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Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan
fragileoasis.org/bloggernauts/Astro_Ron and the crew of expedition
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around
350 km with a high ISO HD Camera developed by NHK Japan,
nicknamed the SS-HDTV camera. All credit goes to them.
I intend to upload a FullHD-version presently.
HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by Betke Edition
www.janjelinek.com | www.faitiche.de
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
Editing: Michael König | www.koenigm.com
Shooting locations in order of appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Michael König.
During the month of August, UFV International welcomed several short-term training groups from China and Japan. UFV pulled experts from around the university to facilitate seminars and shared knowledge with new and continuing international partners in the areas of wood frame construction, English language training, and administrator and faculty professional development.
At the farewell lunch, attended by Dr. Mark Evered and his wife, Maureen, participants received a certificate of completion to mark their accomplishment.
In collaboration with Canada Wood and China National Ministry of Urban and Rural Housing Development (Mohurd), UFV welcomed nine Chinese instructors from trade schools across China along with seven building company representatives for a three-week program that consisted of 50% classroom instruction, 35% hands-on instruction, and 15% project visits. It was the first program of its kind, with positive indications that the program will grow in the coming years.
As a university nationally recognized for our student-centered approach to education, UFV hosted twenty-three university administrators and nine English language faculty from Harbin Huade University, Heilongjiang University of Finance and Economics, East University of Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang International University. The visit was sponsored by Heilongjiang Modern Education Training Center and the Heilongjiang Association of Private Education. Participants learned from UFV’s senior administration, directors, and international educators on a range of topics from Strategic Enrollment Strategies to developing a teaching portfolio.
CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Ga., Jan. 11, 2014 – Warriors with the Marietta-based 201st Regional Support Group and 78th Troop Command take a land navigation exam during the Best Warrior Competition at Clay National Guard Center.
Georgia National Guard photo by Sgt. Michael Uribe / released
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Visit: www.refordgardens.com/
MECONOPSIS BETONICIFOLIA
REFORD GARDENS | LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
From Wikipedia:
Elsie Stephen Meighen - born January 22, 1872, Perth, Ontario - and Robert Wilson Reford - born in 1867, Montreal - got married on June 12, 1894.
Elsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Québec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Born January 22, 1872 at Perth, Ontario, Elsie Reford was the eldest of three children born to Robert Meighen and Elsie Stephen. Coming from modest backgrounds themselves, Elsie’s parents ensured that their children received a good education. After being educated in Montreal, she was sent to finishing school in Dresden and Paris, returning to Montreal fluent in both German and French, and ready to take her place in society.
She married Robert Wilson Reford on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on Drummond Street in Montreal. They both loved the outdoors and they spend several weeks a year in a log cabin they built at Lac Caribou, south of Rimouski. In the autumn they hunted for caribou, deer, and ducks. They returned in winter to ski and snowshoe. Elsie Reford also liked to ride. She had learned as a girl and spent many hours riding on the slopes of Mount Royal. And of course, there was salmon-fishing – a sport at which she excelled.
In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the Montreal Maternity Hospital and she was also the moving force behind the creation of the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, the first women club in Canada. She believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, « something beyond the local gossip of the hour ». Her acquaintance with Lord Grey, the Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, led to her involvement in organizing, in 1908, Québec City’s tercentennial celebrations. The event was one of many to which she devoted herself in building bridges with French-Canadian community.
During the First World War, she joined her two sons in England and did volunteer work at the War Office, translating documents from German into English. After the war, she was active in the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Montreal Council of Social Agencies, and the National Association of Conservative Women.
In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Elsie Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river.”Why not take up gardening?” he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
Elsie Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to a salmon river and its dramatic views – not for the quality of the soil.
To counter-act nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great Depression. Then, as now, the gardens provided much-needed work to an area with high unemployment. Elsie Reford’s genius as a gardener was born of the knowledge she developed of the needs of plants. Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Elsie Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the Royal Horticultural Society and the North American Lily Society. Elsie Reford was not a landscape architect and had no training of any kind as a garden designer. While she collected and appreciated art, she claimed no talents as an artist.
Elsie Stephen Reford died at her Drummond Street home on November 8, 1967 in her ninety-sixth year.
In 1995, the Reford Gardens ("Jardins de Métis") in Grand-Métis were designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as being an excellent Canadian example of the English-inspired garden.(Wikipedia)
Visit : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Reford
Visit : www.refordgardens.com/
LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Créés par Elsie Reford de 1926 à 1958, ces jardins témoignent de façon remarquable de l’art paysager à l’anglaise. Disposés dans un cadre naturel, un ensemble de jardins exhibent fleurs vivaces, arbres et arbustes. Le jardin des pommetiers, les rocailles et l’Allée royale évoquent l’œuvre de cette dame passionnée d’horticulture. Agrémenté d’un ruisseau et de sentiers sinueux, ce site jouit d’un microclimat favorable à la croissance d’espèces uniques au Canada. Les pavots bleus et les lis, privilégiés par Mme Reford, y fleurissent toujours et contribuent , avec d’autres plantes exotiques et indigènes, à l’harmonie de ces lieux.
Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden. Woven into a natural setting, a series of gardens display perennials, trees and shrubs. A crab-apple orchard, a rock garden, and the Long Walk are also the legacy of this dedicated horticulturist. A microclimate favours the growth of species found nowhere else in Canada, while the stream and winding paths add to the charm. Elsie Reford’s beloved blue poppies and lilies still bloom and contribute, with other exotic and indigenous plants, to the harmony of the site.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Gouvernement du Canada – Government of Canada
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Even though he was in pain... In fact he said "Pam, quit making me laugh!" ( I didnt ;-) )
This is in the Lung specialists office
Unity is strength.
Knowledge is power.
Attitude is everything.
LiveStrong.
Dusk falls during a field trip to Reserva Natural El Hatico, familia Molina Durán, near Palmira, Colombia, to take carbon measurements in an area of tropical forest, as part of a CIAT-hosted workshop on REDD+.
Credit: ©2011CIAT/NeilPalmer
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Cold is the water
It freezes your already cold mind
Already cold, cold mind
And death is at your doorstep
And it will steal your innocence
But it will not steal your substance
But you are not alone in this
And you are not alone in this
As brothers we will stand and we'll hold your hand
Hold your hand
And you are the mother
The mother of your baby child
The one to whom you gave life
And you have your choices
And these are what make man great
His ladder to the stars
But you are not alone in this
And you are not alone in this
As brothers we will stand and we'll hold your hand
Hold your hand
And I will tell the night
Whisper, "Lose your sight"
But I can't move the mountains for you
A small section of "The Great Train Story" featuring scale model replicas of many of Chicago's buildings.
It's been a long time since my last visit to MSI, but wow, it's amazing. I was overwhelmed with the amount of awesome exhibits/photo ops, and I'm already looking forward to getting back to explore in more detail.
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" " Remote from nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creatures through the looking glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion.
We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves.
And therein we ERR, and greatly ERR. For the animal shall not be measured by man.
In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; They are not underlings;
THEY ARE OTHER NATIONS, Caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the Earth. "*
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------- Henry Beston, "The Outermost House", 1949
A family of Elk, encountered in the Takhini Valley, between Whitehorse and Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, Morning of July 11.
9th May 2017 Tuesday Day 4 of trip.
Itinerary Day spent around Potamoi in the Mesta valley, NE of Volakas and later Pagoneri.
Volakas - Woke once in night & then at 6.06am before alarm @ 6.20am. Shaved & down to MT before Martin et al - Only a few moths. Very nice breakfast-- coffee/yoghurt/cherry jam & baklava type breads -- Big rush for 9am dep- forgot my food & had to go back for it. Sat in door seat for 2nd time rather than back seat over wheels. Day started cloudy & gradually got wet & windy. First stop in a few meadows , very quiet & we snapped "potted" bflies" from yesterday. Spotted orchids/lichen & a nice mole cricket before moving on to a place over looking mts & big river. Amazing view but here too cold for much. A huge violet beetle & several tortoises. .Amazing scenery- eventually to a little church over a footbridge. Very windy. Back over mountains to Petroussa (ydays first call) but weather worse & then a big thunder storm when we all retreated to a cafe in the village square for coffees & to make friends with the local dog. 2 coffees (2 euros a cup ) & an hour or so later set off to south west & stopped on a road at the end of a valley. Still windy but views were good & sunny. Saw a few butterflies & other bits, snails & plants. On again further up valley on a gravelly track past a large number off bee hives-- to end where found 4 more tortoises & a pair of Honey Buzzards. Left there after 6pm & back to Vollakas after 7pm. Then after good shower down to a FIX beer with Rich/Ilyia. Too soon it was supper - salad/calamari, spuds & bread + dessert of sponge with peaches. List after was a very jovial affair as all had consumed a lot of gin/beer & wine etc. Despite weather it felt like a successful end to day 4.
Notes from itinerary.
This 10-day tour will take place in the spectacular mountain scenery of SW Bulgaria and northern Greece, where springtime is especially lush, with an abundance of orchids and other wildflowers, fruit trees in blossom and the air filled with birdsong, particularly the song of the nightingale.
We shall be looking for a range of spring or first generation butterfly species such as Southern Festoon, Gruner’s Orange-tip, Eastern Greenish Black-tip, Krueper’s Small White, Eastern Wood White, Grecian Copper, Little Tiger Blue, Chequered Blue, Iolas Blue, Southern Comma, Eastern Knapweed Fritillary, Russian Heath, Inky Skipper and Mediterranean Skipper. We can expect to see a wide range of other butterflies already on the wing, with around 100 species possible, such as Common and Scarce Swallowtails, Clouded Apollo, Eastern Festoon, Black-veined White, Small Bath White, Eastern Dappled White, Mountain and Southern Small White, Large Copper, Geranium Argus, Blue Argus, Osiris Blue, Eastern Baton Blue, Green Underside Blue, Eastern Zephyr Blue, Duke of Burgundy, Nettle-tree Butterfly, Southern White Admiral, Large Tortoiseshell, Camberwell Beauty, Common and Hungarian Gliders, Cardinal, Lesser Spotted Fritillary, Weaver’s Fritillary, Yellow-banded Skipper, Tufted Marbled Skipper and Hungarian Skipper.
SW Bulgaria is the richest part of Bulgaria for butterflies and is in one of Europe’s top butterfly hotspots. In the Struma and Mesta valleys several butterfly species reach the northernmost limit of their European range. Some species can emerge as early as March and April, but should still be on the wing in early May, depending on the earliness or lateness of the season.
Although the primary focus of the tour will be butterflies we shall also look out for day-flying moths and run at least one moth trap. We shall take note of other wildlife and at Kerkini Lake in northern Greece we shall be able to see Glossy Ibis, Dalmatian and White Pelican, Spoonbill, Squacco and Night Heron, terns and other birds.
The tour will be based in two main areas: Mount Falakro (Phalakron) in northern Greece, and then in SW Bulgaria. The tour should be suitable for all adults, with no long walks to reach any sites, though participants should be aware that the weather can get very hot even in spring.
Martin White has been passionate about butterflies and moths since an early age. He is actively involved in the South Wales Branch of Butterfly Conservation, of which he has been a committee member since 1995. He spends part of each summer in Europe looking at butterflies, usually in the company of botanists, birders and wildlife photographers as well as other butterfly enthusiasts. Apart from Bulgaria, Martin has also spent time in adjacent countries such as Greece and Turkey. As a result, in addition to the butterflies, he has developed an extensive familiarity with the moths, micro-moths, flowers and birds of the region.
Tihomir (Tisho) works at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia (www.nmnhs.com) as head of the department of Recent and Fossil Fish. His main research topic is taxonomy and phylogeny of the freshwater fish of Bulgaria, but he is also an enthusiastic all round naturalist, including having a good knowledge of dragonflies and is a keen birdwatcher.
s. Final details and butterfly and moth lists will be sent to participants approximately two weeks before departure. Our tour price includes a donation to a Bulgarian conservation organization.
The Twenty-Fourth Session of WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 22 to April 26, 2013.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
I think the most of you enjoy the view of dewdrups in the garden, when you get up in the morning.
It's very beautiful and detailed, yet there is no single drop similar to an other one.
Ok, that's normal, that's nature's diversity and it looks just great, is what we mostely think.
But who than thinks of creating something this complex and different?
It's not a big bang, its not evolution, also humans can't create it that way.
It is created by the knowledge of the one and only true God, Creator of heaven and earth!
"6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good."
Genesis 1:6-10
The same God that puts so much detail in something so small, puts even more detail and love in us humans.
So, why shouldn't we honour and serve that God?
The entrance to the Fairview School in rural Washington County,IA. Imagine all the children that have come and gone through this door over the years and ponder what became of them.
Between two 'lost villages' sudden chill and fog for short
Blog post : Πως περάσαμε στο Μονοπάτι των Ξωτικών
Open Knowledge Festival 2014. 15th to 17th of July at Kulturbrauerei in Berlin.
Attribution: Gregor Fischer, www.gfischer-photography.com/ 16.07.2014
I tried to capture the view through the circles in the railings of the stairways leading to the high bookshelves in the Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Reading Room. But the image turned out to have even more rectangles than circles! I was there to view an exhibit of "Obamalia," memorabilia collected in Africa celebrating the Obama campaign and election. Explore #450.
Title no. #96. Edition no. 5/15. 15cm wide x 10.5cm tall. Laser printed Magnani paper with Canson paper covers and Bemboka paper spine; accordion book structure with wrap cover.
December 20, 2017 – February 25, 2018
The event series “Ars Electronica in the Knowledge Capital” in Osaka, Japan, invites business and creative people to be inspired by artistic perspectives with a mix of exhibition, lectures and workshops. In edition Vol. 8, from December 20, 2017, to February 25, 2018, the theme of this get-together is called “Artists as Catalysts”. The participating artists are Katia Vega who integrates technology into beauty products and Genta Kondo who produces a new type of robotic prosthetic arms. Ars Electronica is represented by Kyoko Kunoh, an artist and a researcher at Ars Electronica Futurelab.
Credit: Knowledge Capital
Thai police cadets embarked on the first-ever training on ending violence against women and girls to increase their knowledge on the nature, extent, and seriousness on crimes perpetrated against women and show commitment as change agent towards ending the global pandemic.
Following the advocacy to end violence against women supported by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, the Office of the Attorney General and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have joined hands with the Police Cadet Academy in organizing the Training Workshop: New Generation to End Violence against Women for the 285 third-year Police Cadet students from today and will call for 80 volunteering students to continue with the training for another two days. The training curriculum includes role of police in justice system, police as change agent, and attitude and behavioral change. The workshop is part of Thailand’s commitment to contribute to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UNiTE Campaign to End Violence against Women.
Experiences worldwide have shown that recruitment of women police officers and resourcing of gender desks must be part of a broader strategy to train and incentivize all police to adequately respond to women’s needs. Women being present in justice services can help to enhance accountability and create a system that is responsible to women.
In Thailand, a National Survey in 2009 found that 365,230 ever-married women faced physical violence from intimate partners, especially young women aged 15-19 years. But the number of ever-partnered women facing violence against women remains unknown. Under-reporting of crimes against women is a serious problem in all regions.
Photo: UN Women/Panya Janjira
2022-12-11: Kevin Chika Urama, Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance & Knowledge Management at the AfDB addressing during African Economic Conference - Closing Ceremony in Balaclava, Mauritius. On stage, Mr. Gerard Pascal Bussier, Executive Director, AfDB.
Fourth grade students from Mrs. Giancola's and Mrs. Burr/Mrs. Senge's rooms showcased their historical knowledge with a Wax Museum presentation.
Septenary Ingredients of Important Traditional Herbal Formulations from Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database
Medicinal Rice of India with reference to Healing Flora of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
-This picture is a part of Compilation of Pankaj Oudhia’s Research Works at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India (1990-2001),
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s report on Indigenous Medicinal Rice for Diabetes Complications.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s report on Forgotten Indigenous Rice Formulations for Vitamin A deficiency.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s report on Ancient Rice Njavara in Indian Traditional Herbal Formulations with other potential Desi Medicinal Rice.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s Traditional Knowledge Database on Medicinal Rice based Herbal Formulations.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s Dream Project to Establish International Medicinal Rice Research Institute (IMRRI) in India.
Thai police cadets embarked on the first-ever training on ending violence against women and girls to increase their knowledge on the nature, extent, and seriousness on crimes perpetrated against women and show commitment as change agent towards ending the global pandemic.
Following the advocacy to end violence against women supported by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, the Office of the Attorney General and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have joined hands with the Police Cadet Academy in organizing the Training Workshop: New Generation to End Violence against Women for the 285 third-year Police Cadet students from today and will call for 80 volunteering students to continue with the training for another two days. The training curriculum includes role of police in justice system, police as change agent, and attitude and behavioral change. The workshop is part of Thailand’s commitment to contribute to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UNiTE Campaign to End Violence against Women.
Experiences worldwide have shown that recruitment of women police officers and resourcing of gender desks must be part of a broader strategy to train and incentivize all police to adequately respond to women’s needs. Women being present in justice services can help to enhance accountability and create a system that is responsible to women.
In Thailand, a National Survey in 2009 found that 365,230 ever-married women faced physical violence from intimate partners, especially young women aged 15-19 years. But the number of ever-partnered women facing violence against women remains unknown. Under-reporting of crimes against women is a serious problem in all regions.
Photo: UN Women/Panya Janjira
The Twenty-Eighth Session of WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from July 7 to July 9, 2014.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
It's never too late to be learning something new, and what better place to do that than the Mary Idema Pew Library at GVSU. Never sleep. Never stop learning. Never quit.
As part of the required course knowledge pupils need to be able to outline the process involved in taking a square wooden blank and preparing it for turning between centres. These pictures depict that process chronologically.
Stage 1 * Preparation of wooden blank. Cut to size. Sand square. Mark across diagonals. Centre punch the centre point. Use spring dividers to mark circumference. Repeat on other end.
Stage 2 * Plane off corners down to circumference line. This takes cross section from square to octagon. This reduces force on cutting toll in initial prep of blank. Mount between fork [driven] centre and dead [or live ] centre at tailstock end. Apply grease a dead centre end. apply force from tailstock end to force fork into material at driven end. Adjust toolstock height to suit. Check for clearance.
Stage 3 * Roughout using scraper to diameter. Use combination of gouges and skew chisels to add beads and other decorative detailing as required. Ensure spindle speed is appropriate for material and cross section under consideration. Obey all safety instructions.
Until relatively recently, the name Maori Lakes was the only visible reminder (for European New Zealanders) of the storehouse of traditional knowledge and legend held by Ngai Tahu, the Maori tribe whose rohe (territory) included the Ashburton Lakes District. Thanks to a rennaisance of Maori knowledge and traditions the traditional history of this area is now receiving more acknowledgement.
The Ngai Tahu story of O Tu Wharekai - Ashburton Lakes - is given as follows: As Tu Te Rakiwhanoa shaped Te Waipounamu (South Island) to make it habitable for humans he arranged the debris in the waka a Aoraki forming the harbours and the plains and heaping up the mountains in the interior. Some of the debris fromed the wetlands of O Tu Wharekai. For Ngai Tahu such stories represent the link between the world of the gods and the present generations. These histories reinforce tribal identity and solidarity and the continuity between the generations. This area was part of the seasonal trail of mahinga kai and resource gathering, and hapu and whanau bonding. Knowledge of these trails continues to be held by hapu and whanau and is regarded as a taonga (treasure). The traditional mobile lifestyle of these people led to their dependence on the resources of these wetlands where they gathered tuna (eels), native fishes, many different birds, and plant food sources such as fern and cabbage tree roots.
All element of the natural world possess mauri (a life force) and all forms of life are related (now we modern scientists claim that as the discovery of biodiversity!) The mauri of O Tu Wharekai represents the essence that binds the spiritual and physical aspects of all things together, generating and upholding all life. Mauri is a critical element of the spiritual relationship held by Ngai Tahu whanui with this area.
Until relatively recently, the name Maori Lakes was the only visible reminder (for European New Zealanders) of the storehouse of traditional knowledge and legend held by Ngai Tahu, the Maori tribe whose rohe (territory) included the Ashburton Lakes District. Thanks to a rennaisance of Maori knowledge and traditions the traditional history of this area is now receiving more acknowledgement.
The Ngai Tahu story of O Tu Wharekai - Ashburton Lakes - is given as follows: As Tu Te Rakiwhanoa shaped Te Waipounamu (South Island) to make it habitable for humans he arranged the debris in the waka a Aoraki forming the harbours and the plains and heaping up the mountains in the interior. Some of the debris fromed the wetlands of O Tu Wharekai. For Ngai Tahu such stories represent the link between the world of the gods and the present generations. These histories reinforce tribal identity and solidarity and the continuity between the generations. This area was part of the seasonal trail of mahinga kai and resource gathering, and hapu and whanau bonding. Knowledge of these trails continues to be held by hapu and whanau and is regarded as a taonga (treasure). The traditional mobile lifestyle of these people led to their dependence on the resources of these wetlands where they gathered tuna (eels), native fishes, many different birds, and plant food sources such as fern and cabbage tree roots.
All element of the natural world possess mauri (a life force) and all forms of life are related (now we modern scientists claim that as the discovery of biodiversity!) The mauri of O Tu Wharekai represents the essence that binds the spiritual and physical aspects of all things together, generating and upholding all life. Mauri is a critical element of the spiritual relationship held by Ngai Tahu whanui with this area.
Until relatively recently, the name Maori Lakes was the only visible reminder (for European New Zealanders) of the storehouse of traditional knowledge and legend held by Ngai Tahu, the Maori tribe whose rohe (territory) included the Ashburton Lakes District. Thanks to a rennaisance of Maori knowledge and traditions the traditional history of this area is now receiving more acknowledgement.
The Ngai Tahu story of O Tu Wharekai - Ashburton Lakes - is given as follows: As Tu Te Rakiwhanoa shaped Te Waipounamu (South Island) to make it habitable for humans he arranged the debris in the waka a Aoraki forming the harbours and the plains and heaping up the mountains in the interior. Some of the debris fromed the wetlands of O Tu Wharekai. For Ngai Tahu such stories represent the link between the world of the gods and the present generations. These histories reinforce tribal identity and solidarity and the continuity between the generations. This area was part of the seasonal trail of mahinga kai and resource gathering, and hapu and whanau bonding. Knowledge of these trails continues to be held by hapu and whanau and is regarded as a taonga (treasure). The traditional mobile lifestyle of these people led to their dependence on the resources of these wetlands where they gathered tuna (eels), native fishes, many different birds, and plant food sources such as fern and cabbage tree roots.
All element of the natural world possess mauri (a life force) and all forms of life are related (now we modern scientists claim that as the discovery of biodiversity!) The mauri of O Tu Wharekai represents the essence that binds the spiritual and physical aspects of all things together, generating and upholding all life. Mauri is a critical element of the spiritual relationship held by Ngai Tahu whanui with this area.