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The ample mantle covers the whole body. Rhinophore (1) and gills (2) tinted yellowish. Length 8 mm. Menai Strait, Wales. April 2011.
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Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Current taxonomy: World Register of Marine Species www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140640
Synonyms: Doris muricata O. F. Müller, 1776; Doris aspera Alder & Hancock, 1842; Doris diaphana Alder & Hancock, 1845; Lamellidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776); Onchidoris aspera (Alder & Hancock, 1842).
Meaning of name: Onchi = tuberculate, doris = name of a sea nymph, muricata = pointed.
GLOSSARY BELOW
Description
O. muricata grows up to 14 mm long. The ample mantle covers the whole body fig. 1 flic.kr/p/2n8AvCM . It is usually white or whitish in southern Britain, but can be yellow, especially in northern Scotland fig. 2 flic.kr/p/2n8ACct . Usually there is no surface pigment, only rarely it has brown freckles (Thompson & Brown, 1984). When well lit, the translucent mantle may show yellow and/or brown viscera and glass-like spicules embedded in the mantle and tubercles fig. 3 flic.kr/p/2n8DLgY . The spicules in the tubercles resemble the segment divisions of a peeled orange fig. 4 flic.kr/p/2n8DLey . The tubercles are club-shaped with flat fig. 4 flic.kr/p/2n8DLey or broadly rounded fig. 5 flic.kr/p/2n8Cg9q tops. The spacing of the abundant tubercles varies with the extension of the mantle; when it is contracted the tubercle-heads are very close to each other. Only the smallest tubercles on the mantle edge sometimes have pointed tops fig. 4 flic.kr/p/2n8DLey . Juveniles about 2 mm long have nearly cylindrical tubercles before they develop club-heads fig. 6 flic.kr/p/2n8DLd1 .
The rhinophores have a truncated apex which hardly protrudes beyond the uppermost lamella fig. 7 flic.kr/p/2n8DLd6 . On a 14 mm long animal, there are up to twelve oblique lamellae and, on 8 mm specimens, about ten lamellae. The basal third is smooth and nearly transparent. There is no sheath or rim around the basal pit. The lamellae are translucent white, often slightly tinted yellowish fig. 1 flic.kr/p/2n8AvCM or, on yellow specimens, a more saturated yellow than the mantle fig. 2 flic.kr/p/2n8ACct .
There are up to eleven short, transparent gills, coloured as the mantle or faintly tinted yellowish fig. 1 flic.kr/p/2n8AvCM , in a circle around the anus, with a gap at the rear fig. 8 flic.kr/p/2n8B24s . The posterior gills barely show above the tubercles fig. 5 flic.kr/p/2n8Cg9q .
The visible head consists of a large, curved, yellow- stained, oral veil with a wavy edge and an opening leading to the mouth fig. 9 flic.kr/p/2n8DL9D .
The foot is usually completely concealed dorsally by the mantle, but the posterior tip may sometimes protrude. The anterior of the expanded foot varies from truncated fig. 10 flic.kr/p/2n8AC2d to smoothly rounded fig. 11 flic.kr/p/2n8Cg3t . The translucent sole contains sparse spicules fig. 10 flic.kr/p/2n8AC2d . It is coloured as the mantle and may show opaque white viscera, the tapered, brown digestive gland and yellow ovotestis fig. 11 flic.kr/p/2n8Cg3t .
Key identification features
O. muricata
1) Club-shape tubercles on the mantle have flat or broadly rounded tops fig. 4 flic.kr/p/2n8DLey , only a few small ones at the mantle edge have a narrow apex.
2) Maximum length in wild is usually 14 mm.
3) Usual maximum of lamellae on rhinophore is 12.
4) Usually white or whitish in southern Britain, and yellowish further north, but can vary.
Similar species
Adalaria proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
1) Club-shape and torpedo-shape tubercles on the mantle have a narrow rounded apex fig. 12 flic.kr/p/2n8DL8g .
2) Maximum length usually 17 mm.
3) Usual maximum of lamellae on rhinophore is 19.
4) Usually yellow in southern Britain, whitish further north, but can vary.
Habits and ecology
O. muricata lives on the lower shore and sublittorally to about 200 m. It feeds on a wide variety of Bryozoa, including Electra pilosa (often on Fucus serratus), Membranipora membranacea (often on Laminaria) and Securiflustra securifrons (sublittoral). It is a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Its spawn is a transparent ribbon containing white ova about six abreast. It is attached by one edge to rock or seaweed near its bryozoan prey in a small spiral of half to three turns. The ribbon is usually inclined from the vertical fig. 13 flic.kr/p/2n8ABYc and may fall flat. It is laid from January to May in North Wales. Adults die after spawning so are inconspicuous until the next generation grows. Further north, breeding is later. The ova hatch as planktonic veliger larvae before transforming later into adult form.
Distribution and status
O. muricata occurs from Iceland and Spitzbergen to the Atlantic coast of France and eastern USA. There are also records from the Pacific coast of America. GBIF map www.gbif.org/species/5190123 . It is common and widespread round Britain and Ireland on hard substrate, NBN UK map species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0021056247
Acknowledgements
I thank Paul Brazier and Lucy Kay for specimens and, for use of an image, Alan Rowat.
References and links
Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1845-1855. A monograph of the British nudibranchiate mollusca. London, Ray Society.
Fam. 1 Pl. 10 as Doris diaphana at www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131598#page/128/mode/1up
and Fam. 1 Pl. 9 figs. 1 – 9 as Doris aspera at www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131598#page/122/mode/1up
Thompson, T.E. & Brown, G.H. 1984. Biology of opisthobranch molluscs 2. London, Ray Society.
Glossary
digestive gland = large organ in gastropods which acts like the liver and pancreas in mammals to absorb food.
dorid = a sea slug in the infraorder Doridoidei; with gills and rhinophores on the dorsum; often shaped like half a lemon or grape.
hermaphrodite, simultaneous = individual acts as both male and female at the same time with similar partner(s).
lamellae = (of sea slugs) small plates on rhinophores or leaflets of gill.
mantle = (of nudibranchs) sheet of tissue forming part or all of notum (dorsal body surface).
oral veil = anterior extension of head into a flat sheet.
ovotestis = (pl. ovotestes) hermaphrodite organ serving as both ovary and testis.
rhinophore = chemo-receptor tentacle; many sea slugs have a pair on top of the head.
spicule = (in dorid seaslugs) small, slender, sharp-pointed feature mainly composed of calcite, CaCO3, and brucite, Mg(OH)2 .
veliger = shelled larva of marine gastropod or bivalve mollusc which moves by action of cilia on a velum (bilobed flap). Stage may be passed in plankton or within liquid-filled egg-capsule.
This photo was taken following the explanations given by an English photography magazine and a fellow member of my camera club. A sheet of grease paper was stick against a window, then the tulip was inserted through a tiny hole at the bottom (visible on this shot). Then the tulip was over-exposed by 1 or 2 EV to ged rid-of the paper.
Portrait d'une tulipe prise suivant les conseils d'un magasine de photo anglais. Une feuille de papier calque a ete scotchee contre une vitre, une tulipe a ete inseree dans la feuille de papier ( entaille visible au bas). Une sur-exposition a permis d'eliminer le fond : un mini -studio a porte de mains.
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happy thanksgiving to all my USA bound flickr lovelies out there! i hope you enjoyed a little feast <3
today has been a busy of day of cooking and cleaning and looking after a sick little pup...i woke up far too early and picked up the newspaper so we could browse the ads but nothing caught my eye really...i mostly spent all day preparing food from 10am until 4:30pm...the turkey induced coma, however, as worth it...
the little pup that arrived yesterday is doing better...he's stronger and has quite the appetite and is drinking plenty of water...his stomach doesn't seem all that happy though so i'm taking him out to the yard every 30 minutes or so...of course with those big eyes blinking at me, how could lack of sleep concern me?
i bathed him again and i don't see any fleas and i brushed him...he doesn't seem to be scratching much anymore...he's still a skinny little thing and has earned nicknames from my dad such as Lazarus because he looks like he was risen from the dead...my personal favorite is X-Ray because of how incredibly skinny the little guy is...so far, i'm smitten and i've been calling him Dasher or Dash because he looks like a little reindeer...i called a few lost ads but none seemed like him so Monday i'll be calling shelters and seeing if anyone has reported him missing...if his original owners don't find him, i admit i'll try and keep him...i've been wanting a lap dog for a while now...i love Tanda and Chico but they prefer being outside and Ya-Ya and Ki'Nicky love my mum far too much to be away from her and Scully...well...she's a cat :D she's not into cuddling...
so for now, little Dasher is in the carrier sound asleep, i'm full of turkey and cherry pie and unable to sleep so i'll be up and down and in and out all night...still, this has been a beautiful day...
as for my photo, i was so tired i decided just to share an old photo of myself, i was about 9 i think...wearing pigtails and a leopard print top :D
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El chorlitejo chico (Charadrius dubius) es una especie de ave Charadriiforme de la familia Charadriidae propia de Europa y Asia Menor que inverna en África.
Descripción
Presenta longitud máxima de 15 cm y una envergadura de 34 a 36 cm. El plumaje de las alas y el dorso es pardogrisáceo, con el vientre blanco y el cuello negro o pardo oscuro. La frente es blanca y presenta una máscara negra alrededor de los ojos. Alrededor del ojo muestra un anillo amarillo a diferencia del chorlitejo grande que no lo presenta. Las patas son encarnadas y los dedos de los pies palmeados.
Hábitat
Habita en áreas cercanas a cuerpos de agua estancada, formando su nido en el suelo en terrenos arenosos o de grava, con escasa vegetación. Son insectívoros. En época de cría se encuentra en próxima a aguas dulces, como ríos y lagos con presencia de guijarros. Durante el invierno prefiere los arenales de las playas.
Distribución
Europa y del Asia Menor. Es un ave migratoria, que inverna en África, formando grandes bandadas cuando se desplaza.
Subespecies
Se conocen tres subespecies de chorlitejo chico:1
Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin, 1789
Charadrius dubius dubius Scopoli, 1786
Charadrius dubius jerdoni (Legge, 1880)
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Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Entre las algas libres y numerosas que como las diatomeas crecen en la fuente de Arbolí también se encuentran otras ancladas y filamentosas como en finos hilos de seda verde que se mueven ondulando con la corriente. Son filamentos del alga Zygnema.
Zygnema es alga relativamente común que habita casi en cualquier lugar en el que el agua dulce está remansada o se mueva en suave corriente. Su principal característica es la presencia de dos cloroplastos de contornos estrellado en cada una de las células y entre los cuales se dispone el núcleo que les da la vida.
Zygnema es prima de Spirogyra y de Mougeotia un alga del grupo de las “conjugadas” en las que la reproducción sexual se produce cuando las células de dos filamentos paralelos se unen, una a una, construyendo así una escalera en la que dos a dos se funden los núcleos y cloroplastos para formar unas esporas de resistencia que pueden sobrevivir en muy duras condiciones para germinar finalmente cuando éstas se vuelven favorables.
Los filamentos de Zygnema se agrupan formando enmarañadas y suaves selvas , entre las que viven gran cantidad de organismos que encuentran en ellas o entre ellas su alimento.
Para poder determinar cada una de las numerosas especies de este género de algas filamentosas es preciso conocer la morfología de las esporas de resistencia, las zigosporas, que hasta dentro de unos meses no se formarán.
La fotografía se ha tomado a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia y procede, como las de días anteriores, del agua recogida por África en la bonita fuente de Arbolí en Tarragona ¡¡ Gracias, África !!
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Format: Fotopositiv / Carte de visite
Dato / Date: ca. 1865
Fotograf / Photographer Lars Larsen Bakke (f. 21.12.1829)
Sted / Place: Namsos (Fotografens atelier)
Oppdatert / Update: 06.09.2017 [Lenke til Wikipedia]
Wikipedia: Niels Alstrup (1820-1906)
Geni.com: Niels Alstrup (1820-1906)
Eier / Owner Institution: Trondheim byarkiv, The Municipal Archives of Trondheim
Arkivreferanse / Archive reference: Tor.H43.B82.SC023
Merknad:
Påskrift forside: "N. Alstrup. 1820 - 1906". Påskrift bakside: "i Namsos i 1865".
Fra en samling bilder donert Trondheim byarkiv av Sigdis H. H. Charbellet 2017. Bildene har tilhørt Sogneprest i Nærøy fram til 1889 Knud Thorkelsen og hustru Elen Christine Kopsland som bodde på prestegården i Kolvereid.
Niels Alstrup, f. 1820 i Sogn, kand. teol. 1849, lærer i Bergen og famulus hos biskoppen, derefter klokker ved tugthuset i Kristiania. I 1865 utnævnt til sogneprest til Namsos nye sognekald, og i 1872 til sogneprest til Snaasen. Tok avsked i 1877 og bodde mange aar i Kjøbenhavn. Høsten 1892 flyttet han tilbake til Norge og bodde siden i Bærum, med undtagelse av ca. 1 aar, saavidt vites i 1902, da han bodde i Holmestrand. Han døde ved Lysaker efter længere tids sykelighet 18. Septbr. 1906.
Kilde: O. S. Aavatsmark: Namsos - Byens anlæg og utvikling (Kristiania 1914) s. 266-267 - urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015021108092
Om fotografen:
Lars Larsen Bakke (f. 21.12.1829 i Norderhov), sønn av husmann Lars Johannessen Almeie i Norderhov, Buskerud. Aktiv fotograf i Trondhjem / Namsos ca. 1865-1873.
I 1865 bodde fotograf Lars Bakke på Reperbanen i Trondhjem, men det ser ut til at hans virkeområde i hovedsak var i traktene rundt Namsos, Nord-Trøndelag. Han var opprinnelig fra Norderhov i Buskerud og har hatt flere ekteskap og en del barn utenfor ekteskap, se kilder nedenfor.
Kilder:
Preus Museum: Register over norske fotografer - www.nb.no/pm/
Digitalarkivet: Folketellinger og kirkebøker - www.digitalarkivet.no/
1829: Lars Johannessen, Husmann fra Alm-Eie, 30 år, død 05.07.1829, gravlagt 12.07.1829, Norderhov, Buskerud - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8528/42046/76
1829: Lars, f. 21.12.1829, sønn av avdød husmann Lars Johannessen Alme Eiet og enke Mari Olsdatter, døpt 24.01.1830, Norderhov, Buskerud - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8530/84912/91
1865: Lars Bakke, ugift fotograf, Folketelling Trondhjem, Reperbanen: www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01038310012837
1865: Enkemann Lars Larsen Bakke, Trondhjem og pige Gerhardine Mathilde Hansdatter Reiten, begges første leiermål, uektefødt sønn Wilhelm Ferdinand Waldemar, Namsos - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/2513/16247/2
1870: Enkemann, fotograf Lars Bakke, Trondhjem og pige Marianne Andreasdatter Statland (27 år), uektefødt datter Lovise Mathilde f. 10.02.1870, Fosnes, Otterøy sogn - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/6804/35805/4
1870: Ugift fotograf Lars Bakke f. 1829 og pige Pauline Madsdtr. Skage f. 1845, hennes første leiermål, uektefødt sønn Andreas f. 07.03.1870, døpt 01.05.1870, Overhalla - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/6611/34311/16
1871: Fotograf, fraskilt ektemann Lars Larsen Bakke f. 21.12.1829 i Norderhov, bosted Namsos, gift 24.08.1871 m. jomfru Sofie Caroline Hansen f. 29.10.1848, Namsos - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/2513/16254/19
1871: Fotograf Lars Bakke (43) og hustru Sofie Bakke f. Hansen (23), Namsos, gift 1871, ektefødt sønn Oscar Berner f. 02.10.1871, døpt 19.11.1871, Namsos - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/2513/16247/78
1873: Fotograf Lars Bakke (f. 1829) og kone Sofie Hanssen (f. 1847), ektefødt datter Lydie Signye f. 31.05.1873, døpt 06.07.1873, Namsos - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/2513/16247/95
1892: Pige Lovise Mathilde Bakke, Statland f. 10.02.1870, emigrerte til Amerika, Fosnes, Otterøy sogn - media.digitalarkivet.no/view/3802/196
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Both light and shadow
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Love has no cause,
it is the astrolable of
God's secrets.
Lover and loving
are insepreable
and timeless.
Although i may try
to describe love,
when i experiance it,
i am speechless.
Although i may try to
write about love, i am
rendered helpless.
My pen breaks,and the
paper slips away
at the ineffable place
where lover loving and
loved are one.
Every moment is made
glorious by the
light of Love.
By Sufi Saint : Jalaludin Rumi.
Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky
All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why
Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes
Well I've been blind all these wasted years and I thought I was so wise
But then you took me by surprise
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love broke through
All my life I've been searching for that crazy missing part
And with one touch, you just rolled away the stone that held my heart
And now I see that the answer was as easy, as just asking you in
And I am so sure I could never doubt your gentle touch again
It's like the power of the wind
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love, until your love, broke through.
- Keith Green
Perhaps the most striking and spectacular impression of Stone Town for its first time visitor is the magnificent wooden doors serving as prosperous entrances to the grand buildings.
The doors have become more or less synonym with the Swahili culture where they mainly are found in East Africa, Lamu and Mombasa (Kenya) and in Zanzibar. The doors in Zanzibar outnumber the doors, both in number and in grandness, found elsewhere along the coast, and thus being named ‘Zanzibar doors’. An inventory done in the 1980ies reported around 800 doors. Unfortunately has the number decreased, not only due to the diminishing of several houses, but also due to theft following the increased attention from international collectors.
The doors are manifestations in excellent craftsmanship, both technically and artistically. The oldest doors are often made out of Burma (Indian) teak, shipped all the way from Asia across the Indian Ocean. The shutters are made in one impressive piece and not mended together as is the case on newer doors. The Burma teak does no longer exist and the alternative has been the East African teak. Even this wood has become rare and difficult to find, often demanding a very high price.
The wealthy traders and house owners appointed skilled carvers brought in from India for the delicate job of arranging the entrance ornament. Their creativity is continuously at display.
In principal there are two types of doors found in Stone Town. The Indian doors, or Gujarati doors, with square shutters and made into smaller sections so that the door can fold together. These doors are to be seen along the busy bazaar streets where the Indian businessmen lived. The second type is called ‘Arab doors’, these doors are often found with an inscription in Arabic – most likely a phrase from the Holy Quraan – on the top frieze, and richly decorated around the frame. The older doors were all square at top. The semi-circular frames were introduced later, but are still referred to as ‘Arab doors’.
The custom of putting brass knobs on the shutters comes from India, where the knobs were said to prevent elephants from crushing the doors. Since there have been no violent elephants in Zanzibar the brass knobs were simply but there as a decoration and to show the wealth of its owner.
By looking at the lower part of the side posts and rough estimate can be done of the age of the door. The oldest doors have a symbol resembling of a fish. The fish gradually transformed into a shape of a pineapple and thus if the carving shows a clear and distinct pineapple the doors is of a younger generation. Another symbol that became part of the decoration was the chain-like row at the very outside of the whole door. The chain was said to protect the entrance from evil spirits.
(source: Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society)
Thursday's retread for the Monday Photo Challenges and Thursday Retreads group.
The Angel of the Sea was built around 1850 as a "summer cottage" for William Weightman, Sr., a Philadelphia chemist who, as managing partner of Powers & Weightman, introduced quinine to the United States as an anti-malarial drug. Built as a single structure, the house originally stood on the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets where the Cape May Post Office now stands.
In 1881, Mr. Weightman decided that an ocean view from the broad porches of his "cottage" would be appreciated by family, friends and guests. To accomplish this goal, he hired a number of local farmers to move the house to a piece of property on the corner of Ocean and Beach Avenues, near where the Marquis de Lafayette now stands.
The farmers discovered the house was too large to move as one unit. Not wanting to lose the winter work, they decided to cut the house in half, move it in sections and then reconnect it after the move. Their task took all winter long, pulling the sections on rolling tree trunks with mule and horse power! Unfortunately, after both halves of the house were moved to the new location, the farmers discovered that, although their mules and horses were quite adequate for "pulling" the house, they proved totally ineffective in "pushing" it back together.
Summer was close upon them, and Mr. Weightman would soon be returning to Cape May. The farmers enclosed the sides where the cut had been made, renovated as best they could and hurried back to their farming chores. The results of their efforts are the two buildings as they stand today.
The house remained in the Weightman family until Mr. Weightman's death in 1905. During the next 50 or so years the Weightman Cottage, as it was called, was used as a hotel, guest house and, during one period, a restaurant.
In 1962 a powerful Nor'easter ripped through New Jersey and devastated the city of Cape May. Referred to by many as the Storm of the Century, it destroyed much of the town including Convention Hall and the boardwalk. Miraculously the Angel survived, but not without considerable damage. The massive rebuilding that followed the storm cleanup called for the two houses to be torn down to make room for a parking lot. They were saved from this fate when they were purchased by the Reverend Carl McIntire and moved (this time on flatbed trucks) to their present location on Trenton Avenue. From 1962 to 1981, the houses were used as a dormitory for students from Shelton College and to board employees from several nearby inns. During this time they received very little maintenance and in 1981 they were declared uninhabitable. Virtually unwanted, this once magnificent structure was left abandoned to vandals and the elements until December of 1988.
About that time, John Girton, a builder and developer, and his wife Barbara crawled through a window to check out the soundness of the buildings. Although all of the windows were broken out, walls had collapsed and many of the porches and stairways had rotted, it appeared the houses could be saved! Based on what they found, the Girtons purchased the property and began renovations in January, 1989. Time was money and John Girton led his crews seven days a week around the clock to put the Angel back together. At times, as many as 75 people were working on the site during a 24 hour period. At the end of one shift, one painting crew would get off the scaffolding and another would get on it.
A trailer set up in the backyard housed a fully functional cabinet-making shop. There artisans and carpenters would find bits and pieces of the original building and piece them together. They then recreated on-site all the gingerbread detail, wall brackets and windows, copying the original designs they found. The first of the two buildings opened in July of 1989, only six short months after renovations had begun! One year later, the most complete Victorian restoration in New Jersey was completed. The total project cost approximately $3.5 million and was done with over 103,000 man hours of labor.
After its first two successful seasons as a bed and breakfast, the Angel of the Sea was acknowledged as one of the Top Ten B & Bs in the United States by two national bed and breakfast organizations. It also won the Historic Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC for renovation to historic specifications.
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If you know me, you know I like to vary my uploads a lot, so I'll probably be uploading my 40D photos until the end of the year. Here's one from a few weeks ago, when autumn was in full bloom, so to speak. Not a lot of leaves left now. Enter the grey season... I hope the snow will come soon. Anyway, this is from one of my favourite places, a nature reserve not far from my city, where I recently discovered a new area. I hope this image portrays the pastoral and forest sense of the place. Both pines and leaves... the strong red colour is from Rowan berries.
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I have taken a job in Ridgway, Co. which is located 15 miles from Telluride. My longtime friend and coworker has been working in the Durango area for the past year. He has been wanting me to come, and I have finally given in. I took this time-laps shot off of his deck looking back into Telluride. Mountain village is located just up in the middle right. Tom Cruise, and other "Celebs" have houses up there. Some may recognize the valley from the many music fests, although some may have been there several times, and never remember it! :)
This is 50 minutes of 30 second exposures blended with Startrails.exe i then blended 7 exposures for foreground. I tried several different views of the only road into Telluride, with cars, with out, and decided i liked best only one car heading into town. It is amazing how many cars where out at that time of night! :)
Here is a little history, for any who cares, thanks to Wikipedia: John Fallon made the first claim in Marshal Basin above Telluride in 1875 and early settlement of Telluride followed. The town itself was founded in 1878. Telluride was originally named "Columbia," but due to confusion with Columbia, California, the name was changed by the post office in 1887. The town was named after the chemical element tellurium, which was never actually found in the mountains of Telluride. Tellurium is a metalloid element sometimes associated with deposits of gold and silver. An alternate theory for the naming of Telluride is that it is a contraction of "to hell you ride". Telluride's mines were rich in zinc, lead, copper, silver, and, of course, gold.
Telluride began slowly because of its isolated location. In 1881 a toll road was opened by Otto Mears which allowed wagons to go where only pack mules could go before. This increased the number of people in Telluride, but it was still expensive to get gold-rich ore out of the valley. In 1890 the railroad reached town, which brought in more mines and brought out more ore.
More photographs of Newquay, can be viewed by visiting my photography website - Beautiful England
Newquay, on Cornwall’s North Atlantic Coast, is a popular seaside town, with some of Cornwall’s best sandy beaches. It is a major tourist destination of approximately 20,000 residents, but in the peak of the summer, this can increase to 100,000. It is a lively town with a thriving nightlife of traditional pubs, nightclubs and beachside cafes. Many venues offer live music. Obviously, the entertainment facilities attract young people to the town and it is a popular destination for celebrating, following examination results and for stag and hen nights.
Newquay can rightly be regarded as the leading surf centre in the United Kingdom. Fistral Beach is probably Britain’s best known surfing beach, but there are eight other long and accessible sandy beaches in Newquay. The good surfing facilities have made Newquay the centre of the surf industry in Britain, with many surf stores, board manufacturers and hire shops based here. The brand, “Fat Willy’s” was founded here.
Fistral Beach has been hosting international surfing competitions for over twenty years, including the Rip Curl Boardmasters Tournament, which is now known as the Relentless Boardmasters Festival. A music festival takes place at Watergate Bay. Towan Beach, Great Western Beach and Tolcarne Beach, also provide excellent surfing facilities and are close to the town. Tolcarne Beach is a sheltered bay, with soft golden sand and ideal waves for boogie boarders and surfing beginners. It is home to the award-winning Venus Café, which provides all day meals and has an “all-weather” deck.
Newquay has good communications, accessible by road, rail and unusually has its own international airport, handling both scheduled and chartered flights. Lufthansa, Bmibaby, Flybe and Skybus, all have scheduled services to Newquay (NQY) and now Newquay Cornwall Airport offers more than twenty routes. As for so many towns, the railway brought tourism and expansion. The railway was originally built as a mineral line in the 1840s to link with the harbour, but it could not cope with the volume of china clay and tin it needed to carry. On 20th June, 1876, a passenger service was opened and the town quickly developed as a holiday resort. Several major hotels were built at the end of the 19th century, including the Victoria, the Atlantic and the Headland. In the 1930s, growth spread eastwards towards the railway station. The houses along Narrowcliff were converted into hotels. In July and August, Newquay has daily intercity services to Paddington Station in London.
Newquay has few really old buildings. There is no mention of a settlement here in the Domesday Book.
The first signs of any settlement in the Newquay area are on Porth Island, Trevelgue Head. A small fishing village grew up, sheltered by the headland around what is now the location of the Harbour. It is not known when this was first established, but by 1439, the inhabitants applied to the Bishop of Exeter, to build a “New Quay”, hence its current name. Until then the village was called, “Towan Blystra”, in Cornish meaning, “blown sand dune”. The current harbour was constructed in 1832. Until the early 20th century, the port was famous for pilchards and the town’s insignia is two pilchards. In 1856, the pilchard industry was on a considerable scale. Above the harbour is a “Huer’s Hut”, from which a look-out would shout to warn the fishing fleet in the village that he had seen shoals of pilchards approaching. Stocks of pilchards are now limited, so only a small number of boats catch crabs and lobsters.
Mike Soroka (MIT Sea Grant robotics page, Squarespace portfolio, Artisan's Asylum site search (he teaches “Hot Glass Tool Training” classes, etc) , demonstrating hot glasswork to visitors.
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Quoting from the Artisan's Asylum First Winter Open Studios! Facebook event page:
Yes, Artisan’s Asylum is holding its first Winter Open Studios on Saturday December 1st, from noon to 5PM. It’s FREE, open to the public, and families are welcome; so come join the fun, and tell your friends that this is a chance to see what everyone's talking about.
More than twenty makers, crafters, jewelers, engineers and artists will participate. Tour group workshops and individual studios, observe demonstrations, purchase unique artworks and talk to who made them. Enjoy dragons, robots, collages, and interactive computer-generated music installations. Watch welders and glassworkers first-hand, and see jewelry being made on a 3D printer.
Artisan’s Asylum is now one of the largest collaborative maker/art/hacker spaces in the USA, with robust shop facilities for making almost anything you can dream up. Classes range over media including woodworking, metalworking, electronics, robotics, silk-screening and more. You can even sign up for one when you visit this event.
For more information, visit Artisan's Asylum's website, as well as on Facebook and Twitter. And there is also, of course, a Flickr account and Flickr group.
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I also have other photos of Artisan's Asylum, many related to SYBS: Somerville Youth Build and Sail, a project where we are building Optimist sailboats with our kids, and they will in turn learn to sail in them on the Mystic River.
Another way to view group photos: vnoss.net/g/
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Cryptomonas cabalga a medio camino entre las algas y los protozoos, como tantos otros organismos verdes de una sola célula que no entienden de las clasificaciones y van por libre, por el camino que el azar y la Naturaleza han ido construyendo con el lento paso del tiempo.
No se ha detenido ni un instante en su nadar rápido y sinuoso, con ascensos y descensos virajes y saltos. Por fin, después de muchos intentos, hemos podido retener en una fracción de segundo un instante de la vida de este flagelado de los fondos poco profundos que es Cryptomonas.
Cryptomonas tiene el cuerpo oval, rígido, de contorno algo irregular y su ápice está truncado y abierto en una hendidura, la citofaringe, en la que se insertan dos flagelos de desigual longitud y de estructura compleja. A ambos lados de esta hendidura llama la atención una formación perfectamente ordenada en varias hileras de botones verdes, son pequeños órganos explosivos, extrusomas, liberan de manera violenta su contenido haciendo que el flagelado deje de remar y se impulse a reacción.
El interior de Cryptomonas está ocupado por dos grandes cloroplastos laterales, hoy verdes, y camuflados por numerosos gránulos cargados de azúcares de reserva, pero pueden ir recorriendo el arcoíris, del azul hasta el rojo, en función de los pigmentos que se carguen en ellos.
La mancha rojiza de nuestra Cryptomonas recuerda a las manchas oculares de las Euglenas y posiblemente corresponda a un órgano de función desconocida, los -óvalos o corpúsculos de Maupas-
Vive en los fondos no muy profundos incluso debajo del hielo, donde es frecuente que florezca en invierno, nada infatigablemente en una huida sin fin, el invierno hace que los recursos en el agua se vuelvan escasos y Cryptomonas es un preciado bocado de las pequeñas larvas y peces que tienen que hacer frente a la estación fría. La especie de hoy recuerda mucho a Cryptomonas platyuris y procede de las aguas limpias y frías de un pequeño río próximo a la población alistana de Samir de los Caños en Zamora y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Poblet, Tarragona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.
It was the royal pantheon of the kings of the Crown of Aragon since James I of Aragon.
This monastery was abandoned in 1835 and was restored during the 1940s.
This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus)
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, since 1991.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poblet_Monastery
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CASTELLANO
El Real Monasterio de Santa María de Poblet (en catalán: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet) es el prototipo de abadía cisterciense española. Localizado en la comarca de la Cuenca de Barberá, en el término municipal de Vimbodí i Poblet, en Tarragona (España), el primer cenobio fue impulsado y patrocinado por Ramón Berenguer IV, conde de Barcelona, quien lo entregó a los monjes bernardos de la abadía de Fontfroide en el año 1149.
Fue panteón real de la Corona de Aragón, desde finales del siglo XIV hasta la extinción de la casa real de Aragón en el siglo XV.
Enriquecido con distintas donaciones, alcanzó su máximo esplendor en el siglo XIV, y su total decadencia y abandono en 1835 como consecuencia de la desamortización de Mendizábal. En 1930 se inició su restauración, de forma que en 1935 pudo dedicarse nuevamente la iglesia al culto, y en 1940 retornaban a su abadía algunos monjes. No todos los espacios pueden visitarse, por ser dependencias en clausura utilizadas por los cistercienses que de nuevo ocupan el monasterio.
En 1991 fue declarado por la UNESCO Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Poblet, junto con Guadalupe, El Escorial, San Millán de Yuso y San Millán de Suso son los monasterios en España que gozan de este título.
La etimología del término Poblet deriva del latín populetum (alameda). El lugar fue siempre muy rico en vegetación y bosque de estos árboles (los álamos), lo que dio lugar a que en 1984 fuera declarado Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional, con 2.100 hectáreas y 50 fuentes naturales.
El monasterio de Poblet fue una fundación del conde de Barcelona Ramón Berenguer IV que alrededor del año 1150 donó las tierras de Populetum a la abadía francesa de Fontfroide (o Fontfreda) en el momento en que era abad Sancho I de Provenza. Fontfroide era filial de Claraval y estaba cerca de Narbona. Estas tierras que se ofrecieron son las situadas en la Conca de Barberá, en el término municipal de Vimbodí, cerca de Espluga de Francolí con las montañas de Prades como telón de fondo. El enclave tenía las condiciones recomendadas por el Císter para la fundación de un monasterio: podía estar aislado, con agua abundante y un extenso entorno para la agricultura.
Con la fundación de este monasterio sumaron cuatro las grandes abadías cistercienses: Claraval (en el valle de Absinthe (Francia), la Gran Selva (en Languedoc), Fontfreda (cerca de Narbona) y Poblet.
Armsad sõbrad, ilusat nädalavahetust!
Dear friends, wish You a happy weekend!
We're off to Salzburg for the weekend. See you next week - take care!
Semmering Railway, built over 41 km of high mountains berween 1848 and 1854, was declared by UNESCO a world cultural heritage 1998.
1848-1854 mägedesse rajatud Semmeringi raudtee võeti 1998. aastal UNESCO maailma kultuurimälestiste nimekirja.
From www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=ELKS_CLUB
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868. The Elks, then called the "Jolly Corks," was established as a private club to escape New York City laws governing the opening hours of public taverns. (1)
Early members were mostly from theatrical performing troupes in New York City. The organization has become a major American fraternal, charitable, and service order with more than a million members, both men and women, throughout the United States. (2)
After the death of a member left his wife and children without income, the club took up additional service roles, rituals, and a new name. Desiring to adopt "a readily identifiable creature of stature, indigenous to America", fifteen members voted 8-7 to favor the elk above the buffalo. (3)
Membership was opened to AFRICAN AMERICANS in the 1970s and women in the mid-1990s. Current members are required to be U.S. citizens over the age of 21 and believe in God. (4)
The national headquarters, known as the Grand Lodge, is located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Local Elks Lodges, known as subordinate lodges, are located in about 2,100 cities and towns across the United States and its territories. (5)
The local Elks lodges are known by their lodge number and the name of the city in which they are located. The first Lodge, located in New York City, is Lodge 1, while the Lodge in Dubuque, Iowa is Lodge 297. When a Lodge is closed, its number is retired. If re-instituted at a later time, the city name and lodge number can be reinstated by the Grand Lodge.(6)
Established in 1895, the first meetings of the the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge #297 were held in the Knights of Pythias Hall. The first regular lodge quarters were in the BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING at 909 Main Street. They were moved to 947 Main Street, and then to the Slattery
In 1914-1915, the Elks built a new lodge at the corner of 7th Street and Locust. Located across the street from the Roshek Building later CYCARE PLAZA, the structure cost $120,000. A brilliantly colored glass dome, donated by Anthony F.HEEB in 1914, rose over the Lodge Room and depicted the planets as they were when Dubuque Lodge 287 was formed. Four stained glass windows represented Charity, Brotherly Love, Justice and Fidelity. The door knobs were gold-plated and each featured an elk head and painted clock registering 11 hours--related to the ritual of the organization. In addition to dances, the arena featured wrestling matches including those of local favorite Ken FENELON. (8)
It was torn down in 1975. In 2008 the site was the location of the DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART. (9)
The local group that began with thirty charter members had grown in 1970 to 950. The organization was known locally for its annual Christmas basket program for needy families, sponsorship of a Girl Scout troop, and the donation of playground equipment to the City. (9)
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Over 15 years ago I visited San Antonio and toured the famous building, The Alamo. I took this photo outside the building with my old film camera, and today I scanned it and enhanced it in PhotoShop, applying the a sepia tone and the Redfield "Fractalius" filter.
THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO:
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) is the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution. After a revolutionary army of Texian settlers and adventurers from the United States drove all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas, Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led an invasion to regain control of the area. Mexican forces arrived in San Antonio de Bexar on February 23 and initiated a siege of the Texian forces garrisoned at the Alamo Mission.
In the early morning hours of March 6 the Mexican army launched an assault on the Alamo. The outnumbered Texians repulsed two attacks, but were unable to fend off a third. As Mexican soldiers scaled the walls, most of the Texian soldiers retreated into the long barracks or the chapel. Several small groups who were unable to reach these points attempted to escape and were killed outside the walls by the waiting Mexican cavalry. The Mexican soldiers fought room-to-room and soon had control over the Alamo.
Between five and seven Texians may have surrendered; if so, they were quickly executed on Santa Anna's orders. Most eyewitness accounts reported between 182 and 257 Texian dead, while most Alamo historians agree that 400–600 Mexicans were killed or wounded. Of the Texians who fought during the battle, only two survived: Joe, spared because he was a slave, and Brigido Guerrero, a Mexican Army deserter who convinced Mexican soldiers he had been imprisoned. Women and children, primarily family members of the Texian soldiers, were questioned by Santa Anna and then released.
On Santa Anna's orders, three of the survivors were sent to Gonzales to spread word of the Texian defeat. After hearing this news, Texian army commander Sam Houston ordered a retreat; this sparked the Runaway Scrape, a mass exodus of citizens and the Texas government towards the east (away from the Mexican army). News of the Alamo's fall prompted many Texas colonists to join Houston's army. On the afternoon of April 21 the Texian army attacked Santa Anna's forces in the Battle of San Jacinto. During the battle many Texians shouted "Remember the Alamo!" Santa Anna was captured and forced to order his troops out of Texas, ending Mexican control of the area, which subsequently became the Republic of Texas.
By March 24 a list of names of the Texians who died at the Alamo had begun to be compiled. The first history of the battle was published in 1843, but serious study of the battle did not begin until after the 1931 publication of Amelia W. Williams's dissertation attempting to identify all of the Texians who died at the Alamo. The first full-length, non-fiction book covering the battle was published in 1948. The battle was first depicted in film in the 1911 silent film The Immortal Alamo, and has since been featured in numerous movies, including one directed by John Wayne. The Alamo church building has been designated an official Texas state shrine, with the Daughters of the Republic of Texas acting as permanent caretakers.
Source: Wikipedia
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Her looks reminded me of 'Delivering Milo', and hence the title, though the confusion and thought process might be different between the kids.
p.s. I am lagging behind some comments and my contact's uploads, would be back!
This one was begging for some attention!
INFORMATION ON CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS:
A sea lion is one of many marine mammals of the family Otariidae. Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae or flaps, long front flippers, and the ability to walk on four flippers on land. They are generally found in shallow waters of coastal areas of both northern and southern hemispheres, with abundant food sources.
Sea lions of many species have seen a severe and rapid decrease in numbers in recent years. Many factors including overfishing of prey species, shooting by fishermen and pollution have probably contributed to the decline. The population of Steller sea lions in Alaska has declined as much as 80% since the 1970s. In contrast, California sea lions are abundant and the population continues to expand at a rate of approximately 5.0% annually, as it has since the mid-1970s.
Sea lions are often a popular attraction at zoos and aquariums, performing behaviors such as throwing and catching balls on their noses and clapping.
Source: Wikipedia
Het zeegat uit de Noordzee op naar het wrak van HMS E47 voor een kranslegging op zee. In de voorstag de vlag van Stimon , waarbij de betrokken wrakduikers allen zijn aangesloten.
Het verslag van deze gebeurtenis werd gepubliceerd in het Vlieland Magazine, hier onder vindt u het verslag nog eens;
Kranslegging op de Noordzee
In het Vlieland Magazine van het voorjaar 2011, de 22ste jaargang, nummer 1 heeft u het verhaal over de identificatie van de Royal Navy onderzeeboot HMS E47 kunnen lezen.
Bij de ondergang van HMS E47 in augustus 1917 kwam de gehele, uit 31 koppen bestaande bemanning om het leven.
De nabestaanden kregen in eerste instantie het bericht dat het vaartuig waar hun naasten zich op bevond, niet was teruggekeerd van de missie, en na enkele weken een brief waarin werd gezegd dat het de onderzeeboot werd vermist en dat de bemanning vermoedelijk is omgekomen.
‘Missing, presumed dead’ , dat is waar de nabestaanden het mee moesten doen.
Er wordt gezegd; ‘vermist is erger dan dood’. Dit werd afgelopen zomer nog zeer goed duidelijk tijdens de ontmoeting met John Wilkinson uit Leeds, Engeland.
John Wilkinson is de kleinzoon van Lewis H. Wilkinson, bemanningslid van de Royal Navy onderzeeboot HMS E47.
In het begin van dit jaar ontving ik een brief van de heer John Wilkinson waarin hij mij liet weten dat hij op het internet had gelezen dat ten noordoosten van Texel het wrak van een E-klasse onderzeeboot was aangetroffen en dat dit wrak was geïdentificeerd als dat van HMS E47.
Wilkinson had kennis genomen van mijn bemoeienissen in het onderzoek naar de identiteit van de onderzeeboot en uitte in dezelfde brief de wens om de wraklocatie te bezoeken, en zo mogelijk een kranslegging op zee zou willen uitvoeren.
Na het ontvangst van de brief van Wilkinson heb ik contact opgenomen met mijn collega- wrakduiker Hans Eelman op Texel.
Hans Eelman bood meteen aan om Wilkinson met zijn schip de Phileas Fogg naar de positie van het wrak te willen varen.
Er volgde nog een berichtenwisseling met John Wilkinson, waarna er afspraken werden gemaakt om in augustus naar het wrak te varen.
In de week van voor de komst van John Wilkinson en zijn vrouw stond er een aardige bries, dus het werd nog spannend of het weer een tocht naar het wrak wel zou toelaten.
Ondertussen kregen Hans Eelman en ik ook nog bericht van Terschelling en uit Den-Helder, dat de vaartuigen van de duikteams van Terschelling en uit Den-Helder ook bij de ceremonie op zee aanwezig zouden zijn.
Naar Texel
Op zondag 19 augustus 2012 zou de kranslegging op zee boven het wrak van de Royal Navy onderzeeboot HMS E47 plaatsvinden , en de omstandigheden voor de actie waren ideaal; vrijwel geen wind en vlak water.
Voor het bijwonen van deze gebeurtenis ging ik op de fiets naar het Posthuis, met de Vliehors-Expres naar de steiger en met het bootje van Sil naar Texel waar ik klokslag 12.00 uur door zoon Dennis van vriend Hans Eelman werd opgehaald om naar de Phileas Fogg in de haven van Oudeschild te worden gebracht.
Samen met Dennis aan boord gegaan waar ik werd ontvangen door Hans Eelman en kennis maakte met John Wilkinson en zijn vrouw Anne, en de oud-hoofdredacteur van de Texelse Courant Harry de Graaf die was uitgenodigd om in woord en beeld verslag te doen van de gebeurtenis.
Aan boord konden meteen de trossen los en werd via het Molengat naar zee gevaren. Aan dek kon ik uitgebreid met John Wilkinson spreken, en vertelde hem van onze bevindingen tijdens het duiken op het wrak van HMS E47, de mogelijke oorzaak van de ondergang, het lot van de bemanning en hoe hun stoffelijke resten een laatste rustplaats hebben gevonden.
John Wilkinson kon daarop het verhaal vertellen over zijn grootvader Lewis Hallam Wilkinson, of eigenlijk de verhalen die hij van zijn grootmoeder over hem had gehoord.
Grootmoeder Wilkinson was, toen John ongeveer 16 jaar oud was, in het ouderlijk huis ingetrokken, en daarom had John een goed- en geregeld contact met zijn grootmoeder.
Hij vertelde dat zijn grootvader Lewis H. Wilkinson al voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog tot de Royal Navy was getreden, en dat het gezin destijds ook om die reden in de Marinestad Chatham was gaan wonen.
Lewis Wilkinson had eerst op de grote oppervlakteschepen gevaren en was daarmee o.a. in Chinese wateren geweest.
Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog was Lewis Wilkinson op vrijwillig basis bij de Onderzeebootdienst gegaan, met eigenlijk als enige redenen dat daar iets meer verdiend kon worden dan bij de aan de oppervlakte varende eenheden.
In 1917 kreeg de grootmoeder van John Wilkinson het bericht dat haar man vermist was geraakt en vermoedelijk gesneuveld.
Omdat John Wilkinson was opgegroeid met de verhalen van zijn grootmoeder, die tot zich tot haar dood heeft af gevraagd wat er met haar man was gebeurd, is hij ook zijn hele leven geïntrigeerd geraakt over wat er nu met zijn grootvader was gebeurt.
Toen hij vorig jaar eens, samen met zijn dochter, op het internet zocht naar HMS E47, werd hij tot zijn grote verrassing spoedig gewaar dat het wrak was gevonden en in 2002 was geïdentificeerd.
Het wrak van HMS E47
De reis naar de wraklocatie liep zeer voorspoedig en omstreeks 15.00 waren we op de positie. Daar werden we opgewacht door de Mac O. van duikteam Northsea Divers uit Den-Helder en zagen we even verderop het markante silhouet van de Ursus onze richting op komen.
Met de Phileas Fogg werd het wrak opgespoord en een dreganker met 25 meter lijn en een boei en een blaas op het wrak geworpen.
Vervolgens ging ik met Hans Eelman in de rubberboot en wachten aan bij de drijvers tot Dennis de Phileas Fogg langszij kwam.
Daarop werd de blaas verwijderd en kon John samen met Hans de krans aan de lijn bevestigen en werd de krans boven het wrak in zee gelegd.
Dit onder toeziend oog van de duikers vanaf de Ursus en de Mac O., waarbij de Ursus nog een indrukwekkend saluut bracht met de scheepshoorn van de Wotan, die Nico Brink speciaal voor deze gelegenheid in het A-frame van de Ursus had bevestigd.
Ik moest daarna afscheid nemen van de zichtbaar geroerde John Wilkinson en zijn vrouw, en overhandigde hem daarbij nog een object dat ik in 2002 op het wrak van de onderzeeboot E47 had gevonden. Het ging hier om een manometer afkomstig uit de overblijfselen van de machinekamer.
Na een groet aan Hans Eelman, zijn zoon Dennis en Harry de Graaf stapte ik over op de Ursus die vanaf de wraklocatie van de HMS E47 op een geheime missie ging. De terugweg naar Terschelling voerde langs de kust van Vlieland en ter hoogte van het Posthuis werd ik met de rubberboot op het strand afgezet en kreeg nog een laatste groet met de scheepshoorn van de sleepboot Wotan.
Boven op het duin nog even de Ursus na gekeken en met een zeer tevreden gevoel door het duin naar mijn fiets bij de Reddingbootschuur bij het Posthuis gelopen.
Van Hans Eelman vernam ik later dat John Wilkinson graag nog even boven het wrak wilde zijn om daar de namen te noemen van 31 bemanningsleden die 95 jaar geleden bij de ondergang van de onderzeeboot zijn omgekomen. Daarop sprak John Wilkinson nog enige gebeden uit en song samen met zijn vrouw Abide with me.
Daarop nog een passage van de Phileas Fogg langs de krans waarbij John Wilkinson en zijn vrouw een laatste groet brachten.
In de haven van Oudeschild dankte John Wilkinson iedereen hartelijk en sprak; "We zijn verrast en heel dankbaar. We hadden nooit verwacht dat we zoveel steun en medewerking zouden krijgen.
Dit is voor ons een onvergetelijk gebeurtenis geworden".
Dirk Bruin – Vlieland
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English summary;
In the weekend of the 19 august there was a wreath laying at sea on top of the wreck of the Royal Navy submarine HMS E47.
HMS E47 was lost with all hands west of the Frisian island Texel in august 1917, probably after hitting a sea mine.
In 2002 the wreck was identified as HMS E47 by means of the number in the breach of the deck gun that was salvaged by diving team Ecuador of the island Terschelling.
This year I received a request form Mr. John Wilkinson from Leeds, Great-Britain, if I could be of help in getting him to the position of the wreck. Mr. Wilkinson grandfather Lewis H. Wilkinson was one of the 31 crewmembers of HMS E47.
For this I asked the help of my friend, Mr. Hans Eelman of Texel, who generously offered all help.
On Sunday the 19th of august 2012, Mr. John Wilkinson accompanied with his wife Ann, laid a wreath at sea on top of the wreck of HMS E47, and held a moving ceremony to commemorate his grandfather and his comrades.
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okay so, this picture is exactly how im feeling right now. in orchestra we are having compose a piece of music. which means you pretty much have to write 5 pieces of music because you have to writte for all the parts in the string orchestra. which is violin 1, violin 2, viola, chello & bass. gooness im overwhelemed with it. but im getting through. i've finished two melodys. but thats it. i've only been working a week. but i feel so behind.
but before its over, it WILL drive me crazy. just sayin'.
oh & p.s - i know i just uploaded like a BUNCH of pictures, but please.. if you view. leave a comment. i'd love to know what you think. i promise to make it back to you streams to tell you my thoughts :)
okay so i just got tagged also, & im bored so ima do my ten facts already :)
1. im actually reading a book right now, The Last Song.
2. I pretty much live for the weekends.
3. I'm OCD about my straightner. I have to make sure its off like 10 times before i actually leave the house. I'm scared I'm goin to burn the house down :(
3. I dont really like the show The Secrect Life.. but i HAVE to watch it to see where the drama is. Too bad its over tonight haha.
4. When I listen to country music it reminds me of summer. Idk why it, it just does.
5. My wisdom teeth are comin' in, so i go to the dentist wednesday to find out if I gotta get them cut out :/
6. I'd rather wear sweatpants anyday over any outfit. hahaha.
7. I'm not good at math, at all.
8. I wish i could play the piano.. not sure if thats a fact or anything. but just thought i'd say that.
9. I'm a fresh new PRO on here ;)
10. I pretty much take a nap everyday in my 1st period, just because I TA in that class. (teacher assistant) ha!
sorry those were kinda sucky facts, just killin time :)
i love this picture so much...the colors and textures. plus its just a cool place. an old abandoned train station. i barely edited it at all. the color of the sky is so different from California! so open and blue! :)
so my little cousin (technically my cousin's kid, aka 2nd cousin), Adarae, is a ball of energy. much more so than the last time i saw her. she dragged me around the house and outside. i got to jump on the trampoline and play with her toys. shes so good at talking for a 3 year old! haha im proud of her. i had to be in charge during bath time. shes cute. she didn't want to get out of the tub(apparently she usually doesnt like baths) because we were having so much fun. haha. my pants got all wet and stuff cuz she kept splashing me. shes basically crazy. she asks a lot of questions and is really smart. i enjoy her a lot. now it is lateish and i am in the guest bedroom watching/listening to the bats outside and i have a kitty friend. his name is clide and he has like half a tail. hes cuuute.
its nice and green here too. they have a huge yard and a barn. they have 2 kitties a dog, a bunny, a snake and a turtle(or turtles? idk). plus a kid. and my cousin is pregnant! shes going to have a boy. its going to be cute. its just like her and her brother (who is younger). they are going to match. they are interesting (very good) parents. they have a laid back approach to it all because they are from michigan.. its kind of refreshing to watch.i think its also because i am here and they want (especially jenifer) to spend time with me instead of talking to the kid every second.
i love it here. so much better than being in iron mountain. also i get to talk to my cousins. and, nino if you are reading this, she is a camp freak too and is super excited that i met you at camp. it was so funny. i have been talking about you a lot. i miss you baby. my phone isnt working and i cant call you.
anyways. im going to go read my cousins new book after i work on my flickr groups some more.
also i said cute way too much in this post.
John Flavel Fisk was born in Genesee County, New York, in 1815, the son of a physician who settled in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1837. He was educated at the Freeman Carey Institute, Hamilton County, Ohio, and in 1840-41 began a teaching career at the Germantown Academy in Mason County, Kentucky. In 1842, he became principal of the Maysville Academy, remaining there until 1844. He read law and was admitted to the bar of Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1848. He served as both Covington, Kentucky, city attorney and Kenton county attorney, and in 1857, was elected to the Kentucky Senate where he was later elected speaker. He died in Covington in 1902.
www.kenton.lib.ky.us/genealogy/bios/detail.cfm?recordID=23
Charles H. Fisk was born on August 31, 1843 at Fiskburg, Kenton County. He attended Miami University and graduated valedictorian of his class. During the Civil War, Fisk gathered a volunteer company called the squirrel hunters. Fisk acted as captain of this company. Fisk became a member of the Kentucky bar in 1865 and practiced law in the City of Lexington for one year. He then moved to Covington. In Covington, Fisk practiced law with his father, John F. Fisk. Charles H. Fisk was active in many organizations. He was secretary of the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company, a 33rd Degree Mason, President of the Kenton County Bar Association and Superintendent of the Sunday School at First Christian Church in Covington. Fisk died in October 1930. He was survived by his widow, Margaret, and two children. Funeral services were conducted at the First Christian Church of Covington with burial at Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriah_Magoffin#Governor_of_Kentucky
In special elections held in June 1861, Unionists captured nine of Kentucky's ten congressional seats and obtained two-thirds majorities in both houses of the state legislature. Despite Magoffin's strict adherence to the policy of neutrality, the Unionist legislature did not trust him and routinely overrode his vetoes. Unable to provide effective leadership due to a hostile legislature, Magoffin agreed to resign as governor in 1862, provided he could choose his successor. Lieutenant governor Linn Boyd had died in office, and Magoffin refused to allow Speaker of the Senate John F. Fisk to succeed him as governor. Accordingly, Fisk resigned and the Kentucky Senate elected Magoffin's choice, James F. Robinson, as speaker. Magoffin then resigned, Robinson ascended to the governorship, and Fisk was re-elected as Speaker of the Senate.
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Many Fisk and Fiske families can trace their lineage to around 1200 to Eastern England, and there are several theories for the ancient origin of the names. One theory suggests that in all probability the Fisk and Fiske names originated in Scandinavia. The name Fisk means fish in Norwegian, Swedish, and Frisian. (In the 5th century the tribe of the Frisians inhabited the whole North Sea coast from the Rhine to the Elbe, and probably exercised some influence on the languages of the other tribes in that area.) Fiske is a Danish alternative spelling for fish. The Vikings invaded eastern England around 800, and many settled there. Many present-day Fisk and Fiske families can trace their roots to the eastern counties of Suffolk and Norfolk in England.
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The development of Highland Cemetery started to take shape in early December 1868. The inspiration for a new cemetery was due in part because the Old Sixth Street Graveyard in Covington was filled, and Covington's Linden Grove Cemetery had very few plots available. There are many prominent and historical people buried at Highland, with Civil War veterans and dedicated citizens of our tri-state area. The cemetery grew larger than first expected. It became one of Kentucky's largest non-profit cemeteries.
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Flag closing ceremony at Wagah / Attari Border. Watch the video's, these are worth seen.
Nikon D90 | Nikkor 18-200mm @ 200 mm | 1/320 @ f/6.3 | ISO 200 | WB : Daylight
Place: Wagah Border (واہگہ بارڈر) (Pakistan)
Listed as a New Jersey Historical Site Cotswold, the 1925 mansion built by investment banker Herbert Coppell in English Medieval Country Home Revival style, was described in the 1982-1983 Bergen County Historic Sites Survey as "one of Tenafly's most imposing examples of twentieth century Period Revival residential architecture." This celebrated building displays high quality materials, craftsmanship and numerous notable architecural details. In 1934, the mansion and carriage house were approved for conversion to up to fourteen apartments. Cotswold was the World War II home of Big Band great and Army Major Glenn Miller and it was where Mrs. Miller learned of the disappearance of her husband's plane over the English Channel on Christmas Eve 1944.
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The Cooktown Orchid has been the floral emblem of Queensland since November 19, 1959. Its scientific name is Dendrobium phalaenopsis, a recently created species after Clements reorganised the Dendrobium bigibbum complex. The old name, Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum is still recognised as a synonym.
This beautiful but variable orchid occurs in several subspecies. It used to be prolific around Cooktown but is now rare in the wild, due to over-collecting by commercial collectors. The colour of the flowers varies from pinkish-mauve to lavender or purple and sometimes almost white, with the base of the labellum being a much darker purple.
The plants can grow up to 80 cm in height. The flowers are on canes 10-40 cm long.
Flowering time In the dry season - usually between March and July; but sometimes all year in commercial cultivation.
--from Wiki
More great reading info can be found at Wiki (above), asgap.org.au/d-big.html, and www.anos.org.au/information/articles/species/dendrobium.htm.
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Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en el Centro del Agua de Daimiel del 21 de diciembre al 20 de febrero.
Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA
Monoraphidium es un alga aguja, como una solitaria Ankistrodesmus, la que con frecuencia hace ramilletes de estrellas en el agua. A Monoraphidium parece que le gusta ir por libre y como una afilada canoa flota y se deja llevar por las suaves corrientes, para ver el sol, incluso por debajo de un grueso cristal de hielo que durante el invierno cubre las lagunas donde habita.
Monoraphidium, no obstante, no parece querer la absoluta soledad y por eso hoy forma un corro que parece un ideograma que no hemos sabido descifrar.
El cuerpo de Monoraphidium forma un huso alargado, recto o curvo, de extremos puntiagudos y en su interior hay dos cloroplastos pegados a su pared, que se extienden de punta a punta, sin pirenoides y que tiñen su interior de verde alga.
La fotografía de hoy, tomada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia, procede de unas muestras de agua recogidas en una laguna helada próxima a la localidad zamorana de Ricobayo.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
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From Transformers Universe (1986):
"In the words of Optimus Prime, 'Tailgate sometimes has his mind stuck in low gear!' A lot of what Tailgate thinks is just plain screwy. Although he understands Earth traffic laws, he doesn't agree with many of them. For example, he believes the 55 mph speed limit is an infringement upon the personal rights of cars. In fact, all his views on Earth machines are warped. He likens cars locked in garages to imprisonment without a fair trial. He considers the buying and selling of household appliances to be slave trading. Efforts by his fellow Autobots to convince Tailgate that Earth machines are not alive, and therefore not entitled to the same rights as Transformers, have so far failed. 'Only barbarians treat the lesser among them so cruelly,' proclaims Tailgate. Unfortunately, the oppressed in this case can never appreciate the efforts of their would-be-savior. Tailgate is not a well robot."
Clive James covers similar ground in his usual fashion ("the strong opinion lightly stated"):
"We radical socialists could always be relied upon to take a stand when there was no hope of budging the status quo and every chance of embarrassing our friends."
From "Falling Towards England." Also 1986.
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Después de tanta nube..y tanta agua caída, tenia que intentar canalizarla de alguna manera...en un grifo..concretamente en el grifo de nuestro lavabo...jejeje
El otro día al lavarme la cara observe sus brillos y reflejos ¡¡una pasada!! todo de refleja en todos lados...sobre si mismo..y las luces de los halógenos duplicadas....¡¡..irresistible..!!
Monté en la SuperSansug el angular magnético y disparé en macro...
además descubrí que el filtro estaba obstruido porque el agua salpica por la derecha..no hay mal que por bien no venga..dicen...
¡¡otra locura afotera!!
After as much cloud and as much fallen water, tapeworm that to try to somehow canalize it…in a faucet...
concretely in the faucet of our washbasin…jejeje
The other day when washing to me the face observes its brightness and reflections happening! everything of reflected in all sides on itself...and the lights of duplicated halogenous….¡¡..irresistible..!
I mounted in the SuperSansug the angular magnetic one and shot in macro…in addition I discovered that the filter was obstructed because the water sprinkles by the right...
in addition I discovered that the filter was obstructed because the water splashes by the right...it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good...they say…
another photo-madness!
www.darckr.com/username.php?username=9099757@N05 --- Turkey, Antalya, Amarok Adventure World, Safari Tour ---- www.vianobilis.com/amarok-adventure-world-7e5 ---- Amarok Adventure World ---- Selge (griechisch Σέλγη) war eine antike Stadt in der kleinasiatischen Landschaft Pisidien beim heutigen Altınkayaköy (früher Zerk) (Türkei). Er lag 56 km nordwestlich von Side auf ca. 1000 m. ü. M. im oberen Tal des Eurymedon (heute: Köprüçay) am westlichen Ende des Taurusgebirges.Der Überlieferung nach soll Selge nach dem Krieg um Troja durch den Seher Kalchas gegründet und durch Griechen aus Sparta besiedelt worden sein. Auf Münzen ist der Ort seit dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. nachweisbar. Wirtschaftliche Grundlage war der Anbau von Wein und Oliven auf der umgebenden fruchtbaren Hochebene. Politisch bestanden zu Aspendos gute Beziehungen, ansonsten war die Stadt kriegerisch gegen ihre Nachbarn ausgerichtet. Als Alexander der Große durch Kleinasien zog, verbündete sich die Stadt mit ihm, um, allerdings erfolglos, die nahe Stadt Termessos zu belagern. Polybios beschreibt einen Krieg zwischen Selge und Pednelissos 220 v. Chr., in dem Pednellissos Achaios, den Statthalter von Side, zu Hilfe rief. 25 v. Chr. verlor Selge die Selbstständigkeit und wurde in die römische Provinz Galatien eingegliedert. Laut Strabon soll die Stadt zu dieser Zeit etwa 20.000 Einwohner gehabt haben. Seine größte Blüte erreichte Selge zur Zeit des römischen Kaiserreiches. Im Jahr 339 kam es zu einer erfolglosen Belagerung durch die Goten. In byzantinischer Zeit war Selge Bischofssitz. Die Stadt wurde später in seldschukischer Zeit aufgegeben.Es sind die Reste der Stadtmauer, eines Theaters, eines Stadions, der Agora mit Säulenhallen, eines Gymnasions und einer Basilika erhalten. Das Theater wurde im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. neu gebaut. Außerhalb der Stadtmauer lagen ein Aquädukt und einige Kammergräber. ---- Selge (in Greek Σελγη) was an important city in Pisidia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay)forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
The town was believed to be a Greek colony, for Strabo[1] states that it was founded by Spartans, but adds the somewhat unintelligible remark that previously it had been founded by Calchas. The acropolis of Selge bore the name of Kesbedion.[2] The district in which the town was situated was extremely fertile, producing abundance of oil and wine, but the town itself was difficult of access, being surrounded by precipices and beds of torrents flowing towards the Eurymedon and Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[3] At that time they were at war with Termessos.
At the period when Achaeus had made himself master of Western Asia, Selge were at war with Pednelissus, which was besieged by them; and Achaeus, on the invitation of Pednelissus, sent a large force against Selge (218 BC). After a long and vigorous siege, the Selgians, being betrayed and despairing of resisting Achaeus any longer, sent deputies to sue for peace, which was granted to them on the following terms: they agreed to pay immediately 400 talents, to restore the prisoners of Pednelissus, and after a time to pay 300 talents in addition.[4] We now have for a long time no particulars about the history of Selge; in the 5th century AD Zosimus[5] calls it indeed a little town, but it was still strong enough to repel a body of Goths. It is strange that Pliny does not notice Selge, for we know from its coins that it was still a flourishing town in the time of Hadrian; and it is also mentioned in Ptolemy[6] and Hierocles. Independently of wine and oil, the country about Selge was rich in timber, and a variety of trees, among which the storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[7]
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the gymnasium, the stoa, the stadium and the basilica. There are also the outlines of two temples, but the best conserved monument is the theater, restored in the 3rd century AD.
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley
Trumfes es la sólida apuesta de dos cocineros muy jóvenes, quienes, tras finalizar sus estudios de gastronomía (Joviat) y el subsiguiente periplo de “stages” en diferentes restaurantes de la geografía hispana, deciden finalmente instalar su propio negocio en la lejana población de Llivia.
Se trata de un restaurante modesto pero bien dispuesto en el que quizá habría que mejorar una iluminación algo triste que, junto al color asalmonado de la mantelería, le confieren un cierto aire de serio clasicismo que, la verdad, no se corresponde con el carácter vital de su cocina, ni con el talante atento y afable que difunde por la sala uno de sus artífices (el otro se ocupa de los fogones). En cualquier caso, es un escenario con cierto encanto.
Y respecto a su oferta gastronómica, traduzco del catalán lo que ellos mismos difunden: "Cocina catalana de temporada con productos de mercado, basada en la tradición y buscando la máxima expresión del producto junto a la proximidad del cocinero en la mesa.". Pues eso, una cocina que bebe de la tradición y aplica técnicas modernas para obtener unos resultados más que notables y, además, con una relación calidad/precio insuperable. En definitiva: una cocina y un conjunto que transmiten muy buenas vibraciones. Lástima que esté tan lejos.
En la fotografía: el arroz de perdiz. Perfecto punto del arroz en un conjunto de sabor rústico, intenso y rebosante de cebolla caramelizada (quizá no del todo integrada pero siempre convincente). La perdiz (cazada en la propia Llivia) servida en dos cocciones: rustidos el ala y el muslo (delicioso) y en óptimo punto de plancha una pechuga de carne firme y sabrosa. Se remata con queso y cebollino en la superficie. Un suculento y magníficamente interpretado arroz de montaña.
Lo mejor: la cocina y la buena relación calidad/precio del conjunto; el pan con tomate; el secreto; el arroz
Lo peor: lo lejos que está
Mejorable: la salsa de las bravas; la iluminación; la carta de vinos
Recomendado: una opción honesta y de calidad muy recomendable si se ronda por la zona
Fotografía a pantalla completa / Full-screen photo (2D)
Para ver el video pulsa este enlace / To view the video click this link (2D)
Para ver el video en 3D pulsa este enlace / To view the 3D video click this link (3D)
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Aquí puedes ver la foto de la pecera en 3D/ Here is a photo in 3D (3D)
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-------- Si estás interesado en conocer más sobre esta clase de peces pulsa aquí ----------
Pecera 240 litros
Lago Tanganica (o Tanganyika) es un gran lago de África central, El lago se encuentra en el Gran Valle del Rift, confinado entre montañas. Es el segundo mayor lago del continente en superficie, aunque el más profundo y voluminoso. Se extiende a lo largo de 673 km en dirección norte-sur y tiene, como promedio unos 50 km de anchura. El lago cubre 32.900 km², con una línea de costa de 1.828 km y una profundidad media de 570 m y máxima de 1.470 m . Contiene unos 18.900 km³ de agua. La temperatura media en la superficie es de 25°C y la acidez promedio pH de 8,4. La enorme profundidad y la situación tropical del lago evitan que las masas de agua se mezclen, ya que muchas de las aguas más profundas son lo que se llama "aguas fósiles" y son anóxicas (carecen de oxígeno). La zona de influencia del lago abarca 231.000 km², con dos ríos principales fluyendo en dirección al lago, junto con numerosos pequeños ríos y arroyos que provienen de las empinadas montañas, siendo el principal flujo de agua el que proviene del río Lukuga, que desemboca en el río Congo. Los principales ríos son el Ruzizi, que desemboca en el norte del lago desde el lago Kivu, y el Malagarasi, el segundo mayor río de Tanzania, que entra por la orilla este del Tanganica. El Malagarasi existe desde antes que el lago Tanganica y antiguamente formaba un continuo con el río Congo.
Los peces del Tanganica tienen un comportamiento único
y es más sorprendente aún puesto que ese comportamiento es individual de cada especie
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byoo-kah-NAN-ee-uh -- named for Francis Buchanan, Supt. of Botanical Gardens, Calcutta ... Dave's Botanary
LAN-zan -- from Burmese name of this plant, launzan ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: almondette, Calumpong nut, cheronjee, chironji tree, Cuddapah almond, Hamilton mombin • Arabic: حب السمنه habulsamnah • Assamese: পিয়াল piyal • Bengali: চার char, চিরৌঞ্জী chironji, পিয়াল piyal • Gujarati: ચારોળી charoli • Hindi: चार char, चिरोंजी chironji, धनुष् dhanush, मल्लतरु mallataru, नखमुच nakhamucha, निंबबीज nimbabija, पियाल piyal, पियार piyar, प्रसवक pra-savak, प्रियाल priyal, राजवल्लभ rajavallabha • Kannada: ಚಾರ char, ಚಾರೋಳೆ charole, ಧನುಃಪಟ dhanuh-pata, ಕೊಳೆಗೇರು kole geru, ಕೊಳೆಮಾವು kole maavu, ಮರ್ಕಲಿ markali, ಮೊಱಲೆ morale, ಮೊಱಪ್ಪಿ morappi, ಮೊಱಟೆ morate, ಮೊಱವೆ morave, ನುರ್ಕಲ ಮರ nurakala mara, ಪಿಯಾಲ piyala, ಪ್ರಿಯಾಲ priyala, ರಾಜಾದನ rajadana, ಸನ್ನಕದ್ರು sannakadru • Kol: तरुम tarum • Konkani: चार char, चारोळी charoli • Malayalam: മൂങ്ങാപ്പേഴ് moongaappezh, മുരള് mural, നുറമരം nuramaram • Marathi: चार char, चारोळी charoli, पियाल piyal • Nepali: चिरौँजी chiruanjee, प्यार pyaar • Odia: ଅଖଟ୍ଟ akhatta, ଅସନ asana, ବର bara, ବୀଜକ bijaka, ଚାର କୋଳି chara koḻi, ଚିରୋଞ୍ଜି chironji, ଖରସ୍କନ୍ଧ kharaskandha, ପଟ pata, ପିୟାଳ piyala, ପ୍ରସବକ prasabaka, ପ୍ରିୟାଳ priyala, ରାଜ ବୃକ୍ଷ raja bruksha, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରାଜାଦନ rajadana, ସାର sara, ସ୍ନେହ ବୀଜ sneha bija, ତାପସପ୍ରିୟ tapasa priya • Pali: पियाल piyala, राजायतन rajayatana, सन्नकद्दु sannakaddu • Persian: چرونجی chironji, نَقْلِ خواجَہ naql-i-khwaja • Punjabi: ਚਿਰੌਂਜੀ chiraunji, ਨਕਲ ਖ਼੍ਵਾਜਾ nakal khwajah • Rajasthani: अचार achar, चिरोंजी chironji • Sanskrit: अखट्ट akhatta, बहुकल्क bahukalka, बहुवल्क bahuvalka, भक्ष्यबिज bhakshyabija, धनु dhanu, धनुस् dhanus, धनुष्पट dhanushpata, द्रुसल्लक drusallaka, खरस्कन्ध kharaskandha, ललन lalana, मक्षवीर्य makshavirya, पट pata, पियाल piyala, प्रसवक prasavaka, प्रियाल priyala, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, राजादन rajadana, सन्न sanna, सन्नकद्रु sannakadru, सन्नकद्रुम sannakadruma, स्नेहबीज snehabija, उपवट upavata, वैरादन vairadana, वृक्षादन vrkshadana • Santali: ᱛᱟᱨᱚᱯ tarop • Sindhi: چِرَوْنجيِ chiraunji • Tamil: சாரம் charam, காட்டுமா kattuma • Telugu: చార char, చారుమామిడి charumamidi, చిన్న మొరలి chinna moralli, జరుగు jarugu, జారు మామిడి jaru mamidi, ప్రియాళువు priyaluvu, రాజాదనము raj-adanamu, సారపప్పు saarapappu • Tibetan: པི་ཡ་ལ pi ya la • Tulu: ಎರಪ್ಪೆ erappe • Urdu: چار char, چرونجي chironji, دهنش dhanush, پيال piyal, پرسوك pra-savak, پريال priyal
botanical names: Buchanania lanzan Spreng. ... heterotypic synonyms: Buchanania latifolia Roxb. • Lanzana solitaria Stokes • Spondias elliptica Rottb. ex Hook.f. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 21 December 2025
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almost throughout the drier parts of the country
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Buchanania lanzan Spreng. and Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Almeida are found linked because many botanical databases and local floras (especially in India) continue to use Buchanania cochinchinensis as the "accepted" name for the chironji tree (Buchanania lanzan). However, modern global authorities like Plants of the World Online (POWO) treat Buchanania cochinchinensis strictly as a synonym of the Rutaceae tree Glycosmis cochinchinensis, leaving Buchanania lanzan Spreng. as the correct name for the chironji tree.
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
BlueEdge - Mach 8-10 Hypersonic Commercial Aircraft, 220 Passenger Hypersonic Commercial Plane - Imaginactive Media Release ICAO
Courtesy of Imaginactive, ICAO, Charles Bombardier, and Martin Rico. Media Release of High Quality Renderings for mainstream media.
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Seating: 220 | Crew 2+4
Length: 195ft | Span: 93ft
Engines: 4 U-TBCC (Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle) +1 Aerospike for sustained 2G acceleration to Mach 10.
Fuel: H2 (Compressed Hydrogen)
Cruising Altitude: 100,000-125,000ft
Airframe: 75% Proprietary Composites
Operating Costs, Similar to a 737. $7,000-$15,000hr, including averaged maintenence costs
Iteration 3 (Full release of IT3, Monday January 14, 2019)
IO Aircraft www.ioaircraft.com
Drew Blair www.linkedin.com/in/drew-b-25485312/
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Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle. Current technologies and what Lockheed is trying to force on the Dept of Defense, for that low speed Mach 5 plane DOD gave them $1 billion to build and would disintegrate above Mach 5, is TBCC. 2 separate propulsion systems in the same airframe, which requires TWICE the airframe space to use.
Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle is 1 propulsion system cutting that airframe deficit in half, and also able to operate above Mach 10 up to Mach 15 in atmosphere, and a simple nozzle modification allows for outside atmosphere rocket mode, ie orbital capable.
Additionally, Reaction Engines maximum air breather mode is Mach 4.5, above that it will explode in flight from internal pressures are too high to operate. Thus, must switch to non air breather rocket mode to operate in atmosphere in hypersonic velocities. Which as a result, makes it not feasible for anything practical. It also takes an immense amount of fuel to function.
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Advanced Additive Manufacturing for Hypersonic Aircraft
Utilizing new methods of fabrication and construction, make it possible to use additive manufacturing, dramatically reducing the time and costs of producing hypersonic platforms from missiles, aircraft, and space capable craft. Instead of aircraft being produced in piece, then bolted together; small platforms can be produced as a single unit and large platforms can be produces in large section and mated without bolting. These techniques include using exotic materials and advanced assembly processes, with an end result of streamlining the production costs and time for hypersonic aircraft; reducing months of assembly to weeks. Overall, this process greatly reduced the cost for producing hypersonic platforms. Even to such an extent that a Hellfire missile costs apx $100,000 but by utilizing our technologies, replacing it with a Mach 8-10 hypersonic missile of our physics/engineering and that missile would cost roughly $75,000 each delivered.
Materials used for these manufacturing processes are not disclosed, but overall, provides a foundation for extremely high stresses and thermodynamics, ideal for hypersonic platforms. This specific methodology and materials applications is many decades ahead of all known programs. Even to the extend of normalized space flight and re-entry, without concern of thermodynamic failure.
*Note, most entities that are experimenting with additive manufacturing for hypersonic aircraft, this makes it mainstream and standardized processes, which also applies for mass production.
What would normally be measured in years and perhaps a decade to go from drawing board to test flights, is reduced to singular months and ready for production within a year maximum.
Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle (U-TBCC)
To date, the closest that NASA and industry have achieved for turbine based aircraft to fly at hypersonic velocities is by mounting a turbine into an aircraft and sharing the inlet with a scramjet or rocket based motor. Reaction Engines Sabre is not able to achieve hypersonic velocities and can only transition into a non air breathing rocket for beyond Mach 4.5
However, utilizing Unified Turbine Based Combine Cycle also known as U-TBCC, the two separate platforms are able to share a common inlet and the dual mode ramjet/scramjet is contained within the engine itself, which allows for a much smaller airframe footprint, thus engingeers are able to then design much higher performance aerial platforms for hypersonic flight, including the ability for constructing true single stage to orbit aircraft by utilizing a modification/version that allows for transition to outside atmosphere propulsion without any other propulsion platforms within the aircraft. By transitioning and developing aircraft to use Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle, this propulsion system opens up new options to replace that airframe deficit for increased fuel capacity and/or payload.
Enhanced Dynamic Cavitation
Dramatically Increasing the efficiency of fuel air mixture for combustion processes at hypersonic velocities within scramjet propulsion platforms. The aspects of these processes are non disclosable.
Dynamic Scramjet Ignition Processes
For optimal scramjet ignition, a process known as Self Start is sought after, but in many cases if the platform becomes out of attitude, the scramjet will ignite. We have already solved this problem which as a result, a scramjet propulsion system can ignite at lower velocities, high velocities, at optimal attitude or not optimal attitude. It doesn't matter, it will ignite anyways at the proper point for maximum thrust capabilities at hypersonic velocities.
Hydrogen vs Kerosene Fuel Sources
Kerosene is an easy fuel to work with, and most western nations developing scramjet platforms use Kerosene for that fact. However, while kerosene has better thermal properties then Hydrogen, Hydrogen is a far superior fuel source in scramjet propulsion flight, do it having a much higher efficiency capability. Because of this aspect, in conjunction with our developments, it allows for a MUCH increased fuel to air mixture, combustion, thrust; and ability for higher speeds; instead of very low hypersonic velocities in the Mach 5-6 range. Instead, Mach 8-10 range, while we have begun developing hypersonic capabilities to exceed 15 in atmosphere within less then 5 years.
Conforming High Pressure Tank Technology for CNG and H2.
As most know in hypersonics, Hydrogen is a superior fuel source, but due to the storage abilities, can only be stored in cylinders thus much less fuel supply. Not anymore, we developed conforming high pressure storage technology for use in aerospace, automotive sectors, maritime, etc; which means any overall shape required for 8,000+ PSI CNG or Hydrogen. For hypersonic platforms, this means the ability to store a much larger volume of hydrogen vs cylinders.
As an example, X-43 flown by Nasa which flew at Mach 9.97. The fuel source was Hydrogen, which is extremely more volatile and combustible then kerosene (JP-7), via a cylinder in the main body. If it had used our technology, that entire section of the airframe would had been an 8,000 PSI H2 tank, which would had yielded 5-6 times the capacity. While the X-43 flew 11 seconds under power at Mach 9.97, at 6 times the fuel capacity would had yielded apx 66 seconds of fuel under power at Mach 9.97. If it had flew slower, around Mach 6, same principles applied would had yielded apx 500 seconds of fuel supply under power (slower speeds required less energy to maintain).
Enhanced Fuel Mixture During Shock Train Interaction
Normally, fuel injection is conducted at the correct insertion point within the shock train for maximum burn/combustion. Our methodologies differ, since almost half the fuel injection is conducted PRE shock train within the isolator, so at the point of isolator injection the fuel enhances the combustion process, which then requires less fuel injection to reach the same level of thrust capabilities.
Improved Bow Shock Interaction
Smoother interaction at hypersonic velocities and mitigating heat/stresses for beyond Mach 6 thermodynamics, which extraordinarily improves Type 3, 4, and 5 shock interaction.
6,000+ Fahrenheit Thermal Resistance
To date, the maximum thermal resistance was tested at AFRL in the spring of 2018, which resulted in a 3,200F thermal resistance for a short duration. This technology, allows for normalized hypersonic thermal resistance of 3,000-3,500F sustained, and up to 6,500F resistance for short endurance, ie 90 seconds or less. 10-20 minute resistance estimate approximately 4,500F +/- 200F.
*** This technology advancement also applies to Aerospike rocket engines, in which it is common for Aerospike's to exceed 4,500-5,000F temperatures, which results in the melting of the reversed bell housing. That melting no longer ocurrs, providing for stable combustion to ocurr for the entire flight envelope
Scramjet Propulsion Side Wall Cooling
With old technologies, side wall cooling is required for hypersonic flight and scramjet propulsion systems, otherwise the isolator and combustion regions of a scramjet would melt, even using advanced ablatives and ceramics, due to their inability to cope with very high temperatures. Using technology we have developed for very high thermodynamics and high stresses, side wall cooling is no longer required, thus removing that variable from the design process and focusing on improved ignition processes and increasing net thrust values.
Lower Threshold for Hypersonic Ignition
Active and adaptive flight dynamics, resulting in the ability for scramjet ignition at a much lower velocity, ie within ramjet envelope, between Mach 2-4, and seamless transition from supersonic to hypersonic flight, ie supersonic ramjet (scramjet). This active and dynamic aspect, has a wide variety of parameters for many flight dynamics, velocities, and altitudes; which means platforms no longer need to be engineered for specific altitude ranges or preset velocities, but those parameters can then be selected during launch configuration and are able to adapt actively in flight.
Dramatically Improved Maneuvering Capabilities at Hypersonic Velocities
Hypersonic vehicles, like their less technologically advanced brethren, use large actuator and the developers hope those controls surfaces do not disintegrate in flight. In reality, it is like rolling the dice, they may or may not survive, hence another reason why the attempt to keep velocities to Mach 6 or below. We have shrunken down control actuators while almost doubling torque and response capabilities specifically for hypersonic dynamics and extreme stresses involved, which makes it possible for maximum input authority for Mach 10 and beyond.
Paradigm Shift in Control Surface Methodologies, Increasing Control Authority (Internal Mechanical Applications)
To date, most control surfaces for hypersonic missile platforms still use fins, similar to lower speed conventional missiles, and some using ducted fins. This is mostly due to lack of comprehension of hypersonic velocities in their own favor. Instead, the body itself incorporates those control surfaces, greatly enhancing the airframe strength, opening up more space for hardware and fuel capacity; while simultaneously enhancing the platforms maneuvering capabilities.
A scramjet missile can then fly like conventional missile platforms, and not straight and level at high altitudes, losing velocity on it's decent trajectory to target. Another added benefit to this aspect, is the ability to extend range greatly, so if anyone elses hypersonic missile platform were developed for 400 mile range, falling out of the sky due to lack of glide capabilities; our platforms can easily reach 600+ miles, with minimal glide deceleration.
i have a thing on my blog where i post pictures of spiral galaxies under the series name spiral-tuality. this time i’m adding a flower: it’s made of stardust, too.
‘carl sagan distinguished clearly between mysticism and spirituality. while mysticism is concerned with matters of magic, the occult, the supersensual and ‘essentially unknowable,’ spirit is something quite different, he maintained. "it comes from the latin word 'to breathe'. what we breathe is air, which is certainly matter, however thin. despite usage to the contrary, there is no necessary implication in the word 'spirituality' that we are talking about anything other than matter (including the realm of matter of which the brain is made) or anything outside the realm of science...science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality...the notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a profound disservice to both.'’
- from new jersey humanist network