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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Degraded peatland area. Field visit during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Aguaje palm.
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Le site de Beng melea est situé à 42 km à l’Est de Siem Reap.
Il aurait été construit sous le règne de Suryavarman II aux 12 eme siècle.
Il aurait servi de modèle pour l’édification d’Angkor Vat. C’est un temple Hindou mais quelques sculptures sont bouddhistes.Ce temple est le seul a n'avoir subit aucune restauration,.la passerelle en bois du film de jj Annaud les 2 freres permet aux touristes de le visiter par endroit sinon il faut ramper entre les blocs.
The site of Beng Melea is located 42 km east of Siem Reap.
It was built during the reign of Suryavarman II in the 12 th century.
It would have served as a model for the construction of Angkor Wat. It is a Hindu temple sculptures but some are bouddhistes.Ce temple is the only one not to have undergone any restoration. Wooden footbridge dd Annaud film 2 brothers permits tourists to visit some places if you have to crawl between the blocks.
Joseph Mubanga, charcoal maker from Nchelenge.
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got no story, oh... da-dee-da-de-da
got no humour, yeah... da-dee-da-de-da
ain't no edification in the end ding-ding-ding ding-ding-da-dee-da-da-daa
damn! this is just a blues comics
Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Aguaje palm.
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Peat soil.
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Peat soil.
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■ Singular building ("El Jartenon") in Cedrillas (Teruel, Aragon, Spain) under a magnificent cloudy sky in stark contrast with the bright-green lawn. Click here to see the beautiful largest-size version of this pic.
Taken handheld with a Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (ZS3) in available light.
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■ Edificio singular ("El Jartenon") en Cedrillas (Teruel, Aragon), bajo un magnífico cielo nublado haciendo un bello contraste con el cesped verde brillante.
Tomada a pulso con una Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (ZS3) en luz ambiente.
Community forestry awareness campaign in a secondary school of Ikongo - DRC.
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Mathurin Zida a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientist holds a information gathering session on climate change, Sibi village near Boromo, Burkina Faso.
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Field visit to peatlands area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Mathurin Zida a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientist holds a information gathering session on climate change, Sibi village near Boromo, Burkina Faso.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Les Gorges du Verdon
Le Verdon prend sa source tout près du col d'Allos, dans le massif des Trois Evêchés (2819 m). Il va se jeter dans la Durance, près de Vinon-sur-Verdon après avoir parcouru près de 175 kilomètres. Son parcours le plus intéressant se trouve entre Castellane et le Pont du Galetas, sur le lac de Sainte-Croix. Ce lac était il y a quelques dizaines d’années la grande plaine des Salles-sur-Verdon, avant la mise en eaux du lac artificiel créé par l’édification du barrage de Sainte-Croix. Lors de la montée des eaux en 1973, le vieux village des Salles a été noyé et reconstruit plus haut.
Les Gorges du Verdon se divisent en trois parties distinctes :
* les Prégorges, qui vont de Castellane à Pont de Soleils ;
* les Gorges qui vont de Pont de Soleils à l’Imbut ;
* le Canyon qui va de l’Imbut au Pont de Galetas.
Les Gorges du Verdon sont étroites et profondes : de 250 à 700 mètres de profondeur, pour 6 à 100 mètres de large au niveau de la rivière du Verdon, et 200 à 1500 mètres d’un versant à l’autre au sommet des gorges.
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The Verdon Gorge
The Verdon Gorge (in French: Gorges du Verdon or Grand canyon du Verdon), in south-eastern France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a river canyon that is considered by many to be Europe's most beautiful. It is the world's second largest gorge, at about 25 kilometers in length and up to 700 meters deep. It was formed by the Verdon River, which is named after its startling turquoise-green colour, one of the canyon's most distinguishing characteristics. The most impressive part lies between the towns of Castellane and Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, where the river has cut a ravine up to 700 metres down through the limestone mass. At the end of the canyon, the Verdon river flows into the artificial lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon (in French: Lac de Sainte-Croix).
Charles Chalwe, District Forestry Officer for Nchelenge .
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So close and yet so far.
Every once in a while, the little wooden ship would appear on the large map on the aft wall of the bridge to mark our approximate location. Since it wasn't done regularly, I don't think it was required. Instead, I suspect one of the crew did it for the edification of anyone who happened to see where we were or had been recently.
Here, I'm seemingly just a few steps from my past: the Orinoco, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.
Then there's theterra incognita of my South America: Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana. I've convinced myself that this is the last undiscovered corner of the continent, a place lost in time, pristine tropical jungle home to toucans, cacao trees and blue morpho butterflies.
If I wait until there's a tourist infrastructure, then I'll just be part of the herd. If I go now, I may be setting myself up for an experience straight out of a Paul Theroux story.
At sea, aboard the MV Monte Rosa.
Key light: Backlight reflector
Back light: 60° Grid Reflector with 3/16" (4.762mm) grid
Settings
ISO: 400
24mm
F/4
1/200 Sec
Bowens Gemini 200/200 kit
Snow Angels playing after a big storm in Chicago.
With note included: Here are some snow angels submitted for your edification. It is our sincere wish that they find you well, and that you continue in your good work for many bunny years. Children of all ages appreciate what you are doing. Thank you Baxter.
Soleil, Ian, & David
Le château de Chambord est un château français situé dans la commune de Chambord, dans le département de Loir-et-Cher en région Centre-Val de Loire.
Construit au cœur du plus grand parc forestier clos d’Europe (environ 50 km2 ceint par un mur de 32 km de long), il s'agit du plus vaste des châteaux de la Loire. Il bénéficie d'un jardin d'agrément et d'un parc de chasse classés Monuments historiques.
Le site a d'abord accueilli une motte féodale, ainsi que l'ancien château des comtes de Blois. L'origine du château actuel remonte au xvie siècle et au règne du roi de France François Ier qui supervise son édification à partir de 1519.
The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King Francis I of France.
Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the châteaux of Blois and Amboise. The original design of the Château de Chambord is attributed, though with some doubt, to Domenico da Cortona; Leonardo da Vinci may also have been involved.
Chambord was altered considerably during the twenty-eight years of its construction (1519–1547), during which it was overseen on-site by Pierre Nepveu. With the château nearing completion, Francis showed off his enormous symbol of wealth and power by hosting his old archrival, Emperor Charles V, at Chambord.
In 1792, in the wake of the French Revolution, some of the furnishings were sold and timber removed. For a time the building was left abandoned, though in the 19th century some attempts were made at restoration. During the Second World War, art works from the collections of the Louvre and the Château de Compiègne were moved to the Château de Chambord. The château is now open to the public, receiving 700,000 visitors in 2007.
THE WOMEN PASTOR AND TEACHER OVER THE CHURCH
Part II
The unbiblical role of Women in the Church
Text: I Timothy 2:11,12
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“Let a woman learn (manqanetw, manthanetow)
in silence (hsucia, heisouchia)
with all subjection (upotagh, hupotagei) v. 11
And I do not permit (epitrepw, epitrepow)
a woman to teach (didaskein, didaskein)
or to have authority (auqentein, authentein)
but to be in silence”. (hsoucia, heisouchia) v.12
I. Introduction.
1.The context is about the behaviour of women in the Church, (note the previous verses).
2. By nature whether Christian or non-Christian, it is an obligation to conform to the righteous standard of God.
3. In v. 11, the focus is not the instruction given to women, but their attitude in receiving instruction.
II. The content of the message.
1.Manthanetow which is present active indicative from the word manthanow which means, “to learn”.
Manthanow basic sense is “to direct one’s mind to something”
Some uses:to accustom oneself to something,
To experience
To learn to know
To understand
Or to learn under instruction
“the woman is to receive instruction in silence or quietly (heisouchia).
The meaning of heisouchia is “stillness”.
2.This quiet learning should be characterized by “entire subsmissiveness”
Hupotagei means submission or subordination.
Note: in II Cor. 9:13 refers to obedience rendered to the teaching of the Gospel.
In Gal. 2:5 translated as “subjection” refers to Paul’s refusal to submit to the authority of false teachers.
And in I Tim. 3:4 describe a father’s authority over his children.
·Exercise of one’s person authority over another.
·It requires recognition of that authority.
·The women have not been silenced out of punishment but silenced out of conviction because their teachers are worthy of respect.
·When the Church gathers for worship and edification, a Christian women obediently and willingly receives instruction (she does not give it)!!!
3.Epitrepow is a present active indicative meaning “to turn to” “to entrust” or “to permit”
It is always involves a superior and inferior, authoritative speaking.
This is in reference to the public assemblies of the Church.
“But to teach …I permit not a woman- namely, in public: she is not to act the part of a teacher in the meetings of the faithful; nor Lord it over the man, but to be in silence.” Fairbairn, Pastoral Epistles, p127
4.Paul uses two terms:
Didaskein, means “to teach” and
Authentein, “to govern”
·In some context, didaskow refers to a particular body of facts about Christ or to His instructions themselves.
·It refers to the imparting of doctrinal facts resulting in the increase of the listener’s level of knowledge about Christian faith.
·It means to teach in the sense of handling down a fixed body of doctrine which must be mastered and then preserved intact.
·In v. 12 Paul speaks of teaching the official instruction in matters of doctrine and practice that takes place within the local church.
Authentein, translated authority signifies authority over and to domineer.
To “exercise authority over” fits the meaning according to its context and use of the word didaskow.
III.Conclusion:
“Therefore, Paul prohibits women to teach men the elements of the Christian religion; he also prohibits women from holding any position in which they would have to function as man’s superior (in terms of jurisdiction and accountability). The teaching spoken here is, authoritative but we would observe that not all exercising of authority in the Church is through teaching.”
James E. Bordwine, The Pauline Doctrine of Male Headship p177
With Paul’s teaching in I Corinthians 11:3 and 14:33, the apostle presents a view to the organized church in which men lead and hold authority over women and this doctrine of male headship is fixed in creation.
The Paul’s letter to Timothy imposes two restrictions in the ministry of women:
1.They are not to teach Christian doctrine to men.
2.And they are not to exercise authority directly over men in the church.
This is permanent, authoritative for the church in all times and places and circumstances as long as men and women are descended from Adam and Eve.
IV.Addendum.
1.Nowhere in the scripture we can find as illustration and example of women as a pastor or teacher over the church in public.
2.Nowhere in the scripture we can find if a woman is to become a pastor, (or associate pastor of the church) what should be her qualifications?
3.There are only two church officers mentioned in the book of Timothy (after Paul mentioned about women is to be “learn in silence with all subjection”):
The office of a bishop (episcopos) and
The office of a deacon (diakonos)
“Paul emphasizes personal character as he discusses male-female within the Church. Even before he specifies restrictions on women in the official life of the local congregation, he writes the need for individual piety and the need for behaviour that properly illustrates the essence of godliness. Relying once again on the theology of creation, Paul explains how the teaching ministry and rule of the Church are to be structured. His point is that God has established distinctive functions for men and women. The two roles should not be confused or joined. Only when men do what men are intended to do and only when women do what women are intended to do, is there reason to anticipate God’s blessings, personal satisfaction, and general well being.”
J.E. Bordwine, The Apostles versus Biblical Feminists. P195
By Red Zenda, Lethbrdige, Alberta, Canada.
Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
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Scientist Kristell Hergoualc’h explains what is peat.
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Mathurin Zida a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientist holds a information gathering session on climate change, Sibi village near Boromo, Burkina Faso.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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Working Groups consultative meetings- Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by CIFOR
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Igreja Matriz e Torre heptagonal (Freixo de Espada à Cinta)
Como povo Espada à Cinta é muito antigo ; foi invadido ao longo dos seculos por Romanos , Visigodos, Suevos e Arabes e foi sofrendo a influência desses povos . Dái o riquissimo legado histórico dessa vila trsmontana que conserva muitos monumentos e vestigios da sua nobreza .
No principio do Sec XVI a vila era uma praça de guerra medieval tuda cercada de altos muros e de tres possantes torres das quais resta apenas a Torre heptagonal ou Torre do Galo .
Freixo de Espada à cinta é a vila mais manuelina de Portugal . Existem inumeras portas e janelas com motivos simples alusivos aos descobrimentos , apesar de a vila estar longe do mar, demostrando desta forma que era uma terra prospera no reina do de D.Manuel . Como exemplo emblemático deste estilo temos a igreja matriz do começo do Sec.XVI cujo interior é uma réplica dos Jeronimos e onde se podem admirar na capela môr um valuos retabuli quinhentista de dezasseis telas atribuidas à Grão Vasco . É tambem curiosa a existência de uma figura se São Mateus envergando um par de lunetas , objecto invulgar na altura da edificação .
Terra natal de Guerra Junqueiro.
Freixo de Espada à Cinta is a very old city . It was invaded by Romans , Visigoths , Suevos , Arabs and suffered its influence . Hence the rich historical legacy this city preserves many monuments and vestiges of its nobility . At the beginning of the XVIth century the city was a medieval war quarter with high walls around and Three stategically located powerful towers . Only one of them remains : the heptagonal tower also called tower of the cock .
Freixo de Espada à Cinta is the most manuelin style little city in Portugal; a lot of doors and windows stand there with simple motives allusive to the world discoveries , in spite of its great distance from the sea , showing that it was a prosperous land during the reign of D.Manuel . As an emblematic example of this style we can see the principal church built at the beginning of the Xvith century ; inside we can see a clear ressemblance of the monastery of Jeronimos (Lisbon) and we can admire a valuable pannel with sixteen paintings by Grão Vasco and also a curious representation of Saint Matthew's holding an astronomic instrument : it was not very usual at the time of the edification of the church .
Freixo de Espada à cinta is also the home town of Guerra Junqueiro , famous writer and politician (1850-1923)
Metz, France - St Stephen's Cathedral
Saint-Étienne de Metz (French for "Saint-Stephen of Metz"), also known as Metz Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. Saint-Étienne de Metz is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz and the seat of the Bishop of Metz, currently Pierre Raffin.The cathedral treasury exhibits the millennium rich collection of the Bishopric of Metz, including paraments and items used for the Eucharist.
Saint-Stephen of Metz has one of the highest naves in the world. The cathedral is nicknamed the Good Lord's Lantern (French: la Lanterne du Bon Dieu), displaying the largest expanse of stained glass in the world with 6,496 m2 (69,920 sq ft). Those stained glass windows include works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers Hermann von Münster, Theobald of Lixheim, and Valentin Bousch and romantic Charles-Laurent Maréchal, tachist Roger Bissière, cubist Jacques Villon, and modernist Marc Chagall.
Built between 1220 and 1552, it is the product of the unification of two distinct churches. With its 42 metre high vaults, it is one of the highest Gothic edifices in Europe. With its 6,500 m² of stained glass windows, the nickname “God’s lantern” is well merited. There are windows from the 13th to the 20th centuries by Hermann de Münster, Thiebault de Lixheim, Valentin Bousch, Jacques Villon and Marc Chagall. These masterpieces of the art of fire and light form a veritable encyclopaedia of the art of stained glass.
Architecture
Saint-Stephen Cathedral is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir.
The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres (135.9 ft) high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres (47 ft) high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
Construction history
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century consecrated to Saint Stephen protomartyr. According to Gregory of Tours, the shrine of Saint Stephen was the sole structure spared during the sack of 451 by Attila's Huns. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552.
In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764.
In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
Field visit to aguajal area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Learning about peat.
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Working Groups consultative meetings- Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
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Students of SDN 04 Jongkong at Pengerak village (distance class) go to school by canoe. During the wet season the basin of Lake Sentarum will be flooded, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, May, 2010.
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Left foot in half lotus, Right leg behind head, hands to the floor and lift up! Presto! Instant flying pretzel! Photo by a student of TT's.
A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. Source: Oak Valley Plantation Website.
■ Medinaceli Palace at Cogolludo, a small village in La Serrania (Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). It's a 16th-century renacentist-style edification.
Taken handheld with my Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (ZS3) under a very bright overcast sky ( 63 mm, F6.3, 1/1000 sec., ISO 80, EV -2/3 ).
■ Palacio de los Duques de Medinaceli en Cogolludo, un pequeño pueblo de La Serrania (Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha). Es una edificacion de estilo renacentista construida en el siglo XVI.
Tomada a pulso con una Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (ZS3) bajo un brillante cielo nublado ( 63 mm, F6.3, 1/1000 sec., ISO 80, EV -2/3 ).
Learning about peat.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Posted as accompaniment to my posted photo, linked to below (and see third complete citation down, center column of this post) – and frankly, for my own edification - since every single paper looks to be interesting, especially being from 1962.
Not to mention the authors/presenters...Zdeněk Kopal...Robert Gilruth...Thomas Kelly...Joseph Shea...a veritable Who’s Who of "rocket scientists":
arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/8.6224
Credit: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics website
Y’know…I was a mere 30 miles from this event. Granted, I was 3½…but still.
[Note: This is a second, higher-resolution post of the image. The first/original has been deleted.]
Classroom block at UNIKIS, Kisangani - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Community-Based Fire Prevention and Peatland Restoration Phase 2. Kayu Ara Permai Village, Siak.
Photo by Perdana Putra/CIFOR-ICRAF
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