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Want to tighten your Western cinch without leaving the saddle? Attach these to your saddle and cinch up your horse with them and you can do just that.
The Hong Kong International Airport 'Aviation Discovery Centre' is located atop Terminal 2. It features a variety of aviation related exhibits, model aircraft on display, and a lift to the rooftop 'SkyDeck' that provides 360 degree views of the terminal building, aprons and runways.
Mehendi Fact 2 : It is a myth that Mehendi only stains well on white skin. In fact it stains as well on darker skin !
I used to carry an Olympus XA when I rode my bicycle back in the 1980s. I liked it so well I bought Mom this little XA 2. It was simpler to use than the XA but did not allow as much control.
The garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) is a type of polychromatic large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower.[2] It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium ("the pansies")[3] of the genus Viola, particularly V. tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease. It is sometimes known as V. tricolor var. hortensis, but this scientific name is suspect. While V. tricolor var. hortensis Groenland & Rümpler is a synonym of Viola × wittrockiana,[1] V. tricolor var. hortensis DC. refers to a horticultural variety of wild pansy (V. tricolor without interspecific hybridization) that had been illustrated in Flora Danica in 1777[4][5] before the existence of Viola × wittrockiana.[1][6]
The chromosome number of Viola × wittrockiana is 2n = 44–52,[6] with most cultivars being 2n = 48.[7] The flower is 5 to 8 centimetres (2 to 3 in) in diameter and has two slightly overlapping upper petals, two side petals, and a single bottom petal with a slight beard emanating from the flower's center. These petals are usually white or yellow, purplish, or blue.[8] The plant may grow to 23 cm (9 in) in height, and prefers sun to varying degrees and well-draining soils.
Names and terminology
English common names, such as "pansy", "viola" and "violet" may be used interchangeably. One possible distinction is that plants considered to be "pansies" are classified in Viola sect. Melanium, and have four petals pointing upwards (the two side petals point upwards), and only one pointing down, whereas those considered to be "violets" are classified in Viola sect. Viola, and have two petals pointing up and three pointing down.[3][9][10] Another possible distinction is made by the American Violet Society – the International Cultivar Registration Authority for the genus Viola. It divides cultivated varieties (cultivars) in Viola sect. Melanium into four subgroups: B1 – pansies, B2 – violas, B3 – violettas and B4 – cornuta hybrids. On this classification, modern "pansies" differ from the other three subgroups by possessing a well-defined "blotch" or "eye" in the middle of the flower.[11]
Modern horticulturalists tend to use the term "pansy" for those multi-coloured large-flowered hybrids that are grown for bedding purposes every year, while "viola" is usually reserved for smaller, more delicate annuals and perennials.
Etymology
The name "pansy" is derived from the French word pensée, "thought", and was imported into Late Middle English as a name of Viola in the mid-15th century, as the flower was regarded as a symbol of remembrance. The name "love in idleness" implied the image of a lover who has little or no other employment than to think of his beloved.[12]
The name "heart's-ease" came from St. Euphrasia, whose name in Greek signifies cheerfulness of mind. The woman, who refused marriage and took the veil, was considered a pattern of humility, hence the name "humble violet".[12]
In Scandinavia, Scotland, and Germany, the pansy is known as the "stepmother" flower; an aitiological tale about a selfish stepmother is told to children while the teller plucks off corresponding parts of the blossom.[13] The German name is Stiefmütterchen (lit. 'little stepmother'); in the German version of the tale, the lower petal represents the stepmother, the large upper petals represent her daughters, and the small upper petals represent her stepdaughters.[14] The Czech name for the flower, maceška, also means "little stepmother" and is said to derive from the flower's resemblance of an evil woman's sullen face. In Slovenian, the flower is instead identified with an orphan.[15]
In Italy, the pansy is known as flammola (little flame).[16]
In Israel, the pansy is called Amnon Ve'Tamar, (אמנון ותמר), named after the rape story of Amnon and Tamar, in which Amnon raped his half-sister Tamar. The name was suggested by Shaul Tchernichovsky.[17]
March 2
It's hard to believe I just ordered vegetable seeds (spinach, lettuce, peas) to plant back here. . .
3rd Degree
It's All Bad
1) 05271981
2) It's All Bad
3) Street Shit feat. Kutt Calhoun & Snug Brim
4) Macaroni & Cheese
5) The Defintion feat. Young Beezle & Profit
6) That's Right feat. The Incredible Zigg
7) Bird In My Bottle feat. Grewsum
8) So Sexy
9) Roll With Factas
10) We Ride (Remix) feat. Don Juan
11) No Love feat. Hustlar & The Incredible Zigg
12) The Game Needs Me feat. Young Beezle
13) Rap Shit
14) Slougher feat. Donta Slusha
15) War?
16) Situations feat. Grewsum
17) 5-2-10 feat Blydell & The Incredible Zigg
I've been tagged by a few people to do this now and have been thinking about it since Bri originally tagged me so here we go.
1) I tend not to be hugely attached to my dolls. I can usually sell with ease, however, I think the four I have now could be the first dolls that I have properly "clicked" with.
2) It does annoy me to see people giving others a hard time for selling and buying dolls. I don't see why it's anyone else's business which dolls live with any given person.
3) Those two comments aside, I am attached to various character dolls and there are a huge handful that I would miss if their owners sold them.
4) I often feel like my pictures are overlooked and that upsets me way more then it should.
5) I am having the time of my life on youtube, I love having a platform to ramble and I love that people seem to enjoy hearing it.
6) I need to buy new clothes to bond with a doll. My dolls share clothes but I don't feel like a doll is truly mine until I have dressed them in new clothes for the first time.
7) I write really long, in depth profiles for my characters. But I never share them.
8) I keep my dolls on the mantle piece. I love to see them.
9) I hate how materialistic this hobby makes me feel. I never really collected anything or had an expensive hobby before so always wanting something else, be that a doll or clothes for a doll is strange to me.
10) I have made some amazing friends in this hobby, online and in real life.
Calocera viscosa, commonly known as the yellow stagshorn, is a jelly fungus, a member of the Dacrymycetales, an order of fungi characterized by their unique "tuning fork" basidia.
It has bright orange, yellow or occasionally white branching basidiocarps, which are somewhat gelatinous in texture and slimy to the touch (hence the specific name). It is relatively large for a jelly fungus, and can reach up to ten centimetres in height.[2] It is widespread and common, and its bright colour makes it stand out in its habitat. It grows on decaying conifer wood, typically stumps and roots, although this may not be obvious if the wood is covered in leaf litter. It fruits throughout throughout the year, but is most commonly seen in autumn.
It is not poisonous, but its tough gelatinous texture and nondescript taste and odour make it unattractive as a food. Its striking colour has led to it being used as a garnish on occasion, however
Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey.[2]
It stands in the south east corner of Clandon Park, a 220-hectare (540-acre) agricultural parkland estate which has been the seat of the Earls of Onslow for over two centuries. The house and gardens were gifted to the National Trust in 1956,[3] but the rest of the park remains in private ownership.[4] Some of the house's contents have also been acquired by the Trust in lieu of estate duty.[5]
Construction of the house, designed by Italian architect Giacomo Leoni, began about 1730, and the interiors were finished by continental sculptors and plasterers in the 1740s. It replaced an Elizabethan house. The park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1781, and there are two formal gardens on either side of the house. Nearby is a Māori meeting house, one of only three outside New Zealand, that was brought to England in the late 19th century. After being transferred to the National Trust, the house underwent restoration before it was opened to the public, and later became a wedding venue and filming location for period dramas.
The house was badly damaged by fire in April 2015, probably caused by an electrical fault in the basement, leaving it "essentially a shell". Thousands of historic artefacts, paintings, and items of furniture were lost in what has been described as a national tragedy. In January 2016, the National Trust announced that some of the principal rooms on the ground floor would be fully restored to the original 18th-century designs, and upper floors will be used for exhibitions and events.
History[edit]
The estate and Elizabethan house, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, was purchased in 1641 from Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place,[6] by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament and great-grandfather of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow, who rebuilt it. Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers; three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons. Their portraits would later hang in the Speaker's Parlour at Clandon House.[7]
Engraving of the house, showing the west front and deer park, c. 1824
The house was built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, in about 1730–33 (the latter date is on rainwater heads) by Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow to the design of the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni. It is a rectangular building of red brick and stone dressings. Clandon House interiors, completed in the 1740s, featured a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack, and a rococo plasterwork ceiling by Italian-Swiss artists Giuseppe Artari and Bagutti.[8]
Clandon Park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1776–81, replacing a French garden and transforming part of a disused canal into an ornamental lake.[9] A porte-cochère was added to the principal facade in 1876. A sunken Dutch garden was created by Frances, Countess of Onslow at the north front of the house in the late 19th century. In 1895, the house was investigated for paranormal activity by the Marquess of Bute and Ada Goodrich Freer on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research. During World War I, the Onslow family created and managed a hospital in Clandon House for the war injured.
A nice lake - Štrbské pleso - in the High Tatras Mountains in Slovakia - pictures taken by my grandmother in 1987, on a tour organized by my father.
Csorba-tó a Magas Tátrában 1346 m tengerszint feletti magasságban Szlovákiában - a képeket 1987-es nyári autóbuszos kirándulásunk alkalmával készítette Nagymamám.
Štrbské pleso is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Veľké Hincovo pleso. Maximum depth is 20 metres (66 ft). The word pleso (tarn) is applied only to mountain lakes. The locals used to call it "the puddle" or "pond" (mláka) in the past.[1] It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Hincovo Pleso, to which it loses by 0.8 acres (3,200 m2).[2] It is fed by underground springs and has no visible outflow stream. Its surface remains frozen for around 155 days per year.
The Oregon Zoo was founded in 1888, making it the oldest North American zoo west of the Mississippi.[2] It all began with two grizzly bears purchased by Richard Knight.
A former seaman turned pharmacist, Knight began collecting animals from his seafaring friends. He kept his collection in the back of his drug store on Third & Morrison streets. When caring for the animals became too large a responsibility he sought to sell them to the city of Portland. Instead of buying the animals, the city offered to give Knight two circus cages and allowed him to place the caged bears on the grounds of City Park (now called Washington Park).
Care and feeding of the bears, however, still fell to the Knight family and friends. It wasn't long before Knight addressed the city council again regarding the bears. Just five months later, he offered to donate the young grizzly, along with its cage (it is unclear what happened to the second bear) to the city. Portland City Council accepted his offer on November 7, 1888, and began the Portland Zoo.
By 1894 there were over 300 animals in the zoo’s collection. In 1925, the zoo moved to the site of the present Portland Japanese Garden, and moved again in 1959 to its current site, designed by Lawrence, Tucker & Wallmann.[7] The zoo was renamed the Portland Zoological Gardens in 1959.[2] At this time, Washington Park and Zoo Railway was constructed to connect the zoo to its former site, and the other attractions in Washington Park.
The zoo became popular locally in 1953, when Rosy the Asian elephant was acquired. The zoo became world-famous in 1962 when the Asian elephant "Packy" was born. He was the first elephant born in the western hemisphere in 44 years and is (as of 2010) the tallest Asian elephant in the United States at 10.5 ft (3.2 m) tall. A total of 28 more calves have been born at the Oregon Zoo, including seven sired by Packy (two of which still live with him), making it the most successful zoo elephant breeding program in the world. On August 23, 2008, Rose-Tu, the granddaughter of the zoo's first elephant Rosy, gave birth to a son named Samudra. This makes Samudra the first third generation captive born elephant in North America.[8]
In 1971, management was given to Metro, which continues expansion projects, aided by donors, sponsors and volunteers.[2] The zoo was renamed in 1976 as the Washington Park Zoo after a naming contest.[2] The Metro Council changed the zoo's name from the Washington Park Zoo to the Oregon Zoo in April 1998.[3] In September of that year, the zoo became accessible by the region's MAX light rail system, with the opening of a Westside MAX line featuring an underground Washington Park station.[9] In 2003, the zoo began participation in a California condor recovery program started by San Diego Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo. The program is designed to breed California condors to be released into the wild and save them from extinction.[10]
In November 2008 regional voters approved a $125 million bond measure to improve infrastructure, enhance older exhibits and increase access to conservation education and the degree of sustainability.[11] Attendance at the zoo reached a record 1.6 million visitors for their 2008 to 2009 year.[6] The record was due in part to the birth of another baby elephant.[6] A new record was set the following year with 1,612,359 people visiting the zoo.[12]
For more: www.oregonzoo.org/AboutZoo/history.htm
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Ever wondered what happened to the 'African Queen'? This river steamer languishes outside Sittingbourne, Kent. Taken with a Fed 2. It seems the shutter curtains are a bit slow as the left hand side of the frames are over-exposed and the right hand side a bit too dark. Well, we all get old..... Fed 2.
Certainly this is one of the most attractive locomotives I've seen. I assume it is also an Alco S-2. It's the first time I could get right up to it and I have a few more shots of this.
Heritage Weekend can be frustrating in that most of the activities take place on Saturday, the same day as Ride and Stride, meaning sometimes many interesting places can't be visited as I am chasing the lost cause of a long locked church.
But in recent years, the weekend has become very much that, and in some cases spreads over two weekends and some weekdays too.
St Mildred was listed as being open on Sunday, so we were at the church door a minute past ten, just as well as a service was due to start at eleven, and although when I arrived just the vicar was there, soon a small army of wardens and volunteers had arrived and were getting buy, meaning I would have got in their way, and they in my shots.
But, I work quick and already had many of the shots I wanted.
I had been here before, many years ago, maybe seven, and I did an OK job, but about 30 shots taken, nowhere enough to record this large and sprawling city centre church.
So, here we are:
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The Church of Saint Mildred is an Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury probably dating from the 11th century. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949.[1] It is located in the St. Mildred's quarter of the historic city centre. This is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls.[2]
It is unknown when the church was originally built, but two of the walls of the nave are Anglo-Saxon, i.e. are preserved from before 1066. It is believed that the chancel is Anglo-Saxon as well. The relics of Saint Mildred, who died in 768, were transferred from Canterbury Cathedral to St Augustine's Abbey in the middle of the 11th century, and it is likely that the church was built at that time.[1]
St Mildred's Church has a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel. Most of the nave and the chapels date from between the 13th century and 1512. It was extensively restored in 1861.[1]
The church belonged to St Augustine's Abbey until the abbey was abolished during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538, and since then it has belonged to the Crown.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Mildred,_Canterbury
St Mildred was the daughter of Ermenburga, grand daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent and consecrated Abbess of the Convent of Minster in Thanet by St Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury in AD694. Mildred supported the poor and is usually depicted holding a deer (the symbol of Minster) or a church and three geese. She died c.732, and her tomb became a place of pilgrimage. Her relics were acquired by St Augustine's Abbey in 1033, but Archbishop Lanfranc later also claimed them for St Gregory's Priory in the mid 11th century. The church was founded around 1033, but virtually destroyed by fire in 1246. A tower and new roof were added in the 1300s, North aisle and Nave windows in 1400s and SE chapel in 1500s. The tower was demolished and bells sold in 1832, the whole church restored in 1861 and again in 1920s. This has left a hall church with a five bay nave, two bay chancel, North aisle, SE chapel and North porch. Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler who fished for trout in the Stour, married here in 1626.
www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/stmildred/4590809557
There are, within the walls of this city, twelve parish churches now remaining, and there were five more, which have been long since demolished; and there are three churches now situated in the suburbs of it, and there has been one demolished—Of those now remaining, there were only two, viz. St. Martin's without, and St. Alphage's within the walls, which were not of the patronage of some religious house or abbey, in or in the near neighbourhood of the city, and these two were in the patronage of the archbishop. (fn. 1)
It may be thought strange, that the number of churches in this city has decreased so much, and that so many of them have been united to others, and yet together, even at this time, make but a very moderate income to the incumbents; this has been supposed, in general, to have been occasioned by the great failure of their former profits, which they enjoyed before the reformation, of private masses, obits, processions, consessions, or the like; all which then fell to the ground, and lessened the income of most of them to a very small pittance. However, as will be seen hereafter, some of these churches were become desecrated and in ruins, and others were united long before the above time; which seems to have been owing, in great measure, to many of them having been built by the bounty of well disposed persons, in hopes of a future support and endowment, which failing, and the repairs and support of the fabric lying too heavy on the parishioners, they suffered them to run to ruin; and there being no susficient maintenance for the priests, they became desecrated, or were united to some other neighbouring churches. Indeed it appears plain, that poverty was the sole cause of their decay; for in their most flourishing state, the benefice of each of these churches was so low and poor, that they were for that very reason excused in all taxations, being of less value than the stipends of poor vicars, which had been advanced above five marcs a year. (fn. 2)
The decrease of the value of church benefices was equally felt in other cities and towns, as well as this, which occasioned an act of parliament to be passed at Oxford, in the 17th of king Charles II. for uniting churches in cities and towns corporate; in conformity to which, in 1681, a petition was made to the archbishop, under the names and seals of the major part of the mayor and aldermen, and justices of the peace, of this city, who being informed of the archbishop's intentions of uniting the parish churches of it, according to the above act, they did thereby give their free consent, that those within the city should be united, viz.
ST. PAUL'S and ST. MARTIN'S,
ST. MARY BREDMAN'S and ST. ANDREW'S,
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE, and ST. PETER'S,
ST. ALPHAGE'S and ST. MARY'S NORTHGATE,
leaving all things necessary to the perfecting of this union, according to the tenor of the above act; which instrument was dated March 6th, that year, and signed by Jacob Wraight, mayor, and P. Barrett, recorder, &c. To this was added a petition of the dean and chapter of Canterbury to the archbishop, as being perpetual patrons of the parish churches of St. George, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Paul, St. Mary Bredman, and St. Peter, within the city and liberties, for the uniting of those churches with each other and with others adjoining, in manner as above-mentioned in the former petition, which was given under their common seal, dated March 13th the same year. Upon the receipt of these, the archbishop issued his decree, reciting the two petitions for uniting the several above-mentioned churches, the particulars of which will be found under the description of each of them; which decree was dated at Lambeth, on March 24, 1681. To which the inhabitants of each parish signed their consents, by their several instruments, dated December 19th, 20th, and 21st, the same year. After which, by a decree of the archbishop's in 1684, with the consent of the mayor, aldermen and justices of the peace of this city, and of the king, under his great seal as patron, he united the church of All Saints with St. Mary de Castro, already united to it, to the parish church of St. Mildred; further particulars of which will be found under the latter parish. It should seem the decree of the archbishop in 1681, for the uniting of the churches of Holy Cross Westgate, and St. Peter did not have its full effect, for on April 6, 1692, there were two petitions, one from the mayor and eight others, and another from the dean and chapter to the archbishop, similar to the former ones, for this purpose; and the archbishop's decree, dated at Lambeth, the 13th of that month, united these churches; and with the same particulars in every thing else as the former decree in 1681.
T. MILDRED'S church is situated at the southwest extremity of the city, near the Old Castle and the river Stour, in the church-yard belonging to it. This church is a large handsome building, of three isles and three chancels, with a square tower steeple on the north side, in which are five bells. This church and a great part of the city, was, according to Stow, burnt in the year 1246, anno 30 Henry III. but as it should seem not entirely so, for at the west end of the south isle there is a very fair Roman arch, remaining over the window, and by all appearance the work of those times. (fn. 122)
¶This church is a rectory, the patronage of which was part of the possessions of the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, with whom it continued till the dissolution of that monastery, in the 30th year of king Henry VIII. when it came into the hands of the crown, where it has continued ever since, the king being the present patron of it.
The church of St. Mildered is valued in the antient taxation at eight marcs per annum.
This rectory, with that of the antient desecrated church of St. Mary de Castro, or of the Castle, is valued in the king's books, at 17l. 17s. 11d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 15s. 9½d. (fn. 123) In 1588 it was valued at fifty pounds. Communicants three hundred and sixty. In 1640 it was valued at seventy pounds.— Communicants one hundred.
Archbishop Sancrost, by his decree, dated Sept. 29, 1684, united the rectory of All Saints, in this city, with St. Mary de Castro, of the king's patronage likewife, to this of St. Mildred, (fn. 124) in which state it continues at this time. It is now about the clear annual value of eight pounds. (fn. 125)
The neighbouring church of St. John, becoming desolated after the reformation, tacitly devolved to this church of St. Mildred, and it has ever since been esteemed as part of this parish.
By a Helios 44-2. It was quite dark when this was taken. These are the large daises, not the size of a dime, but over two inches across.
Media Clips - Jason Schulz, ACFN Executive Director, Strategic Advisory Services on the launch of the ACFN Green Energy LP Solar Projects.
Clip 1 “35 year revenue stream” [17 seconds]
Clip 2 “It will open up a lot of doors” and “inspire the future generations “ [27 seconds or 17 secs]
Clip 3 “benefit community, benefit the province” and “help with recovery” [14 seconds]
Clip 4 - communities “impact by climate change” [13 seconds]
Clip 5 “will deliver long-term value” and “mitigate some of the carbon footprint” [14 seconds]
The Oregon Zoo was founded in 1888, making it the oldest North American zoo west of the Mississippi.[2] It all began with two grizzly bears purchased by Richard Knight.
A former seaman turned pharmacist, Knight began collecting animals from his seafaring friends. He kept his collection in the back of his drug store on Third & Morrison streets. When caring for the animals became too large a responsibility he sought to sell them to the city of Portland. Instead of buying the animals, the city offered to give Knight two circus cages and allowed him to place the caged bears on the grounds of City Park (now called Washington Park).
Care and feeding of the bears, however, still fell to the Knight family and friends. It wasn't long before Knight addressed the city council again regarding the bears. Just five months later, he offered to donate the young grizzly, along with its cage (it is unclear what happened to the second bear) to the city. Portland City Council accepted his offer on November 7, 1888, and began the Portland Zoo.
By 1894 there were over 300 animals in the zoo’s collection. In 1925, the zoo moved to the site of the present Portland Japanese Garden, and moved again in 1959 to its current site, designed by Lawrence, Tucker & Wallmann.[7] The zoo was renamed the Portland Zoological Gardens in 1959.[2] At this time, Washington Park and Zoo Railway was constructed to connect the zoo to its former site, and the other attractions in Washington Park.
The zoo became popular locally in 1953, when Rosy the Asian elephant was acquired. The zoo became world-famous in 1962 when the Asian elephant "Packy" was born. He was the first elephant born in the western hemisphere in 44 years and is (as of 2010) the tallest Asian elephant in the United States at 10.5 ft (3.2 m) tall. A total of 28 more calves have been born at the Oregon Zoo, including seven sired by Packy (two of which still live with him), making it the most successful zoo elephant breeding program in the world. On August 23, 2008, Rose-Tu, the granddaughter of the zoo's first elephant Rosy, gave birth to a son named Samudra. This makes Samudra the first third generation captive born elephant in North America.[8]
In 1971, management was given to Metro, which continues expansion projects, aided by donors, sponsors and volunteers.[2] The zoo was renamed in 1976 as the Washington Park Zoo after a naming contest.[2] The Metro Council changed the zoo's name from the Washington Park Zoo to the Oregon Zoo in April 1998.[3] In September of that year, the zoo became accessible by the region's MAX light rail system, with the opening of a Westside MAX line featuring an underground Washington Park station.[9] In 2003, the zoo began participation in a California condor recovery program started by San Diego Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo. The program is designed to breed California condors to be released into the wild and save them from extinction.[10]
In November 2008 regional voters approved a $125 million bond measure to improve infrastructure, enhance older exhibits and increase access to conservation education and the degree of sustainability.[11] Attendance at the zoo reached a record 1.6 million visitors for their 2008 to 2009 year.[6] The record was due in part to the birth of another baby elephant.[6] A new record was set the following year with 1,612,359 people visiting the zoo.[12]
For more: www.oregonzoo.org/AboutZoo/history.htm
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The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus, Tadorna. It is widespread and common in Eurasia, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb. Its scientific name comes from the French name Tadorne for this species.[2] It may originally derive from Celtic roots meaning "pied waterfowl", essentially the same as the English "shelduck".[3]
Fossil bones from Dorkovo (Bulgaria) described as Balcanas pliocaenica may actually belong to this species. More likely, they are an extinct species of Tadorna (if not a distinct genus) due to their Early Pliocene age; the present species is not unequivocally attested from the fossil record until some 2–3 million years later (Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene).
Description:
The common shelduck resembles a small short-necked goose in size and shape. It is a striking bird, with a reddish-pink bill, pink feet, a white body with chestnut patches and a black belly, and a dark green head and neck. The wing coverts are white, the primary remiges black, and the secondaries green (only showing in flight) and chestnut. The underwings are almost entirely white. Sexes are similar, but the female is smaller, with some white facial markings, while the male is particularly crisply coloured in the breeding season, his bill bright red and bearing a prominent knob at the forehead.
Ducklings are white, with black cap, hindneck and wing and back patches. Juveniles are similarly coloured, greyish above and mostly white below, but already have the adult's wing pattern.
The call is a loud honk.
Distribution and Habitat:
This is a bird which breeds in temperate Eurasia. Most populations migrate to subtropical areas in winter, but this species is largely resident in westernmost Europe, apart from movements to favoured moulting grounds, such as the Wadden Sea on the north German coast.
The common shelduck is common around the coastline of Great Britain and Ireland (where it is simply known as shelduck), where it frequents salt marshes and estuaries. It frequently nests in rabbit burrows. Sightings of this bird are rare in North America and are reported as infrequent visitors to the U.S. and Canada.[4]
Behaviour:
Moulting flocks can be very large (100,000 on the Wadden Sea), since most pairs leave their partially grown young in a crèche with just one or two adults.
This species is mainly associated with lakes and rivers in open country, breeding in rabbit burrows, tree holes, haystacks or similar. In winter it is common on suitable estuaries and tidal mudflats as well.
This bird is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
The young will dive under water to avoid predators and the adults will fly away from them to act as a decoy.
References:
*Wikipedia
BirdLife International (2012). "Tadorna tadorna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Kear, Janet (2005). Ducks, Geese, and Swans. Oxford University Press. p. 420. ISBN 0-19-861008-4.
^ "NARBA North American Rare Bird Alert". Archived from the original on January 18, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
Day 2 | It looks like the team in Uganda had an amazing day. From washing feet, to participating in a genuine African wedding wardrobe and all). Looks like the students from both Uganda and America will never be the same! #missionuganda2014 #kingdomglobal #feetthatmove #kingstoneuganda
nrhp # 02001745- Globe Knitting Mills, also known as the Rambo & Regar Globe Knitting Mills, are two historic textile mill buildings located at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They were built in 1898, and were referred to as the "Main (Knitting) Building" and the "Oxidizing Building / Dye House." They are constructed of red brick with heavy timber framing and Italianate style design elements. The Main Building is three-stories tall and rectangular in plan.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
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The seventh day of my trip to Peru and Easter Island.
Spending the day exploring the ruins of Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu) – "Old Mountain", pronounced [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu]) is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level.[1][2] It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of the Inca World.
The Incas started building the estate around AD 1400 but it was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction.
Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.[2] Since it was not plundered by the Spanish when they conquered the Incas, it is especially important as a cultural site and is considered a sacred place.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early twentieth century.
To see my full travelblog from my trip to Peru and Easter Island visit: www.travelshorts.com/travel-blogs/peru-and-easter-island-...
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We took our kiddos to probably the last double kids feature before school starts. Planes and then Despicable Me 2 - it turned out to be a cool evening dipping into the upper 50s but we were prepared with blankets and snacks such. The kids had fun playing with other kids that were here for the evening. Good fun was had!
nrhp # 71000843- Old Iron Town, originally Iron City, is a ghost town in Iron County, Utah, United States.[2] It is located in Dixie National Forest, about 22 miles (35 km) from Cedar City. The settlement was founded in 1868 as a second attempt to mine iron from Iron Mountain after a disappointing yield from Cedar City. The colony lasted until 1876, when strife from the Edmunds–Tucker Act and the Panic of 1873 forced its closure. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Brigham Young left Nauvoo, Illinois to establish Salt Lake City in 1847. Young quickly realized that the fastest way to an independent Mormon state was to make the new colony self-sufficient. One important resource in this regard was iron, which was very expensive to ship from the eastern United States. The city of Parowan was founded in 1851 to provide iron for the settlers, which was mined in nearby Iron Mission (Cedar City). Mismanagement plagued these new settlements, and only 400 short tons (360 t) of iron were produced over a six-year period.
Iron was nonetheless needed for continued Mormon prosperity, so a second attempt at mining the region was made in 1868. The newly formed Union Iron Works organized an establishment at the southern base of Iron Mountain on Pinto Creek, west of Cedar City. By the third year, over 2,500 pounds (1,100 kg) of iron was mined every day. The company expanded in 1873 and continued to mine ore for three more years. At its peak, the settlement included a schoolhouse, blacksmith, charcoal furnaces, and a foundry. The city was abandoned in 1876. An attempt was made to revive mining from Iron Mountain, but the church was struggling with litigation over the Edmunds–Tucker Act and the Panic of 1873.
Today, the ruins feature a preserved beehive style charcoal oven and a furnace known as an "Arastra", which prepared sands for molds. Parts of the original foundry remain, including the chimney. The site was fenced off by the Sons of Utah Pioneers. It is currently within grounds designated as the Dixie National Forest. The Frontier Homestead State Park Museum in Cedar City provides information about and artifacts from the site. The ruins are found on Iron Town Road, which intersects with Utah State Route 56.
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i went back to my specialist for the scan review of both my MRI and EEG today.
long story cut short, they discovered a black spot in my left neuro cortex.
this could mean a couple of things:
1. it's a scar formed from the healing of previous damage.
2. it's a scar that acts as a permanent trigger for my seizures, whether or not it was there before or after the seizure, cannot be determined.
3. it's just some abnormal blood vessel that can be easily removed via an operation.
right now a couple of things are confirmed:
1. i've been diagnosed with epilepsy (scar seizures) and for that reason i'm not allowed to do many things (shooting, driving, swimming, mountain climbing, just to name a few).
2. i'm on some form of medication called PHENYTOIN (as in the photo above, some orange and white capsule - ooh fancy i hear you say) - 3 capsules a day before i sleep, at least that way if any side effects set in i won't feel it too subtly.
yes, it's a form of long term medication that serves mainly to calm neuron activity in the brain.
and yes, there are both short and long term side effects - some serious others mild and passing.
i'll be on this for a month for initial monitoring and then a 2 months prescription thereafter.
3. i'm seeing a neurosurgeon on the 17th to determine just what the hell that black spot really is and also to listen to what he or she has to offer/advice regarding the situation, 'cos my neurologist couldn't, thus the assumptions above are based on his doctoring experience/s.
4. i'll be seeing the same specialist again some time in july, so that means i wouldn't be enlisting anytime soon or later, probably after august or september.
but once again it all boils down to the army.
my pes status definitely suffers too, duh.
PS.
do pray for me whatever your belief may be.
i really need some form of support right.
it's scary, but at the same time rather amusing for me.
but more scary than amusing.
PPS.
leave a comment or something.
sorry 'bout the random upload.
PPPS.
thanks.
=)
A barrier by a lock and canal bridge at Gwasted Bridge No 2. It has been engineered from sections of railway line.
Epcot is the second of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, near the city of Orlando. It opened as EPCOT Center on October 1, 1982, and spans 300 acres (120 ha), more than twice the size of the Magic Kingdom park.[2] It is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely technological innovation and international culture, and is often referred to as a "permanent World's Fair."[3][4] In 2014, the park hosted approximately 11.45 million guests, ranking it the third most visited theme park in North America and the sixth most visited theme park in the world.[5] The park is represented by Spaceship Earth, a geodesic sphere that also serves as an attraction. Epcot was known as EPCOT Center until 1994, when it was later renamed Epcot '94, then Epcot '95 the following year.
These are screen shots from Half Life 2 - Episode One, using the iZ3D Driver.
The game continues the story set out in Half Life 2, it has a much improved graphics engine and much better lighting effects.
Why I Love February
1. My birthday is in February
2. It's almost spring
3. I like the word February!
4. Disney Is NOT Busy ;)
{If You Haven't Already Noticed I Am A CRAZY Disney Person!!} {[I Am Listening To Disney Music Right Now!!]}
Great crested grebe description
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPodicipediformes
FamilyPodicipedidae
GenusPodiceps (1)
The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is the largest grebe in Europe (2). It is a graceful bird, with its long neck, long bill and slender outline. In summer, the adults of both sexes are adorned with beautiful head-plumes (2), which are reddish-orange in colour with black tips (5); there is also an erectile black crown (2). The sexes are similar in appearance, but great crested grebe juveniles can be distinguished by the possession of blackish stripes on the cheeks (2).
French
Grèbe huppé.
Size
Wingspan: 59-73 cm (2)
Length: 46-51 cm (2)
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Junín grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii)
Junín grebe
(Podiceps taczanowskii)
Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi)
Hooded grebe
(Podiceps gallardoi)
Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Horned grebe
(Podiceps auritus)
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Great crested grebe biology
The great crested grebe dives for fish, insects and invertebrate larvae, chasing prey under water by strongly swimming with its feet (6).
Pairs begin to form during the middle of winter, and nesting can start in January, providing that conditions are mild (6). The great crested grebe is well known for its elaborate courtship display, in which pairs raise and shake their head plumes, and approach each other with weed in their bills, rising up breast to breast in the water and turning their heads from side to side (5). The nest is either a hidden mound of reeds and other vegetation or else a floating platform anchored to vegetation (5). After May (5), between one and nine (but usually four) eggs are laid (7), which take 27 to 29 days to incubate (7). Both great crested grebe parents are involved in incubation; when they leave the nest they cover the eggs with rotting vegetation to keep them warm (5). After hatching, the stripy chicks are carried around on the backs of their parents, they fledge at around 71 to 79 days of age (8).
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Great crested grebe range
The great crested grebe has a wide distribution in Britain, but occurs sparsely (3). Breeding occurs in Europe from Britain, Spain and Ireland across to Russia, but the distribution is rather patchy (3).
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Species with a similar range
Common scarlet-darter (Crocothemis erythraea)
Common scarlet-darter
(Crocothemis erythraea)
Sago pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata)
Sago pondweed
(Stuckenia pectinata)
Holly-leaved naiad (Najas marina)
Holly-leaved naiad
(Najas marina)
You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.
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Great crested grebe habitat
In Britain, the great crested grebe breeds in large shallow water bodies, where there is a fringe of vegetation (3). In winter it can also be found in gravel-pits, estuaries, deep lakes, coastal pools, reservoirs and off the coast in inshore waters (6).
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Species found in a similar habitat
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis)
African manatee
(Trichechus senegalensis)
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Striated heron
(Butorides striata)
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Great crested grebe status
The great crested grebe is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1). Receives general protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (3). Included in the Birds of Conservation Concern Green List (low conservation concern) (4).
IUCN Red List species status – Least Concern
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Great crested grebe threats
The attractive great crested grebe was persecuted in Britain during Victorian times to such an extent that it was reduced to just 42 pairs in 1860 (9), and was on the brink of extinction (10). The breast plumage, known as 'grebe fur', and the head plumes were highly prized in hat trimmings and other clothing (9).
At Sea Island in Richmond, BC
Burkeville was a townsite created for RCAF flight crews (and their families) who were training at Sea Island during World War 2. It was named after Stanley Burke who was the president of Boeing.
Water in the desert. Mojave River still running in the spring of 2011. Shifted around a bit to get this shot when the train finally arrived. Had heard it coming, so came over from the campground to find a spot to photograph it.
Rejected by railpictures for:
1. bad balance. I recropped to put the engines in the upper left third, which is what you see here. Originally, I wanted more symmetry up and down.
2. bad dynamic range or overexposed (this version).
3. backlit or not enough sun on the side of the train (version where I tweaked the levels and it looked a bit darker overall. not shown here.).
#2 is funny because I underexposed this and most of my shots by -1ev. Also, the levels were full showing no gaps in dynamic range. Maybe the water could have had more contrast.
#3. is funny because in fixing #2 it ruined the light on the engines. I guess I could have done some masking, but I didn't really agree with #2 anyway.
The shadows are weak because the sun was so low, but I'm pretty sure the light was at a good angle here. Definitely seen worse. Whatever, bottom line when you get to 3 rejections is that they didn't like the photo. I do wish the foreground was less messy, but I thought the light was good.
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7. Kyrie
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9. Boys
10. Yellow Submarine
11. Black Magic Women
12. I`m The Greatest
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14. Everybody`s Everything
15. I Wanna Be Your Man
16. The Light In Your Eyes
17. Broken Wings
18. Hold The Line
19. Photograph
20. Act Naturally
21. With A Little Help From My Friends/
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The rose, the family Rosaceae , is a genus that includes about 150 species , with numerous varieties endless hybrids and cultivars , native to Europe and Asia, varying in height from 20 cm to several meters , includes species bushy , ramblers , climbing , crawling , shrubs and small trees in bloom big or small, in bunches , panicles or solitary, single or double , with achene fruits contained in a false fruit ( hip ), the wild species in Italy are more than 30, of which we mention the R . hip ( the most common) , the R. Gallic ( uncommon in the moors and rocky places ) , R. glauca (common in the Alps) , the R. pendulina (municipality on the Alps and the Northern Apennines ) and R. sempervirens .
The generic name is derived from Latin rosa , with scholarly tradition or semidotta (absence of ascending diphthong - u - sound and pronunciation of the -s- even in the Tuscan dialect ), perhaps because the tradition of the rose cultivation had been interrupted in the Middle Ages and was started back in the Carolingian period . [1] The Latin pink is not of Indo-European origin , although there are connections with the ancient greek Ϝ ρόδον wródon and the Iranian - WRD * (see Persian gul ) [2] , where [3] Armenian vard [2] . It is likely Mediterranean origin of the word [2 ] , from a rough shape wr ( o) d ( ya) - [3 ] . Rosa is then passed to the Insular Celtic ( Irish rós ) and the Germanic ( Anglo-Saxon Rose, Old High German rose)
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The information contained herein is not medical advice and may not be accurate . This item is for illustrative purposes only and does not replace the advice of a doctor : Read the warnings .
As an ornamental plant in gardens, for splashes of color , borders, trees , or vines to cover the sarmentose pergolas , trellises or fences, the dwarf species from the brilliant hues and blooms with prolonged for growing in pots on the terraces or in rock gardens.
Industrially cultivated varieties erect stems and large flowers , for the production of cut flowers , which occupies approximately 800 hectares in Italy , located in more than half in Liguria, in the rest of Tuscany , Campania and Puglia.
Petals are used for medicinal properties , for the extraction of rose essence and aromas used in perfumery , essenziera industry , in cosmetics , confectionery and liquor . It is one of the most unfailing bases used in perfumery .
As a medicinal plant are used in addition to the petals with astringent, antidiarrheal as the leaves , fruits rich in vitamin C diuretics , sedatives, astringents and wormers , the seeds for the anthelmintic action , and even the galls produced by insects of the genus Cynips rich in tannins for the diuretic and sudorific .
In aromatherapy rose oil are attributed aphrodisiac , sedative , antidepressant , analgesic , antiseptic , tonic, heart , stomach , liver , regulating the menstrual cycle. [4]
The young leaves of wild roses are used for the preparation of a tea rose
Methods of cultivation
The Rose Garden in Florence
It adapts to any type of soil as long worked in depth, well-fertilized with manure mature . The plants are placed planted in the fall or late winter in areas with heavy frosts , fertilization occurs at the start of vegetative growth , incorporating manure into the soil ripe .
The pruning is important for good flowering.
The re-blooming variety , not intended for forcing, are pruned in late winter or early spring , removing old branches and shortening the new ones , leaving 2 to 6 buds per branch depending on the vigor and variety , generally vigorous pruning to encourage flowering exclusion of very vigorous variety for which the rule is to the contrary.
In the re-blooming species are eliminated as the branches that have flowered to stimulate the production of new flowers .
Polyantha roses should be pruned in late winter , after the first flowering in May and subsequent blooms until fall .
The 'rose ramblers ' not re-bloom , like hybrids of R. wichuraiana who have strong hunted , several meters long , requiring the deletion of the branches of three years , the curvature of driven than 1 year , which will bloom the following year.
The ' climbing roses ' re-bloom , should be pruned according to the vigor , removing old branches ( old wood ) and raccorciando the new branches .
The multiplication is done usually by cuttings of woody and jets of the year already planted in the box at the end of the summer, or by grafting eye vegetating in spring and summer.
In industrial crops with varieties grown for cut flower , is practiced grafting of subject R. indicates var . majors that provides the top-graft the right place.
To obtain plants resistant to drought or frost is used as the subject R. Canine obtained by seeding, but getting little objects vigorous and underdeveloped.
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4. Users have the options to work on both lips or target one lip at a time.
5. It creates single or double-lobed lip style.
6. It has the perfect negative pressure for your lips and has a self releasing mechanism so you do not pull on the mouth to take off the plumper.
7. You can control the suction strength at your comfort.
8. It won over 30 beauty and technical design awards internationally.
9. It was granted over 30 patents worldwide.
10. It has been in use successfully for over 6 years and it took 3 years to test and develop.
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Heliconia psittacorum (parrot's beak, parakeet flower, parrot's flower, parrot's plantain, false bird-of-paradise) is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reportedly naturalized in Gambia, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles.[2] It is often cultivated as a tropical ornamental plant in regions outside its native range. (From Wikipedia)
オウムバナ科 (Heliconiaceae) は単子葉植物のショウガ目に属する植物の科。オウムバナ属（Heliconia）だけからなる1属約80種からなり、園芸ではヘリコニアと呼ぶ。この科・属に属する植物は、熱帯アメリカ原産でオウムのくちばしが連なったような鮮やかな「花序」を鑑賞するため温室植物として栽培され、花卉としても出荷される。
大型の多年草で、偽茎を持つ。鳥媒花で大型の、緑、赤、黄色などの鮮やかな色の舟形、あるいはオウムのくちばし形の苞をもつ。花は苞の中に包まれ、花被片は6枚。今でも古い資料を引用したものでは、バショウ科に分類していることもある。
Namibia.
Mahango Game Park.
The Mahango Game Park (also known as the Mahango Game Reserve[1]) is a protected area in Namibia within Bwabwata National Park.[2] It is situated at the country's eastern border with Botswana in the flood plains of the Okavango River basin, close to the Popa Falls on the river. The Caprivi Strip encloses the western part of the park.[3] It was established in 1986 and covers an area of 24,462 hectares (60,450 acres). With over 300 species of birds, it has been designated an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International. About two thirds of the bird species found in Namibia are located here as it includes both wetland and tropical terrestrial species of birds
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahango_Game_Park
The common tsessebe or sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus) is one of five species of the subfamily Alcelaphinae in the family Bovidae. It is most closely related to the topi and the bontebok in the same genus. Tsessebe are found primarily in Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and South Africa.[2][3] They used to be spread throughout a significant area of Africa, from Senegal to eastern Ethiopia south to the northern areas of South Africa.[4] Tsessebe can run at a maximum of 80 km/h.
Knights Ferry is a town in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 40 miles (64 km) east of Modesto on the Stanislaus River. The Willms Ranch, a California Landmark near the town, was one of many filming locations for the television series Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie.[2] It is home to the Knights Ferry Bridge, the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi at 330 feet (100 m) in length.[3] Today, it is home to a museum about the history of the town and also about local wildlife. The town's ruins include a mill and a prison.
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This is 1.6 megapixel crop from a 2 megapixel frame capture from video from the Canon 5D mark 2. It will print nicely as a 4x6. Colors can't be adjusted much, because the video codec only captures, I'm guessing, about 240 colors per chanel, compared to a regular 8-bit file, which is 256 colors per chanel. The 5D2 has been criticized for only capturing 3.9 frames per second in still image mode, but that is producing 21 MP images. You can also look at it as shooting 30 frames per second, to produce 2 MP images... but there is no autofocus. The dancers are Lonnie Mitchel and Jalair Miles, teaching Bolero at Paragon dance studio.
Day 2:
It's a day which started well and ended very nicely :)
We spent the night before in Kanda. Headed out early to go to a 100yen shop at Akihabara before catching our reserved bullet train, embarking on our "quest for sakura" journey.
We found the 100yen shop alright and saw tonnes of goodies there but decided to do the shopping spree when we returned to Tokyo on Day 7 (where I encountered the middle-aged Cosplay phenomenon
Since 8vee never tried "standing soba", so we grabbed our breakfast at one right in front of akihabara JR station and had an amazing Squid tempura soba *slurp*
And then we bumped into some funky pet and its friendly owner :)
Then went back to the hotel, grabbed our bags and headed north to Kasumigajou Kouen, Nihonmatsu and then to Sendai to check into our hotel before grabbing dinner
The juvenile rimu is an attractive tree of the New Zealand forest understorey with its long weeping branches.
Eventually this will become one of our tallest canopy trees with adult foliage still slightly weeping but a lot shorter in length
Rimu is a slow-growing tree, eventually attaining a height of up to 50 m, although most surviving large trees are 20 to 35 m tall. It typically appears as an emergent from mixed broadleaf temperate rainforest, although there are almost pure stands (especially the west coast of the South Island). There are historical accounts of exceptionally tall trees, 61 m, from dense forest near National Park, New Zealand, now destroyed [2]. Its lifespan is approximately 800 to 900 years. The straight trunk of the rimu is generally 1.5 m in diameter, but may be larger in old or very tall specimens [2].
The leaves are spirally arranged, awl-shaped, up to 7 mm long on juvenile plants, and 1 mm wide; and 2 to 3 mm long on mature trees [2]. It is dioecious, with male and female cones on separate trees; the seeds take 15 months to mature after pollination. The mature cones comprise a swollen red fleshy scale 6 to 10 mm long bearing one (rarely two) apical seeds 4 mm long. The seeds are dispersed by birds which eat the fleshy scale and pass the seed on in their droppings; they are an important food resource for some species, particularly the kakapo, whose breeding cycle has been linked to cone production cycle of the tree.