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Carlyn and I encountered this interesting plant on our visit to a coffee grower near Kona on the Big Island. It's called the Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica). Our tour guide, a young high school, pointed it out and said that she loved the plant as a kid. I was immediately fascinated, so I used the video features of my new Canon G9 to grab some quick footage. Apparently this plant is native to central america and is now officially a weed in Hawaii. It's still cool though.
This plant is called the Sensitive Plant. It is named this because when you touch the leaves they curl up and close. You can see where I have touched one of them when taking the photo and it has closed. I love this plant, it knows how to protect itself. Sometimes we all feel a bit sensitive eh!
Mimosaceae (touch-me-not family) » Mimosa pudica
mim-MOH-suh from the word for mimic, because the movement of the leaves
pud-EE-kuh shrinking, closing, modest
commonly known as: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • Gujarati: reesamani • Hindi: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • Kannada: muttidare muni • Malayalam: thottavaadi, tintarmani • Manipuri: ikaithabi, kangphal • Marathi: लाजाळू laajaalu, लाजरी laajari • Sanskrit: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, samangaa, shamipatra • Tamil: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, tottalavaadi • Telugu: attaapatti
Native of: Brazil
References: Flowers of India • M.M.N.P.D. • Wikipedia
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Contax II
Lens: Carl Zeiss Sonnar 50mm/f2.0
Film: Fuji Neopan 400 PRESTO
Place: Kyoto, Japan
Date: December, 2015
Vintage seed packet from my personal collection. Advertising premium, compliments of Michigan Bulb Company, Grand Rapids, MI
A sensitive moment while we are talking about my father, her husband. Mona hugging a shirt my father bought in Greece on their first vacation. "He loved to wear this. It still smells of him."
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This little puff-ball flower is so delicate and pretty. The vine on which it grows has thorns (it is also called a cat-claw sensitive briar) and the tiny, lacy leaves will fold up when touched.
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Grouse moor burning season closes with prospect of ban
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
New figures showing the shocking scale of grouse moor burning across Yorkshire have been released by a wildlife organisation as the season officially closes today.
Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors (BBYM) has compiled more than 550 reports of the county’s heather moorland being burnt — an ecologically-destructive practice performed to engineer habitat for grouse which are shot for sport — since the season opened on October 1.
Environment minister Zac Goldsmith has promised to outlaw the practice, saying that a voluntary approach to stem moorland burning has not worked, with government advisors from the Committee on Climate Change recommending legislation be introduced within the year.
Luke Steele, Spokesperson for Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors, said:
“Voluntary efforts by the government to dampen down grouse moor burning have gone up in smoke with hundreds of fires deliberately started on Yorkshire’s iconic moorlands this season to engineer game bird breeding habitat.
“On top of driving vulnerable wildlife from its moorland home, burning on sensitive peatland degrades ecosystems, releases climate-altering gasses into the atmosphere and worsens flooding and wildfire risk.
“The lack of progress on the ground demonstrates the urgency with which the government must act to protect the upland environment. Any shortcomings in the promised rule changes could leave legislation open to abuse.”
Dramatic drone footage published by BBYM accompanying the figures (video here, photos here and here) shows several of the large fires raging in the North York Moors National Park, where 317 of the burning incidents were recorded over five months.
There is a risk that the government’s promised rule changes may not capture these moorland fires because of differences in peat depths. This is despite environmental scientists warning that shallower peatland must be restored to its healthy state to tackle climate change, alongside deeper peatland being protected from immediate harm.
Blanket bog and moorland of mixed depths was also burnt on 151 occasions across the county in direct contravention of a government agreement to protect the threatened habitat from harm. This includes 5 fires on Meltham Moor, West Yorkshire, where more than 200 hectares of rare blanket bog was damaged in a major blaze last month when grouse moor burning got out of control.
Luke Steele added:
“It makes no sense that the government is making unprecedented investment in restoring degraded peatlands as part of the £640m Nature for Climate Fund whilst these valuable habitats continue to be set ablaze by grouse moors on its watch.
“Any continuation of the practice flies in the face of a major new study released by DEFRA in recent weeks showing that burning moorland is the worst intervention for restoring peatland.”
Three of the largest landowners in Northern England — Yorkshire Water, United Utilities and the National Trust — have already permanently ended routine heather burning by grouse shooting tenants on the 34 moorlands which are owned between them.
- ENDS -
Luke Steele
Spokesperson - BBYM
Notes for editors:
• Grouse moor burning season, which involves shoot operators setting fire to heather moorland to engineer breeding habitat for game birds, lasts from 1 October until 15 April.
Research by the University of Leeds has found that grouse moor burning degrades peatland habitat, releases climate-altering gasses into the atmosphere, reduces biodiversity and increases flood risk.
• Burning figures published by Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors were compiled through its monitors attending live burning sites, reports made by members of the public and satellite photography showing burning in action.
• Broadcast quality footage and print quality photographs taken this burning season are available to download here with full permission granted for re-publication. Additional images from different parts of the county are available on request.
I have a skin condition... if I scratch myself (gently) I get all red...
This doesn't hurt only itches.
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A few words about high sensitive person.
It is believed that 15 to 20% of us have this "gift" or denomination.
There is no label but more a way of being :)
Here are clues that one can recognize themselves in. ..
Well-developed intuition
A very high level of empathy
Conscientiousness
Creativity
Love of solitude and introspection
Strong connection to emotions (their own and others')
A tendency to be shy or inhibited in social situations
Strong appreciation of beauty
Low tolerance of strong lights and odors, noise, disorganization, and clutter
Heightened physical and/or emotional reactivity to certain foods and stimulants
Heightened sensitivity to change, and sometimes a tendency toward insomnia, anxiety, and depression
The ability to concentrate deeply
Awareness of subtleties
Strong foresight
Difficulty thinking, speaking, or performing while being observed
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PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA:Bharat Bhagya Vidhata-1947-2009
It is said that some are wise while others are “otherwise” and it takes a lot of pain and efforts to be wordly -wise, especially in journalism.
At a time when the Fourth estate is fast becoming “fourth-rated Estate “and when watch-dogs have started becoming tail-wagers, holding forth those lofty ideals of journalism has become all the more difficult.
At a time when “soldiers of pen” have started assuming the role of “pen- pushers” with a price tag on most of their columns and comments, and at a time when more than 67000 publications and 56 TV news channels have started becoming signposts of ‘views’ than of ‘hardcore news’ with alarming regularity, pursuing journalism in its purest form has become mere on a premium than otherwise.
At a time when most of the members of our country have started taking pride in turning “trivia into titanic” and injecting the venom of crime, sex and sleaze as daily doses for this generation both in print as well as on tube, it is all the more difficult to report on serious and sensitive matters confronting this country.
At a time when some self-professed champions of freedom of Press have no qualm or gumption in terming rural reporting as “sexy”, it would be anyone’s guess if a journalist’s reports on wails and woes of the rural masses would indeed find a place of prominence in any mainstream daily newspaper or national news channels.
It is in this context that the creation of ‘Shivnath and Neena Jha’ in the form of a book titled “Prime Ministers of India” comes as an oasis in desert.
It is in this context that the untiring and unflinching effort of a scribe towards doing something different through “Andolan - EK Pushtak se” needs to be seen and hugely appreciated.
Imagine the extraordinary brilliance of an 11 year old boy who chose Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s Madhushala as the spark to ignite and illuminate his future path.
Imagine the state of mind of a student of class VI from T.K. Ghosh Academy Patna who understood the message of ‘Madhushala’ in a Vedic way that one could always reach his goal by adopting the right means and working his way up hard through sheer determination, dedication, passion and discipline.
Imagine the spark in the eyes of a boy from an ordinary background who stole Rs.5 from his father’s currency box, bought newspapers from them at a bus stand and eared Rs.9.60 after 4 hours of toil.
Imagine the “dream to become a journalist” by a young boy who started his career neither from Dallas nor Doon but as a stranger for Telegraph by MJ Akbar and from there he never looked back. This is one of the most glittering examples of how sheer determination can make an ordinary man a Marshall. !
Known for his uncanny knack for looking for “news” in those areas and arenas where others treated them as trivia, Shivnath has been of the most well known journalists in the country with the distinction of having worked under Editors like Vir Sanghvi, H.K. Dua, C.R. Irani, Prabhu Chawla and Sekhar Gupta. Some of his investigative reports in both Telegraph and Indian Express could easily be hailed as the” finest in the history of contemporary journalism”.
In my 28 years of journalistic career through both print and electronic media, I have rarely seen a scribe with such fierce sense of courage and conviction.
There were a few occasions when he threw away his job and tossed up his resignation at the face of the Editor when he realized that he would not be able to compromise on his convictions and commitments. And that made him all the more hard and steady in his resolve and this book is yet another land mark of that path of struggle with a nerve of steel and the determination of a spider.
But then Shivnath has always been quite different from the lot, full of grit and guts and he always dares to plough through those furrows where others are dithering.
His passion for breaking new grounds and exploring those areas where others feel exhausted has taken him into a journey of an extraordinary kind along with his illustrious wife, Neena Jha.
The first chapter of such journey was the monograph on Shahnai legend Ustad Bismillah Khan which not only established him as a ‘crusader for a cause’ but also won him wholesome praise and appreciation from various quarters. Interestingly, he dedicated this book to newspaper hawkers and three of his journalist friends – Sanjeev Sinha, Ranjan Jha and Anju Sharma who died in a plane crash with senior Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia.
The second milestone in his journey was the discovery in June 2007 of Mr. Vinayak Rao Tope, the third generation descendant of Tatya Tope, a frontline leader and a martyr of 1857 Indian Mutiny. Shivnath and Neena, not only identified and rescued him but also ensured a job for two daughters of Vinayak Rao Tope in Container Corporation of India through the help of then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
This book is perhaps his " magnum opus," aimed at rehabilitating and re-locating Sultan Begum, the great grand daughter of hero of 1857 Mutiny – Bahadur Shah Zafar who is languishing in Howrah locality of Kolkata and earning her livelihood by selling tea
The new Svema Blue Sensitive has a snazzy lavender base, it previously was yellow! Imagine my surprise. Using my previously processing method this updated version also seems to be a few stops more sensitive, previously ISO 1.5 I now shoot it at ISO 6! It still has the original creamy glow.
Film: New Svema Blue Sensitive (Lavender base) ISO 6
Xtol stock, 68 degrees, 10.5 minutes. 5/5
Camera: Nikon FE2, Nikkor 35mm f2.8
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Mimosaceae (touch-me-not family) » Mimosa pudica
mim-MOH-suh from the word for mimic, because the movement of the leaves
pud-EE-kuh shrinking, closing, modest
commonly known as: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • Assamese: nilajban • Bengali: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • Gujarati: reesamani • Hindi: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • Kannada: muttidare muni • Malayalam: thottavaadi, tintarmani • Manipuri: ikaithabi, kangphal • Marathi: लाजाळू laajaalu, लाजरी laajari • Sanskrit: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, samangaa, shamipatra • Tamil: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, tottalavaadi • Telugu: attaapatti
Native of: Brazil
References: Flowers of India • M.M.N.P.D. • Wikipedia
The red arils enclosing the seed are also edible, raw or cooked.
One of the recommendations from researchers working in the Barotse (Bioversity, WorldFish, AAS) is for the community to add more seeds and legumes into their diet to fulfill nutrition gaps.
This work on nutrition-sensitive landscapes is carried out by Bioversity International in partnership with the Farming Systems Ecology (FSE) group from Wageningen University and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, to characterize the Barotse landscape and its current farming systems. It is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).
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Dogs and cats are more sensitive than humans to heat and during the spring and summer months they face real health risks, including heat stroke, dehydration, burns, tar, jellyfish, allergies and the list goes on. Even if you are not emergency vet like us, you can help your pets keep their bodies warm in the summer And through the summer safely.
Pets are hard to cool themselves in the summer because they do not have sweat glands and have fur (usually thick) and the only way to cool themselves is to shower it - which is actually a quick breath through an open mouth while the tongue goes out. The air passage on the tongue cools their bodies.
If the pet gets warmer than its ability to maintain its permanent body temperature, which is between 38 and 39 degrees and the pet can get a heat stroke, dry and even die. Therefore, we have the solutions to the Emergency Vet.
1. Daily brushing, to get rid of excess hair. The hair of
The winter is supposed to fall out and in its place grows shorter and thinner hair, suitable
More for summer. Brushing helps the natural process.
2. Shaving or a haircut after hours by a professional book. It is recommended that a haircut be done by emergency vet in columbia sc Make an appointment on the phone to professional because scissors or a haircut machine with unprofessional hands can cause serious damage. Another advantage is that long fur is a warm and pleasant source for parasites such as fleas and ticks, so the dog is told that it is harder for parasites to live and easier to treat.
Add ice in the water bowl. Dogs like to cool down by drinking water
Cold and playing with ice.
4. Wash them and wet them frequently with a water hose.
5. Put a cold / wet towel next to them so they can lie on top of it.
6. Operate air conditioners, especially during hot hours in hot areas or alternatively
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7. Do not leave the dog / cat in the car in any way, nor even for a short time
Because the heat in the car can reach 80 degrees in just a few minutes - and we
Do not want "Hot Dog" ..
8. Make sure they always have a bowl of water next to them.
9. Take them to the sea / pool. It is necessary to be especially careful drowning mainly
In pools without stairs and in a stormy sea.
* If you take them to the sea, rinse them with tap water afterwards, because
Salt can cause wounds. This is particularly true of the Dead Sea -
Salinity there can cause many skin irritations.
Let's also pass this summer together with the Emergency vet clinic usa in peace with our friends on all fours!
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