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I almost lost the light because I got caught up writing my NaNoWriMo novel. I quickly popped out with my camera, took a few landscapes as the sun ducked below the mountains, then snapped on my trusty macro lens and took a few frames of a few small things. This one, of Rose of Sharon seed pods just barely starting to spill their seeds, ended up being my favorite shot for the day, especially once I applied Picasa's "Lomo-ish" effect. I think it would be fun to shoot with a Lomo or Diana at some point, but right now my camera equipment budget is nonexistent, so it's fun to occasionally play with the effect.
We were standing outside devouring a slice of pizza when my friend noticed a few people trying to get buzzed up to this open house. We followed them up on a whim just to see how people live in the West Village. Let me tell you, it is not good. She was not impressed by the granite in the bathroom, which according to her was cut wrong and painted over, details I missed. I was more appalled by the size of the almost nonexistent kitchen/living room/dining room/hallway combo. We didn't stay long enough to ask about the overpriced rent.
Elevational gradient is an ecological pattern where trends in biodiversity occur at different elevations. Mountains are considered "hotspots" of biodiversity. Depending on a certain elevation level, ecosystems change. Mount Lemmon is a prime example of such a pattern. At lower elevations, Saguaro cacti pervaded the landscape. At higher elevations, the cacti were basically nonexistent. Instead, pine trees dominated the scene. Human activity such as continuing land development (habitat destruction) pose a threat to unique ecological phenomenon such as the one existing on Mount Lemmon.
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Sidney Woodruff, graduate student, talks about how to age date a turtle for her research with Emily Phillips (blue), a ecology graduate student, Natalia Younan (pink), a wildlife and fish coservation major, and Catelyn Bylsma (grey), evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
Unfortunately, this view is now nonexistent.....there were several buildings built recently that completely block the view of the Sears Tower
Some driving around town. Passed by the shopping centre with Carvel and Tavernas. Lunch special of 2 slices and a soda for $2 is surely nonexistent. Also nonexistent is the high school I once attended, which is now sporting an entire second floor and a thousand other changes.
(english desc. follows the hungarian)
Ez biza' egy dohányzacskó hátoldaláról van, valahonnan a húszas vagy harmincas évekből. Inkább harmincas. És még turul is van! :D
For those who can't read Hungarian here's a translation of the text above: "Consider your health. Smoke your favourite [kind of] cigar and cigarette".
This is an actual tobacco bag from the 20's or the 30's (most likely the 30's) of a now nonexistent brand callet "Nicotex"
Angela Richardson in "Salt Tears". The movements are slow, the wash of ocean waves is the only sound. With the blue light the scene seems to be underwater, or a dreamscape. The audience watches from the dark on the other side of a nonexistent wall suggested by two wooden beams.
This is my first attempt at HDR.
It was a sunny day so I decided to visit The British Museum. Unfortunately by the time I got there, it became cloudy and the dramatic deep blue sky I had hoped to capture with sun light streaming through the curved glass roof and casting shadows were nonexistent. :-( Instead the sky turned a whitish grey and inside the museum everything looked dull and colourless. So HDR to the rescue!
All the shots were taken handheld (who says you need a tripod) 3 bracketed exposures set at continuous firing.
After a few hours at the museum as the weather was poor I decided to visit Westminster Cathedral. I had to struggle to get there and find parking. Once inside I found out that photography wasn’t allowed during a service so I had to wait around an hour until it finished. I think I captured some good shots for HDR but unbelievably, when I got back home and started to download the photos, half way through the download the memory card got somehow got jammed and I couldn’t download the photos from the church. What a nightmare! A wasted afternoon:-( By the way, this was a new 32GB Kingston elite pro card. The shop recommended it to me as they didn’t have the Lexar in stock that I wanted. So I won’t be buyer Kingston cards again.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos.
As it’s my first attempt at HDR I would be grateful for your comments, criticisms etc.
I focused on something closer to me which made the church seem to disappear into a (nonexistent) mist.
If you were never born
My heart would be torn
Ripped to shreds
Missing limb syndrome feeling dead
If I were never born
Your search would never be complete
No feeling for life emotions to delete
But you were born
And so was I
At just the right time
To meet underneath sadness and despair
Someone who will always care
That is the story of you and me
When finally the you and me
Will become we
Sidney Woodruff (red), graduate student, talks about Western Pond Turtle that are in her research with Emily Phillips (blue), a ecology graduate student, Natalia Younan (pink), a wildlife and fish coservation major, Raaghav Sexena, animal biology major, and Catelyn Bylsma (grey), evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
An Army Landing Craft Utility vessel has shipping containers unloaded onto a Navy Elevated Causeway System at Camp Pendleton, Calif. July 25. JLOTS is an exercise that increases the Army's and Navy's ability to build improvised ports for transporting equipment from ship to shore when a harbor or pier has been damaged or is nonexistent. Nearly 1,500 pieces of rolling equipment and shipping containers will be moved from ships with a series of lighterage systems (floating roadways) and smaller boats to improvised piers on the shore. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Proctor, JLOTS Public Affairs)
Lensbaby boredom @ work in the bathroom mirror. I was about to leave for the day, and went to the restroom. Figured I'd take a pic or four. Using a Lensbaby without the viewfinder is serious trial and error, since the lens tilts for selective focus, and the depth of field is almost nonexistent (I had it wide open).
This one, over-tweaked the levels and flipped the horizontal in Photoshop CS2.
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At Bull of the Woods. The views were nonexistent as smoke made it impossible to see more than a few miles in any direction.
Small individuals of this species are the smallest waterfowl on earth, at as little as 5.6 oz and 10 in. White predominates in this bird's plumage. Bill short, deep at base, and goose-like.
Male in breeding plumage is glossy blackish green crown, with white head, neck, and underparts; a prominent black collar and white wing-bar. Rounded head and short legs. In flight, the wings are green with a white band, making the male conspicuous Female paler, without either black collar and only a narrow or nonexistent strip of white wing-bar. In non-breeding plumage male resembles female except for his white wing-bar. Flocks on water bodies.
The call is a peculiar clucking, uttered in flight
This is my reading for the week, delivered fresh to me through interlibrary loan. I should be into it -- it's relevant to my research, and the author does a lot of work that I now won't have to do myself. But it's so tediously written, with seemingly nonexistent editing (although the author thanks several editors in her acknowledgements), and it's published by the foundation that commissioned it, so it's not particularly critical or analytical of its subject. It keeps describing people as "real-estate visionaries," which, in my mind, means that they're probably a real tool. It doesn't have footnotes, and some of the pages got cut off during reproduction. And, at 777 pages, it seems to be telling the story of DURA's 40+ year existence in real time....
There are several things I don't like about this image, but for the lack of a better one from my nonexistent recent photographic adventures, I'm still sharing it.
Now that spring-like weather has come to the hillocky parts of Seattle, a lot of familiar transient faces are back on the road. Literally. On the road with a small, if not nonexistent, luggage in tow. Lake City denizens are certainly no strangers to the displaced and dispossessed.
This shot was taken last summer. I saw her again today, conversing with herself in a heavily accented English as she scribbled endlessly on sheets and sheets of paper placed on her lap. Apparently, she must have lost or put away her writing table for the season.
Bad Catman supporting Meredosia, Bookmobile, The Flips, and Looming at Black Sheep Cafe in Springfield, IL on January 17, 2014.
Words cannot describe how good it felt to be shooting another show at Black Sheep after so long. It doesn't have the greatest lighting and the photo pit is nonexistent, but I just feel so at home there because that community of people is just incredible. They all support each other so much and it's amazing to be a part of that and to get to photograph it every so often. And then getting to be the guest photographer for Harm House's "Record of the Night" was absolutely awesome. Honestly, when I look back, I can't even begin to describe how thankful I am to the Black Sheep venue and community for everything they've done for me. This was my training ground when I was really getting started, and these are the people who took me in and accepted me without question and without reservation. That, and they put on some kick-ass shows =)
Tuesday 8th October 1968
Acclaimed pianist John Ogdon came to Keighley to perform an all-Chopin concert at Victoria Hall on Tuesday 8th October 1968. John Andrew Howard Ogdon (1937-1989) was a renowned pianist and composer. In later life and after his death he was the subject of various TV documentaries and a BBC Screen Two drama in which he was played by Alfred Molina. According to the Keighley News, his appearance as part of Festival 68 required a three-figure sum.
The concert was reviewed in the Keighley News of 12th October 1968: "One curious feature of the John Ogdon recital on Tuesday night was the unusual quietness in the audience. Every concert - and especially a piano recital - has its share of distracting coughs and shuffles, but at this concert they were almost nonexistent. Whether this was due entirely to John Ogdon's playing I couldn't say, but he gave an enthralling performance... It isn't often that we in Keighley can hear at first hand a pianist of Ogdon's calibre, and Keighley Music Club should be commended for allowing us the pleasure."
The concert was part of the series of events that made up Festival 68, organised by Keighley Sports & Recreational Development Council. The Festival involved dozens of cultural and sporting organisations from across the town and ran in the autumn of 1968.
The Festival was described in the Keighley News of 14th September 1968: "In a massive expression of unity, Keighley's cultural, socia, sporting and recreational organisations are working together for the success of Festival 68, which is to provide interest and entertainment throughout the autumn season... Organised by Keighley Sports and Recreational Development Council, the purpose of Festival 68 is to co-ordinate effort for the provision of greater leisure facilities in and around the borough. 'Something for everyone' is a much mis-used phrase but can be applied, in all truth, to Festival 68 and it must be a poor soul indeed who scans the diary of events and finds nothing of interest. From folk to orchestral music, from swimming to cycling, from dancing to music of the 1930s to 1968 musical competitions, from Yorkshire dialect to human rights, for art and antiques to celebrity speakers, there is something on the programme for every taste, for young and old."
A 68-page brochure was printed by Walter Parker (Kly.) Ltd. of West Lane and was available to purchase for one shilling from Berry's Newsagents on Cavendish Street. The original brochure was donated to Keighley and District Local History Society by Tim Neal. Researched and collated by Tim Neal.
An Army Landing Craft Utility vessel makes its way toward a Navy Elevated Causeway System to have shipping containers unloaded at Camp Pendleton, Calif. July 25. JLOTS is an exercise that increases the Army's and Navy's ability to build improvised ports for transporting equipment from ship to shore when a harbor or pier has been damaged or is nonexistent. Nearly 1,500 pieces of rolling equipment and shipping containers will be moved from ships with a series of lighterage systems (floating roadways) and smaller boats to improvised piers on the shore. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Proctor, JLOTS Public Affairs)
Sidney Woodruff, graduate student, talks about the data they will be recording and how it helps with her research with Emily Phillips (blue), a ecology graduate student, Natalia Younan (pink), a wildlife and fish coservation major, Raaghav Sexena, animal biology major, and Catelyn Bylsma (grey), evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
This is my first attempt at HDR.
It was a sunny day so I decided to visit The British Museum. Unfortunately by the time I got there, it became cloudy and the dramatic deep blue sky I had hoped to capture with sun light streaming through the curved glass roof and casting shadows were nonexistent. :-( Instead the sky turned a whitish grey and inside the museum everything looked dull and colourless. So HDR to the rescue!
All the shots were taken handheld (who says you need a tripod) 3 bracketed exposures set at continuous firing.
After a few hours at the museum as the weather was poor I decided to visit Westminster Cathedral. I had to struggle to get there and find parking. Once inside I found out that photography wasn’t allowed during a service so I had to wait around an hour until it finished. I think I captured some good shots for HDR but unbelievably, when I got back home and started to download the photos, half way through the download the memory card got somehow got jammed and I couldn’t download the photos from the church. What a nightmare! A wasted afternoon:-( By the way, this was a new 32GB Kingston elite pro card. The shop recommended it to me as they didn’t have the Lexar in stock that I wanted. So I won’t be buyer Kingston cards again.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos.
As it’s my first attempt at HDR I would be grateful for your comments, criticisms etc.
In Villambetta, a spontaneous settlement in the Tabare neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, families have the basics of shelter, food and water. The International Rescue Committee's partnership with community leaders ensures that children are safe, but toys and other typical children's possessions are nonexistent.
uncontrolled spaces
lifeless til provoked
deep uncharted oceans
nonexistent til claimed
great raging fires
silent
when there is no one
when no one is mine
the no one is me
the no one is me
me, me, me, me
Wobbly bridge - bright lights. Suddenly, Szymborska:
"So these are the Himalayas.
Mountains racing to the moon.
The moment of their start recorded
on the startling, ripped canvas of the sky.
Holes punched in a desert of clouds.
Thrust into nothing.
Echo—a white mute.
Quiet."
(c) 2013 / T. B. H. von H.
Sidney Woodruff, graduate student, talks about how to how different the Red Ear Slider and the Western Pond Turtle are as they record data from a Red Ear Slider with Emily Phillips (blue), a ecology graduate student, Natalia Younan (pink), a wildlife and fish coservation major, Raaghav Sexena, animal biology major, and Catelyn Bylsma (grey), evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
This is my first attempt at HDR.
It was a sunny day so I decided to visit The British Museum. Unfortunately by the time I got there, it became cloudy and the dramatic deep blue sky I had hoped to capture with sun light streaming through the curved glass roof and casting shadows were nonexistent. :-( Instead the sky turned a whitish grey and inside the museum everything looked dull and colourless. So HDR to the rescue!
All the shots were taken handheld (who says you need a tripod) 3 bracketed exposures set at continuous firing.
After a few hours at the museum as the weather was poor I decided to visit Westminster Cathedral. I had to struggle to get there and find parking. Once inside I found out that photography wasn’t allowed during a service so I had to wait around an hour until it finished. I think I captured some good shots for HDR but unbelievably, when I got back home and started to download the photos, half way through the download the memory card got somehow got jammed and I couldn’t download the photos from the church. What a nightmare! A wasted afternoon:-( By the way, this was a new 32GB Kingston elite pro card. The shop recommended it to me as they didn’t have the Lexar in stock that I wanted. So I won’t be buyer Kingston cards again.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos.
As it’s my first attempt at HDR I would be grateful for your comments, criticisms etc.
Catelyn Bylsma (grey), evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, mearsure a small Red Ear Slider for Sidney Woodruff's research in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
House of the Golden Well, sometimes called At the Red Chair, the house no. 175 in the Old Town of Prague on the corner of Seminary (no. 2) and Charles (no. 3), near Clementinum.
On the site today of Baroque building with Classicist elements became Romanesque building, whose walls are preserved vaulted cellar at the Seminary Street following the house čp.177 / I. The first written record of this house but it is up to the year 1354 when it cutler Vaclav Muldorfer bought from Nicholas Znojmo. The house was at the time and edited Gothic square around it was called cutlery commons (Latin Plateau cultellatorum). Also in the 15th century there were several cutlers and two Mecir. The house had already been a corner and stood against the church garden. Clement, which was about to southwest facade still nonexistent Klementinum. Its central location expressing house sign midst of the wheel.
In the early 17th century, the house was probably likely to radically rebuilt in the late Renaissance style (as evidenced by a few preserved Gothic elements). In the early 18th century, the house was connected (still recognizably) with the neighboring small Gothic house (in the 17th century, rebuilt in Baroque style) in the Seminary Street and after 1769, was rebuilt on the 3rd floor. In the 80s of the 20th century, the house was significantly modified from the original structure remained only part of the perimeter walls and interiors to the level of the first floor. In basements, ground floor and first floor are barrel vaults.
The facade is decorated with stucco reliefs Johann Ulrich Mayer from 1713. They are located in three levels. Amid under the associated window on the second floor, is in gilded medallion Palladium of Czech, ie. semifigures Stará Boleslav Virgin Mary with Jesus on the octagonal star-founded Circle. Above the star pair of angels bears the crown, under the star is on the sides of a pair of crowned Czech lion. Left stands St. Wenceslas, right there nesvatořečený John of Nepomuk. Around the windows on the first floor is dvojicemorových patrons (left St. Sebastian, right St. Roch) and the third floor of the Jesuit patrons (left about St. Ignatius and right St. Francis Xavier and Francis Borgia). Above the window on the third floor is a relief lying plague patron Saint Rosalia.
Today the building houses a hotel Aurus (www.aurushotel.cz).
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Empty ethanol train B658 crosses the crossing at the bottom of the New River Gorge. Thanks to Hurricane Helene, this train was designed to run up the Clinchfield, but several freights and extra trains have detoured through different mountains then they're used to as CSX repairs the now nonexistent Blue Ridge Sub.
Sidney Woodruff (red), graduate student, talks about Western Pond Turtle that are in her research with Emily Phillips (blue), a ecology graduate student, Natalia Younan (pink), a wildlife and fish coservation major, Raaghav Sexena, animal biology major, and Catelyn Bylsma (grey), evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
A Nonexistent Retirement Age.
Where She Was From
I am from the undeveloped films sitting in my drawers
waiting to view what I’ve seen as if I’ve never seen it before
I am from the mystery illuminated in my eyes
observing the souls around me as I keep quiet
I am from the acrylic paint gripping onto the thread of my clothes
Reminding me of the purpose of a specific art piece I’ve made
I am from the long hours I spend in what I love to do
I am from opening my mind to greater things
Allowing myself to reach outside my comfort zone
I am from breaking free from my shell
From sitting there awkwardly to starting a conversation with an unfamiliar face
I am from new experiences that widen my perspectives
From a dogmatic attitude to an empathic mind
I am from the positivity I have grown to have
I am from change
Therefore
I am not who I once was
I have killed the last version of myself
She did not belong here
I am not from the sorrow filled nights
She was never content with her life
I am not from the constant fights with myself at 2am
She loved no sleep
I am not from the scars I’ve created on myself
She was selfish
I am not from preventing myself from moving on
She was stuck in the past
And I am certainly not defined by my mistakes and flaws
And I certainly do not want to be She.
I am defined by the changes I have made to better myself: I am me, not she.
She is dead.
While I am growing.
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Sidney Woodruff (red), graduate student, shares a laught with Raaghav Sexena, animal biology major, and Catelyn Bylsma (grey), evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, as the do research in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
Sidney Woodruff, graduate student, talks about the data they will be recording on the red ear slider with Natalia Younan, a wildlife and fish coservation major, Raaghav Sexena, animal biology major, and Catelyn Bylsma, evolution, ecology and biodiversity major, in the Arboretum on June 8, 2022.
The project involves assisting Dr. Brian Todd and Ph.D. Student Sidney Woodruff in a research study evaluating how native species respond to the removal of non-native species and waterway restoration. The research objectives are to investigate the abundance and population demography of the native Western pond turtle (Actineymys marmorata) and population response in growth and demography from the removal of non-native red-eared sliders. Natural populations of the Western pond turtle are found in the UC Davis Arboretum where red-eared sliders occupy the same ecological niche in high densities. Natural populations of Western pond turtles are found in the nearby South Fork of Putah Creek where the presence of non-native turtles is extremely low or nonexistent. This work can highlight the importance of waterway restoration in building a more resilient ecosystem while supporting the recovery and conservation of native species.
Providing this opportunity will allow undergraduate students to be involved in wildlife conservation research under the supervision of a graduate student mentor and PI while also supporting the objectives of this study and the restoration of the UC Davis Arboretum.
Redlands is in sunny southern California, hence the state of this soon to be nonexistent snowman.
~Photo by Library friend Kendall
Maine state capitol in Augusta. The only other time I've seen this building was way back in late summer 1996. The dome was green then. Coppery green, like the Statue of Liberty (as is given away in the collage picture of the capitol made of business cards posted here). It was recently repainted black, within the last few years.
It's a fairly straightforward and understated capitol which makes it enjoyable. The city of Augusta...an unusual place. A town of 20,000, there aren't many amenities here, and public transportation is nonexistent. I was incredibly lucky to get uber drivers, according to the one who drove me back to the bus station. Overall, Maine isn't a place to be if you aren't driving yourself around.
A headlining performance by Looming at Black Sheep Cafe in Springfield, IL on January 17, 2014. Openers included Meredosia, Bad Catman, Bookmobile, and The Flips.
Words cannot describe how good it felt to be shooting another show at Black Sheep after so long. It doesn't have the greatest lighting and the photo pit is nonexistent, but I just feel so at home there because that community of people is just incredible. They all support each other so much and it's amazing to be a part of that and to get to photograph it every so often. And then getting to be the guest photographer for Harm House's "Record of the Night" was absolutely awesome. Honestly, when I look back, I can't even begin to describe how thankful I am to the Black Sheep venue and community for everything they've done for me. This was my training ground when I was really getting started, and these are the people who took me in and accepted me without question and without reservation. That, and they put on some kick-ass shows =)
Irham is in the process of teaching his children Andi and Ina the ropes of the coffee business, along with the other leaders of the Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers' Cooperative. Ina is especially enthusiastic- although Ina speaks limited English and my Gayo is nonexistent, I can tell she is a coffee person and loves this business.