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We had an amazing time on board the Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas on our seven night cruise of New England and Canada (July 27th through August 3rd, 2018). Our third stop was Saint John, New Brunswick where we saw the Bulk Carrier Century Gold (Dowa Line) in port. Taken on Tuesday July 31st in the morning and on our way out to sea after a wonderful day in New Brunswick. Lots of amazing ships in port that day.
Part of Portland’s popular culture for more than a century, the Rose Festival has its roots in tradition while its programming is both contemporary and nostalgic. Foresighted city leaders started the festival during the first decade of the 20th Century in order to put Portland on the map and brand it the ‘summer capital of the world.’ Little did they know that more than a hundred summers later the Rose Festival would be world famous for its amazing, award-winning events, as well as serving as a community leader for celebrating values like volunteerism, patriotism and environmentalism. In 2010, the Rose Festival was finally acknowledged as Portland’s Official Festival by proclamation of the Council.
With dozens of events spotlighting the diverse interests and culture of the community, the Rose Festival makes a positive impact on hundreds of thousands of lives annually, bringing smiles to the faces of both locals and guests. Peruse this website to learn more about the festival’s three popular parades, its three-weekend urban fair packed with great entertainment, good food and fantastic features, and about the iconic Court made up of local high school women making goodwill visits all around the state. The Rose Festival makes Portland a better place to live and visit.
Photo by Betsey Merkel. University of Akron, Auburn Science and Engineering Building, 244 Sumner St, Akron, OH 44325.
Western Cuyahoga Audubon Speaker Series 2017-2018
Program: Unveiling the Lives of Seabirds Using Stable Isotopes
Presenter: Dr. Anne Wiley, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Akron
Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Rocky River Nature Center, 24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070
Description: You are what you eat. In the case of seabirds, the stable isotopes in the food and water consumed are transferred to their tissues, providing a biochemical indicator of diet and foraging locations. Dr. Wiley’s research looks at the role seabirds play in food webs, how these food webs are shifting, and the challenges of competition and reproduction with changing food webs. Join us for the program, “Unveiling the Lives of Seabirds Using Stable Isotopes.”
Programs are free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.
Details online at www.wcaudubon.org/news/speaker-series-unveiling-the-lives...
On October 5, 2016, over 650 Los Angeles real estate luminaries gathered at The Bloc downtown to celebrate 20 Years of the industry supporting lifesaving research at City of Hope. Photos by Karina Pires Photography.
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This hawk made the kill right outside the 3rd floor window of our downtown Toronto apartment on christmas day. We heard it when it caught the pigeon (my wife described it with amusing macabre as a "death coo"), saw the feathers falling as the hawk prepared its meal shortly after. At this point we didn't know what was going on; when I saw the feathers I thought they were very large snow flakes. When we went outside we saw the hawk where it perched high in the tree devouring it prey, unconcerned of our human presence. It looks like a red-tailed hawk.
We've seen this hawk three times now in this area in the last few months. Twice in two weeks.
On October 22, 2019, in light of the 100th Anniversary of the International Labour Organization the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, swissnex San Francisco, the United Nations Association of the USA San Francisco Chapter (UNASF), the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, and the University of Geneva organized an event on the gig economy, a phenomenon which has emerged as a consequence of digitalization accompanied from a societal shift in business and work culture.
PHOTOS BARAK SHRAMA FOR THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF SAN FRANCISCO
Butterflies at Wings of Fancy 2019, April 17, 2019, Brookside Gardens Conservatory. Photos by Marilyn Sklar, Montgomery Parks.
Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. Jefferson began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at the age of 14, but its construction date is typically identified as 1772. Located in Albemarle County just outside Charlottesville in the Piedmont region, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres, with Jefferson using the forced labor of slaves for extensive cultivation of tobacco and mixed crops (later shifting from tobacco cultivation to wheat in response to changing markets). Due to its architectural and historic significance, the property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. In 1987, Monticello and the nearby University of Virginia, also designed by Jefferson, were jointly designated as a single UNESCO World Heritage Site. The United States nickel has featured a depiction of Monticello on its reverse since 1938 (except for 2004-05).
Jefferson designed the main house using neoclassical design principles pioneered by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and reworking the design through much of his presidency to include design elements popular in late 18th-century Europe and integrating numerous ideas of his own. Situated on the summit of an 850 foot-high peak in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna Gap, the name Monticello derives from Italian meaning "little mountain." Along a prominent lane adjacent to the house, Mulberry Row, the plantation came to include numerous outbuildings for specialized functions, e.g., a nailery; quarters for slaves who worked in the home; gardens for flowers, produce, and Jefferson's experiments in plant breeding—along with tobacco fields and mixed crops. Cabins for slaves who worked in the fields were farther from the mansion.
At Jefferson's direction, he was buried on the grounds, in an area now designated as the Monticello Cemetery. The cemetery is owned by the Monticello Association, a society of his descendants through Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. After Jefferson's death, his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph, apart from the small family graveyard, sold Monticello for $7,500. In 1834, it was bought by Uriah P. Levy, a commodore in the U.S. Navy, for $2,500, who admired Jefferson and spent his own money to preserve the property. His nephew Jefferson Monroe Levy took over the property in 1879; he also invested considerable money to restore and preserve it. In 1923, Monroe Levy sold it for $500,000 to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF), which operates it as a house museum and educational institution.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello
Portrait of Nicholas Kotov, the Irving Langmuir Distinguished Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the North Campus Research Center at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Friday, March 8, 2024.
Kotov has recently become the inaugural director of the new Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS). One of the major technological goals of COMPASS is to design materials that are more than the sum of their parts and can be rapidly translated to manufacturing using 3D printing. Kotov pioneered complex nanomaterials for energy, healthcare and automotive industries.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Picture taken 7/23/21
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Cuba officially the Republic of Cuba , is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
Cuba an island brimming with vibrant art, soul-stirring music and villages cloaked in colonial charm. Home to nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites and a population as warm and scintillating as its tropical climate and colorful arts.
Havana is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.
The Malecón is a broad esplanade, roadway and seawall which stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana.
Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba.
Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara.
Pinar del Río is a Cuban city, capital of Pinar del Río Province.
Varadero is a resort town in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, and one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean.
Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city of Cuba.
Cienfuegos capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba.
A surreal black and white photomontage created by combining photographs of a bird and a crystal sphere in light aand shadow.
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Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
July 2015.
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President of Indonesia, H.E. Mr. Prabowo Subianto received by Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri Pabitra Margherita on his arrival in New Delhi
Beth Bechdol (left at dais), Deputy Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and Reena Ghelani, Climate Crisis Coordinator for the El Niño/La Niña Response of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), brief reporters on the humanitarian impacts of El Niño.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías
29 April 2024
New York, United States of America
Photo # UN71038725