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Es lo que ha hecho esta araña, un trabajo muy eficiente al colocar su gran tela en un punto estratégico.
La imagen está tomada a las 10 de la mañana y me recuerda el gran número de emergencias que hubo ese día.
El primer vuelo y cayeron en la trampa .... se pueden contar 1 macho y 4 hembras de Orthetrum cancellatum.
Fotograma completo.
En el Coto. Villena (Alicante) España
It is what this spider has done, a very efficient work by placing its large web at a strategic point.
The image is taken at 10 in the morning and reminds me of the large number of emergencies that day.
The first flight and fell into the trap .... 1 male and 4 females of Orthetrum cancellatum can be counted.
Full frame.
In the Coto. Villena (Alicante) Spain
Caught this magpie as it flitted from one section of hedgerow to another. Relentless and intelligent not much misses the magpies sharp eyesight.And their well known as predators of songbird chicks and eggs I have even seen them take young starlings on the wing as efficiently as any bird of prey !!
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Looking into the face of the incredible Giant Monsoon Mantis (Hierodula werneri). Did you know that mantids actually have 5 eyes? The two large eyes here are the compound eyes and are for efficiently watching movement, whilst they have three much smaller simple eyes on top of their head (out of frame) which they use to detect light!
This large mantis resides in the greenery of the monsoonal forests of the Northern Territory, predating on anything smaller than itself including frogs and geckos
New energy efficient LED lighting illuminates the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge: red, white, and blue for the American arches over the Soo Locks; red and white for the Canadian arch over the Sault Canal. View from Lake Superior State University.
The International Bridge- -a 4.5 kilometer / 2.8 mile long metal Cantilever (suspended deck) Warren Through Truss two lane bridge with a two span arch over the American Soo Locks and a single span arch over the Canadian Sault Canal. It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London; the bridge opened October 1962. The bridge spans the St. Marys River and connects Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
This Steam-It unit provided quick, energy-efficient, steam pressure cooking to help feed the hungry locals in the dining room and banquet hall.
Until the day in 1983 when the owners turned it off for the last time.
It now rests beneath a veil of bygone paperwork and dust.
When the clock stopped is anyone's guess.
Garden side of energy efficient buildings with superinsulation. Primarily heated by radiated solar energy, heat produced by humans, household machinery, domestic electronic equipment and light fittings. Solar collectors on the roof for warm tap water. Painted with traditional red paint from the copper-mine in Falun (Swedish: Falu rödfärg). A tenant-owners´ society with 28 dwellings.
Built: 2010. Architect: Abako Arkitektkontor.
abako.se/ (website only in Swedish) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_solar_building_design
Like to see the pictures as Large as your screen? Than why not click on the Slideshow : www.flickr.com/photos/reurinkjan/sets/72157622436074363/s...
The Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest.
The summer habitat is high altitude lakes where the bird grazes on short grass. The species has been reported as migrating south from Siberia via the Koko Nor or Kuku Nor (from the Mongolian name, literally meaning "Blue Lake"), in Tibetan known as Tsongon -mtsho mgon མཚོ་ མགོན་ ,or Qinghai in Chinese ,lake region in Tibetan Plateau before its crossing of the Himalaya. The bird has come to the attention of medical science in recent years as having been an early victim of the H5N1 virus, HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza), at Qinghai (Amdo). It suffers predation from crows, foxes, ravens, sea eagles and others. The total population may, however, be increasing.
The Bar-headed Goose is one of the world's highest flying birds, having been seen at up to 10,175 m (33,382 feet). It has a slightly larger wing area for its weight than other geese and it is believed this helps the goose to fly high.[2] Studies have found that they breathe more efficiently under low oxygen conditions and are able to reduce heat loss.[3] The haemoglobin of their blood has a higher oxygen affinity than that of other geese.[4]
The Bar-headed Goose migrates over the Himalayas to spend the winter in India, Assam, Northern Burma and the wetlands of Pakistan. It migrates up to Koonthankulam of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu in the southern part of India[5]. The winter habitat of the Bar-headed Goose is on cultivation where it feeds on barley, rice and wheat, and may damage crops. The bird can fly the 1000-mile migration route in just one day as it is able to fly in jet stream.
Joel Mbithi, farm manager of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute's Kiboko Research Station, on an experimental maize plot. He collaborates in producing drought tolerant top-cross hybrids as part of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. This is run by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in partnership with Monsanto and CIMMYT, which supplies germplasm and expertise.
Photo credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT.
Clear sailing on Transmilenio (woohhooo ! no traffic!)
Giving the bus lanes is a pro-transit carrot & stick approach and is a more efficient use of road space.
Carrot - the bus is much faster than the car. Makes transit much more attractive than a car. TransMilenio has 2 lanes per direction on the principle trunk lines - this allows express routes in the outside lane, ( these may go 4 km+ between stops, and skip many stations) and local routes, which travel on the inside lane and stop at each station.
Stick - there is less space for cars (here they went from 4 to 2 lanes per direction), so congestion goes up, time of travel goes up. This increases the "cost" of driving beyond the financial ding.
The express BRT buses (next level up from plain BRT, and many levels up from plain old express bus) travel remarkably fast and are usually jam packed - officially 160 pax per bus, but in reality more. And some routes have bi-articulated buses (260 pax): farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2102889616_d0eb375269.jpg
This system is far more efficient use of road space, since of course, a bus full of people takes up far less space than the same number of people would if they are dispersed 1 or 2 per car.
Bogota was lucky in that its arterials were already 4 lanes per direction, or had very wide medians. To create the BRT, they simply expropriated/paved 2 lanes in each direction from the cars (or re-assigned used part of the median to BRT lanes. They did not build separate roads (money saving) The multi-lane method, termed "Quickways" by experts, adds incredible capacity, speed and flexibility to the system, and is a key component in TransMilenio's immense capacity.
You just need to make sure you have an extensive transit network so everyone has access to the BRT - Bogota doesn't have this yet - I think they especially need to consider making some more minor streets around the N-S spine into full transit malls to really make the network broadly accessible. An improvement will be when some form of rapid transit is created to Seventh Carrera (street?) some of the N-S volume will be dispersed. I'd guess a third line built about 750 m west of the one on Caracas Avenue would also go a long way in meeting the immense demand (but that is my imagination).
Click the word "TransMilenio" in my tags to see more photos about it.
Colombia has been building BRT left, right, and centre - here are some links:
Cali - MIO www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND54Nohdz1A&NR=1
Pereira - Metrobus: (loud techno music) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg4ECe_sFwI
Bucaramanga- Metrolinea (flashy marketing): www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zyzj98VbM
See some good shots of the Rea Vaya, a similar system (with nicer stations) going in in South Africa: www.flickr.com/photos/38229935@N03/3575220517/
and a one-lane-per-direction in Quito: www.transalt.org/files/newsroom/magazine/042Spring/images...
This is how you get people to take transit, make it faster than driving... make it frequent and give it swanky stations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA4IR7PvO6I (and make everything people need or want in urban life a few steps away from transit)
Another informative video is this one of the Rea Vaya - The Johannesburg system heavily modelled after TransMilenio.
Congratulations to Johannesburg! The Rea Vaya has made it's debut:
Great News Video about it here: www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3102&ar...
Efficient Basing-Grafenwoehr is a U.S. Army Europe initiative consisting of more than 150 projects valued at close to $1 billion designed and built over roughly 10 years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District managed about $100 million each year since 2001. Projects also included the Nezaberg Housing Area, a shopping center, troop billet buildings, motor pools, physical fitness center, upgraded medical facilities, modern dining facility and new Army lodge, among others. For the Europe District, EB-G was not business as usual. Read about the unique project delivery methods employed by USACE at www.army.mil/-news/2010/05/05/38561-unique-project-delive... (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Rachel Goodspeed)
New energy efficient LED lighting illuminates the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge: red and white for the Canadian arch and red, white, and blue for the American arches. View of Sault Canal and bridge from the Sault Ste. Marie / St. Marys River boardwalk.
The International Bridge- -a 4.5 kilometer / 2.8 mile long metal Cantilever (suspended deck) Warren Through Truss two lane bridge with a two span arch over the American Soo Locks and a single span arch over the Canadian Sault Canal. It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London; the bridge opened October 1962. The bridge spans the St. Marys River and connects Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
The Sault Canal opened in 1895- - it was the world’s first electrically operated lock, and the world’s longest lock- -274 metres / 899 feet long and 18 metres / 59 feet wide. Closed in 1987 due to a lock wall collapse, the canal was reconstructed and reopened for recreational boating use in 1998. The Sault Canal is operated as a National Historic Site by Parks Canada.
I'm not sure how this math works out, but apparently I was 92% efficient yet only 3% productive tonight.
The efficient bus took me to Monnickendam, 12 km to the north of Amsterdam. Don't let me bore you with my findings about that small medieval city, today a thriving summertime harbor. Instead, allow me to tell you about my pleasant hike south on the Zeedijk which protects Waterland from the sometimes violent waters of what was once the Zuyderzee but now called the Markermeer since the great dike - Afsluitdijk - that closed the 'Zee' off from the North Sea.
That 'Sea Dike' took me along the Gouwzee which separates the island of Marken due east from the mainland. I continued onward to Zuiderwoude and finished my hike at Broek in Waterland, whence a bus carried me back to the City.
Walking on that dike I for the first time actually experienced the fact that much of the land here is below sea level. But the day was pleasant - though blowing a nasty cold wind - and the colors fabulous. Of course I didn't hesitate to take a dip among the other Old Coots - Fulica - which you can see right by my muddied waters. As I lay drying in the Sun, my eyes set on the greens of not yet blossoming Queen Anne's Lace, Anthristicus sylvestris, with its beautiful delicate hairs. And here he was, too, large-eyed Bibio marci, St Mark's Fly (St Mark's feastday is on April 25, in just a few days). He's really beautiful and just about ready, i would think, to find his small-eyed female partner. But I didn't stay to watch...
An hour or so after lifting 10 loaded boxcars from the DCR interchange in Seaford, DE, those same cars are being spotted for unloading at Dart Container in Federalsburg, MD.
MDDE 1203 RS3M (ex-DLW 914, EL 1052 RS3)
The Canada Steamship Lines, Whitefish Bay, was in harbor to unload a cargo of grain into local elevators. It's an efficient process - a conveyor on the ship can elevate and swing out towards a hopper on each of the silos of the elevator. I imagine the crew simply shortens up mooring lines to move the ship back and forth to reach each of the silos.
From this angle, there's no doubt this is a good sized ship!
Leica MA
Ilford HP5
90mm Summicron
Developed in Ilford ID-11
Ilford Method
Digital camera scan
Easy 35 (Valoi for lightsource)
Home developed
Crab is a superior form not only in nature: turns out it is efficient in combat as well.
Callinectes, nicknamed "siege crab" by NMC personnel, is heavy-armored all-terrain walker with two main purposes.
First - to clear the way of rubble for advancing troops, dig trenches and make other defensive structures.
Second - to provide those troops with artillery fire with its 155mm howitzer.
Six main legs provide substantial mobility to Callinectes on difficult terrain.
Two giant manipulators resembling crab claws not only can lift, cut and tear heavy debris, but also act as movable shields for covering the chassis - or personnel on the ground.
Two hands at the back are used to dig and plow, above them are separate set of optic and other sensors. That makes moving back almost equivalent to moving forward for Callinectes.
Other than heavy armor the Siege crab has only one machine gun turret and active defense systems - it mostly relies on ground troops and light vehicles for protecting it in close combat.
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Heard about carcinisation? I bet you did. Time for Crab is all about it.
I pretty much thought about making something like this since the first time I saw this event. This time I take part in it myself. Enjoy!
Also it is sort of a spiritual successor to Mudcrab - check that out if you haven't.
Nature efficiently takes care of all its waste organic matter with birds, scavengers, flies, beatles, bacteria etc., however that Styrofoam container will be around for at least 500 years, and probably much longer.
Southern Efficiency
Shaw, Washington, DC
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Chasis / Chassis: MAN NL280
Carrocería / Bodywork: MAN 12C Lion's City Efficient Hybrid
Matrícula / Plate: 9724 LKV
Empresa / Operator: d·bus - Compañía del Tranvía de San Sebastián
Calca / Fleet no.: 831
Línea / Line: 33 Berio - Antiguo - Intxaurrondo - Larratxo
© Iñigo Arranz - All rights reserved
El cotxe 704 de Tusgsal és un dels MAN Lion's City Efficient Hybrid estrenats per l'empresa. Una de les linies a on han circulat durant el seu primer dia ha estat la B20.
The elves worked diligently and efficiently to help stop a dwarven invasion on Avalonia and the Drow, to prevent war and promote peace. They sent out scouts on their newly tamed wargs and built towers to detect any sign of dwarves, and to stop them. Unfortunately, despite their efforts, it all came to nothing. The dwarves secretly mined underneath their very nose, and gained entry into Avalonia, ready to take war on the Drow..."
My entry into the Guilds of Historica Book II Challenge III Category B - Deceiving Elves
Phew! I can't believe I finished it in time! Thanks to the extension of the deadline and a canceled family gathering, I had enough time to finish my second entry into the GoH Challenge. Once again I experimented in one of Grant Davis's techniques that he created in his creation "Undermining." (If you have not checked out Grant's creation yet, what are you waiting for!? Go give it a look! ;) ) Tons of fun to build, making all the little sections of rock pieces fit together was so much fun (although very delicate)!
The details on the top were also fun to add, I finally got to use my wargs! :D Even though wars in LOTR are evil, I always though they were kinda cool, so if you could tame them...they could be quite lethal and well worth the effort. ;)
All in all, a decent build, there are a few more things I would have liked to try if I had more time, but deadlines are deadlines. ;)
Thanks for viewing, and enjoy!
Soli Deo Gloria!
~Matthew~
Such efficient hunters. You watch the Green Heron for awhile and you'll notice he'll take on large fish for his size, big bull frogs, & never miss a chance at a tiny minnow like in this pic.
Wassergestalt Kokerei Hansa
A wooden model on a 1:1 scale illustrates how water was cooled on a large scale and efficiently in the past at the Hansa coking plant. The impressive “trickling system” can now be activated by visitors.
Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana is a high-speed railway station located in Reggio Emilia, Italy.Designed by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, the station features a striking modern design with a sweeping roof that mimics the shape of a wav.
It serves as a major transportation hub for the region, connecting it to cities like Milan, Bologna, and Florence. The station features modern architecture and amenities, making it a convenient and efficient stop for travelers in Italy.
Snow Leopard climbing high altitude Himalayan mountains in Ladakh, India, during winter..
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New energy efficient LED lighting illuminates the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge: red and white for the Canadian arch and red, white, and blue for the American arches. View of Sault Canal and bridge from the Sault Ste. Marie / St. Marys River boardwalk.
The International Bridge- -a 4.5 kilometer / 2.8 mile long metal Cantilever (suspended deck) Warren Through Truss two lane bridge with a two span arch over the American Soo Locks and a single span arch over the Canadian Sault Canal. It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London; the bridge opened October 1962. The bridge spans the St. Marys River and connects Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
The Sault Canal opened in 1895- - it was the world’s first electrically operated lock, and the world’s longest lock- -274 metres / 899 feet long and 18 metres / 59 feet wide. Closed in 1987 due to a lock wall collapse, the canal was reconstructed and reopened for recreational boating use in 1998. The Sault Canal is operated as a National Historic Site by Parks Canada.
Thirty second exposure.