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Ler e Formar Leitores no século XXI – leitura e inclusão foi o tema do II Encontro de Bibliotecas Escolares do Alentejo, que decorreu, durante os dias 3 e 4 de julho, no auditório dos Serviços Comuns do Instituto Politécnico de Beja.
Este evento contou com a organização da Coordenação Interconcelhia da Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares, do Instituto Politécnico de Beja e da Câmara Municipal de Beja - Biblioteca Municipal de Beja José Saramago. Teve por objetivos analisar o contributo das bibliotecas e da formação leitora para o exercício de uma cidadania mais consciente, crítica e responsável, assim como evidenciar o papel educativo e formativo das bibliotecas e da leitura no contexto da organização, estratégias e objetivos curriculares das escolas e da melhoria das aprendizagens. Pretendeu igualmente refletir sobre as problemáticas associadas à função e responsabilidade social das bibliotecas, enquanto fatores de inclusão, igualdade e justiça social, além de perspetivar possibilidades e vias de desenvolvimento das bibliotecas e das políticas de leitura no sentido da sua atualização e adaptação aos desafios e exigências do presente.
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38° 00' 46.87''N
7° 52' 22.19''W
The Mural Wall:
The main memorial is in the form of a triangle intersecting a circle.
Walls: 164 feet long, 8 inches thick; more than 100 tons of highly polished "Academy Black" granite from California: more than 2,500 photographic, archival images representing the land, sea, and air troops who supported those who fought in the war are sandblasted onto the wall.
The Mural was created by Louis Nelson, with the photographic images depicting soldiers, equipment and people involved in the war. When reflected on the wall, there appear to be 38 soldiers, 38 months, and it is also representing the 38 parallel that separated the North and South Korea.
19 stainless steel statues:
Within the walled triangle are 19 stainless steel statues designed by Frank Gaylord, each larger than life-size, between 7 feet 3 inches and 7 feet 6 inches tall; each weighs nearly 1,000 pounds. The figures represent a platoon on patrol, drawn from each branch of the armed forces; fourteen of the figures are from the U.S. Army, three are from the Marine Corps, one is a Navy Corpsman, and one is an Air Force Forward Air Observer. They are dressed in full combat gear, dispersed among strips of granite and juniper bushes which represent the rugged terrain of Korea.
United Nations Wall:
To the north of the statues and path is the United Nations Wall, a low wall listing the 22 members of the United Nations that contributed troops or medical support to the Korean War effort.
Pool of Remembrance:
The circle contains the Pool of Remembrance, a shallow pool 30 feet in diameter lined with black granite and surrounded by a grove of linden trees with benches. The trees are shaped to create a barrel effect, which allows the sun to reflect on the pool. Inscriptions list the numbers killed, wounded, missing in action, and held as prisoners of war, and a nearby plaque is inscribed: "Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met." Additionally, right next to the numbers of American soldiers are those of the United Nations troops in the same categories. In the south side of the memorial, there are three bushes of the Rose of Sharon hibiscus plant, South Korea's national flower.
A further granite wall bears the simple message, inlaid in silver: "Freedom Is Not Free."
Forme um conceito depois de conhecer algo ,e se o conceito não for a favor ,respeite ,conviva,aceite =]
This foxglove took on a very unusual form for just the topmost flower - all the rest were normal. Any ideas what caused this strange growth??
Pics form the 2014 Concourse d' Elegance in Forest Park on the upper Muny parking lot here in St. Louis.This show is hosted every year by The Horseless Carriage Club. We've attended this show for many years and its a bit of a tradition not just for us but many St. Louisians.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some Background:
The story of the Dornier Do 36 started with a small vehicle, the “Wiesel”. This was a German Armored Weapons Carrier (AWC), a light air-transportable, lightly armored tracked weapons carrier, developed by Porsche and later produced by Rheinmetall. It was quite similar to historical scouting tankettes in size, form and function, and was the only true modern tankette in use in Western Europe. The Wiesel was developed for the German Army’s airborne troops, as the infantry of the German Bundeswehr, especially airborne infantry, were considered unprepared to successfully fight enemy main battle tanks (MBT) in the 1970s. The requirements were that the vehicle should fit in common NATO transport planes and could eventually be even air-dropped. At only 2.75 metric tons (3.03 short tons), it weighed less than the armored variant of the U.S. Humvee military light truck. It should be able to fight infantry as well as enemy tanks or aircraft. Porsche produced some prototypes of the future fighting vehicle for the Bundeswehr in 1975, but the Bundeswehr stopped the project in 1978 due to lack of funds. Nevertheless, Porsche continued development, because of interest from other countries.
This effort was not in vain because the demand for this type of light vehicle – beyond the armed infantry support role – was still unanswered, and with some modifications the chassis could be used for many other light vehicles like a troop transport, command post, field ambulance or a mortar carrier, too. The Bundeswehr eventually ordered 343 of the vehicles in 1985, and deliveries of the new weapon system for the Bundeswehr began in the late 1980s. The vehicle was named Wiesel ("weasel") because of its small size and agility, which make it very difficult to detect on the battlefield.
In parallel to the Wiesel’s development in the early Eighties the Bundeswehr was considering a new light tactical transport aircraft that would fill the gap between the indigenous light Dornier Do 28 Skyservant STOL transport aircraft, which was powered by two piston engines, and the much bigger C-160 Transall, which had been developed together with France. These thoughts were fueled even more by the unsuccessful attempts to drop the Wiesel from a C-160 with parachutes – despite many attempts and technological solutions to dampen the landing, the Wiesel could not be landed safely, not to speak about potential crews inside. A potential carrier, the ambitious VTOL Do 31, which had only made it to the prototype stage in the Seventies and had then been cancelled, was not available. Therefore, Dornier was requested to design a compact transport aircraft that would a) have a cargo space diameter and a tail ramp large enough to carry up to two Wiesel or other light Bundeswehr vehicle and their crews and still have STOL capability on unprepared airfields. Primary design target was an aircraft that could deploy small airborne commando troops and ensure their support close to moving frontline units.
Dornier initially considered the adaptation of its new Do 228, the turboprop-driven successor of the robust Do 28D, but eventually rejected the idea because the light aircraft would not have the required capacities. Augmenting its structure to integrate a tail ramp as well as a floor strong enough to carry two Wiesel AFVs (the Wiesel 1's length was 3.55 m (11.6 ft), height and width 1.82 m (6.0 ft) each) was eventually just as complicated as developing a new, tailor-made aircraft from scratch, and this route was eventually followed.
The resulting Dornier Do 36 was only slightly bigger than the compact and highly popular Do 28D. unlike the Skyservant, though, It was jet-powered, with a pair of General Electric TF34-GE-100A high-bypass turbofans. An unusual design feature of the Do 36 was the use of the Coandă effect to improve STOL performance, using engine exhaust gases blown over the wing's upper surface to boost lift. To achieve this airflow the engines were mounted in nacelles close to the fuselage over the wings’ leading edge, what also reduced the engines’ sound level. Dornier’s engineers had carried out a series of "powered lift" studies some time earlier, including both externally blown flaps, as well an upper-surface blowing (USB) system, an unusual variation. As a result, the aircraft received a T-tail to keep it outside the jet efflux. In the USB system, the engine is arranged over the top surface of the wing, blowing over the flaps. When the flaps are lowered, the Coandă effect makes the jet exhaust "stick" to the flaps and bend down toward the ground, creating additional lift. Another project the engineers were interested in was the supercritical airfoil, designed by Richard Whitcomb. The supercritical design promised to lower transonic drag greatly, as much as a swept wing in some situations. This allowed an aircraft with such a wing to have low drag in cruise while also having a wing planform more suitable for lower-speed flight—swept wings have several undesirable characteristics at low speed. Both these innovative concepts were combined and incorporated into the Do 36’s design.
The cockpit was pressurized but the cargo bay, separated with a sealable bulkhead, not. The landing gear was fully retractable and featured low-pressure tires and struts with long suspension travel at allow operations on semi-prepared airfields. The front landing gear had twin wheels to lower ground pressure, and the wheels were outfitted with mudguards to protect the fuselage underside, which had relatively little ground clearance to accommodate the short tail ramp. The main landing gear struts retracted inwards and folded into sponsons on the lower side of the rear fuselage which also housed a APU for independent operations, avionics and chaff/flare dispensers.
The Do 36’s first flight was made on 31 August 1984, but production was delayed well into the late 1980s. Two major problems were found and corrected during testing: The first was a problem with air circulating around the wing when operating at low speeds, esp. when taxiing or flying close to the ground, which had a serious effect on the spreading of the jet flow through the nozzle. This led to flow separation near the flap, and a decrease in the effectiveness of the USB system. In response, Dornier’s engineers added a series of vortex generators on the upper surface of the wing, which retracted when the flap was raised above 30°. Additionally, the tail surfaces were initially placed well aft to maximize control effectiveness. But this positioning turned out to interfere with the airflow over the wings during USB operations, and a new T-tail was introduced that moved the elevator forward.
Mending the airflow troubles lasted until 1987, when the Do 36 was eventually cleared for production and officially called “Skymaster”. The first customer became the German Bundesluftwaffe with an order for six pre-production aircraft for field tests and international promotion, followed by thirty more machines that were all allocated to the newly established LTLG (Lufttransport- und Lande-Geschwader) 64, which was closely attached to the German Army’s parachutist troops (Fallschirmjäger) and its headquarters.
The trials with the six pre-production machines lasted until 1989, and during this phase of almost two years the Luftwaffe Do 36s visited several potential customer countries, including many European states, plus Israel, the USA and Canada. However, only the USA ordered twelve Do 36’s for Special Forces units under the designation C-39, which was then internationally adapted for the type.
After its introduction the Luftwaffe Do 36 saw frequent use, also outside of Germany. From 1991, German paratroopers were, together with Do 36s, regularly part of the first German contingent on foreign missions, e. g. 1993 during the German support in Somalia. Four machines accompanied the troops.
From 1996 onwards, the Airborne Brigade was disbanded with the parallel formation of the Special Forces Command as a new branch of service at the old location in Calw. At the same time, Fernspähkompanie 100 and 300 as well as the former paratrooper command companies were disbanded, and parts transferred to the KSK (Kommando Spezialkräfte). Paratroopers and KSK were jointly subordinated to the Division “Schnelle Kräfte” (Rapid Forces Division), with LTLG 64 as a central air transport and logistics Luftwaffe unit now re-located to Lechfeld near Augsburg in Southern Germany, close to the KSK headquarter.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1 or 2
Capacity: 24 passengers / 5.500 kg (12,115 lb) max. payload
Length: 14.18 m (46 ft 5½ in)
Wingspan: 18.14 m (59 ft 5 in)
Height: 4.82 m (15 ft 9½ in)
Wing area: 40 m2 (430 sq ft)
Aspect ratio: 8.3:1
Empty weight: 9.100 kg (20,062 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 15,660 kg (34,524 lb)
Fuel capacity: 1,885 kg (4,156 lb)
Powerplant:
2× General Electric TF34-GE-100A high-bypass turbofans with 9,065 lbf (40.32 kN) thrust each
Performance
Maximum speed: 795 km/h (494 mph, 429 kn)
Cruise speed: 650 km/h (400 mph, 350 kn)
Stall speed (power off, flaps down): 104 km/h (65 mph, 56 kn)
Minimum control speed (power on, flaps down): 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
Range: 2,950 km (1,830 mi, 1,590 nmi) with max fuel
1,852 km (1,151 mi, 1,000 nmi) in standard configuration
Service ceiling: 11,000 m (35,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 26 m/s (5,120 ft/min)
Armament:
No internal weapons;
2x underwing hardpoints for loads of up to 500 kg (1.100 lb) each,
incl. drop tanks or defensive ECM/chaff/flare pods
The kit and its assembly:
This whiffy Frankenstein creation had been lingering in the back of my mind for a couple of years, and I also had, over time, two Matchbox Do 28D Skyservant kits stashed away to build this rather special transport aircraft someday. The “Re-Engine” group build at whatifmodellers.com in summer 2023 was a good motivation to finally tackle this project, because I had always pushed it back because I knew that it would be challenging and thorough.
The original idea was to outfit a Do 28D with jet engines and a tricycle landing gear – after I came across some leftover Matchbox A-10 turbofan pods from my youth. These, like the Do 28D kit, were/are rather primitive (if not false) affairs but combining them could probably yield an interesting result. The large pods immediately reminded me of the American YC-14 prototype and the very similar Russian An-72 transport aircraft, both with large turbofans on the wings’ leading edges and exploiting the Coandă effect for STOL performance. However, from that simple starting point on things took a VERY demanding route through PSR surgery.
Two Do 28Ds were necessary because converting just a single kit was not enough. For a tricycle landing gear, the fuselage had to be extended with a plug in front of the wings, which was taken from the 2nd Do 28D kit behind the wings, including the side doors, because these had to be removed due to the new landing gear arrangement (see below). However, this turned out to be too low, so that the roof had to be raised with a styrene sheet plug. With the longer fuselage the wings had to be elongated to keep the proportions, too, and this was again solved with plugs (inner wing sections) from the 2nd kit – thankfully this was quite easy due to the straight leading and trailing edges.
To add value to the aircraft and to better exploit a higher payload, I also decided to modify the tail and add a ramp – bold stunt, but it worked better than expected. I used mostly the original Do 28D tail and the fin but widened the tapered tail through long cuts along the upper roof edges, with inserted styrene sheet wedges to fill the gaps, and the lower parts were cut away to make room for a flush ramp, which was scratched from styrene sheet and other bits. Since the interior would be visible now, I added basic interior to the cargo bay: a structured styrene sheet floor, and the side walls and the roof were covered with paper tissue drenched in white glue, what mimics open insulation mats inside of C-160 Transall aircraft. Additionally, side bumpers made from thin styrene profile were added to the walls, too. To display the model later in flight (for the respective pictures) I also added a vertical styrene tube inside of the fuselage as an adapter for a metal rod holder.
From the clear parts only the (poorly fitting) windscreen was used; except for six side windows any other fuselage opening was concealed – after all it’s supposed to be a military transporter for goods and vehicles and not a passenger aircraft like the Do 28D – and the windows after painting created with ClearFix (see below).
To accommodate the new retractable landing gear I implanted a well under the cockpit floor, which required some mods to the cockpit, which was mostly taken OOB but placed on a higher floor, and the cockpit section was separated from the cargo bay with a bulkhead.
The main landing gear was mounted into boxy sponsons on the lower fuselage flanks, the Do 28D’s OOB engine pods could be used/converted and match the aircraft’s overall boxy design well.
The landing gear as such caused some headaches, though, because the aircraft would require a relatively low stance for the tail ramp. I eventually settled upon parts from an Academy MiG-23 kit for both the twin front wheel (including suitable mudguards!) and the main struts, which received a wide stance for extra ground stability. Looks odd, but at the same time very purposeful and plausible, too.
As mentioned earlier, the engines came from a (“used”) Matchbox A-10, and I left them OOB except for cutouts so that they would fit onto the wings, placed upside down so that the exhausts were directed downwards. Since they would now be placed directly in the jets’ efflux the stabilizers had to be move higher, too, and I settled for a T-tail, just like the benchmark YC-14 an An-72, with a clipped original fin. The central body was taken/adapted from a Matchbox Blackburn Buccaneer, the stabilizers themselves are highly modified wings from an AZ Model Kawasaki Ki-78 that better match the increased wingspan than the thin OOB parts with a fabric structure.
Lots of PSR! The resulting airframe looks quite simple and clean, but getting there was a real long and heavy ride!
Painting and markings:
As in many cases, I wanted a rather subtle Luftwaffe paint scheme for this PSR monster, yet something unusual. Even though the time frame would promote a Norm ’83 wraparound scheme in black and two shades of green (seen on Luftwaffe Transalls, Tornados and late RF-104Gs) I rather settled for the earlier, less known Norm ’76 pattern that was applied to the first Luftwaffe Tornados. It was a more disruptive evolution of the Norm ’72 splinter scheme with a more organic pattern and an additional dark contrast color for improved low-level concealment from above. To make things really confusing, there were two Norm ’76 schemes: one for the Marineflieger and a totally different one for the Luftwaffe, yet both carried by the Tornado IDS’. While the Navy’s variant (simple Basaltgrau upper surfaces and Lichtgrau underneath) was worn by several types, the Luftwaffe scheme was exclusively carried by the first production Tornados, and probably only by those trainer aircraft operated by the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment (TTTE) at Cottesmore. It consisted of Black (RAL 9005, even though I rather used RAL 7021 Schwarzgrau, Gelboliv (RAL 6014, a dark olive drab tone, (FS.24064) and Basaltgrau (RAL 7012, very close to RAF Dark Sea Grey), plus Silbergrau (RAL 7001 (FS.26373) underneath with a low and straight waterline.
The pattern is an adaptation from a Chilean F-80C with a tricolor camouflage – it matched the Do 36’s outlines much better than the Tornado shape. I was a bit uncertain about the engine pods, but due to their round shape (anything else is boxy with a flat underside) I gave them a wrap-around camouflage. The radome and the anti-glare panel became deep black, the landing gear and the inside of the air intakes were painted white. The cockpit interior (hard to see) and the cargo bay floor as well as the ramp were painted in a medium grey while the padded cargo bay walls were painted with a very light grey-beige mix – both inspired by Luftwaffe Transall interiors.
The decals were a mix from various resources, iron crosses, fin flashes and tactical codes were created with TL Modellbau material, plus unit badges and stencils from Luftwaffe F-84Gs. The code 59+47 was never allocated to a Luftwaffe aircraft (yet), but it is a continuation of the real Do 28D code block.
Finally, everything was sealed with matt acrylic varnish and the side windows were created with Clearfix (instead of using the OOB parts, which lack locator support and would have ended in a mess, anyway).
Reunion with Christian Rolet (My form teacher at School of Fine Arts -from 1999 till 2003-, Tournai, Belgium).
Tutti i vestiti nella foto sono stati confezionati da Inika ♥ e sono il risultato di un giorno di shopping al "Bambole a Roma" ^.^
From the Oct 1, 2008 Glens Falls, NY, Post Star Newspaper feature article about me making breads using sourdough cultures. In this photo I am forming a round loaf.
Madison, Ireland mission trip, collects information to form discipleship groups for the Ireland team.
Schildchrott - Felsen in Form einer Schildkrötte ( Erratiker - Findling - Erratischer Block - Irrblock ) aus den südlichen Walliser Tälern am Solothurner Megalithweg im Wald bei Solothurn im Kanton Solothurn der Schweiz
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Ausflug zum S.olothurner M.egalithw.eg am Samstag den 23. Mai 2015
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Went out for a ride through the woods this afternoon and ended up at the beach. Came across this along the way.
Ipê-Roxo Bola (Tabebuia impetiginosa) -
Pau D'Arco Bark.
Recebe este nome em razão da forma de seus cachos de flores. Chega a atingir cerca de 8 a 12 metros de altura, dotada de copa alongada, tronco ereto de 60-90 cm de diâmetro com folhas compostas 5-folioladas e quando florido perde suas folhas. É encontrado desde o Piauí até Minas Gerais, Goiás e São Paulo, em geral nas regiões de cerrado e caatinga. Floresce nos meses de maio a agosto. Existem, ainda, outras espécies de ipê roxo, como o T. heptaphylla.Sua Madeira é muito pesada (densidade 0,96g/cm3) muito dura ao corte, resistente ao ataque de organismos xilófagos.
Nomes populares:
Ipê-roxo, Pau-d’arco-roxo, Ipê-roxo-de-bola.
Ipê roxo (Tabebuia avellanedae)
Nomes populares: ipê-roxo, pau-d’arco-roxo, ipê-roxo-da-mata, ipê-preto, ipê-rosa, ipê-comum, ipê-cavatã, lapacho, peúva, piúva.
Sabe-se que o ipê-roxo é a Tabebuia avellanedae, porém é muito comum haver confusão com a Tabebuia pentaphylla (ipê-rosa), inclusive alguns autores consideram a Tabebuia avellanedae e a Tabebuia impetiginosa da mesma espécie.
É o primeiro dos Ipês a florir no ano, inicia a floração em Junho, e pode durar até Agosto, conforme a árvore. Esta espécie se confunde bastante com outras também de flor roxa, como a Tabebuia impetiginosa e a Tabebuia heptaphylla, sendo considerado por alguns autores que a T. avellanedae e a T. impetiginosa seriam a mesma espécie. São muito utilizadas no paisagismo urbano, por sua beleza e desenvolvimento rápido.
É também utilizado contra as estomatites, úlceras de garganta e anemia. Anti-inflamatório, anti-cancerígeno, eczema.
O ipê (Ipê, em tupi-guarani, significa "árvore de casca grossa" e tabebuia é "pau" ou "madeira que flutua") - muitas vezes chamado de pau-d’arco - possui propriedades medicinais,sendo a casca em estudo para tratamentos. É apreciado pela qualidade de sua madeira, além de servir para fins ornamentais e decorativos. A árvore do ipê é alta, podendo chegar até 30 m (na cidade , em locais abertos chega a cerca de 10-15 m), bem copada e na época de floração perde totalmente as folhas para dar lugar às flores das mais variadas cores (brancas, amarelas roxas ou rosa) com belas manchas coloridas. É uma arvore originária do cerrado, não precisando de muita água, apenas no começo. É uma das árvores homologadas para plantio pelo fato de possuir raiz pivotante( para baixo), sem quebrar a calçada. Recomenda-se o plantio aonde haja bastante espaço para cima. Floresce no período de julho a setembro e frutifica de setembro a outubro. Destas sementes, que secam e abrem as vagens só nascem se estiverem secas. Os diversos tipos de ipê recebem os nomes conforme as cores de suas flores ou madeira. Os que mais se destacam são os seguintes: ipê-amarelo ou ipê comum, ipê-tabaco, ipê-branco, ipê-roxo ou ipê-rosa. Por muito tempo, o ipê foi considerado a árvore nacional brasileira. Contudo, no dia 7 de dezembro de 1978, a lei nº 6507 declara o pau-brasil a Árvore Nacional e, a flor do ipê, a flor do símbolo nacional.
Identifique seu Ipê:
* Amarelo : Folhas felpudas, pequenas em geral em formação de folhas por ramo.
* Roxo : Folhas lisas, as vezes serrilhadas na ponta, crescimento rápido.
* Branco : Folhas arredondadas.
* Rosa : Folhas grandes e suculentas ,talos verdes. crescimento rápido.A seguir, Texto, em português, do site "Catalão Notícias", que pode ser acessado no endereço portalcatalao.com.br/catalaonoticias/category_news.asp?ID...
Nesta época do ano, em que já se instala a “estação da seca” em Brasília, percebe-se em toda a parte o aumento de cores na vegetação. O sol pleno, entremeado pelo sibilar do vento frio, colabora com a natureza, fazendo desabrochar flores por toda parte, como se quisessem compensar-nos pela chegada da aridez desértica do inverno. De fato, tanta beleza nos distrai e nos alimenta com coragem para resistir bravamente à adversidade do clima, nos próximos cinco meses.
Uma das mais belas espécies que enfeitam a região é o ipê, adjetivado de acordo com a cor das suas flores. Há ipê amarelo, branco, rosa... Mas o mais famoso deles é o ipê roxo, cujo nome científico é Tabebuia avellanedae, com características muito interessantes. Por causa da sua coloração rosa e lilás intensos, é muito bem vindo em praças, jardins públicos e na arborização de ruas, avenidas, estradas e alamedas e também na recomposição da mata ciliar. Apesar de ser indicada para arborização urbana, não se recomenda plantar essa árvore em calçadas estreitas, com menos de dois metros e meio de largura, em locais com fiação aérea e ausência de recuo predial, porque a espécie atinge, na fase adulta, de cinco a oito metros de altura, com o raio da copa variando em torno de quatro a cinco metros.
Pouco antes da floração, suas folhas caem e surgem, no ápice dos ramos, magníficas panículas com numerosas flores tubulosas, perfumadas e atrativas para abelhas e pássaros. Por causa dessa formação tão parecida com bolas de flores nos galhos, os botânicos, que a descreveram pela primeira vez, deram-lhe o nome de 'árvore buquê'.
Vaidoso, o ipê roxo sai na frente dos de outras cores, mostrando sua beleza do início de junho até o final de setembro e, ainda, frutifica de julho a novembro. Versátil, adapta-se bem ao clima tropical úmido e subúmido, com inverno seco, mas sobrevive também no clima subtropical, com verão quente. Tem preferências por temperaturas entre 18 a 26 graus centígrados.
Mas, não é só de aparência que vive essa espécie. Praticamente toda a árvore produz e fornece matéria prima de excelente qualidade, que tem surpreendentes aplicações.
O tronco do ipê roxo tem sido utilizado em larga escala na construção civil, para confeccionar dormentes, tacos, portais, postes, eixos de roda, vigas; na construção naval como quilhas de navio; no mobiliário em geral, em batentes e degraus de escadas; em instrumentos musicais, bolas de boliche, entre outros.
Da casca, são extraídos ácidos, sais alcalinos e corante, que é usado para tingir algodão e seda, sem contar que está entre os produtos amazônicos mais procurados, com reconhecido poder medicinal.
Da entrecasca faz-se um chá que é usado no tratamento de gripes e depurativo do sangue.
As folhas são utilizadas contra úlceras sifilíticas e blenorrágicas. A espécie também tem propriedades anti-reumáticas e anti-anêmicas.
É tido como um poderoso auxiliar no combate a determinados tipos de tumores cancerígenos. É usado também como analgésico e como auxiliar no tratamento de doenças estomacais e da pele.
A extração predatória, realizada durante anos, quase levou a espécie à extinção. Devido à atuação governamental, reclamada pela comunidade científica, a produção, em princípio, é protegida, explorada e comercializada com a observância de critérios adequados. Um dos produtos mais importantes extraído do ipê roxo é o Lapachol, marca do princípio ativo naftoquinona, com reconhecida ação antiinflamatória, analgésica, antibiótica e antineoplásica [ataca qualquer tumor, benigno ou maligno].
O Laboratório Estatal de Pernambuco [Lafepe] é o proprietário da marca Lapachol desde 1978. Mas em 1969, já produzia e comercializava o produto como auxiliar no tratamento do câncer. Atualmente, a estatal pernambucana tem acordo com o Hospital Sírio Libanês, de São Paulo, na pesquisa de ensaios clínicos em seres humanos em tratamento de câncer, primordialmente o câncer de próstata.
Tão admirado pelos visitantes e transeuntes, cantado em versos e lido nas costumeiras crônicas da cidade, o Ipê Roxo já faz parte da tradicional paisagem brasiliense. Emociono-me diante dessa maravilha, carregada de flores cada vez mais belas, nas Quadras e Entrequadras, ao longo do Eixão, nos Parques e Chácaras que rodeiam a cidade, especialmente agora, quando contrasta com o brilho azulado e intenso do céu e o heróico e persistente verde dos gramados. É bom saber que ele só sairá de cena para dar lugar às bem aventuradas chuvas tardias da primavera, lá pelo mês de outubro.
Bar em forma de livros com decanter e 8 copos de licor do início do séc.20th, 2,350 USD / 2,120 EUROS / 8,200 REAIS / 15,000 CHINESE YUAN
Another surveyor, Sidahmed Bulahi, is himself disabled. Despite missing fingers on his right hand, he is filling forms describing the disabilities of fellow Saharawis.
FORMS OF HANDS 15
24th - 25th April 2015
Bönen (Ruhr area/Germany)
Winterkälte
Ah Cama-Sotz
Ancient Methods
Synth-Etik
S.K.E.T.
Maschinenkrieger KR52 vs. Disraptor
Totakeke
13th Monkey
Hysteresis
Illegal Trade
Norm
Sylvgheist Maelström
Yurayura
Supersimmetria
We tested out a new (old) manufacturing technology in the Jocelyn H. Lee Innovation Lab - vacuum forming! We fabricated a platen and frame using the laser cutter, then used a toaster oven and a shop-vac to complete the process. Participants were able to vacuum-form a range of shapes out of plastic plates to use as candy molds or decorative artwork! Special thanks to the volunteers who helped make this project a success.
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African Lion ... male named John
Panthera leo
Unlike other cats, lions live in social groups called prides that consist of a handful of females and their young and a coalition of two to three males. Males protect the pride and their territory by roaring and scent-marking as they patrol the area.
As the dominant predator on the African savannah, lions can take the largest prey of any other carnivore in the region. Working cooperatively as a team, the lions stalk and surround their prey, getting as close as they can before launching an attack. They are successful in only one of every four hunts.
Fact File
Where to see them: Africa Exhibit
Height: Male - Up to 4 ft, Female - Up to 3.6 ft
Weight: Male - 330 to 530 lbs, Female - 270 to 400 lbs
Lifespan: Up to 18 yrs in the wild
Habitat: Savannah, arid woodland, and scrubland
Diet: Primarily hoofed mammals such as gazelles and zebras; some small mammals, birds, and reptiles
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African Lion named John age 3 yrs.
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Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hellen Obol (right), the Contingent Commander of the ninth Uganda Formed Police Unit, serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), speaks to an officer in the radio room at the Jazeera Camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 3 September 2021.
AMISOM Photo / Mukhtar Nuur
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Fig. 806 (p. 967) - Some different forms of facade decoration with variations as given by James Fergusson in his ‘The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture’ published in 1855.
James Fergusson (1855). ‘The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture’, 1855. Fig. 168 in:
KRUFT, Hanno-Walter (1985/1994). A History of Architectural Theory from Vitruvius to the Present. Zwemmer/ Princeton Architectural Press, New York. ISBN 0 0302 00603 6
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