous pilgrimage site. Madonna Nera (Black Holy Lady)
The sanctuary stands at the top of the woods and meadows of the Oropa Valley basin. Founded in 1620, the sanctuary spreads around three large squares and is both impressive and picturesque.
The First square is enclosed by two buildings from the 18th and 19th-centuries,. The Second square, standing on a higher level, has buildings designed between 1740-1750 by Francesco Gallo.
From the second square, take the long majestic flight of steps to reach the Holy Square, built in the 17th-century to designs by Pietro Arduzzi. Here the Ancient Basilica stands, built at the beginning of the 17th-century on the site of an earlier 2nd-century church. Inside is the so-called "Sacello Eusebiano" which houses the statue of the Madonna Nera (our Holy Black Lady) . This wooden sculpture covered in gold and gems dates back to the end of the 13th-century. According to legend it was brought to Oropa in the 3rd-century by the bishop of Vercelli, Eusebio.
Beyond the square rises the New Basilica built between 1885 and 1960. Completing the sanctuary are nineteen chapels that make up the Oropa Holy Mount. Of these, twelve were built between 1620 and 1720, and contain groups of sculptures depicting scenes from the life of the Madonna. The other seven, dispersed around the sanctuary, recount devotional episodes connected to Oropa.
www.piemonte-emozioni.it/cultura/eng/edifici_religiosi/sa...
23 January, 2010
22 January, 2010
Sweet Koh Chang
©Angela M. Lobefaro
Playing on the beach in Ko Chang - Thailand
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15 January, 2010
Sunset Lodge
© Angela M. Lobefaro
taken where we live.
Valdengo, Piedmont Italy
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27 December, 2009
03 December, 2009
To Be or Not to be HIV-positive
>>>>>HIV, Pregnancy, Maternal and Child health<<<<<<
It has been estimated that 1.5 million HIV positive women become pregnant every year, which means that about 600,000 children are infected every year by vertical transmission. The figures from selected pre-natal clinics in urban areas reveal an incidence of HIV among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa of over 25%. In 2005, in LHDIC (Low Human Development Index Countries) only 9% of pregnant HIV-positive women received an antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent transmission of the virus to their children, a modest increase of 3% compared with 2003. In these countries infection is associated with an increased risk of: spontaneous miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, premature labour, premature rupture of membranes, urogenital infections, syphilis. In industrialized countries the incidence of vertical transmission of the virus has fallen to minimal levels, as low as 2%, thanks to the introduction of antiretroviral therapy, the use of Caesarean section, and artificial feeding. In Africa, instead, where these operations are not widespread and not always available and where breastfeeding for long periods is normal, the vertical transmission of the virus is still around 25 to 40%.
PMTCT (Prevention Mother to Child Transmission) and PPTCT PLUS (Parental Prevention to Child Transmission)
Vertical transmission can occur at various stages: during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding. In LHDIC the prevention of vertical transmission by seropositive mothers is achieved through diverse interventions including:
- Services to promote maternal and infant health (pre- and postnatal).
- Counselling and testing services. - Promotion of alternatives to breastfeeding and/or early interruption of the same.
- Optimized and non invasive obstetric procedures - Preventive antiretroviral therapy for the mother and child.
- Antimalarial prophylaxis, since it has been demonstrated to reduce vertical transmission.
It is important to guarantee all women access to counselling and to VCT (Voluntary Counselling Testing).
The breastfeeding stage is the most delicate and difficult to deal with. The WHO estimates that 94% of children in the world are breastfed. 79% continue to one year and 52% up to two years. Breastfeeding over six months is common in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia. Without antiretroviral prophylaxis or other effective intervention to prevent the vertical transmission of HIV, breastfeeding that extends for two years or more can increase the risk of transmission of HIV by about 40%. About 5 to 20% of infants are infected in the post-natal period and the risk increases progressively with the duration of breastfeeding. However, the alternative to breastfeeding, artificial feeding, is recommended only where it is easy to guarantee the supply of powdered milk and clean drinking water. In LHDIC artificial feeding may lead to the development of very serious problems. Bearing in mind that regarding breastfeeding there are no unanimous and general recommendations and that every intervention depends on the operative context, it is advisable to abide by the strategies proposed by the Ministry of Health in each individual country, which in turn are derived from general recommendations of the WHO.
Case study: PMTCT and PPTCT PLUS in Zimbabwe
http://www.cesvi.eu/UserFiles/File/Hiv-Aids_Zimbabwe.def.pdf
Cover photos by Giovanni Diffidenti
.
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01 December, 2009
To Be or Not to be HIV-positive
on the left of this photo: Takunda
the first child born in Zimbabwe from a HIV-positive mother with the health program of Cesvi "Stop AIDS at Birth"
His name, written in Shona, means "We won", represents a winning solidarity and strength of a continent that can win the difficult battle against AIDS.
www.cesvi.eu/?pagina=pagina_generica.php&id=786
Hiv-Aids
>>>>>HIV, pregnancy, maternal and child health<<<<<<
It has been estimated that 1.5 million HIV positive women become pregnant every year, which means that about 600,000 children are infected every year by vertical transmission. The figures from selected pre-natal clinics in urban areas reveal an incidence of HIV among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa of over 25%. In 2005, in LHDIC (Low Human Development Index Countries) only 9% of pregnant HIV-positive women received an antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent transmission of the virus to their children, a modest increase of 3% compared with 2003. In these countries infection is associated with an increased risk of: spontaneous miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, premature labour, premature rupture of membranes, urogenital infections, syphilis. In industrialized countries the incidence of vertical transmission of the virus has fallen to minimal levels, as low as 2%, thanks to the introduction of antiretroviral therapy, the use of Caesarean section, and artificial feeding. In Africa, instead, where these operations are not widespread and not always available and where breastfeeding for long periods is normal, the vertical transmission of the virus is still around 25 to 40%.
PMTCT (Prevention Mother to Child Transmission) and PPTCT PLUS (Parental Prevention to Child Transmission)
Vertical transmission can occur at various stages: during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding. In LHDIC the prevention of vertical transmission by seropositive mothers is achieved through diverse interventions including:
- Services to promote maternal and infant health (pre- and postnatal).
- Counselling and testing services. - Promotion of alternatives to breastfeeding and/or early interruption of the same.
- Optimized and non invasive obstetric procedures - Preventive antiretroviral therapy for the mother and child.
- Antimalarial prophylaxis, since it has been demonstrated to reduce vertical transmission.
It is important to guarantee all women access to counselling and to VCT (Voluntary Counselling Testing).
The breastfeeding stage is the most delicate and difficult to deal with. The WHO estimates that 94% of children in the world are breastfed. 79% continue to one year and 52% up to two years. Breastfeeding over six months is common in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia. Without antiretroviral prophylaxis or other effective intervention to prevent the vertical transmission of HIV, breastfeeding that extends for two years or more can increase the risk of transmission of HIV by about 40%. About 5 to 20% of infants are infected in the post-natal period and the risk increases progressively with the duration of breastfeeding. However, the alternative to breastfeeding, artificial feeding, is recommended only where it is easy to guarantee the supply of powdered milk and clean drinking water. In LHDIC artificial feeding may lead to the development of very serious problems. Bearing in mind that regarding breastfeeding there are no unanimous and general recommendations and that every intervention depends on the operative context, it is advisable to abide by the strategies proposed by the Ministry of Health in each individual country, which in turn are derived from general recommendations of the WHO.
Case study: PMTCT and PPTCT PLUS in Zimbabwe
www.cesvi.eu/UserFiles/File/Hiv-Aids_Zimbabwe.def.pdf
Cover photo by Giovanni Diffidenti
.
DONATE NOW:
donazioni.cesvi.org/index-ing.asp
27 November, 2009
21 November, 2009
07 November, 2009
Ascension
Era un mattino buio e tempestoso ....
© Angela M. Lobefaro
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The Monumental Cemetery in the Sacred Mount of Oropa - Biella - Italy
Sacred Mount of Oropa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacro_Monte_di_Oropa
Oropa Sanctuary (Unesco World Heritage) in Biella - ( Piedmont ) Italy
Piedmont’s famous pilgrimage site. Madonna Nera (Black Holy Lady)
The sanctuary stands at the top of the woods and meadows of the Oropa Valley basin. Founded in 1620, the sanctuary spreads around three large squares and is both impressive and picturesque.
The First square is enclosed by two buildings from the 18th and 19th-centuries,. The Second square, standing on a higher level, has buildings designed between 1740-1750 by Francesco Gallo.
From the second square, take the long majestic flight of steps to reach the Holy Square, built in the 17th-century to designs by Pietro Arduzzi. Here the Ancient Basilica stands, built at the beginning of the 17th-century on the site of an earlier 2nd-century church. Inside is the so-called "Sacello Eusebiano" which houses the statue of the Madonna Nera (our Holy Black Lady) . This wooden sculpture covered in gold and gems dates back to the end of the 13th-century. According to legend it was brought to Oropa in the 3rd-century by the bishop of Vercelli, Eusebio.
Beyond the square rises the New Basilica built between 1885 and 1960. Completing the sanctuary are nineteen chapels that make up the Oropa Holy Mount. Of these, twelve were built between 1620 and 1720, and contain groups of sculptures depicting scenes from the life of the Madonna. The other seven, dispersed around the sanctuary, recount devotional episodes connected to Oropa.
www.piemonte-emozioni.it/cultura/eng/edifici_religiosi/sa...
05 November, 2009
02 November, 2009
01 November, 2009
One For All
© Angela M. Lobefaro
All Rights Reserved
Oropa Sanctuary (Unesco World Heritage) in Biella - Italy
Piedmont’s famous pilgrimage site. Madonna Nera (Black Holy Lady)
The sanctuary stands at the top of the woods and meadows of the Oropa Valley basin. Founded in 1620, the sanctuary spreads around three large squares and is both impressive and picturesque.
The First square is enclosed by two buildings from the 18th and 19th-centuries,. The Second square, standing on a higher level, has buildings designed between 1740-1750 by Francesco Gallo.
From the second square, take the long majestic flight of steps to reach the Holy Square, built in the 17th-century to designs by Pietro Arduzzi. Here the Ancient Basilica stands, built at the beginning of the 17th-century on the site of an earlier 2nd-century church. Inside is the so-called "Sacello Eusebiano" which houses the statue of the Madonna Nera (our Holy Black Lady) . This wooden sculpture covered in gold and gems dates back to the end of the 13th-century. According to legend it was brought to Oropa in the 3rd-century by the bishop of Vercelli, Eusebio.
Beyond the square rises the New Basilica built between 1885 and 1960. Completing the sanctuary are nineteen chapels that make up the Oropa Holy Mount. Of these, twelve were built between 1620 and 1720, and contain groups of sculptures depicting scenes from the life of the Madonna. The other seven, dispersed around the sanctuary, recount devotional episodes connected to Oropa.
www.piemonte-emozioni.it/cultura/eng/edifici_religiosi/sa...
28 October, 2009
18 October, 2009
Ghost Bikers
© Angela M. Lobefaro
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Max had to take a walk with the new camera...
his photo, my quick editing...
Baraggia, Piedmont, Italy
5 km from where we live
>>>>>>>>>>>HAVE A GREAT WEEK END!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
02 September, 2009
Oh Romeo, Oh Mio Romeo!
©Angela M. Lobefaro
Our new Courtyard, and a friend ! (with good WINE)
-->>We are STILL unpacking, and arraging our new flat!
SOOOOOOOO much to do!!
See you soon Dear Friends!
06 August, 2009
Only You
©Angela M. Lobefaro
THE PLATTERS - ONLY YOU:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2pEdc1_lI
Playing on the beach in Ko Chang - Thailand
..
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We will not have so much time for comments...we are going to prepare to MOVE to another flat!
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31 July, 2009
The Jumping Pose
©Angela M. Lobefaro
Playing on the beach in Ko Chang - Thailand
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30 July, 2009
Lunch is Ready
...Mind that: SAND FLIES were REALLY Busy: EATING US & everyone
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Dear Friends
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29 July, 2009
Angela No Limits
©Angela M. Lobefaro
Easy Walk in the Forest
as per descriptions they gave us:
"A walk for everybody"
?
alternative title: "SEMPRE PIU' IN ALTO" ( higher & higher)
26 July, 2009
AndreasC modeling for us ;-)
©Angela M. Lobefaro
AndreasC and his D700, straight from the camera
Todays we have spent a great day with bad_winters & AndreasC
at Lago del Mucrone (Lake Mucrone):
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_del_Mucrone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mucrone
Thanks for your visit! Come back soon!
24 July, 2009
22 July, 2009
19 July, 2009
I am So Busy!
©Angela M. Lobefaro
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18 July, 2009
16 July, 2009
Free Foot Society
©Angela M. Lobefaro
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taken in Bang Bao village - Koh Chang - Thailand
