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Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org
1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?
Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.
2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2
Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.
Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.
Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.
3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?
Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.
Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!
Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.
4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)
1. Warm clothing for nighttime.
2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)
3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.
4. Bug spray for Machupicchu
5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)
a. Come with an open mind.
b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.
c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.
d. Make use of your weekends with trips.
6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:
I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.
7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:
My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.
8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?
Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.
Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.
Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.
9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?
They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.
9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?
It worked well with me.
9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website
A friend recommended it.
10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?
Yes.
https;/#abroaderview.org
#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview
Artist, traditional bighorn sheep horn bow builder, arrow builder, flint knapper, painter, bead and buckskin craftsman, and good friend of mine.
Tom Lucas and his wife Tammy stopped by the lodge day before yesterday on his way to deliver a horn bow to the Park Service in Mammoth. They spent a day and night with us and while here took the liberty of helping me remotivate and hone some of my own tribal craft skills... If you are ever at Dubois Wyo. check out his art in his gallery The "The Silver Sage Gallery". And too, if you ever come to the Elephant Head often times I also have a piece of his handy work laying or hanging around... usually though his art sells mighty fast...
Just thought you folks might like to see another Wyoming cowboy turned artist.
Flint-knapped arrowhead from the Pennsylvanian of Ohio, USA. (~10.1 centimeters tall)
Knapper: Britt Williams
Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.
Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.
Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park. Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.
The arrowhead seen here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Britt Williams.
This piece has some small fusiform vugs, where fusulinid microfossils used to be. Fusulinids are an extinct group of benthic foraminifera (see: www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/15361007291).
Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian
Locality: Nethers Flint Quarries - flint pit in the woods on the southwestern side of Flint Ridge Road, eastern Flint Ridge, far-western Muskingum County, east-central Ohio, USA (vicinity of 40° 00.137’ North latitude, 82° 11.544’ West longitude)
Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org
1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?
Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.
2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2
Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.
Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.
Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.
3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?
Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.
Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!
Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.
4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)
1. Warm clothing for nighttime.
2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)
3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.
4. Bug spray for Machupicchu
5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)
a. Come with an open mind.
b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.
c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.
d. Make use of your weekends with trips.
6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:
I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.
7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:
My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.
8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?
Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.
Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.
Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.
9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?
They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.
9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?
It worked well with me.
9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website
A friend recommended it.
10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?
Yes.
https;/#abroaderview.org
#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview
Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org
1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?
Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.
2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2
Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.
Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.
Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.
3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?
Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.
Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!
Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.
4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)
1. Warm clothing for nighttime.
2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)
3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.
4. Bug spray for Machupicchu
5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)
a. Come with an open mind.
b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.
c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.
d. Make use of your weekends with trips.
6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:
I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.
7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:
My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.
8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?
Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.
Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.
Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.
9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?
They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.
9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?
It worked well with me.
9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website
A friend recommended it.
10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?
Yes.
https;/#abroaderview.org
#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview
Precious opal-knapped arrowhead. (~23.5 millimeters long)
Knapper: Chris Miller
Opal is hydrous silica (SiO2·nH2O) and is made up of extremely tiny spheres (colloids) that can be seen with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Gem-quality opal, or precious opal, has a wonderful rainbow play of colors (opalescence). This play of color is the result of light being diffracted by planes of voids between large areas of regularly packed, same-sized opal colloids. Different opalescent colors are produced by colloids of differing sizes. If individual colloids are larger than 140 x 10-6 mm in size, purple & blue & green colors are produced. Once colloids get as large as about 240 x 10-6 mm, red color is seen (Carr et al., 1979).
Not all opals have the famous play of colors, however. Common opal has a wax-like luster & is often milky whitish with no visible color play at all. Opal is moderately hard (H = 5 to 6), has a white streak, and has conchoidal fracture.
Several groups of organisms make skeletons of opaline silica, for example hexactinellid sponges, diatoms, radiolarians, silicoflagellates, and ebridians. Some organisms incorporate opal into their tissues, for example horsetails/scouring rushes and sawgrass. Sometimes, fossils are preserved in opal or precious opal.
Host rock: Bulldog Shale, lower Marree Subgroup, Aptian Stage, upper Lower Cretaceous
Locality: unrecorded site in the Coober Pedy Opal Field, north-central South Australia State, southern Australia
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Photo gallery of opal:
www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=3004
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Reference cited:
Carr et al. (1979) - Andamooka opal fields: the geology of the precious stones field and the results of the subsidised mining program. Geological Survey of South Australia Department of Mines and Energy Report of Investigations 51. 68 pp.
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Style: German Pilsener
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.90%
Availability: Year-round Duidelijke gouden giet, twee vingers donzige witte kop met mooie retentie.
Zeer flauw fruitigheid in de geur, grazige hop, sommige granen en een beetje van de aardsheid, alle standaard voor een pilsener.
In plaats van zoete van start tot finish, gecompenseerd door bittere pittige hop. Sommige citroenzuur knapperigheid, vage gele appel, wit brood. Nogmaals, standaard, met een extra aromatische aanwezigheid hop, met enkele bloemige noten, aardsheid en een kleine gestoofde groenten voelen. Geen metalen tho.
Light bodied, een klein beetje boterachtige, koolzuurhoudende.
Decent, verfrissend, krijgt een beetje ruw als je het drinkt, en de zoetheid stokken rond een beetje na de droge afdronk.
Precious opal-knapped point. (Knapper: Chris Miller)
Opal is hydrous silica (SiO2·nH2O) and is made up of extremely tiny spheres (colloids) that can be seen with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Gem-quality opal, or precious opal, has a wonderful rainbow play of colors (opalescence). This play of color is the result of light being diffracted by planes of voids between large areas of regularly packed, same-sized opal colloids. Different opalescent colors are produced by colloids of differing sizes. If individual colloids are larger than 140 x 10-6 mm in size, purple & blue & green colors are produced. Once colloids get as large as about 240 x 10-6 mm, red color is seen (Carr et al., 1979).
Not all opals have the famous play of colors, however. Common opal has a wax-like luster & is often milky whitish with no visible color play at all. Opal is moderately hard (H = 5 to 6), has a white streak, and has conchoidal fracture.
Several groups of organisms make skeletons of opaline silica, for example hexactinellid sponges, diatoms, radiolarians, silicoflagellates, and ebridians. Some organisms incorporate opal into their tissues, for example horsetails/scouring rushes and sawgrass. Sometimes, fossils are preserved in opal or precious opal.
Locality: unrecorded site in Ethiopia
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Photo gallery of opal:
www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=3004
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Reference cited:
Carr et al. (1979) - Andamooka opal fields: the geology of the precious stones field and the results of the subsidised mining program. Geological Survey of South Australia Department of Mines and Energy Report of Investigations 51. 68 pp.
The traditional building material in much of Norfolk, my home country. In many places now, it is compulsory to use flint in new houses.
For those of a historical bent, flint was also used to make stoneage tools, as it splinters a little like glass. There are still a few flint knappers around, but less need for stone axes.
Polaroid 636 Close-Up, Impossible Project PX-600 Silver Shade, poor pod version.
Flint-knapped spearpoint from the Oligocene of Georgia, USA. (~11.3 centimeters tall)
Knapper: Ronnie Miller
"Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
Seen here is a knapped spearpoint - it's a modern replica. The rock is "Flint River Chert", derived from the "Flint River Formation" in Georgia. Oligocene-aged fossils have been reported from the fossiliferous chert component of the unit.
Stratigraphy: chert clast in the "Flint River Formation", Oligocene
Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed site at or near the town of Albany, southern Georgia, USA
Flint-knapped arrowhead.
Knapper: Roy Miller
Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.
Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.
Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.
The arrowhead seen here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Roy Miller, who has his own flint pits on Flint Ridge. Material from this site is famous for having greenish and/or bluish coloration, which become intensified with heating.
Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian
Locality: Roy Miller flint pit, northwestern corner of the Brownsville Road-Flint Ridge Road intersection, next to Flint Ridge State Park, Flint Ridge, southeastern Licking County, east-central Ohio, USA
Vanavond fijne gyoza gekookt: even aanbakken in de koekenpan, daarna onder een deksel stomen met een kopje water. Knapperig en zacht tegelijk.
Flint-knapped arrowhead. (~5.2 centimeters tall)
Knapper: Jim Bohannon
Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.
Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.
Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park. Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.
The arrowhead seen here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Jim Bohannon.
Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian
Locality: Nethers Flint Quarries - flint pit in the woods on the southwestern side of Flint Ridge Road, eastern Flint Ridge, far-western Muskingum County, east-central Ohio, USA (vicinity of 40° 00.137’ North latitude, 82° 11.544’ West longitude)
It was wonderful and am not able to tell you who enjoyed it more, Nyles or myself.
Realized I had not attended such a grand ball since my early days in SL. This was magical, beautiful, and filled with good sport. Am not going to let years pass me by again, and intend to go where the joy is.
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Another one by the same knapper?
Found 40+ years and 2 miles apart.
Length is five inches with a 6 to 1 width to thickness ratio.
Sandown Park, 23 April 2022. Novices' Championship Final Handicap Hurdle (2m). Boombawn (Jack Andrews) on the left and Knappers Hill (Harry Cobden) nearest
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Tetradrachmon, 400-360. Kopf des jugendlichen Dionysos mit Efeukranz n. l. Rv. MEND-AIWN Ithyphallischer Esel n. l. stehend, eine Krähe pickt an seinem Anus. 12,61 g. Noe, Kaliandra Tf. X, F. SNG ANS 380. S. P. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, ANS NNM 27 (1926), Tf. X, F. SNG Berry 38. Sehr selten, fein getönt und aussergewöhnlich gut erhalten. Hohes Relief. Knapper Schrötling.Vorzüglich Aus Auktion Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Zürich 5 (1992), 91.
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Members include: Josh Duffee, drums; Scott Angelici, Matt Sivertsen, Julie Craighead, sax; Travis Lopez, Josh Hahn, Alan Knapper, trumpets; Bruce Bogen, Chuck Comelia, trombones; Kevin Carton, piano; Jamey Cummins, banjo/guitar; David Abdo, bass; Kristian Svennevig, violin; Holly Sallows, Vanessa Free, and Lauren Young, vocalists.
Flint-knapped arrowhead. (~5.8 centimeters tall)
Knapper: Chris Miller
Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.
Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.
Studies done by geologists at Ohio State University at Newark indicate that the Vanport Flint has a relatively complex history, the details of which are still being worked out.
Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.
The arrowhead shown here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Chris Miller.
Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian
Locality: Nethers Flint Quarries - flint pit in the woods on the southwestern side of Flint Ridge Road, eastern Flint Ridge, far-western Muskingum County, east-central Ohio, USA (vicinity of 40° 00.137’ North latitude, 82° 11.544’ West longitude)
Flint-knapped spearpoint. (~9.1 centimeters tall)
Knapper: Chris Miller
Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.
Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.
Studies done by geologists at Ohio State University at Newark indicate that the Vanport Flint has a relatively complex history, the details of which are still being worked out.
Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.
The spearpoint shown here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Chris Miller.
Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian
Locality: Roy Miller flint pit, northwestern corner of the Brownsville Road-Flint Ridge Road intersection, next to Flint Ridge State Park, Flint Ridge, southeastern Licking County, east-central Ohio, USA
Demonstration of twisted handaxe model. This is a wooden model of a hafted ovate twisted handaxe. The demonstration is to show the ease at which such a tool is twisted if embedded. Note that the reverse "S" twist makes a clockwise twist possible which is the same as a modern screw thread! This may help to give backing to any previous theories that may exist that handaxes may have been used like poleaxes . See www.handaxe.co.uk for further details of this and other ideas.
John Handley, 4/5/2009
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Hotel Maritim
A first class hotel situated in the centre of Cologne by the banks of the River Rhine and near to the old town, the cathedral and the main station. The Maritim?s 100 metres long glass roofed hall houses a variety of exclusive boutiques and restaurants. The elegant café and bar on the top floor offers all around panoramic views over Cologne and the Rhine.
Select World Travel were delighted when Lawrence Peachey from DERTOUR invited a member of our staff for a short excursion to Cologne to celebrate the Cologne Carnival. We have sent our Consultant Mr Paul Knapper to discover the dlights of this wonderful German City and will be presenting some Photographs and Video on Pauls return on Wednesday. Today is Rose Monday and one of the Maddest Days in Colognes yearly calendar.
Carnival has been celebrated in the City of Cologne since time immemorial. However, after the French Revolutionary troops left Cologne in 1814 and the Prussians took over, it was high time to "organise" the street carnival which, the new authority felt, was getting out of hand.
Thus, in 1823 the "Festordnendes Komitee" was founded, the predecessor of todays Festive Committee.
On February 10, 1823 Cologne celebrated the first Rose Monday ("Rosenmontag") with the motto "Inthronisation of the Carnival Hero".
Over the years, decades and centuries certain traditions and customs emerged, which are still the hallmark of the traditional Cologne Carnival: the indoor festivities (sessions and balls) and, of course, the street carnival, culminating in the grand parade on Rose Monday. It is the task of the Festive Committee, the umbrella organisation representing well over 100 Cologne carnival associations, traditional corps, etc., to coordinate, set common standards, and preserve the tradition of the "fifth season".
No doubt, the Cologne "Karneval" plays in the Champions League together with the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro and Carnival in Venice!
The Carnival Season
Given its Christian roots, the date of Rose Monday is determined by the Church calendar: It takes place on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, which in turn marks the beginning of Lent leading up to Good Friday and Easter. Traditionally, the fifth season is declared open at 11 minutes past eleven on the eleventh of November! The Carnival spirit is then temporarily suspended by the Advent and Christmas period, and picks up again "in earnest" in the New Year. Street carnival, also called "the crazy days", takes places between Thursday (Women’s Carnival Day) before Rose Monday and ends on Ash Wednesday. In 2007 the dates are as follows:
Women's Carnival Day, Thursday, 15 February 2007
Official opening of the street carnival at 11:11 hrs at the Alter Markt in the heart of the old town of Cologne.
Carnival Saturday, 17 February 2007
Traditional "Funkenbiwak", the gathering of the colourful Corps troops at the Neumarkt.
Carnival Sunday, 18 February 2007
School group parade through the city centre starting at 11:00 hrs.
Rose Monday, 19 February 2007
The climax of street carnival, with the official parade starting before 11:00 hrs, organised by the
Festive Committee of the Cologne Carnival.
Carnival Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Various Carnival parades in the suburbs of Cologne.
Ash Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Traditionally, fish dinners are served at pubs and restaurants.
The Parade on Rose Monday
No doubt, the highlight of the street carnival is Rose Monday with over 10.000 participants, one-third of them female, 440 horses , 97 floats and 123 bands in 2006.
The 2007 motto: "Cologne is all of us!". Don't miss it!
A Video of the Carnival can be seen on our Blog site at www.selectworld.travel
Example handaxes made by John Handley using Norfolk Flint. (One penny coin for scale). Please see my website www.handaxe.co.uk for further thoughts on handaxe use and manufacture
Flint-knapped arrowhead. (~5.8 centimeters tall)
Knapper: Chris Miller
Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.
Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.
Studies done by geologists at Ohio State University at Newark indicate that the Vanport Flint has a relatively complex history, the details of which are still being worked out.
Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.
The arrowhead shown here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Chris Miller.
Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian
Locality: Nethers Flint Quarries - flint pit in the woods on the southwestern side of Flint Ridge Road, eastern Flint Ridge, far-western Muskingum County, east-central Ohio, USA (vicinity of 40° 00.137’ North latitude, 82° 11.544’ West longitude)
I had a lapse of time in Würzburg. It was a warm pre-spring day, everyone enjoyed the sunbeams and the ambiance there on the promenade of the river Main. On a small wall the people were sitting, so also two young people, whom I immediately noticed.
Entertaining, enjoying the view of the river and the castle and very relaxed. Of course I spoke to them, introduced myself, explained my concern and showed the last photos of my project on my smartphone. I was able to convince.
So here I met Lukas , 22 years old. What is Luke doing and what moves him?
It is difficult to find affordable housing in Würzburg. This is also the case with Luke. At the moment, Lukas does not have an apartment or flat, but he lives where there is a possibility for him, for example at the moment with a friend. Lukas is making money as a bicycle courier. If Lukas had something to determine, he would ban the cars from the cities. Because of the cars there is too little space for the people. People adjust their habitat to the cars, actually it should be the opposite. We talked about this phenomenon and the fact that, according a current study, 60% of the working people have to move to the cities, because the housing space is getting scarcer and more expensive. it becomes more and more difficult for families, not to mention the increasingly restricted and dangerous space for adults and especially for children.
Now I asked Rosemarie, his companion (the story still follows), how she would describe Lukas: Lukas is a cross-thinker, does not correspond to the average (if there is such a thing), he is always in search and wonderfully different.
What is your goal in life, I asked Lukas . I am trying to find my own way (without any external determination). I try to make life so that it feels right for me and I find my place in life that feels good to me and my soul.
Finally, I asked Lukas about his motto of life. His answer fits perfectly into this project "The Human Family". Lukas said, the solution to everything in life is to have understanding for everyone on the earth.
A nice conclusion to this encounter. I thank Lukas for this conversation and his insights into life. I wish you all the best and wish you are always on the right road with your bike and find the place in life that will do you good.
I handed out my card to Rosemarie and Lukas (recently with a QR code that leads to my Flickr page), we exchanged the email addresses and said goodbye.
Now I had to go back to my home trip. It was a nice end to my stay here in Würzburg. I am always happy to come here because I have met so many friendly, open-minded, sympathetic people (Linda, Christin, Antonia, Timo, Sophia in the past and actually Rosemarie, Lukas, Caroline, Verena and the wonderful Franziska, her story and photos are under construction).
Again many thanks, Lukas and best wishes to you.
This is my 44th post to the group "The Human Family". Visit "The Human Family" here and have a look on the photos of the other photographers:
www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/
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Ich war in Würzburg unterwegs. Es war ein warmer Vor-Frühlingstag, alle genossen die Sonnenstrahlen und das Ambiente dort an der Promenade am Main. Auf einer kleinen Mauer saßen die Menschen, so auch zwei junge Leute, die ich gleich bemerkte. Unterhaltend, den Blick auf den Fluss und die Burg genießend und sehr entspannt. Natürlich sprach ich die beiden an, stellte mich vor, erklärte mein Anliegen und zeigte die letzten Fotos meines Projektes auf meinem Smartphone. Damit konnte ich überzeugen.
Hier traf ich also Lukas, 22 Jahre alt. Was macht hier Lukas und was bewegt ihn?
Es ist schwer in Würzburg bezahlbaren Wohnraum zu finden. Das trifft auch Lukas. Zurzeit hat Lukas keine Wohnung, sondern lebt dort, wo sich für ihn eine Möglichkeit bietet, zum Beispiel momentan bei einer Freundin. Geld verdient sich Lukas als Fahrradkurier. Wenn Lukas etwas zu bestimmen hätte, würde er die Autos aus den Städten verbannen. Durch die Autos ist viel zu wenig Platz für die Menschen. Die Menschen passen ihren Lebensraum den Autos an, eigentlich sollte es doch anders sein. Wir unterhielten uns über dieses Phänomen und die Tatsache, dass nach aktuellen Studien 60% der berufstätigen Menschen in die Städte pendeln müssen, weil in den Städten der Wohnraum immer knapper und teurer wird. Familien haben es immer schwerer, ganz zu schweigen, dass der Lebensraum für Erwachsene und besonders für Kinder immer eingeschränkter und gefährlicher wird.
Jetzt fragte ich Rosemarie, wie sie Lukas beschreiben würde: Lukas ist ein Querdenker, entspricht nicht dem Durchschnitt (falls es so etwas gibt), er ist immer auf der Suche und wunderbar anders.
Was ist dein Ziel im Leben, fragte ich Lukas. Ich versuche, meinen eigenen Weg zu finden (ohne Fremdbestimmung). Ich versuche das Leben so zu gestalten, dass es sich für mich richtig anfühlt und ich meinen Platz im Leben finde, der mir gut und meiner Seele gut tut.
Zuletzt fragte ich Lukas nach seinem Lebensmotto. Seine Antwort passt wunderbar in dieses Projekt „The Human Family“. Lukas sagte, die Lösung für alles im Leben ist, Verständnis für die Menschen zu haben.
Ein schönes Schlusswort zu dieser Begegnung. Ich danke Lukas für dieses Gespräch und seine Einsichten zum Leben. Ich wünsche Dir alles Gute und wünsche dir, dass du immer unfallfrei mit deinem Fahrrad unterwegs bist und den Platz im Leben findest, der dir persönlich gut tut.
Ich überreichte Rosemarie und Lukas meine Karte (seit neuestem mit einem QR-Code, der zu meiner Flickr-seite führt), wir tauschten noch die E-Mail-Adressen aus und wir verabschiedeten uns.
Jetzt musste ich zurück, um meine Heimreise antreten zu können. Es war ein schöner Ausklang meines Aufenthalts hier in Würzburg. Ich komme immer wieder gerne hierher, weil ich schon so viele freundliche, aufgeschlossene, sympathische Menschen getroffen habe (Linda, Christin, Antonia, Timo, Sophia in der Vergangenheit und aktuell Rosemarie, Lukas, Caroline, Verena and the wonderful Franziska).
Nochmals danke für dieses Gespräch und alles Gute, Lukas.
Dies ist mein 44. Beitrag zu der Gruppe "The Human Family". Mehr Fotos von anderen Fotografen der Gruppe findest Du hier:
FLINT KNAPPER
The struck flakes are translucent
As fingernails, the same size,
And curved like them, knapped
Onto the ground with sparks.
Held up to the light, against
His stone-chafed thumb,
He scrutinises fissures
And imperfections.
This little skin-thin blade
Rejected, flipped into the ling,
The edge left unserrated
For the sake of a single chip.
And though the tip is marred,
And this thin sliver but
A Bronze Age factory second
The height of history makes me faint;
I treasure what was cast aside
Dizzied by the vertigo of years.
Source material: Inspired by a bronze age scraper which I found on East Porth, Samson, Isles of Scilly on 1st June 2004. The scraper had no secondary working, and had clearly been rejected because of the flaw at its tip.
Knapper: Ernie Raber
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Flint is the state gemstone of Ohio. "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.
Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).
The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.
Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.
Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric people quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Ancient flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic prehistoric artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.
The point seen here is a modern replica, made by a knapper using material from a Roy Miller quarry on Flint Ridge. This area is famous for having greenish and/or bluish coloration, which become intensified with heating.
Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian
Locality: Roy Miller flint pit, northwestern corner of the Brownsville Road-Flint Ridge Road intersection, next to Flint Ridge State Park, Flint Ridge, southeastern Licking County, east-central Ohio, USA
Johnny McIntyre holds the cup aloft as he disappears under a flurry of kisses.
(Photo courtesy of William Knapper)
Ms. Daniela Galindo Bermúdez, CEO, Hablando con Julis (left), Ms. Ines Knäpper, Executive Director, THE Port Association (second from left), Dr. Helen Lee, Director of Research, University of Cambridge, President & CEO, Diagnostics for the Real World, Ltd. (second from right), Mr. Bruno LeFeuvre, Statistical Analyst, Economics and Statistics Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (right) participate in a panel discussion held on the sidelines of Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017. Ms. Samar Shamoon, Head, News and Media Section, World Intellectual Property Organization (center) moderated the discussion.
During the discussion, WIPO stakeholders shared experiences, showcased good practices and exchanged ideas about how to best capitalize on women’s creativity and to foster IP ecosystems in which women and girls can flourish.
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