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Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
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Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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These items do not belong in our oceans. This is a small portion of what was collected on a week cruise in the High Arctic - one of the least inhabited places on Earth. And we only did a 30 minute beach sweep each day.
Quelques photos avec le téléphone de la dernière marche de l'année dans les Farallones de Cali, des forêts très conservées pleines d'impressionante biodiversité ! Venez visiter la région avec moi comme guide. Département du Valle del Cauca, Colombie.
Algunas fotos con el celular de la ultima caminata del año en los Farallones de Cali, bosques muy conservados llenos de una biodiversidad impresionante ! Ven a visitar la región conmigo como guía. Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
I really like the colours of these old conserved shop-houses. These are at Tanjong Pagar. It's always a challenge to capture the myriad of colours from ground level so I went up high and took this at a crazy angle.
A HDR of four shots.
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Here's the back side of the package, with its consumer information and dials for the plastic molding. Note the triangular screw heads. They may be tamper resistant, but I ground my own triangular screw driver tip from the shaft of a junk Phillips I had laying about.
Curious what it was made of, the heart would seem to be a 6-pin microcontroller.
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UNEP is working with local partners to conserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastal ecosystems, while promoting sustainable management of coastal resources.
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Plage de Port-Salut, Haïti
Le PNUE travaille avec des partenaires locaux pour conserver et restaurer les forêts de mangroves, et les écosystèmes côtiers qui y sont liés, tout en prônant la gestion durable des ressources du littoral.
2013 © UNEP
For further information go to www.unep.org/disastersandconflicts/
NEW JERSEY’S BALD EAGLE POPULATION CONTINUES TO SOAR
January 14th, 2016
CONSERVE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY RELEASES RESULTS OF 2015 STATE BALD EAGLE REPORT
by Lindsay McNamara, Communications Manager
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey today released the 2015 Bald Eagle Report, highlighting the number of nesting pairs, active nests and nest productivity for the raptors throughout New Jersey with data collected by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists, CWF biologists and committed volunteers.
“With 161 pairs of bald eagles this past year — up from just a single nest in the early 1980’s — the dramatic ongoing recovery of bald eagles across the northeast continues to inspire so many of us,” said David Wheeler, Conserve Wildlife Foundation Executive Director. “The thrill of seeing a bald eagle fly across the sky is unparalleled. This report captures how these eagles are continuing their All-American return.”
The report notes that thirteen new eagle pairs were found this season, nine in the south, two in Central Jersey and two in Northern New Jersey.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2016/01/14/new-jerseys-ba...
Construction work continues in the Cannon Building's west wing.
Phase 1 of the Cannon Renewal Project began in January 2017 and is scheduled to be complete in November 2018. The entire west side of the building, from the basement to the fifth floor, is closed. Work includes demolishing and rebuilding the fifth floor, conserving the exterior stonework and rehabilitating the individual office suites.
Full project details at www.aoc.gov/cannon.
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Every day, Americans waste over 7 billion gallons of drinking water. Every day, nearly 800 million people don't have any access to clean drinking water. It's important to conserve how much water we use, as I think we take this for granted. I will start by turning off the hose between each shot next time I take a photo like this...
Winter Plum Conserve made with organic Italian plums, lime, golden raisins, walnuts, cognac, ginger root, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.
Recipe from Sarah B Hood's We Sure Can!
The Zwinger (Der Dresdner Zwinger) is a palace in Dresden, eastern Germany, built in Baroque style.
The location was formerly part of the Dresden fortress of which the outer wall is conserved. The name derives from the German word Zwinger (outer ward of a concentric castle); it was for the cannons that were placed between the outer wall and the major wall. The Zwinger was not enclosed until the neoclassical building by Gottfried Semper called the Semper wing was built to host the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister art gallery.
The name Zwinger goes back to the common medieval German term for that part of a fortification between the outer and inner defensive walls, or "outer ward". Archaeological evidence indicates that the construction of the first city wall took place in the last quarter of the 12th century. A documentary entry as civitas in 1216 points to the existence of an enclosed Dresden Fortification at that time. In 1427, during the Hussite Wars, work began on strengthening the city's defences and they were enhaned by a second - outer - wall. These improvements began near the Wildruffer Tor gate. Step by step the old moat had to be filled in and moved. The area between the two walls was generally referred to as the Zwinger and, in the vicinity of the castle, was utilised by the royal court at Dresden for garden purposes. The location of the so-called Zwingergarten from that period is only imprecisely known to be between the fortifications on the western side of the city.[1][2] Its extent varied in places as a result of subsequent improvements to the fortifications and is depicted differently on the various maps.
This royal Zwingergarten, a garden used to supply the court, still fulfilled one of its functions, as indicated by the name, as a narrow defensive area between the outer and inner defensive walls. This was no longer the case when work on the present-day Zwinger palace began in the early 18th century, nevertheless the name was transferred to the new building. Admittedly the southwestern parts of the building of the baroque Dresden Zwinger including the Kronentor gate stand on parts of the outer curtain wall that are still visible today; but there is no longer any trace of the inner wall
Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony, returned from a grand tour through France and Italy in 1687–89, just at the moment that Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles. On his return to Dresden, having arranged his election as King of Poland (1697), he wanted something similarly spectacular for himself. The fortifications were no longer needed and provided readily available space for his plans. The original plans, as developed by his court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann before 1711, covered the space of the present complex of palace and garden, and also included as gardens the space down to the Elbe River, upon which the Semper opera house and its square were built in the nineteenth century.
The Zwinger was designed by Pöppelmann and constructed in stages from 1710 to 1728. Sculpture was provided by Balthasar Permoser. The Zwinger was formally inaugurated in 1719, on the occasion of the electoral prince Frederick August’s marriage to the daughter of the Habsburg emperor, the Archduchess Maria Josepha. At the time, the outer shells of the buildings had already been erected and, with their pavilions and arcaded galleries, formed a striking backdrop to the event. It was not until the completion of their interiors in 1728, however, that they could serve their intended functions as exhibition galleries and library halls.
The death of Augustus in 1733 put a halt to the construction because the funds were needed elsewhere. The palace area was left open towards the Semperoper square and the river. Later the plans were changed to a smaller scale, and in 1847–1855 the area was closed by the construction of the gallery wing now separating the Zwinger from the opera place; the architect was Gottfried Semper, who designed the opera house.
The building was mostly destroyed by the carpet bombing raids of 13–15 February 1945. The art collection had been evacuated before, though. After the war, in a referendum, the people of Dresden voted to restore the building and generally preferred to rebuild the glories of the city, instead of having the ruins razed to make way for the architecture of socialist realism then prevalent in the German Democratic Republic.
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This one is a great addition to any municipal public works fleet.
I added a little paint marker to the lights and on the light bar.
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Wildlife habitat in the Okanagan is better protected following new additions to the South Okanagan Wildlife Management Area. The additions include several parcels of land totalling about 514 hectares.
News Release: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2013/04/valuable-wildlife-habitat-...
Built in 1874. For more Information and images, see PHILADELPHIA AS IT APPEARS IN THE YEAR 1894, p. 202. By 2000 Appliance Depot.
Des stalles du château de Gaillon sont conservées dans la basilique Saint-Denis près de Paris. Ce château était la résidence de loisir des archevêques de Rouen. Commandées au début du XVIe siècle par Georges d’Amboise, ces stalles ont été construites lorsque cet archevêque, devenu légat du pape et premier conseiller de Louis XII a fait transformer le château médiéval en palais de la Renaissance. Seules stalles en France à présenter de nombreux panneaux de marqueterie et une iconographie inédite, elles forment un mobilier unique, chef-d’œuvre de cette période charnière entre gothique et Renaissance, arborant une grande mixité de styles. Ces stalles sont les chaires qui étaient destinées aux trois chanoines qui officiaient dans la chapelle haute du château de Gaillon, dédiée à saint Georges. Elles étaient ceintes d’une clôture en boiset constituaient ainsi le chœur liturgique de l'édifice.
Les stalles en chêne sont composées de deux rangées disposées côté nord et sud du transept de la basilique de Saint-Denis. La rangée nord présente un ensemble de six stalles, la rangée sud de cinq stalles et une isolée. Seules douze stalles ont été créées au XVIe siècle alors que le programme iconographique en prévoyait quatorze. De 2,83 m de haut, elles composées d’un siège et d’un dorsal, ce dernier comprenant deux registres : un bas-relief surmontant un panneau de marqueterie. Tous les éléments sont sculptés ou marquetés. De manière unique, les dossiers, les dorsaux et les voussures des dais sont galbés. De même les chaires ont des largeurs variées, fixées par celles des bas-reliefs des dorsaux. Pour s’adapter, les largeurs d’autres composants ont été rectifiées. La mixité de style se retrouve dans la globalité, les interdorsaux et deux dais étant gothiques alors que les faibles reliefs sont apparentés aux grotesques de la Renaissance, les bas-reliefs et les marqueteries des dorsaux étant quant à eux à la fois d’inspiration péninsulaire et septentrionale.
Sont illustrées sur les bas-reliefs originaux des dorsaux deux scènes de la vie d’Anne et Joachim, parents de la vierge Marie, cinq scènes de la vie de saint Jean-Baptiste le précurseur et sept scènes de la vie de saint Georges selon les textes d’Évangile ou de la Légende dorée. Nombre d’autres saints sont présentés en pied, sous forme de statuettes sur les interdorsaux ou de bas-reliefs sur les soubassements des jouées, notamment les quatre évangélistes sur ces derniers. Sur les panneaux marquetés des quadrants des parcloses sont figurées les affres des enfers des condamnés selon les sept péchés capitaux, avec les planètes et leurs influences. Les représentations sont inspirées des gravures du Calendrier des bergers imprimé à cette époque.
Les miséricordes figurent des scènes des Métamorphoses d’Ovide ainsi que les arts libéraux selon la Margarita Philosophica de G. Reisch. Les artisans se sont inspirés de gravures d’ouvrages imprimés au début du XVIe siècle, par exemple le soldat romain Caius Mucius Scaevola devant le roi Étrusque Porsenna y étant représenté exposant ainsi des thématiques propres à la culture antique. De manière également tout à fait inédite, les 7 vertus, cardinales et théologales, et 7 sibylles sont figurées et représentées sur les panneaux de marqueterie du premier registre des dorsaux. Les allégories et les prophétesses sont encadrées d’architectures identiques deux à deux qui les mettent en concordance. Les sibylles ont été choisies parmi celles du manuscrit des Heures de Louis de Laval dont les auteurs ont cité les prophéties. Ces dernières proviennent du manuscrit des Institutions divines de Lactance qui était de nouveau traduit et que le cardinal a lui-même fait enluminer. Ce grand rhéteur du IVe siècle ayant quant à lui repris les oracles rédigés dans les Oracles sibyllins.
Georges Ier d’Amboise n’a pas manqué de faire valoir qu’il était le commanditaire des stalles en demandant à ce que ses armes et sa devise y figurent à de nombreuses reprises. Le légat a donné pour modèles aux artisans des stalles des enluminures ou gravures de manuscrits faisant partie de sa splendide bibliothèque, digne d'un grand érudit humaniste. Il fit venir l’Italie en choisissant la marqueterie figurative en sus de la sculpture, seule technique utilisée à l'époque en France. Sans renier la tradition en faisant figurer les saints, il a fait représenter de manière inédite leur cycle de vie, dont il a choisi des événements bien spécifiques. De plus, il a incité les fidèles à s’instruire et à étudier les auteurs antiques en faisant sculpter des allégories des arts libéraux et des personnages mythiques ou héroïques. Enfin, par le dialogue des sibylles et des vertus, il a montré que la rhétorique de Lactance était convaincante. Il a ainsi non seulement introduit en France la mode italienne dans le mobilier, le décor et les ornements du château de Gaillon, mais surtout donné corps à l’esprit humaniste en faisant de ses stalles les messagères qui appellent à une vie vertueuse, dans la foi au Christ annoncé à tous les hommes (cf. wikipédia, merci Glass Angel pour la photo).
Conserved and Reconstructed 88" Land Rover Series IIA Station Wagon.
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Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details on the restoration project are at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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Wildlife habitat in the Okanagan is better protected today following the establishment of the McTaggart-Cowan/nsek'tniw't Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
People L to R: Elder Richard Armstrong, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Bill Barisoff, Chief Jonathon Kruger, Penticton Indian Band, Minister Steve Thomson, Dr. Jasper Lament, CEO of the Nature Trust of BC.
News Release: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2013/03/valuable-wildlife-habitat-...
Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details on the restoration project are at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used the photographic credit line should read “Architect of the Capitol.” These images may not be used in any way that would imply endorsement by the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Congress of a product, service or point of view. For more information visit www.aoc.gov/terms.
Old Melbourne Gaol (or jail) dominated the Melbourne skyline as a symbol of authority when it was built in the mid 1800s. Between 1842 and its closure in 1929 the gaol was the scene of 136 hangings including Australia's most infamous citizen, the bushranger Ned Kelly.
The Old Melbourne Gaol was the first extensive gaol complex in Victoria. The first Melbourne Gaol was built in Collins Street West in 1839-40, but was far too small. A second gaol was built in 1841-4, adjoining the then Supreme Court at the corner of Russell and La Trobe Streets, but this was entirely demolished early in the twentieth century when the Magistrate's Court complex was built.
What was officially a new wing, but really stage one of the third gaol, was built in 1852-4. It was of bluestone rather than sandstone, and had its own perimeter wall. This new design was based upon the designs of the British prison engineer Joshua Jebb, and more particularly upon the Pentonville Model Prison in London.
The building was a model prison and based on the current prison reform theories of the day. In spite of the amount of building and extension work performed on the Gaol, the complex was consistently overcrowded. It was extended in two stages in 1857-9, and the boundary wall was also extended in 1858-9.
The present north wing, comprising the entrance buildings, central hall and chapel was begun in 1860. In 1862-4 a western cell block, virtually a replica of the present east block, was built to house female prisoners, and the perimeter wall was finally completed in 1864. The west wing extended into what is now the RMIT site, and has since been demolished.
Other building work consisted of support buildings constructed around the gaol complex. For example, seventeen jailer's houses on Swanston St (1860), a hospital in one of the yards (1864) and a chief warders house on the corner of Franklin and Russell Sts.
In a review of the penal system in 1870 it was recommended that the gaol be closed and the prisoners be moved to a more 'suitable' location. Between 1880 and 1924 the gaol was slowly rundown and portions of the original site demolished. The gaol was finally closed in 1929. It reopened briefly during the Second World War as a military prison for Australian soldiers who were Absent Without Leave. Later it was a storage depot for the Victorian Police force.
In 1972, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) began management of the Old Melbourne Gaol as a tourist attraction. The National Trust is Australia's largest community conservation organisation: its aim to conserve Australia's heritage for future generations.
For more information, visit www.oldmelbournegaol.com.au.
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Leucophyllum frutescens (Berl.)
Cenizo, Purple sage, Texas ranger, Texas barometer bush, Texas silverleaf, Texas sage, Silverleaf
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)
Synonym(s): Terania frutescens
A gray shrub with leaves densely covered with stellate, silvery hairs and bright pink-lavender, bilaterally symmetrical flowers borne singly in crowded leaf axils. Typically a compact shrub, 2-5 ft. tall, Texas barometer-bush or cenizo occasionally reaches 8 ft. in height, and 4-6 ft. in width. Leaves silvery gray to greenish, soft to the touch, up to 1 1/4 inches long but mostly 1 inch or less, tapering more gradually to the base than to the rounded tip, margins smooth. Flowers violet to purple, sometimes pink, nearly bell shaped, and up to 1 inch in length and width, appearing intermittently from spring to fall. Fruit a small capsule.
As one travels east across southern Texas near the Mexican border, the olive green of Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) gives way to the gray of this species, with its display of bright pink-lavender flowers. These burst into bloom for only a few days at a time, in the summer and fall, depending on rainfall. The ashy appearance of the leaves, also described as silvery, white, or gray, is due to the millions of tiny hairs covering them. A grouping of several individuals makes a good screen or hedge. There are many nice color selections and cultivars. This and other Leucophyllum species are popular water-conserving ornamentals in the Southwest.
Information from: www.wildflower.org
Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details on the restoration project are at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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SIGNE DE DANSE ___ ________
Chorégraphe : Rudolf Von Laban
Direction artistique : Christine Caradec
Interprètes : Stéphane Bouchet, Virginie Sadock et Yoko Sato + 40 Interprètes amateurs
Genre : contemporain, improvisation, performance dansée
La compagnie
Rudolf Laban (1870-1958), danseur et chorégraphe, est aussi un des grands théoriciens du mouvement du
XXème siècle. Il influence la danse de Mary Wigman, Kurt Jooss, Alwin Nikolais, Pina Bausch ou William
Forsythe. Sa pensée se situe à la croisée des sciences, des arts et de la philosophie allemande de la nature.
Avec ses collaborateurs, il mène des recherches autour des qualités dynamiques du mouvement et des
formes en lien avec l’espace, et élabore une notation du mouvement et de la chorégraphie. Laban est
attaché à l’idée que la danse est un véritable langage, porteuse de son propre sens et de sa propre force
expressive indépendamment des autres arts. Aussi il appartient à chacun de trouver son propre langage,
l’expression de sa propre intériorité qu’il appelle de façon poétique «le temple fluctuant».
Depuis 2011, Christine Caradec et Elisabeth Schwartz travaillent ensemble ou séparément sur la recréation
de Der Titan avec des danseurs de divers horizons comme le groupe Sillages de Nice dans le cadre du
dispositif « Répertoire et danse en amateur » du CND, de projets inter-conservatoires de la ville de
Paris/MPAA, ou encore du CNDC d’Angers.
L’enjeu de cette vaste danse chorale pour 64 amateurs créée en 1927 à Magdebourg, et reprise une seule
fois l’année suivante, est le partage et « l’expérience de la joie de se mouvoir ensemble » écrit Laban. Dans
l’imaginaire, les Titans représentent des êtres surnaturels dont la force apparaît comme excessive et brute.
Mais ici, la chorégraphie symbolise pour Laban « la promesse du futur, la puissance de la communauté que
je voyais dormante chez les gens. Le Titan, ce géant,
symbolise l’esprit de la communauté qui surmonte
l ‘adversité ». Nicolas Villodre la décrit comme
« abstraite, mathématique au sens géométrique du
terme, polysémique ainsi revivifiée, sinon dans son
métrage initial, du moins dans toute son ampleur,
dans sa redoutable complexité, dans son étonnant
foisonnement ».
Pour « Entrez dans la danse 2017 », seuls 3 tableaux
sont proposés sur les 6 constitutifs de la pièce
originale. Il s’agit pour l’ensemble des danseurs non
pas d’être virtuoses mais de retrouver leur naturel, de
faire acte de leur simple présence et d’être ensemble.
Cette œuvre emblématique de la danse allemande de
l’entre deux-guerres a été reconstruite à partir de la
partition Laban réalisée par Albrecht Knust, unique
partition complète d’une pièce de Laban dont nous
disposons, conservée au CND.
For several years, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has led efforts to conserve the rare sicklefin redhorse, a fish found only in the Little Tennessee and Hiawassee River basins. Part of that effort is the collection and fertilization of eggs each spring, which are then hatched and the young raised in captivity for stocking. This effort also includes tagging the fish with an identifying tag, like one would put a chip in a pet.
This year’s work comes on the heels of a new Candidate Conservation Agreement, which brought together the Service, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Duke Energy, and the Tennessee Valley Authority to conserve the fish before it needs the protection of the Endangered Species Act. All the signatory agencies contributed staff to the field effort, in addition to Conservation Fisheries, Inc.
Photo credit: G. Peeples/USFWS
Andy Conserving Energy on a Cold Day - Canon PowerShot G2 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details on the restoration project are at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used the photographic credit line should read “Architect of the Capitol.” These images may not be used in any way that would imply endorsement by the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Congress of a product, service or point of view. For more information visit www.aoc.gov/terms.
Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details on the restoration project are at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used the photographic credit line should read “Architect of the Capitol.” These images may not be used in any way that would imply endorsement by the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Congress of a product, service or point of view. For more information visit www.aoc.gov/terms.
Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details on the restoration project are at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used the photographic credit line should read “Architect of the Capitol.” These images may not be used in any way that would imply endorsement by the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Congress of a product, service or point of view. For more information visit www.aoc.gov/terms.
Le Théâtre Antique d'Orange est le théâtre romain
le mieux conservé en occident, classé au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Edifié sous l'empereur Auguste au Ier siècle de notre ère. Son mur de scène (37 mètres de haut sur 103 mètres de long), est l'un des mieux conservés du monde romain, et place le monument parmi les plus grands témoignages de toute la Rome Antique. Le théâtre occupait une place centrale dans la cité et la vie de ses habitants qui y passaient une grande partie de leur temps libre. Pour le pouvoir romain, le théâtre était un moyen de diffusion de la culture latine auprès des populations colonisées mais aussi un prétexte pour les éloigner de toute préoccupation politique. Véritables divertissements, les spectacles duraient toute la journée. Les Romains, peu passionnés par les tragédies grecques dont s'inspiraient au début les auteurs latins, préféraient un répertoire plus léger : dell'Arte. Les mimes, pantomimes, récitals de poésie, et surtout l'attelane, farce assez proche de la Commedia public populaire voulait avant tout du sensationnel : la mise en scène devint donc prédominante avec le développement de la machinerie. Le théâtre, gratuit, était accessible à tous et était le seul endroit public où l'on pouvait côtoyer les femmes. En revanche, la circulation dans les couloirs et les galeries était conçue de telle sorte que les spectateurs de statut social différent ne se mélangent pas. Aujourd'hui, le Théatre Antique d'Orange est un lieu culturel où des événements tels que le théâtre, l'opéra ou des concerts sont proposés. Sa capacité d'accueil est importante avec 9000 places réservées aux spectateurs.
The Roman Theater of Orange is the Roman theater
the best preserved in the West, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built under the Emperor Augustus in the first century of our era. Its stage wall (37 meters high and 103 meters long), is one of the best preserved in the Roman world, and places the monument among the greatest testimonies of all the ancient Rome. The theater occupied a central place in the city and the life of its inhabitants, who spent a great deal of their free time there. For the Roman power, the theater was a means of spreading the Latin culture to the colonized populations but also a pretext to remove them from any political concern. True entertainment, the shows lasted all day. The Romans, unenthusiastic about the Greek tragedies that initially inspired Latin authors, preferred a lighter repertoire: dell'Arte. The mimes, pantomimes, recitals of poetry, and especially the attelane, a prank close enough to the Commedia public popular wanted above all the sensational: the staging became predominant with the development of the machinery. The theater, free, was accessible to all and was the only public place where women could be seen. On the other hand, traffic in corridors and galleries was designed in such a way that spectators of different social status did not mix. Today, the Antique Theater of Orange is a cultural venue where events such as theater, opera or concerts are offered. Its capacity is important with 9000 seats reserved for spectators.
El teatro romano de naranja es el teatro romano.
El mejor conservado de Occidente, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. Construido bajo el emperador Augusto en el primer siglo de nuestra era. Su muro escénico (37 metros de altura y 103 metros de largo), es uno de los mejor conservados del mundo romano, y coloca el monumento entre los testimonios más grandes de toda la antigua Roma. El teatro ocupó un lugar central en la ciudad y en la vida de sus habitantes, quienes pasaron gran parte de su tiempo libre allí. Para el poder romano, el teatro era un medio para difundir la cultura latina a las poblaciones colonizadas, pero también un pretexto para alejarlos de cualquier preocupación política. El verdadero entretenimiento, los espectáculos duraron todo el día. Los romanos, poco entusiastas con respecto a las tragedias griegas que inicialmente inspiraron a los autores latinos, preferían un repertorio más ligero: dell'Arte. Los mimos, las pantomimas, los recitales de poesía y, especialmente, el attelano, una broma lo bastante cercana a la gente de la comedia popular, sobre todo sensacional: la puesta en escena se hizo predominante con el desarrollo de la maquinaria. El teatro, gratuito, era accesible para todos y era el único lugar público donde se podía ver a las mujeres. Por otro lado, el tráfico en los pasillos y galerías fue diseñado de tal manera que los espectadores de diferente estatus social no se mezclaron. Hoy en día, el Antique Theatre of Orange es un lugar cultural donde se ofrecen eventos como teatro, ópera o conciertos. Su capacidad es importante con 9000 asientos reservados para espectadores.
Wildlife habitat in the central eastern British Columbia is better protected today following the establishment of the Cranberry Marsh/Starratt Wildlife Management Area.
News Release: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2013/03/valuable-wildlife-habitat-...
Work includes cleaning, waxing, repairing and conserving the existing bronze, and providing new bronze castings of missing or broken items. Initial stone work will include the cleaning and removal of patina bronze deposits from seven marble monument pedestals.
Full details on the restoration project are at www.aoc.gov/grant.
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NEW JERSEY’S BALD EAGLE POPULATION CONTINUES TO SOAR
January 14th, 2016
CONSERVE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY RELEASES RESULTS OF 2015 STATE BALD EAGLE REPORT
by Lindsay McNamara, Communications Manager
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey today released the 2015 Bald Eagle Report, highlighting the number of nesting pairs, active nests and nest productivity for the raptors throughout New Jersey with data collected by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists, CWF biologists and committed volunteers.
“With 161 pairs of bald eagles this past year — up from just a single nest in the early 1980’s — the dramatic ongoing recovery of bald eagles across the northeast continues to inspire so many of us,” said David Wheeler, Conserve Wildlife Foundation Executive Director. “The thrill of seeing a bald eagle fly across the sky is unparalleled. This report captures how these eagles are continuing their All-American return.”
The report notes that thirteen new eagle pairs were found this season, nine in the south, two in Central Jersey and two in Northern New Jersey.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2016/01/14/new-jerseys-ba...
The balustrade of the palace has been remodeled, conserving the murals by Diego Rivera that adorn the main stairwell and the walls of the second floor.
In the stairwell is a mural depicting the history of Mexico from 1521 to 1930 and covers an area of 450 m2. These murals were painted between 1929 and 1935, jointly titled "The Epic of the Mexican People". The work is divided like a triptych with each being somewhat autonomous. The right-hand wall contains murals depicting pre-Hispanic Mexico and centers around the life of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.
In the middle and largest panel, the Conquest is depicted with its ugliness, such as rape and torture, as well as priests defending the rights of the indigenous people. The battle for independence occupies the uppermost part of this panel in the arch. The American and French invasions are represented below this, as well as the Reform period and the Revolution.
The left-hand panel is dedicated to early and mid-20th century, criticizing the status quo and depicting a Marxist kind of utopia.
Diego also painted 11 panels on the middle floor, such as the "Tianguis of Tlatelolco" (tianguis means "market"), and the "Arrival of Hernán Cortés in Veracruz".
My page about Mexico City on VirtualTourist: members.virtualtourist.com/m/a8215/e9cb4/
My playlist about Mexico City on my Youtube channel containing 18 videos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWI-hjqRF24&list=SPD1C71F63FD...
5 min 01 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWI-hjqRF24 Moscow-Paris-Mexico City flight with Adelita HD
3 min 39 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifVqW7GLGqM Mexico City around by bus part 1
4 min 02 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjE2Ee6T2Po Mexico City around by bus part 2
2 min 48 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY3jqm38UGs Mexico City Melia Reforma Hotel part 1
4 min 25 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QNq1trJTsM Mexico City around by bus part 3
3 min 02 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDRH8YohP2A Mexico City Melia Reforma Hotel part 2
2 min 41 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-AQXc9KCOI Mexico City around part 4
5 min 29 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5fyBSB3fI Mexico City National Palace Diego Rivera part 1
2 min 14 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ais3bJg_EXw Mexico City National Palace part 2
3 min 25 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaF46jNGj3E Mexico City Metropolitan
5 min 18 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gD1z9vRvjM Mexico City around part 5
1 min 24 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThp9iYybzk Mexico City Metropolitan Tabernacle
2 min 42 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMAKdiKiI50 Mexico City around part 6
9 min 57 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-K8qaKm3MU Mexico City Anthropology Museum
5 min 16 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JuLRtFlOT4 Mexico City Melia Reforma Hotel part 3
0 min 49 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zbAKjBSFT4 Mexico City Templo Mayor
10 min 51 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULchjze3-38 Mexico City around part 7
8 min 57 sec HD Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb__3VmpRrE Mexico City around part 8.
NEW JERSEY’S BALD EAGLE POPULATION CONTINUES TO SOAR
January 14th, 2016
CONSERVE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY RELEASES RESULTS OF 2015 STATE BALD EAGLE REPORT
by Lindsay McNamara, Communications Manager
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey today released the 2015 Bald Eagle Report, highlighting the number of nesting pairs, active nests and nest productivity for the raptors throughout New Jersey with data collected by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists, CWF biologists and committed volunteers.
“With 161 pairs of bald eagles this past year — up from just a single nest in the early 1980’s — the dramatic ongoing recovery of bald eagles across the northeast continues to inspire so many of us,” said David Wheeler, Conserve Wildlife Foundation Executive Director. “The thrill of seeing a bald eagle fly across the sky is unparalleled. This report captures how these eagles are continuing their All-American return.”
The report notes that thirteen new eagle pairs were found this season, nine in the south, two in Central Jersey and two in Northern New Jersey.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2016/01/14/new-jerseys-ba...
Appropriate guidance for water level management within the EWMA generally remains as recommended by Schortemeyer (1980), with a high-water depth no more than two feet by late October to early November and then a gradual and a steady recession to a low of near ground level by late May to early June At that time, water levels would increase back to no deeper than two feet by the end of October to early November.
Water recession rates are an important factor to consider when managing for wading birds and apple snail and snail kites. The FWC recommends recession rates averaging between 0.05 and 0.25 feet per week, with no water-level reversals, beginning in January and ending at the end of May. We recommends ascension rates no greater than 0.05 to 0.25 feet per week from the beginning of June to the beginning of October.
During extreme storms or unusually wet seasons, water levels may rise above the desired high levels, but even then depths should not persist for longer than longer than 60 days above desired levels. At an average water depth of two feet north of Alligator Alley, the FWC has to close the EWMA to avoid exacerbating stress on the terrestrial and semi-terrestrial species that crowd on the highest points of tree islands and the levees.
CERP components, including CEPP, should strive not just to conserve, but to restore, conditions for listed species, including the Federally Endangered Florida panther.