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During a night dive in August 2016, an FWC biologist observes pillar coral spawning at Sombrero Reef in the Florida Keys.
Day Four in Prague ... the New Town ... and the Prague Botanical Garden, even though it is winter!
Although December is just about the least visual time of year to visit an outdoor botanical garden in a cold-weather country, we really wanted to see it. Although most of the flowers were hibernating for winter, there were trees and other things of interest ... plus the glasshouse.
Prague Botanical Garden is located in the Troja Chateau (Trojský zámek) section of the city. The garden was first established in 1969 for scientific purposes but is now open to the public. The garden covers about 4.5 hectares and is located close to the Prague Zoo.
St. Helens was established as a river port on the Columbia River in the 1840s. In 1853, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company tried to make the city their only stop on the Columbia River.[7] Portland's merchants boycotted this effort, and the San Francisco steamship Peytona helped break the impasse.[7]
St. Helens was incorporated as a city in 1889.[8]
The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through and camped in the area that is now St. Helens on the night of November 5, 1805 while on their way to the Pacific Ocean. While here the party encountered Native Americans and Clark observed "low rockey clifts".[9]
Geography
U.S. Route 30 passes through the city.[10]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.51 square miles (14.27 km2), of which, 4.53 square miles (11.73 km2) is land and 0.98 square miles (2.54 km2) is water.[1]
Neighborhoods
Columbia Heights is a formerly separate populated place that is within the city limits of St. Helens.[11][12]
Demographics
Columbia County Court House (1906)
Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1890 220 —
1900 258 17.3%
1910 743 188.0%
1920 2,220 198.8%
1930 3,994 79.9%
1940 4,304 7.8%
1950 4,711 9.5%
1960 5,022 6.6%
1970 6,212 23.7%
1980 7,064 13.7%
1990 7,535 6.7%
2000 10,019 33.0%
2010 12,883 28.6%
Est. 2012 12,910 0.2%
Sources:[4][13][14][15][16][17]
2010 census
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 12,883 people, 4,847 households, and 3,243 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,843.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,098.0/km2). There were 5,154 housing units at an average density of 1,137.7 per square mile (439.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 90.3% White, 0.6% African American, 1.6% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.1% of the population.
There were 4,847 households of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.1% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.11.
The median age in the city was 34 years. 27.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.9% were from 25 to 44; 23.3% were from 45 to 64; and 10.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.8% male and 50.2% female.
2000 census
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 10,019 people, 3,722 households, and 2,579 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,305.6 people per square mile (889.3/km²). There were 4,032 housing units at an average density of 927.8 per square mile (357.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.74% White, 0.34% African American, 1.68% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 1.35% from other races, and 3.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.05% of the population. 21.5% were of German, 10.9% English, 9.5% Irish and 9.3% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 3,722 households out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.12.
City Hall
In the city the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,648, and the median income for a family was $45,548. Males had a median income of $39,375 versus $26,725 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,237. About 8.7% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Tourism
The town is home to sets of many films. These include the Disney Channel television film Halloweentown, and the film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's novel Twilight.[18]
Visitors get a rare opportunity to view
laser beams pointed at the moon at Optical Site.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Debbie Mccallum
On September 18, 2010 the world joined the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., as well as other NASA Centers to celebrate the first annual International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN).
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at arecibo observatory, with it's radio telescope being the world's largest single-aperture telescope.
and it was a filming location for James Bond GoldenEye.
october 30, 2013
View of the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford. Built in the 18th century by James Wyatt, the Radcliffe Observatory was modelled upon the Tower of the Winds in Athens, a fist century BC clock tower, embellished with sundials and crowned with a weather vane.
Dr. Tim Livengood presents of Lunar Stories at the International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center...---..NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, hosted a public event on Sept. 6 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT to celebrate five years of observing the moon. This free event was for families with middle-school-aged children and older..
This was the fifth anniversary of International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN), a public campaign to celebrate and observe Earth’s nearest neighbor. InOMN was established shortly after the launch of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which is celebrating its fifth year in orbit around the moon...For more information about InOMN: observethemoonnight.org..Credit: NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk..NASA image use policy.
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The color range of the sky didn't quite reach Phoenix levels but this was definitely at the top of the list for the most intense and dynamic color and largest diameter I've seen in the sun itself during sunset.
[This sunset analysis was brought to you by my left brain.]
Week 12
A different time, a break from the usual. As you can see from the four photos I posted for the week, I didn't take as many photos as I usually do. It wasn't that anything got in the way, I just didn't really feel the urge to take photos this week. I was so focused on work that I stopped bringing my backpack in to the office and when I would come home, all of my friends would be busy on their own work. There weren't many opportunities this week for photos. I don't mind that though, It was a nice little break. This week I hope to do a lot more with my photos though, hopefully getting more adventures in and what not. Out of all the things that happened this week though, yesterday I really pushed myself for the first time. I pushed myself into a new social situation that I was extremely nervous about but after experiencing it, I realized how much fun it is. Meeting new people has always been a bit nerve wracking for me but I feel that this has helped me immensely. Good things are coming on the horizon.
I can't wait to see what this next week will bring!
Painting inspired by the scanner art, acrylic paint on canvas, approx A1. This goes with the squirrel conversation.
in these days its possible to feel too seen... that we are observed and recorded in too much detail... that this is there for others to infer and imply... in the guise of our own safety we are exposed like no other time whether by choice or chance decisions are made on those footprints left... accounting for a disembodiment of self that is necessarily abbreviated... strange times indeed.
Lições de outros animais, por Adair Philippsen*
“Os animais são melhores que nós!”
Ernesto Sabato
Pena que, dos demais seres do reino animal, só imitemos o sorriso da hiena, as lágrimas do crocodilo, os amigos da onça, a ferocidade do leão (do IR). Pena que só concebemos bodes expiatórios, vacas de presépio, ovelhas negras, abutres, parasitas, chatos, sanguessugas etc. Lamentável, pois as lições dos bichos são bem diversas.
Mantêm suas moradas, andam, voam e nadam libertos na natureza, sem a ficção do Estado constituído. Seus líderes não comandam por medidas provisórias. A convivência, até com os vegetais, não é regrada por textos legislativos. E nem eventuais litígios são dirimidos por tribunais. Movem-se em paz, sem moeda, e sem Executivo, Legislativo e Judiciário e o restante do aparato estatal de segurança (as gazelas perseguidas pelos guepardos que o digam), transporte (a colisão de borboletas no ar ou o excesso de carga das formigas passam ao largo de regulamentos), saúde (não dispõem de rede hospitalar e sequer têm acesso a drogas químicas), previdência (o abate do velho boi de canga é o exemplo clássico da falta de aposentadoria por tempo de serviço), turismo (a circulação de andorinhas de outras freguesias acontece sem vistos de entrada, passaportes, alfândegas). E funciona. E como funciona.
Os cães permanecem de guarda 24 horas sem lhes ocorrer exigir a redução da jornada de trabalho. As vaquinhas nas estrebarias jamais exigiram adicional de insalubridade (em contrapartida, já são acusadas – por nós é óbvio – de contribuir com seus gases para o aumento do efeito estufa). Os pássaros canoros não exigem cachês por seus concertos. As cigarras não entram em greve: recolhem-se. O tico-tico cria os filhos do chupim sem conceber a idéia de despejar os intrusos do ninho. O panda, sem cobrar direitos, não se opõe à livre circulação de sua imagem. O macho da viúva-negra, mesmo ciente de que servirá de pasto à aranha depois do amor, não procura analista e nem propõe separação à companheira. As gorilas não se submetem a cirurgia estética ou enxertos de silicone. As aves de rapina não se escondem por temor de ordem de prisão e contra elas não se tem notícia de instauração de CPI. Os herdeiros das cabras sacrificadas não visam à indenização sequer por dano moral. A zebra, desde sempre, contentou-se com o figurino listrado em preto e branco sem pensar em substituir a roupa, conquanto pareça que vai sair definitivamente de moda devido à ameaça de seu desaparecimento (por obra nossa, lógico).
Até em cativeiro, o comportamento dos bichos em nada lembra os humanos: está por acontecer o primeiro motim de ratos de laboratório ou de canários-belgas em gaiolas ou de hipopótamos em zoológicos ou ainda de peixes em aquário.
São ene as lições. O galo lidera o terreiro mesmo sem campanha, eleição, caixa 2, e nem por isso se faz totalitário. O joão-de-barro constrói a casa com a idéia fixa no encanto da amada e na sorte da prole e, se enganado, não impõe cárcere privado à la Lindembergs (des)humanos. E, ante a dor da perda de filhote por queda do ninho, o universo todo sabe que o infortúnio é obra do acaso sem a menor semelhança com o ímpeto bestial do pai que arremessa a filha pela janela do apartamento.
Talvez os exemplos comovam: fiquemos com o sabiá. É claro que nos deve sensibilizar o calvário dos animais sob risco de extinção (alarmantes 38% das espécies do planeta) e dos que são vítimas de maus-tratos (vide cavalos esquálidos atrelados a carroças, vira-latas arrastados pela cidade, pingüins encharcados de óleo lançado no mar, ursos-polares em agonia pelo degelo etc.). Mas nos fixemos nos solfejos do sabiá. É desnecessário compreender o canto: como lembra Rubem Alves, basta amá-lo. Pois, extasiados com sua melodia, quiçá notemos nela a mensagem de que não somos melhores que os outros animais só porque não aprendemos suas melhores lições. As lições dos selvagens...
*JUIZ DE DIREITO
fonte: zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/zerohora/jsp/default.jsp?uf=1&...
Observed on a cabin in Truckee California. The icy snow on the metal roof slips down slowly and curls under the eaves as the icicles are forming.
Photo generously contributed by John Larkin, San Francisco.
Banks observe physical distancing and require clients to wear a mask prior to entry to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. © ILO/Minette Rimando.
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Our July 2014 Holiday incl. DUB-LGW-DXB-BKK-DXB-LGW-DUB || Hilton London Gatwick x2|| Banyan Tree Bangkok || Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok || Novotel Suvarnabhumi Hotel BKK || Our fourth visit to Thailand, our third visit to Bangkok || From culture, architecture, food and drinks to hospitality and urban beauty, Bangkok is the City of Life || Highly recommended || JULY 2014
Secretaria de Planejamento realizou na última semana curso de capacitação com estudantes da UFMG, PUC Minas e UNI BH. Foto SMPL
Waterspout observed from NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN. Western Atlantic Ocean.
Photographer: Lt. Jeff Shoup, NOAA Corps.
Black Oystercatcher, Cal Poly Pier, Avila Beach, CA
Two adults and two chicks (hatched on July 21, 2021)
Two adults and two chicks at their new location (the large boulder fill below the road, across from the nest rock).
Food delivery to the same chick four times.
RECENT HISTORY
On August 7, 2021 only one chick was observed on top of the nest rock with adults. The second chick was on the lower shelf of the nest rock.
Flickr video:
On August 8, 2021 (a.m.) both chicks were on top of the nest rock with adult. Four feedings were observed.
Flickr video:
On August 8, 2021 Dave Lawrence observed the following in the p..m. :
"I saw the chick at the waterline shelf on Sunday, and saw it repeatedly try to get back to the top of the rock. Several times the parent would come down, lead it to a prominence, then fly up top; obviously the chick couldn’t do this…
Finally, the chick went into the water and swam about 4-5 to the right edge of the rock, scrambled up the right shoulder, and got back on top.
What happened next was even more perplexing. The wayward chick approached the second chick that had remained on top of the rock and was quietly roosting, and began a rather vicious squabble that included wing biting, wrestling and rolling, and chasing, all over the top of the rock. I assume only one chick was the constant aggressor. This went on for 30-45 minutes, and I left only because the light was failing—I don’t know how or when it ended.
One parent often stayed close, as if to watch and maybe intervene if somebody drew blood, but there was never any stopping or interference of the bout."
On August 9, 2021, again in the p.m. Dave Lawrence observed:
"I went down to the Avila rock tonight (Monday) for late sunset images—I’ve gone there maybe 6 or even more times. There were no BLOY on the rock, but rather, a BRPE, 3 Heerman’s Gulls, and a DCCO. I could hear adult BLOY calls, first distant and then closer. I eventually saw both parents on the large boulder fill from the road construction, near waterline, repeatedly calling. I finally saw 1 of the chicks. It would disappear among the boulders down there, and reappear—I can’t prove both are still there. But, they are off the nesting rock—only once did an adult go to the rock between 6:00 and 7:00pm. and then only briefly. If the chicks are seen on that nesting rock again they swam back out to it.
The chick I saw was trying to maneuver between the large rocks, but couldn’t cover much distance or jump over most obstacles with its undeveloped wings. Twice I saw the parent bring in food. The parents were both close by, sometimes sitting calmly on the boulders, often calling. Again, I don’t know if both chicks, or only one, remain.
Clearly this is not a safe place for the chick/s, and while there are many nooks for hiding, I don’t know what the rising tide will do tonight, or what predation they now face. Last weekend there were 2 fisherman and a dog down there."
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BIRDS OF THE WORLD:
Condition At Hatching: Mobile, heavily downy. Mass 32–36g.
Chicks can leave nest bowl within 1 d of hatching.
Growth And Development: Mass initially drops after hatching until chick begins feeding. By 72 h, chick walks and swims competently; after 5 d, begins to peck at potential food items Gains in mass are more rapid than lengthening of bill and tarsi. Maximum growth occurs between 14 and 21 d, when chicks can gain 9% of body mass/d
Brooding: Newly hatched chicks are brooded almost continuously during first 24–48 h, intermittently until 20–23 d. Chicks initially are brooded under body, later underwings. Both mates brood but mostly female (63–87%); parents of 2-chick broods occasionally brood together ). Brooding might occur throughout night. During nonfeeding periods, adult not brooding is usually nearby and alert.
Feeding: Chicks usually begin accepting food after 12–24 h old. One parent guards or broods chicks while other parent forages. Most provisioning of young chicks is done by male
Behavioral Response To Predators: Young chicks respond to parental Alarm Calls by hiding under rocks, lying flat against substrate, or running short distances to cover. At >21 d, chicks tend to run from terrestrial predators; fleeing chicks seldom venture into heavy vegetation. If habitat restricts movement, older chicks (>25 d) crouch alongside or under boulders. Chicks >25 d old occasionally swim and dive to escape predators; chicks can swim underwater, using wings, for short distances
Larger siblings interfere with food delivery to smaller siblings by reaching food-bearing parent first, chasing siblings enroute to parent, or stealing from them after they receive a food item
NESTING HISTORY:
Successful second nesting after first nest failed.
- The pair re-nested - per email from Jodi Isaacs, dated 6/30/21.
- Two chicks were observed on 7/21/21 per email from Jodi Isaacs.
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Black Oystercatcher 2021 nesting history:
- On June 1, 2021 two eggs were observed in the scrape nest on the nest rock during an incubation change.
Flickr video:
- On June 6, 2021 the eggs and the pair were gone from the nest rock and the pair was observed on the flat low rock below the paved parking lot at the Cal Poly Pier.
Flickr video of empty nest June 6, 2021: