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Prior to the death of the last Lord of the Manor, John Frederic Lonsdale Formby, in 1958, the Hall was owned by the Formby's of Formby, from its construction in the early 16th Century. The family trace their origins to a much earlier period still; to one
Ricardus de Midas, in the early 13th Century. Their original timber-framed house may have stood on the same site. A plaque in the Formby Chapel at St Peter's Church, gives the family's direct line of descent from 1305 and much genealogical information is recorded. Not unexpectedly our knowledge of the family, their lives, the things they did for the community and the house itself are rather more complete for the last 150 years or so than earlier periods.
"Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ." Philippians 3:8.
I was thinking to myself today that a day isn't complete if I haven't learned some new idea in science or math. Then I thought that that goes for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord as well. Have you learned something about Christ today?
“It is possible that logging may have a positive effect, because when you remove some trees, there’s more light reaching the others.” says Guariguata. “On the other hand, when you alter the structure of the forest the pollinator bees may be disrupted, which could reduce fruit production. But we just don’t know.”
Photo by Marco Simola/CIFOR.
For more information on CIFOR's research on Brazil nuts in Peru, please contact Manuel Guariguata ( mailto:m.guariguata@cgiar.org )
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He was originally a stray in a housing project in North Carolina, beaten, kicked, and generally shit on by the children who lived there. He grew to be big, muscular, and more affectionate than any animal I've known, but always skittish, afraid of loud sounds, hands holding anything, and quick movements. After over ten years with me, he contracted FIV from another stray I brought in, and wandered off a year ago when he became too sick to even eat. We found him eventually, dead, and as near as he could be to me without my knowledge--he was also the classiest, most dignified animal I've ever known.
If you buy pets from a pet store/breeder, or abandon them because they're too much work, or don't neuter/spay them, you come pretty close to being garbage in my book. Do you want a status symbol, or a friend?
The Whakarewarewa Guided Tour
Experience the warmth of Māori Culture and get to know our living geothermal village with a fully guided village tour.
Our friendly, local guides are direct descendants of the early Māori guides who shaped tourism in New Zealand for generations. Their insights, knowledge and legendary hospitality (manaakitanga) adds depth and richness to the experience you’ll have at Whakarewarewa – The Living Māori Village.
On the Whakarewarewa Guided Tour, you will:
Explore an authentic living Māori village where people live on a daily basis, using natural geothermal resources to cook, bathe and heat their homes as they have for centuries.
Discover the vibrancy of Māori culture and the fascinating traditions of the Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people, who shaped tourism in New Zealand.
View the geothermal wonders of Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley up close, including the world-famous Pōhutu geyser, boiling mud-pools, steam vents and bubbling pools.
Enjoy a traditional cooking demonstration – watch our residents prepare Hāngi meals in our in-ground steam boxes, and cook corn in the bubbling water of our geothermal hot pools – as they have for generations.
Learn what it’s like to live in the challenging environment of the Whakarewarewa Valley, where daily life includes cooking in the bubbling pools and steam vents, and bathing in the refreshing therapeutic waters.
Take in our various historical landmarks and buildings, including an active Marae, our WWII Memorial Archway, two historic churches, and tapu (sacred) burial grounds.
Our Living Māori Village is just that – it’s alive; a real, functioning Māori village, steeped in fascinating history. Whakarewarewa – The Living Māori Village offers an immersive snapshot of our culture, people and their unique way of life.
Maori Cultural Performance
The Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people – the residents of our village – have a proud history of song and dance spanning over a century. Our Māori cultural performances take place daily at 11.15am and 2.00pm, and offer the opportunity to hear traditional song and dance, and experience the fearsome Haka up-close. This is included in the guided tour price.
Geothermal nature trails
Our geothermal nature trails offer self-guided walks ranging between 10 and 50 minutes. Winding their way around the back of the village, these trails combine views of manuka scrub, different types of fern and edible plants, native bush and eerie glimpses of our unique geothermal landscape, including colourful steaming lakes and thermal pools that you can only view at Whakarewarewa. Our nature trails offer a beautiful glimpse into the challenges and beauty of the landscapes our people have lived with for centuries – leave time in your itinerary to explore on foot.
All of our walks only require a low level of fitness.
La visite guidée de Whakarewarewa
Découvrez la chaleur de la culture maorie et découvrez notre village géothermal vivant grâce à une visite guidée du village.
Nos sympathiques guides locaux sont les descendants directs des premiers guides maoris qui ont façonné le tourisme en Nouvelle-Zélande pendant des générations. Leurs idées, leurs connaissances et leur hospitalité légendaire (manaakitanga) ajoutent profondeur et richesse à l’expérience que vous vivrez à Whakarewarewa - Le village maori vivant.
Lors de la visite guidée de Whakarewarewa, vous allez:
Explorez un village maori vivant où les habitants vivent au quotidien, utilisant les ressources géothermiques naturelles pour cuisiner, se baigner et chauffer leur maison comme ils le font depuis des siècles.
Découvrez le dynamisme de la culture maorie et les fascinantes traditions du peuple Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, qui a façonné le tourisme en Nouvelle-Zélande.
Observez de près les merveilles géothermiques de la vallée géothermique de Whakarewarewa, notamment le geyser Pōhutu de renommée mondiale, des bassins de boue bouillonnante, des évents à vapeur et des bassins bouillonnants.
Assistez à une démonstration de cuisine traditionnelle - regardez nos résidents préparer des repas Hāngi dans nos bacs à vapeur enterrés et faites cuire le maïs dans l'eau bouillonnante de nos bassins géothermiques, comme ils le font depuis des générations.
Apprenez ce que signifie vivre dans l’environnement difficile de la vallée de Whakarewarewa, où la vie quotidienne comprend la cuisine dans les piscines bouillonnantes et les bouches à vapeur et la baignade dans des eaux thérapeutiques rafraîchissantes.
Découvrez nos différents monuments et bâtiments historiques, notamment un marae en activité, notre arche commémorative de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, deux églises historiques et des lieux de sépulture de tapu (sacrés).
Notre village maori vivant n’est que cela: il est vivant; un véritable village maori en activité, ancré dans une histoire fascinante. Whakarewarewa - Le village maori vivant offre un aperçu immersif de notre culture, de notre population et de son mode de vie unique.
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Spectacle culturel maori
Les Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao - les habitants de notre village - ont une fière histoire de chants et de danses s'étendant sur plus d'un siècle. Nos spectacles culturels maoris ont lieu tous les jours à 11h15 et à 14h00 et offrent l'occasion d'entendre des chants et des danses traditionnels et de faire l'expérience du redoutable Haka. Ceci est inclus dans le prix de la visite guidée.
Sentiers géothermiques
Nos sentiers naturels géothermiques proposent des promenades autoguidées d'une durée allant de 10 à 50 minutes. S'enroulant à l'arrière du village, ces sentiers combinent des vues sur le gommage au manuka, différents types de fougères et de plantes comestibles, des arbustes indigènes et un aperçu inquiétant de notre paysage géothermique unique, comprenant des lacs colorés à la vapeur et des piscines thermales que vous ne pouvez voir Whakarewarewa. Nos sentiers de nature offrent un bel aperçu des défis et de la beauté des paysages avec lesquels notre peuple vit depuis des siècles - laissez du temps dans votre itinéraire pour l'explorer à pied.
Toutes nos promenades ne nécessitent qu'un faible niveau de condition physique.
Wrapping up my Southern Arizona Adventure 2024 with a visit to Amerind Foundation and Texas Canyon. This is stage 9 of 9.
Not often that a trail ends this definitely. I'm glad there was a sign to tell me, or I might have kept going. I've been known to bushwhack.
"To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence". Joseph Conrad
www.amerind.org/texascanyonnaturepreserve/
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Texas Canyon is a striking natural area located in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona, along Interstate 10 between Benson and Willcox. It is renowned for its dramatic landscape, characterized by massive granite boulders scattered across the desert terrain, creating a rugged and picturesque environment.
The granite boulders in Texas Canyon were formed through millions of years of erosion and weathering. These formations, often precariously balanced, provide a unique and photogenic sight, making the canyon a popular stop for travelers and photographers.
The area is surrounded by the Chiricahua Mountains to the south and other nearby ranges, offering expansive views of the Sonoran Desert with its mix of desert vegetation, including cacti and mesquite trees. The light, especially at sunrise and sunset, enhances the golden hues of the rocks, adding to the area's charm.
Texas Canyon has a rich history tied to the Chiricahua Apache people, who once roamed these lands. Later, it became home to early settlers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Canyon
Texas Canyon is a valley in Cochise County, Arizona,[1] about 20 miles east of Benson on Interstate 10. Lying between the Little Dragoon Mountains to the north and the Dragoon Mountains to the south and known for its giant granite boulders, the canyon attracts rockhounds and photographers.
www.arizonahighways.com/article/texas-canyon-nature-preserve
The giant granite boulders along Interstate 10 in Southeastern Arizona have been gracing postcards for decades, but that otherworldly landscape was always off-limits to the general public. Not anymore. Thanks to the Amerind Foundation, 6 miles of trails in the brand-new Texas Canyon Nature Preserve are now available to those who want a closer look.
By Suzanne Wright
Zipping past Texas Canyon, an hour southeast of Tucson, it’s impossible not to notice the boulders — giant, eye-catching piles of granite, like something out of The Flintstones. But other than providing scenery along Interstate 10 — particularly at a rest area just down the highway from the kitschy attraction known as The Thing — the area has long been off-limits to curious travelers who wanted to stretch their legs and get a closer look.
There are several private landowners in Texas Canyon, including Triangle T Guest Ranch, which has some trails for its guests. But none had opened its trails to the public until this past October, when the portion of the area owned and managed by the Amerind Foundation had its ribbon-cutting. After a multi-year campaign that raised $250,000, the Texas Canyon Nature Preserve — on land previously closed to the public for 85 years, and where the organization’s founding family raised quarter horses until 1968 — is open to all.
“The idea had been percolating with the Amerind Foundation board and management for years,” says Eric Kaldahl, the president, CEO and chief curator of the foundation. “The response from the surrounding community has been very enthusiastic. We welcomed more visitors last October than we’ve seen for the past 10 years.”
The preserve, located just off I-10 between Benson and Willcox, is part of a 1,900-acre campus that includes the Amerind Museum. More than 6 miles of trails wind past balanced rocks, fantastical shapes and rocky spires in open, sun-warmed high-desert grasslands studded with cactuses, wildflowers and trees. The trail is self-guided, although Kaldahl hopes to offer guided sunrise and sunset hikes in the next year. Visitors can pay a $12 admission fee for just the trails or $20 to visit both the trails and the museum.
Trail designer Sirena Rana knows the landscape can look intimidating, but she purposely designed the trails to be “perfect little morsels.” Rana didn’t grow up hiking, so she aimed to make the trails a comfortable experience for all ages and abilities. There are no steep elevation gains, and dirt, rather than gravel, makes for more stability. And Rana recalls walking for miles and miles over several months to understand the land and ensure the trails were constructed to shed water, limit erosion and provide firebreaks.
“Texas Canyon is one of the most unique landscapes in the Southwest, formed by millions of years of wind and rain weathering the granite,” she says, likening it to Joshua Tree National Park and the Wilderness of Rock on Mount Lemmon. “It’s very unusual that it’s right off a major interstate and just an hour from a major metropolitan area,” she adds. “This is one of the greatest outdoor sculpture gardens in the world designed by Mother Nature. I’m so pleased with how it turned out.”
Elsewhere along the trail, signage reflects the Amerind Museum’s mission of fostering knowledge and understanding of Indigenous peoples. Acknowledging that these are ancestral lands, the signs feature O’odham, English and Spanish text, in that order — and Kaldahl hopes to add Apache, too.
Additionally, Indigenous people have collected basket-weaving materials from these lands for generations, and they remain free to access the grounds.
Haiku Thoughts:
Stone giants whisper,
Texas Canyon's quiet grace,
Time's hand carves the sky.
Southern Arizona Adventure 2024
Please feel free to comment and give me some constructive feedback. I would love to learn from all your knowledge and find out how I can improve my photographs. Thank you!
Bearing the symbols of Dianetics and Scientology, this symbol, on the wall of a study room in the Church of Scientology in Washington, D.C., symbolizes the wealth of Scientology materials now available in originally-intended form, through massive recovery efforts done by the Church.
For more info, see: www.scientology.org/david-miscavige/completion-of-the-gol...
Islamabad, January 22, 2011 - USAID’s program office director, John Morgan, talking to students at the Pakistan Knowledge Festival about the U.S. support to Pakistan’s Education Sector. USAID’s $75 million Pre-STEP project is working to improve the basic education in Pakistan by strengthening teacher training.
Spc. Bryce Prater has his vitals monitored at the medical site. The MEDEVAC Exercise was conducted so Army medics from all over the nation could put their knowledge into practice in a realistic, simulated environment in Fort Knox, Ky., July 24. | Photo by Matthew Barnes, CST Public Affairs Office.
The lower panels on this window (the second on the right aisle) includes Adam and Eve at the Tree of Good and Evil (bottom left) and God appearing to Moses in a burning bush (bottom right). Milan Duomo; March 2017
Olympus E-M1
Who knew you could just turn off the power to the whole City of London....? I wonder who has the key? Imagine the chaos!
小さいキーは強国をロック解除する必要があった
Depression is an ancient adversary, one that can make us feel hopeless when it strikes. But now, more than ever before, we’re gaining ground. Every day, UCLA researchers, students and patients around the world are dedicated to understanding depression and, ultimately, bringing it to an end. This will take time, but the hope is real today, and it’s coming our way through knowledge.
Learn more: ucla.in/30z1u8j
If you are in a crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741
Auschwitz- Birkenau Death Camp.
Auschwitz is probably one of the world’s most infamous places and no matter how much knowledge you may or may not have of history, nothing can prepare a person for the visit to such a place. The level of atrocities carried out are indescribable , the sadistic cruelty beyond comprehension by any reasonable individual. Initially established to house prisoners opposed to The Third Reich, Auschwitz was later the centre of the Nazis so called Final Solution of The Jewish Problem. At least one million, one hundred thousand people were murdered there, 90% were Jews from all over Europe. These people were herded together and transported in cattle wagons and shipped by rail to Auschwitz and Birkenau in the most inhumane conditions. Many never made it there.
Auschwitz was the original camp, a disused army barracks converted, this now houses the State Museum of Auschwitz with many harrowing exhibits of Nazi cruelty. It was here the SS tortured and starved prisoners and Dr Joseph Mengele carried out his experiments. Cyclone B was discovered here in an attempt to kill lice as this was becoming a problem as prisoners themselves and their conditions deteriorated. In experimenting with the chemical it was developed as a very quick and efficient way of killing humans by suffocation.
Birkenau is massive and was built as a killing factory. Seventy five per cent of arrivals were instantly condemned to death, by the flick of the finger of the SS Officer. These were gassed in the gas chambers built specially for this purpose. All children under fourteen and the infirm or disabled were immediately disposed of. The other twenty five per cent were the young and fit and they were put to work but three months was a long time to last. The diet had an intake of 1500 calories a day and the work was for fourteen hours a day, it didn’t take long just to starve to death, just three months for the young and strong.
No matter what a person’s political or religious views may be, nobody could be unaffected by a visit to Auschwitz- Birkenau and while it is important to pay respect to those who suffered, it is more important we never forget and insure this cannot happen again.
Georgia Army National Guardsman, Sgt. Mason Mackrell, representing the Marietta-based 201st Regional Support Group disassembles a M249 during the Georgia State Best Warrior Competition at Clay National Guard Center, Marietta, Ga. on July 21, 2020. Soldiers are tested on their knowledge of a selection of weapons during the competition.
U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Tori Miller.
Museu Municipal Doutor Santos Rocha from architect Isaías Cardoso.
Figueira da Foz - Portugal
Olympus XA2 +Fujichrome 64T (Expired July 2003)
Carlos Crespo
Increasing diversity in health sciences careers and research
Carlos Crespo, director of the PSU School of Community Health, started bringing local community college students to Portland State for summer research opportunities about five years ago, but he learned students need a lot more than just a summer experience to help them pursue a health research career.
Crespo now directs EXITO, a $24 million NIH grant-supported program that recruits and supports diverse students to pursue advanced degrees and careers in health, science, and technology. Program participants are undergraduates who receive academic advising, training, faculty mentorship, and funding to advance their research interests over their four-year degree.
Growing from that single partnership with Portland Community College years ago, PSU now partners with nine schools through EXITO—including OHSU, University of Alaska-Anchorage, and University of Hawaii—and serves 10 times as many students. Students are recruited as freshman in cohorts of about 60-70, and pursue their own research interests such as social determinacy of health, neurobiology, attention-deficit disorder, and more.
The program is open to all students, but an emphasis is placed on recruiting underrepresented minority students, students with disabilities, and those who have been through the foster care system. “At the end, we want to have a more diverse pool of students interested in biomedical research,” Crespo says.
At Portland State University, we believe knowledge works best when it serves the community.
How precious is school tuition, in a remote industrial site, situated in the heart of a tropical forest? The village of Ngombé boasts public schools for all ages, preparing students who may choose to continue studying in College, either in Congo Brazzaville or Cameroon, Senegal, etc.
Read more: www.interholco.com
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In loving memory of
Esmond KOHN
Dearly loved husband of
Christian KOHN
And
Friend of all the world
22.3.79 – 3.11.42
A token of regard and affection
From his friends & associates in A. Kohn
In loving memory of Christian KOHN
Wife of Esmond KOHN
19-3-83 ~ 11-7-64
Esmond Moritz Sigismund KOHN and wife Christian Annie Greig FERGUSSON [5]
Artist who exhibited with the Canterbury Society of Arts [1]
There is an Esmond KOHN Memorial Prize[2]
He worked for the well-known firm of A. Kohn, 179 Queen Street. According to Miss Erica Cowan, the Kohn family handled the business side if A. Kohn Ltd, while the manufacturing of jewellery was carried on by others, in particular by Erica's father Charles David Cowan, 1878-1962. (Bookplate picture on link in sources) [4]
NZ Truth , Issue 1157, 2 February 1928, Page 6
A True Bohemian
There should be no classification conveying a greater wealth of genuine compliment to any man than that of "good fellow" in the truest sense.
Duke, lord, earl any old title you like may be bestowed on a man for an assortment of achievements - but the world has, at all times, not accepted such honors (sic) without reservations.
Linked with the history of Auckland will ever be the name of Kohn, and if repute goes for anything there is every indication that it will always be respected, for the Kohn family if they have not aspired to municipal honors (sic) or butted into public life are nevertheless men of the type who go to make the most staple citizens and pay diligent attention to their own business. Just such a man is Esmond Kohn, who carries on the traditions of his family and has become one of the colonists whose forbears had the pluck to make their home in an untried land in bygone years. In the whole city there is no man who has a greater right to be known as a true Bohemian. Literature, art, music and sport all interest him and like most of his race - he is no wowser.
So that wherever you may meet him he will hold your interest and converse on matters of diverse nature with a breadth of knowledge which is wholesome and refreshing, lacking any of the blatancy too characteristic of many who profess much, but know little. [6]
NZ Truth , Issue 1306, 22 December 1930, Page 4
There is no more popular man in Auckland than Esmond Kohn, whose all-round kindliness and many interests have won for him a permanent position in the esteem of all Northerners. Without that highbrow intellectualism which so often goes with the man who has a liking for the mental diversions of life, his interest in art, literature, music, athletic sports, or whatever it may be, is keen and thorough. Partner in a firm of jewellers, he is a craftsman, and his firm has turned out some notable works of art in the silversmith's line.
Unfailingly courteous to all with whom he comes m contact, the merry twinkle behind his glasses betrays a neat wit and appreciation of a good story or quip.[3]
SOURCES:
[1]
findnzartists.org.nz/artist/8481/
[2]
collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/39977
[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZ...
[4]
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases_staging/general/Muscat/...
[5]
Ancestry.co.uk: NZ marriage index 1840-1934
[6]
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