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LAT:Qurcus suber
NO:Korkeik
ENG:Cork Oak
SP:Alcornoque
DE: Korkeiche
IT: Sughera
Sted/Place:Los Alcornocales, Cadiz
Dato/Date:11 2008
Str/Size:Opptil 20 meter
Blomstring/Flowering:Mars-juni (3-6)
Alder/Age: Opptil 250 år/years
Habitat: En av de største korkeikskogene i verden, Los Alcornocales ligger mellom Gibraltar og Grazalema. Kokeik er mye dyrket og forvillet. Enkelttrær vokser i skoger med furu og steineik. Opprinnelsen er Sørvestlige Europa og Nord-vest-Afrika, men treet dyrkes også i Frankrike, Italia. Portugal er verdens støsrte produsent av kork.
I Cadiz-dsitriktet mellom Gibraltar og Grazalema ligger en av verdens største korkeikskoger, Los Alcornocales. Dette er en av de få korkeikskogene som er igjen etter at mange eikeskoger forsvant da man bygde de store seilskuten i den beryktede spanska Armada. Det ble sagt at tidlig i Middelalderen kunne et ekorn hoppe fra eik til eik fra Nord-kysten i Spania til Middelhavskysten. Nå er de fleste store eikeskogene borte for alltid og erstattet med busk og småskogvegitasjonen Maquis. Men i Los Alcornocales kan man fortsatt oppleve enorme skoger og åsrygger dekket med korkeik, steineik og furutrær. Los Alcornocales har et rikt plante og dyreliv. Blandt annet Genett (Snikekattfamilien), oter
Fortsatt drives det utvinning av kork her. Los Corcheros som korkeik-ekspertene kallesdrar ut i skogene hvert år for å høste barken av dette verdifulle treet. Da har det gått mellom 7-10 år siden forrige innhøsting. Den første barken man tar fra et korkeiktre kan ikke benyttes produksjonen da det er for grovt og ruglete. Disse brukes ofte som dekor i blomster-arrangementer etc. Treet er ca 20 år første gangen det strippes for bark.
Mye av produksjonen foregår fortsatt på gamlemåten med esler som transportmiddel. Ingen moderne skogsmaskiner kan overvinne eselet når det gjelder fremkomst I det ofte bratte og utilgjengelige terrenget. Men kork-produksjonen er truet. En av de største truslene er at flere og flere vinprodusenter går over til å bruke syntetiske korker (Bl. a laget av silikon) og populariteten til pappvin er også en trussel. Likevel er det en del produksjon av kork til gulv og veggfliser. Kjører man en høstdag i Los Alcornocales kan man fortsatt treffe på en trailer fullastet med kork. Kork-spesialistene, los Corcheros bruker barkespader for å flå av barken. Det må gjøres på rett tidspunkt (mellom mai og august) og det kreves lang erfaring for å strippe barken i så hele stykker som mulig. En høykvalitets vinkork stanset ut i sin helhet kan koste oppimot 1 euro så det er kanskje årsaken til at mange vinprodusenter bruker billigere erstatninger.
Korkeiken er et flott og majestetisk tre med kraftig ofte vridd stamme. Nystrippete trær har kraftig oransjerød farge som langsomt blir gråsvart. Treet tåler denne behandlingen da det bare er det ytre laget som brukes og treet beholder sitt indre livsviktige lag med bark.
Korkeiken blir opptil 20 meter høyt, men med sine enorme og kraftige grener kan det også bli like bredt.
Bladene er ovale, eviggrønne, mørke og glatte på oversiden og gråhvite og matte på undersiden. De har ikke så tydelige finger-form som vi kjenner fra nordlige eike-arter men bare en bølgete kant. Årenettet er tydelig.
10/06/2023. Ladies European Tour 2023. Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed, Ullna Golf Club, Stockholm Sweden. 8-11 June. Dale Whitnell of England during the third round. Credit: Tristan Jones/ LET
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07-26-2012
Local Accession Number: 06_11_000949
Title: Lexington Common, Lexington, Mass., U.S.A.
Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints
Created/Published: Meadville, Pa. ; New York, N.Y. ; Portland, Oregon ; London, Eng. ; Sydney, Aus. : Keystone View Company manufacturers publishers
Copyright date: 1901
Physical description: 1 photographic print on curved stereo card : stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm.
General notes: Title from item.; Copyright, 1901, by B.L. Singley.; No. 11680.
Subjects: Monuments & memorials
Collection: Stereographs
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Shelf locator: Concord
Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
[ENG] End of the day. After hours of fishing, the helicopter picks up all the fishermen to take them back to the camp. Every two fisherman have a guide, fishing different sections during the week. At present there are programs in which the trips to the river are hiking, an alternative applauded by many who prefer walk the tundra with a major contact with nature and more economic prices.
Flymage: Free online fly fishing and photography magazine
[ESP] Final del día. Después de unas 10 horas de pesca, el helicópetro recoge a todos los pescadores para llevarlos al campamento. Cada pareja lleva un guía, recorriendo tramos diferentes durante la semana. En la actualidad existen programas en los que los desplazamientos al río son a pie, una alternativa aplaudida por muchos aficionados que prefieren recorrer la tundra con un mayor contacto con la naturaleza y a precios más económicos.
Flymage: Revista online gratuita de pesca a mosca y fotografía
03/07/2015. Ladies European Tour 2015. ISPS HANDA Ladies European Masters, Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Denham, England. July 2-5. Holly Aitchison of England during the second round. Credit: Tristan Jones
05/08/2021. Ladies European Tour 2021. Aramco Team Series - Sotogrande, La Reserva Sotogrande, Andalucia, Spain. August 5-7 2021. Felicity Johnson of England during the first round. Credit: Tristan Jones
A student talks about his team's project, "Extreme Weather Effects on High Strength Steels for Cranes." The project was sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The team included materials science and engineering students Colin McKenna, Richard Swanson, Arman Tuigynbek and Yingwei Wu.
Op de zaterdagavond van Halloween (1 november) en allerheiligen, vertrekt om 20:30 de FOX Amsterdam Halloween Parade. Een bonte stoet vampiers, heksen, enge clowns, vleermuizen, zombies, monsters, demonen, onheilsvoorspellers, bloedende bruiden, creepy dokters en mummies lopen, rijden en kruipen vanaf het NZ-lijnstation Rokin in de richting van de WesterGasFabriek.
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De optocht staat in het teken van Dia de los Muertos, de mexicaanse verering van de doden op All Hallow's Eve (Allerheiligen) de dag voor Allerzielen
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NZ-lijn metrostation Station Rokin (vertrekpunt), Rokin, Dam, de Raadhuisstraat, Rozengracht, Marnixstraat, bij Marnixbad links af,Nassaukade, van Limburg Stirumstraat, Limburgstirumplein, Haarlemmerweg kruisen, Westergasfabriekterrein op richting eindpunt voor Zuiveringshal. Totaal 3.8 km.
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ENG “Erfoud-Merzouga, via Rissani – A really interesting stage starting with a visit to Rissani city, situated in the middle of Tafilalet palm grove. This town is the oldest imperial one, surrounded with hundred of Kasbahs and Ksours. A very generous Tuareg family hosts you for lunch. They serve a delicious local “PIZZA”. Then you take the track which goes to Merzouga. Come to watch the beautiful golden rays of the sunset and enjoy a dream night in a bivouac (private camp) at the bottom of the famous Erg-Chebbi Dunes.” – Text taken from sabledorexpeditions4x4.wordpress.com/tours-morocco/the-gr...
ESP “Erfoud-Merzouga, vía Rissani – Un tramo verdaderamente interesando que comienza con una visita a la ciudad de Rissani, situado en medio del palmeral Tafilalet. Este pueblo es el más antiguo del imperio, rodeado de cientos de Casbas y Ksours. Una familia de Tuaregs muy generosos son nuestros anfitriones durante el almuerzo. Nos sirvieron una “PIZZA” local deliciosa. De ahí coger la ruta que te lleva a Merzouga. Ven a ver los hermosos dorados rayos de la puesta de sol y disfruta de una noche de ensueño en un bivouac (campamento privado) a los pies de las famosas dunas de Erg-Chebbi.” - Texto sacado de sabledorexpeditions4x4.wordpress.com/tours-morocco/the-gr... (En inglés)
Villa Saraceno.
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Landmark Trust website says -
"THE FRESCOES AT THE VILLA SARACENO (based on Antonio Verlato’s book, Agugliaro, 1999).
The Loggia
Biagio Saraceno himself welcomes the visitor, positioned above the entrance door. He has just received the Palatine crown from the goddess above. In his left hand he holds the staff of command. He wears a plumed helmet and the short, green tunic of the ‘ancient’ condottiere. Above the inside arches of the loggia, winged Victories in ochre monochrome gather to glorify the patron, some sounding trumpets, others holding laurel crowns.
In the centre of the vault above is the goddess of Abundance against a blue sky in an elaborate octagonal frame. She holds the crown of a knight of the empire and an olive twig to symbolise peace, which she hands to Biagio. The winged wand with two serpents in her left hand symbolises peace and economic prosperity (a symbol also associated with Mercury, god of messengers and trade). In two side frames dance two winged putti or cherubs.
Framing this octagon in each corner are four monochrome female figures (Floras) representing the four states of ‘Holy Agriculture’. From right to left, these are: Working the Land (the ox yoke); Irrigation (the tipped jug); Harvest (a sheaf of canes or ears of wheat) and the Glorification of Peace (an olive garland).
The Floras look at four oval scenes, in black monochrome, of tales embodying Virtus Romana, or the virtues of the Roman citizen, and also perhaps the four cardinal Christian virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance.
From the right:
1. Camillo, nominated Dictator by the Senate says to Brenno, chief of the Gauls, the fateful phrase that ‘Rome is conquered by iron, not gold.’
2. Muzio burns his right hand over a sacrificial flame as he tells King Porsenna ‘Look and understand how the Romans scorn life.’
3. Marco Curzio, a young Roman knight, sacrifices himself by leaping into a crevasse in the Forum to fulfil an oracle that the abyss can only be filled with that which was most precious to Rome. Curzio realised that this meant its youth and soldiers, and after his sacrifice the precipice did indeed miraculously close.
4. The subject of the fourth scene is less certain. A Roman warrior draws his sword at a person on a throne, who tries to calm the soldier with his right hand. It may represent The Error of Muzio, contrasting self-restraint with anger.
The fresco on the west end wall of the loggia is probably 18th-century. A Corinthian colonnade with high entablature stands against a sky with scattered clouds. No sign remains of any matching scene on the east wall. This loggia cycle is attributed to the Verona artist Anselmo Canera (1522-83). That in the vault is similar to the one at nearby Villa Pojana, also by Palladio c.1550.
Sala (main entrance hall)
The cycle of frescoes in the sala depicts the tragedy Orazia (1546) by Pietro Aretino (1492- 1556), one of the most colourful literary figures of mid-16th-century Italy. The cycle begins above the rear door.
A lord sits writing at a desk in a room recognisable as the sala at this very villa. On the basis of a letter written in 1552 by Aretino to Lucietta Chiericati Saraceno, (Biagio’s cousin by marriage, married to Gasparo Saraceno, owner of the Villa delle Trombe) it is suggested that the lord represents Aretino himself, shown writing Orazia in a room perhaps recognisable as the sala at the Villa Saraceno. Through an open door, the story begins. Orazio has conquered the Curiazi tribe and gallops towards the Roman army near Rome, while the Alban army waits on the other side. The tragedy of how Orazio murders his sister Celia unfolds through the cycle, which starts from the left of the entrance from the loggia and runs anticlockwise:
1. The old nurse brings news that Celia’s Curiazio husband has been slain by Orazio and shows her as proof her husband’s golden collar.
2. In a Roman street (though depicted with Renaissance palazzi), Celia laments the death of her husband to her father, Publio. Her brother Orazio, angry with his sister for her disloyalty, is restrained by his friends on the right. On the left, Marco Valerio, a Roman fecial, invokes the response of a high magistrate.
3. For the disloyalty of her grief, Celia, still with her nurse, is taken by her father before the magistrate, flanked by Roman officials. (The fourth image, with Aretino, has been described above).
5.The Roman people follow Celia and her nurse, while Orazio speaks to Spurio, a friend of his father. The perfect perspective of the buildings and crowd culminates in the triumphal arch bearing the letters S P Q R, the motto of the Roman Empire.
6. Publio calls for the sentence from one of the duumviri, who is seated on a throne between lictors with fasces. On his left are his Orazio, Celia and her nurse.
7. The climax of the tragedy: Celia is stabbed by her brother. The nurse screams, covering her eyes. A butcher’s shop is placed symbolically placed behind the victim.
8. Celia’s bloody body is carried away, accompanied by her loyal, distraught nurse. On the right, Orazio, the fratricide, closes the scene exclaiming: ‘This is the fate of one who dares to lament the death of our enemies.’ (third act).
The finely painted and coffered ceiling in the sala is original, its fine detail the crowning richness of this late-Renaissance space.
Stanza Maggiore (today’s sitting room)
The frieze in this room seems to be dedicated to the myth of the foundation of Rome, with scenes from Virgil’s Aeneid in six panels, flanked by images of imprisoned men (east and west walls), goddesses, winged putti and festoons of fruit. Four corner ovals in blue monochrome (now indistinct) link the sections.
1. Anticlockwise from the south wall: The Judgement of Paris. Seated on a rock, he hands the prize for beauty, a golden apple, to Aphrodite above Hera and Athene – a choice that eventually led to the Trojan War.
2. The cave where Dido and Aeneas, caught by a sudden downpour, made love (Aeneid, Book IV). Hunters with their dogs pass above the cave. Dido wears the royal crown, as the lovers make their way toward distant Carthage.
3. Aeneas lands at Carthage (Aeneid, Book I). The hero and three companions look down at their ships anchored in the port, as soldiers descend a long ladder.
The remaining three scenes are now hard to decipher. The sixth may show the Glorious Descendants met by Aeneas in the Elysian Fields (Aeneid Book 6).
A bust of a young man dressed as a Roman dignitary, who may be one of Biagio’s sons (Leonardo or Pietro), is shown in a shell at the centre of the east wall. Verlato attributes the frieze in the stanza maggiore to Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1530-72), though Battista Zelotti’s (1526-78) style is also suggested. There are also fragments of decoration in the camerino beyond."
View of the lantern room.
The "new" lighthouse was built in 1806, the old Chalk Tower in 1669 (shown in a previous photo). The round brick tower with a double gallery is 89 feet tall and attached to a two story stone keeper's house. All painted white with turquoise trim. The light signal is 4 white flashes every 15 seconds.
Located on a rocky point jutting out into the North Sea about 6 miles northeast of Bridlington. A popular tourist attraction.
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LAT:Sedum sediforme
ENG:Pale stonecrop
ES:Uña de gato
FR:Orpin de Nice
DE:Nizza-Mauerpfeffer
Nueva Andalucia, Malaga 06 2012
A student talks about his team's project, "Payload Hauler Omni Directional (PHOD)," sponsored by Nearth. The team included mechanical engineers Alex Koslov, Jay Stillmun and Andrew Timmons, and was asked to improve upon a payload hauling device designed to transport things up and down shafts. The students focused on reducing drivetrain complexity, enclosing components and creating an easy way to use payload.
Here shows the somewhat hazardous means of exit for the crew of the Buffalo. However, it's much faster than this model's inspiration, the Buffel where the crew was forced to climb up and over the wall to egress.