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Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818-1882) was a pillar of the ever expanding Russian Empire of the nineteenth century. A military engineer, he helped reorganise the imperial army, and in 1867 was appointed governor-general of just-conquered Turkestan (a huge area more-or-less covering from East to West parts of Afghanistan, Xinjiang, Kyrgzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan). His seat of government was Tashkent, capital today of Uzbekistan. You'd think that with all that territory to pacify and his plans for administrative organisation and especially land and farm reform, he'd have enough on his mind. But no! Kaufmann was also greatly interested in the natural world of his mandate, so remote from St Petersburg - it took about 2 months of travel for dispatches to arrive. He governed almost independently.

Immediately Kaufmann stimulated naturalist expeditions and institutes in this vast territory. Notable is the one led by Alexei Pavlovitch Fedschenko (1845-1873), a geologist, and his indefatigable wife Olga Alexandrovna Armfeldt ( 1845-1921), a botanist, onward from 1868.

Moreover, he enlisted the services of any promising naturalist or expedition. In 1875 Kaufmann appointed Johann Albert von Regel (see my posting of the day before yesterday) district surgeon to be stationed at Kuldja (Yining), Xinjiang. When Regel and his friends arrived at Tashkent in the early Summer of 1876 (June 21), they were 'enlisted' to study the valleys and mountains east-northeast of the city before traveling on to Xinjiang. And the governor gave them all the help they needed.

Here Regel found our Tulip in the foothills along the Chircik River. It had already blossomed - as his father, the great imperial botanist Eduard August von Regel writes with enthusiansm - but the bulbs were sent north where they flowered in the Spring of 1877. That same year he writes: "It seems to me that this beautiful new tulip is destined to become the matriarch of a novel race of tulips" that will color our gardens. And indeed that's what happened. Here's a 1952 horticultural variety called 'Heart's Delight' in the Amsterdam Hortus. The Elder Regel took care to put into words these botanists' gratitude for the help given the Younger; he named the new Tulip 'Kaufmanniana'.

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This shot makes me think of you Kelley. :) So, for you.

I'm going to miss pretty pastels this fall/winter!

Made Explore #280

Two Jades and a Cloe.

Puma concolor

Will, pondering life!!

I think this is called brontosaurus (but I'm probably wrong)

ok, so it's actually brachiosaurus

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I think I spent 12 hours making these things. My head hurts but the rifle is badass :D

i dont think therefore i am not

cognition refers to a faculty for the processing of information, applying knowledge, and changing preferences. Cognition, or cognitive processes, can be natural or artificial, conscious or unconscious. These processes are analyzed from different perspectives within different contexts, notably in the fields of linguistics, anesthesia, neurology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, systemics, computer science and creed. Within psychology or philosophy, the concept of cognition is closely related to abstract concepts such as mind, intelligence, cognition is used to refer to the mental functions, mental processes (thoughts) and states of intelligent entities (humans, human organizations, highly autonomous machines and artificial intelligences).

When the mind makes a generalization such as the concept of tree, it extracts similarities from numerous examples; the simplification enables higher-level thinking.The sort of mental processes described as cognitive are largely influenced by research which has successfully used this paradigm in the past, likely starting with Thomas Aquinas, who divided the study of behavior into two broad categories: cognitive (how we know the world), and affective (feelings and emotions). Consequently, this description tends to apply to processes such as memory, association, concept formation, pattern recognition, language, attention, perception, action, problem solving and mental imagery. Traditionally, emotion was not thought of as a cognitive process. This division is now regarded as largely artificial, and much research is currently being undertaken to examine the cognitive psychology of emotion; research also includes one's awareness of strategies and methods of cognition, known as metacognition.

Empirical research into cognition is usually scientific and quantitative, or involves creating models to describe or explain certain behaviors.

While few people would deny that cognitive processes are a function of the brain, a cognitive theory will not necessarily make reference to the brain or other biological process. It may purely describe behavior in terms of information flow or function. Relatively recent fields of study such as cognitive science and neuropsychology aim to bridge this gap, using cognitive paradigms to understand how the brain implements these information-processing functions, or how pure information-processing systems (e.g., computers) can simulate cognition

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taken with sony ilce 6000 and helios 44

Inspired completely by this.

I think it is becoming quite clear what my favorite building in Richmond is.

~ Anne Frank

EXPLORE: Dec 3/09 #496

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. Albert Einstein

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Thanks go out to Mr. Burke for the inspiration to find and post a shot from sunnier and warmer days, just think, only 5 more months till spring!

- Marcus Aurelius

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Taken at sunrise at the Embarcadero in San Francisco (near Howard Street).

Since I haven't had the time to go shooting lately, I thought I'd go through my archives and see if there's anything I missed posting the first time... I shot this about two months ago and ended up posting one taken before sunrise with the Tokina 11-16mm. Looking back now, I really like the way the sun passed through the bridge during sunrise that day.

I think this shot just makes me feel thankful to be alive, to be healthy, and to have a wonderful family! Have a great weekend everyone!

EXPLORE #104 on 10/16/09!!!

Haunting pink glow in this house i thought was seasonal.

This is taken at Parrish Park.

[EN] Somebody's got to watch out for all this stuff. I think he's doing quite well. (On loan from my son)

[DE] Jemand muss ja auf das ganze Zeug aufpassen. Ich glaube, er macht das schon ganz gut. (Leihgabe meines Sohnes)

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Wildlife Photography, Jungle.

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Burrowing Owl.

Pinal county, AZ.

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Photo by: Ned Harris.

I admit that I love baking. I think I'd do it every day if I had the money and enough people to eat the goods. ;-) It wasn't always that way... I grew up helping my dad more than my mom, as in those days I would have rather been outside with the animals - watching baby piglets be born, racing around the yard with the dog, playing games that involved spears and nunchucks with my brother (yes, I just referred to my brother as an animal... haha). But once I hit college and veterinary school, I found myself enamored with the process of baking: the recipes, the careful combination of ingredients, the smell of cookies and cakes in the oven, and, best of all, the delighted and occasionally impressed faces of my friends as they took their first bite.

Let me also say that I don't have the same relationship with cooking. That is still a chore, though I manage to do it fairly well now.

In any case, this is a recipe that should be shared, because these are perfect fall cookies - pumpkin. They are light and fluffy and moist, almost like a cakey cookie, and they pair up wonderfully with apple cider. So, here you have it. I usually double the recipe so that I have enough to give away.

Pumpkin Cookies

1/2 cup margarine (1 stick, softened)

1 cup sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 egg

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp baking powder

Combine margarine, sugar, pumpkin and egg. Beat until fluffy. Combine all dry

ingredients, add to wet, beat until blended. Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-15 minutes. (Be careful, and pull them out before the bottoms start to brown up too much.)

Frosting

3 tablespoons butter/margarine

3 cups powdered sugar

3-4 tablespoons of milk

1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

Combine butter, sugar and milk in bowl and beat, adding more milk if needed to make desired consistency. Add vanilla at end.

And there you have it. For the double batch I use just one whole can of pumpkin, even though there's only about 1 3/4 cups in a whole can, and it turns out fine. Because of the frosting the cookies tend to stick together if you pile them in a container, so it's best to keep them in the fridge if you do that. Oh, and of course you can add things to them, like chocolate chips or nuts or raisins, but I prefer the pure fluffy texture of an unaltered cookie.

Enjoy!

Problems are the part of one's life. But there's no problem without any solution. Each problem has a solution,sometimes the number is more than one. Only thing we need to do is think. Think about the problem,think about the paths that can make the matters easier,and the solution will come out by itself.

city/human/life came up with the idea to re-edit this in black and white. So I give it a try. What do you think?

Rainy dreary weather has me yearning to photograph some of the many warblers I hear singing in my yard. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to want to come out and play either. As a result, I drift back looking at some of the photos I’ve taken over the past 6 months. Instead of a drab grey day, I think pink will do. This Roseate Spoonbill was more than happy enough to pose during my visit to Peaceful Waters Sanctuary. I always enjoy this quiet little retreat. #RoseateSpoonbill