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Times Square - New York City 🇺🇸 The origin of this place was known as Long Acre Square, but it was renamed Times Square after being located in 1904, at the intersection of 42nd Street, the offices of the New York Times. In 1913, the newspaper’s offices moved to 229 43rd Street, and the building was renamed 1 Times Square in 1961. History of Times Square, at the beginning of the 20th century, Times Square became one of the most important places in New York City, with the construction of theaters, restaurants and luxury and first class hotels. The site began to change in the 30’s where it became a dangerous place with prostitution, crime and drugs, this lasted for more than half a century. History of Times Square During the 1980s, Mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins began a redevelopment project for Midtown Manhattan that included Times Square. In the 1990s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani tackled the project to clean up the area with the closure of pornographic theaters, sex shops and the purchase of the nine historic theaters on 42nd Street by the State of New York. Times Square is located between 7th Avenue and Broadway, and 42nd and 47th streets, it is currently the heart of the city in general and of the New York theater district in particular. The entire area is illuminated day and night by large illuminated signs and huge television screens, this has made it famous throughout the world, as well as the descent of the Crystal ball every December 31 from the top of 1 Times Square announcing the new Year. Up to two million people flocked to Times Square to ring in the year 2000 with the lowering of Waterford’s Millennial Crystal Ball, a huge Swarovski crystal ball made specifically for this event. The north end of the square, between 46th and 47th Streets, is known as Duffy Square in honor of Father Francis P. Duffy, chaplain of the New York Regiment of Infantry during World War II. Half-price same-day Broadway show tickets are available at the TKTS Box Office, located in the center of Duffy Square. The ticket offices, renovated in 2008, are covered on its roof with wide steps in the form of a staircase that allow visitors to sit or enjoy a panoramic view. On May 25, 2009, the city council temporarily closed the section of Broadway that runs through Times Square to pedestrian traffic. The experiment was a great success and it has become a permanent pedestrian plaza where the place is more enjoyable with new metal benches, chairs and tables. Times Square has its own police station, its street cleaning company, and its tourist office that has all the information about the city, and it is also a small museum dedicated to this important square. Times Square wouldn’t be recognizable without its amazing illuminated signs. An image that is admired by two million people who pass through this square every day and many millions more in the world who enjoy it through photographs, paintings, cinema and television. Times Square began to fill with large advertisements in 1916, when the City Council encouraged its installation in this part of the city. Since then there are many who have passed through here, some true works of art. In addition, they played an important role in the remodeling of the square during its most decadent period: as a measure of pressure on the city’s rulers, one night their neighbors turned off all the signs for 15 minutes. The measure had excellent results and the negotiation was carried out. Today, a municipal ordinance obliges the buildings in this area to give up their facade for the installation of such advertisements. 🎥 : Times Square in 1932 (Colorized) 🎥© lostintimevid (IG) #archaeohistories
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Times Square - New York City 🇺🇸 The origin of this place was known as Long Acre Square, but it was renamed Times Square after being located in 1904, at the intersection of 42nd Street, the offices of the New York Times. In 1913, the newspaper’s offices moved to 229 43rd Street, and the building was renamed 1 Times Square in 1961. History of Times Square, at the beginning of the 20th century, Times Square became one of the most important places in New York City, with the construction of theaters, restaurants and luxury and first class hotels. The site began to change in the 30’s where it became a dangerous place with prostitution, crime and drugs, this lasted for more than half a century. History of Times Square During the 1980s, Mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins began a redevelopment project for Midtown Manhattan that included Times Square. In the 1990s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani tackled the project to clean up the area with the closure of pornographic theaters, sex shops and the purchase of the nine historic theaters on 42nd Street by the State of New York. Times Square is located between 7th Avenue and Broadway, and 42nd and 47th streets, it is currently the heart of the city in general and of the New York theater district in particular. The entire area is illuminated day and night by large illuminated signs and huge television screens, this has made it famous throughout the world, as well as the descent of the Crystal ball every December 31 from the top of 1 Times Square announcing the new Year. Up to two million people flocked to Times Square to ring in the year 2000 with the lowering of Waterford’s Millennial Crystal Ball, a huge Swarovski crystal ball made specifically for this event. The north end of the square, between 46th and 47th Streets, is known as Duffy Square in honor of Father Francis P. Duffy, chaplain of the New York Regiment of Infantry during World War II. Half-price same-day Broadway show tickets are available at the TKTS Box Office, located in the center of Duffy Square. The ticket offices, renovated in 2008, are covered on its roof with wide steps in the form of a staircase that allow visitors to sit or enjoy a panoramic view. On May 25, 2009, the city council temporarily closed the section of Broadway that runs through Times Square to pedestrian traffic. The experiment was a great success and it has become a permanent pedestrian plaza where the place is more enjoyable with new metal benches, chairs and tables. Times Square has its own police station, its street cleaning company, and its tourist office that has all the information about the city, and it is also a small museum dedicated to this important square. Times Square wouldn’t be recognizable without its amazing illuminated signs. An image that is admired by two million people who pass through this square every day and many millions more in the world who enjoy it through photographs, paintings, cinema and television. Times Square began to fill with large advertisements in 1916, when the City Council encouraged its installation in this part of the city. Since then there are many who have passed through here, some true works of art. In addition, they played an important role in the remodeling of the square during its most decadent period: as a measure of pressure on the city’s rulers, one night their neighbors turned off all the signs for 15 minutes. The measure had excellent results and the negotiation was carried out. Today, a municipal ordinance obliges the buildings in this area to give up their facade for the installation of such advertisements. 🎥 : Times Square in 1932 (Colorized) 🎥© lostintimevid (IG) #archaeohistories

Archaeo - Histories

39,490 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

🚨⚠️ I NEED TO SAY THIS, BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO LEADS A TEAM, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THESE THINGS WORK. ⚠️🚨 🩺 As a surgeon, I work every day with teams where every single person plays a vital role. In surgery, the anesthesiologist, scrub techs, assistants, nurses, and specialists each have a precise moment where their work must be seen, executed, and respected for the operation to succeed. If one part fails, the overall execution loses quality. 🎥 And the same applies to a stage performance. 📍There are cameramen positioned at every corner. 📍There are technical directors. 📍There are people coordinating transitions, camera cuts, and screen time. Everything is rehearsed. Everything is planned. Everything follows a script. So explain to me why, when it’s Jimin’s moment to execute his part —his lines, his center, his movements, his expressions— the camera suddenly cuts away, ignores him, or prioritizes other shots instead. 🎭📷 Because this is NOT accidental. ❌ And the fans can SEE IT. 👀 This is not about competing against other members. This is about professional respect for the work of EVERY member of BTS. A perfect performance works like a perfect surgery: ✨ every detail matters, ✨ every contribution matters, ✨ and every professional deserves to be shown at the exact moment their role is meant to shine. Jimin should not disappear from the screen during key moments of his performance. He should not be treated like background noise when he is an essential piece of the entire show. And don’t tell me I’m exaggerating. Don’t tell me everyone is treated equally. Don’t tell me anything at all. 👁️ JUST WATCH. 👁️ And if after watching you still choose to ignore it, then the problem isn’t that it doesn’t exist… the problem is that you refuse to see reality. Because to miss something this obvious, you would have to be completely blind. ⚠️🚨 And THIS is exactly why we, as fans, need to continue elevating Jimin’s music, his image, his artistry, and his impact even louder. 🎶🔥 Stream his music. Support his projects. Talk about his talent. Highlight his performances. Protect his name. Make sure the world sees what some cameras keep failing to show. Because no matter how much they try to minimize his moments… his presence is simply impossible to erase. ✨👑 BIGHIT MUSIC HYBE OFFICIAL WITH JIMIN TILL THE END WE LOVE YOU JIMIN JIMIN JIMIN
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🚨⚠️ I NEED TO SAY THIS, BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO LEADS A TEAM, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THESE THINGS WORK. ⚠️🚨 🩺 As a surgeon, I work every day with teams where every single person plays a vital role. In surgery, the anesthesiologist, scrub techs, assistants, nurses, and specialists each have a precise moment where their work must be seen, executed, and respected for the operation to succeed. If one part fails, the overall execution loses quality. 🎥 And the same applies to a stage performance. 📍There are cameramen positioned at every corner. 📍There are technical directors. 📍There are people coordinating transitions, camera cuts, and screen time. Everything is rehearsed. Everything is planned. Everything follows a script. So explain to me why, when it’s Jimin’s moment to execute his part —his lines, his center, his movements, his expressions— the camera suddenly cuts away, ignores him, or prioritizes other shots instead. 🎭📷 Because this is NOT accidental. ❌ And the fans can SEE IT. 👀 This is not about competing against other members. This is about professional respect for the work of EVERY member of BTS. A perfect performance works like a perfect surgery: ✨ every detail matters, ✨ every contribution matters, ✨ and every professional deserves to be shown at the exact moment their role is meant to shine. Jimin should not disappear from the screen during key moments of his performance. He should not be treated like background noise when he is an essential piece of the entire show. And don’t tell me I’m exaggerating. Don’t tell me everyone is treated equally. Don’t tell me anything at all. 👁️ JUST WATCH. 👁️ And if after watching you still choose to ignore it, then the problem isn’t that it doesn’t exist… the problem is that you refuse to see reality. Because to miss something this obvious, you would have to be completely blind. ⚠️🚨 And THIS is exactly why we, as fans, need to continue elevating Jimin’s music, his image, his artistry, and his impact even louder. 🎶🔥 Stream his music. Support his projects. Talk about his talent. Highlight his performances. Protect his name. Make sure the world sees what some cameras keep failing to show. Because no matter how much they try to minimize his moments… his presence is simply impossible to erase. ✨👑 BIGHIT MUSIC HYBE OFFICIAL WITH JIMIN TILL THE END WE LOVE YOU JIMIN JIMIN JIMIN

Ann Park

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Self organisation is for LAZY coaches! Elite coaches should verbalise all of the nuances of detail to maximise the performance of their athletes. Video analysis should provide you with all of the granular data so that you can make minute analysis and provide the most specific cues for each step in the sprint. 🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥 At the end of last the summer I reached to Frans Bosch to bug him on all things sprinting. It’s been 3/4 years since we had spoken last so it was very refreshing to talk about what I had been witnessing whilst analysing footballers. Somethings that I learnt from him over a decade ago and have consistently used to maximise speed skills. 1) “take the arms out of the running cycle and the body will need to self organise in order to avoid over rotation and thus keep the abdominals in the sweet spot” 2) “Run bouncy with excellent co contractions between hip, knee and ankle will keep the hamstring in the sweet spot, reducing strain” 3) “Stabilise running technique by clarifying how to PROJECT , SWITCH AND REACT (PSR) over increasing amounts of velocity, vectors and variations of instability” 🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬 I took the concept of PSR directly from the heuristics of dpfaff 15 years ago. A man who gives and gives and gives and gives some more. Dan let me bug him for months, write my thesis on him, then I got to stalk him daily for 3 years in the build up to the 2012 Olympics. Coaching the PSR pillers became a very helpful way of reducing the clutter of technical jargon and degrees of freedom. It focused my coaching eye and created a shared language for athletes, therapists and non technical coaches. ⚽️🏉🏈🏟️🥅🎾🏏🏐🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏾🏃🏽‍♂️ 3 years ago I started working with Ryan Grubbs before he joined the NFL. Ryan and I put our heads together to create a system that would reduce the friction for coaches wanting to coach more efficient movement . We downloaded our brains in to a range of decision trees and algorithms and then began to support teams through our joint venture Speed Solutions We provide a unique macroscopic analysis of intense game actions (acceleration, deceleration , change of direction and max velocity). All data is visualised and compared athletes of a similar level within our data base. We have stood on the shoulders of great academic work of Ryu Nagahara Helen Bayne James Wild and Ken Clark, PhD and then layered in our experiences coaching the best athletes and players from around the world. 🤳🎥👾💻🖥️🧑‍💻📉📊📈 vuemotion provide us with the data and Speed Solutions provides us with the insight. Self organisation is a concept built for lazy coaches like me. Measure what matters. Coach the PSR PILLERS Design a training environment that challenges skill stability. Then Measure again. 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕 This was longer than I planned (I am sick stuck in bed) , so well done if you made it this far. Drop me a question video analysis using, lazy coaching or building Olympic level Speed Skills.
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Self organisation is for LAZY coaches! Elite coaches should verbalise all of the nuances of detail to maximise the performance of their athletes. Video analysis should provide you with all of the granular data so that you can make minute analysis and provide the most specific cues for each step in the sprint. 🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥 At the end of last the summer I reached to Frans Bosch to bug him on all things sprinting. It’s been 3/4 years since we had spoken last so it was very refreshing to talk about what I had been witnessing whilst analysing footballers. Somethings that I learnt from him over a decade ago and have consistently used to maximise speed skills. 1) “take the arms out of the running cycle and the body will need to self organise in order to avoid over rotation and thus keep the abdominals in the sweet spot” 2) “Run bouncy with excellent co contractions between hip, knee and ankle will keep the hamstring in the sweet spot, reducing strain” 3) “Stabilise running technique by clarifying how to PROJECT , SWITCH AND REACT (PSR) over increasing amounts of velocity, vectors and variations of instability” 🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬 I took the concept of PSR directly from the heuristics of dpfaff 15 years ago. A man who gives and gives and gives and gives some more. Dan let me bug him for months, write my thesis on him, then I got to stalk him daily for 3 years in the build up to the 2012 Olympics. Coaching the PSR pillers became a very helpful way of reducing the clutter of technical jargon and degrees of freedom. It focused my coaching eye and created a shared language for athletes, therapists and non technical coaches. ⚽️🏉🏈🏟️🥅🎾🏏🏐🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏾🏃🏽‍♂️ 3 years ago I started working with Ryan Grubbs before he joined the NFL. Ryan and I put our heads together to create a system that would reduce the friction for coaches wanting to coach more efficient movement . We downloaded our brains in to a range of decision trees and algorithms and then began to support teams through our joint venture Speed Solutions We provide a unique macroscopic analysis of intense game actions (acceleration, deceleration , change of direction and max velocity). All data is visualised and compared athletes of a similar level within our data base. We have stood on the shoulders of great academic work of Ryu Nagahara Helen Bayne James Wild and Ken Clark, PhD and then layered in our experiences coaching the best athletes and players from around the world. 🤳🎥👾💻🖥️🧑‍💻📉📊📈 vuemotion provide us with the data and Speed Solutions provides us with the insight. Self organisation is a concept built for lazy coaches like me. Measure what matters. Coach the PSR PILLERS Design a training environment that challenges skill stability. Then Measure again. 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕 This was longer than I planned (I am sick stuck in bed) , so well done if you made it this far. Drop me a question video analysis using, lazy coaching or building Olympic level Speed Skills.

Jonas Dodoo

75,630 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Ancient Theatre of Taormina (Teatro antico di Taormina), an ancient Greek Theatre in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. It was initially built by Greeks in 3rd Century BC, before being rebuilt and enlarged by the Romans. While known as an amphitheatre, the site is actually an ancient theatre, not the gladiatorial arena of the type normally meant by the term. As well as being a major draw for tourists to the city, today the theatre continues to be used for concerts, plays and other events. Ancient Greeks inhabited Sicily from 750 BC, establishing many significant settlements on the island to make use of Sicily’s fertile soil and advantageous trading location. Around the 3rd Century BC, at the time of Hiero II, Greeks dug directly into the hard rock of Mount Taro to construct a theatre, removing around 100,00 cubic metres of rock. Large columns would have been hauled up the mountain by slaves to encircle the stage. Greek Theatre, was designed to accommodate dramatic or musical performances and so included an orchestra at the lowest levels of the theatre and a large scene where actors or dancers would perform. The cavea or auditorium steps and seats, were designed so all 5400 spectators could hear wherever they sat. Later, under Roman rule, the theatre was rebuilt, probably around the time of Hadrian or Trajan. It was remodelled in the 3rd Century AD, with the orchestra turned into an arena and stage removed. Theatre had a diameter of 107m and could hold around 10,000 spectators. It become one of oldest theatres in Magna Graeca to have curved cavea, rather than the older trapezoidal design. The cavea were divided into 9 sections. On either side of the skene was a basilica. Taormina’s theatre became part of the natural landscape; the light and splendid Calabrian coastal scenery providing a natural backdrop to performances. Remains of another Hellenistic building have been found under the Roman cavea. After Punic Wars, Romans annexed Sicily, forcing out Carthaginians. While Sicily remained largely Greek culturally, the Roman settlers expanded the theatre and shifted its function to reflect Roman entertainment; gladiatorial games. Romans expanded the orchestra, as well as adding columns, statues and covers. During Middle Ages, the grand Corinthian style columns were removed to adorn palaces and places of worship, including the Cathedral. Today, over 2 millennia later, the Taormina Amphitheatre remains a social space for watching performances. Today, theatre is used as a venue for the annual arts festival Taormina Arte, other entertainment offered includes theatre, concerts, symphonies, operas, ballets and the David di Donatell awards have all been held within the ancient auditorium. The modern seating has had a mixed response, but allows this fantastic site that has weathered the ravages of time to continue functioning as was originally intended. Be aware the site is not very accessible for those who cannot climb easily. However, those who visit are rewarded with spectacular views of Mount Etna. 🎥© pioandreaperi (IG) #archaeohistories
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Ancient Theatre of Taormina (Teatro antico di Taormina), an ancient Greek Theatre in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. It was initially built by Greeks in 3rd Century BC, before being rebuilt and enlarged by the Romans. While known as an amphitheatre, the site is actually an ancient theatre, not the gladiatorial arena of the type normally meant by the term. As well as being a major draw for tourists to the city, today the theatre continues to be used for concerts, plays and other events. Ancient Greeks inhabited Sicily from 750 BC, establishing many significant settlements on the island to make use of Sicily’s fertile soil and advantageous trading location. Around the 3rd Century BC, at the time of Hiero II, Greeks dug directly into the hard rock of Mount Taro to construct a theatre, removing around 100,00 cubic metres of rock. Large columns would have been hauled up the mountain by slaves to encircle the stage. Greek Theatre, was designed to accommodate dramatic or musical performances and so included an orchestra at the lowest levels of the theatre and a large scene where actors or dancers would perform. The cavea or auditorium steps and seats, were designed so all 5400 spectators could hear wherever they sat. Later, under Roman rule, the theatre was rebuilt, probably around the time of Hadrian or Trajan. It was remodelled in the 3rd Century AD, with the orchestra turned into an arena and stage removed. Theatre had a diameter of 107m and could hold around 10,000 spectators. It become one of oldest theatres in Magna Graeca to have curved cavea, rather than the older trapezoidal design. The cavea were divided into 9 sections. On either side of the skene was a basilica. Taormina’s theatre became part of the natural landscape; the light and splendid Calabrian coastal scenery providing a natural backdrop to performances. Remains of another Hellenistic building have been found under the Roman cavea. After Punic Wars, Romans annexed Sicily, forcing out Carthaginians. While Sicily remained largely Greek culturally, the Roman settlers expanded the theatre and shifted its function to reflect Roman entertainment; gladiatorial games. Romans expanded the orchestra, as well as adding columns, statues and covers. During Middle Ages, the grand Corinthian style columns were removed to adorn palaces and places of worship, including the Cathedral. Today, over 2 millennia later, the Taormina Amphitheatre remains a social space for watching performances. Today, theatre is used as a venue for the annual arts festival Taormina Arte, other entertainment offered includes theatre, concerts, symphonies, operas, ballets and the David di Donatell awards have all been held within the ancient auditorium. The modern seating has had a mixed response, but allows this fantastic site that has weathered the ravages of time to continue functioning as was originally intended. Be aware the site is not very accessible for those who cannot climb easily. However, those who visit are rewarded with spectacular views of Mount Etna. 🎥© pioandreaperi (IG) #archaeohistories

Archaeo - Histories

20,515 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

🚨 REPORT | Israel expands strikes on civilian infrastructure across southern Lebanon, targeting bridges, fuel stations, and financial lifelines The latest strikes and threats point to a three-part strategy: cutting off the south, hitting fuel stations, and targeting financial institutions tied to Hezbollah. ▪️ 1. Bridges: isolating southern Lebanon 💢 Israeli forces have begun bombing crossings over the Litani River, a key geographic boundary separating southern Lebanon from the rest of the country. Civilians were ordered to move north, with the military warning that “any movement southward may put your life at risk.” Bridges targeted include: ▪️ Al-Qinayat Bridge (Al-Qasmiya, near Tyre) struck today ▪️ Qaaqiya Bridge (inland south Lebanon) hit today ▪️ Burj Rahhal crossing (coastal Tyre district) confirmed hit ▪️ Zrariyeh Bridge (central Litani corridor) destroyed March 13 These crossings are critical civilian routes. Their destruction effectively cuts off large parts of southern Lebanon. ▪️ 2. Fuel stations: targeting energy access Israel says it struck fuel stations operated by the “Al-Amanah” company, claiming they generate millions of dollars for Hezbollah through accounts linked to Al-Qard Al-Hassan. But these stations also serve civilians across southern Lebanon, meaning the strikes directly hit access to fuel in already strained areas. Israel has framed the attacks as part of a broader effort to damage what it calls Hezbollah’s economic infrastructure by striking at “the heart of the civilian population.” ▪️ 3. Financial institutions: targeting Al-Qard Al-Hassan Israel has also explicitly cast these strikes as an attack on the financial system tied to Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a Hezbollah-linked institution that it accuses of helping fund military activity. But Al-Qard Al-Hassan also functions as a major financial lifeline for many Lebanese, especially in the south, providing loans and services in areas where access to traditional banking is limited. ▪️ Scale of attacks: Israel says it has destroyed more than 80 “infrastructure targets” over the past week as part of what it calls a “forward defense” campaign. ▪️ Legal implications The UN Human Rights Office warned March 17 that strikes on bridges, healthcare facilities, residential buildings, and other civilian objects could amount to war crimes, stressing that deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international law. 🎥 Video 1: Qasmiyeh crossing (not the main bridge) Video 2: Israeli military attack on infrastructure, target undisclosed
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🚨 REPORT | Israel expands strikes on civilian infrastructure across southern Lebanon, targeting bridges, fuel stations, and financial lifelines The latest strikes and threats point to a three-part strategy: cutting off the south, hitting fuel stations, and targeting financial institutions tied to Hezbollah. ▪️ 1. Bridges: isolating southern Lebanon 💢 Israeli forces have begun bombing crossings over the Litani River, a key geographic boundary separating southern Lebanon from the rest of the country. Civilians were ordered to move north, with the military warning that “any movement southward may put your life at risk.” Bridges targeted include: ▪️ Al-Qinayat Bridge (Al-Qasmiya, near Tyre) struck today ▪️ Qaaqiya Bridge (inland south Lebanon) hit today ▪️ Burj Rahhal crossing (coastal Tyre district) confirmed hit ▪️ Zrariyeh Bridge (central Litani corridor) destroyed March 13 These crossings are critical civilian routes. Their destruction effectively cuts off large parts of southern Lebanon. ▪️ 2. Fuel stations: targeting energy access Israel says it struck fuel stations operated by the “Al-Amanah” company, claiming they generate millions of dollars for Hezbollah through accounts linked to Al-Qard Al-Hassan. But these stations also serve civilians across southern Lebanon, meaning the strikes directly hit access to fuel in already strained areas. Israel has framed the attacks as part of a broader effort to damage what it calls Hezbollah’s economic infrastructure by striking at “the heart of the civilian population.” ▪️ 3. Financial institutions: targeting Al-Qard Al-Hassan Israel has also explicitly cast these strikes as an attack on the financial system tied to Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a Hezbollah-linked institution that it accuses of helping fund military activity. But Al-Qard Al-Hassan also functions as a major financial lifeline for many Lebanese, especially in the south, providing loans and services in areas where access to traditional banking is limited. ▪️ Scale of attacks: Israel says it has destroyed more than 80 “infrastructure targets” over the past week as part of what it calls a “forward defense” campaign. ▪️ Legal implications The UN Human Rights Office warned March 17 that strikes on bridges, healthcare facilities, residential buildings, and other civilian objects could amount to war crimes, stressing that deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international law. 🎥 Video 1: Qasmiyeh crossing (not the main bridge) Video 2: Israeli military attack on infrastructure, target undisclosed

Drop Site

74,096 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Majestically perched upon a rocky basalt cliff overlooking Selco Valley, set against dramatic the backdrop of Majella mountains, is Castle of Roccascalegna, near Chieti in Abruzzo, Italy. The basalt rocky cliff on which the castle was built is a geological jewel, originally carried along a clay floor by the currents of the sea that covered the area over 20 million years ago. The hardened clays surrounding it have spectacular shapes and different colors, ranging from gray to green to blue to red in relation to the abundance of iron and copper. Some still contain fragments of shell fossils. Name comes from sentence ‘Rocca con scala di legno”, meaning a fortress with a wooden staircase, possibly a drawbridge, which was only way to access castle from village below it. A ramp was added in 1705 AD, and when castle was fully restored over a 10 year period starting in 1985, municipality built a staircase leading directly to village. Founded in 1160 AD, castle had two functions: to control underlying Valle del Rio Secco, and to offer a defense against unwanted arrivals on Adriatic coast. Nothing much is known about it until 1599 AD, when fiefdom of Montescalegna was bought by baron Vincenzo Corvi for 10,000 ducati, who restored it to accommodate needs of firearm warfare. Vincenzo was succeeded by Annibale, then Giuseppe, Giovanni Battista, Annibale III and finally by Pompeo Filippo, who sold it to a noble gentleman of Palena, Don Nicolò Nanni, who ended saga of Corvi barons. I called it a saga because, apparently, they weren’t all good landlords. One of them decided to force his subjects to kneel before a raven, which is called corvo in Italian, whom he placed in a cage along only road leading to the village. Later, another baron decided to introduce most hideous of medieval feudal customs, "jus primae noctis", obliging every newly-wed bride to spend her first nuptial night with him. This deeply angered parish priest, who protested publicly. Baron ordered his guards to punish him, and he was killed at entrance of village while trying to escape. Later, a brave bride stabbed baron directly in his heart with a stiletto dagger. He leaned onto a rock wall with his bloody hand, and left his imprint. Many tried to wash this handprint off rock, but it always came back as red as ever, remaining visible until 27 January 1940, when tower where bedroom was situated collapsed. Today, Castle used to be rented out for just 110$ a night, including the torture chamber and armory, but the listing was taken down at the beginning of the pandemic, and today the castle can only be visited by booking a personal tour. 🎥© alessio_marcosano (IG) #archaeohistories
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Majestically perched upon a rocky basalt cliff overlooking Selco Valley, set against dramatic the backdrop of Majella mountains, is Castle of Roccascalegna, near Chieti in Abruzzo, Italy. The basalt rocky cliff on which the castle was built is a geological jewel, originally carried along a clay floor by the currents of the sea that covered the area over 20 million years ago. The hardened clays surrounding it have spectacular shapes and different colors, ranging from gray to green to blue to red in relation to the abundance of iron and copper. Some still contain fragments of shell fossils. Name comes from sentence ‘Rocca con scala di legno”, meaning a fortress with a wooden staircase, possibly a drawbridge, which was only way to access castle from village below it. A ramp was added in 1705 AD, and when castle was fully restored over a 10 year period starting in 1985, municipality built a staircase leading directly to village. Founded in 1160 AD, castle had two functions: to control underlying Valle del Rio Secco, and to offer a defense against unwanted arrivals on Adriatic coast. Nothing much is known about it until 1599 AD, when fiefdom of Montescalegna was bought by baron Vincenzo Corvi for 10,000 ducati, who restored it to accommodate needs of firearm warfare. Vincenzo was succeeded by Annibale, then Giuseppe, Giovanni Battista, Annibale III and finally by Pompeo Filippo, who sold it to a noble gentleman of Palena, Don Nicolò Nanni, who ended saga of Corvi barons. I called it a saga because, apparently, they weren’t all good landlords. One of them decided to force his subjects to kneel before a raven, which is called corvo in Italian, whom he placed in a cage along only road leading to the village. Later, another baron decided to introduce most hideous of medieval feudal customs, "jus primae noctis", obliging every newly-wed bride to spend her first nuptial night with him. This deeply angered parish priest, who protested publicly. Baron ordered his guards to punish him, and he was killed at entrance of village while trying to escape. Later, a brave bride stabbed baron directly in his heart with a stiletto dagger. He leaned onto a rock wall with his bloody hand, and left his imprint. Many tried to wash this handprint off rock, but it always came back as red as ever, remaining visible until 27 January 1940, when tower where bedroom was situated collapsed. Today, Castle used to be rented out for just 110$ a night, including the torture chamber and armory, but the listing was taken down at the beginning of the pandemic, and today the castle can only be visited by booking a personal tour. 🎥© alessio_marcosano (IG) #archaeohistories

Archaeo - Histories

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This looks so neat and clean Created by using GPT Image 2 + Seedance 2.0 on TapNow Prompt Ultra-luxury cinematic fashion construction film. STRICTLY follow all 12 storyboard panels sequentially without skipping, merging, shortening, reordering, or improvising any panel. Every shot must transition smoothly into the next in exact numerical order from Panel 1 through Panel 12. Total runtime exactly 155 seconds. Maintain absolute continuity in lighting, material behavior, camera language, scale progression, and object identity throughout the entire film. Only ONE shoe exists during the entire video — never show a pair under any circumstance. Visual format: 65mm IMAX film aesthetic, macro-capable Panavision anamorphic lens, ultra-sharp macro detail, shallow cinematic depth of field, fine editorial film grain throughout, subtle horizontal anamorphic lens flares ONLY from thread highlights and suede edge speculars. Infinity cyclorama studio environment with seamless pale grey-to-white gradient background where the floor curves upward into the wall with no visible horizon line. Warm-neutral soft key light from above camera-left creating one consistent clean shadow falling back-right in every shot. Lighting inspired by Loewe / Hermès luxury editorial campaigns — soft but directional, warm and premium, never harsh, never blue, never high contrast, never crushed blacks. Stable cinematography only. No jitter, no AI morphing, no flicker, no ghosting. The entire narrative is a meditative material-transformation journey where a single deep crimson liquid droplet gradually evolves into a handcrafted suede slingback heel through couture construction and hidden comfort engineering. Every material interaction obeys realistic physics. Diegetic sound only — no music, no score. PANEL 1 — THE VOID (00:00–00:10) Wide locked-off cinematic shot of an empty infinity cyclorama studio with pale grey-to-white seamless gradient background. Atmospheric dust floating slowly in warm studio light. Exposure breathing subtly. Silence and soft room tone dominate. After several seconds, one tiny deep crimson droplet slowly falls into frame from above in near weightless slow motion, rotating slightly while catching warm highlights. The droplet lands center frame on the polished cyclorama floor with realistic liquid surface tension physics. It briefly holds spherical form before gently flattening outward. One soft shadow falls back-right. Sound: low room tone, elegant bell-like tick on impact, delicate reverb decay. PANEL 2 — SURFACE TENSION (00:10–00:22) Cut to macro floor-level close-up. Camera slowly orbits around the flattened crimson liquid pool. Surface tension creates organic rounded edges and subtle thickness variation. Warm key light reflects softly like satin lacquer. Tiny ripples propagate outward and gradually settle. Floating dust visible in the beam of light. The liquid slowly begins thickening microscopically as if memory is forming beneath the surface. Edges transition from glossy wetness toward velvety softness. Sound: soft viscous liquid movement, faint atmospheric resonance. PANEL 3 — THE FIRST FIBERS (00:22–00:36) Extreme macro push-in across the crimson surface. Thousands of microscopic suede nap fibers begin extruding upward organically in rhythmic waves. Individual fibers catch warm highlights differently depending on density and angle. The transformation moves naturally across the surface like wind through grass. Matte suede texture gradually replaces liquid gloss entirely. Camera glides slowly across the newly forming velvet landscape. Sound: microscopic fiber rustling, delicate textile friction. PANEL 4 — MATERIAL MEMORY (00:36–00:50) Macro tracking shot across fully formed crimson suede terrain. Every velvet strand visible in extreme detail. Invisible pressure waves beneath the suede subtly shift the nap direction, creating tonal changes across the material surface. Warm light rolls gently over the velvet texture. The material gradually lifts upward from the floor, beginning to imply the sculptural shape of a pointed shoe toe. Sound: soft velvet brushing, low warm resonance. PANEL 5 — THE THREAD ARRIVES (00:50–01:06) Extreme-extreme macro couture construction sequence. One single crimson thread enters frame illuminated by warm directional light. FPV-style camera flies beside the advancing thread as it stitches into the suede surface. Thread fibers visibly twist under tension. The thread enters the suede, disappears beneath the surface, emerges again at the next stitch peak, pulls taut, and repeats rhythmically. Camera passes over every stitch mountain in sequence. Each stitch slightly reshapes surrounding suede. Sound: couture stitching ticks, thread tension tightening, soft textile compression. PANEL 6 — CONSTRUCTION OF FORM (01:06–01:20) Transition from macro to medium scale. Behind the advancing stitch line, the shoe body begins solidifying into recognizable structure. Pointed toe box forms first, then elegant sidewalls rise upward with sculptural precision. The slingback silhouette slowly emerges from previously flat suede terrain. Camera performs a slow floating cinematic arc around the forming structure. Matte crimson suede texture remains perfectly consistent. Sound: restrained structural textile movement, distant stitching continuation. PANEL 7 — THE INTERIOR (01:20–01:34) Macro cutaway revealing the inside of the forming shoe. Cream-colored lambskin lining flows organically into place beneath the crimson suede shell. The lining smooths itself naturally against elegant internal curves. Strong visual contrast between warm cream lambskin and deep crimson suede under soft editorial lighting. Materials appear tactile and luxurious. Sound: soft leather settling, delicate tactile friction. PANEL 8 — ENGINEERED COMFORT (01:34–01:48) Macro cross-sectional engineering sequence. Internal comfort layers assemble one by one with realistic material physics. Dense foam base layer forms first with subtle porous texture. Softer memory foam settles gently above and compresses naturally under its own weight. Cream lambskin velvet seals the upper layer. The completed cushion compresses once slowly and rebounds naturally, demonstrating softness and resilience. Camera glides across microscopic velvet interior texture. Sound: soft pneumatic settling, muted resonance, cushion compression. PANEL 9 — THE HEEL SCULPTURE (01:48–02:02) Macro cinematic focus on the kitten heel gradually forming from the same crimson suede structure beneath the shoe body. Elegant curvature emerges slowly and becomes refined and balanced. Camera tracks upward along the heel contour toward the slingback strap. Warm highlights skim softly across suede edges. Sound: low structural resonance, faint textile shaping. PANEL 10 — FINAL REFINEMENT (02:02–02:18) Medium macro editorial beauty detailing. Camera slowly explores completed craftsmanship: stitch consistency, velvet nap direction, edge finishing, cream lambskin softness, seamless slingback geometry. Tiny dust particles drift through warm studio light. The shoe settles microscopically as if materials are naturally relaxing into final form. Sound: quiet room tone, soft textile creaks, near silence. PANEL 11 — HERO EMERGENCE (02:18–02:32) Slow cinematic pullback from macro detail into full product reveal. The fully completed deep crimson suede slingback heel stands alone centered on the infinity cyclorama floor. Same warm-neutral key light from above camera-left and same single clean shadow falling back-right for continuity with Panel 1. Camera movement extremely slow and controlled. Every material reads clearly: deep crimson suede upper, cream lambskin interior, sculpted kitten heel, elegant slingback strap. Sound: deep low resonant tone gradually fading into room tone. PANEL 12 — THE FINAL HOLD (02:32–02:35) Locked-off front three-quarter hero composition. The single crimson suede slingback heel remains perfectly still at center frame on the seamless infinity cyclorama. Velvet nap subtly catches warm light with natural tonal variation. Silence gradually overtakes the room tone. Hold on pure luxury restraint. No text. No logo. No end card. Global Constraints: Only ONE shoe visible at all times. Never show a pair. No hardware, buckles, laces, or metallic elements. No logos, subtitles, typography, branding, or watermarks. No lighting changes between shots. Maintain consistent deep crimson suede color. Preserve ultra-sharp macro clarity and stable cinematography. No morphing artifacts, no flicker, no surreal deformation. Realistic liquid surface tension. Realistic suede microfiber extrusion. Visible thread twist and accurate stitch tension. Natural foam compression and rebound physics. Consistent matte velvet nap behavior. Diegetic sound only — liquid, textile, stitching, room resonance. No music. No soundtrack.
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This looks so neat and clean Created by using GPT Image 2 + Seedance 2.0 on TapNow Prompt Ultra-luxury cinematic fashion construction film. STRICTLY follow all 12 storyboard panels sequentially without skipping, merging, shortening, reordering, or improvising any panel. Every shot must transition smoothly into the next in exact numerical order from Panel 1 through Panel 12. Total runtime exactly 155 seconds. Maintain absolute continuity in lighting, material behavior, camera language, scale progression, and object identity throughout the entire film. Only ONE shoe exists during the entire video — never show a pair under any circumstance. Visual format: 65mm IMAX film aesthetic, macro-capable Panavision anamorphic lens, ultra-sharp macro detail, shallow cinematic depth of field, fine editorial film grain throughout, subtle horizontal anamorphic lens flares ONLY from thread highlights and suede edge speculars. Infinity cyclorama studio environment with seamless pale grey-to-white gradient background where the floor curves upward into the wall with no visible horizon line. Warm-neutral soft key light from above camera-left creating one consistent clean shadow falling back-right in every shot. Lighting inspired by Loewe / Hermès luxury editorial campaigns — soft but directional, warm and premium, never harsh, never blue, never high contrast, never crushed blacks. Stable cinematography only. No jitter, no AI morphing, no flicker, no ghosting. The entire narrative is a meditative material-transformation journey where a single deep crimson liquid droplet gradually evolves into a handcrafted suede slingback heel through couture construction and hidden comfort engineering. Every material interaction obeys realistic physics. Diegetic sound only — no music, no score. PANEL 1 — THE VOID (00:00–00:10) Wide locked-off cinematic shot of an empty infinity cyclorama studio with pale grey-to-white seamless gradient background. Atmospheric dust floating slowly in warm studio light. Exposure breathing subtly. Silence and soft room tone dominate. After several seconds, one tiny deep crimson droplet slowly falls into frame from above in near weightless slow motion, rotating slightly while catching warm highlights. The droplet lands center frame on the polished cyclorama floor with realistic liquid surface tension physics. It briefly holds spherical form before gently flattening outward. One soft shadow falls back-right. Sound: low room tone, elegant bell-like tick on impact, delicate reverb decay. PANEL 2 — SURFACE TENSION (00:10–00:22) Cut to macro floor-level close-up. Camera slowly orbits around the flattened crimson liquid pool. Surface tension creates organic rounded edges and subtle thickness variation. Warm key light reflects softly like satin lacquer. Tiny ripples propagate outward and gradually settle. Floating dust visible in the beam of light. The liquid slowly begins thickening microscopically as if memory is forming beneath the surface. Edges transition from glossy wetness toward velvety softness. Sound: soft viscous liquid movement, faint atmospheric resonance. PANEL 3 — THE FIRST FIBERS (00:22–00:36) Extreme macro push-in across the crimson surface. Thousands of microscopic suede nap fibers begin extruding upward organically in rhythmic waves. Individual fibers catch warm highlights differently depending on density and angle. The transformation moves naturally across the surface like wind through grass. Matte suede texture gradually replaces liquid gloss entirely. Camera glides slowly across the newly forming velvet landscape. Sound: microscopic fiber rustling, delicate textile friction. PANEL 4 — MATERIAL MEMORY (00:36–00:50) Macro tracking shot across fully formed crimson suede terrain. Every velvet strand visible in extreme detail. Invisible pressure waves beneath the suede subtly shift the nap direction, creating tonal changes across the material surface. Warm light rolls gently over the velvet texture. The material gradually lifts upward from the floor, beginning to imply the sculptural shape of a pointed shoe toe. Sound: soft velvet brushing, low warm resonance. PANEL 5 — THE THREAD ARRIVES (00:50–01:06) Extreme-extreme macro couture construction sequence. One single crimson thread enters frame illuminated by warm directional light. FPV-style camera flies beside the advancing thread as it stitches into the suede surface. Thread fibers visibly twist under tension. The thread enters the suede, disappears beneath the surface, emerges again at the next stitch peak, pulls taut, and repeats rhythmically. Camera passes over every stitch mountain in sequence. Each stitch slightly reshapes surrounding suede. Sound: couture stitching ticks, thread tension tightening, soft textile compression. PANEL 6 — CONSTRUCTION OF FORM (01:06–01:20) Transition from macro to medium scale. Behind the advancing stitch line, the shoe body begins solidifying into recognizable structure. Pointed toe box forms first, then elegant sidewalls rise upward with sculptural precision. The slingback silhouette slowly emerges from previously flat suede terrain. Camera performs a slow floating cinematic arc around the forming structure. Matte crimson suede texture remains perfectly consistent. Sound: restrained structural textile movement, distant stitching continuation. PANEL 7 — THE INTERIOR (01:20–01:34) Macro cutaway revealing the inside of the forming shoe. Cream-colored lambskin lining flows organically into place beneath the crimson suede shell. The lining smooths itself naturally against elegant internal curves. Strong visual contrast between warm cream lambskin and deep crimson suede under soft editorial lighting. Materials appear tactile and luxurious. Sound: soft leather settling, delicate tactile friction. PANEL 8 — ENGINEERED COMFORT (01:34–01:48) Macro cross-sectional engineering sequence. Internal comfort layers assemble one by one with realistic material physics. Dense foam base layer forms first with subtle porous texture. Softer memory foam settles gently above and compresses naturally under its own weight. Cream lambskin velvet seals the upper layer. The completed cushion compresses once slowly and rebounds naturally, demonstrating softness and resilience. Camera glides across microscopic velvet interior texture. Sound: soft pneumatic settling, muted resonance, cushion compression. PANEL 9 — THE HEEL SCULPTURE (01:48–02:02) Macro cinematic focus on the kitten heel gradually forming from the same crimson suede structure beneath the shoe body. Elegant curvature emerges slowly and becomes refined and balanced. Camera tracks upward along the heel contour toward the slingback strap. Warm highlights skim softly across suede edges. Sound: low structural resonance, faint textile shaping. PANEL 10 — FINAL REFINEMENT (02:02–02:18) Medium macro editorial beauty detailing. Camera slowly explores completed craftsmanship: stitch consistency, velvet nap direction, edge finishing, cream lambskin softness, seamless slingback geometry. Tiny dust particles drift through warm studio light. The shoe settles microscopically as if materials are naturally relaxing into final form. Sound: quiet room tone, soft textile creaks, near silence. PANEL 11 — HERO EMERGENCE (02:18–02:32) Slow cinematic pullback from macro detail into full product reveal. The fully completed deep crimson suede slingback heel stands alone centered on the infinity cyclorama floor. Same warm-neutral key light from above camera-left and same single clean shadow falling back-right for continuity with Panel 1. Camera movement extremely slow and controlled. Every material reads clearly: deep crimson suede upper, cream lambskin interior, sculpted kitten heel, elegant slingback strap. Sound: deep low resonant tone gradually fading into room tone. PANEL 12 — THE FINAL HOLD (02:32–02:35) Locked-off front three-quarter hero composition. The single crimson suede slingback heel remains perfectly still at center frame on the seamless infinity cyclorama. Velvet nap subtly catches warm light with natural tonal variation. Silence gradually overtakes the room tone. Hold on pure luxury restraint. No text. No logo. No end card. Global Constraints: Only ONE shoe visible at all times. Never show a pair. No hardware, buckles, laces, or metallic elements. No logos, subtitles, typography, branding, or watermarks. No lighting changes between shots. Maintain consistent deep crimson suede color. Preserve ultra-sharp macro clarity and stable cinematography. No morphing artifacts, no flicker, no surreal deformation. Realistic liquid surface tension. Realistic suede microfiber extrusion. Visible thread twist and accurate stitch tension. Natural foam compression and rebound physics. Consistent matte velvet nap behavior. Diegetic sound only — liquid, textile, stitching, room resonance. No music. No soundtrack.

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