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CALIFORNIA SEA OTTERS
Animal Classification
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Description
Sea otters are members of the weasel or mustelid family. Like other members of this family, they have very thick fur. In fact, at 850,000 to one million hairs per square inch, they have the thickest fur of any mammal. Their fur actually consists of two layers, an undercoat and longer guard hairs. This system traps a layer of air next to their skin so their skin does not get wet. Sea otters are usually dark brown, often with lighter guard hairs. Alaskan sea otters tend to have lighter fur on their heads. Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals. In California adult females weigh 35-60 pounds (16-27 kg); males reach up to 90 pounds (40 kg). Alaskan sea otters are bigger with males weighing up to 100 pounds (45 kg).
Range/Habitat
Sea otters once ranged from Mexico to Alaska and even to Japan. Currently, the California population numbers around 2,800 and is found from Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay. There is a much larger population in Alaska, and sea otters are still found in Russia. Sea otters inhabit shallow coastal areas and prefer places with kelp. The kelp acts as an anchor that the sea otters use to wrap themselves in when they are resting.
Mating/Breeding
Females give birth to one pup and usually have their first pup at the age of four or five. Their pregnancies last four to five months. Pups can be born any time of year, but in California most are born between January and March, and in Alaska most are born in the summer. When born, the pups weigh from three to five pounds.
Behavior
Sea otters are social animals, with females and pups spending time together in one group and males in another. Pups stay with their mothers for the first eight months of their life. The pups' fur traps so much air that they actually cannot dive under water. When mothers leave the pups wrapped in kelp to hunt, pups bob on the surface of the ocean like a cork. Mothers spend much time grooming pups and often carry them on their chests. Pups begin to learn to swim at around four weeks of age. Sea otters are one of the few animals to use tools. They eat animals with shells, like clams and abalone, and use a stone to break open the shells. When sea otters are under water searching for food, they store what they have found in the loose skin folds at their armpits. Adult sea otters can eat 25%-30% of their body weight in one day!
Status
Sea otters in California are a threatened species due to past over hunting for their beautiful fur. Although sea otters are protected now, they remain vulnerable, especially to oil spills. Unlike other marine mammals, sea otters do not have a blubber layer. Therefore, they rely on their fur to keep warm. If their fur is oiled, it loses its insulating qualities and the sea otters soon chill. Otters are also affected by the oil fumes or poisoned by eating food exposed to oil. Most sea otters quickly die in an oil spill. Several thousand sea otters died in the 1989 Exxon oil spill in Valdez, Alaska. Other threats to sea otters include infectious diseases, parasites, boat strikes, entanglements, and toxins.
At The Marine Mammal Center
The Marine Mammal Center began rehabilitating sea otters in 1995. Since that time, we have rescued up to 207 sea otters.
Want to learn more about marine mammals?
SOURCE: www.marinemammalcenter.org/
(Spanish and English description)
El Barrio de Notting Hill es uno de los más emblemáticos y famosos de todo Londres. Fama que tiene por diversos factores, contándose entre ellos el Mercado de Portobello (abarrotado de españoles e Italianos) y la película que protagonizaron Hugh Grant y Julia Roberts(La peli no estaba mal, Julia estaba guapisima!) pero la verdadera causa de esta fama es, en mi opinión, su carnaval.
Este carnaval es hoy por hoy uno de los más famosos del mundo, junto a los de Río de Janeiro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife o Venecia. Aunque con mucho menos “Glamour”.
A diferencia de estos últimos, el de Notting Hill tiene muy pocos años a sus espaldas y tiene sobre todo, una razon de ser y de existir muy especial.
La razón por la cual empezó a celebrarse en los años 50, fue porque la zona de Notting Hill empezó a convertirse en un “ghetto” con gran mayoria Jamaicana, India y otros sabores del caribe. Como ha ocurrido posteriormente en muchos otros países del mundo, empezaron a salir de sus madrigueras todas las alimañas xenófobas que había por la zona. Aquí es cuando entra en juego la Unión Británica de Fascistas, que estaba dirigida por Oswald Mosley y había sobrevivido contra todo pronóstico a la guerra.
Mosley, que durante la guerra perdió la práctica totalidad de los apoyos que le quedaban (y que, por cierto, la pasó entre rejas y luego bajo arresto domiciliario), había logrado re-vertebrar su casi extinto partido en torno al rechazo a la inmigración y al racismo puro y duro. El barrio de Notting Hill era perfecto para sus intereses, y empezaron a provocar a la población de origen jamaicano e indio que vivía allí. El primer incidente tuvo lugar el 20 de agosto de 1958, y se puede decir que hasta el 5 de septiembre, todas las noches hubo algún ataque a la población inmigrante allí residente. La policía detuvo a más de cien personas, la mayoría de ellas de raza blanca, pero también a varios de raza negra. A los nueve más recalcitrantes (todos ellos blancos) se los condenó a cuatro años de cárcel, en lo que se consideró una sentencia ejemplarizante puesto que no hubo heridos graves ni muertos en lo que duraron los disturbios.
Al año siguiente, 1959, se decidió celebrar un carnaval como recordatorio de los incidentes, y con la idea de que no se volviera a repetir. (No se volvió a repetir, al menos en Notting Hill.)
Hoy en día Notting Hill es uno de los barrios más caros de todo Londres, aún tiene casas publicas abarrotadas de inmigrantes, edificios que dificilmente desapereceran ya que es el legado historico del barrio, si vas a Londres durante medediados de Agosto no te lo puedes perder!..Hay muy buen reggae, soca y calypso, y sobre todo, muy buen ambiente!.
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Notting Hill is one of the most iconic and famous neighbourhoods in London. This reputation is due to several factors. Portobello Market (which is usually crowded with Spanish and Italian) the film which starred Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts(The movie was not bad, Julia was really cute) but the real cause of this fame is, in my opinion, its carnival.
This carnival is today one of the most famous in the world, next to Rio de Janeiro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Venice. Although with much less"Glamour".
The reason why began to be celebrated in this neighbourhood a carnival? Here it goes:
In the 50’s Notting Hill area started to become what we now call a "ghetto". As has happened subsequently in many other countries, xenophobic began to emerge from their burrows to piss the immigrants from Jamaica and other Caribbean countries.
The British Union of Fascists, which was led by Oswald Mosley and survived against all odds to war. Mosley, who during the war lost almost all of his remaining support (which, by the way, was spent in jail and then under house arrest), had managed to re-vertebrate his party almost extinct around the rejection of immigration and racism. Notting Hill was perfect for their interests, so they began to provoke Jamaicans and Indians who lived there. The first incident took place on August 20, 1958, and can say that until September 5, every night there was an attack on the immigrant population resident there. Police arrested more than a hundred people, most of them white, but also black number. At nine more recalcitrant (all white) were sentenced to four years in jail, in what was considered exemplary sentence since no serious injuries or deaths as unrest lasted.
The following year, 1959, was decided to hold a carnival as a reminder of the incidents, and promoting the idea that “it won’t happen again”
Today, Notting Hill is one of the most expensive areas in all of London, But even now, many council flats still available and people with low incomes still living there. When you go to London, during mid-August, do not miss Notting Hill Carnival!
Stolový rádioprijímač Tesla T 603A Symfonic. Na zadnej strane obsahuje ajprípojku na gramofón a prídavný reproduktor.
* Názov: Symfonic
* Typ: T603A
* Rok: 1950
* Výrobca: Tesla Přelouč
* Elektronky: ECH21, EF22, EF22,EBL21, AZ11
* Šesťokruhový superhet
* Rozsahy:
* DV: 1000 – 2000 m
* SV: 187 – 571 m
* KV: 16,5 – 51,5 m
* Sklenená stupnica v metroch(aj názvy vysielačov)
* trojstupňový prepínač šírky pásma a farbyzvuku
* pásmové ladenie na KV
* Výstupný výkon: 3W
* Napájaniesieťove: 110, 125, 150, 220, 245 V
* Príkon: 54W
Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues :.
A Paris :De l'imprimerie de Crapelet,an 8, [i.e. 1799 or 1800].
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Description: Professional correspondence between Dummer and W.I. Thomas, 1921.
Repository: Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
Collection: Ethel Sturges Dummer Papers
Call Number: A-127
Catalog Record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/000604926/catalog
Questions? Ask a Schlesinger Librarian
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Title: Baedeker’s Germany.
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1980?]
Subjects: Germany (West) --Guidebooks.
Google Book Search: Not Available
Location: Babbidge Map Library-Level 4
Call Number: DD43 .B34 1980b
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Type : Photograph Description : Interior of the hotel.Hotels and Restaurants Collection : Local Studies Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 033912
Stolový rádioprijímač Tesla T 603A Symfonic. Na zadnej strane obsahuje ajprípojku na gramofón a prídavný reproduktor.
* Názov: Symfonic
* Typ: T603A
* Rok: 1950
* Výrobca: Tesla Přelouč
* Elektronky: ECH21, EF22, EF22,EBL21, AZ11
* Šesťokruhový superhet
* Rozsahy:
* DV: 1000 – 2000 m
* SV: 187 – 571 m
* KV: 16,5 – 51,5 m
* Sklenená stupnica v metroch(aj názvy vysielačov)
* trojstupňový prepínač šírky pásma a farbyzvuku
* pásmové ladenie na KV
* Výstupný výkon: 3W
* Napájaniesieťove: 110, 125, 150, 220, 245 V
* Príkon: 54W
Image Title: Gunnison Irrigation Tunnel
Date: c.1950
Place: east of Montrose, Colorado
Description/Caption: West Portal of Gunnison Irrigation Tunnel
Medium: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
Photographer/Maker: Sanborn W-1159
Cite as: CO-E-0003, WaterArchives.org
Restrictions: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. While the digital image is freely available, it is requested that www.waterarchives.org be credited as its source. For higher quality reproductions of the original physical version contact www.waterarchives.org, restrictions may apply.
Description :Old foundry looking east at high water: Newcastle: Shipping: Docks:Quayside Collection : W Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 050975
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Description : View from south bank towards Scotswood. Vickers premises on the bank.Description and Views Collection : NOF Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 058182
Description: Desert View Visitor Center/ Bookstore (2010-2014) and Orientation Plaza crosswalk at the edge of the autombile parking lot. Paths continue away from the parking lot to the Watchtower and canyon rim.
For travelers coming into the park via the East Entrance, a stop at Desert View provides the first views of Grand Canyon. Attractions feature some of the finest views of the Colorado River and canyon geology, the Watchtower, and the nearby Tusayan Museum, highlighting the story of American Indains of the region. Facilities include rest rooms, seasonal campground (open mid-April through mid-October, service station, gift shops, deli, and general store. Perched on the rim of the canyon, the Watchtower reflects the architecture of the ancestral Puebloans in the Four Corners region. Climb the stairs for views up and down the canyon.
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Desert View is located 25 miles/ 41 km east of Grand Canyon Village, on the South Rim of the park
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www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/desert-view.htm
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NPS/Michael Quinn
Menu description: “Naturally colored, with a cream cheese filling and glaze and sprinkled with red velvet cake crumbs.” Dubbed as a “cake doughnut”: fluffy texture, and egg free. If you’re a fan of red velvet cake, give this a try!
Side view
Another day, another time for sweets. This time at Doughnut Plant for some things I’ve never tried before. One of them being the red velvet doughnut. Tasted sweet, had a fluffy texture, and was delish!
Shot on March 8, 2020. Photo by Jeffrey Duran of The Pleasure Principle of NJ (TPPNJ)
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Other gear used:
Tripod(s)/Support:
• x2 Manfrotto Pixi Evo Tabletop Tripod, to support my camera & my light.
Lighting:
• x1Lume Cube 2.0 Mini LEDs , mounted on top of my Manfrotto Pixi Evo tabletop tripods on opposite ends of the table.
Other things used:
• Fishing Wire (no hook), and I held this as stable as can be through the doughnut.
• Sandwich skewer, stabbed this through the doughnut to make it look floaty.
Description: Portrait of Helen Keller standing in front of a pink flowering plant in a large planter. Keller is in bright sunlight and has a smile on her face.
This image is part of a collection of travel photos of Helen Keller and Polly Thomson on a 1952 trip to Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel. From the collection of Karl Meyer, Director of the School for the Blind, Swiss Friends of the Armenians Mission, Bourj-Hammoud, Djisr, Beirut.
Creator: Karl Meyer
Date: 1952
Format: 35mm color slide
Digital Identifier: AG62_8_22
Acquisition note: From the collection of Anita Jaccard
Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Description: Heilbron Refugee Camp School (girls)
Location: Heilbron
Description: Heilbron Refugee Camp School (boys)
Location: Heilbron
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/215
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GARM: Groupe amis reseau modulairen, Nyon Zwitserland
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Van deze vereniging werd in Lille een aanhangwagen gestolen. Ondanks dat een deel van de baan hierdoor ontvreemd werd werd toch een stand gebouwd.
Mocht U een aanhangwagen met nummerplaat FR 326 451 (zwitserland) gezien hebben meld het aub aan de vereniging.
Description: This is a photograph of Hide Hill, Berwick- upon-Tweed, Northumberland. In the photograph we can see the Brown Bear Inn and the local florist whose shop sign reads 'Say it with Flowers. Any Time. Anywhere.'
Date: May 1959
This is an image taken from a larger photographic collection held at Berwick Record Office, Northumberland Archives.
The photographs comprise traditional street photography of primarily shopping façades and streets in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. The photographs were taken in May 1959 and offer a snapshot of everyday life in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the 1950’s.
Our Catalogue Reference:BRO 1250/104
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Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues :.
A Paris :De l'imprimerie de Crapelet,an 8, [i.e. 1799 or 1800].
Tittel / Title:Kvinesdal kommune
Beskrivelse / Description:
Dato / Date: 1963
Sted / Place: Kvinesdal kommune i Vest-Agder
Fotograf / Photographer: Fotograf ukjent
Bildesignatur / Image Number: NB_KK_WF_117464
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: Fargenegativ, acetat-base, 4 x 5,5 cm.
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Description: Sandakan Reclamation. 5.3.24. Main Canal - West of Gueritz's Pier - Adjoining Bridge No. 3 (completed)
Location: Sandakan, Borneo
Date: 05 March 1924
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Description: Sandakan Reclamation. 5.3.24. Main Canal: Concrete Clock Work in Progress.
Location: Sandakan, Borneo
Date: 05 March 1924
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Description: Sandakan Reclamation. 10.3.1924. Excavation & Sheet Piling in Progress. East of Gueritz's Pier
Location: Sandakan, Borneo
Date: 10 March 1924
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/517.
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