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04-May-2022: about turism: my perplexities towards a future with more and more bans and more and more over-taxes.
Lake Bohinj and the much more famous Lake Bled are close (less than 20 km) but the second has a mass tourism now rooted, while the first is expanding its tourist reception in recent years, coming out (unfortunately) from the shadow of Bled, that was a lightning rod for peaceful and symbiotic nature lovers.
I am totally against mass tourism because it transforms a relaxing resort into an area where it is difficult even to access it.
Around Lake Bled, even at a certain distance, there are only paid parking lots, which come to cost 6 euros per hour (about the most decentralized and in May...) that, certainly, leave perplexed about the "tourist selection" that "they" would like to implement (high-end tourism) and, in general, certainly drive away the tourist in search of nature and not restaurants, bars, concrete lake-front and crowd baths.
The naturalist tourist should not feel like a tourist in Nature, which is a single great asset of humanity and that only administratively is divided between various Countries, while in Bled, as in Rimini or Cortina d'Ampezzo, they make you feel not only tourist, but also guest, sometimes unwanted if you spend little.
As tourism increases, so do the bans, because unfortunately mass tourism includes many people who don't know anything about Nature and generally only go to very touristy places to make themselves of...people, sowing dirt and ignorance wherever they move.
The imposition of prohibitions/bans to limit the "damage from mass tourism" affects everyone indiscriminately, including locals and naturalists who have always had a symbiotic relationship with these places, thus making them become inhospitable, at least to those seeking pure contact with nature itself.
Of course this happens all over the world, but it should be condemned.
We already pay State taxes for the maintenance of the slice of Nature that falls within our administration, tourist surcharges, exploiting market laws that should be verified and contained, are for the most part unconstitutional, as well as several prohibitions that deprive access and use of public property.
With the money that the tourist municipalities pocket they could very well implement a targeted prevention (controls by foresters, cameras, ad hoc fences for areas subject to micro-pollution...) rather than closing everything and then de-empowering themself on the maintenance of roads and areas (more and more numerous), thus going to save further, starting from the basic taxes that we pay to also have access to given areas.
I can understand that you tax parking at high altitude to maintain the roads, but the amount of the payment should be directly proportional to the expenses that must be incurred to ensure accessibility, not by putting prices at random and with increases of 200% from one year to the next.
I have always appreciated the fact that Slovenia, thanks also that it is not densely inhabited and has a modest tourism (except precisely Bled, Postojna Caves and the Coast), guarantees a wide accessibility and use of its territories and I hope it can continue, limiting the prohibitions and parking lots everywhere.
Prevention by severing the chain is the immediate solution.
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The sheep were leading us along the Monarch’s Way on Easter Monday.
Our challenge is to walk an 111 mile section of the Monarch’s Way in 5-7 mile “legs” and raise money for Grassroots Suicide Prevention. So far we have raised nearly £350 for this worthy charity.
HFF!
Taken at the start of our walk from Moreton-in-Marsh to Broadwell, walk five of our Monarch’s Way challenge.
Fundraising for Grassroots Suicide Prevention is going well and we are enjoying some lovey weather and beautiful countryside.
HFF!
A nun supplies prayer candles to the statue of Saint James.
Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Puy
Le Puy-en-Velay, Département Haute-Loire, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The Cathedral is the origin of the Chemin du Puy, one of the principal origin points of the pilgrimage route of Santiago de Compostela in France.
"Le Puy-en-Velay's most striking attraction is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy, dating chiefly from the first half of the 12th century. The façade, striped in courses of white sandstone and black volcanic breccia, is reached by a flight of sixty steps, and consists of three orders, the lowest composed of three high arcades opening into the porch, which extends beneath the first bays of the nave. Above it are three central windows that light the nave, and above them are three gables on the gable-end of the nave, flanked by two openwork screening gables. The south transept doorway is sheltered by a Romanesque porch. Behind the choir rises a separate Romanesque bell-tower in seven storeys.
The bays of the nave are roofed by octagonal cupolas, the cupola at the crossing forming a lantern; the choir and transepts are barrel vaulted. The striking parti-colored cloister is connected to remains of 13th-century fortifications that separated the cathedral precincts from the rest of the city. Near the cathedral, the 11th-century baptistery of St John is built on Roman foundations.
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Each morning, pilgrims gather to be blessed before starting their journey to Santiago de Compostela. The cathedral has been a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1998, as part of the "Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France. [...]"
(Wikipedia)
This is a "Muselet" - a sort of wire cage which prevents the cork in a champagne bottle from emerging too quickly due to the pressure of the contents. It prevents a cork projectile from injuring guests - and also an unfortunate loss of unrestrained bubbly! Always stay safe with Champagne!
IT s far from been over , even with the vaccination i think we still need to stay safe and act responsibly. if it s not for others than at least for your self .
he does this often, just sits and waits. a lot of dogs don't understand that he's all peaceful and they approach warily. better safe than sorry. so much to learn from his conflict prevention habits. :-)
Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve.
The Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve is a beautiful wetland site located along the Vedder River. Managed by the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve Society, the site is known for one of the largest breeding colonies of the Great Blue Herons in BC as well as a wide variety of wildlife. Over 90 active Great Blue Heron nests.
Chilliwack, BC Canada
Ottobre è il mese dedicato alla prevenzione del tumore al seno.
Prevenire salva la vita
Pink October
October is the breast cancer awareness month
Prevention saves lives
Another finish of "Sacred area"
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Sheep being used to clear wild grass at North Natomas Regional Park in Sacramento, CA which could become a fire hazard in the summer.
A bird was caught applying emergency brake (reverse thrust just like an aircraft) to prevent itself being caught in a bike's wheel
S. Xiangyang Rd., Shanghai
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On the afternoon of the 31th March, 2022, cordons have been up all along the streets of the city centre, and in a few hours, steel plates will be erected in their places to enclose each block.
An appropriately-masked Purple Martin observer walks down the avenue of roosting trees with a poop-prevention parasol while listening to the cacophony of chatter and flapping wings. Stafford, Texas.
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新宿高島屋13階の屋上です。
この国は優しいので、ビルの屋上には柵があり、駅にはホームドアがあります。
この国は勿論、銃にはとても厳しい規制があります。
This is the roof of the 13th floor of Shinjuku Takashimaya department store.
Because this country is kind, there is a fence on the roof of the building and a home door at the station.
Of course, the possession of a gun has very strict regulations.
A new study done at the Saint Louis University scientists showed that bitter melon extract triggers a chain of events on a cellular level which inhibit the multiplication of breast cancer cells and destroys them at the same time.
The lead researcher stated that “bitter melon extract modulates several signal transduction pathways, which induces breast cancer cell death. This extract can be utilized as a dietary supplement for the prevention of breast cancer.”
This beneficial fruit may be consumed raw, added to your favorite smoothies, or drank as a drink. You can also take the bitter melon extract, which can be purchased as a herbal supplement in healthy food stores.
276 M. Wulumuqi Rd., Shanghai
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
In a week's time, everyone would see what they could never have imagined: in the name of epidemic prevention, the whole of Shanghai would be artificially turned into a dead city, with countless horrific farces, absurdities and tragedies unfolding every day: youtu.be/opvjfsRNtA8. Some delivery men would be confined at home, some would lose their jobs, and others would be taken to concentration camps as scapegoats for spreading Covid-19 - while some lucky ones would take the opportunity to raise the price of transportation and make a fortune.
143 E. Jianguo Rd., Shanghai
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
The man and the woman on their scooters were visiting their parents at the entrance to a locked-down quarter.
Some neighbourhoods in Shanghai had been sealed off and surrounded by steel plates as early as mid-March, before the city went into full lockdown. By 24 April, more neighbourhoods had taken such measures, causing fierce resistance from residents as well as international public opinion.
However, like other residents, I was imprisoned at home and unable to see the streets of Shanghai at the moment. This photo was taken on 15 March. In those days, as the lockdown was on a partial basis, elderly prisoners were still able to have food delivered to them by their children who lived elsewhere. However, the total lockdown of the city on 1 April made it impossible for people to move between different parts of the city, which caused many disasters.
Egmont Overture, sir. reporting for my first day of work.
good. got your college degree, Overture?
oh yes, sir!
excellent. this insurance company places a high value on education! now, see this pile of paper?
yes sir.
these are new claims. I want you to deny them.
all of them, sir?
of course, all of them!
so I assume they're, what. . . fraudulent?
no, you idiot! these are legitimate! we use high schoolers to deny the fraudulent claims!
oh. . .
have them done by noon. you'll get more. stay productive, Overture!
yes, sir.