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I've not been out with the camera for a while, due to family issues and a series of equipment problems: my go to D500 camera had a shutter break at Bempton in July; my iMac expired mid September, which has prevented any photo processing since that time and I lost my access to Flickr for a number of weeks; then on holiday in late September in south Devon, I got caught in a heavy squall on Bolberry Down and my D7200 camera was reduced to an expensive paperweight and 500mmPF lens was also damaged. My trip to Frampton was an exercise in checking out this lens, which has been confirmed as faulty. I use the 500mmPF lens as a go to lightweight walkabout lens so I may not be out much in the foreseeable future either, being limited in available kit.
The lens was a delight to use at Frampton, since it only allowed one shot (no burst shooting), then jammed and displayed "err" and had to be switched off for a number of seconds before the next shot could be fired, as well as having a focusing problem. Great fun. I was quite pleased to get this shot, as the adjacent track was busy in late afternoon, with people passing to and from the car park, the flock of mixed Goldfinches and Greenfinches, plus sparrows getting in on the act were quite skittish and easily flushed up, back to the hedge where they waited, across the track.
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“Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We are each the masters of our own reality; when we become self-aware to this: absolutely anything in the world is possible.
Master yourself, and become king of the world around you. Let no odds, chastisement, exile, doubt, fear, or ANY mental virii prevent you from accomplishing your dreams. Never be a victim of life; be it's conqueror.”
― Mike Norton
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Theodore Roosevelt
The slogan 'The buck stops here' is a promise that responsibility will not be passed on to anyone else. What's the origin of the phrase 'The buck stops here'? U.S. president Harry S. Truman had a sign on his desk with 'The buck stops here' inscribed on it.
NBC News’ Kristin Welker asked the president(Trump) if he is to blame for the lag in testing. “No, I don’t take responsibility at all,” he responded before quickly moving to his tried and true strategy: blame Obama. “We were given rules, regulations, and specifications from a different time.”
But that simply isn’t true. No remaining Obama-era regulation has prevented the administration from rolling out tests.
VOTE!! RESIST!! kick our president out of office at the polls!! stay safe and well :-)
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This green heron was perched, ready to strike. The algae was still covering Commonwealth Lake when I shot this in August, but that didn't seem to prevent the heron from seeing its prey.
Hardware: Nikon D750, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm, f/2.8, ISO 800, and exposure 30s
I submitted this image to the Arizona Highways magazine 2020 photo contest. It required a title and description. I struggled most with a title, and ultimately called it "Camping Reflections" based on my description below:
I am an amateur photographer and decided that while camping at Big Lake, I would attempt to photograph the milky way over the lake. Camping at Big Lake is something of a tradition among the men in our family, and on this trip I was with my brothers-in-law and two of my nephews. I’d researched some locations as well as various tips/tricks to get a starting point for capturing something worth printing. I drove out to Reservation Lake the night before and took several shots of the milky way, which I shared with my nephews the following morning. The night this photo was taken, I’d calculated the drive and setup time so I could be in position to shoot the galactic center of the milky way. It had rained heavily at the campground all afternoon, and was still cloudy as it approached the time to leave. I was hesitant to go as I believed more rain was coming, but decided to give it a shot at the last minute. As I informed the family of my intentions, much to my surprise, but my nephews both jumped up and said, “we want to come.”
We got there, setup the gear, and waited to see what the night had in store. As luck would have it, there were clouds blocking our view. We watched, waited, and managed to get several shots between cloud banks. Just when we thought we would have to call it a night, the clouds overhead started to thin. Soon, we had an unobstructed view of the milky way, and could see the occasional flicker of lighting off to the southwest. We saw the thunderstorm was moving into view when my nephew asked if we could “get the lightning too.” We spent the next hour playing with the settings trying to find a setup that worked for both the storm and milky way. We progressed to a point where we’d open the shutter, and hope that we could get a flash of lightning during the exposure.
I struggled to title this picture as it captured so much in one image. The power of the storm crossing the horizon, the sound of the rolling thunder, the insignificance felt standing under all those stars, the glow of the warm campfires across the lake… But the feelings the image is unable to convey is the fun we had capturing it, the excitement we felt when the lightning would flash during an exposure, nor the anticipation waiting for the image to be saved so that we could view it. Over the years our camper ranks have dwindled. Primarily as the younger generations graduate and move on to college or careers. It won’t be much longer until, like my son, my nephews will have obligations preventing them from camping with us. But every time I look at the image I will be reminded of that night and how much it meant to me.
I believe these are meadow anemone, an ephemeral or commonly a forest flower short lived before the tree canopy prevents the light from hitting them so they will no longer grow.
They look like they are reaching the end of their bloom but still hold their beauty.
This lighhouse was constucted after the original was destroyed by Confederate troops in 1861 to prevent use by Union forces. Built in 1868, this lighthouse continues as a functioning mariner's aide, today.
"Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and the justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation." -Albert Einstein
Some people can subconsciously prevent you from becoming your best self.
Everything you do in this life- where you go, what you say, what you do and who you do it with is the result of your thoughts.
A big reason people fight is because people identify with their thoughts. When we were growing up, most of us believed that thoughts come from the inside. We thought that they were innately a part of us and that we *are* our thoughts. We started building our whole identities around our own little internal monologues.
And the bigger the idea, the more of your identity it represents. This is why politics and religion are such hotly debated topics, because they're such big ideas. If I say your political idea is a bad idea, and you base your identity on that idea, then effectively what you're hearing is that I'm calling you a bad person. You think that I'm attacking you, not the idea.
Something that might be even more common is that people just straight up attack the individual as a proxy for attacking that person's idea.
Somewhere along the way, a few people started realizing they had it all wrong.
In practice, a much better way to think about it is that the universe has an infinite number of streams of thoughts, so to speak, that our brains can kind of tap into like different radio stations. With this analogy, we no longer have to view ourselves as a series of thoughts but rather as an empty vessel by which thoughts pass through. Now we're like the DJ of a radio station, not the individual song. The self is merely an observer. It was this distinction that sparked one of the most famous philosophical debates of all time, which is, I think therefore I am versus I *do* therefore I am.
Spolier alert, you should pick the latter.
In this analogy, the self is determined by our ability to pick and choose different ideas from different streams of thoughts and combine them to form new ideas. Sort of like picking ingredients to make a sandwich.
This is different from the first paradigm, in which we would just take everything from the same stream and hope that the sandwich turns out good anyways.
Therapists know that this works, that's why when people come in complaining about depression, they're told to use the term "negative intrusive thoughts".
The idea is actually pretty simple. If you don't take ownership of the idea and instead you assign a label to it, then you can categorize it as something that life just happened to send your way but something that you're also allowed to throw away. You don't have to hold on to it because it's not actually a part of you. It's just a shitty song on the radio station.
So how does this all relate to other people holding you back?
To be continued..
Credited to Austin Ambrozi on TikTok
Ruins of a medieval castle on a steep rocky hill rising over Mayschoß in the valley of the Ahr. It dates back to the 11th century and was extended thereafter. In 1704 it was blown up to prevent it from falling in enemy hands. Today only the foundations and few remains of the walls are still visible.
when quality mattered...every dial, every gauge, every switch, every flange, every bracket, every screw, without exception, it all mattered, nothing less than perfection!
Claude M. Cox's original Overland car was developed in the early 1900s by the Standard Wheel Company of Terre Haut, Indiana. The Overland Company was formed in 1903 by Mr. Cox and Charles Minshall but it didn't take off until John North Willys arrived in 1907. Mr. Willys was a New York auto dealer and a major Overland customer. He ordered 500 Overlands and paid a deposit of $10,000. After his product was not delivered, he traveled to Indiana only to find Overland on the point of closure. Wanting to recoup his investment, Willys secured additional credit and reorganized the company. By mid-1908 they were in a position to build a new factory. Production increased and by 1909 the company had moved to Toledo, Ohio. Willys eventually became president of the company.
From 1910 to 1914, the company produced only four-cylinder models and they were all right-hand drive. (The company began using left-hand drive in 1915). In 1914, Overland was the second-largest producer of cars in the US, behind only Ford. While the Model T appealed to the masses, the Overland was an upmarket model selling for approximately twice the cost of a T. The Overland was more spacious, more powerful, and larger than the FOrd and its four-cylinder engine had separately cast cylinder jugs. An electric starter was available as a $125 option in 1914.
Overland built a quality automobile that was advanced for its time. The early models had a removable ignition plug that prevents auto theft.
During the 1920s, Willys-Overland produced the Willys Knight, which was powered by the sleeve valve engine designed by Indiana native Charles Knight. During World War II, Willys produced the Jeep. Several modern Jeep models pay homage to their Overland roots with the name of their top models wearing the 'Overland' nameplate.
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Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus 1758)
Una de las imágenes que pude lograr de la Apolo posada sobre la orquídea Dactylorhiza maculata. Fotografiada al atardecer en El Valle de Aran (Lleida). Se trata de una hembra con el “sphragis” bien visible, cuyo tema ya he citado en alguna otra toma publicada.
En algunas especies, como Parnassius apollo y P. mnemosyne entre otras, los machos -tras la cópula- colocan a las hembras una sustancia que se solidifica denominada "sphragis", la cual tapa el acceso genital de la hembra de manera que impide el que se pueda aparear de nuevo con otro macho. Garantía de su estirpe?… En el momento de la puesta esa sustancia cede y permite la oviposición.
One of the images I could get of the Apollo perched on the orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. Photographed at sunset in El Valle de Aran (Lleida). It is a female with the “sphragis” clearly visible, the subject of which I have already quoted in some other published shot.
In some species, such as Parnassius apollo and P. mnemosyne among others, the males - after the copulation - attach to the females a solidifying substance called "sphragis", which covers the female genital access in a way that prevents the can mate again with another male. Guarantee of its lineage?… At the time of laying this substance yields and allows oviposition.
L'une des images que j'ai pu obtenir de l'Apollon perché sur l'orchidée Dactylorhiza maculata. Photographié au coucher du soleil à El Valle de Aran (Lleida). C'est une femelle avec les «sphragis» clairement visibles, dont j'ai déjà cité le sujet dans un autre plan publié.
Chez certaines espèces, comme Parnassius apollo et P. mnemosyne entre autres, les mâles - après la copulation - attachent aux femelles une substance solidifiante appelée "sphragis", qui recouvre l'accès génital féminin d'une manière qui empêche la peut s'accoupler à nouveau avec un autre mâle. Garantie de sa lignée?… Au moment de la ponte, cette substance cède et permet la ponte.
In June large purple fields of Alaskan lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis) are a common sight all over Iceland. This plant looks native but in fact it was introduced in Iceland in 1945 to prevent erosion of the soil.
Brazo del transepto de la iglesia monacal, levantado probablemente antes del año 1.200, por el que se accede al interior del recinto.
A la derecha, el muro que se construyó en el siglo XVI, para separar la zona de clausura de la del resto del público, en el que se pintó el fresco que representa la batalla de las Navas de Tolosa del año 1.212.
Las tres naves de la iglesia también fueron separadas por un muro entre ellas, lo que impide apreciar el enorme tamaño del edificio, sólo 4 metros más corto que la catedral de Burgos.
Arm of the transept of the monastic church, probably built before the year 1200, through which you access the interior of the enclosure.
On the right, the wall that was built in the 16th century, to separate the closed area from the rest of the public. On it, the fresco that represents the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa that took place in 1212.
The three naves of the church were also separated by a wall between them, which prevents the enormous size of the building from being appreciated, only 4 meters shorter than the Burgos cathedral.
"Paddington, see what I have found here!" Molly happily pulls something out of water
"No, no! Dont pull the rope Molly, there may be a ship tied up on the other end! You might pull it on the rocks!" Paddington shouts
We believe that Paddington managed to prevent maritime disaster
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday!
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The Strawberry Moon.
Not my planned composition. The thick low clouds prevented that so I had to settle for this. My new 150-450 performed well when I could get it out of the wind. Challenging shooting last night.
This male downy woodpecker has put himself in the classic heat escape lessening position, or HELP, a technique used by people in survival situations to conserve body heat and prevent hypothermia. Birds know how to stay warm under cold weather conditions.
This area of the southern Yukon is not a true desert, not even a cold desert. The climate of the region is too moist. In prehistoric times lake water here receded, revealing a sandy bottom. Constant winds have continually caused the sand to shift, preventing the establishment of most plants, with the notable exception of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), here at the northern limit of its range. The Carcross Desert is affectionately known as the smallest desert in the world, measuring only 2.6 km². From a Kodachrome slide.
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ENG: The view from the city side of the gate of the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam can be seen.
The Brandenburg Gate at Luisenplatz in Potsdam was built in 1771 by Carl von Gontard and Georg Christian Unger on behalf of Friedrich II. It stands at the western end of Brandenburger Straße, which runs in a straight line to the church of St. Peter and Paul. It is one of the three preserved city gates of Potsdam.
Earlier, in 1733, there was another, simpler gate at the same place, which resembled a city gate. Together with the city wall, a kind of customs wall or excise wall, and the other gates, it was supposed to prevent desertion and smuggling.
GER: Zu sehen ist die Stadtseitige Ansicht des Tores der brandenburgischen Landeshauptstadt Potsdam.
Das Brandenburger Tor am Luisenplatz in Potsdam wurde 1771 von Carl von Gontard und Georg Christian Unger im Auftrag Friedrichs II. gebaut. Es steht am westlichen Ende der Brandenburger Straße, welche in gerader Linie bis zur Kirche St. Peter und Paul verläuft. Es ist eines der drei erhaltenen Stadttore von Potsdam.
Früher, 1733, gab es an derselben Stelle ein anderes, einfacheres Tor, welches einem Stadttor ähnelte. Zusammen mit der Stadtmauer, einer Art Zollmauer oder Akzisemauer, und den anderen Toren sollte es die Desertion und den Schmuggel unterbinden.
Happy Macro Mondays, HMM !!
"Plastic"
Blue light backlighted plastic foam
The Great Pacific garbage patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex.
The Ocean Cleanup is a foundation that develops technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and prevent more plastic debris from entering ocean waters.
It never fails! The weather prevented me from getting in close on a day the birds were active all morning! There is always tomorrow! Have a great day!
The first figure represents the ever changing battle of El Alamein, a small railway station in Egypt that the British and Commonwealth soldiers under General Montgomery had to defend to prevent the German army from moving further into North Africa and reaching the oil reserves of Egypt and the middle east. In Europe, Britain was increasing it's Commando raids in Western Europe, destroying U-boat ports, oil reserves, factories and barracks, often taking with them Commando volunteers from the European countries they raided. Finally is an Italian soldier, Italy's power and influence was slowly being eroded as they were beaten back in Africa and the Balkans and the people at home lost faith in Mussolini.
Hope you like the figures, and a happy new year to everyone!! :)
Rhinocéros veut dire « corne sur le nez ». Les rhinos sont devenus très rares (moins de 10 000), à cause du braconnage stupide qu’ils subissent à propos de leurs cornes, sensées avoir des effets thérapeutiques et aphrodisiaques.
Il existe deux genres de rhinocéros en Afrique : les blancs (rares) et les noirs (encore plus rares). En réalité les deux sont gris ! Le nom de « blanc » vient d’une erreur de traduction de l’afrikaans « wijde » (large, pour bouche large) vers l’anglais « white » (blanc).
Les rhinocéros blancs ont en théorie deux cornes mais on coupe les cornes des rhinos des réserves pour éviter le braconnage.
On a vu ce rhino de près ! Il s’est même arrêté quelques secondes en nous regardant, et on s’est dit que s’il lui prenait l’envie de charger on aurait bien du mal à s’en sortir !
Contrairement aux apparences, et malgré ses 4 m de long, 1,80 m de haut et son poids de 2,5 tonnes, le rhino est très agile et peut courir très vite (jusqu’à 50 km/h).
Les rhinocéros blancs vivent 45 ans en moyenne et n’ont pas de prédateur à part l’Homme.
Plus d'infos sur Les herbivores du parc Kruger.
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Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).
Rhinoceros means "horn on the nose." Rhinos have become very rare (fewer than 10,000) due to the stupid poaching they suffer for their horns, which are supposed to have therapeutic and aphrodisiac effects.
There are two types of rhinoceroses in Africa: white (rare) and black (even rarer). In reality, both are gray! The name "white" comes from a translation error from the Afrikaans "wijde" (wide, for wide mouth) into the English "white."
White rhinos theoretically have two horns, but rhinos in reserves have their horns cut off to prevent poaching.
We saw this rhino up close! He even stopped for a few seconds to look at us, and we thought that if he got the urge to charge, we'd have a hard time getting away!
Contrary to appearances, and despite his 4 m length, 1.8 m height, and 2.5 ton weight, the rhino is very agile and can run very fast (up to 50 km/h).
White rhinos live 45 years on average and have no predators apart from humans.
More information at The herbivores of Kruger Park.
Another colorful leader and consist appeared on the Seligman Sub today with an ethanol train from Lawler, IA to Stockton, CA. The train originated at the Homeland Energy Solutions plant and was handed off from the CPKC to the BNSF at Kansas City. BNSF is running it as the U-CLHEES7-30A with 98 loads at 5832' and 13,582 tons. Here the CSXT 3424 and 249, and KCSM 4515 have them climbing out of the sag at Bootlegger and into the curve under the San Francisco Peaks. Looking back over the train, one will see 2 BNSF mid-train DP's providing another 8800hp. The entire scene should be under the cover of snow, but the warm winter has prevented any moisture from staying in place except for at the extreme elevations of northern Arizona.
11 March 2020 officially began the global pandemic of the coronavirus COVID-19. These pictures do NOT intent to make light of it, rather illustrate what we are doing to help prevent the spread.
While the storm conditions prevented much color in the sunrise this morning, it still provided a dramatic backdrop at the always nice South Tufas.
Reminder that the Los Angeles DWP is keeping Mono lake artificially low below the state-mandated level and actively harming its ecosystems in order to supply only ~1-2% of just the city of LA's water supply. The city of LA uses ~30% of its water on watering grass lawns.
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
Our cattle descends from a wild ox ("Ur") which was living in the middle-european woods until the 16th century. It was bigger than this backbreeding attempt, and the original colour was rather black.
This cattle are living as wild, but for security fenced in a wide area. Their task is to maintain the vegetation ("landscaping") in the nature reserve and to prevent trees from capturing the landscape.
These animals are as shy as real wild ones and let me not come closer than about 50m of distance. Otherwise they would escape immediately like any other wild cattle. So they have been watching me very intensively if I'm approaching or not :-)
THE GRUMMAN MARTLET SINGLE-SEAT FIGHTER
The Martlet is another of those tubby little American fighters which look like flying barrels. In general appearance, it is not unlike the Buffalo, though its square-cut wing-tips and more tapered fuselage should prevent confusion between the two types.
Like the Buffalo, the Martlet is in service with the Fleet Air Arm. Very little has been said yet about the Martlet's work, but it is safe to say that some of our newer aircraft carriers have Martlets aboard.
This aircraft should give a very good account of itself over the sea because it has the three things essential to an F.A.A. fighter: speed, manoeuvrability, and range. Its maximum range is 1,150 miles, which would enable it to be used as a fast scouting plane as well as for immediate protection of the Fleet or of convoys.
An unusual feature in the Martlet is the provision of two small windows under the pilot's feet, to enable him to have more than the normal look-out below.
It is known that the Martlet has already had encounters with
the Luftwaffe and has acquitted itself very well.
Source - The Gen Book, 1943
The Grumman Wildcat and the Grumman Martlet are essentially the same aircraft - the Martlet being the RAF variant. This IWM variant started life in the USA in 1945 before moving to IWM in 1993
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Opened in 1984 the Thames Barrier prevents most of Greater London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea.
I could never have lived with myself hadn't I not chosen to battle the bitter gale that gave its all in a bid to prevent me capturing this light. As the scene blossomed, I had to retreat around to the south slopes of the 'Old Man,' seeking a little shelter in order to set things up. A scurry back round into the 'firing-line' ensued, where the ferocious updraft resulted in me having seven attempts, ONE of which somehow managing to avoid camera-shake. This was despite the use of my tripod coupled with the impressive stabilization feature on my camera.
The visual impact of the old mine workings below were avoided as much as possible. The modern interest in old industries has understandably lent a considerable amount of new-found value to this scene of devastation. Time my not have healed the scars, so the emphasis now is seemingly to celebrate & promote the endeavour, rather than bemoan the exploitation & rampant disfiguring of beautiful fell-country.
Excerpt from www.discoverhongkong.com/ca/explore/culture/ex-sham-shui-...:
Located on Mission Hill in Sham Shui Po, the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir was rediscovered in 2020 after being decommissioned for more than a few decades. Featuring European-style granite piers and red brick arches imitating Roman civil engineering works, the structure offers us a precious glimpse of Hong Kong’s water supply history over the past 100 years.
The Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir was confirmed as a Grade 1 historic structure by the Antiquities Advisory Board in 2021.
The Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir was built to increase water supply in the early years of Hong Kong. The main source of public water supply on the Kowloon Peninsula was the deployment of underground water, which became insufficient as the population grew. In 1902, the Hong Kong Government launched the Kowloon Waterworks Gravitation Scheme, which entailed the construction of the Kowloon Reservoir and Catchwaters, the Tai Po Road Filter Beds and the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir, known as ‘Kowloon Tong Service Reservoir’ at that time, as well as connecting water pipes of various sizes with the service reservoirs to form a comprehensive water supply network.
Built in 1904, the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir had a storage capacity of 9,900 cubic metres. Compared with the Ex-Yaumati Service Reservoir (approximately 740 cubic metres), and the demolished Hung Hom Service Reservoir (approximately 420 cubic metres), the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir was huge in size and supplied fresh water to people living in Kowloon Tong, Sham Shui Po and Tai Hang Tung. The Shek Kip Mei Fresh Water Service Reservoir, with a storage capacity ten times larger, was commissioned in 1970. The Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir then ceased operations in the same year.
The Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir’s granite piers, red brick arches and concrete cove ceilings are exemplary of Roman architectural features, which are rarely found in Hong Kong. The service reservoir was built on Mission Hill, with 108 neatly arranged granite piers supporting the massive concrete ceiling. The red brick arches that contribute to its classical look were built in Flemish bond, a pattern that mimics Roman civil engineering works.
The service reservoir was restored with yellow lighting effects added to complement its beauty. Visitors may immerse themselves in the architectural aesthetics with a fascinating combination of materials, silhouettes and shapes. The orderly arrangement of the piers and the ever-extending arches creates a sense of solemnity and security.
The construction of the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir combines aesthetics and practicality. As the first circular underground service reservoir built in Hong Kong, it was intended to maximise the building area with the shortest perimeter. The cover could prevent water contamination, but this also required a strong roof and supporting structure. The cast-in-situ concrete technique was thus used to achieve the design span. The service reservoir demonstrates practical design wisdom, and all the architectural details contribute to a mesmerising story of history and architecture.
A Mobile Nomads patrol is moving along the main roads of the southern part of the country to keep them open, preventing guerrillas who refused to join the Brotherhood from occupying it and imposing their own informal tolls.
(Phyllomedusa tomopterna) The Super Tiger Leg Monkey Frog’s geographic range extends from southeast Venezuela to French Guiana, Amazon basin in Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia. This species is usually found on trees around pools during the wet season.
Like most tree frogs they are a nocturnal frog and can typically be found at night. These frogs do well in groups.
They range from 1.5″ -3″ in length, with the males being smaller than the females.
Like other Phyllomedusine frogs, the Super Tiger Monkey Leg Frog lays its eggs on leaves that over hang bodies of water. This species will roll a leaf around the eggs to create a funnel. The process of rolling the leaf around the eggs will help to keep the eggs out of sight of possible predators and help to prevent desiccation. In a week or two, the eggs will begin to hatch and escape through the funnel opening at the bottom. Clutches can contain around 70 eggs!
The uiterwaarden (flood palins) of the river Waal at Tiel. The river is beyond the trees, and the dike some distance behind me. When the river overflows it's banks this area is flooded, giving more room for the waters and preventing the water from rising above the dikes and flooding the surrounding areas
España - Orense - Allariz - Hórreo
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ENGLISH:
An hórreo is a typical granary from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (mainly Galicia, where it might be called a Galician granary, Asturias and Northern Portugal), built in wood or stone, raised from the ground (to keep rodents out) by pillars (pegollos in Asturian, esteos in Galician, espigueiros Portuguese, abearriak in Basque) ending in flat staddle stones (vira-ratos in Galician, mueles or tornarratos in Asturian, or zubiluzea in Basque) to prevent access by rodents. Ventilation is allowed by the slits in its walls.
Hórreos are mainly found in the Northwest of Spain (Galicia and Asturias) and Northern Portugal. There are two main types of hórreo, rectangular-shaped, the more extended, usually found in Galicia and coastal areas of Asturias; and square-shaped hórreos from Asturias, León, western Cantabria and eastern Galicia.
The oldest document containing an image of an hórreo is the Cantigas de Santa Maria by Alfonso X "El Sabio" (song CLXXXVII) from the 13th century. In this depiction, three rectangular hórreos of gothic style are illustrated.
There are several types of Asturian hórreo, according to the characteristics of the roof (thatched, tiled, slate, pitched or double pitched), the materials used for the pillars or the decoration. The oldest still standing date from the 15th century, and even nowadays they are built ex novo. There are an estimated 18,000 hórreos and paneras in Asturias, some are poorly preserved but there is a growing awareness from owners and authorities to maintain them in good shape.
The longest hórreo in Galicia is located in Carnota, A Coruña, and is 35 m long.
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ESPAÑOL:
Un hórreo es una construcción destinada a guardar y conservar los alimentos alejados de la humedad y de los animales para mantenerlos en un estado óptimo para su consumo. Se caracteriza por mantenerse levantado sobre pilares y por permitir la ventilación a través de ranuras en las paredes perimétricas.
En 1918 el antropólogo polaco Eugeniusz Frankowsky registra el uso de graneros aéreos en la península ibérica, región de los Alpes, península Escandinava, área de los Balcanes, África subsahariana, Persia, Sureste Asiático, Japón, península de Kamchatka y áreas del estrecho de Bering, empleados para la conservación del cereal. La especificidad del hórreo como tipología reside en su unión con el cultivo del maíz y a su maduración y secado en zonas de clima atlántico.
El uso del hórreo se extiende por buena parte del norte de la península ibérica. Actualmente son especialmente abundantes en Galicia y parte de Asturias, aunque también se cuenta con ejemplos en las provincias de León y Zamora, en Cantabria y en algunas zonas del País Vasco y norte de Portugal. En estas zonas el uso del hórreo se explica por la pronta llegada de un invierno largo, frío y húmedo que antaño obligaba a realizar cosechas tempranas.
En Asturias se distinguen dos tipos. El más extendido de ellos es un edificio de planta cuadrada que consta de una cámara de madera, muchas veces con corredor, que se sostiene sobre cuatro pies, o pegollos. En Asturias el uso del hórreo fue exclusivo de las clases más acomodadas, pero proliferó a partir de la época renacentista, debido al aumento de la producción de la tierra. El otro tipo es la panera. Los primeros documentos sobre ellas son de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, siendo su desarrollo en el siglo XVII, favorecido por la difusión del maíz. La panera es una evolución del hórreo, cuya planta aumenta de tamaño y longitudinalmente hasta hacerse sensiblemente rectangular. Esta modificación implica cambios estructurales. Los más llamativos son que los pegollos aumentan de cuatro a seis, o más, y la cubierta se remata con una viga cumbrera, manteniéndose a cuatro aguas. Es ya en el siglo XVIII cuando se incorporan los corredores exteriores.