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TRC 2005 and company expel exhaust in protest as they climb toward Searles with thirty some odd potash loads through an unincorporated part of San Bernardino County.
Wild Geranium flowers fill my flower garden each year. I've never intentionally planted them. However, the geranium ensures that it can spread the wealth. After blooming, fruit capsules are produced 3-5 weeks later. Each consists of a long, central beak-like column (resembling a crane’s head) and five basal cells, each containing one seed. The carpels of the fruit curl upward and backward to spring open when ripe, expelling the seeds 10-30 feet from the mother plant. More information can be found at : www.npsnj.org/photo_galleries/photo_pages/geranium_macula...
NGC 6888 (also known as the Crescent Nebula or C 27) is a diffuse nebula visible in the southern part of the constellation Cygnus.
It is a typical stellar wind bubble generated by a massive Wolf-Rayet star (HD 192163), which is located inside it; this star would also be responsible for the nebula, which would constitute the material of the outermost layers of the expelled star. This wind collided with the material ejected by the star as it reached the red giant stage, between 250,000 and 400,000 years ago, energizing it. The result is a gaseous shell and the presence of two shock waves, which then interacted with the surrounding dense interstellar medium.
In the past it was also thought to have been a supernova remnant, whose progenitor star was part of the HD 192163 system. The nebula extends in space to a size of about 16 light-years.
The ice in the glacier appears blue when the ice is heavily compressed and all the trapped air is completely expelled. This ice, in pure form, absorbs all colours in the spectrum of light except blue.
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Switzerland, Canton of Bern, St. Beatus-Höhlen, Winter 2024
St. Beatus caves are situated high above Lake Thun near Interlaken in the Canton of Bern. The limestone cave system is a natural wonder millions of years old. According to legend, the caves provided a safe haven for St. Beatus after he conquered and expelled a fire-breathing dragon that dwelled there in the sixth century. The underground gorges, imposing halls and bubbling waterfalls of St. Beatus caves exude a special power. Explore the unique cave system and immerse yourself in a fairytale environment of stone and water.
Peru
Just 30 minutes by boat from the port of Puno, is the home of the ancient Peruvian indigenous tribe, the Uros people. The community has lived on the floating islands for centuries. According to history, the pre-Inca community of the Uros was forced to build their floating houses when the Inca Empire expanded their lands and expelled them.
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The most common resident shrike found throughout the year in our region. They are aggressive birds and we often sight them chasing the pesky Drongoes which spare no effort to trouble other birds including the raptors.
These birds prefer to perch on tall posts, top of bushes, dry trees with thorns or fence posts and survey the area around for insects such as beetles, crickets, small lizards, skinks, dragonflies etc... Once the prey is sighted they dive and catch the prey. Sometimes, they use a thorny dry bush to pierce the prey onto the thorns and then tear them to consume it. This is a behaviour to compensate for the weak legs that cannot hold the prey to tear.
We sighted this one in a paddyfield - on a small post where a farmer left this piece of cloth. The Shrike regurgitated and expelled a pellet during that time. The Pellet flew out of its mouth quite a distance much to me and my friend's surprise.
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the famous ginger and garlic brothers who for years ruled the area in Mfuwe in zambia were expelled from their teritorium by three brothers last year. This is the dominant man of the new coalition. The newcomers are 5 to 6 years old and the two famous old brothers no longer stand a chance against them. Ginger and Garlic are still living towards the south of the national park.
the morning of this photo this male tried to kill one of the cubs of the Mfuwe pride. It is unclear who the father is and that is why this cub was in great danger. Fortunately it was not possible to kill him due to the presence of mom and aunts. she protected the cub very well.
A picturesque colony of Gentoo Penguins on Petermann Island, off the coast of Antarctica. I took this during a wonderful 2015 visit.
It's awesome to see Antarctic penguins in-person. However, the colonies are unexpectedly smelly, and you quickly learn to be wary of penguin backsides (the long white streaks on the rock illustrate the distance they can spontaneously expel "digestive byproducts")
A Wapiti cow shaking rain from her coat. "When an animal shakes, it generates a wave of motion that propagates through its body. This shaking begins at the head, allowing the energy to travel down the body, effectively removing water from the fur. The loose skin of furry animals enhances this process, as it can whip around and increase the acceleration of water droplets being expelled."
... but the genocidal aim of Israel extends far beyond Netanyahu: www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/poll-show-most-jewish-i... ▪️
"The governments of Italy, France, and Greece must explain why they provided airspace and safe passage to ICC-wanted Benjamin Netanyahu, whom they are obligated to arrest.
Italian, French and Greek citizens deserve to know that every political action violating the international legal order, weakens and endangers all of them. And all of us." - Francesca Albanese"▪️"Celwyddgi ffiaidd yw Netanyahu. Mae plant yn marw o newyn. All yr Unol Daleithiau ddim dal i gyflenwi gwerth cannoedd o filoedd o gymorth milwrol sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio i ladd pobl ddieuog." - Bernie Sanders - youtu.be/bau0cVlUAI0?si=OeTjH-IYWYJO3u33 ▪️ ... ond nid N. yw'r wir broblem, eithr meddylfryd yr Israeliaid. ▪️▪️▪️Bethania, Capel y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, Caerfyrddin- "Bethania Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Carmarthen. - This chapel was erected in 1911 to designs by John Howard Morgan of Carmarthen, replacing a chapel of 1860. With its shaped gable and grand entrance it has an Art Nouveau appearance, and could almost be a cinema. It's a beautiful building" - www.facebook.com/groups/102268440112893/posts/25064852396...
Regno Unito, Isle of Man, Maughold Monastery, Estate 2013
La chiesa di Maughold è una delle chiese più antiche dell'isola di Man ed è il sito di grande importanza per la storia, il patrimonio e la cultura dell'isola con elementi risalenti al VI secolo. La chiesa fu fondata intorno al 447 d.C. dal celtico San Maughold che fu espulso dall'Irlanda da San Patrizio e sbarcò qui sulla costa verso la fine del V secolo, portando con sé il cristianesimo. Questo sito sul promontorio divenne uno dei siti più importanti del primo periodo ed era regolarmente frequentato dai pellegrini, prima di essere commissionato come chiesa nel 12 ° secolo dal re vichingo Olaf I. La chiesa contiene anche un gran numero di Croci celtiche storicamente importanti del periodo paleocristiano (VI-XIII secolo), suggerendo che fosse il sito di un monastero paleocristiano e della principale comunità religiosa pre-norrena dell'isola di Man.
Kirk Maughold Church is one of the oldest churches on the isle of Man and it is the site of vast importance for the Island's history, heritage and culture with elements dating back to the sixth century. The church was founded approximately 447 A.D. by Celtic St Maughold who was expelled from Ireland by St Patrick and landed on the coast here towards the end of the 5th century, bringing Christianity with him. This site on the headland became one of the most important sites of the early period and was regularly frequented by pilgrims across the ages, before being commissioned as a church in the 12th century by Viking King Olaf I. The Church also contains a large number of historically important Celtic crosses from the early Christian period (6th-13th Century), suggesting that it was the site of an early Christian monastery and the main pre-Norse religious community on the Isle of Man.
South Gate of the inner sanctum (南神門) of Meiji Jinguu. If you access Meiji Jinguu from the Harajuku station, you usually arrive here. It is the only survivor from the air raids in April and May, 1945.
Emperor Meiji was 16 years old when the Meiji Restoration (明治維新) broke out in 1868. The political event was named Meiji Restoration as it coincided with his enthronement as the 122nd Emperor of Japan and named his era of reign (元号 Gengou) Meiji.
The Meiji Restoration is usually explained as a kind of revolution that overthrew the feudal Tokugawa shogunate to start the modernisation of Japan by restoring the status of the royal household.
The real story was a bit more complicated.
There were two types of people who pushed the Meiji Restoration:
√ People who wished to modernise Japan according to the Western standards, and
√ People who wished to restore, protect and purify the Japanese identity based on Shintoism.
The latter may be similar to the Islam fundamentalists, and is supposed to be a response to the increasing Western presence and influence. Their slogan was Son'nou Jou'i (尊皇攘夷 Revere the Emperor - expel the barbarians).
To put it simply, Meiji Restoration was a strange collaboration between the enemies. Their common goal was to strengthen Japan not to be colonised by the Western powers.
Kirk Maughold Church is one of the oldest churches on the island with features dating back to the sixth century.
The church was founded around 447 AD by the Celtic St Maughold who was expelled from Ireland by St Patrick and landed here on the coast towards the end of the 5th century, bringing Christianity with him.
The church is a simple structure typical of traditional Manx churches and contains a large number of historically significant Celtic crosses dating from the early Christian period (6th-13th century)
L'église Kirk Maughold est l'une des plus anciennes églises de l'île avec des éléments remontant au sixième siècle.
L'église a été fondée vers 447 après J.-C. par le celtique St Maughold qui fut expulsé d'Irlande par St Patrick et débarqua ici sur la côte vers la fin du 5ème siècle, apportant avec lui le christianisme.
L'église est une structure simple typique des églises mannoises traditionnelles et contient un grand nombre de croix celtiques d'importance historique datant de la période paléochrétienne (VI-XIII siècle)
Papilio machaon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Macaon sobre un tallo del hinojo, una de sus nutricias.
Cuando se ve en apuros o se siente molestada, la oruga de Papilio machaon despliega el osmaterio, órgano de defensa sobre la cabeza similar a un par de “cuernecillos” por los que expele una sustancia fétida o maloliente para disuadir a su posible atacante. Una vez pasado el supuesto peligro los vuelve a replegar o esconder.
Swallowtail
When distressed or disturbed, the Papilio machaon caterpillar displays the osmaterium, a defense organ above the head similar to a pair of “horns” through which it expels a foul-smelling substance to deter its potential attacker. Once the supposed danger has passed, they are retracted or hidden.
Machaon, Grand porte-queue
Lorsqu'elle est en détresse ou perturbée, la chenille Papilio machaon présente l'osmaterium, un organe de défense au-dessus de la tête semblable à une paire de «cornes» à travers lesquelles elle expulse une substance nauséabonde pour dissuader son agresseur potentiel. Une fois le danger supposé passé, ils sont rétractés ou cachés.
NGC 246 (aka Skull Nebula or Caldwell 56) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cetus. The nebula is roughly 1,600 light-years away. The nebula is the dusty remnant of a stellar explosion, during which a sun-like star expelled its outer layers, leaving behind a glowing white dwarf star. At the centre lies a triple star system. The nebula is about 6600 years old. It measures about 2 light years and is expanding at around 39.5km/s
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Celestron C11 at f6.5 using a Lumicon focal reducer, cropped.
Tracked on a Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6.
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Imaged from suburbia on the 9th October with a 32% lit Moon.
In the typical African pride, the females form the core of the group and tend to remain in the same pride from birth until death—although females are occasionally expelled from the pride. As a result of remaining in the same pride throughout their lifetimes, female lions are generally related to one another. Due to this permanence, lion prides are considered to be matriarchal in their social structure.
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Red-Backed Shrike, expelling a pellet.
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Born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian immigrants, Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after being expelled from school at age 14. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to take advantage of a new opportunity to make money smuggling illegal alcoholic beverages into the city during Prohibition. He also engaged in various other criminal activities, including bribery of government figures and prostitution. Despite his illegitimate occupation, Capone became a highly visible public figure. He made various charitable endeavors using the money he made from his activities, and was viewed by many to be a "modern-day Robin Hood".
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L'Orgue des mers est une œuvre d'art construite en 2005 et située dans la ville de Zadar en Croatie. Elle lie architecture et musique. Conçue par Nikola Bašić, elle est composée de tubes de polyuréthane situés sous le sol et qui produisent du son lorsque l'eau charriée par les vagues expulse l'air des tubes. Chaque tube produit une note spécifique (Wikipedia)
The Sea Organ is a work of art built in 2005 and located in the city of Zadar in Croatia. It links architecture and music. Designed by Nikola Bašić, it is made up of polyurethane tubes located under the ground which produce sound when water carried by waves expels air from the tubes. Each tube produces a specific note (Wikipedia)
Eldhraun is an icelandic place-name that means «lava desert». It designates an extensive plain in southern Iceland that was covered by the lava expelled during the eruption of the Laki volcano in 1783. At present, the Laki stream is covered by a thick layer of moss that has colonized it, giving rise to one of the most beautiful and surprising landscapes in Iceland.
Eldhraun es un topónimo islandés que significa «desierto de lava». Con él se designa a una extensa llanura en el sur de Islandia que quedó cubierta por la lava expulsada durante la erupción del volcán Laki en 1783. En la actualidad la colada del Laki se halla cubierta por una gruesa capa de musgo que la ha colonizado, dando lugar a uno de los más bellos y sorprendentes paisajes de Islandia.
The Church of Gesù Nuovo was originally a palace built in 1470 for Roberto Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno. The Jesuits had already built a church with this name in Naples, now called Gesú Vecchio. Political intrigues by the Sanseverino family caused the property to be confiscated, and eventually sold in the 1580s to the Jesuits for 45,000 ducats to construct a church (1584–1601) under architect Giuseppe Valeriano. The construction was also helped by local support including that of Roberta Carafa, Countess of Maddaloni. The adjacent gardens of Isabella Feltria, Principessa di Bisignano were also included in the construction. Construction of the church began in 1584. The new church retained the unusual facade, originally built for the palace, faced with rustic ashlar diamond projections.
When the Jesuits were expelled from Naples in 1767, the church passed to the Franciscan order. The Jesuits returned in 1821, only to be expelled again in 1848. (Wikipedia)
In which direction do I find happiness & freedom?
Should I vanish from the pure purposefulness of flying, always only towards the next crumb of bread? Leaving the sure hand that nourishes me? With uncertain existence of freedom contrary? Or safe and well-fed along the ground? What does freedom mean? The flight or the landing?
(Picture and text by Sharon)
I am so happy to be able to present you a photo of my dear daughter Sharon here. We have the same passion and love for animals and nature. Recently, Sharon has a new camera and is thrilled with photography. When I saw one of her newest pictures on facebook, I was so excited that I asked her if she would approve to publish her photo on my flickr page. Her photo was to me love at first sight. Since we both have a very close relationship, we enjoyed the idea to share the photo on this place from the beginning to make other people a little bit happy with it. (I love on this image the brilliant sharpness from the gull as well the wonderful autumn colors in the background.)
I am so happy to present you here the beautiful autumn picture of my daughter Sharon and I look forward to your feedback. Thank you so much my dear flickr friends for your understanding & attention. (The picture was made in Zurich by the lake)
The story of Jonathan
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his sea-gull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in quest for wisdom.
Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994, the castle, church and old town were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Quedlinburg has a population of more than 24,000. The town was the capital of the district of Quedlinburg until 2007, when the district was dissolved. Several locations in the town are designated stops along a scenic holiday route, the Romanesque Road.
The town of Quedlinburg is known to have existed since at least the early 9th century, when there was a settlement known as Gross Orden on the eastern bank of the River Bode. It was first mentioned as a town in 922 as part of a donation by King Henry the Fowler (Heinrich der Vogler). The records of this donation were held by the abbey of Corvey.
According to legend, Henry had been offered the German crown at Quedlinburg in 919 by Franconian nobles, giving rise to the town being called the "cradle of the German Reich".[2]:85
After Henry's death in 936, his widow Saint Matilda founded a religious community for women (Frauenstift) on the castle hill, where daughters of the higher nobility were educated. The main task of this collegiate foundation, Quedlinburg Abbey, was to pray for the memory of King Henry and the rulers who came after him. The Annals of Quedlinburg were also compiled there. The first abbess was Matilda, a granddaughter of King Henry and St. Matilda.
The Quedlinburg castle complex, founded by King Henry I and built up by Emperor Otto I in 936, was an imperial Pfalz of the Saxon emperors. The Pfalz, including the male convent, was in the valley, where today the Roman Catholic Church of St. Wiperti is situated, while the women's convent was located on the castle hill.
In 973, shortly before the death of Emperor Otto I, a Reichstag (Imperial Convention) was held at the imperial court in which Mieszko, duke of Polans, and Boleslav, duke of Bohemia, as well as numerous other nobles from as far away as Byzantium and Bulgaria, gathered to pay homage to the emperor. On the occasion, Otto the Great introduced his new daughter-in-law Theophanu, a Byzantine princess whose marriage to Otto II brought hope for recognition and continued peace between the rulers of the Eastern and Western empires.
In 994, Otto III granted the right of market, tax, and coining, and established the first market place to the north of the castle hill.
The town became a member of the Hanseatic League in 1426. Quedlinburg Abbey frequently disputed the independence of the town, which sought the aid of the Bishopric of Halberstadt. In 1477, Abbess Hedwig, aided by her brothers Ernest and Albert, broke the resistance of the town and expelled the bishop's forces. Quedlinburg was forced to leave the Hanseatic League and was subsequently protected by the Electorate of Saxony. Both town and abbey converted to Lutheranism in 1539 during the Protestant Reformation.
In 1697, Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony sold his rights to Quedlinburg to Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg for 240,000 thalers. Quedlinburg Abbey contested Brandenburg-Prussia's claims throughout the 18th century, however. The abbey was secularized in 1802 during the German Mediatisation, and Quedlinburg passed to the Kingdom of Prussia as part of the Principality of Quedlinburg. Part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807–13, it was included within the new Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815. In all this time, ladies ruled Quedlinburg as abbesses without "taking the veil"; they were free to marry. The last of these ladies was a Swedish princess, an early fighter for women's rights, Sofia Albertina.
During the Nazi regime, the memory of Henry I became a sort of cult, as Heinrich Himmler saw himself as the reincarnation of the "most German of all German" rulers. The collegiate church and castle were to be turned into a shrine for Nazi Germany. The Nazi Party tried to create a new religion. The cathedral was closed from 1938 and during the war. The local crematory was kept busy burning the victims of the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp. Georg Ay was local party chief from 1931 until the end of the war. Liberation in 1945 brought back the Protestant bishop and the church bells, and the Nazi-style eagle was taken down from the tower.
During the last months of World War II, the United States military had occupied Quedlinburg. In the 1980s, upon the death of one of the US military men, the theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg came to light.
Quedlinburg was administered within Bezirk Halle while part of the Communist East Germany from 1949 to 1990. It became part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt upon German reunification in 1990.
During Quedlinburg's Communist era, restoration specialists from Poland were called in during the 1980s to carry out repairs on the old architecture. Today, Quedlinburg is a center of restoration of Fachwerk houses.
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Taken in Faribault, MN - This beautiful old school facility was originally established in 1858 and has gone through several transitions - once as a military academy for young men who needed some "extra" guidance. I once heard a story and have not been able to confirm it, that Marlon Brando was once a military student here. It is said that he hated the chiming bells in the tower so much that one night he climbed up in there and stole them out and took them and buried them. I am given to understand he was promptly expelled and never revealed the location of the bells. A story - who knows, but it sounds interesting. I wish I could get this confirmed one way or another but . . . . . . . . . . .
self.
why does it feel so safe here,
curled up and entwined in the cavernous depths of your duvet, as I hear the shower running in the next room; the faint whirring of the shower-air-expeller (the one that stops the mirrors from misting, and the kitchen from filling with smoke) and the familiar sound of movement throughout the house. Waiting patiently, impatiently, restlessly. Temporarily alone, but safe, and right at home.
Rossiya Special Flight Detachment. Ilyusin IL-96. Seen arriving from Moscow to take expelled diplomats back to Russia. taken STN 20/03/18.
The majestic Palazzo Vecchio was built in the thirteenth century and has had various denominations throughout its history: Palazzo dei Priori, Palazzo della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio.
It was initially designed to accommodate the priors and the Gonfanoleiros de Justiça (Gonfaloniere di Giustizia), the supreme governing body of Florence, later accommodated in the Palazzo del Bargello.
It was erected on the ruins of a palace that had belonged to the Gibelino Uberti family, expelled from the city in 1266 for political reasons, a situation mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy.
The historical conflict between Guelfos and Ghibellines that ignited Florentine politics in Dante's time is also present in some of the building's architectural features: the gallery has a square railing defined as “Guelfo” and the tower has an articulated railing called “Ghibelline”. "
The magnificence of the typically medieval building is largely due to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio.
The richness of the interior is due to the genius of Giorgio Vasari who also conceived the Salone dei Cinquecento, Francesco I's Studiolo, Eleonora's Rooms and the Elements' Rooms (Quartiere degli Elementi).
The Palazzo Vecchio was built based on the style of civil architecture of the time and with its simplicity and strength embodies the ideals of freedom of communal Italy.
The current appearance of the Palazzo Vecchio results from many complex changes that have taken place over the centuries.
The tower is decentralized because the project took advantage of a tower that previously existed.
Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park.
Old Faithful erupts more frequently than any of the other big geysers, although it is not the largest or most regular geyser in Yellowstone National Park. It is believed this regularity is in part due to no known connection with other hydrothermal features in the area.
Its average interval between eruptions is about 90 minutes, varying from 50 to 127 minutes. An eruption lasts 1.5 to 5 minutes and expels 3,700–8,400 gallons (14,000–32,000 l) of boiling water, and reaches a height of 106–184 feet (30–55 m).
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Tétouan is famed for its fine craftsmanship and musical delicacy and has been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the area of Crafts and Folk Art since 2017. Its cultural heritage is the product of the interaction between different cultural influences throughout centuries. It is mainly characterized by its Andalusian style and way of living but both Berber, Jewish and Colonial Spanish influences are present too.
The streets are fairly wide and straight, and many of the houses belonging to aristocratic families, descendants of those expelled from Al-Andalus by the Spanish Reconquista, possess marble fountains and have groves planted with orange trees. Within the houses and riads the ceilings are often exquisitely carved and painted in Hispano-Moresque designs, such as are found in the Alhambra of Granada, and the tile-work for which Tetuan is known may be seen on floors, pillars and dados. The city has seven gates which were closed at night up until early 20th century. Many Sufi Zawiyas are scattered inside the walled old city.
The Šumava National Park (Czech: Národní park Šumava, usually shortened as NP Šumava) or Bohemian Forest National Park is a national park in the South Bohemian regions of the Czech Republic along the border with Germany (where the smaller adjacent Bavarian Forest National Park lies) and Austria. They protect a little-inhabited area of the mountain range of the same name, the Šumava or Bohemian Forest. Since 1990 it has been a protected biosphere reserve of UNESCO.
Numerous large plateaux with raised peat bogs, glacial lakes and remnants of primeval forests (e.g. Boubín) complete a mosaic of habitats which are little disturbed by human settlements as most of the predominantly German-speaking inhabitants were expelled after World War II, and the area became a part of the deserted zone along the Eastern Bloc border.
This bog is located near Strážný.
La Lobelia
El color de las flores varía de acuerdo a la especie o variedad y se pueden encontrar colores como el azul, morado, rojo o blanco.
Propiedades
Utilizado en las afecciones respiratorias contra el asma y la tos.
Es emética, expectorante, sedante, diaforética y discretamente laxante.
Al quemar la planta el humo que expele rechaza de forma natural a los insectos, en especial a los mosquitos.
También estimula la frecuencia de la respiración y la dilatación de los bronquios.
Ayuda a la deshabituación del tabaco.
Se recomienda contra el dolor de cabeza y zumbido de los oídos.
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Anglesey Abbey is a country house, formerly a priory, in the village of Lode, 5 1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Cambridge, England. The house and its grounds are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public as part of the Anglesey Abbey, Garden & Lode Mill property, although some parts remain the private home of the Fairhaven family. The 98 acres (400,000 m²) of landscaped grounds are divided into a number of walks and gardens, with classical statuary, topiary and flowerbeds. The grounds were laid out in an 18th-century style by the estate's last private owner, the 1st Baron Fairhaven, in the 1930s. A large pool, the Quarry Pool, is believed to be the site of a 19th-century coprolite mine. Lode Water Mill, dating from the 18th century was restored to working condition in 1982 and now sells flour to visitors. The 1st Lord Fairhaven also improved the house and decorated its interior with a valuable collection of furniture, pictures and objets d'art. A community of Augustinian canons built a priory here, known as Anglesea or Anglesey Priory, some time during the reign of Henry I (i.e., between 1100 and 1135), and acquired extra land from the nearby village of Bottisham in 1279. The canons were expelled in 1535 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The former priory was acquired around 1600 by Thomas Hobson, who converted it to a country house for his son-in-law, Thomas Parker, retaining a few arches from the original priory. At that time the building's name was changed to "Anglesey Abbey", which sounded grander than the original "Anglesey Priory".
In the late 18th century, the house was owned by Sir George Downing, the founder of Downing College, Cambridge.
Further alterations to the building were carried out in 1861.
Huttleston (1896–1966) and Henry (1900–1973) Broughton bought the site in 1926 and made improvements to the house. They were the sons of Urban Broughton (1857–1929), who had made a fortune in the mining and railway industries in America. Henry married, leaving the abbey to his brother, then 1st Lord Fairhaven, in 1930. Henry became the 2nd Lord Fairhaven. Huttleston used his wealth to indulge his interests in history, art, and garden design, and to lead an eighteenth-century lifestyle at the house. On his death, Huttleston left the abbey to the National Trust so that the house and gardens could "represent an age and way of life that was quickly passing". In 1926 Anglesey Abbey was bought by Huttleston Broughton, later Lord Fairhaven. He fully restored the house which had fallen into disrepair and began to collect beautiful furniture, artworks and statuary. All of these can be seen at the Abbey today. Broughton (full name Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton) was born in 1896 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. His father, Urban Broughton, had amassed a considerable fortune. His mother was Cara Leland Rogers the daughter of multimillionaire American oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers. Rogers had died unexpectedly in 1909 and Urban Broughton had taken over the management of a large part of the Rogers empire. The Broughton family had moved to England in 1912 when Huttleston was sixteen. They lived in Park Lane, Mayfair. Huttleston was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. In 1916 he became a lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards. He served during the First World War, and retired from the military in 1924. He obtained the title Baron Fairhaven in 1929. One of Huttleston’s great achievements was the establishment of the garden at the house. In 1964, when Broughton was still living, Lanning Roper wrote a book entitled The Gardens of Anglesey Abbey, in which he described the careful planning of this remarkable garden with its many vistas, avenues, rare and common trees, pools, statues and river temples. He describes the way in which huge areas of sky and mown grass were, been used to balance symmetrical planting and how Broughton used the trees and shrubs to make groups of contrasting colour and foliage. To commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937, Broughton planted an extensive avenue of trees with a crossing avenue at the far end. The trees used were London plane alternating with horse chestnut in four rows copy that planted in Windsor Great Park.
Huttleston did not marry and had no heirs. He died in 1966 and left Anglesey Abbey to the National Trust.
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This striking image features a relatively rare celestial phenomenon known as a Herbig-Haro object. This particular object, named HH111, was imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).
These spectacular objects develop under very specific circumstances. Newly formed stars are often very active, and in some cases they expel very narrow jets of rapidly moving ionized gas – gas that is so hot that its molecules and atoms have lost their electrons, making the gas highly charged. The streams of ionized gas then collide with the clouds of gas and dust surrounding newly formed stars at speeds of hundreds of miles per second. It is these energetic collisions that create Herbig-Haro objects such as HH111.
WFC3 takes images at optical, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths, which means that it observes objects at a wavelength range similar to the range that human eyes are sensitive to (optical, or visible) and a range of wavelengths that are slightly too short (ultraviolet) or too long (infrared) to be detected by human eyes. Herbig-Haro objects actually release a lot of light at optical wavelengths, but they are difficult to observe because their surrounding dust and gas absorb much of the visible light. Therefore, the WFC3’s ability to observe at infrared wavelengths – where observations are not as affected by gas and dust – is crucial to observing Herbo-Haro objects successfully.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Nisini
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The Gola Dzierżoniowska Castle (German: Schloss Guhlau) erected in the second half of the 16th century is situated in the village of Gola Dzierżoniowska (Dzierżoniów County), in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It is located 4 km north-west of Niemcza town, 18 km east of Dzierżoniów, and 47 km south of Wrocław.
According to inscription above its main entrance, the Gola Castle was erected by Leonard von Rohnau beginning February 1580. The whole structure was built with granite rock. The original Renaissance-style edifice was enlarged in the years 1600–1610. It went through transformations at the beginning of the 18th century and was finally restored at the turn of the 20th century.
The Castle was partially destroyed in the 1945 bombardment and the last owners, the family von Prittwitz und Gaffron, were expelled after World War II. Thereafter, the Castle gradually fell into ruins. The wonderful Park surrounding the property also became dilapidated. However, both the Castle and Park are now under strict protection. Gola Castle is of special interest because it is one of the oldest and largest castles built in the Renaissance style in this region.
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Es inofensiva.Lo único que hacen para protegerse es fingir un ataque golpeando con el hocico, expeler un líquido pestilente por la cloaca o hacerse la muerta (ésto último lo hacen muy bien)
With high fortified stone walls, treacherous ramparts and massive battlements, the Castelo dos Mouros (The Castle of the Moors) is set amidst the lush forests of the Serra de Sintra. Established during the 9th century by the North African Moors to guard the town of Sintra, it featured in Arab chronicles as being one of the most important castles in the region. But succumbing to a wave of 11th and 12th century Christian Crusades it fell into disrepair after the Christian conquest of Portugal.
By the 15th century, the Jewish settlers were the only inhabitants. When the Jews were expelled from Portugal the castle was completely abandoned. In 1636 a lightning bolt caused a massive fire that wrecked the central keep, while in 1755 a devastating earthquake leveled many of the walls and battlements.
The Castelo dos Mouros was destined to be forgotten and permanently ruined. That was until King Ferdinand II transformed the entire Sintra region in the 19th century. Obsessed by art, drama and the good life, he romanticized the Middle Ages and ordered the reconstruction of the castle so as to be viewed from his beloved Pena Palace, while the grounds were designed as areas for contemplation and relaxation, enjoyed after all these centuries by visitors today.
Caravaggio arrived in Malta in 1607, fleeing Rome following a murder. There, he sought refuge in the Order of the Knights of St. John, hoping for protection and immunity. He gained the favor of Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt and was knighted, but his stay was brief and turbulent. During his stay, he created important works such as the "Beheading of St. John the Baptist" and "Saint Jerome Writing," both of which are housed in St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. Due to a dispute with another Knight, he was expelled from the Order and left Malta, taking refuge in Caravaggio's stay in Messina was marked by intense artistic activity, but also by turbulent events, such as the wounding of a schoolteacher and his subsequent flight from the city. The two works that remain in Messina testify to Caravaggio's unparalleled talent and his contribution to art history, even during a turbulent period in his life.
Rebeccu è un piccolo agglomerato di case di origine medievale situato vicino a Bonorva. Nel XIV secolo contava circa 400 abitanti e costituiva il centro più importante della zona. In seguito, pare a causa di pestilenze e carestie, iniziò la sua lenta decadenza e negli anni ’50 del secolo scorso restavano solo pochi residenti. Secondo una leggenda il nome deriverebbe da “Re Becciu” (Il Re vecchio). Un’altra leggenda dice che a causa di una maledizione lanciata fu dalla figlia del Re, cacciata dal paese perché considerata una strega, il paese non avrebbe mai superato le 30 case.
Dopo decenni di abbandono si sta cercando il recupero e la valorizzazione di Rebeccu: alcune abitazioni sono state restaurate ed è stato istituito un festival del cinema. Per la maggior parte dell’anno, tuttavia, Rebeccu rimane una città fantasma che conserva intatto il fascino dei vecchi villaggi abbandonati.
A poche centinaia di metri da Rebeccu si trova la fonte sacra prenuragica di Su Lumarzu.
Rebeccu is a small agglomeration of houses of medieval origin located near Bonorva. In the fourteenth century it had about 400 inhabitants and was the most important center in the area. Later, apparently due to pestilence and famine, its slow decline began and in the 1950s there were only a few residents left. According to a legend, the name derives from "Re Becciu" (The old King). Another legend says that due to a curse launched by the King's daughter, expelled from the country because considered a witch, the country would never have exceeded 30 houses.
After decades of neglect the recovery and enhancement of Rebeccu is being sought: some houses have been restored and a film festival has been set up. For most of the year, however, Rebeccu remains a ghost town that preserves the charm of old abandoned villages intact.
A few hundred meters from Rebeccu is the sacred pre-Nuragic spring of Su Lumarzu.
A long night already, we drove over to Ironbridge, a town that’s been on my ‘to visit’ list for years now. The night had become freezing, clouds of breath expelling as we whispered our thoughts about the place.
I struggled to get a decent shot of the Iron Bridge itself- too lightly lit against the pure darkness of the surrounding landscape. Unhappy with that and myself, I wandered over the bridge and took this shot of the view along the River Severn.
For those people who look out of their windows on that side of town- I wonder what it’s like to look straight into the darkness of the trees every night? Creepy.
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Niagara Power Station which was completed in 1905, was the first major power plant on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. It was in operation until 2006.
Last year, Niagara Parks transformed the decommissioned Power Station into an extraordinary multi-faceted experience for visitors showcasing the might of the Falls through immersive sound and light experience.
To augment the experience, you can now take a glass-enclosed elevator to the thrust deck level which is a level below the main floor. You will be able to walk .7 kilometres through a tunnel and see an amazing view of the Niagara River and Niagara Falls.
During your visit, you can discover more about the incredible feat of engineering. You will be walking through the tunnel that once expelled waters into the lower Niagara River, right at the base of the Horseshoe Falls.
Niagara Parks has constructed a viewing platform at the end of the tunnel from where you can enjoy a new perspective of the lower Niagara River with unparalleled views of both the Horseshoe and American Falls.
Descend 180 feet beneath the historic Niagara Parks Power Station to discover the 2,200-foot-long tunnel that lies under Niagara’s cathedral of power.
This all-new attraction uncovers a never-before-seen underground world and reveals more fascinating details about Niagara’s incredible story of power. Make your way down into the tunnel in a glass-enclosed elevator and prepare to witness a breathtaking panoramic view of the falls from the viewing platform at the edge of the Niagara River. Experience the Tunnel with regular admission to the Niagara Parks Power Station.
Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994, the castle, church and old town were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Quedlinburg has a population of more than 24,000. The town was the capital of the district of Quedlinburg until 2007, when the district was dissolved. Several locations in the town are designated stops along a scenic holiday route, the Romanesque Road.
The town of Quedlinburg is known to have existed since at least the early 9th century, when there was a settlement known as Gross Orden on the eastern bank of the River Bode. It was first mentioned as a town in 922 as part of a donation by King Henry the Fowler (Heinrich der Vogler). The records of this donation were held by the abbey of Corvey.
According to legend, Henry had been offered the German crown at Quedlinburg in 919 by Franconian nobles, giving rise to the town being called the "cradle of the German Reich".[2]:85
After Henry's death in 936, his widow Saint Matilda founded a religious community for women (Frauenstift) on the castle hill, where daughters of the higher nobility were educated. The main task of this collegiate foundation, Quedlinburg Abbey, was to pray for the memory of King Henry and the rulers who came after him. The Annals of Quedlinburg were also compiled there. The first abbess was Matilda, a granddaughter of King Henry and St. Matilda.
The Quedlinburg castle complex, founded by King Henry I and built up by Emperor Otto I in 936, was an imperial Pfalz of the Saxon emperors. The Pfalz, including the male convent, was in the valley, where today the Roman Catholic Church of St. Wiperti is situated, while the women's convent was located on the castle hill.
In 973, shortly before the death of Emperor Otto I, a Reichstag (Imperial Convention) was held at the imperial court in which Mieszko, duke of Polans, and Boleslav, duke of Bohemia, as well as numerous other nobles from as far away as Byzantium and Bulgaria, gathered to pay homage to the emperor. On the occasion, Otto the Great introduced his new daughter-in-law Theophanu, a Byzantine princess whose marriage to Otto II brought hope for recognition and continued peace between the rulers of the Eastern and Western empires.
In 994, Otto III granted the right of market, tax, and coining, and established the first market place to the north of the castle hill.
The town became a member of the Hanseatic League in 1426. Quedlinburg Abbey frequently disputed the independence of the town, which sought the aid of the Bishopric of Halberstadt. In 1477, Abbess Hedwig, aided by her brothers Ernest and Albert, broke the resistance of the town and expelled the bishop's forces. Quedlinburg was forced to leave the Hanseatic League and was subsequently protected by the Electorate of Saxony. Both town and abbey converted to Lutheranism in 1539 during the Protestant Reformation.
In 1697, Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony sold his rights to Quedlinburg to Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg for 240,000 thalers. Quedlinburg Abbey contested Brandenburg-Prussia's claims throughout the 18th century, however. The abbey was secularized in 1802 during the German Mediatisation, and Quedlinburg passed to the Kingdom of Prussia as part of the Principality of Quedlinburg. Part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807–13, it was included within the new Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815. In all this time, ladies ruled Quedlinburg as abbesses without "taking the veil"; they were free to marry. The last of these ladies was a Swedish princess, an early fighter for women's rights, Sofia Albertina.
During the Nazi regime, the memory of Henry I became a sort of cult, as Heinrich Himmler saw himself as the reincarnation of the "most German of all German" rulers. The collegiate church and castle were to be turned into a shrine for Nazi Germany. The Nazi Party tried to create a new religion. The cathedral was closed from 1938 and during the war. The local crematory was kept busy burning the victims of the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp. Georg Ay was local party chief from 1931 until the end of the war. Liberation in 1945 brought back the Protestant bishop and the church bells, and the Nazi-style eagle was taken down from the tower.
During the last months of World War II, the United States military had occupied Quedlinburg. In the 1980s, upon the death of one of the US military men, the theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg came to light.
Quedlinburg was administered within Bezirk Halle while part of the Communist East Germany from 1949 to 1990. It became part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt upon German reunification in 1990.
During Quedlinburg's Communist era, restoration specialists from Poland were called in during the 1980s to carry out repairs on the old architecture. Today, Quedlinburg is a center of restoration of Fachwerk houses.
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Die Burg wurde im 13. Jahrhundert vermutlich vom staufischen Ministerialen Wilhelm von Wimpfen erbaut, der der Familie der Herren von Kochendorf zugerechnet wird. Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung datiert aus dem Jahr 1326. Ein Neffe von Wilhelm von Wimpfen nannte sich von Zwingenberg. Da die Zwingenberger als Raubritter galten, wurden sie 1363 durch den Pfalzgrafen Ruprecht I. von der Burg vertrieben und diese im Namen und Auftrag des Kaisers geschleift. Die 1403 mit der Zwingenburg belehnten Herren von Hirschhorn bauten sie wieder auf. Nachdem diese Familie 1632 ausgestorben war, war die Burg Gegenstand eines umfangreichen Rechtsstreites und wechselte den Besitzer zwischen Kurmainz, Kurpfalz und dem Großherzogtum Baden. Heutiger Schlossherr ist Ludwig Prinz von Baden (* 1937), ein Nachfahre des Großherzogs Karl Friedrich von Baden
The castle was probably built in the 13th century by the Hohenstaufen ministerial Wilhelm von Wimpfen, who is part of the von Kochendorf family. The first documentary mention dates back to 1326. A nephew of Wilhelm von Wimpfen called himself von Zwingenberg. Since the Zwingenbergs were considered robber barons, they were expelled from the castle by Count Palatine Ruprecht I in 1363 and the castle was razed on behalf of the emperor. The Lords of Hirschhorn, enfeoffed with the Zwingenburg in 1403, rebuilt it. After this family died out in 1632, the castle was the subject of an extensive legal dispute and changed hands between Kurmainz, Kurpfalz and the Grand Duchy of Baden. Today's lord of the castle is Ludwig Prince of Baden (* 1937), a descendant of Grand Duke Karl Friedrich von Baden.