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A few years ago, we were fortunate enough to spend several days photographing bears along the river in Alaska. Some were lone bears, but there was also a sow and her 2 juvenile cubs.
She brought them down to the waters edge and kept them obediently by her side for some time. When she felt at ease, she allowed them to enter the river, as she watched clearly in our view, being sure that they were safe. She then retreated and must had settled in, beyond our view, for a quick siesta. After a bit, she emerged and scanned the river and shore for her cubs. It didn't take too long before she had them in her sights again. When she was ready to once again leave, sheapproached her young, huffed some directives at them, then escorted them back into the woods.
It's amazing to witness the sows instinct to protect her young ... at all costs ... and these bears do it so well. Can't wait to get back there to spend time with them again.
Thanks so much for stopping by to view and especially for sharing your thoughts and comments. Much appreciated. :-)
© 2014 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
"I dream. Sometimes, I think that's the only right thing to do."
It's always really difficult to take self-portraits because it involves lots of running back and forth from the camera to check that the photo is exactly the way I want it.
...thank goodness I have FriendLee who feeds me and puts up with my bossy directives (I have another photog Friend whom I never let do our group photos 'cos I require total Creative Control™) and caterwauls along with me in our roadtrip karaoke. :D♥︎
Chicago & North Western Railway Business Car 403 and E8 509 near Canal Street in Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The train below had just cut off the Circus World Museum's historic circus train which it brought to Chicago from Baraboo, Wisconsin. The vintage circus wagons will be unloaded and paraded down Michigan Avenue.
This is a good example of Stagecoach Yellow seen on 509 above, and what became known as Zito Yellow ( actually, Pantone 102C ) on 403 below, so named for the Vice President-Operations at the time, Jim Zito. Under his directive during the early 1980's, and with concern for improved visibility, it became the new C&NW yellow paint for a while.
Prologue:
Excerpt from Cdr. Bannon’s log: Shortly after returning to the ISD Manticore, an Imperial shuttle had docked in the hangar bay, and was to transport myself to an unspecified location, by direct orders of the Triumvirs. This was most irregular, and only the second time I was summoned by them directly.
Onboard the shuttle I had some time to reflect. My impression was that the Imperial Triumvirate had been rather successful in uniting the banners of several smaller imperial remnants in the Outer Rim. Even a handful of worlds in the Colonies and the Deep Core was siding with Imperial ideology. Although not publicly of course. How much longer could this go on without any major New Republic confrontation. I knew the new regime had its hands full with establishing a new government, but I had not expected them to turn a blind eye to Imperial activities.
Onboard the Imperal Super Star Destroyer, The Resurrector - Conference Room
Several Imperial senators and commanders stand around a black conference table. Imperial stormtroopers stand guard around the room. Senator Vancar, a hip slimy-looking Senator, is speaking.
Senator Vancar: Until the traitors are dealt with we are vulnerable. The New Republic is getting information from high ranking members of the Imperial Triumvirate. They’re a bigger threat than you realize. Even the Mandalorians see this as their moment to retaliate!
The bitter Moff Pantoloc shifts nervously.
Moff Pantoloc: Dangerous to your trade agreements, Senator, not to the Imperial Triumvirate!
Senator Vancar: The New Republic will continue to close in on our activities until…
Suddenly all heads turn as Senator Vancar’s speech is cut short and the Supreme Moff Barthol, one of the Triumvirs, enters. He is followed by two Royal Guards. All of the commanders stand and bow before the old, evil-looking moff as he takes his place at the center of the room. The Royal Guards stand behind him.
Supreme Moff Barthol: The traitors have been dealt with, and the New Republic will no longer be of any concern to us. From now on our operations will be run decentralized, from each Imperial Remnant in the united Imperial Triumvirate. The New Republic does not have the resources to monitor Imperial activities from the Core to the Outer Rim.
Moff Pantoloc: That's impossible! How will we maintain control without a centralized command.
Supreme Moff Barthol: Regional commanders now have direct control of Imperial operations in their territory. These commanders will operate independently, with the directive of the Triumvirs, and High Command.
Senator Vancar: And what of the traitors? If the Republic has obtained knowledge of our plans, it is possible, however unlikely, that they might introduce additional sanctions against imperial activities.
Grand Prince Serion: If your real concern is vacancies in High Command, I assure you they will be filled! Tell me senator; When have sanctions ever stopped us?
Supreme Moff Barthol: Enough! This is not a committee!
[Story continued in next photo]
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This picture is taken in Biesbosch National Park (The Netherlands).
The Biesbosch National Park is a green maze of several rivers, islands and a vast network of narrow and wide creeks. The area is one of the largest, valuable natural areas in the Netherlands. What’s more, it is one of the few remaining fresh-water tidal areas in Europe. The Nieuwe Merwede canal divides the National Park equally between the provinces of Noord-Brabant and Zuid-Holland. The part in Noord-Brabant is called the Brabantse Biesbosch. The part in Zuid-Holland is divided into the Sliedrechtse Biesbosch and the Dordtse Biesbosch. The National Park covers an area of approximately 9,000 hectares.
The vegetation mainly consists of willow-woods that developed out of the willow-shoots of former withy-beds due to decades of neglect. These marshy woods alternate with grasslands and reed-lands that have run wild with weeds. There's also an abundance of fauna to be found too. For example beavers, foxes, deers, hares, pine martens, geese, ducks and various birds of prey.
The Biesbosch is an important area for birds to rest, forage and breed. This watery area is of such international importance to waterfowl and waders that a large area, the Brabantse Biesbosch has been officially recognized as a ‘Wetland’. This high natural value is confirmed by other European agreements like the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive.
Sometimes a picture is as powerful as a song. Today, above all other days, it seems fitting to listen to the music of nature, shed a tear or two and think about how life could be and should be and would be if only love were the primary directive. I hugged a couple of people today, longer than usual. I imagine that I wasn't alone... by a long shot.
... or at least my interpretation of it.
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This one hit #2 on Explore!
Koh Samui, Thailand
2007
In a bout of over enthusiasm or compliance with early NBC directives, Maidstone and District chose to paint a few of their smartly-liveried dual-purpose AEC saloons in "National White". These early versions included a tiny fleetname underlined in the constituent company's green or red NBC colour.
This vehicle got grey wheels and "dustbin lids" on the rear !
A purchased print
This didn't happen often, but when it did I was there every chance I could get. The AC F's were not preferred leaders and I believe Don has mentioned there was a directive they were not to lead in freight service but once in awhile it did happen and April 17, 1997 was one of those days with 1753 leading 6590 and 6619 on train ESSOA near Fibre. ESSOA was the job that moved the Ladysmith/Tilden ore from Escanaba to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. It normally was a very early morning affair at Trout Lake often going through before I was off my morning shift but I was really lucky this day with it running a couple hours late, the F leading and the sky clear all at once.
Geltsdale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Castle Carrock, in the Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England, to the southeast of Castle Carrock village.
In 2001 the parish had a population of 6.
On 1 April 2003 the parish was abolished and merged with Castle Carrock
Geltsdale RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in Geltsdale, Cumbria, England. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds manages the site for upland birds such as the hen harrier and black grouse.
The reserve is within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) called Geltsdale & Glendue Fells. Along with other SSSIs in the North Pennines, it is designated a Special Protection Area under the Birds Directive. The reserve is managed within the context of a commercial hill farm.
The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; Welsh: Dyffryn Gwy) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales. It is one of the most dramatic and scenic landscape areas in southern Britain.
The River Wye (Welsh: Afon Gwy) is the fifth-longest river in the United Kingdom. The upper part of the river passes through the settlements of Rhayader, Builth Wells and Hay-on-Wye, but the area designated as an AONB covers 326 square kilometres (126 sq mi) surrounding a 72-kilometre (45 mi) stretch lower down the river, from just south of the city of Hereford to Chepstow.
This area covers parts of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, and is recognised in particular for its limestone gorge scenery and dense native woodlands, as well as its wildlife, archaeological and industrial remains. It is also historically important as one of the birthplaces of the modern tourism industry. The area is predominantly rural, and many people make a living from tourism, agriculture or forestry. Ross-on-Wye is the only town within the AONB itself, but Hereford, Monmouth, Coleford and Chepstow lie just outside its boundaries.
The varied landscapes of the Wye Valley can be explained by underlying rocks and structures, and how ice and then the river and tributary streams have acted upon them through time.
Close to Hereford, the geology of the area around the village of Woolhope is largely made up of Silurian limestones, shales and sandstones. To the south of this, the Herefordshire lowlands are largely underlain by red mudstones and sandstones, producing a redder soil. These rocks are softer than the limestones elsewhere, so the river created more meanders, a wider floodplain, and a gentler and more rolling landscape. Around Symonds Yat, limestones and red sandstones meet. This leads to a landscape of hills and plains, as well as substantial meanders which have formed impressive river cliffs.
The Lower Wye landscape was formed by the river acting on a series of layers of rock that dip towards the Forest of Dean. Here the river has incised into the margins of the Old Red Sandstone plateau to form a gorge with substantial river cliffs. The steepest parts of the Wye gorge are cut through the Carboniferous Limestone. Here the combined action of the river, natural joints in the rocks and quarrying have exposed many vertical faces, particularly between Tintern and Chepstow.
Geological interest extends underground, and there are many rock shelters and solution caves in the area. These include King Arthur's Cave and many others in the area of Symonds Yat and Slaughter Stream Cave near Berry Hill. At St Arvans, near Chepstow, the underground watercourses have carved out long cave systems, which exit at Otter Hole at the base of Piercefield cliffs – the only cave system in England or Wales which can only be reached through a tidal sump, making it a mecca for experienced cavers.
Lancaut and Ban-y-Gor are Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust nature reserves. They both have SSSI status being part of the nationally important Lower Wye Gorge SSSI and within the Wye Valley AONB. The Wye Valley is important for its rich wildlife habitats.
The area has three sites of international importance, designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) under the European Union's Habitats Directive. These are the River Wye (Afon Gwy), the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites (Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest y Ddena) and the Wye Valley Woodlands (Coetiroedd Dyffryn Gwy). It supports a population of lesser horseshoe bats, a growing population of peregrine falcons, goshawks, ravens, rare whitebeam, nightjar and lesser known fish like the shad and twaite. The main Welsh populations of the small but colourful moth Oecophora bractella are found here.
In September 2006 it was reported that one colony of lesser horseshoe bats in the area had reached record numbers, with some 890 bats in a small stone barn (599 adults and 291 babies recorded).
The valley has been inhabited for at least 12,000 years. Caves near Symonds Yat and Chepstow provide evidence of settlement dating from Palaeolithic times, and finds from later stone ages such as the Neolithic have also been found. These have yielded evidence of how prehistoric human populations lived as nomadic hunters and traders.
Standing stones at Huntsham, Staunton, and Trellech all have origins dating back to the Bronze Age. Later, Iron Age forts along the lower Wye Valley, and in the Woolhope area, took advantage of the natural hilltops and promontories to form well-defended settlements. It is likely that many of these marked the edges of disputed tribal pre-Roman territories.
Watling Street ran through the Roman settlements of Ariconium (just north of modern Ross-on-Wye) and Blestium (Monmouth), and a number of other small Roman settlements are known. The first evidence of the exploitation of iron and coal in the valley is found in the Roman period, with iron working known from sites at Monmouth, Trellech and elsewhere, as well as in the adjoining Forest of Dean. The medieval boroughs of Goodrich and Chepstow, at each end of the Wye Gorge, may have originally been established at this time.
Closely following the River Wye, Offa's Dyke was built in the 8th century under King Offa to mark out the boundary between England and Wales and is, today, the longest archaeological monument in Britain. Offa's Dyke Path long distance footpath today traces the route through the Wye valley on the English bank, while the Wye Valley Walk follows the Welsh bank.
When the Normans conquered the region in the 11th century they immediately built major castles at Chepstow and Monmouth to defend the territory. Smaller castles were built at St Briavels, Ruardean, Goodrich and Wilton Castle.
Tintern Abbey was founded in 1131 by Cistercian monks, and largely rebuilt in the 13th century. It is the best-preserved medieval abbey in Wales and an outstanding example of Gothic architecture.
Many of the smaller villages in the area probably date from the Middle Ages, and much of this expansion was probably associated with the early iron industry. The medieval iron industry consumed large quantities of charcoal and much of the woodland was coppiced for this purpose. Trellech was one of the largest communities in Wales during this period.
Iron has been made in the Wye Valley since Roman times, using the ready supply of timber, good quality ore and abundant charcoal from the Forest of Dean. The river provided transport for the raw materials and finished product, and with the introduction of the blast furnace in the 16th century, its tributaries began to be used for water power.
The first brass made in Britain was founded at Tintern in 1566. Wire-making followed, with water mills situated on all the tributaries of the lower Wye. The area resounded to the noise and smoke of heavy industry for the next 400 years and gave rise to many pioneering industries. For instance, Whitebrook became famous for paper milling, when wallpaper became a fashionable way to decorate houses. At Redbrook, copper works were established by 1691, and a century later the village became one of the world's major tinplate manufacturing centres. This industry survived until the 1960s and was renowned for producing the thinnest, highest quality plate in the world. The Lydbrook valley was also a thriving centre for metal industries, such as the manufacture of telegraph cables.
The valley woodlands were carefully managed to produce mature trees for shipbuilding, or by coppicing for charcoal, and to provide bark for tanning. The valley industries were also massive consumers of timber. A ship of 150 tons, for example, required 3,000 wagonloads of timber to complete – and in 1824, 13 ships were launched at Brockweir alone.
The river was the economic backbone of the region, providing an important means of transport, trade and communication. In late medieval times, salmon weirs hindered free passage on the river, but the Wye Navigation Act in 1662 enabled the river's potential to be developed. By 1727 shallow draught boats could get upstream beyond Hereford, and a significant shipbuilding industry developed at Monmouth, Llandogo, Brockweir and Chepstow. However, by 1835 it was stated that the Wye "can scarcely be considered a commercial highway" above Monmouth, and by the 1880s Brockweir bridge was the effective upper limit of navigation.
As the 19th century progressed, the valley's industries gradually declined, and management of the woodlands lessened when there was no longer a ready market for their products.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wye_Valley
The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and north-west, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.
The area is characterised by more than 110 square kilometres (42.5 sq mi) of mixed woodland, one of the surviving ancient woodlands in England. A large area was reserved for royal hunting before 1066, and remained as the second largest crown forest in England, the largest being New Forest. Although the name is used loosely to refer to the part of Gloucestershire between the Severn and Wye, the Forest of Dean proper has covered a much smaller area since medieval times. In 1327 it was defined to cover only the royal demesne and parts of parishes within the hundred of St Briavels, and after 1668 comprised the royal demesne only. The Forest proper is within the civil parishes of West Dean, Lydbrook, Cinderford, Ruspidge, and Drybrook, together with a strip of land in the parish of English Bicknor.
Traditionally the main sources of work have been forestry – including charcoal production - iron working and coal mining. Archaeological studies have dated the earliest use of coal to Roman times for domestic heating and industrial processes such as the preparation of iron ore.
The area gives its name to the local government district, Forest of Dean, and a parliamentary constituency, both of which cover wider areas than the historic Forest. The administrative centre of the local authority is Coleford, one of the main towns in the historic Forest area, together with Cinderford and Lydney.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_Dean
Biesbosch National Park
The Biesbosch National Park is a green maze of several rivers, islands and a vast network of narrow and wide creeks. The area is one of the largest, valuable natural areas in the Netherlands. What’s more, it is one of the few remaining fresh-water tidal areas in Europe. The Nieuwe Merwede canal divides the National Park equally between the provinces of Noord-Brabant and Zuid-Holland. The part in Noord-Brabant is called the Brabantse Biesbosch. The part in Zuid-Holland is divided into the Sliedrechtse Biesbosch and the Dordtse Biesbosch. The National Park covers an area of approximately 9,000 hectares.
The vegetation mainly consists of willow-woods that developed out of the willow-shoots of former withy-beds due to decades of neglect. These marshy woods alternate with grasslands and reed-lands that have run wild with weeds. There's also an abundance of fauna to be found too. For example beavers, foxes, deers, hares, pine martens, geese, ducks and various birds of prey.
The Biesbosch is an important area for birds to rest, forage and breed. This watery area is of such international importance to waterfowl and waders that a large area, the Brabantse Biesbosch has been officially recognized as a ‘Wetland’. This high natural value is confirmed by other European agreements like the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive.
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'At the End of the Day'...On a Wild Isle.
On a bright sunny evening, with their distinctive orange bills and legs, ten of the leaders of a large flock of White-fronted Geese, Anser, albifons flavirostris flying in to settle on Loch Gruinart at the end of their grazing day out on the grasslands and scrub fields.
Greenland White-fronted Goose Notes and Information:
The White-fronted Goose is a grey goose, bigger than a mallard and smaller than a mute swan. Adults have a large white patch at the front of the head around the beak and bold black bars on the belly. The legs are orange and Siberian birds have pink bills, while Greenland birds have orange bills. This species does not breed in the UK. Two races visit the UK in winter - birds which breed in Greenland and birds which breed in Siberia. The current wintering areas need protection, including avoiding drainage of traditional wintering areas in southern England. RSPB Notes.
What they eat:
Grass, clover, grain, winter wheat and potatoes.
Measurements:
Length:65-78cm
Wingspan:130-165cm
Weight:1.9-2.5kgPopulation:
UK wintering:13,500
Identifying features:
Greenland White fronted goose
Feather colour: Black Brown Cream/buff Grey White
Leg colour: Orange
Beak: Orange Red Long Duck-like Chunky
Natural habitats: Farmland Grassland Marine and intertidal Wetland
Similar birds: Greylag goose, Taiga bean goose,
Pink-footed goose
Where and when to see them:
White-fronted geese can be seen in south England especially the Severn estuary in Gloucestershire and the Swale estuary in Kent for Siberian birds. Ireland and West Scotland for Greenland birds.
'Birdguides' Notes... Goose 'fitness tracker' reveals migration struggles
Greenland White-fronted Geese make a 600-mile round trip each year to overwinter in Scotland but not every bird finds it easy, according to new research from Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT).
Specially designed bird ‘fitness trackers’ have revealed what happens to the birds as they struggle over the sea for long distances, trying to navigate the angry North Atlantic and getting blown off course by unpredictable storms.
Migration is a particularly vulnerable time for Greenland White-fronts. One goose took just 14 and a half hours to fly from Iceland to Greenland, but two others took days to complete the same journey, being forced to spend a lot of the time bobbing on the sea.
The complete migration routes of Greenland White-fronted Geese in spring, as monitored by the WWT (WWT).
WWT researcher Ed Burrell has just returned from the tiny island of Islay, Argyll, where he’s been downloading data from the bird fitness trackers. He said: “We’ve just downloaded all this amazing data from these individual birds to see what they’ve been up to. From studying the leg from Iceland to Greenland in May this year, we see what a difference a day makes.
“We can tell that the weather turned on two birds who left the same evening, as they landed on the sea – so they wouldn’t be blown further, of course. By using an extra gadget called an accelerometer – a bird 'fitness tracker' so to speak – which measures the movement of the tag, we can tell that they bobbed about for a bit. To avoid the terrible conditions, the birds went for a swim.”
The blue-tagged goose left Iceland at 3.30 am on 6 May in calm conditions, arriving in Greenland 14-and-a-half hours later at a speed of 33.5 mph. The green-tagged goose left at 4 pm on 3 May accompanied by a good tailwind that later turned on the bird, blowing it towards the Arctic Ocean and forcing it to hunker down in the sea. It later landed in Greenland 53 hours after its journey began.
The red-tagged goose had it even worse, leaving the same evening as Green, but taking a traumatic 63 hours to complete the trip.
Researchers at WWT have been tracking these birds to find out why they are declining so rapidly. Since the turn of the century, 50 per cent of the population has vanished.
Thanks to support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery, Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd and other generous funders, WWT is able to carry out pioneering research using the finest technologies available to try and prevent further loss of these magnificent birds.
White-fronted Goose is one of eight wetland species of birds threatened with extirpation in Britain. Numbers have declined from 35,000 in 1999 to 18,900 in 2016 due to a number of threats at their breeding grounds. People keen to support our drive to save this species can donate here.
Northern Ireland Notes:
Anser albifrons flavirostris Dalgety & P. Scott, 1948
Family: Anatidae
While it may graze with other geese on manicured pastures, this goose is also a bird of wild boglands and marshes, returning faithfully each year to favoured areas. It breeds on the coastal fringes of western Greenland and winters almost entirely in Ireland and Scotland. Its eastern counterpart, the European white-fronted goose, winters in England.
In brief...
Scarce wintering bird to traditional sites in the west of Northern Ireland
Prefers blanket bog with pools or agricultural grassland
It is a winter visitor found from late October to early April
The Greenland white-fronted goose is Amber listed in both Irish and UK Birds of Conservation Concern
Threats include habitat loss from drainage, inappropriate development and disturbance.
Species description:
The white-fronted goose is a medium-sized, grey-brown goose, which is slightly smaller than the more familiar greylag goose. It has bold black bars across its belly. Its name derives from the white forehead blaze above its beak. The Greenland race is distinctive in being rather dark and having an orange bill and legs. Young birds can be distinguished early in the winter by their reduced white forehead and lack of bars on the belly.
Life cycle
Greenland white-fronted geese breed entirely in the arctic coastal fringe of western Greenland, up to 700m above sea level. They nest amongst hummocks in the tundra, and the timing of egg laying is determined by the thaw of snow. The young geese are tended by both parents and remain as a family through the first autumn and winter. They migrate to Ireland together via south-west Iceland. During the winter months the geese form flocks which remain at traditional sites. These are often improved grasslands where protein-rich shoot tips are grazed. Some small flocks remain faithful to blanket bog feeding sites where they eat the tubers of bog cotton and sedges.
Similar species:
The greylag goose is much more numerous in Northern Ireland. It is a bigger, heavier bird with a larger orange bill and pink legs and lacks the white forehead and black bars on the belly. In flight the greylag has broad pale forewings which contrast with the rest of the plumage. The pink-footed goose is a scarce migrant with pink legs, a noticeably dark head and neck and small, stubby bill. The eastern race of white-fronted goose, which is rare in Ireland, differs in having a pinkish bill.
How to see this species:
There are only a few sites where they winter regularly. On Lough Foyle they can be found feeding on the fields around the southern part of the lough. These birds are not always present, and are more often at Lough Swilly which lies just to the west in Donegal. The other flocks can be difficult to track down, leading to many real wild goose chases! The small flock at Annaghroe on the River Blackwater (County Tyrone) can often be viewed from a public road. Occasionally, flocks or single birds are seen on migration at other sites such as Strangford Lough.
Current status:
The wintering population in Northern Ireland seems to have decreased since the 1960s when around 500 wintered. Several traditional sites have been lost to drainage, peat cutting and afforestation. In recent years, numbers at Lough Foyle have been very variable, with usually between 40-50 birds present. Over 1,000 winter nearby at Lough Swilly in County Donegal. Lower Lough Macnean in County Fermanagh supports the largest regular flock of about 100 birds, while there are smaller numbers on the Pettigo Plateau bogs (Fermanagh/Donegal) and at the River Blackwater (County Tyrone). The most important site in Ireland is the Wexford Slobs which supports a spectacular 10,000 geese each winter.
This is not a quarry species and is protected under the Wildlife (NI) Order 1985. It is also listed in Annex I of the EU Birds Directive as a species which must be the subject of special conservation measures.
Why is this species a priority in Northern Ireland?
The Greenland race is Amber listed in the UK and Irish Birds of Conservation Concern lists because both UK and Ireland support more than 20 per cent of the NW European population in winter.
Threats/Causes of decline
Some traditional sites in Northern Ireland have been lost because of drainage (Downpatrick Marshes) or the encroachment of forestry. Inappropriate siting of wind turbines could also threaten some flocks and the geese are also very vulnerable to human disturbance. The world population increased following a ban on hunting in their wintering grounds in 1982, although there is evidence of a recent decrease in numbers.
Conservation of this species:
Current action
Some sites visited by this species are designated as Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (DARD) Countryside Management Scheme and Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme include measures designed to protect and enhance habitats for wintering geese
Some key sites are surveyed each winter by a combination of conservation bodies and volunteer counters as part of the nationally co-ordinated Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS).
Proposed objectives/actions
The status of the Greenland white-fronted goose will continue to be monitored and appropriate conservation action undertaken if required.
What you can do
Volunteer as a Wetland Bird Survey counter by contacting EHS or RSPB
Report incidents of illegal shooting to PSNI or EHS
Report any sightings to Northern Ireland Birdwatchers’ Association Flightline. Tel: 028 9146 7408.
The River Wye (Afon Gwy in Welsh), in Hereford, Herefordshire.
It is the fifth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 134 miles from source to sea. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales.
Romans constructed a bridge of wood and stone just upstream of present-day Chepstow. It has been navigable up to Monmouth since at least the early 14th century. In the 1660's it was improved to enable vessels to pass weirs. According to Herefordshire Council Archaeology, these were flash locks.
The work proved to be insufficiently substantial and in 1696 a further Act of Parliament authorised the County of Hereford to buy up and demolish the mills on the Wye and Lugg. All locks and weirs were removed, except that at New Weir forge below Goodrich, which survived until about 1815. This was paid for by a tax on the county. Weirs were removed all along the Wye in Herefordshire, making the river passable to the western boundary, and beyond it at least to Hay on Wye.
A horse towing path was added in 1808, but only up to Hereford; previously, as on the River Severn, barges were man-hauled. Money was spent several times improving the River Lugg from Leominster to its confluence with the Wye at Mordiford, but its navigation is likely to have been difficult. The Wye remained commercially navigable until the 1850s, when commercial traffic moved to railways. It is still used by pleasure craft.
It is a Special Area of Conservation and one of the most important rivers in the UK for nature conservation. It is an important migration route and wildlife corridor, as well as a key breeding area for many nationally and internationally important species. The river supports a range of species and habitats covered by European Directives and those listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. In Powys the river lies within the Radnorshire Environmentally Sensitive Area. Much of the lower valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Information Source:
Pseudo HDR fom a single RAW file captured while diverting from our normal approach to Vancouver en route from Victoria.
This is an unusual perspective. Normally we approach from either East or West. We were on the eastern approach, but warnings of wind shear sent us to the western approach at the last minute. I was sitting in the co-pilot seat and heard the diversion directive on the headset.
So we flew along False Creek for a bit before rounding Stanley Park and making our landing behind the skyscrapers on the horizon that rim Coal Harbor. Note the new giant Shangrila is literally in the clouds.
This perspective is looking North along Granville street. On this side of the bridge is Granville Island, a very cool place to visit when you come to Vancouver, which I hope my photos will make you want to do.
[A new ecstaticist feature] PP notes: I overdid the noise reduction. I have a low tolerance for noise and this means I sacrifice detail, which might not always be the right decision. I think I need to learn more about layering and masking so I can remove noise in areas and keep detail in other areas. Suggestions are welcome for my own learning and other who read below. You can see what I mean in the larger and original sizes.
Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a great start to your weekend & an amazing last day of 2022! Today I will be sharing the third set of photos of an interior design project that we have recently completed. For this project, we were commissioned to design the entire interior of the home, as well as the patios and balconies. Any landscaping details that you see in this and upcoming photos of this project, have been completed by the landscapers that are employed by the community that our client lives in.
In the first photo, you are getting a look at what may be my favourite room of this project, the kitchen! For this space, we created a ton of custom elements, which really help distinguish this kitchen from all the others that have been installed in this model of home. To start, we created a custom mesh wooden surround, which helps enclose all cabinetry and appliances, such as the wine fridges on the left hand side of the photo. We’ve also created a custom glass door fridge, along with custom glass door cabinetry on each side of the range, in a beautiful tinted black finish. These details help break up the heavy usage of wood and stones in this space, providing a nice contrast of a more delicate material.
In the second photo, you are getting a peak into the breakfast area, which is adjacent to the kitchen. This is a much more intimate space than the dining room, which I showcased in my previous post, due to the space being smaller overall and having a lesser seating capacity. As you can see, we stuck with our client's directive, using lots of beige, cream and white tones, with graphite and black accents to provide a grounding effect.
As always, the team & I thank you so much for following us along our design journey & supporting The Design Firm! You support is what keeps us going <3
Lastly, I always recommend viewing my photos in full screen mode when able! This allows you to see the true depth and detail of the spaces that my colleagues and I create for our clients.
Photo Credit - Sean Hardy
"Okay, what's with all the red shirts standing around? Ut-oh... The Prime Directive? Uh - I thought interference with consenting alien adults was okay... "
THEOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE WAYS WE KNOW AND EXPERIENCE God. The word itself comes from two Greek roots: theos meaning “god,” and logos meaning “word.” In Greek philosophy the idea of logos was extended to also mean “knowledge.” We use this root today as a suffix to describe the body of knowledge for particular disciplines such as psychology or sociology. In most of the biblical era, the Jewish people didn’t have what we think of as an intellectually defined theology. They had stories, practical applications of those stories, laws, and action directives from God—what we call commandments or mitzvot. The theology of the Hebrews was rooted in a way of thinking that was holistic and unique, what has been called Hebraic thinking.
Imagine perceiving the world in such a way that past and the present, time and space, nature and spirituality are seen as integrated and not separated into disconnected spheres of experience—this is the essence of Hebraic thinking. Our biblical ancestors experienced their own ancestors in a kind of present-tense state since the line between the living and the dead was somewhat blurred. In this “primitive” way of seeing the world, there was no significant distinction between what we call the animate and inanimate worlds. Modern Jews, Christians, and academic scholars alike would do well to relearn the Bible through the thought processes of the biblical characters themselves.
Indeed, I’m not sure we can really understand what Moses, the prophets, or Jesus were really saying without a clear comprehension of the Hebraic mode of thought. Understanding Hebraic thinking can give us a glimpse into the theology of our biblical ancestors, especially how they understood the interrelationship between the natural and spiritual worlds. But it also gives us insight into how they might have interpreted the original words, stories, and concepts in the Bible. Most of us learn the Bible in translation, thousands of years after the words were spoken, from an entirely different culture, and viewed through a radically different lens.
-Jesus : first-century rabbi / Rabbi David Zaslow with Joseph Lieberman.
Of detail, burned, dissolved, and broken off
Like graveyard marble sculpture in the weather,
There is a house that is no more a house
- from Directive, by Robert Frost
Dory sez:
"Ah yes, the Meeces and BunBuns are holding their current round of demonstrations today over the price of Cheese and Carrots respectively. Good to see how Democracy plays out in the real world. Wait a minute though .......
A Small Animals Directive (or SAD for short) has just been published on Brushtail Mousie's website proclaiming that neither a VAT reduction on Cheese nor Carrots is going to be granted by her de-facto finance ministry!
Could it just be that Democracy around these parts is simply an illusion? Brushtail Mousie rules as always ..... sigh ...... "
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Deers outside The Madhouse.
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Every January the ivy that grows at our barn wall is full of birds. Blackbirds mostly, but also pigeons and once I spotted an Eurasion blackcap (it was one of my earlier pictures here in the stream). Its fruits ripen when few other food sources are available to the birds.
"A large number of species of wild birds naturally occurring in the European territory of the Member States are declining in number, very rapidly in some cases. This decline represents a serious threat to the conservation of the natural environment, particularly because of the biological balances threatened thereby. [...] The preservation, maintenance or restoration of a sufficient diversity and area of habitats is essential to the conservation of all species of birds." DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 November 2009
on the conservation of wild birds (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32009L0147)
"Bei vielen im europäischen Gebiet der Mitgliedstaaten wildlebenden Vogelarten ist ein Rückgang der Bestände festzustellen, der in bestimmten Fällen sehr rasch vonstatten geht. Dieser Rückgang bildet eine ernsthafte Gefahr für die Erhaltung der natürlichen Umwelt, da durch diese Entwicklung insbesondere das biologische Gleichgewicht bedroht wird. [...] Schutz, Pflege oder Wiederherstellung einer ausreichenden Vielfalt und einer ausreichenden Flächengröße der Lebensräume ist für die Erhaltung aller Vogelarten unentbehrlich." RICHTLINIE 2009/147/EG DES EUROPÄISCHEN PARLAMENTS UND DES RATES vom 30. November 2009 über die Erhaltung der wildlebenden Vogelarten (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32009...)
I've sat on this image for more than year knowing I had captured what is probably the only image I have ever really felt a degree of satisfaction for but one that consequently evaded my decision making in regards to how the final image should look. I couldn't even decide on the final crop for goodness sake! So it sat on my hard drive gathering dust until now.
Yes, there are mistakes, I used a grad when maybe I shouldn't have, I should have moved slightly to the left with the distant tree being too close to the main tree, the car... well I could go on and on but more importantly I'm not too displeased and I was right to turn my back on a beautiful desert sunset and capture the warm ambient light instead. Now if I could only think the same way a little more often then maybe I might get the hang of this fotograffy stuff like.
Thank you for not kicking up the dust as you pass :)
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> SERVE MASTER BORG.
> EXTERMINATE ALL NINJAS.
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Entry to Round 1 of the 2018 Bio-Cup, sub-theme being Ninjago.
Heavily referenced the 'Nindroid' Minifigures, where I pretty much tried to jam in as many of their iconic features as I could.
(Initially that eye was an eyebrow - either way could've worked, but cheers to gravity for informing that executive decision)
Cocoa's entry: www.flickr.com/photos/137256403@N07/43311489531
Felix's entry:
An amazing role-play SIM with something for everyone. Beloved long-lasting space in my heart for this place, this time this wonderful journey into space of the imagination....yes Savy a wonderful walk down memory lane!
New Triscalia (Planet Tatu)
100% Star Trek RP. The Full on Star Trek Experience. From Academy Cadet to Star Fleet Officer. It's all here. How far will you go?. Real ships, real space, and real people.
Triscalia I
The sun in the Agonian system has gone nova. Forcing the people on Argonia to find a new home.
They did just that. Now settling on the planet Tatu the former Argonians are now Tatuines. As they build and acclamate to a new surrounding, Star Fleet business revs up again. The Academy on Tatu has opened and the space station is fully functional. New adventures await this recoursful lott.
But what awaits them is the question.
"The Yongzheng Emperor admiring flowers with his court"
(detail)
The Yongzheng emperor reigned from 1722 until 1735.
He was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongzheng_Emperor
Although the reign was short, the period saw many cultural and aesthetic advances under an emperor who prized artistic excellence. The emperor himself oversaw and approved every aspect of ceramic production in the imperial kilns, and official records note that he would comment on the quality and properties of new creations, issuing directives such as ‘make thinner’, and to refine to achieve ‘an elegant presence’.
The link below by the Victoria and Albert Museum, provides excellent information on silk painting:
The space race is heating up again in ways we haven't seen since the end of the Cold War. We haven't been to the moon since 1972 but a number of private companies and national agencies have begun looking to our nearest celestial neighbor with renewed interest, not only as a site of scientific study but also as a fuel resource and potential staging area for trips further out into the solar system.
Last December, Trump signed Space Policy Directive-1, which directs NASA "to lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion across the solar system and to bring back to Earth new knowledge and opportunities."
Essentially, the move will help NASA better organize exploratory efforts with its international partners and private spaceflight companies."I don't even like to use the word return -- to go forward to the moon, sustainably," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told a Senate subcommittee hearing in September. "What we're doing now is entirely different than what we did back [during the Apollo era]."
To that end, NASA has since submitted to Congress a plan to establish the necessary infrastructure to not just get us back to the moon but to return there regularly. Dubbed the "Exploration Campaign", this plan focuses on three core areas: low-Earth orbit (LEO), the crewed missions to the moon for long-term habitation and study, and robotic missions to Mars and beyond. The Gateway is going to be wild. It will consist of at least "a power and propulsion element [with] habitation, logistics and airlock capabilities," per NASA. The power and propulsion bits will be launched first, around 2022, via an SLS rocket. These will not only allow the Gateway to adjust its lunar orbit, but they'll also serve as communications platforms for space-to-Earth and space-to-moon messages. The habitation elements are expected to be delivered in 2024 and should allow astronauts accommodations for up to 60 days.
During May 1974 the New South Wales coast was being battered by large storms which brought heavy swells off both Sydney and Newcastle ports. Newcastle port reported a swell of over 17 m (56 ft) at the entrance.
The Sygna was on its maiden voyage, waiting for a load of 50,000 tonnes of coal destined for Europe at the time of the accident. It was anchored 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off Newcastle when the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe storm warning and directive for ships to move out to sea. Seven of the ten ships anchored off Newcastle did so, however the Sygna was not one of them (#)
....um yeah...looks like it anchored a little closer in! This was the shot I set out to get and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Complete with eagle and this time bluebottles.
# Courtesy of Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sygna
Here's my LEGO rendition of the 2022 Ferrari F1-75, which was raced by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. The 2022 Formula One World Championship saw a major change of the technical regulations, with the reintroduction of ground effect aerodynamics and restriction of radical designs. These changes were implemented with the intention to reduce an F1 car's wake of turbulent air (aka "dirty air") that disturbs the aerodynamic flow of following cars, thus allowing for closer racing and more overtaking.
The F1-75 proved to be competitive at the beginning of the 2022 season, taking 2 wins, 2 poles, 3 fastest laps, and 5 podiums in the first 3 races. However, unreliability and a downturn in performance (especially after the FIA's Technical Directive 39 which was targeted at reducing porpoising) in the latter half of the season resulted in Red Bull winning both the drivers and constructors championships with relative ease.
This approximately 1:15 scale LEGO creation was probably the most difficult F1 car I've built to date. The design of this car is quite a departure from the previous F1 cars I've built, so I had to approach this build with a blank slate. The sidepods and engine cover shaping of the F1-75, which some have likened to a bathtub, is very organic and unique. Recreating this was by far the most challenging aspect of this creation. I hope I have done this car justice as it is one of the coolest F1 cars in terms of design in my opinion. A big thanks goes to Steve Hall (Instagram: @stevehallego) for making the stickers that help recreate the livery.
Instructions are available on Rebrickable: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-143121/noahl/ferrari-f1-75
Links to my other Ferrari F1 cars:
1991 Ferrari 643
1997 Ferrari F310B
2007 Ferrari F2007
2014 Ferrari F14 T
2015 Ferrari SF15-T
2016 Ferrari SF16-H
2017 Ferrari SF70H
2018 Ferrari SF71H
2019 Ferrari SF90
2020 Ferrari SF1000
2021 Ferrari SF21
Instagram: @noahl.lego
He nibbled on the olive tree with delight -
The Caucasian squirrel - Sciurus anomalus ; The Caucasian squirrel or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.
The species is usually said to have first been described in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae,and named Sciurus anomalus. However, some authors argue that this work was actually published in 1788, and that the true first description was made by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1785.
Description -
Caucasian squirrels are small tree squirrels, with a total length of 32 to 36 cm (13 to 14 in), including the 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) tail, and weighing 250 to 410 g (8.8 to 14.5 oz). The color of the upper body fur ranges from greyish brown to pale grey, depending on the subspecies, while that of the underparts is rusty brown to yellowish, and that of the tail, yellow brown to deep red. The claws are relatively short, compared with those of other tree squirrels, and females have either eight or ten teats.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich described the Caucasian squirrel in 1885 as "Its color is grayish-brown above, and yellowish-brown below".
Physical Description -
Caucasian squirrels have a dental formula of incisors 1/1, canines 0/0, premolars 1/1, and molars 3/3, totaling 20. They have four fingered fore feet and five fingered hind feet. Sex differences in body length or mass are not evident.
Distribution and habitat -
Caucasian squirrels are native to south-western Asia, where they are found from Turkey, and the islands of Gökçeada and Lesbos in the west, Iran in the southeast, and as far as Israel and Jordan in the south.It is one of only two species of the genus Sciurus to be found on Mediterranean islands,and, although Eurasian red squirrels have been recently introduced to some areas, is the only species of Sciurus native to the wider region.
The species mainly lives in forested areas dominated by oak, pine, and pistachio, up to altitudes of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Biology and behavior -
The squirrels are diurnal, and solitary, although temporary groups may forage where food is plentiful. Their diet includes nuts, seeds, tree shoots, and buds,with the seeds of oak and pine being particularly favored. Like many other squirrels, they cache their food within tree cavities or loose soil, with some larders containing up to 6 kg (13 lb) of seeds. They live in trees, where they make their dens, but frequently forage on the ground, and are considered less arboreal than Eurasian red squirrels. They commonly nest in tree hollows lined with moss and leaves, and located 5 to 14 m (16 to 46 ft) above the ground, but nests are also sometimes found under rocks or tree roots. Their alarm call is high-pitched, and said to resemble the call of the European green woodpecker, and they mark their territories with urine and dung.
Breeding occurs throughout the year, but is more common in spring or autumn. Litters range from two to seven, with three or four being typical, and the young are fully mature by five or six months of age.
Conservation -
A survey in 2008 found that the species remained abundant within Turkey, however declines are noted in population within the Levant region. The guides for a survey in 1993 in Israel stated that they considered the species to be nearly extinct within the area studied. Whilst the Caucasian squirrel is threatened by poaching and deforestation, the declines recorded are not sufficient to qualify them as anything other than "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1] Hunting of the species is banned by the Central Hunting Commission, and the Caucasian squirrel is protected by the Bern Convention and the EU Habitats Directive.
This information is sourced from "Wikipedia".
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This is the antenna that will transmit back the first close-up images of the distant Dimorphos asteroid since its orbit was shifted by a collision with NASA’s DART spacecraft.
The 1.13-m diameter High Gain Antenna of ESA’s Hera mission went through a week-long test campaign at the Compact Antenna Test Range, part of the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands.
The CATR’s metal walls isolate external radio signals while its foam-spike-lined interior absorb radio signals to prevent reflections and reproduce the empty void of space. Each test session took more than 10 hours at a time, with the antenna rotated a degree at a time to build up a 360 degree picture of the antenna’s detailed signal shape.
“The High Gain Antenna is really a crucial part of our mission – it will be our sole means of receiving data and sending commands with the volume we need, with the Low Gain Antenna as backup for low data rate emergency communications” explains Hera antenna engineer Victoria Iza.
Hera system engineer Paolo Concari adds: “Coupled with an innovative deep-space transponder, this antenna will also perform science in its own right. Doppler shifting in its signals due to slight shifts in Hera’s velocity as the spacecraft orbits Dimorphos will be used to derive the mass and shape of the asteroid. But for this radio science experiment to work well, the antenna signal will need to remain stable over time, which means the antenna itself has to maintain its geometrical shape very precisely.”
The High Gain Antenna was manufactured by HPS in Germany and Romania. The company was checking that the antenna’s CATR test performance met mission requirements, comparing the results to simulated radio frequency data.
“The antenna reflector is made of carbon fibre, which makes it very stable and resistant to temperature extremes and general environmental stresses,” comments Fulvio Triberti from HPS. “With a total mass of just 7.5 kg, it is a scaled up version of a smaller model produced for ESA’s Euclid’s observatory, which will operate 1.5 million km from Earth. But Hera’s antenna will need to operate over much greater distances still than Euclid, transmitting and receiving across as far as over 400 million km.”
Located on the exterior of the spacecraft, the High Gain Antenna is especially susceptible to accelerations during launch and the high and low temperatures experienced in space – for added protection against the latter, the antenna will be flown covered in a Kapton-Germanium sunshield that provides thermal isolation while radio waves can still pass through it.
So, as a next step, the antenna will undergo vibration testing at IABG in Germany, to reproduce launch stresses, followed by ‘thermal vacuum’ testing at AAC in Austria, to simulate temperature extremes. Then the antenna will return to the CATR next spring, in order to check that this environmental testing did nothing to degrade its radio-frequency performance.
Antenna engineer Ines Barbary led the CATR test campaign: “The challenge for us has been the very high gain of the antenna, and also its tightly focused directivity – it is a very narrowly focused beam with low side lobes. Our test signals cross less than 2 m from our antenna to the High Gain Antenna within the chamber but our specialist software can transform the signals as if they are travelling across vast distances.”
The High Gain Antenna boosts its signal more than 4000-fold to reach Earth, focused down to only half a degree, so that the entire spacecraft will move in order to line up with its homeworld.
“It’s a fantastic feeling to see flight hardware take shape like this,” concludes Paolo. “And all involved did a great job in making it happen on time, to meet our launch schedule in October 2024.”
Credits: ESA-SJM Photography
A re-envisioning of the classic 1984 Apple Macintosh commercial to perhaps reflect on how some things may have changed since then.
“Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology—where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests purveying contradictory truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!”
Excerpt from www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/09/22/ryerson-university-un...:
Ryerson University has a new public art piece on campus honouring the Dish With One Spoon Territory it sits on — a move one elder says is a positive step in the institution’s commitment to reconciling with Indigenous communities.
On Wednesday, the university unveiled a new monument on its campus near the busy intersection of Gould Street and Nelson Mandela Walk. Casually dubbed the “Ring,” the monument is a three-metre tall metal band designed by Indigenous-owned and operated firm Two Row Architect.
The university has been on a path to reconcile with Indigenous communities recently, in the form of renaming itself and choosing not to restore or replace the statue of Egerton Ryerson that was toppled down by protesters.
Joanne Dallaire, elder and senior advisor on Indigenous relations and reconciliation at the university, said that healing from the damage that colonial constructs have left on Indigenous people is personal and will look different for everyone. Still, Dallaire thinks that the efforts the university is making, such as the new monument, are a step in the right direction.
“It makes a statement that Ryerson is very committed, now and into the future, because it’s a significant piece of art to recognize, respect, and continue to reconcile with Indigenous communities,” Dallaire said.
It took over two years for the monument to come to fruition. Dallaire is a co-chair at Ryerson’s Truth and Reconciliation Strategic Working Group, which led community workshops and worked with the architects, “making sure that we got it done in the right way, in a good way,” Dallaire said.
Two Row Architect worked alongside the group to create a physical rendition of a “Land Acknowledgement,” said the firm’s Matthew Hickey, a Mohawk architect belonging to the Six Nations First Nation.
Collaborating with Indigenous community members was a crucial part of bringing the monument to life and making sure that it sends a message that would resonate with all Indigenous people, regardless of their backgrounds, both Hickey and Dallaire said.
“In my eyes, the Indigenous community at the university designed this monument, (Two Row Architect) was just the conduit by which they brought their collections of ideas into focus,” said Hickey. “The outcome of the work is for everyone, it is intended to have presence, be welcoming, be universal and inclusive in its form and its details. It welcomes everyone to learn and be a part of the larger circle of life.”
Every detail of the Ring was intentional: Its shape is a nod to how prominent circles are in numerous Indigenous practices, such as how meetings are formed in circles so that all voices are coming from equal positions. The Ring is also made of Corten weathering steel, which is intended to adapt to its environment over time.
The Ring is embellished with perforations that form the animal symbols representing each of the Seven Grandparent teachings: Humility, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Truth, Respect and Love. These principles are adapted by several Indigenous communities to help guide people through life.
“We can take these seven teachings and transform them into anything that we’re working on because the teachings are singular in their word and multiple meanings can be applied to them,” Dallaire said.
For the time being, the monument won’t include a plaque explaining the specificities of the Ring — Dallaire wants people to form their own experiences and understandings of it when they observe the monument themselves. Just like the Seven Grandparent teachings, Dallaire wants the monument to be open to interpretation.
“Sometimes, if you are too directive, especially in art, you force the viewer to see one thing instead of getting their own interpretation and like all things in Indigenous communities, things are our own interpretation as well as the teachings that come behind it,” Dallaire said.
AI = Artificial Intelligence
Following The Prime Directive, no Planetary Systems were harmed in the creation of this image.
Created for SOTN February 2019, FUTURAMA.
I made this a few years ago (2016 I think.) A couple days ago when I was looking for something SciFi I found it again. A bit of manip in Photoshop yesterday and this is what came out...
2 SciFi images purchased from Renderosity.
Robot from public domain.
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Le Z12111 28 longe la rive nord du Lac Long tout juste avant Les Étroits, où il changera de rive pour poursuivre sa route du côté sud. À peu près à un tier du tonnage du train se trouve la locomotive télécommandé qui n'a d'autre choix que de suivre les directives de la locomotive de tête.
Z12111 28 runs along the north shore of Lac Long just before Les Étroits, where it will change banks to continue on the south side. Roughly a third of the train's tonnage is the remote-controlled locomotive, which has no choice but to follow the lead locomotive's instructions.
I don't know about ya'll but it was a bit of a struggle to shimmy Annik's feet into her shoe. But anyways, her stuff is fabulous.
(And her dress has this great lace underneath the chiffon)
The space and room for human rights and freedom is so little now in Hong Kong after the implementation of national security law. There are so many incidents have happened in Hong Kong and I am not able to recap here/ In short more pro-democratic activists are arrested. News media are restructured so that there is no investigative reporting or opposition views. Civil servants are forced to take oath and asked not to express any opinion against the directives of government.
There is absolutely no room for rights and freedom of speech. Many Hong Kong people chose to leave and many are going to UK or other countries like Canada and Australia.
I was shooting architecture lines at Aberdeen Centre.
Hope you have a good weekend!
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Train journey to Hanoï (Gia Lam station)
Voyage en train en direction de Hanoï - Gare de Gia Lam (Vietnam)
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