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Maine Maritime Academy is a public co-educational college focused on maritime training located in Castine, Maine. Castine is a coastal harbor town in Hancock County in the Downeast Maine Acadia region. It is one of the oldest communities in North America occupied continuously since the early 1600's. Print Size 13x19 inches. HTT.
The snow had almost completely melted, so I go back to my photos from vacation in Karkonosze mountains. This time we visited one of the newest attractions, which is in Czech Republic (close from Polish border) - the treetop trail :)
The Treetop Trail was built on the outskirts of the spa Janské Lázně in the Karkonosze mountains. The trail is 1,511 meters long. The 45 metres high tower offers a breathtaking panoramic view of the landscape and the giant trees nearby, some of them over 150 years old. The trail is entirely adapted for disabled people and parents with children in prams and is available for tourists all year round. The underground cave then enables to see the lower parts of the plants. Apart from the underground exposition, visitors can enjoy educational panels along the walkway providing interesting information about the Krkonoše mixed forest. The ones who do not wish to walk the trail back down they can use a 50 – meter - long toboggan from the tower.
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Śnieg za oknem już niemal całkiem stopniał, więc wracam do zdjęć z wakacji w Karkonoszach. Tym razem odwiedzamy jedną z nowszych atrakcji turystycznych, leżącą po czeskiej stronie - ścieżkę w koronach drzew :)
Ścieżka w koronach drzew zbudowana została na peryferiach uzdrowiska Janské Lázně w Karkonoszach. Wieża widokowa, która oferuje widoki na okoliczne drzewa wynosi 45 metrów wysokości, zaś cała długość trasy wynosi 1.511 metrów. Na trasie Ścieżki rozmieszczone są interaktywne stanowiska, przybliżające świat zwierząt i roślin Karkonoskiego Parku Narodowego. Ścieżka w całości jest przystosowana dla osób niepełnosprawnych oraz rodziców z dziećmi w wózkach i jest dostępna dla turystów przez cały rok. Największą atrakcją Ścieżki jest wieża widokowa. Turyści, którzy nie chcą wracać w dół na piechotę, mogą zjechać na macie, 50-metrową spiralną rurą zamontowaną we wnętrzu wieży. Oprócz punktów widokowych i stacji dydaktycznych na zwiedzających czekają także strefy rekreacji i zabawy. Trasa przebiega także pod ziemią, w głębi leśnego systemu korzeniowego. Ścieżka wpada w jaskinię o powierzchni 400 m. kw, gdzie przygotowana jest ekspozycja tematyczna.
One of the HOW (Heart of Worcestershire) College buildings in Worcester. I love the confident, brutal look of the place. Many disagree with me though! :)
One of our educational ambassador dogs taken yesterday to listen to children reading in a local elementary school. This dog is a rescue, who lost his right eye in an accident. He is just 9 months old and an absolute credit to his handler.
1. Letter A, 2. Letter B, 3. Letter C, 4. Letter D, 5. Letter E, 6. Letter F
7. Letter G, 8. Letter H, 9. Letter I, 10. Letter J, 11. Letter K, 12. Letter L
13. Letter M, 14. Letter N, 15. Letter O, 16. Letter P, 17. Letter Q, 18. Letter R
19. Letter S, 20. Letter T, 21. Letter U, 22. Letter V, 23. Letter W, 24. Letter X
25. Letter Y, 26. Letter Z, 27. Number 1, 28. Number 2, 29. Number 3 30. Number 4,
31. Number 5, 32. Number 6, 33. Number 7, 34. Number 8, 35. Number 9, 36. Number 0
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Lush green leaves with raindrops, Stirling Castle garden, Scotland.
This is not the subject I went here to photograph, but sometimes opportunities just come up. We were in Stirling, Scotland for a few day. The plan was to spend a few days in one of the less-known Scottish locations — not just less known to tourists in general but specifically to us! We knew little to nothing of the town before visiting, but it ended up being both educational and enjoyable. I made the photograph at the Stirling Castle, an imposing structure that is connected to a lot of history in Scotland and United Kingdom. I was a rainy day — that happens in Scotland! — and we took a brief walk through a lovely garden not far from the castle’s entrance where I found these water-sprinkled leaves.
It wasn’t my intention when I made the photograph, but in some ways this little picture exemplifies some impressions of Scotland. It is, by and large, a very green place! The closest analog that I have in the United States might be the Pacific Northwest, the more coastal sections of which share this lush quality. It is also, again like the Pacific Northwest, a wet place. We did, in fact, have some lovely and sunny weather, but we also had days of fog, mist, rain, and clouds.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
China, Harbin, City Impressions, St. Sophia Cathedral Place.
Heilongjiang Province, the most northeast part of China, when viewed on a map has the shape of a swan. Its capital city is Harbin, which is located south of Heilongjiang.
Not only for its special position, but also as the centre of Heilongjiang's political, economic, educational & cultural life, Harbin is described as the pearl beneath the swan's neck. Lying on the east of the Songnen Plain, what is more, Harbin plays a vital role in communications between South & North Asia as well the regions of Europe & the Pacific Ocean.
Harbin was the birthplace of Jin, 1115-1234 & Qing, 1644-1911, Dynasties, the latter of which had a very considerable influence on modern Chinese history.
At the end of the 19th century, Russia built the terminus of the Middle East Railway here. Later, more than 160,000 foreigners from 33 countries migrated to Harbin, promoting the development of a capitalist economy in the city. The economy & culture of Harbin achieved unprecedented prosperity at that time & the city gradually grew into a famous international commercial port. Assimilating external culture, Harbin created its unique & exotic cityscape. The majestic St. Sofia Orthodox Church & Zhongyang Dajie each built in a European style have the effect of bringing you into an 'eastern Moscow'. Even though you are sure to be attracted by various exotic buildings, the Dragon Tower which embodies the wisdom of the Chinese people is a must on your journey.
Besides these rich cultural heritages, Harbin is favoured with beautiful natural scenery. Based on meandering Song Hua River & subject to severe low temperatures in winter, down to -30°C, when I took this Pictures the Temperature varied between -20°C & -26°C but dry air, Harbin boasts a unique ice & snow culture. So, Harbin is also called the "Ice City".
The impressive "Ice & Snow Festival" is the greatest & unusual one in the world, therefor Harbin is also called the "Ice City".
As well the large Siberian Tiger & white tigers research centre, with about 500 tigers & a few other species, does an important work to prevent this species from extinction. The Research centre can be visited, tours in small a bus are available, passing through wide natural, separated, sections, however the focus point is to save the tigers.
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Window to the World Heritage City, Penang. the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) designated World Heritage status to George Town in Penang on July 7, 2008,
The difference between Male and Female Goldfinches is very subtle.
If you notice,
On the right the red face of the male goes further back behind the eye
Where on the left the females stops at the eye line.
So this is a breeding pair
Lockdown day 58
Well it is baby Egret season and they are always fun to watch!! I sure am glad I am not an Egret parent !!LOL Imagine having to deal with those beaks everyday, it explains all the scars the parents have at the end of nesting!! Thanks for looking and hope everyone has a happy Wednesday!! See everyone on Thursday!!
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School architecture of a certain age often has some lovely details, but photographing them can be fraught with danger in these times when using a camera in the vicinity excites suspicion and hostility.
Brierley Primary School in Crewe has an array of terracotta ornamentation on the buildings. In addition to the plaques over entrances for boys and girls, the gables have words of encouragement for the pupils. The boys side has 'Obey', 'Hope' and 'Duty', whilst on the girls side the mottos are 'Love', 'Neatness' and 'Order'.
The University of Tampa (UT), is a private, co-educational university situated in Downtown Tampa, Florida, United States along the Hillsborough River. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary.
The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the south wing of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa’s campus, at 401 West Kennedy Boulevard. Plant Hall was formerly known as the Tampa Bay Hotel, which was a 511 room resort hotel opened on February 5, 1891 by Henry B. Plant near the terminus of his rail line. The museum's exhibits focus on Gilded Age tourism, the elite lifestyle of the hotel's guests, and the building's use during the Spanish–American War. It was designed by architect J.A. Wood who also created the old Hillsborough County Courthouse and the Oglethorpe Hotel.
The museum is open to the public every day except Monday and major holidays. During the Christmas holiday season, the museum hosts the annual Victorian Christmas Stroll.
The entire building (under the title of Tampa Bay Hotel) is a U.S. National Historic Landmark, designated as such on December 5, 1972. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.
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Photo of a Pangolin figurine. Figurine is 7"w by 3"h
Flickr Friday theme: "scales"
Pangolins are very unique, being the only mammal with scales to protect their outer body.. Their scales are made of keratin, the same substance found in our finger and toe nails.
Pangolins are shy animals whose life is centered on feeding on various species of termites and ants. In the wild, they play an important role in keeping huge termite colonies in check.
Pangolins are in high demand in southern China and Vietnam because their scales are believed to have medicinal properties in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese medicine. Their meat is also considered a delicacy. 100,000 are estimated to be trafficked a year to China and Vietnam, amounting to over ONE MILLION over the past decade. This makes Pangolins the most illegally trafficked animal in the world!
Conservation efforts are exacerbated by rapid deforestation of their native habitat. Having Pangolins in top notch zoos for breeding has proved difficult. They are extremely susceptible to pneumonia and other commonly transmitted diseases that most animals in zoos respond well to medical intervention. Preventive vaccines and other medicines for diseases that can be treated symptomatically are not successful in Pangolins.
DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN PANGOLINS ARE ON A ONE WAY ROAD TO EXTINCTION? NO! Efforts to "follow the money" made from exploitation of Pangolins may yield better results than trying to "follow the Pangolins" captured for trade. If the money dries up, so does the major incentive to traffick in Pangolins.
What can we/you do? Look into Conservation groups and see what they are doing and how we/you may help. Oddly enough, the news that Pangolins are THE MOST illegally trafficked animal in the world, is being met with increasing desire to be part of the solution to save them.
HOW TO HELP PANGOLINS UPDATE:
I researched and found an organization that is involved with saving the Pangolins, as well as other species. It is the WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK. Their website is Wildnet.org . It has attained a 4 star rating from Charities Navigator, the highest rating that can be given. Charities Navigator rates charities of all kinds. The 4 Star Rating means contributions go directly into actions to help those in need that a particular organization is involved with. Their overhead costs are met in other ways, contributions are used exclusively to help save those in peril. Pangolins are very much one of the species the Wildlife Conservation Network is striving to save! Check them out: Wildnet.org
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Island Bay Marine Education Centre aquarium at Courtenay Central, Wellington, New Zealand.
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The City of Arts and Sciences is a huge futuristic educational complex designed for Valencia by the famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, as a present to his home city. Calatrava's vision is that of the space age, inspired by animal skeletons.
Valencia, Spain
St. Thomas University (STU) is a private Catholic university in Opa-locka North, Miami Gardens, Florida. The university offers 23 undergraduate majors, 24 graduate majors, 4 doctoral programs, and 1 professional law program. As of 2018, the university enrolls 4,223 students, which includes 982 undergraduate students; 977 graduate students; 571 law students; and 1,693 dual enrollment (high school) students. Over the years, the University's students have represented several states across the nation, and more than 70 countries.
St. Thomas University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities (SACS). The school of law is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The baccalaureate degree program in nursing and master's degree program in nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
St. Thomas University's history can be traced back to 1946 Havana, Cuba, where it was founded as the Universidad Católica de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, named after Saint Thomas of Villanova. In 1961, Fidel Castro's militia confiscated the school's land and expelled the faculty and priests. In turn, the Augustinians fled to Miami and opened a new Catholic men's college – Biscayne College. In 1984, with the establishment of the School of Law and other graduate degree programs, the college, by then co-educational, again became St. Thomas University. The university came under the sponsorship of the Archdiocese of Miami in 1988, conferring upon St. Thomas the distinction of being the only Catholic Archdiocesan sponsored university in the state of Florida.
From 1970 until 1993, St. Thomas University was the training camp home of the Miami Dolphins NFL team.
Biscayne College, now known as St. Thomas University, was also the former spring training home of the Baltimore Orioles.
The university was located in the Opa-locka North census-designated place, in an unincorporated area, until Miami Gardens incorporated as a city on May 13, 2003.
On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, St. Thomas University formally installed David A. Armstrong, J.D. as the University's 10th president,
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School Children visiting the Krishimela organized by the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru to know the latest Technologies developed by the Scientists.
Watching nature is so peaceful, calming, educational and much much more, as we all know.
Branta canadensis.
Here's a photo of an abandoned schoolhouse located on a ridge high above and south of The Dalles. I continuously marvel at how dry the climate is on the other side of the Cascades when compared to the Willamette Valley. In the Valley, structures like this rot away in a few years when left to nature. But in Central Oregon they last a century or more. This school even has the remnants of a swing-set left over. It's the kind of place where, if you actually did attend classes, you could honestly say to your kids, 'Boy, I had walk to school nine miles uphill, in snow, both ways, every day, when I was your age!'
Photo taken during an educational exhibit, not wild.
Also known as Cone-head chameleon or Yemen chameleon.
The veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) is a species of chameleon native to the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The male is 43 to 61 centimeters long from the snout to the tip of the tail. The female is shorter, no more than about 35 centimeters, but it has a thicker body. Both sexes have a casque on the head which grows larger as the chameleon matures, reaching about 5 centimeters in the largest adults. Newly hatched young are pastel green in color and develop stripes as they grow. Adult females are green with white, orange, yellow, or tan mottling. Adult males are brighter with more defined bands of yellow or blue and some mottling.
This chameleon lives in a number of habitat types in its native range, including plateaus, mountains, and valleys. Like other chameleons, it is arboreal, living in trees and other large plants. It prefers warmer temperatures, generally between 75° to 95 °F (24° to 35 °C).
Established in 1929, the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation was created by Henry Ford as The Edison Institute, a private educational institution, before opening to the public in 1933, initially being owned and operated by the Ford Motor Company. The museum contains exhibits and artifacts that were collected by Henry Ford starting in 1906, when his wealth began to increase substantially due to the success of the Ford Motor Company, with the institutions continuing to collect artifacts and items to this day. The museum is housed in a large structure, designed by Robert O. Derrick, that is quite similar in structure to a warehouse or factory built during the time of construction. Covering approximately 500,000 square feet (50,000 square meters), the building contains a variety of exhibits, mostly focusing on machinery, furnishings, automobiles, and other industrial goods, as well as historic artifacts that represent culturally significant moments in the history of the United States. The museum today is a major tourist attraction within the Detroit Region, and is one of three significant attractions affiliated with the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, alongside Greenfield Village and the Ford Rouge Complex, all of which are open to tourists and visitors. The museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981.
The Dymaxion House was designed by Buckminster Fuller between 1930 and 1945 as a prefabricated house, meant to incorporate modern conveniences and flexibility, while lowering the cost, and increasing efficiency and quality of the construction of homes, as well as addressing housing shortages during and after World War II. The house at the Henry Ford Museum was created from combining parts from the two Dymaxion House prototypes that were built in 1945, which were purchased by William Graham, an investor, and constructed as his family home in 1948. The building was the home of the Graham family until the 1970s, and was located alongside a lake, with various innovative features being removed from the house when it was built at the site. The house was donated to the Henry Ford Museum by the Graham family in 1990, and was reconstructed, rebuilt, and restored to Fuller’s original design upon its move to the Henry Ford Museum, with it finally opening as an exhibit within the museum in 2001.
A few minutes spent doodling what was on the desk next me. I volunteer to listen to children read aloud in the junior school where my wife works. Sometimes the children get a few minutes break while I am there so I while away the time sketching until they come back. This collection of resources caught my eye on a recent break. It is special equipment for a young man that is partially sighted and includes a Braille machine to help him learn to read as his sight is likely to deteriorate further has he ages.