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Venice...floods about 100 times a year, beginning in October and running through late winter. I'm attaching an excellent article from Rick Steves's website that explains this, and also adding my personal observations and discussions with locals.
First, Steves's article, "Is Venice Sinking?":
www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/is-ven...
I spend three days and four nights in Venice in December 2019 (whence come these pictures). On two of the three days, high tide made it challenging to get around.
For those of you who have been to Venice, you know the main part of the city ("downtown," if you can call it that) is made up of 118 islands connected by over 400 (416, I think?) bridges and bisected by the Grand Canal. It's a maze. Even with Google maps, it's literally a maze, because not every bridge takes you easily from one island to another. Some are dead ends, etc. This is when it's dry.
Now, add the extra layer of rising tides that cut off even more avenues of the maze and it's an absolute headache getting around.
All of these pictures were taken as I tried (and failed) to walk across the island from Piazza San Marco on the south to the northern end of the island -- Cannaregio -- where my apartment was.
In dry conditions, this is about a 30 minute walk if you're good at navigating the maze. On this afternoon, I made it about 80% of the way back with no viable routes to walk the last 5 (well, certainly less than 10) minutes. My choices were either wait until the tide rolled out (1-2 hours) or pay a water taxi to take me. I couldn't wait and ended up paying an exorbitant fee of 60 euros to a taxi (from the train station) to take me on what would have been a 20 minute walk from there. Ouch.
Once I got back, I asked my friend Alexia whether this is normal, if it's global warming, bad luck, or what?
I was curious about whether it was normal as most of the Venetians seem prepared for this. Many had on knee high or thigh high rubber/plastic boats and slowly made their way through.
She told me that it's very normal in November, but not so much in December. It's not that the tides aren't normal (they happen every day, of course). It's the height of them.
Last month, in November 2019, I recall reading an article about Venice flooding with pictures that surprised me. On the day in question, the tide rose to 187 cm. (For those in the west, that's only 2 inches shorter than NBA star Steph Curry or, for those who know me...it's my exact height.) I'm not exactly short, by comparison, so that's a pretty tall change for a few hours.
In the pictures you see here, the tide was 120 cm./4 feet. That's certainly enough to flood the island.
Venice's quick solution to this is to throw up elevated wooden platforms as temporary sidewalks. In the main areas -- St. Mark's Square, specifically -- think of all the tourists you would normally have bottlenecked and you can imagine the slight headache of free motion. Before the tides (when it's dry), you see these supports and wooden slats stacked up and may wonder what they're purpose is. Tides more than answer that.
The following day, the city flooded again. As I was walking from my apartment to the southern end of the island to go to a museum, I got to the Grand Canal near Rialto Bridge and found myself at an impassable point...that was right in front of a gondola service. (I think I could have backtracked and made it, but no guarantee.)
I hadn't actually been on a gondola before and -- they're expensive, by the way...especially for a solo traveler (80 euro for about 30 minutes) -- decided to take one because it's Venice and if you're ever going to ride a gondola, it should be here.
The gondolier took me from just south of the Rialto Bridge up the Grand Canal just past the Rialto Market, and back. All in all, not very far (and I didn't check time, but I doubt it was 30 minutes).
However, we got to talking. I asked how the flooding impacts tourism and business and he says there are far fewer tourists now who are simply scared of floods. (The attached Rick Steves article points out why you may not need to worry much.)
The gondolier said that the tide on Sunday reached 125 cm (4'2"), though it didn't seem nearly as high as the previous day. I did actually walk across half the island reasonably easily, so I was thinking he's probably toning down the reality a little because it affects his livelihood. However...just a little. The things he said that I believe are that, "When the tide reaches 140 cm., this is a bit too much for the city to handle."
He also told me some facts about the city that have nothing to do with the flooding, yet I found interesting: There are 50,000 residents on the main islands and an apartment/house of 90 square meters (900 square feet) runs about 400,000 euros. So if you're in the market to move to Venice for the joy of wading through water, that's the cost of it.
After the gondola ride, I ended up hopping on a vaporetto (city bus, but on the water). They run up and down the Grand Canal. (You can see a "stop" in some of my Snapshots of Venice pictures; it's a little enclosed building with yellow trim around the top of it.)
Normally, vaporettos run 7.50 euro for a ticket valid for 75 minutes. They come by every 15 minutes or so. However, I never saw where to buy tickets so ended up taking a handful of vaporetto rides for free. I think three in total.
This particular one took me from next to the gondola service down to Accademia. The Gallerie dell'Accademia is there (lots of Tintoretto, Titian, Tiepolo, Bosch), directly in front of the Ponte dell'Accademia. For my purposes, the Guggenheim Collection is also here, but about a five minute walk on dry land to get there.
However, it was isolated by the tides and I ended up taking off shoes and socks, rolling up my pants, and wading through some bitingly cold (but not dangerously so) water to get there. All told, it was probably about 100 yards at most in water that was just over ankle deep. But, you still have to walk it slowly. Afterwards, I think it took my feet about 10 minutes to regain normal warmth/sensation. (Fortunately, after an hour in the museum -- which was nice, but not as nice as I had hoped -- the tide had receded enough that I didn't have to wade out. The sidewalk was still completely underwater, but only an inch or two by this point, which you can walk through. You tend to see locals walking through water like this balancing on their heels and keeping their toes in the air.
Am I personally satisfied that Venice isn't sinking? No. The Steves article does mention Italy's long-term solution to this, but I don't buy it. I don't know what the future holds, though, and won't be around to see the worst effects of it, I feel. I can say that the city's future is tenuous at the moment, but the present...is fine, if sometimes slightly inconvenient.
Displayed and explained at the Bishop Museum of Science & Nature, Bradenton. My wife has long been an ardent shell collector, with Sanibel Island’s beaches being a good source of material that she has incorporated into art work.
c1915 postcard view of a group at the Burns City Nursery at Burns City, Indiana. The sign at the left identified the location as a nursery near Burns City, Indiana. The owner’s name appears to be F. B. Garrett. A 1904 report¹ included a list of Indiana nurserymen that had been inspected in 1903. The list included the Burns City and Pleasant Valley Nursery at Burns City in Martin County and E. B. Garrett at Burns City on the S. I. R. R. (Southern Indiana Railroad) near town. (This report listed proprietors and the business names separately in the same list.) Other sources in the 1920s and 1930s referred to the Burns City Nursery and the Garrett brothers.
Nothing on this postcard explains the purpose of the photograph or the participants. The group’s sign is a mystery as well: TRINITY—SPRINGS FOR — US.
1. Indiana State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, Volume 45 (Indianapolis, IN: Wm. B. Burford, 1904), page 378. Available online at books.google.com/books?id=KME0AAAAMAAJ&printsec=front....
From a private collection.
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Wednesday
A day of rain.
And a trip to Newcastle.
Hmmmm, Newcastle.
We woke up at half seven, outside it was overcast with the promise of much rain through the day. We planned to go to Hexham to catch the train into the city, wander round, have lunch, take shots and come back. And it still sounded a good idea in the morning. So, after breakfast, we gathered our stuff, our new waterproof jackets and walking boots, packed the car and set off down the valley to Hexham.
There is an even more local station nearer the cottage, but only has a two-hourly service through the day. A 15 minute drive to Hexham opens the possibility of half hourly trains, if we got bored in the city.
Two pounds to park the car all day outside the station, seven quid for a return ticket. A cheap day it seemed.
We had timed it just right, and 5 minutes after arriving, our train, a class 156, pulled up and we all got on for the half hour trundle into town. The line runs beside the river Tyne, and is very picturesque, even from a rattly diesel DMU.
We pulled into Newcastle, over Stephenson’s high level bridge, with glorious views over the river and city. It had just begun to rain, but we were prepared.
Outside the station, we looked up the wide street in front, and I saw a memorial, which should mean there was a square, maybe the centre of the city, so we set off, dodging shoppers and waiting bus passengers. However, we were thirsty. And hungry. And seeing an Italian ice cream parlour, we go inside to have breakfast.
I order sausage roll and a coffee: Jools has quiche. And a coffee. Now, that we did not specify what kind of coffee we wanted should have meant we got a cup of filter. Or so we thought. But what we did get was a cup of milky coffee, the kind that my parents used to drink, made with almost all hot milk, and horrible.
I tried to tell myself this was some kind of retro food experience, but my main thought was to drink it as soon as possible before a skin formed on the top, which would have made me retch.
Further up the street, we saw a sign saying ‘central arcade’; we thought it looked interesting and went in. Just as well we did, as inside it was decorated with splendid tiles, in a fine art deco fashion. In admiring them, we caught the attention of a woman, who engaged us in conversation. Turns out she was a guide, and for four pounds each would take us on a 90 minute tour round the city.
Sounded fair to us, so we paid, and our guide explained the history of the arcade and the surrounding area, all gentrified in the 1830s, which so resembled fine Parisian boulevards. It was a wonderful area, and the style, Tyne Gothic was very nice and almost chic. It has been renovated in recent times, and looks like it did when new, except for the pawnbrokers and other modern shops now occupying the ground floors.
We walk along a narrow alley past pubs and old workshops, our guide giving us history behind the buildings. The world's fattest man lived and died here, King Charles 1st had dinner there. And so on. Until we came to Bigg Market.....
Bigg Market is where the young Geordie goes to have fun, or used to; according to our guide. It is not as popular as it once was, as many now go down to the Riverside. And Bigg Market is to be 'redeveloped'. So, this may be the last chances to see some of these fine old buildings, some of which now have demolition orders against them. All things must change. Apparently.
Pumphrey's was a temperance bar, anmed after it's founder. Needless to say, despite keeping the name, it is now a wine Bar.
Balmbras is where the song, Blaydon Races' was written, a song my Grandad learned whilst in the army, and taught me when I was a child. It is to be knocked down.
We were shown the indoor market, the Theatre Royal, all the time heading down towards the river. We stop at The Black Gate, the old main entrance to the city, and next to it the Norman, or New, castle. I know that from the top fine views of trains arriving and leaving from the station could be had, and so I planned to return later in the day.
Jon Magnuson, Executive Director of the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette Michigan th
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EarthKeepers II (EK II) Project Coordinator Kyra Fillmore Ziomkowski explains creating 30 interfaith community gardens (2013-2014) across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that include vegetables and native species plants that encourage and help pollinators like bees and butterflies.
The video was shot on April 5, 2013 at the Big Bay Point Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Big Bay, MI during a meeting of EK II representatives.
An Interfaith Energy Conservation and Community Garden Initiative Across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Restore Native Plants and Protect the Great Lakes from Toxins like Airborne Mercury in cooperation with the EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, U.S. Forest Service, 10 faith traditions and Native American tribes such as Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
10 faiths: Roman Catholic" "Episcopal" "Jewish" "Lutheran" "Presbyterian" "United Methodist" "Bahá'í" "Unitarian Universalist" "American Friends" "Quaker" "Zen Buddhist" "
EK II website
Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute
Marquette, MI
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Deborah Lamberty
Program Analyst
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes National Program Office
Chicago, IL
Lamberty.Deborah@epa.gov
312-886-6681
Pastor Albert Valentine II
Manistique, MI
Manistique Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer
Gould City Community Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of Mackinac
Rev. Christine Bergquist
Bark River United Methodist Church
First UMC of Hermansville
United Methodist Church Marquette District
Rev. Elisabeth Zant
Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church
Munising, MI
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Northern Great Lakes Synod
Heidi Gould
Marquette, MI
Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Rev. Pete Andersen
Marquette, MI
ELCA
Helen Grossman
Temple Beth Sholom
Jewish Synagogue
Rev. Stephen Gauger
Calvary Lutheran Church
Rapid River, MI
ELCA
Jan Schultz, Botanist
U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Eastern Region 9
EK II Technical Advisor for Community Gardens
Milwaukee, WI
USFS
www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/nativegardening
Pollinator photos by Nancy Parker Hill
Rev. David Van Kley, Senior Pastor
Rev. Amanda Kossow, Associate Pastor
Messiah Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Marquette, Michigan
Rev. David Van Kley, Senior Pastor
Rev. Amanda Kossow, Associate Pastor
NMU EK II Student Team
Katelin Bingner
Tom Merkel
Adam Magnuson
EK II social sites
www.youtube.com/EarthKeepersII
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Zen Buddhist Temple
Marquette, Michigan
Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg
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plehmber@nmu.edu
Dr. Michael Grossman, representing Jewish Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, MI
Helen Grossman, representing Jewish Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, MI
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Wild Rice: 8 videos
www.learningfromtheearth.org/video-interviews/wild-rice-m...
Birch – 2 videos
www.learningfromtheearth.org/video-interviews/paper-birch...
Photos (click on each name or topic to see the respective photo galleries):
www.learningfromtheearth.org/photo-gallery
www.picasaweb.google.com/Yoopernewsman/JonReport?authuser...
www.picasaweb.google.com/100329402090002004302/JonReport?...
“Albert Einstein speculated once that if bees disappeared off the surface of the earth, then humans would have only four years of life left.”
the late Todd Warner, KBIC Natural Resource Director
Links:
Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project website:
Cedar Tree Institute: Zaagkii Project
www.cedartreeinstitute.org/2010/07/wings-seeds-zaagkii-pr...
www.cedartreeinstitute.org/2009/01/wings-seeds-the-zaagki...
Zaagkii Project Videos on youtube (also uploaded to dozens of internet sites):
KBIC Pollinator Preservation
www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/0...
Zaagkii Project Indigenous Plants Help Give New Face to Sand Point on Keweenaw Bay www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/0...
Zaagkii Project 2010: U.S. Forest Service & Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plants Greenhouse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoq5xXHDF4E
United States Forest Service sponsored Zaagkii Project featured on Pollinator Live
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P3DPfxx7Jw
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #9: Teens Painting Mason Bee Houses in Northern Michigan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIIV6jrlT20
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3MBfV7ION8
Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #6: "The Butterfly Lady" Susan Payant teaches teens about Monarchs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIgsuTFSuM
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #5: Terracotta half-life, Marquette, MI band supports environment projects
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlFCHwW30o
2009 Zaagkii Video #4: Michigan teens meet 150,000 swarming honeybees with beekeeper Jim Hayward
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2B4MEzM7w4
2009 Zaagkii Video #3: Michigan teens give away mason bee houses, honor supporters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfWeEgDxTY
2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Historic KBIC native plants greenhouse, USFS protects pollinators
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8H5nhvzzc
2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Students make bee houses, plant native species plants
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jqJAQyXwE
Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPJOXHt7pI
Zaagkii Project – Northern Michigan University:
www.webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSectio...
Native Village stories: Beautiful Layout by Owner Gina Boltz:
Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: A Project by Ojibwe Students from the Keweenah Bay Indian Community
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
NMU Students Join Pollinator Protection Initiative
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
KBIC Tribal youth protect pollinators
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
Teens Help with Sweet Nature Project
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
USFS Success Stories:
Restoring Native Plants on the Enchanted Island
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6274
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plant Greenhouse & Workshop
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499
Intertribal Nursery Council Annual Meeting a Success
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6276
New Greenhouse for KBIC Restoration
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds - An Update
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5076
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=4025
News Stories:
U.P. teens build butterfly houses, grow 26,000 indigenous plants
www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/519835.html?...
Effort to protect pollinators launched
www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/512810.html
Marquette Monthly (Sept. 2009):
www.mmnow.com/mm_archive_folder/09/0909/feature.html
As bees die, Keweena Bay Indian Community adults, teens actively protect pollinators
www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view...
Michigan Teens Build Butterfly Houses and Plant 26,000 Native Plants through the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project
www.treehugger.com/culture/michigan-teens-build-butterfly...
Examples of numerous Gather.com articles with lots of photos/videos:
Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth are protecting pollinators by building butterfly houses and planting native plants
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550233
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Protecting Pollinators
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977428640
2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in 2010 to build first Native American native species plants greenhouse on tribal property in U.S.
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040745
2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan Teens Protect Pollinators with U.S. Forest Service, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, NMU Center for Native American Studies: Build mason bee houses, butterfly houses, distribute thousands of native species plants
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040729
Zaagkii Project Internet sites – blogs, photos, videos etc.:
ZaagkiiProject on flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/zaagkiiproject
www.flickr.com/people/zaagkiiproject
Zaagkii on youtube:
Zaagkii on bliptv:
Zaagkii on word press:
www.zaagkiiproject.wordpress.com
Zaagkii on Blogger:
www.zaagkiiproject.blogspot.com
Zaagkii on Photobucket:
www.photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds
www.photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds/?start=all
Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project website:
Cedar Tree Institute: Zaagkii Project
cedartreeinstitute.org/2010/07/wings-seeds-zaagkii-project
cedartreeinstitute.org/2009/01/wings-seeds-the-zaagkii-pr...
Zaagkii Project Videos on youtube (also uploaded to dozens of internet sites):
KBIC Pollinator Preservation
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/08/15...
Zaagkii Project Indigenous Plants Help Give New Face to Sand Point on Keweenaw Bay indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/09/03...
Zaagkii Project 2010: U.S. Forest Service & Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plants Greenhouse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoq5xXHDF4E
United States Forest Service sponsored Zaagkii Project featured on Pollinator Live
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P3DPfxx7Jw
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #9: Teens Painting Mason Bee Houses in Northern Michigan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIIV6jrlT20
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3MBfV7ION8
Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #6: "The Butterfly Lady" Susan Payant teaches teens about Monarchs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIgsuTFSuM
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #5: Terracotta half-life, Marquette, MI band supports environment projects
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlFCHwW30o
2009 Zaagkii Video #4: Michigan teens meet 150,000 swarming honeybees with beekeeper Jim Hayward
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2B4MEzM7w4
2009 Zaagkii Video #3: Michigan teens give away mason bee houses, honor supporters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfWeEgDxTY
2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Historic KBIC native plants greenhouse, USFS protects pollinators
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8H5nhvzzc
2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Students make bee houses, plant native species plants
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jqJAQyXwE
Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPJOXHt7pI
Zaagkii Project – Northern Michigan University:
webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSections/A...
Native Village stories: Beautiful Layout by Owner Gina Boltz:
Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: A Project by Ojibwe Students from the Keweenah Bay Indian Community
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
NMU Students Join Pollinator Protection Initiative
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
KBIC Tribal youth protect pollinators
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
Teens Help with Sweet Nature Project
www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...
USFS Success Stories:
Restoring Native Plants on the Enchanted Island
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6274
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plant Greenhouse & Workshop
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499
Intertribal Nursery Council Annual Meeting a Success
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6276
New Greenhouse for KBIC Restoration
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds - An Update
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5076
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project
www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=4025
News Stories:
U.P. teens build butterfly houses, grow 26,000 indigenous plants
www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/519835.html?...
Effort to protect pollinators launched
www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/512810.html
Marquette Monthly (Sept. 2009):
mmnow.com/mm_archive_folder/09/0909/feature.html
As bees die, Keweena Bay Indian Community adults, teens actively protect pollinators
nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...
Michigan Teens Build Butterfly Houses and Plant 26,000 Native Plants through the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project
www.treehugger.com/culture/michigan-teens-build-butterfly...
Examples of numerous Gather.com articles with lots of photos/videos:
Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth are protecting pollinators by building butterfly houses and planting native plants
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550233
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Protecting Pollinators
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977428640
2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in 2010 to build first Native American native species plants greenhouse on tribal property in U.S.
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040745
2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan Teens Protect Pollinators with U.S. Forest Service, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, NMU Center for Native American Studies: Build mason bee houses, butterfly houses, distribute thousands of native species plants
www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040729
Zaagkii Project Internet sites – blogs, photos, videos etc.:
ZaagkiiProject on flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/zaagkiiproject
www.flickr.com/people/zaagkiiproject
Zaagkii on youtube:
Zaagkii on bliptv:
Zaagkii on word press:
Zaagkii on Blogger:
Zaagkii on Photobucket:
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung SMART CAMERA NX20, which has been provided by Samsung Electronics. Co., Ltd.
From a visit at the Quinta da Pacheca winery, Portugal for a tour and some deliceous lunch/wine tasting - September 17, 2018.
“No reason explains war”
From the 10th to the 13th November, our socio-cultural partners and friends in the AfroReggae Band from Rio de Janeiro, will be in and around the state of São Paulo to launch their latest show, “No reason explains war”. Formed by youth from the infamous shanties of Rio de Janeiro, the AfroReggae Band has been an important inspiration and motivation for the actions of our own youth group and especially the Beija-Flor Band.
São Paulo was chosen by the group for the launching and tour of their latest show, which will be passing through the cultural centres of SESC Pompéia (10/11), SESC Bauru (11/11), SESC Ribeirão Preto (12/11) and SESC Itaquera (13/11). The images in this series are from the show at SESC Pompéia. The relationship between AfroReggae and the SESC of São Paulo began in 2001 and extends further than just their circuit of shows and cultural presentations. This year, the choice by AfroReggae to realize the premier viewing of their prize-winning film Favela Rising, in São Paulo at the SESC Pinheiros, was no mere coincidence, not to mention all the other social, cultural and artistic activities already realized in partnership with the group.
The show coincides with the launching of their latest CD at the end of November. The CD, “No reason explains war”, unites 10 songs – most of which are unpublished – composed by diverse members of AfroReggae in partnership with some of the grand names in Popular Brazilian Music, such as Arnaldo Antunes, Nando Reis, Jorge Mautner, Nelson Jacobina and Liminha, besides a new version of Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil’s music “Haiti”. With their unique sonority in the track titled “No reason explains war”, AfroReggae also counts on the special participation of the English Rappers, TY and Estelle.
The performances in São Paulo – directed by José Junior e Johayne Hidelfonso – brings us songs from the new álbum like "Negro Affairs", "I only want you" and “Another Chance”, besides great successes from their first album, like "I’m annoyed" and "Front Cover". Also acclaimed songs such as “Let’s Escape”, by Gilberto Gil and Liminha, “Fly In My Soup” by Raul Seixas, and “What country is This” by Renato Russo, are in the selection.
The AfroReggae Band surfaced in 1995, as a result of the dance and percussion workshops that were held by the NGO in the Vigário Geral Shanty. During the São Paulo tour, the band is made up of Ando (vocals); LG (vocals); Dinho (vocals); Altair Martins (percussion); Dada (percussion); Wallace (percussion); Juninho (percussion); Jairo Cliff (bass guitar); Joel Dias (guitar); Magic Julio (DJ); Cosme (drums); Maílson (keyboards) and Mariana Rangel (backing vocals).
With the passing of time, AfroReggae has also changed and gained new dimensions, increasing the sounds of the drums, bass and guitar. The presence of a DJ put final touches on the songs being composed by the band. In 1998, the first International invitiation delivered AfroReggae to Europe and in 2001 the banda launched their first album called “New Face”.
Portuguese Text:
“Nenhum motivo explica a guerra”
Entre os dias 10 e 13 de novembro, a banda AfroReggae estará em São Paulo para lançar o seu novo show, “Nenhum motivo explica a guerra”. O estado foi escolhido pela banda para começar a turnê de shows que passará pelas unidades do Sesc Pompéia (em 10/11), Sesc Bauru (11/11), Sesc Ribeirão Preto (12/11) e Sesc Itaquera (13/11). A relação entre o AfroReggae e o SESC-SP começou em 2001 e vai além do circuito de shows e apresentações. Neste ano o AfroReggae fez questão de fazer a primeira exibição do premiado filme Favela Rising, em São Paulo, para a direção do SESC-SP, na unidade de Pinheiros. Além de inúmeras ações sociais, culturais e artísticas.
Com lançamento marcado para o fim de novembro, o cd “Nenhum motivo explica a guerra” reúne 10 canções - a maioria inédita - compostas pela turma do AfroReggae em parceria com alguns dos grandes nomes da música popular brasileira como Arnaldo Antunes, Nando Reis, Jorge Mautner, Nelson Jacobina e Liminha, além de uma versão para a música “Haiti”, de Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil. Com sonoridade única, a banda AfroReggae conta com participação especial dos rappers ingleses TY e Estelle, na faixa título “Nenhum motivo explica a guerra”.
A apresentação em São Paulo – com direção de José Junior e Johayne Hidelfonso - traz músicas do novo cd como "Coisa de negão", "Quero só você" e “Mais uma chance”, além de sucessos do primeiro disco como "Tô bolado" e "Capa de revista". Canções consagradas como “Vamos fugir”, de Gilberto Gil e Liminha, “Mosca na sopa” de Raul Seixas e “Que Pais é este”, de Renato Russo também estão na seleção.
Formada pelos integrantes Ando (voz); LG (voz); Dinho (voz); Altair Martins (percussão); Dada (percussão); Wallace (percussão); Juninho (percussão); Jairo Cliff (baixo); Joel Dias (guitarra); Magic Julio (Dj); Cosme (bateria); Maílson (teclado) e Mariana Rangel (backing vocal), a banda AfroReggae surgiu em 1995, a partir de oficinas de dança e percussão que eram realizadas em Vigário Geral.
Com o passar do tempo, o AfroReggae mudou e ganhou novas formas, acrescentando em suas melodias naipes de bateria, baixo e guitarra. A presença de um DJ deu um toque final às músicas que a banda começava a compor. Em 1998 surge o primeiro convite internacional, que levou o AfroReggae para Europa. Em 2001 a banda lança o primeiro Cd chamado “Nova Cara”.
Explaining the dangers of drug use.
Last Friday, 17 October 2014, saw Local officers join HMP Manchester Community Team in a visit to Irlam and Cadishead College.
The officers talked about the dangers of using in drugs and the wider dangers of becoming involved in crime and antisocial behaviour.
The HMP Community Team gave the young people an idea of the harsh reality of prison life and the dangers of knife and gang-related crime.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Last Friday, 17 October 2014, saw Local officers join HMP Manchester Community Team in a visit to Irlam and Cadishead College.
The officers talked about the dangers of using in drugs and the wider dangers of becoming involved in crime and antisocial behaviour.
The HMP Community Team gave the young people an idea of the harsh reality of prison life and the dangers of knife and gang-related crime.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Back in 2005, I found a great description of IA in an article by Peter Kantor. As far as I'm concerned, the 2 quotes together are the best description of IA I know.
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Heteroscodra maculata (Pocock/1899), also known as the “Togo starburst baboon” or “Ornamental baboon”, is a very stunning and remarkable bird spider due to its coloration and patterns from West-Africa. However she’s been linked with baboon spiders, she belongs to the subfamily of the Stromatopelm(at)inae and not the Harpactirinae. African bird spiders are commonly given the title of baboon spider, which explains why she carries the name. With her relatively short and robust legs, black patterns on a greyish skin and baldness except for the legs she distinguishes herself from other bird spiders. www.theraphosidae.be/en/heteroscodra-maculata/
GST Voles day at Sandy Smith NR 7/3/2017
Mr T.: (rummaging in the back of the land rover).
Okay we haven't had a task in the Wet Fen before so before we start I just need to explain a few things. Firstly as you can see it's very wet here at the entrance so I will not be taking the land rover in. We will have to carry everything in from here. I want four of you strimming the few sparce areas of rushes to the right hand side and one of you mowing a few clearings on the left hand side. The rest of you can help me clear away various metal rubbish in the copse area and then start raking and forking up what's been cut. There are some drag bags here for you. Plus I shall be cutting down a small birch tree which can be cut up and burnt. So I'll need you to take......
Mr. T. turns around to see he is by himself, the voles having walked off into the distance, (well this is SSNR and we always walk off into the distance).
A little later in camp.
Mr. T.: Are you okay to strim *****? (name removed for legal reasons). Just make sure you don't break anything. Are you okay to use the mower ^^^^? (name removed for same reasons). Just make sure you don't break anything.
Right, I just need to go back and get a few things that you lot 'forgot' to bring over with you.
Mr T. returns.
*****: The strimmer's broke.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get the tools to mend it for you.
Mr. T. returns.
^^^^: The mower's broke.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get the tools to mend it for you.
Mr. T. returns.
Anon.: We haven't got any forks.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get them for you.
Mr. T. returns.
Another Anon.: We need drag bags.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get them for you.
Mr. T. returns.
Yet another Anon.: Must be time for a tea break.
Mr. T.: Right, I just need to go back and get my bag.
The voles settle down for a drink and a few cakes.
Anon anon anon.: Who's going to tell Mr. T. he's forgotten the donuts?
Sobbing could be heard in the distance.
Some time later on this long, drawn out morning.
Mr. T.: It's no good, the rushes are too damp to burn, we'll have to drag them into the copse and pile them there.
Mr. T. walks away.
^^^^, (don't worry Clarkie, no one will know it's you), immediately strips to the waist, covers his chest in cow dung, (last week's having dried out and beginning to flake off), turns and spits into the northeast wind. Rubbing the spittle off his face he calls out to Logi, the Norse god of fire. "Hey up lad we could do with a bit of help down here." So saying he sets light to a box of fire lighters and throws them into the smouldering embers. Flames immediately rise into the bright blue sky as the fire worshipper dances a merry jig and begins to feed the flames.
And so to lunch.
Mr. T.: No more cutting now we just need to rake up what's been cut and either burn it or pile it in the copse.
Volunteer Warden (no experience necessary): Nah, we can strim loads more, there's plenty of time.
Mr. T.: No, we need to let the fire burn down before we leave tonight.
Volunteer Warden (no experience attained): Nah, we'll have finished in half an hour.
Two hours later.
Mr. T.: Most people have left, how is the fire?
Volunteer Warden (basically no experience full stop): (kicking mud onto the flames) Nearly out, could have cut loads more. Gets dark quickly these nights doesn't it?
Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental and has nothing to do with the perpetrator of Myths and Legends in Bedfordshire, (out of print).
Thank you to everyone who came along and dragged their heels, ankles, toes, etc. in the mud. Special thanks to those who kept pulling Wendy out of the deep bits. Nice to see Maryla back with us for a short while (obviously having to build up to it again).
Malcolm
Dan Perkins, co-owner of Perkins' Good Earth Farm in DeMotte, Indiana, explains how the farm grows potatoes July 2, 2021.
The farm supports more than 200 local families through its four season CSA program and they recently added food and beverage options as well as products by other local producers to their farm stand.
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm is a certified organic farm and Dan and Julie Perkins practice regenerative agriculture including no-till and cover crops. They have enrolled in multiple CRP, CSP and EQIP contracts through NRCS and FSA to plant wildlife habitat and wind buffers and hedgerows, construct high tunnels and assist with their organic certification. (NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as National Museum of Cambodia Conservation Engineer Bertrand Porte explains efforts to return and restore cultural artifacts during a tour on the facility preceding a series of meetings with government leaders on January 26, 2016, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]
From now on, whenever I see a bush turned into a closet, I will begin looking for a nearby wedding. Not quite the official wedding portrait, but the best that could be done considering I was just passing by.
Eric Fischl Painting at The Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
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"Someone's got some 'spainin' to do!!"
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Local folklore explains the valley as the work of the devil. The legend holds that the devil was digging a trench to allow the sea to flood the many churches in the Weald of Sussex. The digging disturbed an old woman who lit a candle, or angered a rooster causing it to crow, making the devil believe that the morning was fast approaching. The devil then fled, leaving his trench unfinished. The last shovel of earth he threw over his shoulder fell into the sea, forming the Isle of Wight.
Crazed....
just watering the watermelons shinji
dusting
and in solitary for 8 days....if he remembers that will explain a lot..with saffron..which saffron..we all know that look..arkies dead.....a rport from the front lines and the finge element have turnt up a salvo and to evanglions...and they start jabbing him..redhanded has that happened and rainlover twice in the cup.....IT's the criminal world man..and the lifers just nod cause that what you do....and in ken's diary..I was tootally FUCKED....BIG laugh..didn't like arkies dead joke cried all week and there's the evangeilons quotes
The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore— 12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
and thd salvo telling them what uniting church is blood and fire fire and brimstone
that's the presportory
so like kaji outside the door talking to his contact re rei?
somehwhere in there there's sould traders...move you baptism to here
The likes of you come and see me..who's in number 6 dropp the fat rat..and he just stares at her...one day MORE..a world that cannot hold....
www.adishakti.org/book_of_revelation/revelation_18.11-13.htm
and wanders back and forwards cause ole mother was doing some clothes shopping......had to get a qyuick coffee in..The Court of ST james....
a kind rebuke....Jesus said..LOG left ot right not his call then verses to make there spell chains..or a form of the verses...
you m,ust rejoin the vine....HERE COMAE TO ME! that's how much respect he has for them..NONE...no just LOG
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope. .
a giant rat they put down "the plumbing" and she wzas so scared and crazed a bit.....Isolation studies....
sensory dprivation so I said mezmer
agmost other things....only 1./2 the story
A tranquil [1] heart gives life to the flesh, but envy [2] makes the bones rot.
I think the rot has set in..little rat making it's little rats nest and then diving at the human flesh....and TO"ots didn't give a stuff about australia once she experience freedom american style....still once the word came down bigomy the cahste belt came off...blew up his car saffron's with his family in it NOT! I belive that rats been stuffed..stuffing humans was oputlawed..what about the house of WAX
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Rahner not only explained critically and precisely what the Christian faith is, but he also sought to unite people with it. To Rahner, theology is more than faith seeking understanding; it is as well a mystagogy that gives the people of God experiential union with the faith by leading them into their own deepest mystery. Thus, he was more a “sapiential” than an “academic” theologian.
-Harvey Egan, in his preface to Karl Rahner, The Content of Faith, xi.
Here I am, futilely explaining to Nate the 'rules' before heading out to dinner while at the beach. Miss Amy, the babysitter and owner of a day care facility, said that Liam and Nate were a "challenge" and that she had to use time-out for the first time ever in her babysitting career. Ever.
We tipped Miss Amy very, very well.
~Jill
I know I'll see you again
Whether far or soon.
But I need you to know that I care
And, I miss You.
______________________________
Expect lots of selfportraits =)
Lately i've been thinking a lot and i see things differently in some way.
I just sometimes wish people that left my side would be here with me.
I miss them.
So after a lot of unrelated pictures, I finally decided to upload this one (eventhough I'm not entirely happy with it): those who wanted to understand what they were looking at on The Conqueror will enjoy the immersive experience.
This equirectangular panorama is made out of 50 pictures stitched together with Autopano-sift, Hugin and Enblend, and is part of my equirectangular set.