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L’Abbaye de Fontenay fondée en 1118 par Bernard de Clairvaux est la plus ancienne abbaye cistercienne conservée au monde.
Désaffectée à la Révolution française qui entraîna le départ des moines, elle a été reprise comme bâtiment industriel, ce qui a permis de préserver l’ensemble des bâtiments de style roman : l’église abbatiale, le dortoir des moines, le cloître, la salle capitulaire, la salle des moines et la forge.
L’ Abbaye est depuis 1820 la propriété privée d’une même famille, qui poursuit la conservation du site.
Nichée au creux d’un vallon préservé qui s’étend sur plus de 1 200 hectares, L’Abbaye est agrémentée d’un parc paysager classé « Jardin Remarquable » en 2004.
Classée monument historique français dès 1862, elle a été inscrite au patrimoine mondial (Unesco) en 1981.
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To conserve fuel, LRO was moved from its 50-km circular orbit into an elliptical orbit on 11 December 2011. As a result, the spacecraft's altitude is now significantly higher in the northern hemisphere; the low point of the orbit is ~30 km over the south pole and 200 km over the north pole. This new orbit provides fantastic opportunities to acquire large area mosaics with nearly identical lighting across numerous orbits. For this Giordano Bruno crater mosaic, LROC acquired four NAC pairs (8 NAC images), from 4 orbits in a row, over a six hour period on 1 March 2012. Since LRO's polar orbits progress from east to west, the first image pair was acquired by slewing the spacecraft 6° to the west, on the next orbit only 1° to the west, on the third orbit LRO slewed 4° to the east, and the last orbit 9° to the east. The pixel scale of the images was about 1.6 to 1.8 meters, so the images were reprojected to 1.8 meters.
A conserved ruin of a gothical castle, later rebuilt in renaissance style. It is a rare type of a castle/chateau hybrid founded in 1381, with more emphasis on comfort and less on defense. The defense tower was lower than normal, the windows were large, the palace was accesible directly from the first courtyard. The brugrave from Křivoklát Castle built himself a castle which was very progressive and ahead of it´s time. It was devastated in the Thirty Year War, but renewed, and got a new red ceramic roof, due to which it was then also known as Red Castle. A flash started a large fire in 1783, which completely destroyed the castle, and it was not renewed. Conservation work began in 1915, the ruin is very popular by tourists and film makers. The wooden bridge was made after the original one, in medieval style and only with historical carpentry axes, it was laid in the place with a medieval wooden crane made the same way - it was a experiment to test medieval technologies and work processes.
Conserve Italia has added Yoga AQ Verde to its line-up. It's an antioxidant blend of pineapple, lemon and apple, with vegetable extracts and green tea.
The Mauthausen Oath
Conserve the international solidarity of the camp in our memories and to derive from it the necessary lessons; follow a common path; the one of freedom - indispensable for every population, of reciprocal respect, of collaboration in the great work of constructing a new world that is free and just for all.
Mauthausen Oath, 16 May 1945 - Internationale Befreiungsfeier
The Plaza del Rollo, located behind the Plaza de la Villa, in the heart of Habsburg Madrid, is home to this sculptural ensemble with which Madrid City Council pays tribute to the 449 Madrid Republicans deported after the end of the Spanish Civil War to Mauthausen and other Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War.
Unveiled on 2 March 2023, the monument consists of five pieces: a 5x5-metre gate, three 3-metre vertical structures and a support that includes the Mauthausen Oath, all of which are made of Corten steel by the sculptor José Miguel Utande.
The main sculpture symbolises the Gate of Freedom and expresses the shared dream that encourages those who built this memorial. Alongside it, there are three columns called The Trees of Dreams, symbolising the ordeal, on whose trunks the names of the 449 Madrid Republicans deported to Mauthausen and other concentration camps from 1940 onwards are written.
The ensemble is rounded off with the inscription of the commitment made by the survivors of the camps to tell the world what they experienced in order to prevent its repetition, known as the Mauthausen Oath.
Had an amazing diner 'Au Pied de Cochon' (At Pig Feet). I ordered their classic 'Canard en Conserve' (Duck in a Can).
Every time I opened the big freezer bags of blueberries that I froze this summer would fall out. Last night I decided to do something with them. I couldn't find a recipe I liked, so I made one up as I went along. This is a soft spread blueberry mixture with the consistency between a conserve and a jam. I cooked half of the berries down with a bit of added water and used a potato masher to squish them into a juicy pulp. I added whole berries part of the way through the cooking, so it is full of texture and taste. I had about 18 - 20 cups of mixture. I added a squirt of lemon juice and about 9 cups of sugar and let it cook on low heat for about 3 hours. Then I increased the heat and added 2 boxes of SureJell (just to be on the safe side), brought it to a rolling boil and immediately put it into hot jars. I didn't process them anymore as they were already starting to seal. My very spoiled children won't eat store bought jellies and jams, so every year I make dozens of jars of jam and preserves for them and am always searching for recipes that do not call for so much sugar.. This batch gave me 10 pints and 2 quarts.
In 1956, the roughly17-metre-deep shaft of the Mikveh, the Jewish ritual bath, was excavated. The Mikveh is located in the very heart of the Jewish Quarter directly south of the Synagogue. Today it can be seen under the silver pyramid in the Town Hall Square. In order to conserve and restore the Mikveh, it was necessary to cover the former glass roof construction.
According to the ritual requirements, a Mikveh has to hold ‘living' water. In the case of the Mikveh in Cologne, this means flowing groundwater. To this day, the changing level of the Rhine can be read at the bottom of the Mikveh from the differing water levels there. At the end of 2009, the level of water carried by the Rhine was so low that the Mikveh was completely dried out. This incident enabled the extraction of samples for scientific examinations and a detailed construction record that will clarify the individual building phases of the Mikveh more precisely. It has already been detected that, like the synagogue, the Mikveh dates back to the 8th century: like other monuments, it shows earthquake damage in early building phases.
Edlingham Castle is a ruined fortified manor located between Alnwick and Rothbury. A manor house probably existed on the site from the middle of the 12th century, but the remains visible today were largely built in the 14th and early 15th centuries. It was largely dismantled in the late 17th century. It came into state ownership in the 1970s, and was excavated and the remains conserved in 1978-1982.
The North Eastern Railway's Alnwick-Coldstream branch ran close to Edlingham. Although the line closed to passengers in 1930 and freight in 1965, the line's viaduct still overlooks the castle ruins
Marion Karl visits her forested property in Cooperstown, N.Y., on May 21, 2015. Karl’s 173 acres are in a conservation easement with the Otsego Land Trust, and she hikes through it almost daily to take in a view of Otsego Lake. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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).
Kromdraai conservation area near the Cradle of Humankind. Didn't see any Guinea Fowl, but did see some monkeys.
Joseph Dunn, Morris County Soil Conservation District Manager, promoted the concept of using rain barrels to conserve water before the Morris County Board of Freeholders at the board’s Aug. 10 work session in Morristown. Dunn said his agency is offering discounted 55-gallon rain barrels to homeowners to help them capture and store rainwater from their home’s roof gutter system to then water flowers, vegetables, shrubs and trees. Here, he tells Freeholder Ann Grossi that a do-it-yourself version is $65, and comes complete with detailed instructions and attachments. The rain barrels may be ordered by calling the Soil Conservation District office at 973-285-2953 or by e-mailing the office at morris@mcscd.org.
A conserved 14th Century castle over a town of the same name, originally one of the local guard castles, standing perfectly in one line. It served for many centuries and was maintained, but after it was besieged by imperial armies in 1621, and burned down by Polish cossacks in 1624, it was ruined and partially collapsed in 1783, none of the palaces survived. Insensitive reconstruction into a tourist place began in 1899, which incorporated new buildings into the walls and destroyed many remaining parts. The most significant part is the main tower, 40 meters high, today a lookout.
Ring-tailed lemurs live in large family groups in the dry-wood Southern forests of Madagascar. There are around 22 species of lemurs, and this number varies depending on who you ask - classification is hard to pin down for lemurs and some estimates of the number of lemur species are as high as 60. Regardless of the classification, all lemurs are only found in Madagascar. Ring-tailed lemurs live in large groups and are a female-dominated species, which means the girls get first dibs on food and water, and decide where the group travels. Photo: Alana Range
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Conserved remains of a village fort founded around 1300. It was a local strongpoint, attacked and demolished in 1408, but renewed, after the owners died out the king took all their possessions. After 1468, when the king lost a decisive battle against Austrians supported by Hungarians, the fort was one of many which had to be given to supporters of the Hungarian king, after 1505 it lost its residential function and was abandoned. It was a round buliding surrounded by two 8 m deep and 12 m wide moats, a multilevel residential tower was put into the round wall, a second defensive tower stood inside the walls (the base is still well visible).
Prelude to a Conserve
Directed by: Desiree Godsell | Lia McPherson
Dancers: BCGDT | Lindsay Dwyer | Lia McPherson | Reanne Moe | Nya Brown | Manushka Magloire | Desiree Godsell
Born in LA, California, MayaNicol started her performance career studying dance at the age of 3. As she continued to study with Paul & Arlene Kennedy, Debbie Allen, La Verne Reed, Earrtha Robinson, she landed the role of Janet Jackson in the TV series "The Jackson American Dream", which began her professional acting and dance career. As she continued her dance career at LA County HS for the Arts (studying with KaRon Lehman Brown Karen McDonald, Don Martin) MayaNicol continued her professional carrier being featured in commercials, tv shows, movies, music videos, and musicals. All the while, MayaNicol always sang, whether it was in the choir or working and writing with her mom Sheree Brown or grammy award winning Patrice Rushen. Wanting to focus more on dancing, Maya put a pause on acting and focused moor on classical dance, Receiving her BFA from UArts ( Philly) and performing with several choreographers as well as choreographing her own works. Upon her move to Brooklyn, MayaNicol continued to dance working with choreographers and to explore songwriting and is now working with Brooklyn and Philadelphia based producers to sing more often and work with producers DJ Teenworld, The 83rd, Margel Sophant. writing her own material.
There is a shrine for St. Mary, the peacemaker in the sanctuary of Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Church. Apparently, she is so popular that they have posted a sigh, both in English and Español, asking people to limit the candles they light to 2 per week so that others have a candle for their intentions.
The local communities in and around forests are the real stakeholders and are best equipped to protect the forests and its wildlife and their involvement is extremely crucial. The villagers of the Kharman and Kyalegteng in Arunachal Pradesh are a testimony to this fact. In 2011, these villagers, inspired by the idea of Community Conserved Area approached the Tata Trusts and WWF – India for technical and financial support in demarcating 85 sq. km. of Unclassed State Forest land as the Pangchen Lakhar Community Conserved Area (PLACCA). The PLACCA comprises Panchayat members, village elders and youth who work for the conservation and management of their verdant forests, thereby securing the habitats of endangered red pandas, musk deer, serow, goral, Himalayan black bears, Siberian weasels, leopards and wild dogs. PLACCAMC has been encouraging the villagers to revive their dependency on agriculture and put into practice some of the pilot mitigation techniques to combat human-wildlife conflicts. For PLACCAMC’s foresight and unified efforts in conservation, the team was awarded The Balipara Foundation Nature Conservancy Award.
A conserved 14th Century castle over a town of the same name, originally one of the local guard castles, standing perfectly in one line. It served for many centuries and was maintained, but after it was besieged by imperial armies in 1621, and burned down by Polish cossacks in 1624, it was ruined and partially collapsed in 1783, none of the palaces survived. Insensitive reconstruction into a tourist place began in 1899, which incorporated new buildings into the walls and destroyed many remaining parts. The most significant part is the main tower, 40 meters high, today a lookout.
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Global warming and the world wide water crisis
the windows on the ceiling of Russel Union allow Natural light to shine through which saves on energy cost and amount used.
Kirby Muxloe Castle HD Panoramic from Side. Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known as Kirby Castle, is an unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire. It was a brick-built fortified mansion, built for Lord Hastings. It sits in ruins now with a complete corner tower, and is being conserved by English Heritage. One of the few castles in England to have a wet moat of water moat...most soils are too porous...the moats are 60 ft (18 m) wide. Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire is an unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe surrounded by a moat.
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La grande galerie de l'Évolution est l'une des galeries du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN). Les galeries du Muséum sont des bâtiments qui constituent en eux-mêmes des musées (elles sont labellisées « musée de France ») et chacune se spécialise dans un domaine spécifique de l'histoire naturelle.
La grande galerie de l'Évolution se situe dans la partie sud-ouest du Jardin des plantes dans le Ve arrondissement de Paris, en France. Créée à partir de l'ancienne galerie de Zoologie, la grande galerie de l'Évolution est un espace d'exposition rénové en 1994 qui porte sur l'évolution des espèces et la diversité du monde vivant et s'appuie sur une scénographie contemporaine des collections d'histoire naturelle du MNHN. Dans un espace réservé et une ambiance crépusculaire sont présentées les espèces disparues ou très menacées. Un autre espace, plus coloré et ludique, est spécialement conçu pour les jeunes enfants : c'est la « galerie des enfants ». Enfin le sous-sol est dédié aux expositions temporaires.
En 1987, la « cellule de préfiguration de la grande galerie » est créée par Philippe Taquet, alors directeur du Muséum. Elle comprend les muséologues Geneviève Meurgues, Fabienne Galangau Quérat, Jacques Maigret et Florence Raulin Cerceau, coordonnés par Michel Van Praët et conseillés par les autres chercheurs du Muséum, en particulier Francis Petter et Patrick Blandin, et la communauté scientifique nationale. Cette cellule rédige le premier synopsis de la Galerie qui renverse l’approche strictement systématique et didactique, développée dans les musées à l’époque ou basée antérieurement sur les dioramas et les spécimens accumulés en vitrines. Pour la première fois au monde un muséum d’histoire naturelle choisit de baser la présentation générale de ses collections sur le diagramme de l’évolution des espèces (cladogramme) selon les principes de la cladistique.
En février 1988, Paul Chemetov, Borja Huidobro, Pontus Hultén associés au scénographe René Allio et à l'architecte muséographe Roberto Benavente, sont désignés par un jury international comme lauréats du concours d’architecture organisé par l'Éducation nationale et le MNHN, parmi six équipes en compétition.
Le 6 octobre 1988, à l'occasion de l'inauguration de l'exposition « D'ours en ours » consacrée à l'ours des Pyrénées, François Mitterrand visite la Galerie alors vétuste et fermée, puis décide d'inclure sa rénovation dans les grands travaux présidentiels.
En juillet 1989, la maîtrise d’ouvrage du projet est ainsi confiée au secrétariat d’État chargé des Grands Travaux dirigé par Émile Biasini.
Le chantier est ouvert en avril 1991. Le 21 juin 1991 les grands mammifères qui n’avaient pas rejoint la zoothèque du fait de leur taille, quittent la Galerie et sont transférés dans un hangar situé entre les rues Buffon et Poliveau pour y être restaurés par les trois taxidermistes du Muséum : Christophe Gottini, Franz Jullien et Jack Thiney aidés d'un taxidermiste privé, Yves Walter, comme la plupart des animaux choisis pour illustrer le propos scientifique de la Galerie. En 3 ans, un millier d’animaux sont restaurés : 350 mammifères, 500 oiseaux, plus d’une centaine de reptiles, de poissons et amphibiens.
La Galerie commence alors sa spectaculaire métamorphose. Le projet des architectes prévoit de déplacer l'entrée dans l’axe longitudinal de la nef. Pour cela, la « galerie de Vénus », qui la reliait à l'extrémité Ouest de la galerie de Minéralogie et de Géologie, est démolie et offre ainsi une nouvelle source de lumière naturelle outre celle filtrée de la verrière zénithale. Puis la nef est creusée pour créer deux niveaux supplémentaires ; il s’agit de l’une des étapes les plus délicates du chantier. Cette excavation met au jour des fondations en pierre de meulière et des arcatures insoupçonnées, vestiges des anciennes galeries royales de « curiosités » du jardin royal des plantes médicinales. Le comblement de la nef à rez-de-chaussée est ensuite réalisé avec une structure métallique contemporaine qui complète l’architecture en fonte du xixe siècle. La scénographie de la Galerie est confiée à René Allio qui avec les architectes, prône l’« allusion plutôt que l'illusion ». Il définit les principes fondamentaux qui respectent les idées scientifiques portées par la grande galerie de l'Évolution : des espaces communs et particuliers, des présentations variées, généralistes ou thématiques, une esthétique du vide et du plein, des parois animées.
La grande galerie de l'Évolution a été inaugurée le 21 juin 1994 par François Mitterrand. En 2014, 13 millions de personnes ont visité la grande Galerie, le record de fréquentation datant de 2013 avec 800 000 entrées.
Afin de célébrer les 20 ans de la Galerie, le Muséum subit de 2011 à 2014 une rénovation conduite par Paul Chemetov : 700 spécimens exposés sont restaurés et le dispositif son et lumière est amélioré.
Les collections du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle sont un patrimoine riche et important et ont permis de comprendre l'évolution de la vie. Ces collections ont commencé avec la naissance du Jardin royal des plantes médicinales en 1635 et se sont amplifiés ensuite avec la création du Muséum d'histoire naturelle à la Convention en 1793. La collection détient aujourd'hui 75 millions de spécimens répartis comme suit : 40 millions d'insectes, 17 millions de pages d'herbier, 1 million de poissons et 80 000 oiseaux et mammifères ainsi que des reptiles, amphibiens, fossiles, minéraux et roches. 9 500 spécimens sont exposés (mammifères, oiseaux, insectes…).
La salle des espèces disparues et menacées contient de nombreuses pièces rares soigneusement entretenues comme les pièces dites "types" (spécimens qui ont permis de décrire pour la première fois une espèce animale ou végétale). Ce sont les références qui ont permis d'établir la classification des espèces.
Aujourd'hui encore les chercheurs du monde entier continuent de remplir cette collection. Les missions des chercheurs du Muséum ainsi que ceux d'autres organismes comme l'Ifremer ou le CNRS permettent d'enrichir cette collection conservée sous les parois de la grande galerie de l'Évolution dans la zoothèque souterraine.
Rhinocéros royal : premier animal de grande taille naturalisé au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, cet animal provenant de la Ménagerie royale de Versailles avait appartenu au roi Louis XV.
Calmar géant : la Galerie expose au public le seul exemplaire au monde de calmar géant ayant été conservé et naturalisé. Il s'agit d'une femelle de 9 mètres de long capturée en 2000, qui a fait l'objet d'une technique de conservation d'animaux « mous » : la plastination qui allie lyophilisation et imprégnation par une résine qui se substitue à l'eau de leurs tissus, lesquels se conservent ainsi beaucoup plus longtemps.
L'éléphant d'Asie « Siam », qui, ayant vécu 52 ans, est l'un des plus grands au monde
IITA breeder constantly checks on the health status of conserved germplasm of cowpea seeds in IITA's gene bank. (file name: DSC_9060)
Shots taken during the removal of the 18th century glass in the east window for cleaning and repair by Norgrove Studios in 2017.
St Mary's at Preston on Stour is a gem of a church. The tower and nave are mostly the original late medieval work but with significant remodeling in 1752-64 (by Edward Woodward of Chipping Campden) The chancel was entirely rebuilt at this time, though the effect is surprisingly homogeneous.
Inside the chancel are several wall-mounted monuments of 17th & 18th century date, but it is the stained glass which takes centre stage, with a magnificent collection of Continental roundels in the east window, and two superb and extremely unusual side windows by William Price from the 1750s, with standing saints flanked by an eccentric collection of portrait medallions.
There is further notable glass in the west window under the tower, which seems to be indigenous work of 15th & 16th century dates, possibly original to the church, though sadly difficult to see without special access to the bell ringing chamber.
Prelude to a Conserve
Directed by: Desiree Godsell | Lia McPherson
Dancers: BCGDT | Lindsay Dwyer | Lia McPherson | Reanne Moe | Nya Brown | Manushka Magloire | Desiree Godsell
Born in LA, California, MayaNicol started her performance career studying dance at the age of 3. As she continued to study with Paul & Arlene Kennedy, Debbie Allen, La Verne Reed, Earrtha Robinson, she landed the role of Janet Jackson in the TV series "The Jackson American Dream", which began her professional acting and dance career. As she continued her dance career at LA County HS for the Arts (studying with KaRon Lehman Brown Karen McDonald, Don Martin) MayaNicol continued her professional carrier being featured in commercials, tv shows, movies, music videos, and musicals. All the while, MayaNicol always sang, whether it was in the choir or working and writing with her mom Sheree Brown or grammy award winning Patrice Rushen. Wanting to focus more on dancing, Maya put a pause on acting and focused moor on classical dance, Receiving her BFA from UArts ( Philly) and performing with several choreographers as well as choreographing her own works. Upon her move to Brooklyn, MayaNicol continued to dance working with choreographers and to explore songwriting and is now working with Brooklyn and Philadelphia based producers to sing more often and work with producers DJ Teenworld, The 83rd, Margel Sophant. writing her own material.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership celebrates banking its 24,200th species, a Yunnan banana seed - a pink wild banana from China which is an important staple for wild Asian elephants (Musa itinerans). Royal Botanical Gardens Kew is celebrating collecting, banking and conserving 10% of the world's wild plant species. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place, East Sussex. David Hickmott (Seed Conservation Assistant) in the vaults which are kept at minus 20 degrees centigrade. October 15, 2009. Photo: Edmond Terakopian
Anna Henry Elementary
3,000 gal. rainwater recovery tank.
The school mascot is a Gila Monster. Are the teachers telling us that their students are little monsters?
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650 N. Igo Way, Tucson
A conserved ruin of a gothical castle, later rebuilt in renaissance style. It is a rare type of a castle/chateau hybrid founded in 1381, with more emphasis on comfort and less on defense. The defense tower was lower than normal, the windows were large, the palace was accesible directly from the first courtyard. The brugrave from Křivoklát Castle built himself a castle which was very progressive and ahead of it´s time. It was devastated in the Thirty Year War, but renewed, and got a new red ceramic roof, due to which it was then also known as Red Castle. A flash started a large fire in 1783, which completely destroyed the castle, and it was not renewed. Conservation work began in 1915, the ruin is very popular by tourists and film makers. The wooden bridge was made after the original one, in medieval style and only with historical carpentry axes, it was laid in the place with a medieval wooden crane made the same way - it was a experiment to test medieval technologies and work processes.