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La cathédrale de Ratzebourg est une ancienne église romane, l'une des mieux conservées du pays. La cathédrale doit son aspect particulier à l'absence de pierre naturelle dans la région. Elle a donc été construite en briques.
L'église, construite à partir de 1160 sous l'évêque Evermod, est située sur le sommet le plus élevé de la pointe nord de l'île de la vieille ville de Ratzeburg. L'île abrite les ossements de Saint Ansverus, qui a été tué en 1066 lors du soulèvement de Wends. La cathédrale a été donnée par Heinrich le Lion comme église épiscopale du diocèse de Ratzeburg. Il s'agit donc de l'une des quatre "cathédrales du lion", auxquelles appartiennent également celles de Schwerin, Lübeck et Braunschweig. Une réplique du lion de Braunschweig se trouve dans la cour de la cathédrale de Ratzeburg depuis 1881.
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The Samoan village of Savaia is taking measures to protect and conserve the giant clams just off their village. They were spectacular! Some over a metre long, many different colours, and you can snorkel out over them
« Je suis un conservateur. Je veux conserver le monde tel qu’il est, non parce qu’il me paraît bon — au contraire, je le juge ignoble — mais parce que je suis dedans et que je ne puis le détruire sans me détruire avec lui. » (J.-P.S.)
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La iglesia de Santa María de La Antigua se levanta desde al menos el siglo XII en la ciudad de Valladolid. Conserva de fines de esa centuria o principios de la siguiente una esbelta torre románica rematada con una flecha recubierta de teja, que la hace ser, con el de la iglesia de San Esteban (Segovia), el campanario románico más alto de España y la Península ibérica en la actualidad, y un pórtico en el lado norte también románico. El resto del edificio es gótico y neogótico, pues se levantó en el siglo XIV y, tras posteriores añadidos en diferentes estilos, fue intensamente restaurado y reconstruido en la primera mitad del siglo XX.
The church of Santa María de La Antigua has been built since at least the 12th century in the city of Valladolid. It conserves from the end of that century or the beginning of the following one a slender Romanesque tower topped with an arrow covered with tile, which makes it, with that of the church of San Esteban (Segovia), the highest Romanesque bell tower in Spain and the Peninsula Iberian today, and a portico on the north side also Romanesque. The rest of the building is Gothic and Neo-Gothic, as it was built in the 14th century and, after subsequent additions in different styles, it was intensively restored and rebuilt in the first half of the 20th century.
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30 by 30 by 2030: the target of protecting 30% of lands and 30% of waters by 2030. In 2022, at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montréal, 196 countries agreed to protect 30% of the world’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, and inland waters by 2030 and 50% by 2050, through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). This idea originated from biologist Edward Osborne Wilson, who was dubbed “Darwin’s natural heir” and “a Darwin for the modern day.” Wilson believed that half the earth needed to be conserved in order to protect 80 percent of the planet’s species. This framework aligns with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “Tackling this issue is both a moral duty and an economic imperative.”
The 30 by 30 (30 x 30) agenda is being implemented in Canada without a vote, and the public has almost no information on the subject. The Canadian government has signed over 60 agreements with Indian bands across Canada to preserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030 and to preserve 50% of lands and waters by 2050. “Canada, BC, and First Nations governments have joined the United Nations in committing to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030.” The dialectic: problem, reaction, solution. On May 27, 2021, a Kamloops Indian band publicly declared the discovery of an Indian residential school mass grave site. Of course, the mass grave site has no bodies, so they have never dug it up. The United Nations urged the Canadian government to promptly investigate the supposed graves. The mass grave hoax was the excuse needed for the federal government to rally the troops to introduce legislation concerning the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We must get this fast-tracked! On June 21, 2021, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was put into law. The provincial government of British Columbia had already beaten the federal government to the punch. They had already passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) into law, on November 28, 2019, which established the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Currently, British Columbia is a test site for the implementation of the UNDRIP agenda. Therefore, British Columbians are afraid of losing their private property rights. This United Nations governmental framework is a ploy to abolish private property―AKA communism. Why did a supposedly sovereign nation adapt the laws of an international body? If you are too dull to understand, the United Nations was put into place to bring about a one-world government. The United Nations loves to market global governance as ‘Sustainability.’ Propaganda: UNDRIP has been marketed to Canadians as ‘Truth and Reconciliation.’ The end result of this Truth and Reconciliation: you will own nothing and be happy. Of course, we have also been marketed multiculturalism (decolonialism): you will be replaced and be happy. Part of the 30 by 30 agenda is decolonialism. This means that the Indian’s will be given control of the land.
According to a Canadian constitutional lawyer, there seems to be a caveat in these United Nations agreements. If the Indians mismanage the land, then the United Nations can legally step in to manage the land. The United Nations will then be the ‘guardians’ of the land! Some Indians are afraid that they may lose their land (both present and future lands). If the government can take the land of the majority and give it to the few, they can also take the land of the few. Indeed, Indian bands are famous for corruption and mismanagement. It’s a guaranty that many Indian bands would lose their land. Of course, they will take the land from the Indians. They are pawns! “More broadly, some Indigenous organisations have criticised the way 30 by 30 has been promoted and negotiated, arguing that it risks appropriating Indigenous lands under the guise of biodiversity conservation. The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs described aspects of the initiative as having ‘all the hallmarks of green colonialism,’ citing the marginalisation of Indigenous titles and rights in international conservation processes and warning that expanding protected areas without secure recognition of Indigenous jurisdiction could further entrench colonial patterns of land control.” Indeed, the globalists are the original colonialist gangsters/banksters. The United Nations is just a front organization. Those who make the rules globally will control the world.
The United States of America wasn’t a voting member in the negotiations of the Biodiversity Conference in Montréal, because it didn’t ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1993. However, there is a workaround! Joe Biden issued an executive order for an initiative called Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. “The benefits of this executive order include improving the resiliency of our Nation’s infrastructure and placing the Nation on a more sustainable path for a carbon-free future.” This initiative also included a campaign called Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful. “The first-ever national conservation goal by a President—a goal of conserving at lest 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.” Does this sound familiar? “In total during his first two years in office, President Biden took more conservation actions and protected more lands than any other 21st century President by channeling more than $10 billion to local land conservation. His efforts have conserved millions of acres of lands and waters through designations of national monuments, wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, farm bill conservation programs, and more. The President has demonstrated his commitment as a modern conservationist to aggressively pursuing the challenge of conserving at least 30 percent of American lands and waters by 2030.” Straight from the horse’s mouth! “In 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that put into motion a plan to conserve 30% of the state’s lands and coastal waters by 2030. Since launching the so-called 30 x 30 initiative, the state has safeguarded 26.1% of its lands and 21.9% of its coastal waters, according to a new report.” Thank you Los Angeles Times. Now to Europe! The European Commission’s Biodiversity strategy for 2030 is an essential part of the European Green Deal. Huh, the Green (New) Deal? Sound familiar? “It [the European Green Deal] aims to cut emissions by at least 50% by 2030, rising towards 55%, while legally binding the 2050 neutrality goal through the European Climate Law.” The Biodiversity strategy for 2030 includes the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The European Parliament, despite great opposition from policymakers, introduced measures to restore nature on a fifth of land and sea by 2030. “The law passed narrowly with 336 votes for, 300 against, and 13 abstentions.”
A one-world government is the end goal. In the Book of Revelation, we see a one-world digital currency system implemented with a Mark—the Mark of the Beast (some sort of barcode, QR code, or embedded chip-type technology that will generate a unique transaction code). The Tribulation Period will be a time of totalitarianism, wars, famines, and plagues. Satan and his New World Order minions want to take away your lands and freedom, and then they will kill you with wars and famines and plagues.
Among many others, Giussani conserved the memory of a beautiful evening when, from the terrace of the seminary in Venegono, gazing upon a gorgeous view of the Alps from Monviso to Monte Rosa, he heard Galbiati’s voice from behind him say, “You see all that? It’s all mine! I’ll just leave it all there, for now . . .” Giussani remarked that one had to have the heart of a child in order to say such a thing: “Anyone who knew Monsignor Galbiati knew he was like a child.” That evening Giussani learned an essential lesson from that brief remark, which could have been interpreted as just a little quip: “If You are the Lord and therefore everything is Yours and I recognize it, then it all becomes mine; I follow You and everything becomes mine!”
-The Life of Luigi Giussani, Alberto Savorana Translated by Mariangela C. Sullivan and Christopher Bacich
Elle est l’une des cathédrales gothiques les plus connues au monde grâce à la série de tableaux que Claude Monet, le maître des Impressionnistes, lui a consacrée. Au cœur de la ville historique, la cathédrale de Rouen résume à elle-seule l’évolution de l’art gothique, depuis le début de sa construction au XIIème siècle, sur les fondations d’une basilique du IVème siècle et d’un ensemble roman du XIème siècle.
C'est une construction d'architecture gothique dont les premières pierres remontent au haut Moyen Âge. Elle a la particularité, rare en France, de conserver son palais archiépiscopal et les constructions annexes environnantes datant de la même époque.
Comme la plupart des grands édifices religieux du gothique normand, la cathédrale est dotée d'une « tour-lanterne » sur la croisée du transept. La flèche en bois couverte en plomb de style Renaissance qui la couronnait fut détruite par un incendie allumé par la foudre en 1822. Elle est à présent surmontée d'une flèche en fonte, construite de 1825 à 1876 qui culmine à 151 mètres de hauteur. La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen est la plus haute de France et était le plus haut bâtiment du monde au moment de son achèvement en 1876, et le restera jusqu'en 1880, détrônée par la cathédrale de Cologne (157 mètres). Elle reste néanmoins la troisième plus haute église du monde, dépassée seulement par celles d'Ulm1 et Cologne. Elle est également la cathédrale qui, par la largeur de sa façade occidentale de 61,60 mètres, détient le record de France.
Considérée comme « la plus humaine des cathédrales » par le manque de symétrie de sa façade occidentale, elle est mondialement connue, notamment à travers les 30 tableaux de la série des Cathédrales de Rouen, peints par l'Impressionniste Claude Monet
It is one of the most famous Gothic cathedrals in the world thanks to the series of paintings that Claude Monet, the master of the Impressionists, dedicated to it. In the heart of the historic city, Rouen Cathedral alone sums up the evolution of Gothic art, since the beginning of its construction in the 12th century, on the foundations of a 4th century basilica and a Romanesque complex from the 11th century.
It is a Gothic architectural construction whose first stones date back to the early Middle Ages. It has the particularity, rare in France, of preserving its archiepiscopal palace and the surrounding annexes dating from the same period.
Like most of the great religious buildings of Norman Gothic, the cathedral has a "lantern tower" on the crossing of the transept. The Renaissance-style lead-covered wooden spire that crowned it was destroyed by a fire started by lightning in 1822. It is now topped by a cast iron spire, built from 1825 to 1876, which peaks at 151 meters in height. Rouen Cathedral is the tallest in France and was the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1876, and would remain so until 1880, dethroned by Cologne Cathedral (157 meters). It nevertheless remains the third tallest church in the world, surpassed only by those of Ulm1 and Cologne. It is also the cathedral which, by the width of its western facade of 61.60 meters, holds the French record. Considered "the most human of cathedrals" due to the lack of symmetry of its western façade, it is known worldwide, notably through the 30 paintings in the Rouen Cathedrals series, painted by the Impressionist Claude Monet.
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Water – Use It Wisely
Tips to save water :
* Avoid leakage of water from the taps.
* Turn the tap off when not in use especially when you brush your teeth or wash clothes.
* Rainwater harvesting is the another method to conserve water.
* The water supply should be limited in those areas which enjoys the unlimited water supplies.
* Check the leakage of water in the toilets. Also get check the hidden water leaks.
* Educate the mind of the people in the rural areas to save the water.
* Promote the conservation of water through media and wall posters.
* Never throw the water unnecessary on roads which can be used for gardening and cleaning.
* Avoid unnecessary flushing the toilets. Dispose off the tissues, cigarettes and other waste into the bin instead of toilets.
* Use minimum amount of water to bath.
* Water Waste restrictions.
* Improvement in the water distribution system.
* Water your lawn only when it is needed.
* Use a broom instead of hose to clean the sidewalks or to wash the car.
* Capture the water that is leaking and repair it as soon as possible.
* You can use washing machine to wash clothes that does not consume much water.
* Donot leave the tap running while washing the dishes in the kitchen.
* Install small shower heads to reduce the flow of water.
Benefits to Conserve water :
* If you save water it can save your money bills.
* Reduction in interior water use cuts waste water flows, especially overflowing of gutters which contaminates the environment.
* Environment benefits include eco system and habitat protection.
* Water conservation helps in improving the quality of your drinking water.
Technical methods to conserve water :
Rainwater Harvesting :
Rainwater harvesting is the gathering and collection of water from the rooftop. The traditional method of rain water harvesting is the most effective and simple way to conserve the water. It means utilization of rain water for the domestic as well as agricultural purposes. There are three technical methods of rain water harvesting such as Catchment, Conveyance and storage.
Historical Water Bodies :
There are many traditional water bodies which have been in disuse for the longer time. These bodies can be reused as the recharging points.
Ponds :
Steps should be taken to avoid dumping of sewage into the village ponds. Efforts need to be made to deepen these ponds with the dragline machines. Garbage and other waste sholud not be dumped into the ponds.
At 5 months old.
Just a comfy cub being cute.
Zorinka the female Amur Leopard cub, one of two born 2-17-23 to mom Satka and dad Oskar.
Photo taken 7-19-23.
Lambiotte a été une importante usine de produits chimiques pendant 115 ans
L'entreprise Lambiotte a fait les beaux jours de cette petite commune de la Nièvre. Construite en 1886, l’usine a été une des plus importantes productrices de charbon de bois, alimentée par le bois des forêts nivernaises. Elle a peu à peu développé également des produits chimiques issus de la carbonisation du bois. Mais en 2002, l’entreprise ferme laissant un site et un sol particulièrement pollués. Au printemps 2016, c’est une nouvelle page qui s’ouvrira avec la démolition des bâtiments. Le chantier durera un an au moins et coûtera environ 4 millions d’euros. Seule deux tours, deux anciens séchoirs, seront conservées.
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Conditions de prises de vues très diificiles dans cette cathédrale, peu de lumière.
L’orgue de la cathédrale Saint-Bertrand de Comminges possède l’un des plus beaux buffets Renaissance conservé à ce jour et classé Monument Historique depuis 1840. Commandé par Jean de Mauléon, évêque du Comminges, il fut réalisé après l’achèvement des stalles du chœur en 1551.
Comme les stalles, ce buffet serait l’œuvre de Nicolas Bachelier, architecte et sculpteur français (1487 – 1556) à qui l’on doit, entre autre, le célèbre Hôtel d’Assézat à Toulouse.
Le nom du facteur et la composition d’origine de l’instrument nous sont inconnus. Il subira de nombreux avatars au cours des siècles et, en 1793, les tuyaux de montre seront fondus et l’instrument abandonné.
De l’instrument Renaissance enfermé dans ce buffet, il ne reste rien. Pour imaginer en quoi pouvait consister l’instrument commandé par Jean de Mauléon, évêque du Comminges, on en est réduit à formuler des hypothèses, en se référant d’une part à la composition connue d’orgues de cette époque, à la structure du buffet, et d’autre part, à la littérature pour clavier éditée autour des années 1550. Les parties les plus anciennes (2 sommiers de grand orgue de 48 notes et deux petits sommiers de pédale, plus quelques jeux anciens, bourdons et flûtes) remontent aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.
Bernard Raupp, facteur d’orgues à Mirande, a retrouvé des dessins sur des soupapes des sommiers de grand orgue, qui peuvent être attribués à Jean-François Lépine. Le reste résulte des reconstructions successives menées au cours des siècles suivants.
En 1896, les frères Magen reconstruisent l’orgue et livrent un instrument à 2 claviers et pédale.
En 1970, Robert Chauvin restaure les sommiers du Grand Orgue, puis sous la direction de Pierre Lacroix, la reconstruction de l’instrument actuel est confiée à Jean-Pierre Swiderski et réalisée en plusieurs tranches, de 1975 à 1981. À l’exception de 218 tuyaux du XVIIe siècle et de 243 tuyaux de Magen, la tuyauterie est entièrement neuve. Réalisée à la demande, elle a été harmonisée par Jean-Pierre Swiderski pour les jeux de fonds et Georges Lhôte pour les jeux d’anches. L’instrument conserve encore deux sommiers de 14 jeux au Grand Orgue et deux sommiers 4 jeux à la pédale remontant au XVIIe siècle.
Depuis 1974, la commune de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, propriétaire, a délégué ses pouvoirs à l’Association des Amis de l’Orgue de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, en vue de la restauration et de l’entretien de l’instrument.
Very difficult shooting conditions in this cathedral, little light.
The organ of the Saint-Bertrand de Comminges cathedral has one of the most beautiful Renaissance cases preserved to date and classified as a Historic Monument since 1840. Commissioned by Jean de Mauléon, bishop of Comminges, it was made after the completion of the stalls of the choir in 1551.
Like the stalls, this buffet would be the work of Nicolas Bachelier, French architect and sculptor (1487 – 1556) to whom we owe, among other things, the famous Hôtel d’Assézat in Toulouse.
The name of the maker and the original composition of the instrument are unknown to us. It will undergo many avatars over the centuries and, in 1793, the watch stems will be melted down and the instrument abandoned.
Of the Renaissance instrument enclosed in this case, nothing remains. To imagine what the instrument ordered by Jean de Mauléon, bishop of Comminges, could consist of, one is reduced to formulating hypotheses, by referring on the one hand to the known composition of organs of this period, to the structure of the buffet, and on the other hand, to keyboard literature published around the 1550s. in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Bernard Raupp, organ builder in Mirande, found drawings on the valves of the windchests of the great organ, which can be attributed to Jean-François Lépine. The rest is the result of successive reconstructions carried out over the following centuries.
In 1896, the Magen brothers rebuilt the organ and delivered an instrument with 2 keyboards and pedal.
In 1970, Robert Chauvin restored the windchests of the Grand Orgue, then under the direction of Pierre Lacroix, the reconstruction of the current instrument was entrusted to Jean-Pierre Swiderski and carried out in several stages, from 1975 to 1981. With the exception of 218 pipes from the 17th century and 243 pipes from Magen, the pipework is completely new. Produced on demand, it was harmonized by Jean-Pierre Swiderski for the back stops and Georges Lhôte for the reed stops. The instrument still retains two 14-stop windchests in the Grand Orgue and two 4-stop pedal windchests dating back to the 17th century.
Since 1974, the municipality of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, owner, has delegated its powers to the Association of Friends of the Organ of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, with a view to the restoration and maintenance of the tool.
Marchande de pains traditiionnels sur un marché de la vieille ville de Kashgar, région autonome ouïghoure du Xinjiang, Chine.
Ces pains plats et ronds, décorés, vendus par cette femme ouïghoure se retrouvent dans toute l'Asie centrale et montrent, si besoin en était, que la culture du Xinjiang est bien celle de l'Asie centrale et non celle de la Chine Han à laquelle le pouvoir central voudrait l'intégrer.
Ville de la Région autonome ouïghoure du Xinjiang, Kashgar et son oasis se trouvent au point de rencontre ouest des routes nord et sud qui contournent le désert de Taklamakan
Étape majeure de la Route de la soie historique durant vingt siècles du fait de sa position géographique privilégiée entre désert et montagne, Kashgar avait su rester une ville à l'identité ouïgoure fortement marquée. Malheureusement, depuis plusieurs décennies, le gouvernement central chinois s'est employé, avec l'efficacité qu'on lui connait, à détruire les spécificités de cette culture turcophone de religion musulmane plus orientée vers l'Asie Centrale que vers la Chine Han, imposant à cette ville historique une culture chinoise qui n'est pas la sienne. La vieille ville de Kashgar autrefois parfaitement conservée dans son authenticité, a beaucoup souffert de cette politique de négation de la culture ouighoure, à ce point qu'une de nos amies qui faisait partie de notre groupe et qui avait visité Kashgar queques années plus tôt, a pleuré en découvrant l''ampleur des destructions. Et c'était en 2005 !...
Que reste t-il aujourd'hui de la vieille ville de Kasgar ?.
Géographiquement , démographiquement et culturellement le Xinjiang appartient à la partie est de l'Asie centrale. Une succession de peuples et d'empires (dont les Tibétains, les Mongols, les Timourides, les Russes....) ont rivalisé pour le contrôle de son territoire dont l'histoire est documentée sur au moins 2 500 ans.. Cependant, de 840 à 1130, le royaume de Kocho marque une période d'indépendance et même d'expansion vis à vis de la Chine des Tang et au XXème siècle les Ouighours établissent même à deux reprises une république autonome sur une partie de la région. L'une d'elle, très éphémère (1933 - 1934) a pour capitale Kashgar.
A partir de la dynastie Han au IIe siècle av. J.-C., sous le nom de Protectorat des Régions de l'Ouest, la région fait partie des territoires chinois à différentes périodes et passe sous la domination de la dynastie Qing au XVIIIe siècle, remplacée en 1912 par le gouvernement de la république de Chine. À la fin de la guerre civile chinoise, en 1949, il fait partie de la république populaire de Chine
Birds stand on one leg primarily to conserve body heat, reducing heat loss by nearly 50% by tucking a bare limb into their warm feathers. This behaviour also helps rest leg muscles, reduces fatigue, and may aid in camouflage.
C´est un cimetière aux tombes éclatantes de blancheur. Il s’en dégage une atmosphère de sérénité que peu de visiteurs viennent troubler. Les tombes sont bien entretenues et conservées par plusieurs employés qui s´occupent de l'entretien des différentes ailes et allées du cimetière.Cliché droit ,on peut voir un employé qui peint les sépultures.
Pour s'y rendre ,des rabatteurs se chargent de nous faire suivre de petites ruelles étroites, et nous conduisent vers une demeure habitée (que l'on nous montre sommairement) et qui a une vue sur le cimetière.On peut parvenir également au niveau du cimetière, par la vallée qui jouxte ce quartier.
Le Steen est une partie d'un ancien château fortifié situé sur la rive droite de l'Escaut à Anvers.
Het Steen, le plus ancien bâtiment d'Anvers, a été construit vers 1200–1225 et s'appelait alors « Château d'Anvers ». Vers 1520, à l'époque de Charles Quint, le château fut entièrement transformé et baptisé 's Heeren Steen. Le bâtiment fut utilisé jusqu'en 1827 comme prison, ce qui fut d'ailleurs déjà le cas en 1303. La plus grande partie du château fut démolie au xixe siècle lors du redressement des quais et l'élargissement de l'Escaut. La partie restante reçut le nom de Het Steen (« La pierre »). De 1952 à 2008, le Steen abrite le « Musée National de la Marine », connu pour son importante collection de maquettes de bateaux, de tableaux, d'instruments nautiques, de photos et de documents d’archives. Ces collections sont depuis 2011 conservées au Museum aan de Stroom.
À côté du Steen, sous les anciens auvents portuaires, se trouve un parc maritime où sont exposés des bateaux et d’authentiques vestiges du passé industriel du port. (wikipedia)
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Butinant tranquillement, une mouche tachinaires qui conserve sur son dos des gouttes de la rosée du matin.
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Quietly foraging, a tachinid fly that keeps on its back drops of morning dew.
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Est une espèce de "mouches parasites" de la famille des Tachinidae, de la sous-famille des Phasiinae. Les adultes d’ Ectophasia crassipennis peuvent atteindre une longueur d’environ 5–9 millimètres (0,20–0,35 in). Leurs grands yeux composés sont rougeâtres. Dans cette espèce très variable, le corps peut être noirâtre ou orange-brunâtre. Le large abdomen est aplati et le sternite est plié ventralement. Les grandes ailes ont de larges points brunâtres ou grisâtres et la cellule est ouverte au bord. Il est assez difficile de distinguer cette espèce de la semblable Ectophasia oblonga.
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Is a species of "parasitic flies" of the family Tachinidae, subfamily Phasiinae. Adults of Ectophasia crassipennis can reach a length of about 5-9 millimeters (0.20-0.35 in). Their large compound eyes are reddish. In this highly variable species, the body may be blackish or orange-brownish. The broad abdomen is flattened and the sternite is bent ventrally. The large wings have large brownish or greyish dots and the cell is open at the edge. It is quite difficult to distinguish this species from the similar Ectophasia oblonga.
🇫🇷 À l'intérieur sont conservées des tapisseries des XVIe et XVIIe siècles , réalisées à Ferrare , Florence et Bruxelles
La cathédrale de Côme abrite une multitude de trésors artistiques reflétant le riche patrimoine culturel de la région. Parmi les plus notables figurent les tapisseries des XVIe et XVIIe siècles, fabriquées à Ferrare, Florence et Bruxelles.(, ainsi que des peintures du XVIe siècle de Bernardino Luini et Gaudenzio Ferrari. ) Ces tapisseries représentent diverses scènes religieuses et témoignent de l'artisanat complexe de l'époque
🇮🇹 All'interno sono conservati arazzi del XVI e XVII secolo , realizzati a Ferrara , Firenze e Bruxelles
La cattedrale di Como ospita una moltitudine di tesori artistici che riflettono il ricco patrimonio culturale della regione. Tra i più notevoli figurano gli arazzi del XVI e XVII secolo, realizzati a Ferrara, Firenze e Bruxelles, nonché dipinti del XVI secolo di Bernardino Luini e Gaudenzio Ferrari.
Questi arazzi raffigurano diverse scene religiose e testimoniano la complessa maestria artigianale dell'epoca.
🇩🇪 Im Inneren befinden sich Wandteppiche aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert , die in Ferrara , Florenz und Brüssel hergestellt wurden
Die Kathedrale von Como beherbergt eine Vielzahl von Kunstschätzen, die das reiche kulturelle Erbe der Region widerspiegeln. Zu den bemerkenswertesten zählen die Wandteppiche aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, die in Ferrara, Florenz und Brüssel hergestellt wurden, sowie Gemälde aus dem 16. Jahrhundert von Bernardino Luini und Gaudenzio Ferrari.
Diese Wandteppiche zeigen verschiedene religiöse Szenen und zeugen von der komplexen Handwerkskunst jener Zeit.
🇬🇧 Inside are tapestries from the 16th and 17th centuries, made in Ferrara, Florence and Brussels.
Como Cathedral houses a multitude of artistic treasures reflecting the rich cultural heritage of the region. Among the most notable are tapestries from the 16th and 17th centuries, made in Ferrara, Florence and Brussels, as well as 16th-century paintings by Bernardino Luini and Gaudenzio Ferrari.
These tapestries depict various religious scenes and bear witness to the complex craftsmanship of the period.
🇪🇸 En su interior se conservan tapices de los siglos XVI y XVII , realizados en Ferrara , Florencia y Bruselas .
La catedral de Como alberga una gran cantidad de tesoros artísticos que reflejan el rico patrimonio cultural de la región. Entre los más destacados se encuentran los tapices de los siglos XVI y XVII, fabricados en Ferrara, Florencia y Bruselas, así como pinturas del siglo XVI de Bernardino Luini y Gaudenzio Ferrari.
Estos tapices representan diversas escenas religiosas y dan testimonio de la compleja artesanía de la época.
L'enceinte du Mans est la mieux conservée de tout l'ancien empire romain, avec celles des deux capitales impériales : Rome et Byzance (Istanbul).
Monument rare, unique en France !
Construite à la fin du IIIè siècle (280-295), la muraille romaine dessine un quadrilatère irrégulier de 450 m de long sur 200 m de large. Ce périmètre de 1300 mètres a ceinturé pendant plus de 17 siècles, le cœur de la ville. En référence à la couleur de ses murs, Vindunum (Le Mans) était qualifiée de "ville rouge". Sa construction de briques, de pierres de roussard liées par un mortier rose lui confère cette teinte caractéristique. Elle a été bâtie pour affirmer la puissance impériale : l'exceptionnelle richesse des parements, où se succèdent encore aujourd'hui sur plus de 8 m de haut des frises à décors géométriques, en est une trace magistrale. Monument rare, unique en France, la muraille demeure debout, quoique sans véritables fondations. Douze tours, une porte et trois poternes sont visibles,...
4 Princelet Street has 15 rooms conserved in original condition and is available as an event venue and for film and photo shoots
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Ben Truman’s House, c1720
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2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf
Conditions de prises de vues très diificiles dans cette cathédrale, peu de lumière.
L’orgue de la cathédrale Saint-Bertrand de Comminges possède l’un des plus beaux buffets Renaissance conservé à ce jour et classé Monument Historique depuis 1840. Commandé par Jean de Mauléon, évêque du Comminges, il fut réalisé après l’achèvement des stalles du chœur en 1551.
Comme les stalles, ce buffet serait l’œuvre de Nicolas Bachelier, architecte et sculpteur français (1487 – 1556) à qui l’on doit, entre autre, le célèbre Hôtel d’Assézat à Toulouse.
Le nom du facteur et la composition d’origine de l’instrument nous sont inconnus. Il subira de nombreux avatars au cours des siècles et, en 1793, les tuyaux de montre seront fondus et l’instrument abandonné.
De l’instrument Renaissance enfermé dans ce buffet, il ne reste rien. Pour imaginer en quoi pouvait consister l’instrument commandé par Jean de Mauléon, évêque du Comminges, on en est réduit à formuler des hypothèses, en se référant d’une part à la composition connue d’orgues de cette époque, à la structure du buffet, et d’autre part, à la littérature pour clavier éditée autour des années 1550. Les parties les plus anciennes (2 sommiers de grand orgue de 48 notes et deux petits sommiers de pédale, plus quelques jeux anciens, bourdons et flûtes) remontent aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.
Bernard Raupp, facteur d’orgues à Mirande, a retrouvé des dessins sur des soupapes des sommiers de grand orgue, qui peuvent être attribués à Jean-François Lépine. Le reste résulte des reconstructions successives menées au cours des siècles suivants.
En 1896, les frères Magen reconstruisent l’orgue et livrent un instrument à 2 claviers et pédale.
En 1970, Robert Chauvin restaure les sommiers du Grand Orgue, puis sous la direction de Pierre Lacroix, la reconstruction de l’instrument actuel est confiée à Jean-Pierre Swiderski et réalisée en plusieurs tranches, de 1975 à 1981. À l’exception de 218 tuyaux du XVIIe siècle et de 243 tuyaux de Magen, la tuyauterie est entièrement neuve. Réalisée à la demande, elle a été harmonisée par Jean-Pierre Swiderski pour les jeux de fonds et Georges Lhôte pour les jeux d’anches. L’instrument conserve encore deux sommiers de 14 jeux au Grand Orgue et deux sommiers 4 jeux à la pédale remontant au XVIIe siècle.
Depuis 1974, la commune de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, propriétaire, a délégué ses pouvoirs à l’Association des Amis de l’Orgue de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, en vue de la restauration et de l’entretien de l’instrument.
Very difficult shooting conditions in this cathedral, little light.
The organ of the Saint-Bertrand de Comminges cathedral has one of the most beautiful Renaissance cases preserved to date and classified as a Historic Monument since 1840. Commissioned by Jean de Mauléon, bishop of Comminges, it was made after the completion of the stalls of the choir in 1551.
Like the stalls, this buffet would be the work of Nicolas Bachelier, French architect and sculptor (1487 – 1556) to whom we owe, among other things, the famous Hôtel d’Assézat in Toulouse.
The name of the maker and the original composition of the instrument are unknown to us. It will undergo many avatars over the centuries and, in 1793, the watch stems will be melted down and the instrument abandoned.
Of the Renaissance instrument enclosed in this case, nothing remains. To imagine what the instrument ordered by Jean de Mauléon, bishop of Comminges, could consist of, one is reduced to formulating hypotheses, by referring on the one hand to the known composition of organs of this period, to the structure of the buffet, and on the other hand, to keyboard literature published around the 1550s. in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Bernard Raupp, organ builder in Mirande, found drawings on the valves of the windchests of the great organ, which can be attributed to Jean-François Lépine. The rest is the result of successive reconstructions carried out over the following centuries.
In 1896, the Magen brothers rebuilt the organ and delivered an instrument with 2 keyboards and pedal.
In 1970, Robert Chauvin restored the windchests of the Grand Orgue, then under the direction of Pierre Lacroix, the reconstruction of the current instrument was entrusted to Jean-Pierre Swiderski and carried out in several stages, from 1975 to 1981. With the exception of 218 pipes from the 17th century and 243 pipes from Magen, the pipework is completely new. Produced on demand, it was harmonized by Jean-Pierre Swiderski for the back stops and Georges Lhôte for the reed stops. The instrument still retains two 14-stop windchests in the Grand Orgue and two 4-stop pedal windchests dating back to the 17th century.
Since 1974, the municipality of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, owner, has delegated its powers to the Association of Friends of the Organ of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, with a view to the restoration and maintenance of the tool.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
Ribs and a pieces of the spine of a huge petrified Temnodontosaurus trigonodon, 200 - 175 000 000 years old... The very small round shapes are pieces of the spine of its preys.
2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf
Our Daily Challenge ... resting.
Since childhood, I have referred to flowers which have closed up for the night, as being "asleep", so I thought it might be a good subject for this challenge. Some research on the internet reveals that they aren't really sleeping ... but in a way, they are resting in that they are conserving energy for daytime activities such as reproduction.
Plants that tuck themselves in for bedtime exhibit a natural behaviour known as nyctinasty. Scientists know the mechanism behind the phenomenon: In cool air and darkness, the bottom-most petals of certain flowers grow at a faster rate than the uppermost petals, forcing the flowers shut. But scientists are not quite sure why some plants, particularly flowers, evolved this way. There are several theories, though.
Charles Darwin believed that plants close up at night to reduce their risk of freezing. Another theory suggests that nyctinastic plants are conserving energy — and perhaps their odour — for the daytime when pollinating insects are most active.
Some scientists believe that this behaviour prevents pollen from becoming wet and heavy with dew. Insects can more easily transfer dry pollen, improving a nyctinastic plant's likelihood of successful reproduction.
In Explore 9/13/2020
From Wikipedia:
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is an American national park that conserves an area of large sand dunes up to 750 feet (229 m) tall on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national preserve in the Sangre de Cristo Range, in south-central Colorado, United States.
The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America. The dunes cover an area of about 30 sq mi (78 km2) and are estimated to contain over 1.2 cubic miles (5 billion cubic metres) of sand. Sediments from the surrounding mountains filled the valley over geologic time periods. After lakes within the valley receded, exposed sand was blown by the predominant southwest winds toward the Sangre de Cristos, eventually forming the dunefield over an estimated tens of thousands of years. The four primary components of the Great Sand Dunes system are the mountain watershed, the dunefield, the sand sheet, and the sabkha. Ecosystems within the mountain watershed include alpine tundra, subalpine forests, montane woodlands, and riparian zones.
Ville coloniale très bien conservée, avec ses rues pavées et ses maisons colorées; inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'humanité depuis 1988
Must be viewed large-- click on it:)
Though it was an exceptionally cold winter and spring, a snowstorm in Mid-may is unheard of here. Unfortunately, a large group of recently-arrived migrating Tree Swallows got caught in the storm and had to hunker down on the tree branches overlooking the Yukon River, and wait it out. I feared the worst would happen during the 24 hour storm, and was worried sick that they would die from exhaustion as a result of their long journey from Central America, a lack of food as there were no flying insects, strong winds and sub-zero temperatures. I returned the next morning and found no dead birds, so presumably most had survived. They seemed to go into a state of semi-torpor (slow metabolism) and huddled (see note) to conserve energy, a strategy that apparently worked.
As surreal as it appears, this shot is pretty much straight out of the camera with a few contrast, vibrance and saturation adjustments in CS5. The green bokeh is courtesy of the deep green colour of the Yukon River in the spring. Eventually, this photo and others, along with the story, attracted significant international media attention. See my narrative www.flickr.com/photos/keithmwilliams/6401859531/in/photos...
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is an American national park that conserves an area of large sand dunes up to 750 feet (230 m) tall[5] on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national preserve in the Sangre de Cristo Range, in south-central Colorado, United States.[6] The park was originally designated Great Sand Dunes National Monument on March 17, 1932, by President Herbert Hoover. The original boundaries protected an area of 35,528 acres (55.5 sq mi; 143.8 km2).[2] A boundary change and redesignation as a national park and preserve was authorized on November 22, 2000, and then established on September 24, 2004.[3] The park encompasses 107,342 acres (167.7 sq mi; 434.4 km2) while the preserve protects an additional 41,686 acres (65.1 sq mi; 168.7 km2) for a total of 149,028 acres (232.9 sq mi; 603.1 km2).[1] The recreational visitor total was 527,546 in 2019.[4]
The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America.[7] The dunes cover an area of about 30 sq mi (78 km2) and are estimated to contain over 1.2 cubic miles (5 billion cubic metres) of sand.[8] Sediments from the surrounding mountains filled the valley over geologic time periods. After lakes within the valley receded, exposed sand was blown by the predominant southwest winds toward the Sangre de Cristos, eventually forming the dunefield over an estimated tens of thousands of years.[9] The four primary components of the Great Sand Dunes system are the mountain watershed, the dunefield, the sand sheet, and the sabkha.[8] Ecosystems within the mountain watershed include alpine tundra, subalpine forests, montane woodlands, and riparian zones.[10]
Evidence of human habitation in the San Luis Valley dates back about 11,000 years. The first historic peoples to inhabit the area were the Southern Ute Tribe; Apaches and Navajo also have cultural connections in the area. In the late 17th century, Diego de Vargas, a Spanish governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, became the first European on record to enter the San Luis Valley. Juan Bautista de Anza, Zebulon Pike, John C. Frémont, and John Gunnison all travelled through and explored parts of the region in the 18th and 19th centuries. The explorers were soon followed by settlers who ranched, farmed and mined in the valley starting in the late 19th century. The park was first established as a national monument in 1932 to protect it from gold mining and the potential of a concrete manufacturing business.[11]
Visitors must walk across the wide and shallow Medano Creek to reach the dunes in spring and summer. The creek typically has a peak flow from late May to early June. From July to April, it is usually no more than a few inches deep, if there is any water at all.[12] Hiking is permitted throughout the dunes with the warning that the sand surface temperature may reach 150 °F (66 °C) in summer.[13] Sandboarding and sandsledding are popular activities, both done on specially designed equipment that can be rented just outside the park entrance or in Alamosa.[14] Visitors with street-legal four-wheel drive vehicles may continue past the end of the park's main road to Medano Pass on 22 miles (35 km) of unpaved road, crossing the stream bed of Medano Creek nine times and traversing 4 miles (6.4 km) of deep sand.[15] Hunting is permitted in the preserve in the autumn, but prohibited within national park boundaries at all times.[16] The preserve encompasses nearly all of the mountainous areas north and east of the dunefield, up to the ridgeline of the Sangre de Cristos.[6]
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sand_Dunes_National_Park_and_...
Red Wolves of Alligator River
The Red Wolf is the world's most endangered Wolf. Once common throughout the Eastern and South-Central United States, Red Wolf populations were decimated by the early 20th century as a result of intensive predator control programs, as well as the degradation and alteration of the habitat that the species depends upon. When the Red Wolf was first designated as a species that was threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1967, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initiated efforts to conserve and recover the species. Today, about 15 to 17 red wolves roam their native habitats in eastern North Carolina as a nonessential experimental population, and approximately 241 Red Wolves are maintained in 45 captive breeding facilities throughout the United States.
For more Info: www.fws.gov/species/red-wolf-canis-rufus
The Red Wolf (Canis rufus) is a canine native to the Southeastern United States. Its size is intermediate between the coyote (Canis latrans) and Gray Wolf (Canis lupus).
The Red Wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate species, a subspecies of the Gray Wolf Canis lupus rufus, or a Coywolf (a genetic admixture of Wolf and Coyote) has been contentious for nearly a century. Because of this, it is sometimes excluded from endangered species lists, despite its critically low numbers. Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service currently recognizes the Red Wolf as an endangered species and grants protected status. Since 1996, the IUCN has listed the Red Wolf as a Critically Endangered Species; however, it is not listed in the CITES Appendices of Endangered Species.
For more Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wolf
Created for Photoshop Contest Week 908-Life's a Beach:
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Many thanks to Gillian Everett for sharing her lovely source:
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This piece was created in Wombo Dream from a snip:
Keywords: Life's a beach, Sea Lion, Bathtub.
Fish, Sun: shapes created in PSE21.
Filters: Topaz Studio and PSE21.
Many thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments!
L'amphithéâtre de Pouzzoles, en Campanie, dit aussi amphithéâtre de Flavius, fut construit à la fin du Ier siècle, du temps de l'empereur romain Vespasien, de la famille des Flavius. Ce furent surement les mêmes architectes qui construisirent le Colisée, datant aussi de règne de Vespasien.
Il pouvait accueillir près de 40 000 spectateurs, et mesurait 147 m × 118 m. L'arène était elliptique, mesurant 72 m × 42 m.
Cet amphithéâtre est l'un des plus vastes de tout l'Empire, certes moins que l'amphithéâtre Flavien (Colisée de Rome), mais rivalisant, en capacité, avec l'amphithéâtre de Capoue ou les arènes de Vérone.
Les structures basses de l'édifice sont particulièrement bien conservées. On peut ainsi visiter l'ensemble des galeries souterraines, ce qui permet de se faire une idée du fonctionnement d'un amphithéâtre «vu des coulisses».
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Technical Herritage
In Červeňany, in the south of central Slovakia, stands the historic blast furnace, one of the best conserved technical monuments of its kind in Slovakia.
It was built along with iron works in 1871. It processed the iron ore mined in deposits at localities Železník, Hrádok, Dobšiná and Rožňava, situated not far away from Sirk.
Along with more monuments of the mining and iron processing activities in the region Gemer they are included in the project referred to as the cultural tourism Železná cesta (Iron Way), part of the all-European Iron Way.
Unnojuku (海野宿) is a well-conserved post town under the government scheme of Conservation Area of Traditional Architectures (伝統的建造物群保存地区). But as you see in the photo, there is few people on the street and it looks like an outdoor museum rather than a town.
Tourism is often a key to conserve traditional townscape. This aspect varies considerably by the area of the government conservation scheme. Takayama (飛騨高山), Kurashiki (倉敷), Gokayama (五箇山) and Narai (奈良井) are successful examples in tourism. Unfortunately, it is not the case with Unnojuku.
There is a museum but commercial establishments for visitors are scarce. It is not certain if it is a will of the community or otherwise. Rigid regulation proposed by the government, if it is accepted without amendment by the community, could be a cause of the conservation without an economic return to sustain the conservation. It is just my speculation, and further research would be necessary to explain the real situation of the conservation area.
Part of my art coursework on "The Power of Humans" - energy consumption and conservation.
Affordable energy at the flick of a switch is something that most of the world has come to take for granted. Rising energy consumption, which increases global warming drastically, is something we all really need to avoid. My parents are huge on saving energy, so I've kind of had this drilled into my head for a while now :P
This shoot was fun, though I had to sort out all the bulbs into the correct packets afterwards, which was a nightmare!
6 days until Aaron!! Only six!!! :D Today I bought Zoolander so we can watch it together while I am there, as well as lots of new clothes and some new perfume so I can have a memory smell when I am there! When Aaron was here he always chewed this orangey flavoured gum and I nabbed a piece before he left, so now when I get lonely I chew a bite and it reminds me of him.
Our blog! I might post a before/after on here if you guys like :)
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New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2019/09/09/new-jersey-bal...
Le splendide jubé en chêne, clôture qui séparait les laïcs des clercs qui seuls avaient accès au choeur des églises avant le concile de Trente en 1563. Il se compose de trois parties dont deux sont conservées ici :
-en bas le chancel ou clôture à claire-voie, composé d'arcs de style gothique flamboyant daté des années 1480-1520.
-en haut la tribune dont les panneaux italianisants de style renaissance et les deux blasons du seigneur Marc de Troërin donataire, font pencher les spécialistes pour une date plus tardive comprise entre 1520 et 1540.
-sur le panneau central du jubé, les restes de la poutre de gloire qui surmontait le tout, le Christ crucifié. Les deux autres statues de Joseph et Marie sont du XIXe et ne sont pas d'origine. Sous la tribune les anges portent les arma christi (instruments de la Passion du Christ).
L'ensemble a été restauré en 1877 par l'architecte Denis Derrien, qui a fait remonter la tribune à l'envers. La partie plus décorée devait faire face aux fidèles, elle présentait des scènes bibliques ou des actes des apôtres destinées à instruire le public. Le prêche se tenait depuis la tribune du jubé. C'est cette partie qui fait actuellement face au choeur...
(blog de Jean-Yves Cordier)
"Soft Landing"
2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf