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.

More info and many other languages available at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwinger

Une bien agréable façon de partager sa douche!!! Panonceau aperçu sur l'île de Lakawon dans da région de Silay dans les Visayas au Sud des Philippines.

Cet habit d’officier de fusilier d’élite porté par Napoléon en diverses circonstances en début 1813 est aujourd’hui conservé au Musée de Fontainebleau. Le dessin permet d’en apprécier la face et le dos.

NAPOLEON EN UNIFORME DE LA GARDE NATIONALE DE PARIS

TUILERIES – FIN JANVIER 1814

C’est le 8 janvier 1814, à la veille du départ de l’armée en campagne, que Napoléon décrète ce qui suit :

« La Garde Nationale de notre bonne ville de Paris est mise en activité. L’Empereur la commande en chef. »

Fin janvier, les unités sont tant soit peu sur pied et les officiers sont présentés à l’Empereur aux Tuileries. Celui-ci y apparaît dans la tenue de colonel.

L’UNIFORME

L’habit de colonel de la Garde Nationale de Napoléon existe toujours dans les collections de Fontainebleau et une photographie en a été publié dans l’Histoire de France de Mallet. Ce vêtement s’avère de coupe et de couleur réglementaire pour les officiers, à savoir à basques longues avec les boutons, broderies et épaulettes de colonel en argent associés à la Garde Nationale ; les parements bleus signalant les fusiliers , les grenades des retroussis étant sans doute l’apanage des « fusiliers d’élite », nouveau et éphémère concept inventé avec le décret du 8 janvier 1814 spécialement pour la Garde Nationale de Paris . L’habit de l’empereur se distingue encore par l’absence du réglementaire passepoil blanc au collet.

LE HARNACHEMENT DU CHEVAL

Notre représentation montre un harnachement repris d’après une très beau portrait équestre de Napoléon, peinture anonyme, contemporaine du début du 19eme d’après la facture, qui pourrait facilement être attribuée à Vernet. Le tapis de selle et les couvre-fontes de velours incarnat bordés et frangés d’or sans trop d’ostentation pourrait appartenir à un simple général. Cela nous a paru bien adapté pour les circonstances de cette parade aux Tuileries.

LE CHEVAL

Comme souvent, on ignore quelle monture fut celle de l’empereur en ces circonstances où la France est fatiguée et l’armée face à une campagne qui s’annonce difficile. On peut toutefois imaginer qu’il aura choisi un animal à la fois emblématique et symbolique. L’Hérodote, aussi appelé le Néron, beau cheval entier de sang anglais, vétéran de plusieurs campagnes, correspondrait parfaitement à ces exigences, c’est pourquoi nous l’avons préféré pour notre représentation.

Philippe Osché , grâce à son excellent livre « Les chevaux de Napoléon » (Editions Bassins 2002), nous permet les informations qui suivent :

Haut de 1,55 m au garot, de robe grise, pommelé sur la croupe (1), nicté et la queue courte, l’étalon a été saisi en 1806 à Ivenach au Mecklembourg avec tout le haras du comte von Pless. L’Herodote entre à l’équipage de selle le 7 février 1807 et prend dès lors le nom de Néron. On raconte que Napoléon l’a monté dès le lendemain, à la bataille d’Eylau. Il est connu comme un cheval rapide, celui des situations particulièrement critiques. Au moment où nous le représentons, le Néron est borgne de l’oeuil droit, cela depuis 1812 lorsqu’il a reçu une flammèche dans Moscou en flamme.

Après la défaite et l’abdication, le Néron quitte Paris et rejoint le Haras de Tarbes, où il est retrouvé par le feld-maréchal Blücher qui sollicite sa restitution au Congrès de Vienne. Ce n’est qu’en 1818 qu’il retournera à Ivenach jusqu’à sa mort en 1828.

Cette caractéristique, d’après les livres de Caulaincourt, devait être très discrète car elle n’apparait pas sur les représentations du Néron.

NAPOLEONE IN DIVISA DELLA GUARDIA NAZIONALE DI PARIGI

TUILERIES - FINE GENNAIO 1814

Fu l'8 gennaio 1814, alla vigilia della partenza dell'esercito per la campagna, che Napoleone decretò quanto segue:

“La Guardia Nazionale della nostra buona città di Parigi è in funzione. L'imperatore è al comando. "

Alla fine di gennaio, le unità erano un po' in piedi e gli ufficiali furono presentati all'imperatore alle Tuileries. Questo appare lì con l'uniforme del colonnello.

L'UNIFORME

L'abito del colonnello della Guardia nazionale di Napoleone esiste ancora nelle collezioni di Fontainebleau e una fotografia è stata pubblicata nella Histoire de France di Mallet. Questo indumento risulta essere di taglio e colore regolamentare per gli ufficiali, vale a dire lunghi baschi con bottoni d'argento, ricami e spalline da colonnello associati alla Guardia Nazionale; i paramenti blu che indicano i fucilieri, le granate degli arrotolati sono senza dubbio appannaggio dei "fucilieri d'élite", un concetto nuovo ed effimero inventato con il decreto dell'8 gennaio 1814 appositamente per la Guardia Nazionale di Parigi. Il cappotto dell'imperatore si distingue ulteriormente per l'assenza del bordo bianco regolamentare al collo.

IMBALLARE IL CAVALLO

La nostra rappresentazione mostra un finimento tratto da un bellissimo ritratto equestre di Napoleone, dipinto anonimo, secondo la fattura coevo dei primi dell'ottocento, facilmente attribuibile al Vernet. Il non ostentato sottosella di velluto cremisi e i coprisella rifiniti e frangiati in oro potrebbero appartenere a un semplice generale. Questo ci sembrava adatto alle circostanze di questa parata alle Tuileries.

CAVALLO

Come spesso accade, non sappiamo quale destriero fosse l'imperatore in queste circostanze quando la Francia è stanca e l'esercito deve affrontare una campagna che si preannuncia difficile. Si può immaginare, tuttavia, che avrà scelto un animale insieme emblematico e simbolico. L'Erodoto, detto anche il Nerone, un bel cavallo intero di sangue inglese, reduce di diverse campagne, soddisferebbe perfettamente questi requisiti, motivo per cui lo abbiamo scelto per la nostra rappresentazione.

Philippe Osché, grazie al suo ottimo libro "I cavalli di Napoleone" (Edizioni Bassins 2002), ci permette le seguenti informazioni:

Alto 1,55 m alla punta, di colore grigio, pezzato sulla groppa (1), nicté e coda corta, lo stallone fu sequestrato nel 1806 a Ivenach nel Meclemburgo con tutto lo stallone del conte von Pless. L'Erodoto si unì alla ciurma della sella il 7 febbraio 1807 e prese quindi il nome di Nerone. Si dice che Napoleone lo cavalcò il giorno successivo, nella battaglia di Eylau. È conosciuto come un cavallo veloce, uno in situazioni particolarmente critiche. Come lo rappresentiamo, Nerone è guercio nell'ala destra, dal 1812 quando ricevette una fiamma in una Mosca in fiamme.

Dopo la sconfitta e l'abdicazione, il Neron lasciò Parigi e si unì all'Haras de Tarbes, dove fu trovato dal feldmaresciallo Blücher che chiese il suo ritorno al Congresso di Vienna. Non è stato fino al 1818 che sarebbe tornato a Ivenach fino alla sua morte nel 1828.

Questa caratteristica, secondo i libri di Caulaincourt, doveva essere molto discreta perché non compare nelle rappresentazioni del Nerone.

Comparative phylogenies of the conserved elongation factor EF1 ? and the BIK1.Maximum likelihood phylogenies from alignments of the protein sequences were estimated using the PhyML program with the substitution model WAG and a number of bootstraps of 100 [52] (www.phylogeny.fr). A. Phylogeny of EF1? represents the evolution of fungal species. Selected proteins are from Botrytis cinerea (BROAD: BC1G_09492.1), Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (GenBank: EDO03042.1), Fusarium verticillioides (BROAD: FVEG_02381.3), Fusarium oxysporum (GenBank: EGU83230.1), Fusarium fujikuroi (B. Tudzynski, unpublished data), Fusarium graminearum (BROAD: FGSG_08811.3), Podospora anserina (NCBI: XP_001907437.1), Aspergillus oryzae (GenBank: BAA76296.1), Aspergillus niger (NCBI: XP_001398942.1), Ajellomyces capsulatus (GenBank: AAB17119.1), Coccidioides immitis (GenBank: AAK54650.1), Schizosaccharomyces pombe (NCBI: NP_594440.1), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (GenBank: AAA34585.1). B. Phylogeny of BIK1 indicates a non-vertical inheritance. Selected proteins are from the pink B. cinerea strain 1750 (EMBL: HE802550), F. fujikuroi (GenBank: CAB92399.1), F. oxysporum (BROAD: FOXG_04757), and F. verticillioides (BROAD: FVEG_03379). The PKS sequence from A. niger (JGI: ANG51499) was used to root the tree.

A good way to pass time on a blustery Saturday!

Of course, we grew the apples and the blueberries!

1 quart of chopped Ashmeads Kernal Apples (or any tart apple)

1 quart blueberries

1 cup raisins

Juice of 2 lemons

5 cups sugar (next time I'll use less)

1 cup chopped walnuts

Combine all but nuts and bring slowly to a boil, stirring frequently. Boil until thick, about 20-30 minutes. Stir in nuts. Ladle into hot jars, seal, and process for 10 minutes in boiling water bath.

This poster describes a joint partnership of five Netherlands organisations which aims to reduce the impact of natural hazards on vulnerable communities in Uganda. The project aims to enhance adaptation through resilience building, use of appropriate technologies, relationship building, asset buildings, sustaining incomes and managing and conserving natural resources.

This is a joint project led by Cordaid (Email: sircor@cordaid.net)

Canned witch

Environmental Art installation at AD Barnes Park, Miami. Artist is Daniel Fila.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the municipality of Dragash have signed a municipal agreement for co financing in order to help the residents of this municipality to improve their farms and small enterprises.

Photo: Arben Llapashtica

Photo & Editing by Nicole

I took this while I was at the Aquarium at the Moody Gardens Pyramids in Galvaston, Tx.

The aquatic life was beautiful and this quote caught my eye. :)

You Gotta See This

What happened to Elsenham Quality Foods? Morello Cherry conserve c 2002

beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04271891/officers

The company is dormant, bought out by G. Costa in 2001, when the above company was created, Elsenham Quality Foods Ltd

www.just-food.com/news/gcosta-announces-acquisition_id761...

G.Costa announce the acquisition of Elsenham Preserves, Patum Peperium, and Becas. The four brands will be produced in a new factory situated at Elsenham, Hertfordshire (near Stanstead).

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A 2003 note from the auditors gives an address of Unit 6 Mills Road, Quarrywood industrial Estate, Aylesford Kent ME20 which was the address of G. Costa Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods [Patak, Blue Dragon etc]

The Gentelman's Relish, Patum Peperium, is now produced in Poland, having only been acquired by Elsenham in 1971

Apparently there is no longer a factory in Elsenham, it is said production has moved to Wales.

Another conserved feature. Some class distinction here I think !

Mosaic tiling.

After a brief repose which followed our initial ascent up the Longji terraced fields, our band of three left the hotel to resume again our hiking. To catch the setting sun, we set off for the high western hills that lay directly behind our residence. Another group of ardent Hong Kong tourists joined us on this trek.

Though we neither anticipated such an arduous journey, nor did we bring enough water to satisfy our parched lips, we nonetheless reached the peak of the acclivity without too much ennui to warrant a hasty departure. As if crack troops on the watch, we bunkered down on our hill, affectionately called "47," and from there we waited for the sun's final languid descent into obscurity.

No sooner had we made ourselves quite comfortable, exploring the adjacent mounds and running along the ridge while emoting in our Braveheart impersonations, than we noticed the ominous smoke billowing into the sky from the nearby mountaintops. The concentrated haze, the result of controlled brushfires, we concluded, was moving closer and closer towards us. Eventually, the crackling from the intense combustion of browned and dry foliage, that had been methodically placed on certain declivities, tinged our ears; and the smoke, which had so far been blown away by an easter gale whose ferocity also invited a biting cold to hill 47, at length enveloped our position, compromising our ability to remain there any longer. But by this time thankfully, the meek sun had ambled its way into the opaque distance and with our primary objective met, we gladly capitulated our untenable camp to our fiery nemesis. As the dark blanket of dusk settled on Longji, we swiftly fell back into the dimming wood, eager to return to our lodgings for a hot meal.

Since it is 30 years old, not quite sure if it should be used :)

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If resources are preserved, happiness will be conserved.

Saving resources mean - saving the planet.

Use renewable fuels - reduce global warming.

Consume local Product - contribute to environmental preservation.

Eat more native fruits, plant more native trees

Save environment and nature – save happiness of the future generation.

Keep rivers, lakes, ponds, water body Clean - fill life with happiness

Make sure environment is healthy, ensure smooth development.

Plant native trees - in Country, Community, towns, ports and cities

Make sure environment is green, ensure pure peace.

Clogging hill cutting will stop water logging.

Stop building heaps of polythene bags – start building clean city

Elderly, children and youngster will be preserving everywhere.

In workplace, society and family, everyone will be environment friendly.

We will be preserving – happiness will be everlasting.

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Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish declined 52%

56 acres of Planet’s forests destroyed every minute

Half of Planet’s wildlife species lost last 40 years

Freshwater species decreased by an alarming 76 percent

Water and food are interdependent

One litre of water to produce one calorie of food

We will fail to feed the world until we fix the water crisis

The world’s thirst for water will grow by 50%. By 2030

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•New Study Proves That People Who Don’t Believe In Climate Change Are Morons

•Global warming may be far worse than thought, cloud analysis suggests

•Global Fisheries Are Collapsing -- What Happens When There Are No Fish Left?

•Seas could rise higher than predicted, drenching coastal cities - study

•New York and London could be underwater within DECADES: Scientists say devastating climate change will take place sooner than thought

•6 Colorado Teenagers File Appeal in Fracking and Climate Lawsuit

•Scientists Warn Drastic Climate Impacts Coming Much Sooner Than Expected

•Drilling-induced earthquakes may endanger millions in 2016, USGS says

•Montreal Makes Plans To Ban All Plastic Water Bottles

•Climate Change Will Ruin Hawaii, New Study Suggests

•Global warming to scorch past milestone in 2047, study predicts

•Ocean acidity already crossed threshhold

•Every year after 2047 to be hotter than record-setting 2005, scientists predict

•Worst Mediterranean drought in 900 years has human fingerprints all over it

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•‘We Have A Global Emergency,’ Must Slash CO2 ASAP

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Save Forest – Save Water – Save Earth & Life ensure Habitable Earth for Each

650 million people, even the water they are able to find is unsafe

Water crises are among the top risks to global economic growth

Growing cities, populations, changing climate placing pressures on water

Every minute a newborn dies from infection caused by a lack of safe water and environment

42% of healthcare facilities in Africa do not have access to safe water.

Developing countries half occupied poor water, sanitation and hygiene caused disease

Around 315,000 children under-five die every year caused by dirty water and poor sanitation

That's 900 children per day or one child every two minutes.

2.3 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation, one in three of the world's population.

In Africa, an estimated 40 billion working hours are spent fetching water

Water in Accra, Ghana, costs three times as much as in New York.

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Beit el Jemâl, meaning "The house of the camel" is a Catholic monastery run by Salesian priests and brothers near Beit Shemesh, Israel. The Christian tradition identifies the site with the Roman and Byzantine-era Jewish village of Caphargamala (כפר גמלא‎), and believe that a cave there is the tomb of St. Stephen or to have conserved his relics. An alternative spelling and etymology for the name is therefore Beit Gemal or Beit Gamal - the House of Rabban Gamaliel the Elder.

09-08-18

I was surprised to see the almost fresh green...

Apparently, cemeteries do conserve something.

Coventry Transport Museum opened in 1980, after it became clear that the road transport collection was outgrowing the space it occupied in the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. The Museum’s current collection of vehicles is acknowledged as being one of the finest in the world, and the largest in public ownership.

The Museum’s collection consists of motor cars, commercial vehicles, cycles and motorcycles. In addition, extensive collections of automobilia, books, photographs and a wealth of other archive material is held and conserved at the Coventry History Centre at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

Ford Model Y 1936

sasrai-Movement’s sasrai Day, Earth Day, World Environment Day Slogan

If resources are preserved, happiness will be conserved.

Saving resources mean - saving the planet.

Use renewable fuels - reduce global warming.

Consume local Product - contribute to environmental preservation.

Eat more native fruits, plant more native trees

Save environment and nature – save happiness of the future generation.

Keep rivers, lakes, ponds, water body Clean - fill life with happiness

Make sure environment is healthy, ensure smooth development.

Plant native trees - in Country, Community, towns, ports and cities

Make sure environment is green, ensure pure peace.

Clogging hill cutting will stop water logging.

Stop building heaps of polythene bags – start building clean city

Elderly, children and youngster will be preserving everywhere.

In workplace, society and family, everyone will be environment friendly.

We will be preserving – happiness will be everlasting.

sasrai-Movement series Presentation in Observance of sasrai Day, Earth Day, Faith Climate Action Week, World Health Day, World Environment Day

sasrai Day –01 Boishakh/April 14 Appeal

Save Forest – Save Water – Save Earth & Life ensure Habitable Earth for Each

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1709595609296313&set=...

Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish declined 52%

56 acres of Planet’s forests destroyed every minute

Half of Planet’s wildlife species lost last 40 years

Freshwater species decreased by an alarming 76 percent

Water and food are interdependent

One litre of water to produce one calorie of food

We will fail to feed the world until we fix the water crisis

The world’s thirst for water will grow by 50%. By 2030

https://www.facebook.com/fgaleeb/media_set?set=a.1708192856103255.1073741884.100007376703347&type=3&pnref=story

sasrai-Movement series Presentation in Observance of sasrai Day, Earth Day, Faith Climate Action Week, World Health Day, World Environment Day

sasrai Day –01 Boishakh/April 14 Appeal

Save Forest – Save Water – Save Earth & Life ensure Habitable Earth for Each

•Bangladesh has planned furnish the in Naba Barsha Dish Excluding National Fish Hilsha

•New Study Proves That People Who Don’t Believe In Climate Change Are Morons

•Global warming may be far worse than thought, cloud analysis suggests

•Global Fisheries Are Collapsing -- What Happens When There Are No Fish Left?

•Seas could rise higher than predicted, drenching coastal cities - study

•New York and London could be underwater within DECADES: Scientists say devastating climate change will take place sooner than thought

•6 Colorado Teenagers File Appeal in Fracking and Climate Lawsuit

•Scientists Warn Drastic Climate Impacts Coming Much Sooner Than Expected

•Drilling-induced earthquakes may endanger millions in 2016, USGS says

•Montreal Makes Plans To Ban All Plastic Water Bottles

•Climate Change Will Ruin Hawaii, New Study Suggests

•Global warming to scorch past milestone in 2047, study predicts

•Ocean acidity already crossed threshhold

•Every year after 2047 to be hotter than record-setting 2005, scientists predict

•Worst Mediterranean drought in 900 years has human fingerprints all over it

•Eating Less Meat Could Save 5 Million Lives, Cut Carbon Emissions by 33%

•‘We Have A Global Emergency,’ Must Slash CO2 ASAP

sasrai Day –01 Boishakh/April 14 Appeal

Save Forest – Save Water – Save Earth & Life ensure Habitable Earth for Each

650 million people, even the water they are able to find is unsafe

Water crises are among the top risks to global economic growth

Growing cities, populations, changing climate placing pressures on water

Every minute a newborn dies from infection caused by a lack of safe water and environment

42% of healthcare facilities in Africa do not have access to safe water.

Developing countries half occupied poor water, sanitation and hygiene caused disease

Around 315,000 children under-five die every year caused by dirty water and poor sanitation

That's 900 children per day or one child every two minutes.

2.3 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation, one in three of the world's population.

In Africa, an estimated 40 billion working hours are spent fetching water

Water in Accra, Ghana, costs three times as much as in New York.

Dhaka’s water tariff of Tk 6.99 per 1,000 litres ‘lowest in the world’.

The biggest threat to the present Planet Earth is Rapid Running Out of the Resources (RRR).

sasrai-Movement must be the Central to Realizing Sustainable Global Development

Ensure Peace, Justice, Dignity, Rights, Prosperity, Security for Each

No matter Climate Changing or Not, Ice Melting or Not – We must stop Consumption Competition

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A large conserved ruin of a late 13th Century castle. It was besieged for nine weeks in 1339, captured and devastated, and the owner killed. King Charles IV. purchased the castle from his heirs in 1356, and restored it. It was used by the wealthiest families as a strongpoint, and was often besieged. It´s importance vanished in the 17th Century, many objects were damaged in the 18th Century when the new owners searched for a treasure. Extensive conservation was done after WW2, the chapel was completely restored and roofed. The area was opened to public in 1994, and is a very nice weekend trip target.

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

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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.

There are 60 wildfires burning right now across the state of Texas. Three of those are right here in San Antonio. Over 1,000 homes have been lost. Please pray for those families losing their homes, the men and women fighting these fires, and that it will finally rain and bring some relief. For those of us in town who are out of harm's way, we should be conserving water since we are already nearing stage 3 water restrictions from the drought, and the firefighters will need to be spraying freely.

If you'd like to help out, visit this website:

txwildfirerelief.org/

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Early 1970s

When everybody conserves energy, production can increase greatly

Renren lai jie dian, shengchan da fazhan (人人来节电，生产大发展)

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As stated in the movie “Home,” the widespread destruction of plants has severely affected numerous environments and currently poses a threat to biodiversity. Focused on gaining profit, many entrepreneurs and corporations tend to see natural resources as prospective goods. Deeply motivated by economic interests, such companies have the tendencies to ignore environmental concerns and inevitably contribute to the depletion of natural resources and propagate pollution (90). As many of these corporations take interest in several natural resources found abroad, they seek to make concessions with different nations for the right to extract certain plants (191). Due to the high demands of extractions, countless areas of the world are now being deforested. Likewise, these corporations are implementing measures for single crop plantations to be created. The interest in growing oil palm trees over the maintenance of biodiversity was exemplified in the film. As deforestation and the development of one crop plantations are becoming more frequent, ecological systems are continually being disrupted. In response to this ongoing issue, many scientists have been trying to conserve the diversity of plants and other species. This conservation initiative was first promoted by Gifford Pinchot, the founder of the U.S. Forest Service (13). He intended to wisely manage the diversity of natural resources as many species could be used for benefit. Shown above is a picture of water lilies from the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. This institution is likewise dedicated to the conservation of species and their respective habitats. Furthermore, the gardens seek to restore once damaged vegetation and classify useful plants. Although water lilies are not endangered, over exploitation of land and increases in agriculture could hinder the growth of this group of plants. Efforts made by botanical gardens, such as this one, highlight the imperativeness of preventing further ecological damage by protecting species that could be victimized by deforestation.

Palm oil, a widely popular ingredient used for commercial food, personal care products, and biofuel, is a product of palm trees. Popularly produced in Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America, palm oil constitutes as a third of the world’s vegetable oil trade. Indonesia and Malaysia, specifically, are known to be the largest producers in palm oil. Despite the source of income this harvest provides, the cultivation of palm oil has disastrous environmental effects and receives much scrutiny by several international organizations. Such effects include the significant rise in greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, habitat destruction, reduction in biodiversity, and potential climate change. Due its high popularity, the over harvesting of palm oil and the conversion of certain areas into farmlands has detrimentally disrupted certain habitats. With such changes, palms are unable to reproduce as efficiently. Furthermore, alterations to the environment and an increase in monoculture consequently affect biodiversity. Without the presence of a sound diversity, the ecosystems of over exploited species, such as the palm oil, will be severely disturbed. As the Netherlands are known to be the main exporter of palm oil in Europe, the Dutch government and several of its environmental groups are seeking to trace the origins of imported palm oil from Southeast Asia. Wetlands International, a Dutch environmental group, has additionally found that excessive palm harvesting causes global emissions on peatland. An organic sponge that stores large quantities of carbon that beneficially balances global emissions, peat can disastrously release its gases into the atmosphere when drained. This happens from over farming palm. Scientists from Wetlands conclude that Indonesia releases a total of 1.5 billion tons of carbon annually. Essentially, a chain of effect will occur. The overproduction of palm oil will destroy other coexisting species as its need to be harvested dominates the environment. Thus, conservation is necessary as it maintains a healthy environment for both humans and plants.

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David Diaz of the Otsego Land Trust stands on the future site of a sizable forest buffer on a property to be purchased and transferred to the Wetland Trust for conservation along Butternut Creek in Otsego County, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 2020. Known as Mussel Flats, the 82-acre, 7000-foot stretch of creek is home to populations of yellowlamp mussel and eastern elliptio and could support other threatened wildlife. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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sasrai-Movement’s sasrai Day, Earth Day, World Environment Day Slogan

If resources are preserved, happiness will be conserved.

Saving resources mean - saving the planet.

Use renewable fuels - reduce global warming.

Consume local Product - contribute to environmental preservation.

Eat more native fruits, plant more native trees

Save environment and nature – save happiness of the future generation.

Keep rivers, lakes, ponds, water body Clean - fill life with happiness

Make sure environment is healthy, ensure smooth development.

Plant native trees - in Country, Community, towns, ports and cities

Make sure environment is green, ensure pure peace.

Clogging hill cutting will stop water logging.

Stop building heaps of polythene bags – start building clean city

Elderly, children and youngster will be preserving everywhere.

In workplace, society and family, everyone will be environment friendly.

We will be preserving – happiness will be everlasting.

sasrai-Movement series Presentation in Observance of sasrai Day, Earth Day, Faith Climate Action Week, World Health Day, World Environment Day

sasrai Day –01 Boishakh/April 14 Appeal

Save Forest – Save Water – Save Earth & Life ensure Habitable Earth for Each

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Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish declined 52%

56 acres of Planet’s forests destroyed every minute

Half of Planet’s wildlife species lost last 40 years

Freshwater species decreased by an alarming 76 percent

Water and food are interdependent

One litre of water to produce one calorie of food

We will fail to feed the world until we fix the water crisis

The world’s thirst for water will grow by 50%. By 2030

https://www.facebook.com/fgaleeb/media_set?set=a.1708192856103255.1073741884.100007376703347&type=3&pnref=story

sasrai-Movement series Presentation in Observance of sasrai Day, Earth Day, Faith Climate Action Week, World Health Day, World Environment Day

sasrai Day –01 Boishakh/April 14 Appeal

Save Forest – Save Water – Save Earth & Life ensure Habitable Earth for Each

•Bangladesh has planned furnish the in Naba Barsha Dish Excluding National Fish Hilsha

•New Study Proves That People Who Don’t Believe In Climate Change Are Morons

•Global warming may be far worse than thought, cloud analysis suggests

•Global Fisheries Are Collapsing -- What Happens When There Are No Fish Left?

•Seas could rise higher than predicted, drenching coastal cities - study

•New York and London could be underwater within DECADES: Scientists say devastating climate change will take place sooner than thought

•6 Colorado Teenagers File Appeal in Fracking and Climate Lawsuit

•Scientists Warn Drastic Climate Impacts Coming Much Sooner Than Expected

•Drilling-induced earthquakes may endanger millions in 2016, USGS says

•Montreal Makes Plans To Ban All Plastic Water Bottles

•Climate Change Will Ruin Hawaii, New Study Suggests

•Global warming to scorch past milestone in 2047, study predicts

•Ocean acidity already crossed threshhold

•Every year after 2047 to be hotter than record-setting 2005, scientists predict

•Worst Mediterranean drought in 900 years has human fingerprints all over it

•Eating Less Meat Could Save 5 Million Lives, Cut Carbon Emissions by 33%

•‘We Have A Global Emergency,’ Must Slash CO2 ASAP

sasrai Day –01 Boishakh/April 14 Appeal

Save Forest – Save Water – Save Earth & Life ensure Habitable Earth for Each

650 million people, even the water they are able to find is unsafe

Water crises are among the top risks to global economic growth

Growing cities, populations, changing climate placing pressures on water

Every minute a newborn dies from infection caused by a lack of safe water and environment

42% of healthcare facilities in Africa do not have access to safe water.

Developing countries half occupied poor water, sanitation and hygiene caused disease

Around 315,000 children under-five die every year caused by dirty water and poor sanitation

That's 900 children per day or one child every two minutes.

2.3 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation, one in three of the world's population.

In Africa, an estimated 40 billion working hours are spent fetching water

Water in Accra, Ghana, costs three times as much as in New York.

Dhaka’s water tariff of Tk 6.99 per 1,000 litres ‘lowest in the world’.

The biggest threat to the present Planet Earth is Rapid Running Out of the Resources (RRR).

sasrai-Movement must be the Central to Realizing Sustainable Global Development

Ensure Peace, Justice, Dignity, Rights, Prosperity, Security for Each

No matter Climate Changing or Not, Ice Melting or Not – We must stop Consumption Competition

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Peintes vers 1080-1120, les peintures romanes sont très bien conservées et extrêmement bien réali-sées. Bien que lacunaire, ce programme est riche de plusieurs thèmes iconographiques. Sur le mur est, une frise grecque avec effet de relief et différents oiseaux parcourt tout le baptistère. Entre les deux oculi, un Christ avec un nimbe crucifère se tient en majesté dans sa mandorle avec un livre ouvert où est inscrit EGO [SUM V] I [TA] : Je suis la vie (Jean, XIV, 6). Autour de lui, deux anges épousent parfaitement la forme des fenêtres, tous deux tournés vers les Apôtres désignant le Christ. Ceux-ci ne sont pas reconnaissables individuellement, hormis saint Pierre à la droite du Christ. Ils sont en mouvement et marchent sur des vagues représentants le monde sur lequel répandre la parole divine, avec au dessus d'eux une inscription en latin AS-CENDO AD PA-TREM [MEUM E] T PA-TREM [VES-TRVM, DEVM ET DEVM VES-TRVM]. VI[RI G]A[LIL] EI [QVIS S]TA[TIS AS-PI-CIENT] ES IN CELVM. HIC HIESVS QVI ASVMTVS EST A VOBIS : Je monte vers mon Père et votre Père, mon Dieu et votre Dieu. Galilée qui lève les yeux au ciel. C'est Jésus qui vous a été enlevé.

Sous le Christ la main de Dieu représentée dans un médaillon. Sur l’arc en plein cintre, un Agnus Dei et deux anges thuriféraires, avec sous cet arc des personnages non identifiables dans des médaillons. Enfin, sur le dernier registre du mur, deux cavaliers sont situés de part et d’autre, le premier complètement effacé dont ne reste que la tête du cheval. A droite, le cavalier Constantin tenant un sceptre et un orbe, et marchant dans la direction du Christ, est le seul des quatre dont l’identité nous soit parvenue. Sur cette partie du mur se superposent le cavalier roman et les dernières scènes du cycle de la vie de saint Jean-Baptiste, datant du XIIIe siècle.

Sur le mur Nord, de gauche à droite, se situent une figure profane, un paon sous chaque oculi et sous l’arc en mitre un saint anonyme, avec à droite du mur deux apôtres. Sur le mur Ouest, les peintures sont très endommagées, un paon est tou-jours visible bien que pâle, un vase ocre s'y distingue aussi (vase de vie ou pour utiliser le chrême en vue d'oindre les catéchumènes. Un deuxième paon devait se trouver à côté avec, plus bas, deux autres cavaliers dont l’un est complet, couronné et tenant un sceptre. Le quatrième et dernier cavalier est lui aussi endommagé, seul le haut de son corps étant visible tenant les rênes de son cheval.

Sur le mur Sud, deux apôtres, non complets avec sous l’oculus un paon et sous l’arc en mitre, saint Maurice d’Agaune, désigné ici par MAVRICIVS en habit de légionnaire, ses reliques étant conservées dans la cathédrale primitive. Sous le second oculus, un dragon fait face à un homme brandissant une épée, symbole du combat entre le bien et le mal. Entre ces deux figures, une inscription CIL CRIA MARCI ET VRNA : il demanda grâce et s’enfuit (plus vieille inscription connue en langue vernaculaire) (cf. fra.archinform.net).

Scupltures anciennes conservées à l'intérieur dans un petit musée lapidaire.

Scupltures old preserved inside a small lapidary.

Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Vincent. La partie occidentale de l'édifice est commencée au XIème siècle sur l'emplacement de fondations du VIème siècle.

Achevée au début du XIVème siècle, cette église a été partiellement détruite en 1799 (nefs et transept). La base des tours est du XIème siècle, le narthex du XIIème siècle. Les étages supérieurs sont gothiques.

Old Cathedral of St. Vincent. Occientale part of the building was begun in X8ème century on the site foundations of the sixth century.

Completed early in the fourteenth century, this church was partially destroyed in 1799 (nave and transept).The base of the towers is the eleventh century, the narthex of the twelfth century.The upper floors are Gothic.

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 remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.

Wood-conserving stoves are saving thousands of trees, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and greatly improving women's and children's health in Central America. Utilizing up to 50% less wood as a “traditional” open pit fireplace and reducing the amount of smoke and black carbon in the home, the wood-conserving stoves (or Justa stoves) being implemented by SHI are a radical and healthy change. Traditionally, the walls and roofs of rural homes in Central America would be caked with black soot, while smoke being inhaled by women and children would be the equivalent of smoking 2 to 5 packs of cigarettes per day. Such traditional stoves, notorious for consuming large amounts of wood, are also a main cause of respiratory infections, tuberculosis, eye disease and more. According to the World Health Organization, about 1.6 million deaths around the world were associated with indoor air pollution or the burning of biomass as cooking fuel.

Using a combination of bricks and adobes, the wood conserving stoves being installed by SHI Field Trainers and participants have been known to:

-Cut wood consumption by up to 50%

-Reduce indoor smoke by 90%, thus reducing carbon monoxide and particulate matter

-Save an average of 1.5 tons of carbon emissions per year (according to tests conducted by Trees, Water, People)

More info and how you can contribute: www.sustainableharvest.org/techniques/wood-conserving-stoves

Chester Zoo’s new baby elephant calf, which has caused a stir of excitement among keepers and visitors alike, has been named Nayan meaning eye in Hindi.

The male calf, which was born close to midnight on Sunday 18th July, has been exploring his new home while staying close to his mother, Sithami. The name was chosen by both the Zoo’s elephant keepers and the staff from the Assam Haathi Project, the conservation project which mitigates human elephant conflict in north east India. The project is run by Chester Zoo and EcoSystems-India.

Nandita Hazarika , Project Manager of Assam Haathi Project, who was visiting from India at the time of the birth, said: “We are delighted to be involved in the naming of the Zoo’s new elephant calf. We worked with the elephant keepers to find a Hindi name and think Nayan is a perfect choice. As a charity, Chester Zoo funds various conservation projects abroad so by visiting the new baby elephant, visitors are helping support these projects and in doing so playing a part in conserving various animal species around the world.”

Nayan is the second calf for Sithami, 13, who is also mum to Sundara, six. Proud dad is Upali, 16.

RIP Nayan died 29th July 2013

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A recent international study led by ANSTO instrument scientist Vladimir Luzin is likely to be of interest to conservationists who are trying to preserve important marble sculptures and artefacts, such as Michelangelo's famous sculpture of David.

David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by Michelangelo [Credit: ALAMY]

"The fact of the matter is that physical weathering, deterioration and damage to marble and other architectural stones present a serious problem for the preservation of sculptures, monuments and buildings," said Luzin.David: A sculpture made from Carrara marble

Before its relocation in Galleria dell'Accademia, David, the "Giant", was symbolically displayed in the political heart of Renaissance Florence, the Piazza della Signoria. Over a period of almost three centuries, the statue was exposed to the action of weather, historical events and inappropriate restoration works. These coexisting factors prevented the appropriate preservation of a masterpiece that, already at the time of its creation, was regarded as challenging by many artists—due to the presence of taroli, imperfections of the marble.

Today David is in a highly stable condition but still presents a contemporary scientific challenge from a conservation point of view. Researchers are monitoring marble cracking of the 4.3 metre David with a system of sensors that record vibrations, rotations and environmental conditions. [1] Conservationists monitor the sculpture because it is thought that even small mechanical impacts and small temperature variations are detrimental to marble.

Geologically marble is formed by the alteration (metamorphism) of limestone under high temperature and high pressure. The metamorphic process causes a complete recrystallization of the original rock into an interlocking mosaic of calcite and/or dolomite crystals with very specific mechanical behaviour.

Carrara marble, the stone used by Michaelangelo in sculpting David, was one of the most popular types of marble in the world because of its beauty and high lustre. For centuries it was quarried from the Apuan Alps in Tuscan Italy.

The popularity of Carrara marble was due in part to the wide range of varieties available (statuary, flowered, veined, brecciated, bardiglio, etc.), to the constancy of its quality, scarcity of defects, large size of single blocks that could be extracted, excellent physical and mechanical characteristics, and long-lasting strength and beauty." [2]

The Pantheon in Rome [Credit: ANSTO]

However the suitability of marble from the Carrara area of Italy for buildings and artworks has been questioned because of 'spectacular bowing behaviour' of marble slabs on numerous modern buildings including the Amoco building in Chicago and the Grand Arche de la Defense in Paris.

A study of Carrara marble by a group of investigators led by Luzin have confirmed that microstresses caused by temperature variation and the thermo-mechanical properties of the marble itself help explain the deterioration. Co-investigators are Dimitry Nikolayev of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Moscow and Siegfried Siegesmund of theUniversity of Göttingen in Germany.

The investigators were interested in the different environmental conditions that influence marble deterioration and had to reproduce factors known to be important to the process of deterioration. Temperature effects were among those known to cause mechanical stress.

Luzin and collaborators used non-destructive neutron diffraction to confirm that thermally-induced microstress from a single thermal exposure can cause microcracking in the marble and therefore be responsible for weathering and deterioration of the marble [3].

"Neutron diffraction is a useful tool and a non-destructive method to investigate the texture, phase composition and spatial and orientation dependence of strain in a bulk marble sample," explained Luzin.

Although the commercial use of statue-grade Carrara marble is no longer allowed, an exception is made for restoration works and scientific research. Freshly cut marble from a quarry in Carrara, Italy was used for the testing.

"Although not easy, stress measurements in geological materials, such as marble are feasible and provide valuable characterisation," said Luzin.

He explained that the challenges are related to the need to measure two phases with sufficient accuracy. It is necessary to use a large gauge volume because of the coarse grain microstructure and longer measurement time in order to capture very delicate effects of microstress in calcite and dolomite—which are also very weak neutron scatterers.

The neutron high resolution powder diffractomter, Echidna, determined the amount of each phase in two cube samples of marble. In one sample, the dolomite comprised a volume fraction of 28 per cent and in the other it was 18 per cent, which is not surprising given the highly visible non-uniform distribution of dolomite in the marble.

The Kowari diffractometer was used to produce pole figures, graphical representations that capture the preferred crystallographic orientation (texture) of the calcite and dolomite. "A weak crystallographic texture in both phases was confirmed in the neutron diffraction experiment," said Luzin.

The stress experiments were carried out using the Kowari diffractometer in a specially designed sample environment unit in order to control temperature. "We took measurements of the calcite and dolomite phases at room temperature and at 80° C."

Using a technique to measure the stiffness of an elastic material, the researchers were able to accurately measure the accumulated damage after a thermal exposure that could be unambiguously attributed to microcracking.

"Evidently, a significant change in microstress caused micro-cracking in the marble sample due to temperature changes," said Luzin.

Although exaggerated temperature might not be relevant to real daily and seasonal temperature variation, smaller, more numerous natural temperature variations during long periods of time might result in even greater accumulated damage. There are historical examples of sculpture which deteriorated into a pulverised state after a century of exposure to temperature variation.

"We have a responsibility to try and preserve great works of art and architecture with non-destructive techniques and nuclear technologies give us the means to do this. Hopefully David and other important monuments can be preserved in the centuries to come," said Luzin.References[1] Giovanni Pascale, Filippo Bastianini, Roberto Carli, "Monitoring Marble cracking in the David by Michaelangelo Proc. Art'11, 10th Int. Conf. on Non-Destructive Investigations and microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of cultural and environmental heritage, Florence, April 13th-15th, 2011, NDT44[2] Stephano Merlino Paolo Orlandi "Carraraite and zaccagnaite, two new minerals from the Carrara marble quarries: their chemical compositions, physical properties, and structural features" American Mineralogist, Volume 86, pages 1293–1301[3] 310.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.777.148. Luzin, V; Nikolayev, D and Siegesmund, S, Temperature Induced Internal Stress in Carrara Marble, Mater. Sci. Forum 777, 148-154 (2014)Source: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) [June 22, 2015]

Cette plaque en ivoire est conservée au musée de la cour d'or à Metz(57).

Albéradon II était évêque de Metz de 984 à 1005, il est d'ailleurs présent sur la reliure tout en bas de la plaque

la scène principale est une crucifixion.

on y voit également sous le christ Adam et Eve Prostrés au pied de l'arbre de la Connaissance. Cette scène est encadrée par les quatre évangélistes tétramorphe (de gauche à droite) Mathieu l'ange ; Marc le lion, Luc le taureau, Jean l'aigle.

Sous eux, on peut voir une réminescence d'iconographie, à gauche un vieil homme assis sur monstre marin et à droite, une femme couchée pouvant aisément représentée la Terre.

tout en bas dans le cadre de feuillage qui entoure l'ensemble des scènes se trouve le portrait de l'évêque Alberadon II qui a fait faire cette reliure dont il nous manque un volet.

The Carolina Gopher Frog is one of many Longleaf endemic species that have seen heavy declines in the last 100, 50, and 20 years. This species is protected in North Carolina and a candidate for federal listing. Currently, NC WRC (North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission) is actively involved in conserving this species in the state - through monitoring and survey efforts, land acquisition, and through head-starting programs.

Of the six remaining populations, all are "at-risk". This photograph demonstrates how we survey for this shy and elusive imperiled species. Monitoring occurs at the beginning of their breeding season when males start calling in order to attract females. We then complete diurnal egg mass surveys in order to gain insights on how the populations are preforming year-to-year. Essentially, one egg mass equals one female, so if you were to count all the egg masses per pond, per population, you can start to understand reproductive effort, recruitment, and population trajectories. This data is insanely helpful for the management and conservation of this species. Here in this photograph you can see two flags indicating two egg masses, however, you can only see one of the egg masses in the photograph.

Conserved remains of a gothique castle, founded in early 14th Century. It stood on the rebel side in the Hussite side, but its owner switched sides in the last phase of the conflict, and the castle was unsuccesfuly besieged by Hussites in 1434. The owning lord is mentioned a few weeks later as one of the knights, who decided the battle of Lipany, in which the Hussites were definitely crushed. The castle was used together with a newly built baroque manor until 1621, when both were plundered and burned down by imperial soldiers. The manor was quickly restored, but the castle was abandoned, and parts of it were systematically demolished, after the whole county was sold to a enterpreneur. When his son, after he inherited the castle, is elevated to a noble in 1865, he sees himslef to be a successor to the knight tradition of the castle, stops its destruction and begins conservation efforts. In the communist era the ruin was statically conserved in the then-typical way, which was not the most sensitive, it was returned together with the manor to their last owners in 1990ies, and is freely accessible today, with deep cellars and tight tunnels undergrounds.

Cacchin

Over 5000 years, the farmers of Andean agriculture have dynamically conserved indigenous agricultural knowledges such as landscape management such as terraces, ridges fields, water management including local irrigation systems, soil management and traditional agricultural tools, crops and livestock, which has adapted to the ecosystems of different altitudes ranging from 2,500 to 5,000 m. Social organizations have been the key factor to maintain their own norms and cultural practices for the harmonious and respectful management of their environment and contributes to their food security.

In 2011, the Andean Agriculture of Peru was designated as a GIAHS site for its unique agricultural system, and in 2021, it celebrates its 10th anniversary after designation. As the site continues to conserve its agrobiodiversity and manage landscape through the ancient traditional agriculture, they also face challenges of external influences which do not always consider the cultural and ecological values of their context.

Photo credit must be given: © FAO / Jeremy Cornejo

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Andean Agriculture, Peru

Pampacorral

Over 5000 years, the farmers of Andean agriculture have dynamically conserved indigenous agricultural knowledges such as landscape management such as terraces, ridges fields, water management including local irrigation systems, soil management and traditional agricultural tools, crops and livestock, which has adapted to the ecosystems of different altitudes ranging from 2,500 to 5,000 m. Social organizations have been the key factor to maintain their own norms and cultural practices for the harmonious and respectful management of their environment and contributes to their food security.

In 2011, the Andean Agriculture of Peru was designated as a GIAHS site for its unique agricultural system, and in 2021, it celebrates its 10th anniversary after designation. As the site continues to conserve its agrobiodiversity and manage landscape through the ancient traditional agriculture, they also face challenges of external influences which do not always consider the cultural and ecological values of their context.

Photo credit must be given: © FAO / Jeremy Cornejo

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Andean Agriculture, Peru

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

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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.

Remains of the old Conservatory at Gwrych Castle.

pastrychefonline.com/?p=9208 Buttermilk Mascarpone Stracciatella with Balsamic Strawberry Conserve. An intensely summery, well-balanced ice cream. It gets creaminess from mascarpone, a bit of a tang from the buttermilk and a deep, complex fruitiness from the conserve. This is a great use for strawberries that might be a bit past their prime.

Visitors attend an open house exhibition of the 75 year anniversary of Gracie Mansion Conservancy at Gracie Mansion. First Lady Chirlane McCray surprised a few guests with a photo line on Sunday, March 5th, 2017. Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photo Office.

Kenyan Countryside

As part of Earth Month, Sound Transit this week sponsored a Home Conservation Fair at Union Station. The fair featured members of the agency's sustainability team along with local utilities and other organizations including Puget Sound Energy, Seattle Public Utilities and Snohomish County PUD. Seen here facing the camera is Kent Hale, Sound Transit senior environmental planner. Sunday is Earth Day 2012.

To celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on 11 May this year, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) will host a regional WMBD event on the shores of Lake Elementaita to raise awareness about the need to conserve the migratory birds and their habitats.

World Migratory Bird Day is commemorated in every continent, connecting people and cultures around the globe in the same respect that migratory birds do on their journeys each year. However, the impacts of people around world have led to habitat loss and degradation, greatly affecting many migratory bird species. The survival of migratory birds depends on the availability of well-connected networks of habitats along their migration routes for breeding, feeding, resting and wintering.

The 2013 World Migratory Bird DayTheme - "Networking for migratory birds"

This year's World Migratory Bird Day theme "Networking for migratory birds" aims to emphasize both ecological networks, as well as networks between organizations and individuals and their mutual importance for the long-term conservation of migratory birds. Since migration routes often cross many countries and even entire continents, an effective management strategy requires joint action in the form of international cooperation. Collective conservation actions by governments, nature conservation organizations, scientists and the general public are needed to ensure the survival of migratory birds.

World Migratory Bird Day 2013 - Regional Kenyan Event at Lake Elementaita

Lake Elementaita is an important site for migratory birds and is the venue for this year's regional World Migratory Bird Day 2013 event in Kenya that will take place on 11 May 2013 starting at 9:00am.

The event is being hosted by the government of Kenya through Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the focal point of the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) in collaboration with the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement Secretariat (UNEP/AEWA) and with funding from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).

This event will be preceded by a five days International Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on the flyway approach to the conservation and wise use of waterbirds and wetlands taking place from 6 - 10 May 2013 at the Kenya Wildlife Service Training Institute (KWSTI) in Naivasha, Kenya. The training targets participants from Eastern and Southern African countries and will use the Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Flyway Training Kit as a central training resource. The ToT workshop and the WMBD event, both contribute to the implementation of priority awareness-raising activities as identified by the AEWA African Parties in the recently adopted AEWA Plan of Action for Africa 2012-2017.

Lake Elementaita

Lake Elementaita, important for numerous migratory waterbirds including the near threatened Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor), is a shallow alkaline lake lying on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at 1,776 m above sea level. Although the lake and a terrestrial buffer zone cover an area of about 108.8 km2, the size of the open water body fluctuates between 19 km2 and 22km2. It was designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA) in 1999 and as a Ramsar site in 2005. It was, however, not until 2010 that Lake Elementaita was proclaimed as a National Wildlife Sanctuary. The Wildlife Sanctuary encompasses the whole of Lake Elementaita and its surrounding riparian lands. In 2011, Lake Elementaita, Lake Nakuru and Lake Bogoria were inscribed by UNESCO as part of the Kenya Lakes System in the Great Rift Valley World Heritage Site.

Many human activities directly or indirectly damage sites through habitat fragmentation and degradation thereby posing a grave threat to migratory bird species. These important habitats are disappearing and with them the ecological networks that connect them. With limited access to these important sites like Lake Elementaita, birds may not survive their demanding journeys. Consequently, the management of ecological networks is crucial for the protection of avian migratory species. Lake Elementaita's status as a national Wildlife Sanctuary, IBA and Ramsar site as well as being part of the Great Rift Valley World Heritage Site shows the site's great importance as a wilderness conservation area. These protection statuses will help conserve Lake Elementaita's great environmental resources, including migratory birds, for generations to come.

What is World Migratory Bird Day?

Launched in 2006 on the edge of the Great Rift Valley in Laikipia (Kenya) - World Migratory Bird Day is an annually celebrated awareness-raising campaign aiming to inspire the worldwide conservation of both migratory birds and their habitats. The campaign is organized by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA); two international wildlife treaties administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). World Migratory Bird Day is also supported by a growing number of partners, such as BirdLife International, Wetlands International, the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC).

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in collaboration with a number of national stakeholders including the National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Forest Service, National Environment Management Authority among other including Nature Kenya and Soysambu Conservancy will be hosting the regional WMBD event on 11 May 2013 at Lake Elementaita, Kenya.

For more information about the WMBD event at Lake Elementaita, please visit the KWS website at: www.kws.org

For more information about World Migratory Bird Day, please visit the website at: www.worldmigratorybirdday.org