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Acontias lineatus Striped Dwarf Legless Skink melanistic form. From Cederberg, Western Cape. www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/acontias-lineatus-striped-dw...
En el recinto del Castillo, con forma de polígono irregular, se distinguen dos partes diferenciadas: la parte norte, del siglo XII, y el resto, construido a lo largo del siglo XV, con algunas obras realizadas en los siglos XIX y XX. En tiempos pretéritos el castillo estuvo rodeado por un foso, excepto en el lienzo noroccidental, donde el río cumplía esa misma función.
En el interior existe un grupo de fortificaciones del siglo XII de origen templario: los restos de una barbacana en el acceso a un patio, al que abren la torre elíptica, parte del paseo de ronda, una torre que tuvo tres pisos, la torre del Malvecino y otra torre en la que destaca una puerta de arco apuntado, de gran valor artístico.
La fachada noroeste constituye un parapeto corrido que termina en la torre del Moclín, de planta hexagonal irregular. Bajo él se abría una nueva ronda que defendía el subterráneo que unía el castillo con un aljibe, situado en una torre albarrana.
La portada principal, de mampostería, está compuesta por dos torreones que flanquean un amplio arco de medio punto. Tras este arco se alzaban las puertas de acceso al patio en el que, a la izquierda, se sitúa la torre del homenaje, desde la que se accede a la patio de armas, hoy cubierto de escombros.
Antes de entrar en el patio hay un recinto defensivo que conduce a la torre Cabrera, situada al sur y comunicada con la primera línea defensiva del lado este, en cuyo punto medio se alza una torre semicircular, destinada a calabozos y a la comunicación con la segunda línea de defensa. El paramento continúa hacia el norte, encontrándose otra torre cuadrada, antes de acceder a la torre de Malvecino, del siglo XV.
En el patio de armas, adosadas a otra línea defensiva, se encuentran varias dependencias, como la Galería de los Azulejos, derruidas y cubiertas de escombros debido a que 1811 una orden de la Regencia del Reino manda que vuelen las dependencias interiores (el daño no debió ser muy grande porque en 1815 se ofreció en sus salones un baile de sociedad) y a que desde que en 1848 el Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada, con la oposición frontal de la Comisión de Monumentos de Ponferrada, la empezase a utilizar como cantera local y mil otras felonías que culminaron en 1923 cuando se volaron sus muros para la construcción de un campo deportivo.
I recently acquired a +3 magnifying filter that threads onto my Nikkor 18-200mm lens and allows me to truly "fill the frame" when I use both of these tools together.
It is a bit tricky to work with since the combo produces a very shallow depth of field, but I'm pleased that a $25.00 filter can be so helpful for those of us who enjoy seeing the nature world up close......
This free form embroidery is stitched on raw cotton canvas and framed with a 12x12 inch frame. I used satin, chain, running stitch and French knots.
The Jinroh is my first bioformer :D Haven't been touching my herofactory/bionicle builds. Finally happy to make another HF based moc :D The Jinroh consist of 3 forms, Mech form, Speed form and Blast form.
Rivage découpé, frangé de récifs, hérissé de buttes rocheuses, tel est le spectacle surprenant offert aux alentours du site du Gouffre.
Sur le site de Plougrescant, c’est un système de trois cordons de galets qui enserrent deux lagunes d’eau saumâtre.
forme des entassements rocheux appelés chaos granitiques.
Morganella pyriformis (piriformis) (pyriforme) (Schaeffer) Kreisel & D. Krüger, 2003 = Lycoperdon oviforme Patouillard, 1898 = Lycoperdon proteus var. ovoideum Bulliard, 1791 = Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeffer, 1774 = Lycoperdon pyriforme ß tessellatum Persoon, 1801 = Utraria pyriformis (Schaeffer) Quélet, 1873, la vesse-de-loup en forme de poire ou lycoperdon en poire, vesse-de-loup en poire.
In 1931, industrialist and philanthropist Charles Stewart Mott purchased assets near Clewiston, Florida from a 1920s bankrupt sugarcane company, Southern Sugar Company, to form the United States Sugar Corporation. In the 1940s, U.S. Sugar was charged with slavery violation.
Mott later transferred shares to his Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In 1969 with a law passed limiting private family foundations could hold of a corporation, the foundation gave a large number of shares to the Mott Children's Health Center, a Flint charitable medical organization founded in 1939, to be below the 35% limit.
In 1962, the company opened the Bryant Sugar House, which at the time was the largest and most advanced sugarcane processing mill in the world. The mill had a capacity of 5,000 tons of sugarcane per day.
After C.S. Mott died in 1973, C.S. Harding Mott, his son, took over as chairman of the corporation. With sugar at 60 cents a pound in the 1970s and purchasers switching to corn syrup, the company expanded into other areas of farming including cattle, citrus and vegetables. In 1980, U.S. acquired South Bay Growers. South Bay Growers produced 13% of the US's leafy vegetables growing lettuce, celery and others. In late 1985, U.S. Sugar began planting orange trees. In 1983, the company formed an Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) in an attempt to go private. U.S. Sugar borrowed millions in long-term debt to create the ESOP. Some shareholders did not sell out believing the price per share to be too low triggering a class action law suit.
The ESOP and Mott group of owners in October 1987 offered $80 per share for the other 110,000 voting shares held by 500 public shareholders. This took the company private and reduced its reporting costs.
Most of South Bay Growers was closed down on September 4, 1994 after four out of five prior years of losses including 10 million in 1994. South Bay's salad processing plant with customers like McDonald's and Burger King and 146 employees would continue to operate while seeking new ownership.
Big sugar moved in the early 1990s to mechanical cane harvesters. The displaced cane field workers filed a class action lawsuit in which the company paid $5 million plus in 1998. In 2004, U.S. Sugar closed a mill and laid off workers. Its Bryant mill was closed in 2007.
In February 2008, the corporation, CEO Robert Buker, Chairman William S. White and his family and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation were sued by employees claiming that they were not getting full value for the ESOP stock given two bids for the company stock for amounts more than ESOP redemption were offered by outside parties. Employees alleged that the Gaylor Lawrence family agro-conglomerate offered $293 per share for the company twice, once in August 2005 and in January 2007. Supposedly US Sugar president was terminated and paid hush money to hide the offer. At the time, share redemption was from $193 to $200.
On 24 June 2008, Florida's Governor, Charlie Crist, announced the state was in negotiations to buy 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land and all of its manufacturing and production facilities for an estimated $1.7 billion from the company as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Under the proposals, the company would continue to farm the land for the next six years and convert the land back to its original natural marshland state. In November 2008, the agreement was revised to offer $1.34 billion, allowing sugar mills in Clewiston to remain in production. Critics of the revised plan say that it ensures sugarcane will be grown in the Everglades for at least another decade.
In October 2010 the company sold 26,800 acres of land to the South Florida Water Management District for the "River of Grass" Restoration Project.
U.S. Sugar powers its facilities with renewable resources – the residual sugarcane fiber after juice is extracted, known as bagasse. Bagasse is a clean, fibrous biofuel that results from the sugarcane extraction process. Every ton of bagasse powers the equivalent of 50 gallons of fuel oil.
A boiler produces steam during the milling process by burning bagasse. Steam is co-generated into electricity on-site. In essence, each year's cane crop provides power for both the sugar factory and U.S. Sugar's refinery operations.
U.S. Sugar's farmers have been integral to the success of sending cleaner water to the Everglades since 1994. The company, along with other Glades-area farmers, worked with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) to develop soil and water cleansing techniques called best management practices (BMPs). These techniques include holding farm runoff on company property, laser leveling fields, and the growth of foliage along drainage canals bordering farms to help absorb nutrients. The BMP program has helped to yield tremendous success. According to the South Florida Management District, in 2017, Everglades Agricultural Area farmers achieved a 70 percent annual reduction in phosphorus – nearly three times higher than the 25 percent required by the 1994 Everglades Forever Act. Additionally, more than 95 percent of the Everglades is meeting the stringent 10 parts per billion clean water standard for phosphorus.
Despite claims made by environmental activists over air quality, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Glades communities such as Clewiston enjoy some of the cleanest air quality in the state of Florida. In its rankings, the foundation lists Hendry County in the lower third of counties experiencing the worst incidences of particulate matter in the air.
According to the Florida Sugarcane League, sugarcane farming has a $3.2 billion impact and supports more than 12,500 jobs. With more than 2,500 employees, U.S. Sugar is one of the "largest agribusiness employers in the Everglades region."
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Baby Blessings... for a Girl on her Birth Day.
Born this morning (29 March 2011) at 03.33am, baby #3 - a daughter - for my beautiful daughter and her wonderful hubby, a baby sister for my wee grand-daughter and grandson, a new niece for 2 proud uncles, and for me...
I guess you can guess :))
Flowering currant in this morning's pre-dawn twilight.
Ribes sanguineum.
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Canon EOS 500D. Lens: Canon EF-S60mm f/2.8 MACRO USM.
Editing: photoshop.
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My inspiration: Words of Peace.
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ENGLISH :
Mosaic Canyon is a geological museum in the open. It was formed in a fault millions of years ago when water engulfed there still forcefully to give its current form.
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Link to Cincinnati Zoo..............
Also a new group to join for anyone who has Ohio Zoo pictures!
www.flickr.com/groups/ohio_zoos/
Also check out Zoos Around the World group!
www.flickr.com/groups/zoos_around_the_world/
I'll once again be on and off of Flickr today! Very busy with family and chores! Have a wonderful Friday!
Formed of the usual two Meridian units, the 06.00 Melton Mowbray to London St Pancras accelerates away from the 40mph restriction over Seaton viaduct
In central and southern England, up to 15% of the females occur in the beautiful form called valezina
While on "assignment" for the flickr group Get Pushed!! , I took this one in Auch.
(For ODC:"Bottle")
"When clouds form in the skies we know that rain will follow but we must not wait for it. Nothing will be achieved by attempting to interfere with the future before the time is ripe. Patience is needed."
-I Ching-
Château de Villandry : le jardin de légumes date du Moyen-Âge. Les moines aimaient disposer leurs légumes selon des formes géométriques. Les nombreuses croix du potager de Villandry rappellent cette origine monacale.
True to form, the weather would predict my route to Lancashire for my eagerly awaited week away with one of my best mates, my mountain bike and which would include encountering the classic Cumbrian Coastline.
Having no real time restraints heading East rather than North would have been my ideal choice as this would mean the weather was forecast fine and the chance to kick off the week in style was on !
Hitting the back of the net for the opener was 'Powerhaul' liveried 'Skoda'049 - 90 minutes to go . . . . !