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When I was a kid, 60 or 65 years ago, these were called Dandy Longlegs. By the time I reached high-school, I knew that a lot of my friends preferred Daddy Longlegs, and some friends were adamant that the only "real" name was crane fly. For the most part, I gave in.
But I've gone back to calling them Dandy Longlegs. Reclaiming the authenticity of my childhood, like.
This was the first I saw this season. It was inside a plastic tent we overnight plants in. I suspect the higher temperature in there awoke this guy.
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grass or other green plants that are cut and stored, without being dried first, to feed cattle in winter
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Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock.
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- Small Scale Aquaculture
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- Urban Agriculture
- Hobbyfarms
- Agricultural Research
- Aquaponics
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Located along the Historic Cloumbia River Highway (and Interstate 84) in the National Scenic Area of Oregon.
The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbours this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way. About 3 million light-years from the Milky Way, M33 is itself thought to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy and astronomers in these two galaxies would likely have spectacular views of each other's grand spiral star systems. As for the view from planet Earth, this image nicely shows off M33's star clusters and pinkish star forming regions along the galaxy's loosely wound spiral arms. In fact, the cavernous NGC 604 is the brightest star forming region, seen here at about the 2 o'clock position from the galaxy centre.
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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: Optolong L-Pro filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
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Lights 60 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 100 ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 100 ms gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI
Cpl. Jose L. Polanco (top), a 25-year-old heavy equipment mechanic for Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary, and a native of Truth or Consequences, N.M., loosens a drive shaft mount with the assistance of Lance Cpl. Tanner M. Jones, a 19-year-old light armored vehicle mechanic for CLB-31, 31st MEU, and a native of Denver, Colo., in Bradshaw Field, Australia, Sept. 1, 2013. The Marines of CLB-31's maintenance section are working long days and late nights to keep pace with the required maintenance that comes with supporting the battalion-sized element currently executing Exercise Koolendong 13. Koolendong is a week-long, live-fire exercise that demonstrates the operational reach of the 31st MEU and reinforces why it is the force of choice for the Asia-Pacific region. Also participating in the exercise is the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin and soldiers of the 5th Royal Australian Army. The 31st MEU brings what it needs to sustain itself to accomplish the mission or to pave the way for follow-on forces. The size and composition of the 31st MEU makes it well suited for amphibious operations, which includes raids, assaults, evacuations and humanitarian assistance operations.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Robbins/Released)
Nissan R390 GT1
Hot Wheels 1/64 diecasts.
The white model is better detailed with nicer wheels than the earlier red version.
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|| View On Black || Reflections on a black glass plate. The spiral mobile lies on the glass plate. || Photo - not processed ||
|| I-Ching - Hexagramm - 易經 || "Behind the door" or "Hexagramm" or "易經 ||
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Series: The orderly Chaos
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易經 = Book of Changes
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I Ching and the genetic code -
or how to heal the consciousness of the cell.
[ ... ] It wants to expand it discovered many similarities, which I represent in brief and yet some others.
1. Each genetic codon consists of 3 amino acid pairs.
A hexagram in the I Ching consists of 3 line pairs
The chaos research discovered that there is an order in the chaos. Life
developed after the so-called Period 3
2. A DNA molecule is inter alia of 4 nitrogen bases, the basic building blocks
the entire genetic code form. These are adenine, thymine, guanine
and cytosine.
The I Ching consists of the two polarities of Yin and Yang will be permanently
Change are understood and the changing yin and which
wandelndem yang.
In oriental medicine (acupuncture, acupressure) are the four elements
Metal (yang), earth (yin), fire (the changing yang) and water (the
changing yin), together with the wood element, the basis for the
Energy medicine and all other energetic healing methods.
3. Of the four nitrogen bases form the genetic code 2, a
fixed pair that is connected to 2 different ways.
It connects to adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine.
Three pairs of genetic information result in a unit, whether or codon
Triplet called. These 3 couples can register for a total of 64 different
Codons or triplets (= units of information) interconnect. This
creates the diversity of human life, but also in animal and
plant life. The diversity of creation is based on these
Nitrogen bases.
When I Ching, there are the broken and the solid line on 4
are different ways to form a solid pair of linked
Three of these pairs form a hexagram. This results in the 64
Hexagrams of the I Ching, each with a wisdom and guidance for the
Life of the enlightened people in different situations.
Include Fire, water, earth, metal: Each of these basic elements is equivalent to 2
Channel pairs, a yin and a yang meridian. The Yin meridians show how
that energy applied to the people, the Yang meridians, as he
responds to the outside.
4. The genetic code is a double helix that we are in a
winding rope ladder can compare. The strands are from a 5
C sugar and phosphates, the rungs of this ladder of the nitrogen bases
the codons formed. This double helix is self-contained, has
is no definable beginning and no definable end. The beginning
and the end of a sequence of information is called off and
Stop codons appear.
The I Ching is also known as the Book of Changes. It describes
processes in human life, it as cyclical, always
recurring cycles recognizes that with the right attitude
and approach is not helpless. Again, there are
Hexagrams, the right of the beginning or the end or change
information of enterprises.
Among the four basic elements are used in Eastern medicine more than 5
Element of the wood element, which stands for vitality, and the
Protection system that allows the 5 elements, their shape and structure
and keep to keep them under different conditions of life, added. Man
they could thus also with the strands of the conductor and the basic elements
compare their shoots. Here too, the working of the life energy meridians
as cyclical, often embedded in a circuit. Those
the treatment and healing with the energy meridians or
Energy points aligned.
Of the hexagrams of the I Ching can be direct connections to the
Elements in Eastern medicine and acupuncture meridians to certain
(= Channel in which life energy flows) produce. [...]
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I Ging und genetischer Code –
oder wie man das Bewußtsein der Zelle heilen kann.
[…] Dabei entdeckte sie viele verschiedene Gemeinsamkeiten, die ich im Folgenden kurz darstellen und noch um einige andere erweitern möchte.
1. Jedes genetische Codon besteht aus 3 Aminosäure-Paaren.
Ein Hexagramm im I Ging besteht aus 3 Strichpaaren
Die Chaosforschung entdeckte, daß es im Chaos eine Ordnung gibt. Leben
entwickelt sich nach der so genannten Periode 3
2. Ein DNA-Molekül besteht u.a. aus 4 Stickstoffbasen, die die Grundbausteine
des gesamten genetischen Codes bilden. Dies sind Adenin, Thymin, Guanin
und Cytosin.
Das I Ging besteht aus den beiden Polaritäten Yin, und Yang die in ständigem
Wandel begriffen sind und dem sich wandelnden yin und dem sich
wandelndem yang.
In der östlichen Medizin (Akupunktur, Akupressur) bilden die 4 Elemente
Metall (yang), Erde (yin), Feuer (das sich wandelnde yang) und Wasser (das
sich wandelnde yin) zusammen mit dem Holz-Element die Basis für die
Energiemedizin und alle anderen energetischen Heilweisen.
3. Von den vier Stickstoffbasen des genetischen Codes bilden 2 jeweils ein
feststehendes Paar, das auf 2 verschiedene Weisen verbunden ist.
Es verbindet sich Adenin mit Thymin und Guanin mit Cytosin.
Drei Paare ergeben eine genetische Informationseinheit, auch Codon oder
Triplet genannt. Diese 3 Paare können sich zu insgesamt 64 verschiedenen
Codons oder Triplets (= Informationseinheiten) miteinander verbinden. Daraus
entsteht die Vielfalt des menschlichen Lebens, aber auch des tierischen und
pflanzlichen Lebens. Die Vielfalt der Schöpfung basiert auf diesen
Stickstoffbasen.
Beim I Ging gibt es die unterbrochene und die durchgezogene Linie, die auf 4
verschiedene Weisen zu einem festen Paar verknüpft werden
Drei dieser Paare ergeben ein Hexagramm. Dadurch entstehen die 64
Hexagramme des I Ging, die jeweils eine Weisheit und eine Anleitung für die
Lebensweise des erleuchteten Menschen in unterschiedlichen Lebenslagen
beinhalten.
Feuer; Wasser; Erde; Metall: Jedem dieser Grundelemente entsprechen 2
Meridianpaare, ein yin und ein yang Meridian. Die Yin Meridiane zeigen, wie
die jeweilige Energie auf den Menschen einwirkt, die Yang Meridiane, wie er
darauf nach außen reagiert.
4. Der genetische Code bildet eine Doppelhelix, die wir mit einer in sich
gewundenen Strickleiter vergleichen können. Die Stränge werden von einem 5
C Zucker und Phosphaten, die Sprossen dieser Leiter von den Stickstoffbasen
der Codons gebildet. Diese Doppelhelix ist jedoch in sich geschlossen, besitzt
also keinen definierbaren Anfang und kein definierbares Ende. Der Anfang
und das Ende einer Informationssequenz wird durch so genannte Start und
Stop Codons angezeigt.
Das I Ging wird auch als das Buch der Wandlungen bezeichnet. Es beschreibt
die Abläufe im menschlichen Leben, die es als zyklische, immer
wiederkehrende Kreisläufe erkennt, denen man mit der rechten Einstellung
und Herangehensweise nicht hilflos ausgeliefert ist. Auch hier gibt es
Hexagramme, die über den rechten Beginn oder den Abschluss bzw. Wandel
von Unternehmungen informieren.
Zu den 4 Grundelementen kommen in der östlichen Medizin noch als 5.
Element das Holz-Element, das für Lebendigkeit steht, sowie das
Schutzsystem, das den 5 Elementen ermöglicht ihre Form und Struktur zu
bewahren und unter verschiedenen Lebensbedingungen zu halten, hinzu. Man
könnte sie also auch mit den Strängen der Leiter und die Grundelemente mit
ihren Sprossen vergleichen. Auch hier wird das Wirken der Lebensenergiemeridiane
als zyklisch, in einem Kreislauf eingebettet angesehen. Danach ist
auch die Behandlung und Heilung mit den Energiemeridianen oder
Energiepunkten ausgerichtet.
Von den Hexagrammen des I Ging kann man direkte Verbindungen zu den
Elementen in der östlichen Medizin und damit zu bestimmten Akupunkturmeridianen
(= Bahnen in denen unsere Lebensenergie fließt) herstellen. […]
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Source: I Ching and the genetic Code
At 21:47 GMT, the equinox happened, and so from then on, light is destined to win over darkness. Which meant, of course, that the day before then was the shortest "day", or amount of daylight.
This is the end of the year, the build up and excitement before Christmas, and at the same time, looking back at the year, and what has happened in the previous 50 or so weeks. So, a time of mixed emotions, good and bad, happy and sad.
But I was on vacation, or not going to work.
I am not up to date, but I did all the tasks I was supposed to do, threw a few electronic grenades over the walls, and was now happy not to think of that shit for two whole weeks.
For Jools, however, there was half a day to do, and then her employers paid for all those employed at the factory to go to a fancy place in Folkestone for lunch, drinks at the bar and a bottle of wine between four folks.
It was, in short, a time for celebration. Something I realise has not happened in my job since I left operational quality, to be happy and give thanks to those we work with. And be recognised for the good job we do.
So, I was to take Jools to work, and have the car for the day.
Jools was conscious that my plan for the day involved driving to the far west of Kent, so realised I needed an early start, and not dropping her off in Hythe at seven.
We left after coffee just after six, driving through Dover and Folkestone on the main road and motorway before turning over the downs into Hythe. I dropped her off in the town, so she could get some walking in. She always didn't walk, as waves of showers swept over the town, and me as I drove back home for breakfast and do all the chores before leaving on a mini-churchcrawl.
So, back home for breakfast, more coffee, wash up, do the bird feeders and with postcodes, set out for points in the extreme west. Now, Kent is not a big county, not say, Texas big, but it takes some time to get to some parts of the west of the county. Main roads run mainly from London to the coast, so going cross-country or cross-county would take time.
At first it was as per normal up the A20 then onto the motorway to Ashford then to Maidstone until the junction before the M26 starts. One of the reasons for going later was to avoid rush hours in and around Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
As it was, after turning down the A road, things were fine until I got to Mereworth, but from there the road began to twist and turn until it lead me into Tonbridge. Once upon a time, this was a sleepy village or small town. The the railways came and it became a major junction. The road to Penshurt took me though the one way system, then down the wide High Street, over the river Medway and up the hill the other side.
Two more turns took me to my target, through what were once called stockbroker mansions, then down a hill, with the village laid out before me just visible through the trees.
The village was built around the outskirts of Penshurst Place, home to the Sidney family since Tudor times. Just about everything is named the Leicester something, the village having its own Leicester Square, though with no cinemas, and all timber framed houses and painfully picturesque.
The church lays behind the houses, the tower in golden sandstone topped with four spirelets.
I parked the car, and armed with two cameras, several lenses and a photographer's eye, walked to the church.
The reason for coming was I can only remember a little about my previous visit, but the Leicester name thing triggered in my head the thought the memorials and tombs might be worth a revisit.
So there I was.
Gilbert Scott was very busy here, so there is little of anything prior to the 19th century, but the memorials are there. Including one which features the heads of the children of Robert Sidney (d1702) in a cloud. Including the eldest son who died, apparently, so young he wasn't named, and is recorded as being the first born.
This is in the Sidney Chapel where the great and good are buried and remembered, it has a colourful roof, or roof beams, and heraldic shields. It has a 15th century font, which, sadly, has been brightly painted so is gaudy in the extreme.
I go around getting my shots, leave a fiver for the church. Go back to the car and program Speldhurst into the sat nav.
Its just a ten minute drive, but there is no place to park anywhere near the church. I could see from my slow drive-by the porch doors closed, and I convinced myself they were locked and not worth checking out.
I went on to Groombridge, where there is a small chapel with fabulous glass. I had been here before too, but wanted to redo my shots.
It was by now pouring with rain, and as dark as twilight, I missed the church on first pass, went to the mini-roundabout only to discover that it and the other church in the village were in Sussex. I turned round, the church looked dark and was almost certainly locked. I told myself.
I didn't stop here either, so instead of going to the final village church, I went straigh to Tunbridge Wells where there was another church to revisit.
I drove into the town, over the man road and to the car park with no waiting in traffic, how odd, I thought.
It was hard to find a parking space, but high up in the parking house there were finally spaced. I parked near the stairs down, grabbed my cameras and went down.
I guess I could have parked nearer the church, but once done it would be easier to leave the town as the road back home went past the exit.
I ambled down the hill leading to the station, over the bridge and down the narrow streets, all lined with shops. I think its fair to say that it is a richer town than Dover because on one street there were three stores offering beposke designer kitchens.
The church is across the road from the Georgian square known at The Pantiles, but it was the church I was here to visit.
I go in, and there is a service underway. I decide to sit at the back and observe.
And pray.
I did not take communion, though. The only one there who didn't.
About eight elderly parishioners did, though.
I was here to photograph the ceiling, and then the other details I failed to record when we were last here over a decade ago.
I was quizzed strongly by a warden as to why I was doing this. I had no answer other than I enjoyed it, and for me that is enough.
After getting my shots, I leave and begin the slog back up to the car, but on the way keeping my promise to a young man selling the Big Issue that I would come back and buy a copy. I did better than that in that I gave him a fiver and didn't take a copy.
He nearly burst into tears. I said, there is kindness in the world, and some of us do keep our promises.
By the time I got to the car park, it was raining hard again. I had two and a half hours to get to Folkestone to pick up Jools after her meal.
Traffic into Tunbridge Wells from this was was crazy, miles and miles of queues, so I was more than happy going the other way.
I get back to the M20, cruise down to Ashford, stopping at Stop 24 services for a coffee and something to eat. I had 90 minutes to kill, so eat, drink and scroll Twitter as I had posted yet more stuff that morning. In other news: nothing changed, sadly.
At quarter past four I went to pick up Jools, stopping outside the restaurant. When she got in she declared she had been drinking piña coladas. Just two, but she was bubby and jabbering away all the way home.
With Jools having eaten out, and with snacks I had, no dinner was needed, so when suppertime came round, we dined on cheese and crackers, followed by a large slice of Christmas cake.
She was now done for Christmas too.
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The red brick church stands on a busy junction at the end of the Pantiles whose patrons it was built to serve in 1678. Within thirty years it had been extended on two occasions to more or less reach its present size. The ceiling bears the date 1678 and is rather domestic in character, based on deep circular domes with putti, palms and swags. The stained glass in the east window is based on a picture by Alex Ender and was designed by Heaton, Butler and Bayne in 1901. There is an excellent window under the north gallery designed by Lawrence Lee in 1969. The church was sympathetically restored by Ewan Christian in 1882, when the shallow chancel was added. The woodwork it contains was brought from one of Wren's City of London churches. Outside the west wall of the church, set into the footpath, is a boundary marker to show the former parish boundaries of Tonbridge and Speldhurst.
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The large and populous hamlet or village of TUNBRIDGE-WELLS is situated at the south-east boundary of this parish; part of it only is in Speldhurst, another part in the parish of Tunbridge, and the remainder in that of Fant, in the county of Suffex. It consists of four smaller districts, named from the hills on which they stand, Mount Ephraim, Mount Pleasant, and Mount Sion; the other is called The Wells, from their being within it, which altogether form a considerable town; but the last is the centre of business and pleasure, for there, besides the Wells themselves, are the market, public parades, assembly rooms, taverns, shops, &c. Near the Wells is the chapel, which stands remarkably in the three parishes above mentioned—the pulpit in Speldhurst, the altar in Tunbridge, and the vestry in Fant, and the stream, which parted the two counties of Kent and Suffex, formerly ran underneath it, but is now turned to a further distance from it. The right of patronage is claimed by the rector of Speldhurst, though he has never yet possessed the chapel or presented to it; the value of it is about two hundred pounds per annum, which sum is raised by voluntary subscription; divine service is performed in it every day in summer, and three times a week in winter. Adjoining to it is a charity school, for upwards of fifty poor boys and girls, which is supported by a contribution, collected at the chapel doors, two or three times a year.
The trade of Tunbridge-wells is similar to that of Spa, in Germany, and consists chiefly in a variety of toys, made of wood, commonly called Tunbridge ware, which employs a great number of hands. The wood principally used for this purpose is beech and sycamore, with yew and holly inlaid, and beautifully polished. To the market of this place is brought, in great plenty, from the South downs, in Sussex, the little bird, called the wheatear, which, from its delicacy, is usually called the English ortolan. It is not bigger in size than a lark; it is almost a lump of fat, and of a very delicious taste; it is in season only in the midst of summer, when the heat of the weather, and the fatness of it, prevents its being sent to London, which otherwise would, in all likelihood, monopolize every one of them. On the other or Suffex side of the Medway, above a mile from the Wells, are the rocks, which consist of a great number of rude eminences, adjoining to each other, several of which are seventy feet in height; in several places there are cliffs and chasms which lead quite through the midst of them, by narrow gloomy passages, which strike the beholder with astonishment.
THESE MEDICINAL WATERS, commonly called TUNBRIDGE-WELLS, lie so near to the county of Suffex that part of them are within it, for which reason they were for some time called Fant-wells, as being within that parish. (fn. 1) Their efficacy is reported to have been accidentally found out by Dudley lord North, in the beginning of the reign of king James I. Whilst he resided at Eridge-house for his health, lord Abergavenny's seat, in this neighbourhood, and that he was entirely cured of the lingering consumptive disorder he laboured under by the use of them.
The springs, which were then discovered, seem to have been seven in number, two of the principal of which were some time afterwards, by lord Abergavenny's care, inclosed, and were afterwards much resorted to by many of the middling and lower sort, whose ill health had real occasion for the use of them. In which state they continued till queen Henrietta Maria, wife of king Charles I. having been sent hither by her physicians, in the year 1630, for the reestablishment of her health, soon brought these waters into fashion, and occasioned a great resort to them from that time. In compliment to her doctor, Lewis Rowzee, in his treatise on them, calls these springs the Queen's-wells; but this name lasted but a small time, and they were soon afterwards universally known by that of Tunbridge-wells, which names they acquired from the company usually residing at Tunbridge town, when they came into these parts for the benefit of drinking the waters.
The town of Tunbridge being five miles distant from the wells, occasioned some few houses to be built in the hamlets of Southborough and Rusthall, for the accommodation of the company resorting hither, and this place now becoming fashionable, was visited by numbers for the sake of pleasure and dissipation, as well as for the cure of their infirmities; and soon after the Restoration every kind of building, for public amusements, was erected at the two hamlets above mentioned, lodgings and other buildings were built at and near the wells, the springs themselves were secured, and other conveniencies added to them. In 1664, the queen came here by the advice of her physicians, in hopes of reinstating her health, which was greatly impaired by a dangerous fever, and her success, in being perfectly cured by these waters, greatly raised the reputation of them, and the company increasing yearly, it induced the inhabitants to make every accommodation for them adjoining to the Wells, so that both Rusthall and Southborough became ruinous and deserted by all but their native inhabitants. The duke of York, with his duchess, and the two princesses their daughters, visited Tunbridge-wells in the year 1670, which brought much more company than usual to them, and raised their reputation still higher; and the annual increase continuing, it induced the lord of the manor to think of improving this humour of visiting the wells to his own profit as well as the better accommodation of the company. To effect which, he entered into an agreement with his tenants, and hired of them the herbage of the waste of the manor for the term of fifty years, at the yearly rent of ten shillings to each tenant, and then erected shops and houses on and near the walks and springs, in every convenient spot for that purpose; by which means Tunbridge wells became a populous and flourishing village, well inhabited, for whose convenience, and the company resorting thither, a chapel was likewise built, in 1684, by subscription, on some ground given by the lady viscountess Purbeck, which was, about twelve years afterwards, enlarged by an additional subscription, amounting together to near twenty-three hundred pounds.
About the year 1726, the building lease, which had been granted by the lord of the manor of Rusthall, in which this hamlet is situated, expiring, the tenants of the manor claimed a share in the buildings, as a compensation for the loss of the herbage, which was covered by his houses. This occasioned a long and very expensive law suit between them, which was at last determined in favour of the tenants, who were adjudged to have a right to a third part of the buildings then erected on the estate, in lieu of their right to the herbage; upon which all the shops and houses, which had been built on the manor waste, were divided into three lots, of which the tenants were to draw one, and the other two were to remain to the lord of the manor; the lot which the tenants drew was the middle one, which included the assembly room on the public walk, which has since turned out much the most advantageous of the three. After which long articles of agreement, in 1739, were entered into between Maurice Conyers, esq. then lord of the manor of Rusthall, and the above mentioned tenants of it, in which, among many other matters, he agreed to permit the public walks and wells, and divers other premises there, to be made use of for the public benefit of the nobility and gentry resorting thereto, and several regulations were made in them concerning the walks, wells, and wastes of the manor, and for the restraining buildings on the waste, between the lord and his tenants, according to a plan therein specified; all which were confirmed and established by an act of parliament, passed in 1740. Since which several of the royal family have honoured these wells with their presence, and numbers of the nobility and persons of rank and fashion yearly resortto them, so that this place is now in a most flourishing state, having great numbers of good houses built for lodgings, and every other necessary accommodation for the company. Its customs are settled; the employment of the dippers regulated; (fn. 2) its pleasures regulated; its markets well and plentifully supplied, at a reasonable rate, with sowl, fish, meat, every other kind of food, and every convenience added that can contribute to give health and pleasure.
¶The whole neighbourhood of Tunbridge-wells abounds with springs of mineral water, but as the properties of all are nearly the same, only those two, which at the first discovery of them were adjudged the best, are held in any particular estimation. These two wells are enclosed with a handsome triangular stone wall; over the springs are placed two convenient basons of Portland stone, with perforations at the bottom; one of them being given by queen Anne, and the other by the lord of the manor; through which they receive the water, which at the spring is extremely clear and bright. Its taste is steely, but not disagreeable; it has hardly any smell, though sometimes, in a dense air, its ferruginous exhalations are very distinguishable. In point of heat it is invariably temperate, the spring lying so deep in the earth, that neither the heat of summer, nor the cold of winter, affects it. When this water is first taken up in a large glass, its particles continue at rest till it is warmed to nearly the heat of the atmosphere, then a few airy globules begin to separate themselves, and adhere to the sides of the glass, and in a few hours a light copper coloured scum begins to float on the surface, after which an ochreous sediment settles at the bottom. Long continued rains sometimes give the water a milky appearance, but do not otherwise sensibly affect it. From the experiments of different physicians, it appears that the component parts of this water are, steely particles, marine salts, an oily matter, an ochreous substance, simple water, and a volatile vitriolic spirit, too subtile for any chemical analysis. In weight it is, in seven ounces and a quarter, four grains lighter than the German Spa (to which it is preferable on that account) and ten grains lighter than common water; with syrup of violets this water gives a deep green, as vitriols do. (fn. 3) It requires five drops of oleum sulphuris, or elixir of vitriol, to a quart of water, to preserve its virtues to a distance from the spring.
This water is said to be an impregnation of rain in some of the neighbouring eminences, which abound in iron mineral, where it is further enriched with the marine salts and all the valuable ingredients, which constitute it a light and pure chalybeate, which instantly searches the most remote recesses of the human frame, warms and invigorates the relaxed constitution, restores the weakened fibres to their due tone and elasticity, removes those obstructions to which the minuter vessels of the body are liable, and is consequently adapted to most cold chronical disorders, lowness of spirits, weak digestions, and nervous complaints. Dr. Lodowick Rowzee, of Ashford, in this county, wrote a Treatise of the Nature and Virtues of these Waters, printed in 12mo. 1671; and Dr. Patrick Madan wrote a Philosophical and Medical Essay on them, in 1687, in quarto.
Brighton Seafront
Zorki 3M and 35mm Jupiter 12 lens on Soviet Svema DS-4 film with an expiry date of 1991, I exposed as 20 ASA and developed in old ORWO Color C5168 chemistry.
The Mallard, or Wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos[1]), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical Americas, Europe, Asia, New Zealand (where it is currently the most common duck species), and Australia.
The male birds have a bright green head, while the female's is light brown. The Mallard lives in wetlands, eats water plants, and is gregarious. It is also migratory. The Mallard is the ancestor of all domestic ducks, and can interbreed with other species of genus Anas.[2] This interbreeding is causing rarer species of ducks to become genetically diluted.
The Mallard is 56–65 centimetres (22–26 in) long, has a wingspan of 81–98 centimetres (32–39 in), and weighs 0.9–1.2 kilograms (32–42 oz). The breeding male is unmistakable, with a bright green head, black rear end and a yellowish orange (can also contain some red) bill tipped with black (as opposed to the dark brown bill in females), and is also nature's most feared duck. The female Mallard is light brown, like most female dabbling ducks. However, both the female and male Mallards have distinct purple speculum edged with white, prominent in flight or at rest (though temporarily shed during the annual summer moult). In non-breeding (eclipse) plumage the drake becomes drab, looking more like the female, but still distinguishable by its yellow bill and reddish breast.
In captivity, domestic ducks come in wild-type plumages, white, and other colours. Most of these colour variants are also known in domestic Mallards not bred as livestock, but kept as pets, aviary birds, etc., where they are rare but increasing in availability.
A noisy species, the male has a nasal call, the female has a "quack" stereotypically associated with ducks.[3]
The Mallard is a rare example of both Allen's Rule and Bergmann's Rule in birds. Bergmann's Rule, which states that polar forms tend to be larger than related ones from warmer climates, has numerous examples in birds. Allen's Rule says that appendages like ears tend to be smaller in polar forms to minimize heat loss, and larger in tropical and desert equivalents to facilitate heat diffusion, and that the polar taxa are stockier overall. Examples of this rule in birds are rare, as they lack external ears. However, the bill of ducks is very well supplied with blood vessels and is vulnerable to cold.
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A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs. It is sometimes referred to as a hog pen, hog parlor, pigpen, pig parlor, or pig-cote. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud. "Sty" and "pigsty" and "pigpen" are used as derogatory descriptions of dirty messy areas. There are three contributing reasons that pigs, generally clean animals, create such a living environment:
Pigs are voracious eaters and will eat all the plants in the enclosure until there is nothing left to control erosion.
The pig is a rooting animal and will dig for food in the enclosure, further disturbing the soil.
Pigs do not regulate temperature by sweating which means that they must be provided with water or mud in which they can control their own body temperature.
A large-scale enclosure for raising pigs is generally called a hog lot. Unlike a sty which would be found on a mixed farm, a hog lot is usually a dedicated facility.
Et plus particulièrement la renoncule âcre (Ranunculus acris L.) de la famille des Renonculacées.
Il y a de nombreuses espèces de renoncules en France, et rien que sur cette pelouse, 3 espèces différentes de renoncules ! La plupart sont jaunes, mais certaines sont blanches, comme la renoncule à feuilles capillaires (aquatique) ou la renoncule des rivières qui lui ressemble. Pour les néophytes, d'autres plantes peuvent ressembler aux boutons d'or mais appartiennent à d'autres familles : les hélianthèmes (Cistacées) et les potentilles (Rosacées).
L'observation du calice permet cependant de les distinguer :
- les renoncules ont un calice à 5 sépales égaux ;
- les hélianthèmes ont un calice particulier, inégal, avec trois gros sépales et 2 petits, comme d'autres plantes de la même famille ;
- le calice des potentilles est doublé d'un calicule, c'est-à -dire qu'il y a 2 verticilles de 5 sépales, soit 10 en tous, comme chez d'autres Rosaceae.