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Learning a language helps to maintain cognitive function and will allow me to order a cortado correctly.
I'm also getting value from the Council Tax I pay!
And one day maybe I can read Pablo Neruda in the original language.
A boy playing his accordeon in the street, without a permit.
A policeman telling him to pack it in and leave.
Rue au Beurre (Boterstraat), Brussels, Belgium.
SPNC - Year 4 - Instruction # 03
"Avoid tunnel vision, let the edges compete for attention in the frame."
While the right feet does the tattu and meetu, the left feet just does the mettu.
"Thaati-means to tap, metti- means to hit the floor with the heel while being rooted on the toes “ in Bharatanatyam ,a classical Indian dance .
Bangalore,India.
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If waxwings could talk, I imagine the conversation went something like this: (on the right) "Hey, I was here first, why don't you just make like the birds and flock-off!"..... (the left one responds)--"Oh ya, you and whose army gonna' make me birdbrain!"
Because mountain ash berries ferment and produce alcohol after the first frost, sometimes the birds get quite drunk. CBC News did an interesting story that went viral recently about Yukon's "drunk tank" for waxwings www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/drunk-birds-sober-up-in-envi...
. . . thanx to Jinterwas for this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/jinterwas/5254837731/ . . . and DigiDi for this one . . . www.flickr.com/photos/digidi/4608210102/
Galanthus nivalis ~ The generic name Galanthus, from the Greek gala (milk) and anthos (flower). . . The epithet "nivalis" means "of the snow", referring either to the snow-like flower or the plant's early flowering
Most beautiful waterfalls in the world you should visit – The waterfall is one of the beauties that can make us amazed to see it. The melodious sound of water rushing and running water make us homesick. have you ever visited a waterfall? if you visit the waterfall that was beautiful? whether you visit water falls is the most beautiful waterfalls in the world? The following are the most beautiful waterfalls in the world you should visit
Huangguoshu Waterfall – China
Huangguoshu Waterfall, is located in Anshun, is one of the largest waterfalls in China, with a height of 255ft (77.8m). Name it, ‘Huangguoshu’, literally translated as ‘yellow fruit tree’. Known as the Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park.
Angel Falls – Venezuela
Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, has a height of 3212ft (979m). And a decrease in total fell along the 2648ft (807m) on the side of Mount Auyantepui. The name, ‘Angel Falls’, taken from Jimmie Angel, an aviator who flew over the mountain in 1933. The waterfall is also known as Kerepakupai Vena, in Pemon language, which means ‘waterfall deepest place’. Angel Falls is part of the Canaima National Park in Venezuela, a UNESCO World Heritage site, designated in 1994.
Yosemite waterfalls – USA
Yosemite Falls (Niagara Yosemite) with 3 levels with a total height of 2425 ft, located in Yosemite National Park, California. If the three levels considered as a whole, Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America and the fifth highest in the world. Three levels including the Upper (1430ft), the middle cascades (675ft) and most lower (320ft). This waterfall is almost entirely from snow melt, which can cause the water to become less or even stops, at certain times of the year.
Kaieteur Falls – Guyana
Kaieteur Falls with a high volume of water, waterfalls waterfalls located in Guyana Kaieteur part of the National Park. At an altitude of 741ft (226m), has the bulk of the largest waterfalls in the world. The height is five times higher than Niagara Falls, and two times higher than the Victoria Falls. In the Amerindian language, Kaieteur means ‘parents fall’, described as an old man who pushed above the falls from a boat by his relatives.
Plitvice Waterfall – Croatia
Waterfall Plitvice is a collection of lakes and cascading waterfalls, and is part of the National Park Plitvice Lakes in Croatia. Regarded as one of the greatest natural wonders of the world, Plitvice Lakes National Park declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979. Covering an area of 296 square km, is the oldest national park in Southeast Europe, which was founded in 1949. More than 1.2 million visits recorded each year, making it one of the national parks in Croatia with the biggest travel.
Well, how? incredible, right? immediately stacking plan your holiday and enter the waterfall on your holiday list. Thank you for reading this article, may be useful for those of you who are looking for a holiday reference, and hopefully can add insight.
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Arawak was the language of the first settlers on the island of Jamaica, the Tainos. The Tainos arrived in Jamaica somewhere near 600 AD. It is assumed that the Tainos were the natives of the northern coast of South America.
The Arawakan speaking Tainos were peace-loving people. They settled down in Jamaica and continued to live there for almost 900 years. The existence of the Tainos was threatened when the Spanish invaded Jamaica in 1494. Spanish Conquest was devastating to the First Nation on the Island which let to extinction.
The Tainos became an extinct race within 50 years of the arrival of the Spanish. People were killed, some died of hunger, some were unable to survive the diseases brought in by the Spanish. Many committed suicide to escape being enslaved by the Spanish.
With the extinction of the Taino from Jamaica, their language Arawak was almost led to complete annihilation. The ups and downs in the history of Jamaica was enough to erase the Arawak language. The language belongs to the Arawakan Group of languages. Though some parts of the Caribbean still has other dialects belonging to the group, the Arawak as spoken by the Taino is absent.
Arawak has however contributed certain words to the English language. The list of Arawak words adopted into English include words like 'hammock', 'hurricane', 'tobacco', 'barbeque', 'cassava', 'guava' and 'canoe'.
Interestingly the word Jamaica has been derived from the Arawak word 'xaymaca' which means the 'land of wood and water' or the 'land of forest and water'. Arawak as a language of the Tainos may not be in vogue but it has definitely contributed to the enrichment of the English language.
Today no trace of Taino people can be found on the Island except for their artifacts and ruined settlements unearthed by archaeologist.
Reconsider Columbus Day (VIDEO)
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Today all over the world tribal peoples continue to be threatened by outsiders. Over one hundred tribes around the world choose to reject contact with outsiders. They are the most vulnerable peoples on the planet. Many of them are living on the run, fleeing invasions of their land by colonists, loggers, oil crews and cattle ranchers. They have often seen their friends and families die at the hands of outsiders, in unreported massacres or epidemics.
Six Aboriginal language groups are the traditional owners of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area:
Darug.
Gundungurra.
Wanaruah.
Wiradjuri.
Darkinjung.
Tharawal.
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. I pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
Glen Davis is an old shale mining town located 70 kilometres north of Lithgow in the Capertee Valley, Glen Davis constituted the only attempt to commercially produce petrol from shale oil in Australia.
In the Glen Davis park there is an amenities block and a number of B.B.Q's. Camping is allowed. There are no petrol or general store facilities.
From Lithgow take the Mudgee Road across the overhead pass, driving past the Wallerawang Power Station. Following the Mudgee Road you pass several coal mines until you reach Capertee. Turn right onto the gravel road and follow the road through beautiful scenery and spectacular escarpments. Oil shale was first discovered in the northern side of the Capertee Valley around 1865 by local grazier Mr. B.R. McLean. Glen Davis still has the largest seam of high grade oil shale in the world. The first shale oil lease was granted in 1891 to MPI Mining Development which later abandoned the scheme. This site was the centre point for the future development.
The wartime petrol shortage caused the Government to organise a revival of oil shale mining and treatment in 1940. Mr. G, F, Davis of Davis Gelantine undertook the proposed development and a new company was formed (National Oil Pty. Ltd.). Much of the equipment from the abandoned Newnes oil shale works was transferred to Glen Davis.
A pipeline was built so that products could be pumped to storage tanks at Newnes Junction. The pipeline followed the route of the Newnes railway line which was removed in the 1940's. In 1940 the first oil was produced and in 1941 some 4,273,315 gallons were produced. 170 miners were employed.
Initial housing conditions were deplorable. Lack of schooling facilities, unreliable food supplies and endemic diseases accentuated the already poor living conditions. By 1947 the situation had improved. A hotel, barracks, staff cottages and permanent housing had been built. The town population of 1,600 had access to a school, post office, hall, cinema, bank, chemist, butcher and general stores.
By 1950 production levels were dropping and operating costs were continuing to rise. The years of industrial trouble, difficulties with retorts, Labour, material shortages and the importing of middle east crude-oil finally led to the closure of the works in 1952. The plant was sold at auction.
Forgotten Language
Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,
Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the housefly
in my bed.
Once I heard and answered all the questions
of the crickets,
And joined the crying of each falling dying
flake of snow,
Once I spoke the language of the flowers. . . .
How did it go?
How did it go?
-shel silverstein
This is my LOVELY friend Candice. She was kind enough to model for me today on the quad.
I had this photo idea in my "to do" list and today I finally did it, but I think I saw it somewhere else, maybe in a film or something, any idea?
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This is my favorite illustration of the week,. I like everything about it--the simple style, the typefaces, and the idea that sentences have structure. They don't teach language like this anymore.
Shaheed Minar (Language Martyrs’ Monument) in Khulna City built in memory of the students and others killed during the historical language movement on 21 February 1952. Bangladesh.
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