Congrats - We won "Little Final" and 3rd rank in game with Portugal 3:1

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Although Germany missed Final of FIFA World Cup 2006 so the team of coach Jürgen Klinsmann got a reason to be happy. Germany won "Little Finale" and 3rd rank in game with Portugal 3:1.

GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM

1 LEHMANN Jens (GK)
2 JANSEN Marcell
3 FRIEDRICH Arne
4 HUTH Robert
5 KEHL Sebastian
6 NOWOTNY Jens
7 SCHWEINSTEIGER Bastian
8 FRINGS Torsten
9 HANKE Mike
10 NEUVILLE Oliver
11 KLOSE Miroslav
12 KAHN Oliver (GK)
13 BALLACK Michael
14 ASAMOAH Gerald
15 HITZLSPERGER Thomas
16 LAHM Philipp
17 MERTESACKER Per
18 BOROWSKI Tim
19 SCHNEIDER Bernd
20 PODOLSKI Lukas
21 METZELDER Christoph
22 ODONKOR David
23 HILDEBRAND Timo (GK)
Jürgen Klinsmann (Coach)
"Jogi" Löw (Coach)

In 8500 Meter Höhe - at a height of 8.500 metres

In 8500 Meter Höhe - at a height of 8.500 metres
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On May 9th, I had the opportunity to go to my parents place again, because I wanted to celebrate my birthday in family and birthday of my nephew too. I promised this to him.

I could plan this trip much better than in April, because people in office, what a wonder, didn't laze away my reply for leave, they really accepted my reply punctually. So I could buy a stand-by ticket for open flights to Berlin, because I wanted to take a plane for traveling again. This stand-by ticket is a special offer by airlines to employees at airport...it's much cheaper although it's not really safe if you'll get a flight. But buying this ticket was asking the lady at counter if there are open flights enough. She told me, I needn't be afraid there'll be flights enough. :)

So I took the plane to Berlin on Tuesday. It was my first flight after a time of 21 years and I enjoyed it very much...window seat behind airfoil. It's really the best seat you can have, because you can watch each move and turn enjoying an flight.

Arrived to Berlin I took the train to my parents place. It was not an fast train called ICE, it was just a train called "Regional Express" a faster kind of "slow train" because it doesn't stop at each "milk rack" ...just at most importants. :)

One of these important "milk racks" because ICE trains also stop there, was station Ludwigslust. From there, my parents picked me up for driving home. I stayed at my parents place until May 12th because I had to work again on May 13th. On May 14th + 15th, I enjoyed days off again. :) That's funny or strange a little bit, but I planned so.

Who is watching whom?

Wer... - Who...
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I tooked the picture of this bee on my birthday May 10th when I've been at my parents place. It really seems bee and I are watching each other. But you also can see in this macro, bees are thirsty too, sometimes. :)

When I enjoyd Frankfurt Palm Garden two weeks ago I also visited an exhibition of Azaleas. 

Frohe Ostern - Happy Easter - Feliz Páscoa - 嬉しいイースター

Happy Easter

Finally...

...after a time of 6 months, I had the opportunity visiting my parents place again.

I was really glad about this and to see all of my family again because It was hard to get the assent. You must know people in office lost my application for leave. They couldn't find it. So I had to ask many times and do many phone calls before I got the assent on Friday evening.

When I arrived there weather was wonderful though, but I also could see nature isn't so far yet as at my current place of living and my work. I only could see crocuses, snowdrops and spring snowflakes. But a good sign was bees began to fly again.

Some crocuses in my parents garden

Spring snowflake

iPod Shuffle

iPod Shuffle
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I've bought it via auction at ebay last Wednesday and received it today. The seller didn't open it yet. So it's completely unused and new. I also safed a little bit money including postal charges.

Ein frohes und gesundes Neues Jahr ... - A Happy New Year ... - Feliz Ano Novo .... あなたのすべてへの明けましておめでとう

Ein frohes und gesundes Neues Jahr ... - A Happy New Year ... - Feliz Ano Novo .... あなたのすべてへの明けましておめでとう
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Ein frohes und gesundes Neues Jahr für Euch alle - A Happy New Year to all of you - Feliz Ano Novo para ti.... - あなたのすべてへの明けましておめでとう

As I told you I've been to marsh area where the cranes meet on Tuesday.

May these cranes bring health and happiness back again to all the people who have to bear a sickness and need attendance + encouragement.

Marsh Area "Langenhägener Seewiesen" - A Place Where Cranes Meet

Yesterday, I drove to a marsh area called "Langenhägener Seewiesen". This place is near my home town Lübz and well known for its cranes which meet there before flying to Spain, Portugal and the nort of Africa. As you can see you also can enjoy wonderful sunsets.

I also tried taking pictures of flying cranes. If the pictures are well done I'll also post these here.

It's wonderful to see morning dew on spiders web at this time. I've picked up this picture when I've been to the sports ground this morning taking a team picture of a junior soccer team. 

...and butterflies in the garden. :) 

Although it's already autumn but it's wonderful to see bumble bees .... 

For a lot of spiders and their webs we call summerlike weather in September "indian summer" (Altweibersommer) here because against sunlight gossamer look like hair of old women. 

Enjoying butterflies in our surrounding let us see, it' s still summer and it doesn't want to pass by so quickly. :)

Although it's close to the end of Summer, but if you have immortelle (German: Strohblume) in your garden you can see a lot of butterflies around them these day. This butterfly is called "Kleiner Fuchs" (Small Tortoiseshell). 

Nagasaki - August, 9th 1945

Nagasaki - August, 9th 1945
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"Ein warmer Wind begann zu wehen. In der Ferne sah ich hier und dort viele kleine Feuer, Elfen-Feuern gleich, glimmen. Nagasaki war vollständig zerstört."
- Yosuke Yamahata -

"A warm wind began to blow. Here and there in the distance I saw many small fires, like elf-fires, smoldering. Nagasaki had been completely destroyed."
- Yosuke Yamahata -

The picture above was taken by Yosuke Yamahata who began to photograph the devastation of Nagasaki on August 10th.

...picture of the rose is from me.

More pictures and drawings you can find at following site www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki/mainn.html

By the way I don't know if translation is correct becaus I was using online translator.

Remember and never forget

Remember and never forget
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Monday, August 6h 1945 has changed the world. At 8:15 AM (JST), the first A-Bomb was dropped from the one of the B-29 bombers that flew over Hiroshima on that day.

It generated an enormous amount of energy in terms of air pressure and heat. In addition, it generated a significant amount of radiation (Gamma ray and neutrons) that subsequently caused devastating human injuries.

The people who saw this bomb often say "We saw another sun in the sky when it exploded." The heat and the light generated by the A-Bomb were far stronger than bombs which they had seen before. When the heat wave reached ground level it burnt all before it including people.

The strong wind generated by the bomb destroyed most of the houses and buildings within a 1.5 miles radius. When the wind reached the mountains, it was reflected and again hit the people in the city center. The wind generated this weapon caused the most serious damage to the city and people.

The radiation generated by the bomb caused long-term problems to those affected. Many people died within the first few months and many more in subsequent years because of radiation exposure. Some people had genetic problems which sometimes resulted in having malformed babies or being unable to have children.

It is believed that more than 140,000 people died by the end of the year. They were citizens including students, soldiers and Koreans who worked in factories within the city. The total number of people who have died due to the bomb is estimated to be 200,000.


Source
source of the text: www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/
source pictures: photo gallery of www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/ (by HIROMI TSUCHIDA) There you'll also find the info about the clock, the nail and monocular...and other things.

www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/ picture of The Peace Bell
www.aktivepolitik.de/hiroshima.htm
...there you can find the info about place and time of taking the picture in upper left corner