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Here is the scene:
Playdate number 4: Noel's pad.
After wreaking havoc by extracting every toy in the house from its
original location or container, Big Boy Bryant and Noel engage in a
round of Doctor/Patient, where Noel plays the sick one.
Let me stress: This was a well-supervised activity.
And now it's time for the "I rock"-dance 'cause, directly after all
that play, I successfully fed BBB pasta followed by freshly baked
scones. AND HE ASKED FOR MORE. That was my proudest moment of the
first half of December.
Roger Waters (This Is Not a Drill Tour) @ Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA on Friday, August 5, 2022.
This Is Not a Drill Tour Setlist:
Set 1:
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd Song)
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (Pink Floyd Song)
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 (Pink Floyd Song)
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3 (Pink Floyd Song)
The Powers That Be
The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
The Bar
Have A Cigar (Pink Floyd Song)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Song)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts Vi-Ix) (Pink Floyd Song)
Sheep (Pink Floyd Song)
Set 2:
In The Flesh (Pink Floyd Song)
Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd Song)
Déjà Vu
Is This The Life We Really Want?
Money (Pink Floyd Song)
Us And Them (Pink Floyd Song)
Any Colour You Like (Pink Floyd Song)
Brain Damage (Pink Floyd Song)
Eclipse (Pink Floyd Song)
Two Suns In The Sunset (Pink Floyd Song)
The Bar (Reprise)
Outside The Wall (Pink Floyd Song)
Hi, everyone! I hope everyone is doing well and I'm hoping to check out recent uploads from all of you later today. It's been crazy this past week. We just finished conferences and upon reflection, my team teacher and I have agreed (we wrote it on the calendar) to do things at the end of each month rather than waiting till the end. On top of it all, I'm trying to find a new place to live, my roommate decided to move out. Rent is pretty high here in San Diego but I'm hoping to find something by the end of this month. I'm checking out a few places- vintage! \o/ ! But hopefully, with good wiring (can't do that again) (actually, I don't think anyone knows, poor wiring + a faulty dishwasher= fire.) I actually like the thought of re-doing a place; it's just the packing up and moving that's a pain in the arse! I have to share this- wondering if anyone else thinks this sounds crazy. My roommate went to visit his sister this weekend. Around 8:30ish, there's a knock on my door. It's my roommate's friend. He says, "Sean's on his way and said I can wait for him and play his video games." Okaayyyy?! After about hour, I get a phone call from the roommate. "Is Jose still there?" Yes, and he proceeds to tell me they were joking around. Whaaaateverrrr! But haha, Jose left his room a mess. :) Crazy, huh? Maybe this living on my own will be a good thing. Miss all of you and seeing your posts.
About this picture, I took a few weeks ago. We've have such gloomy weather- well, it was May gray. Then one day the sun came out and it was beautiful. The Queen Anne's Lace look fantastic against the light blue sky. Have a beautiful day!!!
Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is interviewed by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong...Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seen in this still image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong June 6, 2013. Snowden was on July 24, 2013 granted documents that will allow him to leave a Moscow airport where he is holed up, an airport source said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Snowden, who is wanted by the United States for leaking details of U.S. government intelligence programmes, was expected to meet his lawyer at Sheremetyevo airport later on Wednesday after lodging a request for temporary asylum in Russia. The immigration authorities declined immediate comment. Picture taken June 6, 2013. MANDATORY CREDIT. REUTERS/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/Courtesy of The Guardian/Handout via Reuters (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA)
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Nicosia is the capital and largest city on the island of Cyprus, as well as its main business centre.It is located near the centre of the Mesaoria plain, on the banks of the River Pedieos.
There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.
We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them
Is there any more iconic image of Vietnam than the bamboo hat?
This lady sits on the footpath in Saigon and waits... for what I don't know.
Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, but also having a historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia. In a wider sense, it is a portmanteau term used to refer to a variety of both contemporary and traditional musical styles typical of southern Spain. Flamenco is closely associated to the gitanos of the Romani ethnicity who have contributed significantly to its origination and professionalization. However, its style is uniquely Andalusian and flamenco artists have historically included Spaniards of both gitano and non-gitano heritage.
The oldest record of flamenco music dates to 1774 in the book Las Cartas Marruecas by José Cadalso. The development of flamenco over the past two centuries is well documented: "the theatre movement of sainetes (one-act plays) and tonadillas, popular song books and song sheets, customs, studies of dances, and toques, perfection, newspapers, graphic documents in paintings and engravings. ... in continuous evolution together with rhythm, the poetic stanzas, and the ambiance.”
On 16 November 2010, UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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This is a 2024 upload of a scanned image from my collection. Probably 95% come from slides, the remaining 5% are prints or negatives. They include my own Kodachrome slides, as well as other photographers, which are noted accordingly when the identity is known. All have been collected over the past 40+ years of shooting, exchanging, and purchasing. I was fortunate enough to trade with some of the best aircraft photographers in the world.
This archive was first created in 2017, to easily view my collection in an accessible venue.
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MSN : 28983
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Guiyu is a city in China where most of the computers and electronical appliances dumped from the so-called "first world" (better called "first polluter"?) end up. Trashware tries to find a solution to this shame by collecting these computers, make them useful again using Free Software and donating them to local associations, schools, ...
About trashware, see Trashware is rightware for cash-strapped organizations or (in Italian) trashware.linux.it and Lo smaltimento dei rifiuti tecnologici.
For a report on E-waste, see Exporting Harm: The High Tech Trashing of Asia or www.ban.org/ or Ghosts in the machines or Where computers go to die
Tenerife, a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Tenerife has an area of 2034.38 square kilometers, and 899,833 inhabitants. It is the most populated island of the Canary Islands and Spain. About 43% of the population of the Canary Islands housing on this island, this is almost half the total population of the archipelago. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, which is also one of the busiest Spain resorts and the first of Canary Islands. Tenerife also has one of the world's largest carnivals, and the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife now aspires to become a World Heritage Site. The island hosts in its capital the architectural symbol of the Canary Islands, the modern Auditorio de Tenerife which is also one of the main buildings of Spanish architecture.Tenerife is the only Spanish island that has two airports and two ports (the others have only one port and one airport each), which makes Tenerife the most interconnected in Spain.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of the island and the seat of the island council (cabildo insular). The city is capital of the autonomous community of Canary Islands (shared with Las Palmas), sharing governmental institutions such as Presidency and ministries. Between the 1833 territorial division of Spain and 1927 Santa Cruz de Tenerife was the sole capital of the Canary Islands, until in 1927 a decree ordered that the capital of the Canary Islands be shared, as it remains as at present.
The island is home to the University of San Fernando de La Laguna, which was founded in 1792. The University of La Laguna is the oldest university in the Canaries. San Cristóbal de La Laguna (World Heritage Site) is the second city of the island and the third one of the archipelago. The city of La Laguna was also capital of the Canary Islands until Santa Cruz replaced it in 1833
Tenerife also has the highest elevation of Spain, a World Heritage Site that is the third largest volcano in the world from its base, El Teide.
Joe is one of my newest friends, and is a member of the band Skeeter Creek. The Capital Region's premiere Urban Country party band. I've been having the pleasure of shooting these guys, and will be looking forward to more gigs with them this Summer. Shine on, brothers!
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This is a grass, of weed of some kind. All summer the leaves were green, and the flowers on top were purple. Now the colors are gone, and the flowers are withered. Fall is here, and soon winter will surprise us.
Good thing I've got the winter tires ready :)
Lighting
I am actually quite proud of how I lit this. We have a small heating stove in our living room, which is enclosed by three brick walls, one of the concealing the chimney. All of the walls are primed white which makes good reflectors.
First I put the grass on the stove. Then I put one flash on a stack of DVDs next to the stove and pointed it at the wall, which would become my backdrop. I ensured that the stove would flag the flash from the plant, so that the leaves would stay dark. I thought this would be enought, but there was quite a bit of falloff at the top of the frame. After a few failed attempts I put a second flash on the stove and pointed it up at the falloff area. This was what it took. Both flashes were triggered with Cactus V4 radio triggers.
43/365
Which is more important – trying to cover as much ground as possible or focusing all of your energy, more or less, in one spot? I look forward to your thoughts because, to be honest, mine are all over the place!
Hastings is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, 24 mi (39 km) east to the county town of Lewes and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place 8 miles (13 km) to the north-west at Senlac Hill in 1066. It later became one of the medieval Cinque Ports. In the 19th century, it was a popular seaside resort, as the railway allowed tourists and visitors to reach the town. Today, Hastings is a fishing port with a beach-based fishing fleet.
-Wikipedia
The Postcard
A Gibson Lines postcard that was published by the Gibson Art Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The card was posted in Cincinnati using a 1 cent stamp on Tuesday the 20th. December 1921.
It was sent to:
Mr. & Mrs. N. H. (surname deleted),
Felicity,
Ohio.
Felicity is a village in Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio. The population was 651 individuals at the 2020 census.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Uncle and Aunt,
Hope this card finds you
both well, and that your
Xmas stocking will be
full to overflowing.
Ada and Charlie."
The Significance of Holly
The European holly, Ilex aquifolium is commonly referenced at Christmas time, and is sometimes referred to by the name Christ's thorn.
In many Western Christian cultures, holly is a traditional Christmas decoration, used especially in wreaths and illustrations, for instance on Christmas cards.
Since medieval times the plant has carried Christian symbolism, as expressed in the Christmas carol "The Holly and the Ivy", in which the holly is said to represent Jesus and the ivy to represent the Virgin Mary.
Christians have identified a wealth of symbolism in its form:
The sharpness of the leaves help to recall the crown of thorns worn by Jesus; the red berries serve as a reminder of the drops of blood that were shed for salvation; and the shape of the leaves, which resemble flames, can serve to reveal God's burning love for His people.
Combined with the fact that holly maintains its bright colors during the Christmas season, it naturally came to be associated with the Christian holiday.
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant.
There are hundreds of species of mistletoe which mostly live in tropical regions.
The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscum album (European mistletoe); it is the only species native to the British Isles and much of Europe. The genus Viscum is not native to North America, but Viscum album was introduced to Northern California in 1900.
European mistletoe has smooth-edged, oval, evergreen leaves borne in pairs along the woody stem, and waxy, white berries that it bears in clusters of two to six.
-- Mistletoe Life Cycle
Mistletoe species grow on a wide range of host trees, some of which experience side effects including reduced growth, stunting, and loss of infested outer branches.
A heavy infestation may also kill the host plant. Viscum album successfully parasitizes more than 200 tree and shrub species.
All mistletoe species are hemiparasites, because they do perform some photosynthesis for some period of their life cycle. However, in some species its contribution is very nearly zero.
A mistletoe seed germinates on the branch of a host tree or shrub, and in its early stages of development it is independent of its host. The adhesive on the seed tends to darken the bark. On having made contact with the bark, the hypocotyl, with only a rudimentary scrap of root tissue at its tip, penetrates it, a process that may take a year or more. In the meantime the plant is dependent on its own photosynthesis.
Only after it reaches the host's conductive tissue may it begin to rely on the host for its needs. Later, it forms a haustorium that penetrates the host tissue and takes water and nutrients from the host plant.
Most mistletoe seeds are spread by birds who eat the 'seeds' (in actuality drupes). Of the many bird species that feed on them, the mistle thrush is the best-known in Europe.
Depending on the species of mistletoe and the species of bird, the seeds are regurgitated from the crop, excreted in their droppings, or stuck to the bill and causing the bird to have to wipe it off onto a branch.
The seeds are coated with a sticky material called viscin. Some viscin remains on the seed and when it touches a stem, it sticks tenaciously. The viscin soon hardens and attaches the seed firmly to its future host, where it germinates and its haustorium penetrates the sound bark.
-- Toxicity of Mistletoe
There are 1500 species of mistletoe, varying widely in toxicity to humans; the European mistletoe (Viscum album) is more toxic than the American mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum).
In European mistletoe (Viscum), viscumin is the dangerous active toxin. It acts by irreversibly inhibiting ribsomal protein synthesis in cells, which leads to the death of the affected cell, tissue damage in the area of exposure from mass cell death in the very short term, with the potential for organ failure and death depending on the level of exposure.
Mistletoe has been used historically in medicine for its supposed value in treating arthritis, high blood pressure, epilepsy, and infertility.
-- The Cultural Importance of Mistletoe
Mistletoe is relevant to several cultures. Pagan cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as "oak sperm".
In Roman mythology, mistletoe was used by the hero Aeneas to reach the underworld.
The Romans associated mistletoe with peace, love, and understanding, and hung it over doorways to protect the household.
In the advent of the Christian era, mistletoe in the Western world became associated with Christmas as a decoration under which lovers are expected to kiss, as well as with protection from witches and demons.
Mistletoe continued to be associated with fertility and vitality through the Middle Ages, and by the eighteenth century it had also become incorporated into Christmas celebrations around the world. The custom of kissing under the mistletoe is referred to as popular among servants in late eighteenth-century England.
The serving class of Victorian England is credited with perpetuating the tradition. The tradition dictated that a man was allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath mistletoe, and that bad luck would befall any woman who refused the kiss.
One variation on the tradition stated that with each kiss a berry was to be plucked from the mistletoe, and the kissing must stop after all the berries had been removed.
Mistletoe is the floral emblem of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and the flower of the UK county of Herefordshire.
Every year, the UK town of Tenbury Wells holds a mistletoe festival and crowns a 'Mistletoe Queen'.
Sir George Fuller
So what else happened on the day that Ada and Charlie posted the card?
Well, on the 20th. December 1921, Sir George Fuller took office as the new Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, seven days after Premier James Dooley had lost a vote of confidence in the state legislature.
However, only seven hours after Fuller had formed a government and had become the head of government as premier, he lost another vote of confidence in the legislature and was not seated.
On the 27th. December 1921, James Dooley was appointed premier again after forming a new government.
The Russian Famine Relief Act
Also on that day, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Russian Famine Relief Act, and approved the appropriation of $20,000,000 ($300 million in 2021) for that purpose.
The vote was pursuant to the request of President Harding, subject to the condition that all purchases of food be made in the U.S. and shipped to the Soviet Union in American vessels.
Julius Richard Petri
The 20th. December 1921 also marked the death at the age of 69 of the German microbiologist Julius Richard Petri.
Julius, who was born on the 31st. May 1852, is generally credited with inventing the device known as the Petri dish, which is named after him, while working as assistant to bacteriologist Robert Koch.
-- Julius Richard Petri - The Early Years
Petri was born in the town of Barmen (now a district of the city of Wuppertal), Germany. He came from a distinguished family of scholars, and was the eldest son of Philipp Ulrich Martin Petri (1817–1864), a professor in Berlin, and Louise Petri.
Petri's grandfather, Viktor Friedrich Leberecht Petri (1782–1857), was also a scholar, being both a director and professor at the Collegium Carolinum in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany.
Petri initially studied medicine at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Physicians (1871–1875) and received his medical degree in 1876.
He continued his studies at the Charité Hospital in Berlin where his thesis on the chemistry of protein urine tests earned him his doctorate.
-- Julius Richard Petri - The Later Years
Julius was on active duty as a military physician until 1882, continuing then as a reservist. In 1886 he was a curator at the German Hygiene Museum where he subsequently worked under Robert Koch.
From 1877 to 1879 Julius was assigned to the Imperial Health Office in Berlin, where he became an assistant to Robert Koch. On the suggestion of Angelina Hesse, the New York-born wife of another assistant, Walther Hesse, the Koch laboratory began to culture bacteria on agar plates.
Petri then invented the standard culture dish, or Petri plate, and further developed the technique of agar culture in order to purify or clone bacterial colonies derived from single cells. This advance made it possible to rigorously identify the bacteria responsible for diseases.
Petri's first wife, Anna Riesch, died in 1894 during childbirth, and in 1897, he married Elizabeth Turk.
-- The Importance of the Petri Dish
Petri dishes are extensively used as research plates for microbiology studies. The dish is partially filled with warm liquid containing agar, and a mixture of specific ingredients that may include nutrients, blood, salts, carbohydrates, dyes, indicators, amino acids and antibiotics.
After the agar cools and solidifies, the dish is ready to receive a microbe-laden sample in a process known as "inoculation" or "plating". For virus or phage cultures, a two-step inoculation is needed: bacteria that is grown acts like a host for the viral inoculum.
The bacterial sample is diluted on the plate in a process called "streaking". This involves a sterile plastic stick, or a wire loop which is sterilized by heating; the loop is used to collect the first sample, and then to make a streak on the dish with the agar.
Then, using a fresh stick and sterilized loop, the new loop is passed through that initial streak, spreading the plated bacteria onto the dish.
This process is repeated a third time, and if necessary a fourth, resulting in individual bacterial cells that are isolated on the plate, which are then able to divide and grow into single "clonal" bacterial colonies.
Petri plates can be incubated upside down (agar on top), which can help lessen the risk of contamination from airborne particles containing microbes settling, and to decrease the chance of condensation from water accumulating and disturbing the microbes being cultured.
The basic design of the Petri dish has not changed since being created by Petri in 1887. It was a challenge to keep dishes free of dust, and extra bacteria could collect and alter samples; heavy bell jars used for this purpose proved ineffective, and so six years later Petri created a transparent plate slightly larger than the dish, which served as a transparent lid.
The Petri name has come into public prominence following a spate of serious food poisoning incidents on cruise liners; ships operating buffets in their restaurants have been referred to as 'floating Petri dishes.'
-- Julius Petri's Other Work
Not only was Petri responsible for many innovations and inventions, he also published a variety of papers including 150 on the topic of bacteriology and hygiene, which contributed significantly to information and concepts related to them.
Petri's papers detailed a number of steps in understanding microbiology, not limited to the study of microorganisms, but also including biological pathways and mechanisms.
In his paper of 1876 Julius considered questions regarding proteins found within urine, seeking ways that they could be used to identify conditions or functions.
This species is almost unmistakable in most of its range. The breeding bird is all white except for its dark legs, black bill with a yellow tip, and a yellow breast patch like a pelican. It has a crest in the breeding season. Non-breeders lack the crest and breast patch, and immature birds have a pale bill and black tips to the primary flight feathers. Unlike herons, spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched. The Eurasian Spoonbill differs from the African Spoonbill with which in overlaps in winter, in that the latter species has a red face and legs, and no crest. They are mostly silent. Even at their breeding colonies the main sounds are bill snapping, occasional deep grunting and occasional trumpeting noises.
De lepelaar (Platalea leucorodia) is een witte vogel uit de familie der ibissen en lepelaars.
Lepelaars broeden op slechts enkele plaatsen in Europa, waarvan Nederland tot voor kort de meest noordelijke was. Sinds 2000 is de meest noordelijke broedkolonie gevestigd in Denemarken. Lepelaars zijn zomervogels, die via Franse en Spaanse moerassen naar de winterkwartieren langs de West-Afrikaanse kust en het gebied ten zuiden van de Sahara trekken. Ze broeden in moerassige gebieden, in dichte rietkragen of in moeilijk bereikbare bomen en struiken. Het voedsel bestaat uit stekelbaarzen, kleine witvis, garnalen en andere kleine waterdieren, die met behulp van de unieke lepelvormige snavel op de tast worden opgevist.
This is my entry for the Spring 2011 Competition - the attached 'photos tell the story.
I am calling the yarn 'Hanami' (the name given to Japanese cherry blossom viewing picnics), because, while I created it, I couldn't quite keep out of my mind the contrast between the pleasurable activity I was undertaking and the trauma being suffered in Japan. I looked at Shiela's 'photo and felt decidedly challenged, as the colours did not encompass the range I usually work with. However, inspired by the delicate blossom, beautiful sky and tracery of red-brown twigs with hints of green leaves to come, I decided to experiment with some of the ideas I had garnered from Alison Daykin and Jane Deane's beautiful book, keeping as close to the 'photo as I possibly could, and making the most of some of the materials at my disposal.
I am lucky to live in a Cotswold village, where farming friends let me have Romney fleece which I prepare at home. First carded 85/15 with Satin Angora from my pet rabbit, then spun as a single, this was then plied with another single of 30% Romney-Angora, 30% blended pale blues of merino tops, 20% dark green merino carded with pale green hand-dyed silk throwsters waste and 20% brown wool from a Jacob's fleece carded with deep cherry and ochre pre-dyed merino. Each colour was added separately to the single in equal sections, in the order I felt gave the best colour balance to the yarn. (Initially, I tried plying two of the coloured singles together, keeping the coloured sections parallel, as best I could, but the result was too busy and had too strong a feel next to the 'photo. I opted instead to ply the mullti-coloured single with a plain cream one, which made it more restful.)
September is oogstmaand op De Peerdegaerdt, daarnaast bestaat de hoogstamboomgaard van De Peerdegaerdt precies 100 jaar. Op de eerste dag van het Plukfestijn, vrijdag 25 september, zal wethouder Paulien Tanja daarom rond 09.30 uur samen met ruim 100 kinderen symbolisch voor de aankomende 100 jaar een nieuwe perenboom aanplanten, waarbij de kinderen dit feit vieren door symbolisch een eigen gemaakte peer in de boom te hangen. Ook zal de nieuwe Peerdegaerdt-vlag gehezen worden.
De kinderen zijn leerlingen van De Rank in Barendrecht en De Parel in Strijen, die door De Peerdegaerdt zijn uitgenodigd en na deze symbolische opening van start gaan met een uitgebreid ochtenprogramma vol uiteenlopende activiteiten. Bianca Meertens, werkzaam bij de Peerdegaerdt, vertelt enthousiast: «Op De Peerdegaerdt willen we kinderen graag met de natuur in contact brengen en laten beleven hoe fijn het is om buiten bezig te zijn. Deze ochtend hebben we een heel gevarieerd programma voor de kids samengesteld. Zo gaan alle kinderen peren plukken, maar ook staat het maken van insectenhotels, het pluizen van uilenballen, cartoons tekenen, dichten in de boomgaard, verschillende activiteiten met paarden en het zelf kweken van eetbare paddenstoelen op het programma. We hopen dat de kids dolenthousiast en met mooie verhalen naar huis gaan.»
Adopteer een Peer
Om de eeuwenoude boomgaard in stand te houden en steeds meer educatieve activiteiten voor kinderen te kunnen organiseren heeft De Peerdegaerdt afgelopen jaar het adoptieplan «Adopteer een Peer» gelanceerd. Inmiddels zijn al veel adoptieplannen gesloten door bezoekers en bedrijven. Steeds meer mensen vinden het belangrijk om te zien waar hun voedsel vandaan komt en willen ook graag dat hun kinderen zich hier meer bewust van worden. Het adoptieplan van De Peerdegaerdt komt in deze wens tegemoet. Frans Jansen beheert de boomgaard en zegt: «Het adoptieplan biedt verschillende keuze mogelijkheden, van het zelf plukken tijdens de oogstperiode van de gereserveerde rassen, tot een uitnodiging om tijdens de bloesemperiode de boomgaard in volle bloei te bewonderen gecombineerd met een overheerlijke picknick. Bezoekers die tijdens het Plukfestijn een adoptieplan af sluiten, kunnen hier meteen letterlijk de vruchten van plukken. Daarnaast geven we als actie ook meteen een fles van ons eigen sap mee». Meer informatie is te vinden op www.adopteereenpeer.nl .
Peerdegaerdts Plukfestijn
Tijdens het Peerdegaerdts Plukfestijn van vrijdag 25 september tot zondag 27 september staat het zelf plukken van fruit uit de karakteristieke hoogstamboomgaard centraal. Dit is mogelijk tussen 11 uur ‘s ochtends en 17 uur ‘s avonds zo lang het fruit voorradig is. Voor 10 euro kan een plukzak gekocht worden om het geplukte fruit mee naar huis te nemen. Bezoekers kunnen daarnaast kennis maken met het kweken van eetbare paddestoelen, grondwerk met paarden, varkens knuffelen en het maken van insectenhotels. Kinderen kunnen verder terecht voor ponyritjes, het borstelen en verzorgen van pony’s en het uitpluizen van uilenballen. Gecombineerd met een kleinschalige duurzame markt maakt het Plukfestijn tot een sfeervol geheel. Het Plukfestijn is ook via de radio te volgen, vrijdag zendt Radio Rijnmond uit op locatie en zaterdag radio Hoeksche Waard.
De toegang en parkeren is gratis. Parkeren is mogelijk aan de Weelsedijk 61, 3291 LR in Strijen. Kijk ook op www.peerdegaerdt.nl voor meer informatie of bezoek de Facebookpagina van De Peerdegeaerdt.
This is the last and equally mouth-watering part of my Pampanga series with the Electrolux Discover-E Food Tour. It was getting dark and we had one more stop for this full day - time for dinner immediately after a delightful meryenda at Prado Farm! haha. I accepted the challenge to take a bite a few more times on a full belly at the Apag Marangle (Hain sa Bukid) in Bacolor, Pampanga! I believe this Kapampangan Restaurant is the youngest kitchen we went to. They opened 5 years ago and you'll fall in love with Ms. Cherry Tan if you meet her =) I hope we had more time here.
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This is the path from the land toward the sea. The path is not officially wide enough to constitute acess, so planning permission would not be granted to build on the land unless one were allowed to access the land from the top, via the community center car park of from the side, by borrowing some cheap communal land.
There is a chance that one might be allowed to purchase a part of the field either side of this narrow track. The roadway has to be 4 meters wide in order to consitute sufficient access. This track is only 2 meters wide.
Het is vandaag erg warm en we gaan er vroeg op uit met een druk programma. Eerst naar de Mercati Capi. Mooie vis en groentes die je in Nederland niet zomaar vindt.
Daarna naar de Cattedrale di Palermo. Erg mooi maar helaas niet toegankelijk omdat de zondagsmis bezig is.
Door naar het hoogtepunt; het Palazzo Réale, het regeringspaleis van Sicilië, met de Capella Palatina bekend om zijn zeer verfijnde mozaïeken met ingelegd goud. Het Palazzo Reale (9e eeuw) werd gebouwd in opdracht van de Emir van Sicilië. Na de verovering door de Normandiërs (11e eeuw), maakte Rogier I van het het paleis de zetel van de Normandische koningen van Sicilië, vandaar de naam Palazzo dei Normanni.
Wat geschiedenis: De verovering van Zuid-Italië door de Normandiërs (de Normandische Kruistocht) was in de elfde eeuw. In 911 gaf de Franse koning Karel de Eenvoudige het Franse graafschap Rouen in leen aan de Noormannenleider Rollo, die in ruil daarvoor beloofde het land tegen andere invallers te beschermen. Met Rollo vestigden zich vele Noordse krijgers in het gebied dat sindsdien hun naam draagt: Normandië. Van daar uit ondernamen de Normandiërs tochten, om dezelfde redenen als waarom zij uit Scandinavië wegtrokken: de bevolkingsgroei, gecombineerd met een erfrecht dat het volledige bezit aan de oudste zoon toekent, en de gewoonte van hun hardhandige vorsten om opstandige vazallen te verbannen. In 999 trok een groep Normandiërs op bedevaart naar Jeruzalem door Italië. Op een avond overnachtten ze bij de vorst van Salerno, toen de stad werd aangevallen door zeerovers. De Normandiërs wisten de rovers te verdrijven. De vorst was onder de indruk van de strijdlust en bood ze werk als huurling. De pelgrims sloegen het aanbod af, maar bazuinden rond dat er werk was in Zuid-Italië. Rond 1000 werd dit gebied, waar de vorstendommen elkaar constant bestreden, dan ook met Normandische gelukszoekers overspoeld. Kieskeurig waren ze niet; wie betaalde, kreeg hun hulp.
De Arabieren of Saracenen hadden Palermo in 831 verovert en de stad floreerde als een centrum van handel met Noord-Afrika. Palermo was behoorlijk welvarend toen het emiraat Sicilië in 1072 in handen viel van de Normandische Roger I en Robert Guiscard. Na de oprichting van het Normandische koninkrijk Sicilië (1130) door Roger II, werd Palermo de hoofdstad van een koninkrijk waarin Grieken, Arabieren, Joden en Noormannen in een unieke harmonie samenwerkten. Door zijn ligging in de Middellandse Zee telde Sicilië vele godsdiensten en culturen. Rogier voerde godsdienstvrijheid in en maakte Sicilië tot een centrum van wetenschap, filosofie en kunst.
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"This is a Scrabo sandstone church, but one that has undergone little conservation. It exhibits a variety of decay types, including the rapid retreat of individual blocks. This occurs when a block loses an outer layer of material through, for example, the falling away of a large scale. The effect of this is to produce a hollow in which salts can continue to accumulate because it is sheltered from rainwash. This salt accumulation, combined with the higher humidity in the shadow of the hollow, creates an excellent environment for accelerated decay. This reinforcement process is known as 'positive feedback' and it means that once decay is 'switched on' in these kinds of weak sandstones it becomes very difficult to turn off.
Part of the detailing on the church includes a string course of Doulting limestone. This is a potential source of gypsum for the quartz sandstone, and it is possible to see how this has lead to the decay of blocks below the limestone. Gypsum can also wash out of the mortars and this can lead to the formation of gypsum crusts on the top parts of stone blocks. The final feature is the growth of algae and lichen on many blocks. There is anecdotal evidence that this greening of sandstone buildings has become widespread across Northern Ireland over the last couple of years and you will see other examples on buildings such as the Elmwood Hall at the other end of the Avenue. Recent work by the Weathering Research Group has suggested that this greening may be linked to changes in weather conditions in which winters have become milder and wetter. This has resulted in stonework remaining saturated for long periods of time, which in turn might encourage biological colonisation and growth. Whether this represents a short-term effect or is indicative of a longer-term change in climate will take more research. However, if it is indicative of a permanent environmental change, it might mean that we have to change many of our ideas about building stone decay. The frequency of the wetting and drying of salts could, for example, decrease and with it the effectiveness of salt weathering. But we would have to take the effects of biological weathering much more seriously. Likewise, conservators may find less call for the treatment of gypsum crusts and a greater interest in the effectiveness of biocide treatments."
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Gorse is an invasive weed and Weed of National Significance. Gorse Spider Mites have been released as part of the integrated control of this invasive species. The photo shows how the Gorse is being weakened by the bio control. This site is a Gorse Spider Mite nursery, so that infected plant material can be harvested from here and moved to other Gorse infestations.
Photo by Jenny Conolly, ACT Parks and Conservation Service