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At the Center of Marine Biotechnology in Baltimore, Valerie Huse studies halophiles, which are organisms that thrive in environments of extreme salinity. The higher the salt content in a medium, the more likely you are to find a halophile growing there.
She is shown here working inside a refrigerated incubator.
©2009 David Hobby, All Rights Reserved
This was one of those photo shoots where the photographer in me wanted to get right down next to the water....but this is saltwater crocodile territory. That would have been a very dumb idea! Thankfully I didn't tangle with any of the large reptiles. :)
as we went on holiday a couple of days after getting back from the Lakes in August, I had forgotten I hadn't posted photos. this is one of the few I got with a blue sky! it was a lovely walk above Windermere.
Brood comb with larvae of a variety of ages, from tiny little babies to ones almost ready to pupate. The flat-capped cells hold worker pupae (right) and the domed ones hold the larger drones (left). The cells at top are full of compressed pollen.
Last summer my mother noticed honeybees swarming around the shed in her backyard, so she called a beekeeper. They turned out to be nesting in the neighbor's shed, and the beekeeper said he could collect them but it would have to wait until spring so the colony would be strong enough to survive. This weekend he came with his girlfriend/assistant and extracted the colony. They marked out the colony location with an IR camera, sawed out that section of 3/4" plywood floor with a circular saw, lifted it out, and turned it upside down on a folding table. Then they disassembled it, comb by comb. The bees they vacuumed up, collecting them in a shopvac-head bucket for later return to the new hive. The honeycomb they harvested. The brood comb they placed in empty beehive frames, holding the pieces in place with rubber bands. They proceeded slowly, looking for the queen the whole time. Just when they were ready to give up, they found her in a remnant of comb back in the shed. The bees were amazingly docile, at least compared to what I had expected. Queen, bees, and comb were reunited in their new digs, a double-decker hive, and are off to a new life in the countryside. The floor was screwed back down, with the exit from the sub-floor airspace to the outside blocked by sprayfoam.
© Copyright A Pendleton 2012 Taken at a National Trust Property in (England) a few weeks ago, this guy just walk over to and almost insisted I took his Photo lol,............. Have a super day,....................... Alan ..
Museo Histórico Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This pretty comb may appear to be floating in space, but in fact it's surrounded by its historical context, visible to some, nonexistent to others.
There are at least two parts to the context: the Guaraní and the Jesuit missions, aka Jesuit reductions.
Spanish Wikipedia says:
The Guarani or Avá , according to their original ethnic self-nomination (meaning "human being"), are a group of South American indigenous peoples that are geographically located in Paraguay ,northeastern Argentina (in certain provinces of the Litoral Region ), south and southwest of Brazil (in the states of Rio Grande do Sul , Santa Catarina , Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul ) and southeast of Bolivia (in the departments of Tarija , Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca ) and north of Uruguay.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%ADes
As for the Jesuit reductions, English Wikipedia says:
A Jesuit reduction was a type of settlement for indigenous people in North and South America established by the Jesuit Order from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
The Spanish . . . [Empire] adopted a strategy of gathering native populations into communities called "Indian reductions" (Spanish: reducciones de indios). . . The objectives of the reductions were to organize and exploit the labor of the native indigenous inhabitants (archaic term "Indians") while also imparting Christianity and European culture. Secular as well as religious authorities created reductions.
The Jesuit reductions were most extensive and successful in an area straddling the borders of present-day Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina (the triple frontera) amongst the Guarani peoples. These missions are often called collectively the Rio de la Plata missions. The Jesuits attempted to isolate the "Indians" from secular influences and exploitation by Spanish and Portuguese colonists. A major factor attracting the natives to the reductions was the protection they afforded from enslavement and the forced labor of encomiendas.
Under the leadership of both the Jesuits and native caciques, the reductions achieved a high degree of autonomy within the Spanish colonial empire. With the use of native labour, the reductions became economically successful. When the incursions of Brazilian Bandeirante slave-traders threatened the existence of the reductions, "Indian" militia were set up which fought effectively against the Portuguese colonists.
In 1767, the Jesuits were expelled from the Guaraní missions and the Americas by order of the Spanish king and the era of Jesuit reductions ended. The reasons for the expulsion related more to politics in Europe than the activities of the Jesuit missions.
The Jesuit reductions reached a maximum population of 141,182 in 1732 in 30 missions in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
The reductions of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos in eastern Bolivia reached a maximum population of 25,000 in 1766. Jesuit reductions in the Llanos de Moxos, also in Bolivia, reached a population of about 30,000 in 1720. In Chiquitos the first reduction was founded in 1691 and in the Llanos de Moxos in 1682.
The Jesuit reductions have been lavishly praised as a "socialist utopia" and a "Christian communistic republic" as well as criticized for their "rigid, severe and meticulous regimentation" of the lives of the Indian people they ruled with a firm hand through Guaraní intermediaries.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit_reduction
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Este bonito peine puede parecer estar flotando en el espacio, pero de hecho está rodeado por su contexto histórico, visible para algunos, inexistente para otros.
Hay por lo menos dos partes en el contexto: Los indios guaraníes, y las reducciones jesuíticas.
Wikipedia conoce a los guaraníes:
Los guaraníes o avá, según su autodenominación étnica original (que significa "ser humano"), son un grupo de pueblos indígenas suramericanos que se ubican geográficamente en Paraguay, noreste de Argentina (en ciertas zonas de provincias de la Región del Litoral), sur y suroeste de Brasil (en los estados de Río Grande del Sur, Santa Catarina, Paraná y Mato Grosso del Sur) y sureste de Bolivia (en los departamentos de Tarija, Santa Cruz y Chuquisaca) y norte de Uruguay.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%ADes
En cuanto a las reducciones de los jesuitas, Wikipedia en inglés dice:
Una reducción de los jesuitas fue un tipo de asentamiento para los pueblos indígenas en América del Norte y América del Sur establecido por la Orden de los jesuitas de los siglos XVI al XVIII.
Los imperios español y portugués adoptaron una estrategia de reunir poblaciones nativas en comunidades llamadas "reducciones indias" (español: reducciones de indios) y portugués: "redução" ("reducções" en plural). Los objetivos de las reducciones eran organizar y explotar el trabajo de los habitantes indígenas nativos (término arcaico "indios") al mismo tiempo que imparten cristianismo y cultura europea. Las autoridades seculares y religiosas crearon reducciones.
Las reducciones jesuíticas fueron más extensas y exitosas en un área que se extiende a ambos lados de las fronteras actuales de Paraguay, Brasil y Argentina (la triple frontera) entre los pueblos guaraníes. Estas misiones a menudo se llaman colectivamente las misiones del Río de la Plata. Los jesuitas intentaron aislar a los "indios" de las influencias seculares y la explotación de los colonos españoles y portugueses. Un factor importante que atrajo a los nativos a las reducciones fue la protección que brindaban de la esclavitud y el trabajo forzoso de las encomiendas.
Bajo el liderazgo tanto de los jesuitas como de los caciques nativos, las reducciones lograron un alto grado de autonomía dentro del imperio colonial español. Con el uso de mano de obra nativa, las reducciones se volvieron económicamente exitosas. Cuando las incursiones de los traficantes de esclavos brasileños Bandeirante amenazaron la existencia de las reducciones, se establecieron milicias "indias" que lucharon eficazmente contra los colonos portugueses.
En 1767, los jesuitas fueron expulsados de las misiones guaraníes y de las Américas por orden del rey español y la era de las reducciones jesuíticas terminó. Los motivos de la expulsión se relacionaron más con la política en Europa que con las actividades de las misiones jesuíticas.
Las reducciones de los jesuitas alcanzaron una población máxima de 141.182 en 1732 en 30 misiones en Brasil, Paraguay y Argentina.
Las reducciones de las Misiones Jesuíticas de Chiquitos en el este de Bolivia alcanzaron una población máxima de 25,000 en 1766. Las reducciones jesuíticas en los Llanos de Moxos, también en Bolivia, alcanzaron una población de aproximadamente 30,000 en 1720. En Chiquitos se fundó la primera reducción en 1691 y en los Llanos de Moxos en 1682.
Las reducciones de los jesuitas han sido elogiadas como una "utopía socialista" y una "república comunista cristiana" y criticadas por su "rígida, severa y meticulosa reglamentación" de las vidas de los pueblos indígenas que gobernaron con mano firme a través de intermediarios guaraníes. .
After a busy day it is time to relax. However, not before combing my hair. I like to have a neat hairdo at all times.
© 2011 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
My first visit here. What a fantastic place. I got a bit lost and ended up getting there a bit late. By this time there were banks of fog rolling across the landscape. I only had around 15 minutes of shooting time. So I had to come up with compositions quickly. But I don't really mind that. I usually work quite quickly and explore different compositions. I know it's a fantastic view from up here but only parts of it it were revealed to me through the breaks in the fog. This gave it an otherworldly feel.
Another shot from the reading flickr meet.
Saw this great view as we walked along the river. It reminded me of a comb, and it looked like someone was combing the sky.
A legend says that when you see a tangle in horse's mane, it 's due to the actions of night witches. I suppose that witches love Sara, since I can rarely see her mane in trim ;)
Have a gorgeous day, thank you in advance for visits
Barbie Fashionistas - Ken No. 138 "Long Hair" & No. 17 "Cali Cool" Dolls (Mattel)
*Ken had so much "product/glue" plastering his hair down, that I thought it was going to break-off while trying to comb through it! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯