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Type: Ford SY series Territory TX AWD
Rego: YFZ47U (ACT) Australia
Operator: Australian Federal Police, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Policing.
Location: Canberra Airport - Fairburn RAAF Base - YSCB
Date: 28/03/2010
Notes: Canberra Airport Open Day 2010.
Note the ballistic protection vests being displayed on the bonnet of the vehicle. This was part of a public engagement display at the airport open day.
Thank you for your service.
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I chose this frame for its simple mess and strength. I prepared a version in B&W and I like both of them.
Original Caption: Mangrove Trees Have Played a Vital Role in the Ecosystem of Southern Florida, But Overdevelopment of the Land Threatens the Continued Growth of the Plant. Here, a Grove in North Key Largo Is Being Cleared Out for Commercial Purposes.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-6205
Photographer: Schulke, Flip, 1930-2008
Subjects:
Florida (United States) state
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
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It has been not many years ago that I found out useful to use a good face sun blocker. It is very nice not to feel burned in the evening and red as a tomato.
In Addis Ababa, JRS runs a Child Protection Centre (CPC) where unaccompanied children can find support, educational, and recreational activities.
St Nicholas was the very first Kent church I photographed, pre-dating the official start at Postling.
I have tried a few times to see inside, the two most recent last September on heritage day, and again two weeks ago, when both times the tower was shrouded on corrugated iron.
But the work is almost done, and the church was open, if only for a few days before all places of worship were to close.
Sturry sits on the old high road between the city and Thanet, the Stour and the railway too. The road crosses the railway here, and when a train goes through, traffic builds up quickly.
St Nicholas is set away from the road, and is easily missed.
I found a place to park on the main road, walked through the churchyard, and inside through the stained glass windows, I could see lights on.
At the west end, under the tower, I pushed open the door and surprised two wardens who we sitting there, one reading the other knitting, my arrival causing her to drop a stitch.
Work had just been completed, so recently that the organ which is suspended between the southern pillars of the nave has yet to be uncovered from its plastic protection.
The church seems cold and bare, only a few monuments can be seen.
I explain the project and that I had been in contact with the vicar so knew the church would be open.
We also talk about the virus, and we hadn't shaken hands, which we all remarked didn't seem right but was necessary in the circumstances.
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A church that is often overlooked by visitors who are drawn to nearby Canterbury. As a possession of St Augustine's Abbey in the Middle Ages, it is easy to see the amount of money lavished on this church over the centuries. This is nowhere more apparent than in the fourteenth-century work when the aisles were added to a twelfth-century nave. The extremities of the building - tower and chancel - are both still Norman and show ample architectural evidence in the form of round-headed windows. The chancel has an aumbry and early thirteenth-century piscina. There are few old monuments because of a severe nineteenth-century restoration, but there is a small fifteenth-century inscription near the font. The porch is an exceptional sixteenth-century timber-framed structure with later brick infilling.
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STURRY,
LIES the next parish northward from Westbere, being called in antient records by the various names of Esturai, Sturigao, and Sture, all relative to its situation near the river Stour, which runs close to it. There are six boroughs in this parish, viz. Sturrystreet, Butland, Buckwell, Calcott-common, Blaxland, and Hoth. There is a small part of this parish, near the south-west boundaries of it, within the corporation of Fordwich; and there is, at the opposite extremity of it, a small part of the borough of Rushborne in it, over which only, the hundred of Westgate claims.
THE PARISH of Sturry is situated for the most part very low and unpleasant, about one mile from Canterbury; the village stands on the north-east side of the river Stour. It is called Sturry-street, and consists of about one hundred and forty houses, built on each side of the high road leading to the Isle of Thanet. The church stands on the west side of it, and near it the court-lodge, now called Sturry-court, which appears to have been a handsome brick mansion, seemingly of the time of king James I. and of sufficient size and stateliness for the residence of the lords Strangford, owners of it. It has been for many years made use of as a farm-house, and has been lately much deformed by some modern windows put in different parts of it; it has also lately been much reduced in size. At a small distance is a corn mill, belonging to the lord of the manor, and a little below it a losty brick bridge, built over the antient ford here in the year 1776, for the greater safety of travellers, the river here, from the depth and continued floods, being frequently very dangerous to be passed. But there appears to have been an antient bridge over the river here, belonging to the abbot as early as king Edward the IId.'s reign. (fn. 1) A little higher up, in this parish, though within the bounds of the corporation of Fordwich, there is an antient fulling-mill, and adjoining to it a newly-erected corn mill. The river Stour was undoubtedly, at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, of much greater account and width here than it has been for a great length of time past; for at that period here were only, as appears by it, twenty-eight acres of meadow or grass land, but there were ten mills and seven fisheries on it. There are now upwards of sixty acres of grass land, three mills only, and no fishery, on the river here.
On the opposite side of the village, about half a mile eastward on the Margate road, is Whatmer-hall, in the possession of Mr. Thomas Denne, who lives in it. From hence the hill rises northward, over which the road leads towards Herne, over a dreary and barren country, where the soil is a deep unfertile clay, covered with continued coppice woods. On this road are Broadoak and Calcot commons, and an estate called Blaxlands, formerly accounted a manor. It formerly belonged to Sir Edward Boughton, (fn. 2) afterwards to Sylas Johnson, then to the Browns, whence it was sold to Mr. George Lilley, from whom it descended down to Mr. Thomas Lilley, who dying in 1798, it came to his widow Mary Lilley, as devisee for life, and trustee for their children. Hence the bounds turn north-eastward, towards the borough of Rushborne, near which is an antient mansion called Buckwell, the appearance of which denotes it to have been once a gentleman's habitation, though for many years past used as a farm-house. It formerly belonged to the Gilberts, (fn. 3) but now to Mr. Benjamin Godfrey, of London. A fair is held yearly in Sturrystreet, on Whit-Monday.
In the year 1755, as some workmen were digging gravel in the land at Whatmer-hall, they discovered at the depth of five feet, a larger broad stone, and under it a stone coffin, with a leaden one inclosed, containing the remains of a person seemingly of a short stature, which was decayed, excepting the teeth, which seemed perfect. Some of the lead, as well as the stone coffin itself, was much wasted. There was no inscription, nor any one letter discovered on it. An earthen vessel, shaped like a jug, was found near it, which upon being handled, crumbled to pieces. The leaden coffin was put together in six pieces, without any solder, and was thought to have been very thick at first, and that each foot of it might weigh about thirty pounds.
KING ETHELBERT, on his founding the monastery of St. Augustine, in the year 605, gave to it this parish of Sturigao, otherwise called Cistelei, with all its lands and appurtenances, which seems as if this parish and Chistelet were then esteemed together but as one. However that be, the possessions of the above monastery in this parish were afterwards increased, not only by gifts from several of the Saxon kings, but by those lands in it belonging to that of Minster, in Thanet, which, after the demolition of it, were given by king Cnut, in the year 1027, with all the revenues of it, to this of St. Augustine, (fn. 4) in the possession of which the manor of Sturry continued at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, in which it is thus entered, under the general title of the lands of the church of St. Augustine:
In Esturai hundred, the abbot himself holds Esturai, which was taxed at five sulings, but discharged. The arable land is twelve carucates. In demesne there are two carucates, and thirty-nine, with thirty-two borderers having twelve carucates. There is a church, and ten mills of eight pounds, and seven fisheries of five shillings, and twenty-eight acres of meadow. Of pannage sufficient for thirty bogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth fifty shillings, when the abbot received it forty-five pounds, now fifty pounds, and yet it pays fifty-four pounds.
King Henry III. in his 54th year, granted to the abbot and convent, free-warren in all their demesne lands of Sturry; (fn. 5) and in the 7th year of Edward II.'s reign, anno 1313, in the iter of H. de Stanton and his sociates, justices itinerant, the abbot, upon a quo warranto, claimed in this manor, and was allowed that liberty in all his demesne lands of it, and other liberties therein mentioned, as having been granted and confirmed by divers of the king's predecessors, and confirmed by him likewise in his sixth year, and that they had been allowed in the last iter of J. de Berewick. And the abbot further pleaded, that Swalclyve was a member of Sturry, and that the tenants of the abbot in Swalclyve ought to come to the abbot's view of frank pledge in Sturry. And the jury found for the abbot, only that he had but one view of frank-pledge here, and not two. All which was allowed by the said H. de Stanton and his sociates, as before-mentioned; (fn. 6) and they were again confirmed by king Edward III. by inspeximus, in his 36th year, and by king Henry VI. afterwards.
In king Richard the IId.'s reign the admeasurement of the abbot's lands here were three hundred and forty-six acres and an half of arable, and four hundred acres of marsh, then valued, with the rent in Fordwich, at 40l. 11s. 8d. After which this manor remained with the monastery till its dissolution, anno 30 Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, and was that year granted, with all its lands, members and appurtenances in this parish and elsewhere, to John Essex, the late abbot of it, for his life, or until he should be promoted to one or more benefices of the yearly value of two hundred marcs or upwards. (fn. 7) But he enjoyed this manor but a small time, for he died within a year afterwards, and it appears to have returned again into the king's hands, where the fee of it remained till king Edward VI. in his 4th year, granted it, with the rectory impropriate, to Sir Thomas Cheney, treasurer of his houshold (who was then in the possession of it by a lease from Henry VIII.) to hold in capite, and he died possessed of it anno I Elizabeth. His only son and heir Henry Cheney, esq. afterwards alienated it to Ralph Sadler, who in the 20th year of it sold it to John Tufton, and he that same year seems to have passed it away to Thomas Smith, esq. of Westenhanger, commonly called the Customer, whose grandson Philip, viscount Strangford resided here, and dying in 1700, Henry Roper, lord Teynham, who had married Catherine, his eldest daughter, by his will became possessed of this manor, with the rectory impropriate of Sturry, and divers farms and lands belonging to it. After which this manor, with the impropriation, continued in his descendants, in like manner as that of Ashford already described in this history, till it was with that manor sold, under the direction of the court of chancery, in 1765, to the Rev. Francis Hender Foote, of Charlton-place, who died possessed of it in 1773, and his eldest son John Foote, esq. now of Bishopsborne, is the present owner of it. A court leet and court baron is held for this manor.
MAYTON, otherwise Maxton, is a manor in the north-west part of this parish, not far from Broadoak common, which was formerly of some note, having antiently, as appears by the register of St. Augustine's monastery, been held by knight's service, of the abbot by the eminent family of Cobham. In Edward II.'s reign, Stephen de Cobham held it in manner as beforementioned, and died possessed of it anno 6 king Edward III. When this name was extinct here, it passed into the possession of the Chiches, and thence to the Maycotts, one of whom, Anthony Maycott, alienated it to James Diggs, esq. of Barham, from whom it descended to his grandson Christopher Diggs, esq. of that place, and he afterwards sold it to Goodhugh, whose daughter and heir carried it in marriage to Baggs, who dying without male issue, it went in like manner in king Charles I.'s reign to Farmer. How it passed from this name I have not found; but after some intermediate owners, it became by sale the property of Thomas Dawkins, gent. of Dover, who died in 1726, having devised it to his two sons, Thomas and Richard, the former of whom dying unmarried, the latter became entitled to the whole of it, and on his marriage with Mary, sister of Augustine Greenland, gent. he settled it on her for life, and their issue afterwards. He died s. p. and she re-marrying with Charles Robinson, esq. recorder, and late M. P. for Canterbury, he became in her right entitled to it. She died in 1798.
Charities.
NICHOLAS FRANKLYN, by will in 1577, gave lands, the produce to be bestowed on the impotent and poor, and such as are overcharged with children, being inhabitants of this parish, vested in trustees, and of the annual produce of 5l.
STEPHEN BIGG, by will in 1646, gave lands, the produce to be bestowed on six poor housekeepers, and to put out poor children, boys and girls, apprentices, vested in the minister, churchwardens, overseers, and other trustees, and is of the annual produce of 10l.
CHARLES HORNE, vicar of this parish, by will in 1618, gave 20l. to the church wardens and overseers, to be employed to the use and benefit of the poor.
THERE IS a piece of land, containing three roods, lying in Westbere, called the Sporting-place, the produce of which, being 40s. is given by the overseers of this parish yearly to the poor of it.
The poor constantly maintained are about thirty-five, casually forty.
THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese and deanry of Canterbury.
The church, which is a handsome large building, is dedicated to St. Nicholas. It consists of three isles and a chancel, having a high slim spire steeple at the west end, in which are five bells and a clock. It is kept very clean and neat. In the middle isle, is a stone and inscription on brass, for Thomas Childmas, who gave lead to the covering of this church, to the value of forty pounds, and was otherwise a good benefactor to it, obt. 1496. The chancel is much older than the rest of the church. On the springs of all the arches of the windows, on the outside, are carved various heads, two of which, on the window at the west end of the north isle, are a king and a bishop, no doubt meant for king Ethelbert and St. Augustine. The church-yard is remarkably large.
About the year 1295, the abbot of St. Augustine made an institution of several new deanries, one of which was the deanry of Sturry, and apportioned the several churches belonging to his monastery to each of them, in which this church was of course included. This raised great contentions between the archbishops and the abbots, which at length ended in the total abolition of this new institution, the churches of which returned to the same jurisdiction that they were under before. (fn. 8)
¶This church was antiently an appendage to the manor of Sturry, and as such was part of the possessions of the monastery of St. Augustine, to which it was appropriated in the beginning of king Edward II.'s reign, about the year 1311, with the king's licence, on condition of a proper portion being allotted out of the profits to the vicars in it, from which they might be comfortably maintained, and the burthens incumbent on them supported. All which was confirmed by archbishop Walter Reynolds, (fn. 9) who in the year 1323, anno 17 Edward III. endowed the vicarage of it, decreeing, that the vicar should have all oblations whatsoever, the tithes of calves, chicken, lambs, wool, milkmeats, eggs, pigs, ducks, pigeons, bees, gardens, orchards, pasture, hemp and flax; and of all profits of mills, belonging as well to the religious as the rest of the parishioners; and the tithes of hay, and of every sort of corn, growing in small spots or gardens dug with the foot; and all other small tithes in the whole parish, whether arising of cattle or other matters whatsoever, but that the vicars should receive nothing of the estates, and possessions which the religious then possessed, and their cattle or other matters, their said mills only excepted, and that the vicar for the time being should have the mansion, houses, and buildings, together with the area and garden, which of antient time belonged to the rectory of this church; but that the burthens of repairing the chancel, and of new building it, and of finding and repairing the books and ornaments, and all burthens extraordinary, should belong to the religious; but that the vicar should acknowledge wholly all other ordinary burthens. (fn. 10) After which, the church and advowson of this vicarage remained part of the possessions of the monastery till its final dissolution, in the 30th year of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered into the king's hands, where they both remained till the king in his 34th year, separated them, by granting the advowson of this vicarage only (for the manor and rectory appropriate remained for some time longer in the crown, as has been already mentioned before) to the archbishop, in exchange for other premises, parcel of the possessions of whose see it now remains, his grace the archbishop being the present patron of this vicarage.
The vicarage is valued in the king's books at 13l. 1s. 8d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 6s. 2d. In 1588 here were two hundred and ninety-five communicants. In 1640 it was valued at sixty pounds, the like number of communicants. By a late return it was certified to be of the clear yearly value of sixtythree pounds.
The vicar receives all the small tithes whatsoever, excepting of wood, which has been for some length of time paid to the impropriation.
Successful flight test at a chaff and flare campaign of Saab’s Electronic Warfare self-protection system IDAS for the NH Industries NH90 helicopter for the Swedish Armed Forces.
Saab's IDAS (Integrated DAS) is an EW system designed to provide self-defence in sophisticated, diverse and dense threat environments. IDAS can be configured to become the high-end system with laser-warning, missile-approach-warning, as well as full multi-spectral detection capability for radar.
Original Caption: Picture shows the cusp-shaped solar heating panel used for heating a swimming pool at a home near Tucson, Arizona. The home is owned by Mr. And Mrs. Aden Meinel, solar energy experts, 04/1974
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-12889
Photographer: Norton, Boyd
Subjects:
Environmental protection
Natural resources
Pollution
Tucson (Pima county, Arizona) inhabited place
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Deputy Minister of Children, Women and People with Disability Hendrieta Bogopane-Zulu,Minister of Social development Bathabile Dlamini, President Zuma, Northern Cape Acting Premier Grizelda Cjiekella and MaNtuli at the Child Protection Week launch at Mayibuye Arena in Galeshewe, Kimberley, Northern Cape.27/05/2012
A force protection member patrols the upper decks of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Charlottetown as the ship prepares to depart Naval Base Wilhelmshaven, Germany during Operation REASSURANCE on August 21, 2017..
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Image by Corporal J.W.S. Houck - Formation Imaging Services
Reinforced Precast Concrete Slabs for the protection of high voltage electric cables and gas main pipes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Department of Defense held a joint media tour focusing on Operation Secure Line at the CBP Hidalgo Port of Entry in Hidalgo, Texas on November 9, 2018. Photo by Ozzy Trevino
A Force Protection Team member stands by to repel a simulated attack onboard HMCS ST JOHN’S during a fast-boat attack scenario while they transit the North Atlantic Ocean on Exercise DYNAMIC MONGOOSE during Operation REASSURANCE, July 1, 2017.
Photo: LS Ogle Henry, Formation Imaging Services
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Un membre de l’équipe de protection de la force se tient prêt à repousser une attaque simulée à bord du NCSM ST JOHN’S lors d’un scénario d’attaque impliquant une embarcation rapide dans l’Atlantique Nord au cours de l’exercice DYNAMIC MONGOOSE, dans le cadre de l’opération REASSURANCE, le 1er juillet 2017.
Photo : Mat 1 Ogle Henry, Services d’imagerie de la formation
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Original Caption: In October, 1972, a Pipeline of the Texas - New Mexico Pipeline Company Burst, Releasing 285,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Into the San Juan River. The Oil Flowed 200 Miles Downstream before Being Temporarily Contained by a Log Boom near the Point Where the River Enters Lake Powell. This View Shows Dragline Scooping Oil - Laden Debris from the Water. Clean - Up Crews Working Around the Clock Were Hampered by Almost Constant Rain, 10/1972
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-3148
Photographer: Hiser, David, 1937-
Subjects:
Powell Lake (Duchesne county, Utah, United States) lake
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
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Just want y'all to know I am fine and no flooding at my home but
it was all around me.... so appreciate God's protection and that I
did not even lose my electricity through the storm. Thanks for
your concern and prayers... I am blessed!!! Hugs!!!
P.S. Spoke with Karen Morris, my forever friend, that is also here
on Flickr and she is okay too and for that I am also very thankful!!!
Accession by Finland has triggered the entry into force of a key international measure for environmental protection that aims to stop the spread of potentially invasive aquatic species in ships’ ballast water.
The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) will enter into force on 8 September 2017, marking a landmark step towards halting the spread of invasive aquatic species, which can cause havoc for local ecosystems, affect biodiversity and lead to substantial economic loss. Under the Convention’s terms, ships will be required to manage their ballast water to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediments
“This is a truly significant milestone for the health of our planet,” said IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim.
“The spread of invasive species has been recognized as one of the greatest threats to the ecological and the economic well-being of the planet. These species are causing enormous damage to biodiversity and the valuable natural riches of the earth upon which we depend. Invasive species also cause direct and indirect health effects and the damage to the environment is often irreversible,” he said.
He added, “The entry into force of the Ballast Water Management Convention will not only minimize the risk of invasions by alien species via ballast water, it will also provide a global level playing field for international shipping, providing clear and robust standards for the management of ballast water on ships.”
Her Excellency Mrs. Päivi Luostarinen Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Finland to IMO, handed over the country’s instrument of acceptance to the Ballast Water Management Convention to IMO Secretary-General Lim on Thursday (8 September 2016).
The accession brings the combined tonnage of contracting States to the treaty to 35.1441%, with 52 contracting Parties. The convention stipulates that it will enter into force 12 months after ratification by a minimum of 30 States, representing 35% of world merchant shipping tonnage.
The BWM Convention was adopted in 2004 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for developing global standards for ship safety and security and for the protection of the marine environment and the atmosphere from any harmful impacts of shipping.
The ballast water problem
Ballast water is routinely taken on by ships for stability and structural integrity. It can contain thousands of aquatic microbes, algae and animals, which are then carried across the world’s oceans and released into ecosystems where they are not native.
Untreated ballast water released at a ship’s destination could potentially introduce a new invasive aquatic species. Expanded ship trade and traffic volume over the last few decades has increased the likelihood of invasive species being released. Hundreds of invasions have already taken place, sometimes with devastating consequences for the local ecosystem.
The Ballast Water Management Convention will require all ships in international trade to manage their ballast water and sediments to certain standards, according to a ship-specific ballast water management plan. All ships will also have to carry a ballast water record book and an International Ballast Water Management Certificate. The ballast water performance standard will be phased in over a period of time. Most ships will need to install an on-board system to treat ballast water and eliminate unwanted organisms. More than 60 type-approved systems are already available.
IMO has been addressing the problem of invasive species in ships’ ballast water since the 1980s, when Member States experiencing particular problems brought their concerns to the attention of IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). Guidelines to address the issue were adopted in 1991 and IMO then worked to develop the Ballast Water Management Convention, which was adopted in 2004.
IMO has worked extensively with the development of guidelines for the uniform implementation of the Convention and to address concerns of various stakeholders, such as with regards to the availability of ballast water management systems and their type approval and testing.
Shipboard ballast water management systems must be approved by national authorities, according to a process developed by IMO. Ballast water management systems have to be tested in a land-based facility and on board ships to prove that they meet the performance standard set out in the treaty. These could, for example, include systems which make use of filters and ultra violet light or electrochlorination.
Ballast water management systems which make use of active substances must undergo a strict approval procedure and be verified by IMO. There is a two-tier process, in order to ensure that the ballast water management system does not pose unreasonable risk to ship safety, human health and the aquatic environment.
GloBallast programme
Since 2000, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-IMO GloBallast Partnerships Project has been assisting developing countries to reduce the risk of aquatic bio-invasions through building the necessary capacity to implement the Convention. More than 70 countries have directly benefitted from the Project, which has received a number of international awards for its work.
GloBallast has recently been developing and running workshops on ballast water sampling and analysis to prepare States for the entry into force of the treaty. Free-to-access online learning tools have been made available, including an e-learning course on the operational aspects of ballast water management.
The GloBallast programme also engages with the private sector through the Global Industry Alliance (GIA) and GIA Fund, established with partners from major maritime companies.
Examples of invasive species
The North American comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) has travelled in ships' ballast water from the eastern seaboard of the Americas e.g. to the Black, Azov and Caspian Seas. It depletes zooplankton stocks; altering food web and ecosystem function. The species has contributed significantly to the collapse of Azov Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Sea fisheries in the 1990s and 2000s, with massive economic and social impact.
The Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) has been transported from the Black Sea to western and northern Europe, including Ireland and the Baltic Sea, and the eastern half of North America. Travelling in larval form in ballast water, on release it has rapid reproductive growth with no natural predators in North America. The mussel multiplies and fouls all available hard surfaces in mass numbers. Displacing native aquatic life, this species alters habitat, ecosystem and the food web and causes severe fouling problems on infrastructure and vessels. There have been high economic costs involved in unblocking water intake pipes, sluices and irrigation ditches.
The North Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis) has been transported in ballast water from the northern Pacific to southern Australia. It reproduces in large numbers, reaching ‘plague’ proportions rapidly in invaded environments. This invasive species has caused significant economic loss as it feeds on shellfish, including commercially valuable scallop, oyster and clam species.
Original Caption: Exterior view of one of the solar greenhouses at the University of Arizona Environmental Research Laboratory at Tucson. High intensity agriculture in a high temperature, high humidity environment is being studied. Small fans provide necessary air pressure to inflate the tubular plastic buildings with double door airlocks, 04/1974.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-12912
Photographer: Norton, Boyd
Subjects:
Environmental protection
Natural resources
Pollution
Tucson (Pima county, Arizona) inhabited place
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The Shepherd University Rams (in blue) won a 49-23 victory over the Fairmont State (WV) Fighting Falcons on Saturday November 10, 2012.
The Rams senior quarterback Bobby Cooper completed 27-of-38 passes for a school-record 430 yards and three touchdowns to lead Shepherd University to the win at Ram Stadium.
With this victory, Shepherd clinched the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC} football title.
Image by Ron Cogswell on November 10, 2012, using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects.
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This girl I know needs some shelter
She don't believe anyone can help her
She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage
But you don't want to get involved
You tell her she can manage
And you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her
Original Caption: Senior Citizens Find That New Ulm, Minnesota, Is a Good Place to Retire. There Is a Close Community Responsibility Towards Older People No Matter What Their Financial Position Might Be. Older Citizens and Those Unable to Care for Themselves Physically Are Cared for in Two Community Facilities, Alexander Home and Highland Manor. New Ulm Is a County Seat Trading Center of 13,000 in a Farming Area of South Central Minnesota Founded by a German Immigrant Land Company in 1854 10/1974
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-15878
Photographer: McTaggart, James
Subjects:
New Ulm (Brown county, Minnesota, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/558328
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel perform in the Steve Young Honor Guard Pipes and Drums Competition during Police Week in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2019. Photographer: Donna Burton
Bu nasıl bir itina!!!
Koruyucu yaprakların dışının sert
İçinin pamuksu dokusu belkide
Gülün yüzüne, kadife dokuyu konduran...
Aynı yapraklar, tomurcuk hazır olduğunda
Nasıl kendini parçalamış ince ince..
O ince ayrılışlar bile hala itinayla esirgemede..
İncelikleri, tohumlara işleyen, lutfun hiç bitmemekte...
...Özlem... 15.05.08
Should have realised this wouldn't work with high-contrast cross-processing but I still quite like it.
Rune Bennike leads the beautiful route Bananblocket, 6-. Here placing a nut for protection. Göteborg, Sweden.
phylacteries - two square leather boxes containing biblical verses, attached to the forehead and wound around the left arm by leather straps. They are worn during weekday morning prayer by observant Jewish. (wiki)
110212: Port of New York / Newark - Travelers stuck out at sea on cruise ships during Hurricane Sandy started coming into NYC & NJ ports on Friday the 2nd of November. U.S. Customs & Border Protection is in charge of processing all the passengers coming of the cruise ships.
Photographer: Josh Denmark