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A Gibson Lines postcard that was published by the Gibson Art Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The card was posted in Cincinnati using a 1 cent stamp on Tuesday the 20th. December 1921.
It was sent to:
Mr. & Mrs. N. H. (surname deleted),
Felicity,
Ohio.
Felicity is a village in Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio. The population was 651 individuals at the 2020 census.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Uncle and Aunt,
Hope this card finds you
both well, and that your
Xmas stocking will be
full to overflowing.
Ada and Charlie."
The Significance of Holly
The European holly, Ilex aquifolium is commonly referenced at Christmas time, and is sometimes referred to by the name Christ's thorn.
In many Western Christian cultures, holly is a traditional Christmas decoration, used especially in wreaths and illustrations, for instance on Christmas cards.
Since medieval times the plant has carried Christian symbolism, as expressed in the Christmas carol "The Holly and the Ivy", in which the holly is said to represent Jesus and the ivy to represent the Virgin Mary.
Christians have identified a wealth of symbolism in its form:
The sharpness of the leaves help to recall the crown of thorns worn by Jesus; the red berries serve as a reminder of the drops of blood that were shed for salvation; and the shape of the leaves, which resemble flames, can serve to reveal God's burning love for His people.
Combined with the fact that holly maintains its bright colors during the Christmas season, it naturally came to be associated with the Christian holiday.
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant.
There are hundreds of species of mistletoe which mostly live in tropical regions.
The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscum album (European mistletoe); it is the only species native to the British Isles and much of Europe. The genus Viscum is not native to North America, but Viscum album was introduced to Northern California in 1900.
European mistletoe has smooth-edged, oval, evergreen leaves borne in pairs along the woody stem, and waxy, white berries that it bears in clusters of two to six.
-- Mistletoe Life Cycle
Mistletoe species grow on a wide range of host trees, some of which experience side effects including reduced growth, stunting, and loss of infested outer branches.
A heavy infestation may also kill the host plant. Viscum album successfully parasitizes more than 200 tree and shrub species.
All mistletoe species are hemiparasites, because they do perform some photosynthesis for some period of their life cycle. However, in some species its contribution is very nearly zero.
A mistletoe seed germinates on the branch of a host tree or shrub, and in its early stages of development it is independent of its host. The adhesive on the seed tends to darken the bark. On having made contact with the bark, the hypocotyl, with only a rudimentary scrap of root tissue at its tip, penetrates it, a process that may take a year or more. In the meantime the plant is dependent on its own photosynthesis.
Only after it reaches the host's conductive tissue may it begin to rely on the host for its needs. Later, it forms a haustorium that penetrates the host tissue and takes water and nutrients from the host plant.
Most mistletoe seeds are spread by birds who eat the 'seeds' (in actuality drupes). Of the many bird species that feed on them, the mistle thrush is the best-known in Europe.
Depending on the species of mistletoe and the species of bird, the seeds are regurgitated from the crop, excreted in their droppings, or stuck to the bill and causing the bird to have to wipe it off onto a branch.
The seeds are coated with a sticky material called viscin. Some viscin remains on the seed and when it touches a stem, it sticks tenaciously. The viscin soon hardens and attaches the seed firmly to its future host, where it germinates and its haustorium penetrates the sound bark.
-- Toxicity of Mistletoe
There are 1500 species of mistletoe, varying widely in toxicity to humans; the European mistletoe (Viscum album) is more toxic than the American mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum).
In European mistletoe (Viscum), viscumin is the dangerous active toxin. It acts by irreversibly inhibiting ribsomal protein synthesis in cells, which leads to the death of the affected cell, tissue damage in the area of exposure from mass cell death in the very short term, with the potential for organ failure and death depending on the level of exposure.
Mistletoe has been used historically in medicine for its supposed value in treating arthritis, high blood pressure, epilepsy, and infertility.
-- The Cultural Importance of Mistletoe
Mistletoe is relevant to several cultures. Pagan cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as "oak sperm".
In Roman mythology, mistletoe was used by the hero Aeneas to reach the underworld.
The Romans associated mistletoe with peace, love, and understanding, and hung it over doorways to protect the household.
In the advent of the Christian era, mistletoe in the Western world became associated with Christmas as a decoration under which lovers are expected to kiss, as well as with protection from witches and demons.
Mistletoe continued to be associated with fertility and vitality through the Middle Ages, and by the eighteenth century it had also become incorporated into Christmas celebrations around the world. The custom of kissing under the mistletoe is referred to as popular among servants in late eighteenth-century England.
The serving class of Victorian England is credited with perpetuating the tradition. The tradition dictated that a man was allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath mistletoe, and that bad luck would befall any woman who refused the kiss.
One variation on the tradition stated that with each kiss a berry was to be plucked from the mistletoe, and the kissing must stop after all the berries had been removed.
Mistletoe is the floral emblem of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and the flower of the UK county of Herefordshire.
Every year, the UK town of Tenbury Wells holds a mistletoe festival and crowns a 'Mistletoe Queen'.
Sir George Fuller
So what else happened on the day that Ada and Charlie posted the card?
Well, on the 20th. December 1921, Sir George Fuller took office as the new Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, seven days after Premier James Dooley had lost a vote of confidence in the state legislature.
However, only seven hours after Fuller had formed a government and had become the head of government as premier, he lost another vote of confidence in the legislature and was not seated.
On the 27th. December 1921, James Dooley was appointed premier again after forming a new government.
The Russian Famine Relief Act
Also on that day, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Russian Famine Relief Act, and approved the appropriation of $20,000,000 ($300 million in 2021) for that purpose.
The vote was pursuant to the request of President Harding, subject to the condition that all purchases of food be made in the U.S. and shipped to the Soviet Union in American vessels.
Julius Richard Petri
The 20th. December 1921 also marked the death at the age of 69 of the German microbiologist Julius Richard Petri.
Julius, who was born on the 31st. May 1852, is generally credited with inventing the device known as the Petri dish, which is named after him, while working as assistant to bacteriologist Robert Koch.
-- Julius Richard Petri - The Early Years
Petri was born in the town of Barmen (now a district of the city of Wuppertal), Germany. He came from a distinguished family of scholars, and was the eldest son of Philipp Ulrich Martin Petri (1817–1864), a professor in Berlin, and Louise Petri.
Petri's grandfather, Viktor Friedrich Leberecht Petri (1782–1857), was also a scholar, being both a director and professor at the Collegium Carolinum in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany.
Petri initially studied medicine at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Physicians (1871–1875) and received his medical degree in 1876.
He continued his studies at the Charité Hospital in Berlin where his thesis on the chemistry of protein urine tests earned him his doctorate.
-- Julius Richard Petri - The Later Years
Julius was on active duty as a military physician until 1882, continuing then as a reservist. In 1886 he was a curator at the German Hygiene Museum where he subsequently worked under Robert Koch.
From 1877 to 1879 Julius was assigned to the Imperial Health Office in Berlin, where he became an assistant to Robert Koch. On the suggestion of Angelina Hesse, the New York-born wife of another assistant, Walther Hesse, the Koch laboratory began to culture bacteria on agar plates.
Petri then invented the standard culture dish, or Petri plate, and further developed the technique of agar culture in order to purify or clone bacterial colonies derived from single cells. This advance made it possible to rigorously identify the bacteria responsible for diseases.
Petri's first wife, Anna Riesch, died in 1894 during childbirth, and in 1897, he married Elizabeth Turk.
-- The Importance of the Petri Dish
Petri dishes are extensively used as research plates for microbiology studies. The dish is partially filled with warm liquid containing agar, and a mixture of specific ingredients that may include nutrients, blood, salts, carbohydrates, dyes, indicators, amino acids and antibiotics.
After the agar cools and solidifies, the dish is ready to receive a microbe-laden sample in a process known as "inoculation" or "plating". For virus or phage cultures, a two-step inoculation is needed: bacteria that is grown acts like a host for the viral inoculum.
The bacterial sample is diluted on the plate in a process called "streaking". This involves a sterile plastic stick, or a wire loop which is sterilized by heating; the loop is used to collect the first sample, and then to make a streak on the dish with the agar.
Then, using a fresh stick and sterilized loop, the new loop is passed through that initial streak, spreading the plated bacteria onto the dish.
This process is repeated a third time, and if necessary a fourth, resulting in individual bacterial cells that are isolated on the plate, which are then able to divide and grow into single "clonal" bacterial colonies.
Petri plates can be incubated upside down (agar on top), which can help lessen the risk of contamination from airborne particles containing microbes settling, and to decrease the chance of condensation from water accumulating and disturbing the microbes being cultured.
The basic design of the Petri dish has not changed since being created by Petri in 1887. It was a challenge to keep dishes free of dust, and extra bacteria could collect and alter samples; heavy bell jars used for this purpose proved ineffective, and so six years later Petri created a transparent plate slightly larger than the dish, which served as a transparent lid.
The Petri name has come into public prominence following a spate of serious food poisoning incidents on cruise liners; ships operating buffets in their restaurants have been referred to as 'floating Petri dishes.'
-- Julius Petri's Other Work
Not only was Petri responsible for many innovations and inventions, he also published a variety of papers including 150 on the topic of bacteriology and hygiene, which contributed significantly to information and concepts related to them.
Petri's papers detailed a number of steps in understanding microbiology, not limited to the study of microorganisms, but also including biological pathways and mechanisms.
In his paper of 1876 Julius considered questions regarding proteins found within urine, seeking ways that they could be used to identify conditions or functions.
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The newly formed Senior Wrestling League competition between Aspull Warriors and City of Manchester Wrestling Club, was held at the Aspull on Saturday Saturday 21 Jan 2023.
Following 10 exciting and tough matches City of Manchester gained the win.
Aspull Warriors 19 City of Manchester 26
This event is part of the two pilot leagues which were launching in September 22.
This could be a huge step for the development of wrestling in this country. If successful with our pilot season this could lead to the launch of a nationwide league launching in every region of the UK by the end of 2023.
The clubs competing in the inaugural Northern Seniors Wrestling League are:-
Manchester Y-Club Wrestling
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Coming through the rye, poor body
Coming through the rye,
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie.
Coming through the rye
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the rye;
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the glen;
Gen a body kiss a body,
Need the world ken?
Jenny’s a’ wat, poor body;
Jenny’s seldon dry;
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Coming through the rye.
Robert Burns
Praktica MTL 5 - 50/1.8
Ilford HP5+ 4" x 5", 400 iso, developed in Ilfotec HC 1:31, 6:30 at 24C.
Taken November 2013, Ebony SV45TE, Schneider Super Symmar XL 110mm.
This was on a weekend trip with The Monochrome Guild, a local photo group that I founded in 2002. It was our annual fall trip to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. This was taken at Horseshoe Lake, just as the water was beginning to freeze over.
The police station (former hotel, heavily rebuilt over the decades), the tallest housing building and the smallest roundabout in Stalowa Wola.
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Form the viewpoint on the west side of Hospital Square can be seen the castle's Western Defences.The exposed,and hazardous,part of the castle is not open to visitors - an historic problem for in 1677 a report noted that the sentries on patrol found it impossible to go along it 'in a stormy night'.In King Charles II of Great Britain reign (1649-1685) a defensive wall was rebuilt and a walkway provided along the western edge of the rock for patrolling guards.It was at the sallyport (back gate) through this wall,on March 19,1689,that John Graham 1st Viscount Dundee the 7th Laird of Claverhouse conferred with the Governor George Gordon the 1st Duke of Gordon.After the meeting,'Bonnie Dundee' John Graham 1st Viscount Dundee the 7th Laird of Claverhouse rode north to raise a force to support King James VII of Great Britain and the Governor George Gordon 1st Duke of Gordon began his defence of the castle on behalf of the exiled monarch.Durring the 1717 siege,the Jacobites tried to breach the sallyport.This prompted Major General George Wade to propose that the Western Defences be redesiged.The work was carried out by Willian Adam,the famous architect,working in his capacity as a building contractor.The walls were designed for defence by musketeers.The uppermost terrace (immediately) below the viewpoint) was constructed in 1858.
A pebble that perhaps looks a bit like something you might see with a good telescope or when riding in a Voyager spacecraft?
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El complejo de edificios que forman la Villa del Casale es el descubrimiento arqueoógico más importante de la Sicilia Romana. La lujosa vila de campo que se cree perteneció a la familia imperial de Masimiliano Ercúleo, está situada en el fértil valle del río Gela y fue construida entre finales del siglo III y primeros años del siglo IV dC en el centro de un latifundio rural.De acuerdo con Vinicio Gentili, al que se debe su descubrimiento arqueoógico, el mayor esplendor de la villa fueron los siglos IV y V dC. El latifundio estaba formado por una aldea rural, "mansiones" y cortijos donde los eclavos y "procuratores" labraban la tierra. El gran interéa que suscita la visita de la villa es debido fundamentalmente a los mosaicos que cubren los suelos de todas las habitaciones, galerías y termas y que constituyen un conjunto de singular beleza.
El mosaico de mayor interés es el que recubre el pasillo cubierto llamado "de la caza mayor", con detalles que ilustran las distintas fases de la captura, transporte y muerte de los animales en un escenario puramente africano.
Otro mosaicos de interés es el de la caza menor, en el que ademá de representarse diversas escenas de caza menor se representa en el centro una escena de sacrificio ritual a la diosa de la Caza Artemisa o Diana.
Otros mosaicos interesantes son el del "cubiculum de la escena erótica";el de la sala de "las diez jóvenes hijas", en el que diez doncellas estan representadas vistiendo bikinis en elmomento de realizar ejercicios gimnásticos o de recibir premios.
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FORMS OF CRUDE RUBBER, AKRON, OHIO
This picture was taken in a great rubber goods factory in Akron, Ohio. The raw rubber you see here has come from several places in the tropics. For rubber trees grow in hot countries only, such as Brazil, Mexico, and Africa.
The rubber tree is a tall, straight tree, oftentimes 60 feet high. Its bark looks like that of the beech, and it has graceful plumes for leaves. Between the bark and the wood is a gummy fluid called latex. It is not the sap of the tree. From latex crude rubber is made.
On the upper Amazon the natives go into the jungles in October to gather rubber. They tap the trees in two ways. One is by cutting the bark in a wide gash that girdles the trunk in a spiral. A trough or a pail is set, and into this the latex flows from the gash. Each day the gash is extended. The other way is to tap the trees in much the same manner as sugar maples.
On top of the latex so gathered a sort of cream rises. The native dips a paddle in this and holds it over a smudge of palm leaves or nuts until the latex dries. This plan he continues till he has a great ball of the size you see. The crude rubber is brought down the Amazon River in boats. Para is the chief city of the world in the export of raw rubber.
In the East Indies there are many rubber plantations. There the latex is thickened by an acid, and the rubber is rolled into sheets. It is these sheets that you see on the truck.
The United States imports yearly over 100,000,000 pounds of rubber. This is almost as much as Great Britain, Germany, and France combined import in the same time.
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Scientific Name: Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi
Description : Black-handed spider monkeys are one of the largest New World monkeys. They have small heads with prominent muzzles. Their arms, legs and tail are very long in proportion to the body length. The arms are 25% longer than the legs. Thumbs are greatly reduced or non-existent. (The genus name Ateles means “imperfect”, a reference to the vestigial thumb.) The hands are hook-like. Their muscular tail is the most mobile and dexterous prehensile tail of any primate; the underside of the last 25 cm is covered with finely ridged skin (dermatoglyphics) to provide grip. As well, the tail contains sweat glands and sensory nerve endings. The nose is platyrrhini (“broad nosed”) or with a broad nasal septum. Males are slightly larger than females. As their common name implies, their extremities (hands and feet) are covered in a very dark brown-to-black fur. The rest of their bodies’ fur colouration can vary from a yellowish-gray to dark brown to black, with golden yellow sides and a whitish or yellowish underside. The face is black, and there are light markings, or ocular rings around the eyes.
Distribution : Several different sub-species of spider monkeys can be found in locations from Central Mexico to Bolivia. The black-handed spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi) ranges from Nicaragua into northern Costa Rica.
Habitat : These monkeys are an arboreal species, and they seldom come down to the ground. They prefer to live in the upper levels of the canopy, and are found in primary and secondary rainforest. They will be found in other forest types if habitat is limited.
Threats to Survival : Poaching for food and the pet trade. The high rate of habitat loss has greatly reduced their numbers in recent years. Other than humans, jaguars and pumas appear to be the only significant predator of adult spider monkeys. Eagles and large snakes are also potential predators.
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depuis quelques jours, des gens me disaient avoir vu un oiseau avec une lanière de cuir aux pattes.Ce matin par temps brumeux et nuageux je le croisse sur les fils électriques, il s'agit d'une buse de Swainson mais le propriétaire retracé mentionne qu'il s'agit d'une une buse à queue rousse de forme Halarn d’Alaska qui se déplace avec difficulté et semble avoir mal à une aile. Il a à ses pattes une lanière de cuir et ce n'est pas accidentelle puisque la lanière de cuir est tressée et a été placée volontairement et il est bagué .
La Buse à queue rousse (Buteo jamaicensis) est une espèce d'oiseau de proie, ou rapace d'Amérique du Nord.
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Identification
La Buse à queue rousse adulte a la queue de couleur rousse (ce qui lui a donné son nom), terminée ou non par une barre noire. Elle a des ailes longues et larges. L'adulte a le dos et le haut des ailes brun foncé. Son plumage est variable, allant du brun roux clair au brun foncé. Les parties inférieures sont plus claires que les supérieures. Le bas de l'abdomen est plus pâle que le reste du corps, traversé par une bande foncée. La queue est uniformément rousse et large. Le bec est court et crochu, la cire est jaune, l'extrémité est noire. Les yeux sont brun foncé. Les pattes et les doigts sont jaunes. La femelle est 25 % plus grande que le mâle, mais leurs plumages sont identiques. L'immature ressemble aux adultes, mais il a les yeux plus clairs. Il est davantage strié, sa queue est brune, barrée de plusieurs bandes foncées. On trouve deux phases, la claire et la foncée, et au moins 14 sous-espèces, avec de grandes différences au niveau du plumage et de l'habitat.
Vocalisations
Chants et appels
La Buse à queue rousse piaule ; son cri est une sorte de hennissement râpeux « keeeear ». Ce cri varie avec l'âge et le lieu. Il est souvent entendu quand il plane. Les jeunes émettent un doux et bas pépiement, devenant plus profond avec l'âge. Quand les parents quittent le nid, les jeunes émettent un vagissement perçant « Klee-uk » répété, pour quémander de la nourriture.
Comportements
La Buse à queue rousse chasse de plusieurs manières, et capture toute sorte de proies. Généralement, elle reste sur un pylône ou un perchoir haut, et fond sur sa proie dès qu'elle est repérée. Mais elle peut aussi chasser en volant, regardant au sol avec attention, grâce à sa vue perçante lui permettant de détecter le moindre mouvement à grande distance. Elle peut détecter une souris à 100 mètres de hauteur.
Elle utilise ses puissantes serres comme une arme. Elle peut aussi voltiger sur place contre les vents, cherchant une proie au sol. La Buse à queue rousse est active pendant le jour. Les petites proies sont portées sur le perchoir pour y être dévorées, tandis que les plus grosses sont consommées au sol. Pendant la parade nuptiale, le couple plane en larges cercles en lançant des cris aigus, à grande hauteur. Le mâle plonge en un à pic abrupt, puis remonte, répétant ces manœuvres plusieurs fois, et à la fin, il s'approche de la femelle par en haut, et étend ses pattes pour agripper brièvement les serres de la femelle. Ils descendent alors en spirale vers le sol, se lâchant au dernier moment. Le mâle peut aussi attraper une proie et la passer à la femelle pendant le vol. Les deux partenaires s'accouplent après cette parade, debout sur un perchoir, se toilettant réciproquement, et là, la femelle permet au mâle de s'accoupler. La Buse à queue rousse, comme la plupart des autres oiseaux, a des postures corporelles qui expriment un langage. Posture agressive, avec la tête et le corps dressés et les plumes hérissées; posture de soumission, avec la tête basse et les plumes lisses ; parades aériennes pendant la période nuptiale ; vol ondulant et piqués, utilisés aussi dans la défense du territoire. La Buse à queue rousse s'accouple pour la vie. Ce sont des oiseaux territoriaux, défendant agressivement leur zone, la femelle plutôt près du nid, et le mâle à travers tout le territoire.
Habitat
La Buse à queue rousse vit dans les zones herbeuses, les marais buissonneux, mais aussi dans les déserts ou les forêts, depuis le niveau de la mer jusqu'à des altitudes variables, mais près d'un cours d'eau, d'un lac ou d'un champ.
Elle n'hésite pas à même s'installer en ville (On la trouve même dans Manhattan, et dans Central Park)
Répartition
La Buse à queue rousse se reproduit depuis l'Alaska jusqu'au Labrador, et vers le sud, jusqu'au Mexique, Bahamas et Caraïbes, et Amérique centrale. Elle hiverne depuis le sud du Canada jusque vers le sud. Les oiseaux du nord migrent au sud en hiver, mais la plupart des autres oiseaux sont résidents à l'année.
Vol
La Buse à queue rousse a un vol agile et puissant, effectuant des vols acrobatiques pendant la parade nuptiale. C'est un rapace qui vole haut. Il plane sans effort avec les ailes tendues en un V peu profond. C'est un oiseau très actif en vol, battant beaucoup des ailes.
Nidification
Le nid de la Buse à queue rousse est un grand bol volumineux. Il est fait de brindilles, écorces, et feuilles, haut dans un arbre ou sur le bord d'une falaise. Il peut être réutilisé année après année. Le nid est construit par les deux adultes. Des matériaux frais, aiguilles de conifères et matériaux végétaux verts, sont déposés dans le nid tout au long de la période de reproduction, afin de le garder propre. La femelle dépose 1 à 5 œufs blancs ou blanc bleuté, variablement tachetés de brun clair. L'incubation dure environ 28 à 35 jours, assurée par les deux parents, davantage par la femelle qui est nourrie au nid par le mâle. Les jeunes naissent nidicoles. Ils sont couverts de duvet blanc et grandissent lentement. Pendant cette période, la femelle les couve, et le mâle nourrit les poussins et la femelle en apportant de la nourriture au nid. La femelle nourrit les petits avec des petits morceaux prélevés sur les proies apportées. Les poussins peuvent abandonner le nid à environ 42 à 46 jours, mais cette période peut durer jusqu'à dix semaines, le temps d'apprendre à voler et à chasser. Les jeunes atteignent leur maturité sexuelle au bout de 3 ans, et cette espèce ne produit qu'une seule couvée par saison.
Régime alimentaire
La Buse à queue rousse se nourrit principalement de petits mammifères (souris, rats, écureuils, rats musqués, belettes), d'oiseaux (canards, pigeons, râles, tourterelles, pics, faisans, corneilles et rarement de la volaille), des reptiles et des amphibiens, des poissons et des invertébrés. La Buse ne boit que très peu d'eau, sauf quand la température dépasse 33°.
Protection / Menaces
La Buse à queue rousse a peu de prédateurs, tels que le grand-duc d'Amérique et les corvidés, les renards roux et les ratons laveurs, qui dévorent poussins et œufs. Elle est menacée par les tirs, les collisions diverses, la perte de l'habitat et les dérangements humains sur les sites de reproduction. L'empoisonnement par le plomb tue aussi beaucoup d'oiseaux chaque année.
Sous-espèces
D'après Alan P. Peterson, cette espèce est constituée des 15 sous-espèces
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The healing garden in Chamchamal is a project by Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights in cooperation with Roswag Architects (www.zrs-berlin.de) and the Faculty of Construction and Design at TU Berlin (www.code.tu-berlin.de/about.php).
Learn more about our project here: www.jiyan-foundation.org/programs/children/healinggarden
snowflake on moss melts into water... sound likes clouds in the sky melting into rain
soundtrack: Mike Oldfield, incantations
Most of my decorative works are open top porcelain vessels that have been wheel thrown and altered. Many are smoke finished over stone burnished terra sigillata. This is part of a series exploring the evolving opening. Each piece is manipulated in fire and smoke until I am happy with the finish. This piece is about 13" tall.