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Villa Cavrois, Croix, France, 1932
Architect Robert Mallet Stevens (1886-1945)
Built between 1929 and 1932, the villa was the result of an order placed by Paul Cavrois with the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens to house his family of seven children and his domestic servants. Covered in yellow facing bricks set on a concrete frame and double brick walls, the villa was thought out as a total work of art comprising an exemplary case of homogenous construction between architecture, decoration and furniture. It is the architect’s technical and aesthetic manifesto in terms of the care given to its materials and equipment. Clear guidelines governed the design of the building: “air, light, work, sports, hygiene, comfort and efficiency”.
The Villa Cavrois is a masterpiece of modern architecture and a unique example in the North of France. The villa is 60 meters long, it has 3.800 m² including 1.840 m² habitables and 830 m² of terraces and a garden of 17.600 m² (originally 5 ha). The Villa Cavrois is a testimony to the modernist vision of the 1920s as it was conceived by designers such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Chareau and the Bauhaus school. Luminosity, hygiene and comfort are the keywords that underlie such buildings. Villa Cavrois illustrates this concept with simplicity and elegance. The large modern mansion was organized to offer the best possible lifestyle to the nine members of the family and to facilitate the daily work of the household staff. Mallet-Stevens' work was not limited to the design of the building. He also designed the interior decoration and the gardens which surround the house. The choice of materials, concrete ceiling, metal, steel, glass, green Swedish marble in the main dining room, yellow Sienna marble in the fireplace alcove of the hall-salon, parquets of oak, iroko, zebrawood, Cuban mahogany, and the furniture of the rooms echoed the hierarchy of space: everything was conceived and adapted for use in place. Simplicity and functionality of the furniture prevail in all parts. The luxury of this house does not lie in carved detailing or gilding, it unfolds in the richness of the materials used, such as unadorned marble, metal and wood. The Villa Cavrois provided for its occupants a large number of amenities especially rare for the time, even in luxury houses. Use of the latest modern technology, especially electricity meant each room was provided with electric lighting, a radio loudspeaker, an electric clock and telephones enabled people to communicate between rooms or with the outside world. The villa was equipped with a modern boiler room and a wine cellar. The water system provided hot and cold water, as well as softened water for cooking and drinking. Lighting was the object of special care. The lighting, both direct and indirect, is very delicate and elegant. In collaboration with the lighting engineer André Salomon, Mallet-Stevens conceived an indirect lighting which fit in the architecture and he has provided most of the rooms of the villa of a lighting device system which direct the light towards the ceiling to obtain an unchanging light closer at the natural one. Hygiene was very important in the conception of the Villa Cavrois, as it is shown by the clinical aspect of the kitchen of metal and white paint and also by the presence of a swimming pool of 27 metres long and 4 metres depth at the diving boards.
The villa was occupied by German troops between 1940 and 1944 and was damaged at the end of the war. When he returned in 1947, Paul Cavrois called upon architect Pierre Barbe to add two apartments for his elder sons. The family lived in the villa until 1985. The following year, it was sold to a real estate firm that wanted to subdivide the park. Despite its automatic classification as a historic monument in 1990, the villa was no longer maintained by its owner. The State bought the property, which was in serious danger, in 2001, and undertook a major restoration project to its original historic condition as when it was inaugurated in 1932. The lighting, the furnishings attached to the decorations, as well as the bookcases and benches have all been restored using the original materials. The parquet floorings, metal doorframes and marbles have been restored or returned. The restoration of the park has returned it to the original land’s very subtle gradient with the precise layout of the alleyways, while replanting plant species identified from old photographs. The reflecting pool, which had been filled in during the war, and the swimming pool have been restored to their original state. The restoration was carried out between 2009 and 2015. Since 2012, the villa has been part of a worldwide conservation programme for emblematic houses of the 20th century, “Iconic Houses”.
This store was subdivided by Walmart. No other tenant ever filled up the right half of the building.
Overview by Bridgehunter:
Warren through truss bridge over San Lorenzo River on Progressive Rail Inc.
Location
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1904
Railroads
- Iowa Pacific Holdings
- Progressive Rail Inc (PGR)
- Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Railway (SC&MB)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Warren subdivided through truss with pin connected bottom connection and riveted top connection.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 332.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Also called
SP - San Lorenzo River Bridge
UP - San Lorenzo River Bridge
SC&MB - San Lorenzo River Bridge
La colina real de Ambohimanga comprende una ciudadela y una necrópolis reales, así como un conjunto de lugares sacros. Revestido de un carácter sagrado y estrechamente vinculado al sentimiento de identidad nacional, este sitio es objeto de veneración entre la población desde hace unos cinco siglos y sigue siendo, hoy en día, un lugar de culto al que acuden peregrinos de toda la isla de Madagascar y otras partes del mundo.
The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with strong feelings of national identity, and has maintained its spiritual and sacred character both in ritual practice and the popular imagination for the past 500 years. It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come from Madagascar and elsewhere.
La Colina real de Ambohimanga es un sitio arqueológico en el lugar de Ambohimanga Rova, comuna de Antananarivo Avaradrano, provincia de Antananarivo, Madagascar. El área contiene las ruinas de una ciudad, tumbas y lugares sagrados. Es un lugar de significado histórico y religioso en la cultura del pueblo malgache. Como resultado de este significado, la Colina real de Ambohimanga fue declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la Unesco en el año 2001.
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Ambohimanga is a hill and traditional fortified royal settlement (rova) in Madagascar, located approximately 24 kilometers (15 mi) northeast of the capital city of Antananarivo. It is situated in the commune of Ambohimanga Rova.
The hill and the rova that stands on top are considered the most significant symbol of the cultural identity of the Merina people and the most important and best-preserved monument of the precolonial Merina Kingdom. The walled historic village includes residences and burial sites of several key monarchs. The site, one of the twelve sacred hills of Imerina, is associated with strong feelings of national identity and has maintained its spiritual and sacred character both in ritual practice and the popular imagination for at least four hundred years. It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come from Madagascar and elsewhere.
The site has been politically important since the early 18th century, when King Andriamasinavalona (1675–1710) divided the Kingdom of Imerina into four quadrants and assigned his son Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana to govern the northeastern quadrant, Avaradrano, from its newly designated capital at Ambohimanga. The division of Imerina led to 77 years of civil war, during which time the successive rulers of Avaradrano led military campaigns to expand their territory while undertaking modifications to the defenses at Ambohimanga to better protect it against attacks. The war was ended from Ambohimanga by King Andrianampoinimerina, who successfully undertook negotiations and military campaigns that reunited Imerina under his rule by 1793. Upon capturing the historic capital of Imerina at Antananarivo, Andrianampoinimerina shifted his royal court and all political functions back to its original locus at Antananarivo's royal compound and declared the two cities of equal importance, with Ambohimanga as the kingdom's spiritual capital. He and later rulers in his line continued to conduct royal rituals at the site and regularly inhabited and remodeled Ambohimanga until French colonization of the kingdom and the exile of the royal family in 1897. The significance of historical events here and the presence of royal tombs have given the hill a sacred character that is further enhanced at Ambohimanga by the burial sites of several Vazimba, the island's earliest inhabitants.
The royal compound on the hilltop is surrounded by a complex system of defensive ditches and stone walls and is accessed by 14 gateways, of which many were sealed by stone disc barriers. The gateways and construction of buildings within the compound are arranged according to two overlaid cosmological systems that value the four cardinal points radiating from a unifying center, and attach sacred importance to the northeastern direction. The complex inside the wall is subdivided into three smaller rova. Mahandrihono, the largest compound, was established between 1710 and 1730 by King Andriambelomasina; it remains largely intact and contains the royal tombs, house of King Andrianampoinimerina, summer palace of Queen Ranavalona II, and sites that figured in key royal rituals such as the sacrificial zebu pen, royal bath and main courtyard. Original buildings no longer remain in the compound of Bevato, established before 1710 by Andriamborona, and the Nanjakana compound, built for King Andrianjafy in the late 18th century. The hill and its royal fortified city were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2001 and represent Madagascar's only cultural site following the destruction by fire in 1995 of its historic sister city, the Rova of Antananarivo, shortly before the latter's intended inscription to the list. Numerous governmental and civil society organizations support the conservation of Ambohimanga by restoring damaged features and preventing further degradation.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk: The sixteen panels will be divided into two main parts according to their themes, one part is about the past of Mei Foo and the other illustrates the life of the Mei Foo residents at the present moment. These two main parts can be subdivided into four groups, each group consisting of four panels:
The first group, On the Night of the Mid-Autumn Festival , depicts how the Mei Foo residents used to share their love and joy at the podium under the full moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival.;
The second group, centred on the theme of Memory of the Seashore, brings the viewers back to a time when there was a wonderful seashore at the Mei Foo Sun Chuen. With a touch of nostalgia, this group of works highlights the sublime seascape and the serene atmosphere of the Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
The Mei Foo residents depicted in the third group, Apartment in the Starry Metropolitan, enjoy the glittering night scene of this prosperous metropolitan – Hong Kong – through gazing out of their apartment windows, while they are resting in their apartments after a day of work.
In Mei Foo, a piece of land has been reclaimed from the sea and a park with different kinds of recreational facilities is built on the reclamation area. The fourth group of work, entitled A Delightful Weekend, focuses on the recreational activities of the Mei Foo residents taking place in the park.
Wilyakali:
Wilyakali lies in the east of the state of South Australia, crossing into New South Wales, including the town of Broken Hill. The Wilyakali people traditionally visited the Paakantji people on the Menindee Lakes in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion each year.
The three Major language groups for the Broken Hill Region are the Paakantji, Mayyankapa, and Nyiimpaa.
Wilyakali and Danggali both lie east of the Ngadjuri language and north of the upper River Murray languages.
Wilyakali and Danggali are part of the Darling River Language Group or Paakantyi / Paakantji language group. This is a group of closely related languages in South Australia and New South Wales, which can be subdivided into two groups: the “Northern Dialects” and the “Southern Dialects.” Wilyakali and Danggali are both part of the “Southern Dialects.”
Other “Southern Dialects” include Pulaali, Southern Pankantyi, Pantyikali, Wanyuparlku and Marrawarra. Some of these languages have been recorded more than others. Although each language has its own distinguishing features, they are so similar they can be understood by speakers of other languages in this group. Therefore, the following reference list will include Southern Paakantyi references that may be helpful. The language name is noted in square brackets after each reference, when known.
Today the Wilyakali people are still the main Aboriginal group in Broken Hill, though there are a number of Aboriginal people that come from other language groups.
The Aboriginal people of Broken Hill have established working parties to pursue their vision of a better future. They continue to look after their traditional lands and are joint managers of the Mutawintji National Park which is the first national park handed back to the traditional owners in New South Wales. There are many strong elders who continue to maintain and pass on their traditional knowledge to their young people and, today, share their stories with the wider community.
Ngadjuri:
Source: Mobile Language Team & Aboriginal Housing Office.
Located in what now is the heart of the Garden District, between Washington, Sixth, Prytania, and Coliseum streets, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest of the seven municipal, city-operated cemeteries in New Orleans. It is a non-segregated, non-denominational cemetery. There are immigrants from over 25 different countries and natives of 26 states as identified on the closure tablets.
The developers commissioned City surveyor Benjamin Buisson to develop a plan. The plan, dated March 5, 1832, subdivided the area between First Street and Toledano. The cemetery was laid out with two center aisles, a cruciform (cross) pattern, lined with trees giving it a park or garden-like appearance, and divided the cemetery into four sections. The intersecting avenues were built to accommodate funeral processions and originally paved with shells.
The cemetery was named for the City of Lafayette, which was annexed to the City of New Orleans as the Fourth District. The area of New Orleans that once was the city of Lafayette consists of two designated historical districts, the Irish Channel and the Garden District. The residents of the Irish Channel were first-generation immigrants many from Ireland and Germany, the two largest groups of immigrants to settle in New Orleans in the two decades before the Civil War. It was known as a working-class poor neighborhood, a rough and tough riverfront area. The Garden District, on the other hand, represented the new wealth of immigrants from Great Britain and the North who came and made their fortunes as cotton factors, brokers, and merchants after the Louisiana Purchase. They are often called “Southern Yankees.”
In the cemetery, there are almost 500 wall vaults on Washington Avenue which have been sealed. Only a few of the plaques are engraved.
In Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, there are society tombs for several volunteer fireman organizations (now extinct), the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, German Presbyterian Community, Home For Destitute Orphan Boys, Poydras Orphans Home, YMCA, and the New Orleans Home for Incurables.
Individual family tombs in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 feature Judge Ferguson of the Plessy vs. Ferguson “separate-but-equal” case. Also buried in the cemetery is Brigadier General Harry T. Hays who led the 1st Louisiana Brigade. The Brunie family, buried here, were notable jazz musicians who were associated with Papa Laine and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
Perhaps the most famous residents of Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 are fictional. The tomb for the Mayfair witches, created by Anne Rice, in The Witching Hour, fits a combination of the Lafayette and Jefferson fireman tombs. Rice also staged a jazz funeral where she rode in a glass enclosed coffin down the aisle of Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 to introduce her book Memnoch the Devil. The vampire Lestat’s tomb, made from Styrofoam for the movie, Interview with a Vampire, was possibly modeled from the cast iron tomb. Many other movies have been filmed in the cemetery, including Double Jeopardy in 1999 and Dracula 2000 in 2000. Other filming has taken place in the cemetery, such as music videos by acts such as LeAnn Rimes and the New Kids on the Block.
There are about 1,100 family tombs and more than 7,000 people buried in Lafayette I, a single city block.
The Sundown Nature Trail was originally conceived and constructed as a voluntary project for the Broken Hill Centenary in 1983, by the Barrier Environment Group. The trail and information were refreshed in 2018 by volunteers from the Barrier Rangers, Barrier Field Naturalists’ Club, and NSW Roads and Maritime Services as a Foundation Broken Hill 25in25 liveability project with the assistance of the Broken Hill City Council.
For nearly 100 years the Common was heavily grazed by stock and rabbits and the amount and diversity of vegetation have been reduced as a consequence. In the early days too, many trees were harvested for firewood and fence-posts and for use in the mines. Today grazing and tree removal are no longer permitted. Rabbits are being controlled with the introduction of selective diseases whilst feral goats remain a pest in the region.
Euros, the stocky dark wallaby (Macropus robustus) and Red and Western Grey kangaroos (Macropus rufus; M. fuliginosus) may be seen especially in the gullies. Reptiles include skinks, shingle back lizards, bearded dragons, goannas, and brown snakes. Wedge-tailed eagles circle the ridges and wrens and finches dart among the bushes whilst galahs, parrots, and crows call overhead.
Rocks along the trail are metamorphic schists and pegmatite. The schists were originally sandstones and shales deposited about 1800 million years ago. They were laid down in a rift sea on top of the silver, lead, and zinc-rich rocks which now form the Broken Hill orebody. The rocks have been deeply buried and completely folded and are now made up mainly of quartz, feldspar, mica, and sillimanite. The pale coloured course-grained rock which cuts across the schist is pegmatite. The pegmatite intruded the schist as molten magma several hundred million years later and crystallized to form white translucent quartz, creamy opaque feldspar, flaky clear-brown muscovite (mica) and, in places, red garnet and beryl.
Wilyakali:
Wilyakali lies in the east of the state of South Australia, crossing into New South Wales, including the town of Broken Hill. The Wilyakali people traditionally visited the Paakantji people on the Menindee Lakes in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion each year.
The three Major language groups for the Broken Hill Region are the Paakantji, Mayyankapa, and Nyiimpaa.
Wilyakali and Danggali both lie east of the Ngadjuri language and north of the upper River Murray languages.
Wilyakali and Danggali are part of the Darling River Language Group or Paakantyi / Paakantji language group. This is a group of closely related languages in South Australia and New South Wales, which can be subdivided into two groups: the “Northern Dialects” and the “Southern Dialects.” Wilyakali and Danggali are both part of the “Southern Dialects.”
Other “Southern Dialects” include Pulaali, Southern Pankantyi, Pantyikali, Wanyuparlku and Marrawarra. Some of these languages have been recorded more than others. Although each language has its own distinguishing features, they are so similar they can be understood by speakers of other languages in this group. Therefore, the following reference list will include Southern Paakantyi references that may be helpful. The language name is noted in square brackets after each reference, when known.
Today the Wilyakali people are still the main Aboriginal group in Broken Hill, though there are a number of Aboriginal people that come from other language groups.
The Aboriginal people of Broken Hill have established working parties to pursue their vision of a better future. They continue to look after their traditional lands and are joint managers of the Mutawintji National Park which is the first national park handed back to the traditional owners in New South Wales. There are many strong elders who continue to maintain and pass on their traditional knowledge to their young people and, today, share their stories with the wider community.
Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Play/Living-Desert-State-Park/Sun...), & Mobile Language Team & Aboriginal Housing Office.
It was surprising to find such fine looking, well maintained old apartments in this location. The Glamour Terrace, as it was called, was built in 1902 at a cost of $13,500, and consisted of 3 units originally, William Wardell Cross was the architect. The Manitoba Historical Society recognizes it as a historical site.
Online city tax assessment information is limited nowadays but we can see that the city valued the entire building at $1,471,000 $C at April 2021. It is evident from old ads that the units have now been subdivided.
SIPE rolls through downtown Peoria. The Rock Island depot has since been subdivided into two restaurants. Both of them are delicious.
The church was designed in sober Renaissance style by Jacopo Sansovino in 1554, with the advice of the Franciscan friar, Fra Francesco Zorzi. Fra Zorzi based the sizing of the various elements on the number three, because of its association with the Trinity: the nave should be nine paces wide and 27 paces long, each side chapel three paces wide. However the white marble façade (1564-1570) was not based on Sansovino's designs, but instead was a product of an Andrea Palladio. It is thought that the patrician Daniele Barbaro lobbied for the commission to be switched from Sansovino to Palladio in 1562, convincing the then Patriarch, Giovanni Grimani.
Palladio addressed the challenge of linking the central nave with the side aisles in the façade in an innovative manner. The Corinthian columns in both the center and the sides are perched on the same high plinth, though the central four columns are taller and wider than the lateral ones. The lateral columns support half-pediments that mimic the angle of the central full pediment. Above the central portal is a hemicircular window, interrupted superiorly by a bracket and subdivided into three parts. The façade contains two large bronze statues of Moses and Saint Paul (1592), actively stepping forward from their shallow niches, sculpted by Tiziano Aspetti. (Wikipedia )
Café Iruña in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. This traditional Café is located near the “Jardines de Albia”, it was opened on July 7, 1903. It is subdivided into different sections with different types of tiles and Mudejar-inspired decorations, with polychrome ceilings and an abundant collection of mural paintings, which were recently restored.
Thank you for your visits / comments / faves!
TAMANDÚA SUDAMERICANO AUSTRAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
oso melero , osito melero , oso mielero , oso hormiguero mediano , oso hormiguero chico , oso hormiguero menor , brazo fuerte , hormiguero de collar , tamandúa de collar , hormiguero amazónico , oso hormiga , oso colmenero , tamandua miri , kaaguaré , kaguare , kuareminí ,
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Tamanduá-de-Colete
ARGENTINE SOUTHERN TAMANDUA ...............................................
collared anteater , lesser anteater , tree anteater ,
Tamandua tetradactyla straminea Cope 1889
Localidad típica: Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brasil
= Tamandua tetradactyla kriegi Lönnberg 1942
= Tamandua tetradactyla chapadensis JA Allen 1904
Superorden: Xenarthra ... Orden: Pilosa ... Familia: Myrmecophagidae
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Habita en sabanas, bosques secos, blanquizales, montes fuertes o quebrachales, isletas de urundayzales, bosques ribereños, selvas primarias, secundarias, y en galería, etc.
La longitud de la cabeza más el cuerpo oscila entre los 50 a 90 centímetros.
La longitud de la cola varía entre los 40 a 60 centímetros.
Las variaciones individuales y geográficas observadas han complicado a los taxónomos.
Los especímenes del sudeste están "fuertemente manchados," con marcas negras desde la espalda a la cola.
El resto del cuerpo puede ser beige, o pardo.
Los del norte de Brasil, y los que viven al oeste de los Andes de Venezuela, tienen el pelaje todo beige, pardo, o negro, o muy ligeramente manchado o bicolor.
Poseen cuatro garras en sus patas delanteras y cinco en las extremidades posteriores.
Para evitar autopincharse las palmas con sus afiladas uñas, caminan con la parte posterior de sus manos.
La cola es prensil, pues es muy empleada cuando trepa, utilizándola como un quinto miembro, gracias a que su parte inferior y el ápice no tienen pelos, para facilitar la sujeción.
La trompa es larga y curvada con una apertura no mayor al diámetro de un lápiz.
Posee hábitos trepadores.
Es un buen nadador.
Son animales solitarios, salvo en la época del apareamiento que es cuando se los ve en parejas.
Cuando se buscan en la época de celo, emiten un fétido olor mediante una glándula perianal.
Las hembras tienen poliestro; se preñan generalmente en verano.
La gestación oscila de 130 a 150 días y nace una sola cría, en primavera.
Al nacer su piel varía de blanco a negro.
Se aferra por un tiempo al dorso de su madre, la cual la deposita en una rama segura mientras ella forrajea.
Su vida en cautiverio alcanzó un máximo de 9 años y 6 meses.
Allí, se le prepara una papilla con miel, fruta, carne, y otros alimentos.
Se adapta muy bien, e incluso suele reproducirse tras las rejas...
Es principalmente nocturno pero, donde no es perseguido, puede vérselo activo también en algunas horas del día, en especial en el invierno o en días nublados.
Generalmente pasa el día en su nido en huecos de árboles o en cuevas de otros animales, a los que expulsa violentamente.
Es mirmecófago, es decir, come hormigas y termitas (especies arbóreas, principalmente).
Como no tiene buena vista se guía por su olfato que es muy agudo; gracias a él localiza los hormigueros y termiteros y luego extrae a sus presas usando sus garras notablemente fuertes, para romper y abrir los nidos y tomarlas con su elongada lengua (de hasta 40 centímetros de longitud).
Evita comer las hormigas que están protegidas por fuertes químicos de defensa, tales como en las Ecitoninae y transportadores de hojas.
Gustan de la miel y de las abejas.
Se han reportado ataques a colmenas productivas de la abeja doméstica.
Es inofensivo, aunque si es atacado se defiende con mucha peligrosidad con sus potentes y puntiagudas garras.
Aunque su carne es muy dura y grasosa, actualmente integra la dieta de muchos campesinos e indígenas.
También se lo mata como trofeo, o por simple curiosidad.
Sufre la destrucción de su hábitat, en especial su reconversión en campos agrícolas, con cifras alarmantes, en los últimos años, en las macroregiones chaqueñas y del cerrado.
Los incendios matan enorme cantidad de ejemplares.
Al ser de movimientos muy lentos, sufre mucho más que las otras especies atropellamientos en las rutas que intenta cruzar.
También se lo ultima apenas se lo ve para evitar que, con sus fuertes garras, mate a los perros de las estancias que suelen formar una ronda en su derredor para hostigarlo, y por creer que sus garras tienen ponzoña.
En la Argentina tiene la Categoría de amenaza: "Potencialmente vulnerable",
en el Uruguay está en la categoria: "En Peligro".
La especie se subdivide en cuatro subespecies.
Tamandua tetradactyla nigra (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
habita desde el este de Colombia, a través de Venezuela, Trinidad y las Guayanas hasta el norte de la cuenca del Amazonas y el este-centro de Brasil;
Tamandua tetradactyla quichua O. Thomas 1927,
se lo encuentra en la alta cuenca del Amazonas, en el Ecuador oriental, Perú y oeste del Brasil;
Tamandua tetradactyla tetradactyla (Linnaeus 1758)
habita la floresta atlántica del litoral marítimo y las sierras del este del Brasil, desde Rio Grande do Norte hasta el extremo nordeste de Rio Grande do Sul.
Esta subespecie es listada en el Apéndice CITES II, pues su población sufre de una importante regresión;
Tamandua tetradactyla straminea (Cope 1889)
En el Brasil se distribuye desde el sur de la cuenca amazónica hacia el sur, incluyendo el área del pantanal matogrosense, y seguramente en sectores occidentales de los estados de São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, y Rio Grande do Sul.
En Bolivia es común en el Chaco, las Yungas y la Amazonía.
En el Paraguay abunda tanto en la Región Occidental o Chaco paraguayo, como en la región Oriental del país.
Fue registrado por primera vez en Uruguay a fines de la década de los ‘90 del siglo pasado, cuando fue encontrado un ejemplar vivo en el departamento de Cerro Largo.
A partir de ese hecho se han registrado más ejemplares en los departamentos vecinos de Rivera, y Tacuarembó, a los que luego se les han agregado: Treinta y Tres, y Artigas; todos pertenecen al sector norte uruguayo.
Finalmente habita en las provincias argentinas de: Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Formosa, Chaco, el extremo norte de Santa Fe, el norte de Corrientes, y Misiones.
Posiblemente se encuentre todavía, o haya habitado en el pasado, en las provincias de: Córdoba (en el sector nordeste), el este de Catamarca, y el extremo nordeste de Entre Ríos.
La otra especie del género es:
TAMANDÚA MEXICANA -Northern Tamandua- (Tamandua mexicana)
la cual se distribuye desde México hasta el noroeste del Perú.
( 12 de febrero de 2009 )
Zoológico de la ciudad de La Plata, provincia de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
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St. Julian's (Maltese: San Ġiljan) is a town in Malta situated along the coast, north of the country's capital, Valletta. It is known for tourism-oriented businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and nightclubs which are centred mainly in an area known as Paceville.
The town is subdivided into informal districts which are Paceville, Ta' Ġiorni, Tal-Għoqod, St Andrew's, as well as the regions surrounding St George's Bay, Spinola Bay, Balluta Bay, and Il-Qaliet cliffs.
St Julian's is a popular town, usually flowing with tourists, especially during the summer months. It is also a well-sought after destination by the Maltese.
The population of Saint Julian's is 10,261 people.
The town has only one skyscraper, the 98m tall Portomaso Tower.
The town is named after its patron saint; Saint Julian who is widely known as Julian the Hospitaller and Julian the Poor whereby he is the patron Saint of hunters. The town's flag is identical to the Belgian flag which has to do with the fact that it is thought that St Julian was Belgian (from Ath), despite the fact that it is disputed whether he was also from France (Le Mans) or Italy (Naples).
Before the reform to the Calendar of Saints, the memorial to St Julian was on January 27. Nowadays, the is celebrated on February 12, though in Malta an additional feast, in the spirit of the many summer feasts around the island, is celebrated on the last Sunday of August.
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Helgoland is a German island in the North Sea. In the past, the island has been part of Denmark and the United Kingdom, but since 1890 it has been German property. It is considerably further away from the coast than the East Frisian Islands. Strangely enough, it is not part of the customs territory of the European Community. On Helgoland, Halunder freesk is spoken, a North Frisian language. The main island, with the recognizable cliff of Trias fur sandstone, which is subdivided into Oberland and Unterland. The small island of Düne is mainly covered with sand and popular with nudists. There is an airport on Düne and there are two bungalow parks. Helgoland is traffic-free: there are only a few cars, and cycling is prohibited. There is a small bus that makes a tour around the island. There are also some electric vehicles that serve as vans. Helgoland can be reached by high-speed catamaran, ferry or by small propeller plane. The island enjoys considerable fame among nature and especially bird lovers because it is an important breeding ground and stopping place for sea birds from the North Sea region and for migratory birds. The Northern Gannet is a seabird living at the coasts of the North Sea. Colonies are mostly located on offshore islands with cliffs, from which the birds can more easily launch into the air. Gannets breed here on the cliffs of Helgoland in the summer. A free light show in the evening. Some manage to be at the right place, at the right time. At the end of the cliff path, which leads to the Lange Anna, the view looks west. It is the best place to watch the sunset and the colony of Northern Gannets. The low setting sun makes the sky and the red sandstone rocks glow. The Northern Gannets have an unique pairing ritual. A mating dance and couple bonding.
Northern Gannets started breeding on the German island Helgoland about 25 years ago. The colony, nowadays holding about 700 breeding pairs, birds annually die on the nest. Gannets build their nests on steep cliff faces. They used seaweed to construct the nest. Northern gannets exhibit many types of aggressive behavior while they are nesting. Confrontations normally only take place between birds of the same sex. A female will not react if a male approaches a nest but it will react fiercely if another female approaches. The fights between males occupying nests for the first time are particularly intense. Such fights can last for up to two hours and may lead to serious injuries. Birds lunge at each other and lock bills, wrestling for extended periods while neighbors peck at them. In addition to all confrontations, there are couples who take care of each other. Nice to experience and capture their mating dance and couple bonding. A unique pairing ritual in which the head and neck are held upright while loud, loud calls are made. This behavior helps to create a long-term bond between mating partners. Photo taken at sunset during the breeding season on the Breithorn rock.
Helgoland is een Duits eiland in de Noordzee. In het verleden is het eiland onderdeel geweest van Denemarken en van het Verenigd Koninkrijk, maar sinds 1890 is het Duits grondbezit. Het ligt aanzienlijk verder uit de kust dan de Oost-Friese Waddeneilanden, waar het niet toe gerekend wordt. Het hoofdeiland, met de herkenbare klif van Trias bontzandsteen, dat is onderverdeeld in Oberland en Unterland. Helgoland is te bereiken per high-speed catamaran, veerboot of per kleine propeller vliegtuig. Aan de noordkant van het Oberland zie je Lange Anna, een herkenningspunt van Helgoland. Lange Anna is een lange 47 meter hoge rots (nu door omvallen bedreigde) van bontzandsteen. De echte lokale naam is Nathurn Stak. Het beklimmen van de rotspunt is niet toegestaan, maar toeristen kunnen de rots van een afstand bekijken. Het eiland geniet aanzienlijke faam bij natuur- en vooral vogelliefhebbers omdat het een belangrijke broed- en pleisterplaats is voor zeevogels uit het Noordzeegebied en voor trekvogels. De Jan-van-gent is een zeevogel met een groot verspreidingsgebied in de Noordzee. De naam van deze vogel heeft niets met de naam van de persoon Jan van Gent te maken. Het woord gent is verklaarbaar en herkenbaar voor een mannelijke watervogel zoals een gans. Mogelijk heeft het ook te maken met de Nederlands gewoonte om in uitdrukkingen de naam Jan te plaatsen zoals "Jan en alleman", vandaar jan-van-gent. Jan-van-genten broeden in de zomer op klippen op rotsige eilanden zoals Helgoland. Jan-van-gent vogels vertonen veel soorten van agressief gedrag terwijl ze nestelen. Confrontaties vinden normaal gesproken alleen plaats tussen vogels van hetzelfde geslacht. Een vrouwtje zal niet reageren als een mannetje een nest nadert, maar het zal fel reageren als een ander vrouwtje nadert. De gevechten tussen mannen die voor het eerst nesten bezetten, zijn bijzonder intens. Dergelijke gevechten kunnen tot twee uur duren en kunnen leiden tot ernstig letsel. Vogels vallen naar elkaar uit en worstelen langdurig terwijl buren naar hen pikken. Naast alle confrontaties zijn er paartjes die elkaar verzorgen. Mooi om hun baltsrituelen en paarbinding mee te maken en vast te leggen. Een uniek paringsritueel waarbij het hoofd en de nek rechtop worden gehouden terwijl luide, harde oproepen worden gedaan. Dit gedrag helpt om een langdurige band tussen parende partners te creëren.
Soldier of the Presidential Guard Battalion.
The Casa de Nariño is guarded by the infantry battalion number 37 known as the Army's Presidential Guard Battalion, created by the decree of President Miguel Abadía Méndez on December 7, 1927.20 Decree 367 of 1928 gives it the current name of Guardia Battalion Presidential and was organized by Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Perea Sanclemente on August 16, 1928. As a precedent to its foundation is the Guard of Honor of the liberator Simón Bolívar, created in 1814.
The battalion is part of the Army's Fifth Division (Thirteenth Brigade), is made up of 1,400 people: 29 officers, 116 NCOs, 1,189 soldiers and 66 civilians; It is subdivided into various companies starting with the infantry: Córdova; Cavalry: Rondón, the Artillery Ricaurte, the Caldas de Ingenieros Company, in honor of the wise Francisco José de Caldas, the Fergusson Company, responsible for military and protocol ceremonies, and finally the platoon of soldiers from the Military House. Its facilities are in front of the Ministry of Finance building, diagonal to the Casa de Nariño; his motto is "In Defense of Honor Until Death."
Metro Cinema, Harrow. Originally opened as the Dominion Theatre in January 1936, designed by Frank Bromige, in the Art Deco Futuristic style. It had 2,014 seats in stalls and balcony, possessed an oddly shaped stage with a full flytower, and featured live presentations with the film fare until the auditorium was subdivided in 1972. Initially the stalls section was a bingo hall, later becoming a church. The balcony was reduced in with and depth and reopened as a cinema, later a second screen was added in the former café - they seated 612 and 133. The church closed first, followed by the cinemas - by known as the Safari, having gone through ABC, Cannon and Virgin, in March 2020. Everything apart from the facade was demolished in 2021, and a residential block built on the site incorporating Bromige's frontage (which had been criminally hidden away with sheet metal cladding in 1962), with three new cinemas included. These are very comfortable, though architecturally plain, but with bargain seat prices!
London Borough of Harrow, London, Greater London, England - Metro Cinema, Station Road
May 2026
The Desert Channels Region is a largely unmodified environment with robust pastoral, mining, and tourism industries. Home to 14, 500 people the region covers 510 000 square kilometres, (about one-third of the state of Queensland) and incorporates the Queensland section of the Lake Eyre Basin. This region is valued for its unique and healthy inland river systems, landscapes, cultural heritage, sustainable communities and production.
The Thomson River forms part of the Lake Eyre Basin. The river was named by the explorer, Edmund Kennedy, in the 1840s. The northernmost headwaters of the river begin at Torrens Creek, inland from Charters Towers. The watercourse becomes the Thomson just north of the town of Muttaburra, where the channels of Landsborough Creek, Towerhill Creek, and Cornish Creek meet. The river continues in the southwesterly direction, passing the towns of Longreach, Stonehenge, and Jundah, before joining with the Barcoo River north of Windorah to form Cooper Creek. This is the only place in the world where the confluence of two rivers forms a creek. As with all the rivers in the Lake Eyre Basin, the waters from the Thomson never reach the sea, and instead either evaporate or, in exceptional flooding, empty into Lake Eyre. Floods are not uncommon along the river, and, due to the flat nature of the country traversed, the river can then become many kilometres wide. The area which the river flows is semi-arid blacksoil plains.
Declared pest plants and animals have an enormous impact on the Longreach Region. Competition between these invasive pest plants and native Flora has seen the destruction of habitat. The loss of feed and breeding areas has seen rapid declines in some animal species. Longreach Regional Council is committed to the eradication of pest plants and animal species and has formulated a comprehensive Pest Management Plan.
Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ) is a community-based non-for-profit group and a government-endorsed regional body. Their board membership represents landholders, Indigenous groups, the Great Artesian Basin, conservation and local governments. DCQ works with all the sectors of the community to sustainably manage the natural resources in the region. Together with the land management community, they develop projects to address the issues identified in the community-endorsed natural resource management plan, Protecting Our Assets. Assets include land, water, biodiversity, and community. Major issues DCQ considers are weeds and feral animals, vegetation management, grazing pressure, water management, land degradation, and viability and economics. The DCQ's mission is a community group dedicated to improving the quality of the life of current and future generations through leadership, innovation, knowledge, and partnerships, in the responsible management of their unique natural recourses.
Iningai Nation:
The Iningai people were identified by anthropologist Norman Tindale as the traditional owners of the Barcaldine region, however there have been no Native Title determinations made by the Federal Court. Today, it is believed that there are no Iningai descendants living in the region. However, there is a population of Indigenous Australians who have continued to reside in the area for many generations, and in light of their historical connections, take cultural responsibility for the area, which is now supported largely by agricultural industries.
Longreach, Queensland:
Longreach, Queensland, is 620km west of Rockhampton, at the junction of the Capricorn and Landsborough Highways. The Aramac Creek flows southwards, joining the Thomson River which runs generally south-west through the Longreach district.
The Longreach district was explored by the New South Wales Surveyor-General, Thomas Mitchell (1846) and by Edmund Kennedy (1847). The pastoralist-explorer William Landsborough reported favourably on the district's pastoral prospects, and in 1863 the first pastoral lease was taken up by the vast Bowen Downs station. Several others followed soon afterwards. The district's centre was Aramac (1869), and it was governed by the Aramac local-government division (1879).
Railway Boom:
Considerable optimism surrounded the new settlement: town lots were auctioned and sold briskly, and by 1890 there were three hotels, several stores and tradespeople, a progress association, and a police station. The opening of the railway line in 1892 spurred further development, and thrust Longreach into the industrial upheaval of the age; whereas the 1891 shearer's strike had been based at Barcaldine, the 1894 strike was called at the new railway terminus, Longreach.
The town grew with astounding rapidity. By 1896 there were fourteen hotels, a hospital (1893), Catholic, Methodist, and Anglican churches, a school of the arts, a pastoral and agricultural society, and several clubs and friendly societies. From a population of about 150 in 1891, Longreach was approaching 2000 in 1903.
The progress association soon expressed criticism about the Aramac local-government division's neglect of the Longreach district. Aramac agreed, and the Longreach division was severed in 1900.
Apart from Longreach's role as a railhead and district centre, it also became the centre of an area subdivided for closer-settlement farms during the 1890s. Many blocks were too small, however, and the 1902 drought proved a substantial setback. Amalgamation of blocks and the successful drilling for bore water after the drought aided recovery.
Industrial Progress:
Longreach was usually quick to embrace new technology. Motor car hire and repair businesses were opened – the Longreach Motor Co (1910) and Edwards, Martin Ltd (1910) were major businesses in both repair and body-building for vehicles. In 1919 two young airmen, P. J. McGinness and Hudson Fysh visited Longreach while surveying the Darwin to Longreach section of a proposed England-Australia air route. The men later began Qantas outback airlines at Longreach and established a large plane assembly factory. With both a railway terminus and a pioneer air service, Longreach had some claim to being a 'Chicago of the West'. The railway advantage, however, subsided when the line was extended to Winton in 1927.
In 1921 an electricity powerhouse began operation and a rudimentary swimming pool opened. Reticulated water supply was laid on from the river in 1938, replacing the mineralised bore water and enabling trees to grace the city's parks. Despite the progress, Longreach remained a goat town for another two decades, with local herds essential as a reliable fresh milk supply. Fresh vegetables were also a problem, with grasshoppers damaging local crops and the railways sometimes failing to keep up supplies.
Postwar Tribulations:
The 1920s were relatively prosperous, as were the 1950s (apart from some dry years and a shearers' strike). Much of the commercial building stock was replaced, including the shire hall (the previous two, along with local hotels and the Catholic church had burnt down). A State high school and an Olympic pool were opened in 1966 and 1967. Within a few years wool prices declined, and an investment in beef cattle was met with a decline in meat prices. The town's population, which had stayed steady during 1933 - 1947 when other outback towns had fallen by a quarter, faltered badly during the 20 years from 1961 - 1981 falling from 3800 to fewer than 3000. Fortunately, improved roads and transport, which had solved the milk and vegetable supply problem, brought outback tourism. Sensing the tourist opportunity, Sir James Walker, Shire Chair (1957 - 1990), chair of regional electricity supply authorities and of the Longreach Pastoral College garnered national support for the Stockman's Hall of Fame, which opened in 1988 on land provided by the Pastoral College. The Qantas Founders Museum, abutting the original heritage-listed Qantas hanger at the Longreach aerodrome, and a museum based in the old powerhouse (also heritage-listed) are other attractions, particularly popular with 'grey nomads'.
In addition to the aforementioned attractions and facilities, Longreach has a racecourse, showground, a Catholic primary school (1985), a school of distance education, a base hospital (1944), aerodrome, a visitor information centre, an Olympic swimming pool, five churches, several hotels and motels, and an aged persons' accommodation. The elaborate railway station (1916, similar to the Emerald station) and the goods shed (1892) are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Source: Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ), Queensland Government, & Queensland Places (www.queenslandplaces.com.au/longreach).
PLAN: The building has two storeys, and is L shaped, a porch in the corner of the L; there are two gabled projections to the rear, one original, the other early C20. The latter is upper storey only, one side resting on a flat roofed single storey section which links both projections: on the other side the south east corner rests on a square brick column. All other roofs are pitched.
EXTERIOR: To front elevation, one arm of the L projects forwards, and shows a gable end with kneelers; a date stone painted white is placed high in the gable, above a wooden oriel window with tiled roof and five lights with four centred arched heads. Immediately below is a rectangular recessed wooden window with three lights with four centred arched heads, dressed stone lintel and downward sloping stone sill. All windows in the front and side elevations, except for the side office window, are similar.
The main entrance is through the porch set in the corner of the L. This is single storey, with crenellated top: the recessed wooden door stands within a four centred arch, with label mould over. The roof line of this arm of the L is lower than the forward projecting arm, and has a gabled dormer with a three light window set below the gable, with a similar, slightly larger window immediately below. The west gable end has two two light windows, one above the other, the smaller top window set within the gable. The blank wall of the back projecting wing can be seen set back. The east elevation has a gabled dormer with two light window similar to that in the front elevation, with two light window below, south of a projecting chimney stack which has lost its top, immediately to the north of which is the wooden office window with tiled canopy or weather hood over. The rear elevation shows the gable end of both early and later wings. The earlier, to the west, has two windows with segmental arches in gauged brick, the top one almost wholly within the gable. A flat roofed brick extension connects this with, and supports the modern, upper storey bathroom extension, which is set against the back gable of the east arm of the L, its roof lower but on the same alignment. Its fourth corner is supported on a brick column.
INTERIOR: On entering the porch to the right is single light window, to the left the door to the office, and straight ahead a four centred recessed arch enclosing a door with glazed door and sidelights. The office contains a long fitted desk with sloping top and drawers with brass inverted cup handles. There is an ornate cast iron fireplace in the south east corner, with decorative detail and the name Scotia above the grate picked out in bronze. There are three other rooms downstairs. The front room in the west wing has a modern tiled fireplace: a door in its west wall leads down two steps into a walk in cupboard, partially under the stairs. The room immediately behind the office is unplastered, and contains an arched recess in the back wall next to the door (possibly the original the back door), a plank door under a segmental arch. All other doors are four panelled with moulded architraves.
A dog-leg staircase with stick balusters and moulded hand rail rises from the small entrance hall to a narrow landing: straight ahead are the wide double four panelled doors of a cupboard which occupies the width of the landing. To the right is the original entrance to the boardroom, with moulded architrave. The door has been moved across the corridor, which has been inserted into the space of the boardroom, to the door which now gives access to the front room. The boardroom has been further subdivided into two rooms divided by fixing in place the wooden folding doors which could be used to divide the boardroom in two when necessary. The boardroom is lit to the front by the oriel window overlooking the lock, its domed roof springing from a deeply moulded cornice: it also has deep skirting boards. Immediately opposite the boardroom, on the other side of the landing, a Tudor arch leads into another corridor giving access to two further rooms, now empty and a small cupboard. Again all doors are four panelled, with moulded architraves.
HISTORY: The Lower Medway Company was founded in 1792. The Act of Parliament which established the company gave it the authority to improve the navigation of the Lower Medway by building Allington Lock, and by making a towpath: the lock was enlarged in 1881, and the current structure dates to 1939. The Lock House was built in 1833 to house the offices of the company, and to provide a director's board room. The small building on the other side of the lock seems to have served as the toll house, although the window in the office of the Lock House indicates that tolls could be paid here as well. The 1868 OS map shows both buildings, and the shed to the rear of the Lock House, although about half its current size: later maps show further extensions and accretions, including the lengthening of the out building. Of these later additions only the extended outbuilding and the bathroom extension, which seems to have been in place by 1946, survive. This latest extension was built at the time of the conversion of the building to a dwelling for the lock keeper. Behind the house is a long brick shed with a brick hearth, said to have housed bargees while they waited for the tide to turn.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: The Lock House has special architectural interest for its early-C19 Tudor picturesque design, its successful use of historicist references to create an imposing building on a fairly modest scale, and as a relatively rare example of specialised canal architecture. It remains mostly intact, both inside and out, despite some additions and slight internal modifications. It also has special historic interest through its association with the history of inland navigation in England. It has group value for its relationship with the small building on the island over the lock and with the Grade II listed No 3 Lock Cottage in Sandling, just across the Medway.
The speckled wood is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone. The species is subdivided into multiple subspecies, including Pararge aegeria aegeria, Pararge aegeria tircis, Pararge aegeria oblita, and Pararge aegeria insula. The color of this butterfly varies between subspecies. The existence of these subspecies is due to variation in morphology down a gradient corresponding to a geographic cline. The background of the wings ranges from brown to orange, and the spots are either pale yellow, white, cream, or a tawny orange. The speckled wood feeds on a variety of grass species. The males of this species exhibit two types of mate locating behaviors: territorial defense and patrolling. The proportion of males exhibiting these two strategies changes based on ecological conditions. The monandrous female must choose which type of male can help her reproduce successfully. Her decision is heavily influenced by environmental conditions.
The colourful stained glass window looking down onto the food market,
Mercado Municipal da Cantareira in São Paulo, Brazil. Created by russian artist Sorgenicht Conrad Filho all 32 panels are subdivided into 72 beautiful stained glass windows, celebrating the daily lives of the agricultural community during the boom of São Paulo's coffee trade.
Former Purity Store located at 121 South School St. in Lodi,CA. The building is now subdivided with the majority being occupied by a chinese restaurant under the name "King Tsin Restaurant"
Café Iruña in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. This traditional Café is located near the “Jardines de Albia”, it was opened on July 7, 1903. It is subdivided into different sections with different types of tiles and Mudejar-inspired decorations, with polychrome ceilings and an abundant collection of mural paintings, which were recently restored.
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Blackall is in central-western Queensland, between Longreach and Charleville and 500km south-west of Rockhampton. It was named after Samuel Blackall, soldier and Governor of Queensland (1868 - 1871). Blackall was the administrative centre of the shire of the same name, and continues that function with the Blackall and Tambo Regional Council (2008).
Blackall is situated on the Barcoo River, in an area explored by Thomas Mitchell in 1846 and Augustus Gregory in 1858 and thus known by the 1860s to be both favourable to grazing and desolate in drought. Pastoral settlement was active in the 1860s, and a rudimentary village settlement evident by 1867. Local government was established in 1879 with the Kargoolnah division, headquartered in Blackall. By 1877 the town had upwards of seven hotels, seven stores, several tradespeople, and a school (opened that year). The town's newspaper, the Barcoo Independent, began publication in 1889. During the 1880s some of the large pastoral runs were subdivided for selection for grazing and dairying. There was a run of fairly good seasons, and the drilling of Queensland's first artesian bore at Blackall in 1885 brought relief to thirsty stock. At the end of the 1890s the 'federation drought' took hold, followed by flooding of the Barcoo in 1906. Nevertheless, provision against the vagaries of the surface water supply was made by the sinking of further bores and construction of tanks.
By 1903 the town's population had passed 750.
One of Blackall's most famous events is recorded as the mighty Jack Howe, who hand shore 321 sheep in seven hours and forty minutes on the 10th of October 1892 at the Alice Downs pastoral station, 19km north of Blackall. The world record stands, and was not broken by machine shearing for 58 years. A Howe sculpture was unveiled in Blackall's business centre in 1988. Howe's remains are buried and marked at the local Blackall Cemetery.
Within a year of the formation of the Kargoolnah division Blackall was established as a separate municipal borough. There were periods of uneasy stand-off and cooperation between the two authorities, mainly over shire contributions to town amenities in the event of amalgamation, which nevertheless occurred with the formation of Blackall Shire in 1945.
Postwar Years:
Blackall was bypassed by the Longreach railway (1886) until a branch from Jericho was opened in 1908. The branch line came just two years after Blackall opened a large wool scouring works, a sign of confidence in a stable wool producing region. Running from about 1900 until 1978, the scouring works are now a significant industrial heritage site, listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. Town amenities were gradually increased: sealed roads, reticulated electricity, and plans for a new town hall. Sewerage, a fire brigade, a public park, and a swimming pool came after World War II, as did the new town hall.
The postwar wool boom and a succession of good seasons positioned Blackall for strong growth. A State high school opened in 1957, a motel in 1962, the main street saw a building boom. Population peaked, but drought came in 1965, followed by the wool price collapse in 1967. The town's population dwindled by a third between 1961 and 2001, and the shire's nearly halved; the non-town population went from 1100 (1961) to 370 (2001).
Blackall has a showground, racecourse, golf course, bowling club, and aquatic centre. There are four churches, five hotels, and two motels, partly a testament to Blackall's position on the Landsborough Highway tourist route to Longreach. In times past, the road was 'beyond the black stump', a reference to the black stump survey marker in Blackall used for survey purposes in the 1880s. Blackall also has a hospital, a Catholic primary school (1917), the State primary and high schools, a cultural centre and an historical association. A two-storey, verandahed tin and timber Masonic temple (1908) is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. The local Barcoo Independent is published fortnightly. To the town's east lies 'Black's Palace', a significant complex of Aboriginal drawings and artefacts. The Seymour Department Store closed in 2012 after trading in the town for more than fifty years.
In 1993 Blackall Shire had 67 000 beef cattle, 458 000 sheep and 159 000 lambs.
The town's history was celebrated in a number of ways in the twenty-first century. A bronze statue to Blackall's Edgar Towner who won the Victoria Cross in 1918 for bravery in a battle in France was unveiled in 2009. A community group, the Blackall Historical Society, completed the mapping and electronic register of over 2000 graves, some dating back to the 1880s, in the Blackall cemetery in 2011. A new racing pavillion (2013) at the Blackall Racecourse was named in honour of local jockey and trainer Charlie Prow. The Queensland Governor unveiled an Engineering Heritage National Marker at the Blackall Woolscour tourist facility in 2014.
Regularly subject to debilitating droughts, a handful of homes in the town were flooded in 2012 when the Barcoo River flooded.
Source: Queensland Places (queenslandplaces.com.au/blackall-and-blackall-shire)
The Church of Our Lady of the Graces is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church in Varallo Sesia, province of Vercelli, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was built, together with the adjacent Franciscan convent, by padre Bernardo Caimi between 1486 and 1493. At this time, the construction of the Sacro Monte was also beginning. In December 1931, Pope Pius XI gave the church the title of Minor Basilica.
The interior is subdivided into spaces for the general public and for the friars, separated by a partition wall (tramezzo), supported by three round arches. The central arch opens to a hall reserved for friars, while the two lateral arches lead to two chapels. The fresco cycle scheme of the wall is traditionally attributed to Bernardino of Siena, and painted in 1531 by Gaudenzio Ferrari.
Similar decorative structures, with a partition wall entirely decorated with frescoes of the life of Jesus, were typical of the religious and artistic culture of the Friars Minor in Piedmont and Lombardy between the 15th and 16th centuries.
By the end of the 15th century, the Franciscan convent was much larger than today. The ancient building consisted of two cloisters, the friars' cells, a refectory, a library and kitchens. The monks vacated the convent by the early 20th century, and restorations began. Since 1953 the complex has hosted the nuns Suore Missionarie di Gesù Eterno Sacerdote.
Common for Franciscan churches, the bare façade does not hint at the rich fresco decoration inside. In the cosy atmosphere of the church, with the gothic arches sustaining the ceiling trusses, the wall of frescos by Gaudenzio Ferrari are one of the masterpieces of Renaissance painting in Piedmont and Lombardy. They depict the life and passion of Jesus Christ on a surface of 82 m2: twenty equal frames narrate the main facts told by the gospels from the Annunciation to the Resurrection, working as Biblia pauperum. The Crucifixion, as the most important narrative scene, occupies the center with four frames.
The painter from Valsesia completed the frescos in 1513 (as it is written on the wall by the author himself, "Gaudenzius Ferrarius Vallis Siccidae pinxit"). He had worked in Varallo, at the Sacro Monte, for ten years and had already painted the polyptych of St Anne.
Ferrari's influences, for example in his orientation of the Last Supper include da Vinci's famous fresco in Milan. Ferrari's landscapes also recall Leonardo's style. But Ferrari had traveled to Rome, and met or saw the work of Bramantino in Milan or Perugino in Rome.
The most important model was Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, author of a similar decoration in the church of San Bernardino in Ivrea. The nocturnal Arrest of Jesus quotes from the same scene in Ivrea.
Despite the importance of his models, Ferrari also painted some figures (such as armors, horse heads, halos) in relief to give them particular prominence; an innovation perhaps prompted by the three dimensional tableaux of the Sacro Monte chapels.
The Waimarama Lagoons beside the Waikanae River's tidal estuary started life as a series of small fresh water lakes trapped behind coastal sand dunes. In the 1970s, the land beside the lakes was subdivided, and two "lagoons" were duly created from those small lakes. And although the water quality is not fit enough for humans to swim in, a wide cross-section of birds have come to call this body of water "home"...!
The Pukeko above was chasing a friend(?) who had a large chunk of discarded sandwich in it's mouth, but: there was no way it was going to share it's find and was last seen trying to seek refuge beneath a tangled shrub...!!!
I left them to sort it out between themselves...!!!
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The history of Puchuncaví and its surroundings goes back over 500 years, being one of the oldest localities in Chile. The contemporary name comes from the Mapudungun "Punchuncahuin", meaning "where fiestas abound". Similarly, there have been other meanings to this word, such as "Remains of Fiestas" or "End of Fiestas".
There are no precise dates known relating to the origin of Puchuncaví, and it is presumed that at the arrival of the Spaniards a shantytown by this name existed. Puchuncaví was one of the terminals of the famous Inca road system, a stone footpath of medium width that united the Zona Central of Chile with Cuzco, Peru, the capital of the Inca Empire.
Upon the arrival of the Spanish, conquistador Pedro de Valdivia gave the valley of Puchuncaví to one of his soldiers, the Italian native Milán Vicenzo del Monte, a nephew of Pope Julius II.
His descendants subdivided the lands between their heirs and finally in the 17th century there were several principal owners. On 8 December 1691, the Parrish of Puchuncaví was created by the Chaplain of War during the independence of Chile.
Wilyakali lies in the east of the state of South Australia, crossing into New South Wales, including the town of Broken Hill. The Wilyakali people traditionally visited the Paakantji people on the Menindee Lakes in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion each year.
The three Major language groups for the Broken Hill Region are the Paakantji, Mayyankapa, and Nyiimpaa.
Wilyakali and Danggali both lie east of the Ngadjuri language and north of the upper River Murray languages.
Wilyakali and Danggali are part of the Darling River Language Group or Paakantyi / Paakantji language group. This is a group of closely related languages in South Australia and New South Wales, which can be subdivided into two groups: the “Northern Dialects” and the “Southern Dialects.” Wilyakali and Danggali are both part of the “Southern Dialects.”
Other “Southern Dialects” include Pulaali, Southern Pankantyi, Pantyikali, Wanyuparlku and Marrawarra. Some of these languages have been recorded more than others. Although each language has its own distinguishing features, they are so similar they can be understood by speakers of other languages in this group. Therefore, the following reference list will include Southern Paakantyi references that may be helpful. The language name is noted in square brackets after each reference, when known.
Today the Wilyakali people are still the main Aboriginal group in Broken Hill, though there are a number of Aboriginal people that come from other language groups.
The Aboriginal people of Broken Hill have established working parties to pursue their vision of a better future. They continue to look after their traditional lands and are joint managers of the Mutawintji National Park which is the first national park handed back to the traditional owners in New South Wales. There are many strong elders who continue to maintain and pass on their traditional knowledge to their young people and, today, share their stories with the wider community.
Source: Mobile Language Team & Aboriginal Housing Office.
Wolf Road Prairie is an excellent example of the original tallgrass prairie of Illinois and is the largest prairie of its type remaining in the Chicago area. Shortly before the Great Depression, this land had been subdivided for a housing development with sidewalks already done -- the current trails -- but was never built. It took a long, long time before parcels were cobbled together to create the preserve.
The prairie is dominated by big bluestem, little bluestem, prairie dropseed and Indian grass. Among its common forbs are smooth blue aster, sky blue aster, black-eyed Susan, nodding onion, prairie phlox, obedient plant and rattlesnake master. Uncommon prairie forbs include Indian paintbrush, bottle gentian, prairie gentian and Indian plantain.
In the early 1900s James Ritchie started the process of subdividing and developing the western hills of Skaha Lake. In the spring of 1909, this new development was named ‘Kaleden’ (pronounced Cah-Lee-den), which purportedly means Beautiful Eden (the Greek word Kalos and the biblical Eden).
The historic Kaleden Hotel is a prominent landmark on the shores of Skaha Lake. This shoreline are was once very active with a packing house beside the hotel. At the onset of the First World War, the hotel was closed and sat idle until the 1940s when it was stripped of all salvageable material, leaving only the concrete shell that remains today.
Prior to purchase by Alexander McPherson on the 8th of September 1863, the Nudgee Beach area was used by the indigenous Turrabul people for hunting, fishing, and gathering. The last indigenous person to live in the area was King Johnny. He was laid to rest in 1892 at the sacred burial ground on Dinah Island, just to the north-west of Nudgee Beach Reserve.
The land was a popular holiday camping ground, but it was to become the site for a retirement home for nuns. However, in 1916 the land was subdivided and began to be sold at auction. The seaside village of Nudgee Beach began to take shape.
As people settled, the community developed. The Nudgee Beach Progress Association was responsible for the early development of the reserve, including the building of a small concert hall, a change room for bathers, a shelter shed, and an ambulance building. A small shop transferred to the land was used as a meeting hall. The shelter shed still stands, the other structures being removed when building materials were scared after World War II. The Progress Association also build a cricket ground (still remaining) on which the locals played Saturday afternoon fixtures.
O'Quinn Street was of course named in honour of Bishop O'Quinn. The other Nudgee Beach streets (Fortitude, Chaseley and Lima) were named after Dr James Dunmore Lang's first three immigrant ships that arrived in Moreton Bay in 1849. No doubt there would be local residents and visitors to Nudgee Beach who would be descendants of those free settlers to this area.
Over the years the Nudgee Beach area has seen quite a few changes. From its European beginnings as a prospective retriment village for nuns and a popular camping ground; Budgee Beach has developed into a peaceful seaside village. The reserve has remained a popular recreational asset for not only Nudgee Beach locals, but for all residents of Brisbane.
Thought should always be given to the Aboriginal inhabitants, who no doubt enjoyed this area as we do today.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage.
A typometer is a ruler that is subdivided into both typographical points or cicero's, as well as centimeters and millimeters, which used to be traditionally used in the graphic to measure letters and typographic materials.
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The Sierpinski triangle (also with the original orthography Sierpiński), also called the Sierpinski gasket or the Sierpinski Sieve, is a fractal and attractive fixed set with the overall shape of an equilateral triangle, subdivided recursively into smaller equilateral triangles.
Originally constructed as a curve, this is one of the basic examples of self-similar sets, i.e., it is a mathematically generated pattern that can be reproducible at any magnification or reduction.
It is named after the Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński but appeared as a decorative pattern many centuries prior to the work of Sierpiński.
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They are rodents and not dogs! Their name derives from their bark-like call. At least 12 alarm calls are known and it is believed that they can communicate detailed information about predators.
Each colony shares a complex network of burrows. The largest ever recorded colony is 65 billion m² containing ~400 million animals! Colonies are subdivided into “wards” and then into smaller family units.
Former Safeway located at 141 East El Camino Real in Mountain View,CA. This store which opened on November 21st 1966 was welcomed with great fanfare. The building is now subdivided between a Smart and Final and a Home Consignment Store. The Consignment store retains the laminated wood beams fully visible while Smart and Final has since painted them white.
The site was alienated by settler Daniel Skyring in 1845 and subdivided amongst his sons in 1882; hence the name when the Skyring Road Act resumed some of the land in 1884. In about 1907 Frederic E Sturmfels started his own woolbroking and stock and station agency at Oxley and Sturmfels Ltd began acquiring land at Teneriffe. By 1910 the company had erected a woolstore on the corner of Skyring Terrace and Helen Street.
More land was acquired in 1927 and the firm changed its name in 1932 to Sturmfels Primary Producers Co-operative Association Ltd. Stage 1 of the existing woolstore was built on the corner of Skyring Terrace and Commercial Road by 1937. Stage 3 replaced the original Sturmfels woolstore and was built after Sturmfels Primary Producers Co-operative Agency Ltd amalgamated with Queensland Primary Producers Co-operative Association Ltd in 1941.
On the opposite side of Helen Street was one of the most distinctive of the associated woolstores, Primary Producers No 1. Primaries No 2, 5, 6 and 7 were in Commercial Road and Helen Street. In 1976 the No 4 woolstore was transferred to Oxlade Investments. Renamed Commercial House, it was acquired to store cars 'at grass' and became the head office for the Mayfairs group of companies which owns five other woolstores. All of these properties are zoned in the Brisbane City Council's Teneriffe Development Plan (1986) for a mixture of residential, commercial, light industrial, service and tourist recreation purposes.
Source: Queensland Heritage Register.
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After the construction of the first Welland Canal, the Niagara Peninsula saw considerable economic growth. The canal project was initiated by William Hamilton Merritt, a prominent landowner in the area.
In 1868, the Merritt estate was subdivided creating the Triangular Tract, a new residential neighbourhood and Montebello Garden – which was later acquired by the City and is now known as Montebello Park. By the 1870s, Queen Street was a thriving residential street, and a large pavilion and bandstand was built in Montebello Park. It wasn't until 1913 that families settled in homes along Midland Street, bordering the park. The unique building styles in this neighbourhood, give the Queen Street Heritage District a diverse and rich historical streetscape.
Numurkah. Population 3700.
This town was surveyed in 1875 once the pastoral properties had been subdivided. Town land sales began in 1878 and the railway from Shepparton arrived in 1881. Although public buildings were erected in the 1880s Numurkah did not grow much until it became a centre for soldier settlers after World War One and again after World War Two. 700 soldier settlers were given land for fruit growing and dairying and irrigation around 1919 and according to a town noticeboard Numurkah was the biggest soldier settler region in Australia after World War Two. The Numurkah Museum is located in the old Bank of Victoria building built 1892. The grand buildings of the past in the Main Street are: the Court House built 1888; the Numurkah leader newspaper offices 1895, the Numurkah Hotel etc.
The Logs is overlooking the Heath, surrounded by mature trees and gardens, a Grade II listed house forming part of an Italian-Gothic mansion built in 1868 by J.S. Nightingale. The house retains much of its original detail including stonework ornamentations, imposing gated entrance and ornate metalwork and tiles imported from Italy during the initial construction. The mansions original drawing room (of some 25'7'x24'8') is a main feature of the house and in addition benefits from a dining room and a study/bedroom five with an en-suite shower room and a separate entrance. There is a principal bedroom suite with en-suite bathroom and wonderful outlook, three further bedrooms, bathroom and separate shower room. The house has a mature walled garden and gated and secure off street parking and is a short walk to Hampstead Village.
From Wikipedia:
The Logs were built for the engineer and developer Edward Gotto as Gotto's own residence. Gotto later added wings on either side of the house in 1876
The house was subdivided in maisonettes in 1951, the conversion was discussed in the 1955 book The Conversion of Old Buildings Into New Homes for Occupation and Investment. The grand central staircase of the house was preserved in the conversion. During its subdivision the house was partly known as Lion House.[5] A gabled stone gateway to 19 Well Road has a pointed arch bearing the name "Lion House" with carvings of animals resembling lions.
The comedian Marty Feldman lived at The Logs for several years.[6] The musician and performer Boy George has lived at The Logs since the 1980s. In 2015 a planning application to build an extension to improve the levels of natural light at the house with new floor to ceiling windows and to landscape the garden was rejected by Camden Borough Council. Syte Architects who were commissioned to produce the plans wrote that The Logs "...does not benefit from a great deal of natural light into its interior. Its frontage is orientated to the north east. The rear has a southwesterly orientation but a combination of factors mean that the interior often suffers from poor levels and quality of natural lighting". The council's planning department described the changes as "over-dominant and incongruous addition, detrimental to the character and appearance of the host building and wider conservation area". The designs were also opposed by the Hampstead Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CCAC).
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The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. The origin of the name snakebird is apparent when swimming: only the colored neck appears above water so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.
The anhinga is placed in the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to Indian (Anhinga melanogaster), African (Anhinga rufa), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fish and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.
Anhinga species are found all over the world in warm shallow waters. The American anhinga has been subdivided into two subspecies, A. a. anhinga and A. a. leucogaster, based on their location. A. a. anhinga can be found mainly east of the Andes in South America and also the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. A. a. leucogaster can be found in the southern United States, Mexico, Cuba, and Grenada.
Only birds that live in the extreme north and south of their range migrate and do so based on temperature and available sunlight. Anhingas will migrate towards the equator during winter but this range is "determined by the amount of sunshine to warm the chilled birds". Although not in their usual range, anhingas have been found as far north as the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States. – Wikipedia
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Helgoland is a German island in the North Sea. In the past, the island has been part of Denmark and the United Kingdom, but since 1890 it has been German property. It is considerably further away from the coast than the East Frisian Islands. Strangely enough, it is not part of the customs territory of the European Community. On Helgoland, Halunder freesk is spoken, a North Frisian language. The main island, with the recognizable cliff of Trias fur sandstone, which is subdivided into Oberland and Unterland. The small island of Düne is mainly covered with sand and popular with nudists. There is an airport on Düne and there are two bungalow parks. Helgoland is traffic-free: there are only a few cars, and cycling is prohibited. There is a small bus that makes a tour around the island. There are also some electric vehicles that serve as vans. Helgoland can be reached by high-speed catamaran, ferry or by small propeller plane. The island enjoys considerable fame among nature and especially bird lovers because it is an important breeding ground and stopping place for sea birds from the North Sea region and for migratory birds. The Northern Gannet is a seabird living at the coasts of the North Sea. Colonies are mostly located on offshore islands with cliffs, from which the birds can more easily launch into the air. Gannets breed here on the cliffs of Helgoland in the summer. The birds overwinter at sea and are known to follow ships. They dive for fish in a spectacular way and can do that at a speed of 100 km/hour if they drop.
The unique island Helgoland in the North Sea has great flora and fauna for nature lovers. The most preferred way of strolling around the island is by walking. At the northern end of the Oberland you can see "Lange Anna" a landmark of Helgoland. Lange Anna is a tall 47 metres high sea stack of Buntsandstein. Its real local name is Nathurn Stak. Climbing the stack is not allowed but tourists may view the rock from a distance. Northern Gannets started breeding on the German island Helgoland about 25 years ago. The colony, nowadays holding about 700 breeding pairs, birds annually die on the nest. Gannets build their nests on steep cliff faces. They used seaweed to construct the nest. Northern gannets exhibit many types of aggressive behavior while they are nesting. Confrontations normally only take place between birds of the same sex. A female will not react if a male approaches a nest but it will react fiercely if another female approaches. The fights between males occupying nests for the first time are particularly intense. Such fights can last for up to two hours and may lead to serious injuries. Birds lunge at each other and lock bills, wrestling for extended periods while neighbors peck at them. This shot was taken during the breeding season at the Breithorn rock.
Helgoland is een Duits eiland in de Noordzee. In het verleden is het eiland onderdeel geweest van Denemarken en van het Verenigd Koninkrijk, maar sinds 1890 is het Duits grondbezit. Het ligt aanzienlijk verder uit de kust dan de Oost-Friese Waddeneilanden, waar het niet toe gerekend wordt. Het hoofdeiland, met de herkenbare klif van Trias bontzandsteen, dat is onderverdeeld in Oberland en Unterland. Helgoland is te bereiken per high-speed catamaran, veerboot of per kleine propeller vliegtuig. Aan de noordkant van het Oberland zie je Lange Anna, een herkenningspunt van Helgoland. Lange Anna is een lange 47 meter hoge rots (nu door omvallen bedreigde) van bontzandsteen. De echte lokale naam is Nathurn Stak. Het beklimmen van de rotspunt is niet toegestaan, maar toeristen kunnen de rots van een afstand bekijken. Het eiland geniet aanzienlijke faam bij natuur- en vooral vogelliefhebbers omdat het een belangrijke broed- en pleisterplaats is voor zeevogels uit het Noordzeegebied en voor trekvogels. De Jan-van-gent is een zeevogel met een groot verspreidingsgebied in de Noordzee. De naam van deze vogel heeft niets met de naam van de persoon Jan van Gent te maken. Het woord gent is verklaarbaar en herkenbaar voor een mannelijke watervogel zoals een gans. Mogelijk heeft het ook te maken met de Nederlands gewoonte om in uitdrukkingen de naam Jan te plaatsen zoals "Jan en alleman", vandaar jan-van-gent. Jan-van-genten broeden in de zomer op klippen op rotsige eilanden zoals Helgoland. Jan-van-gent vogels vertonen veel soorten van agressief gedrag terwijl ze nestelen. Confrontaties vinden normaal gesproken alleen plaats tussen vogels van hetzelfde geslacht. Een vrouwtje zal niet reageren als een mannetje een nest nadert, maar het zal fel reageren als een ander vrouwtje nadert. De gevechten tussen mannen die voor het eerst nesten bezetten, zijn bijzonder intens. Dergelijke gevechten kunnen tot twee uur duren en kunnen leiden tot ernstig letsel. Vogels vallen naar elkaar uit en worstelen langdurig terwijl buren naar hen pikken. De vogels overwinteren op zee en staan erom bekend dat ze schepen volgen. Ze maken dan lange tochten tot in de Middellandse Zee. Ze duiken op spectaculaire wijze naar vis en kunnen dat met een snelheid van 100 km/uur als ze zich laten vallen.
Black-tailed prairie dog
They are rodents and not dogs! Their name derives from their bark-like call. At least 12 alarm calls are known and it is believed that they can communicate detailed information about predators.
Each colony shares a complex network of burrows. The largest ever recorded colony is 65 billion m² containing ~400 million animals! Colonies are subdivided into “wards” and then into smaller family units.
This former Kmart was closed in early 2012 round of closures. Roses moved into this location in early 2014. The store has been subdivided as there is no way to get to the former Garden Shop from inside Roses now.
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Slime moulds can move and search for food like animals but produce spores like mushrooms, but are neither. They can live as single cell organisms, they can fuse together and they can subdivide again as they have no cell walls. Laboratory tests have shown that they can solve puzzles like optimize their paths and learn to avoid negative feedback and make decisions based on predicting the future. They are "no more than a bag of amoebae encased in a thin slime sheath" yet they manage to have various behaviours that are equal to those of animals who possess brains. Really strange and fascinating animals... uups... forms of life.
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As the Great Cobar Copper Mine expanded in the late 1870s, Cobar began to establish itself as a bustling mining town. From as early as 1872, crude, temporary structures were constructed west of the Cobar Copper Mining Company’s mine lease, then Lot 72/59. Surveyor J.C. Dalgleish preformed a major survey of Cobar early in 1872 and his plans were published in August of the year. Lot 72/59 was originally a Crown Grant to Joseph Becker and others, but was subsequently transferred to the Great Cobar prior to its subdivision into the town centre. Cobar town was officially subdivided in 1880 with street names in use by 1881. Opportunities existed to service the small mining centre and tentative steps were made by early entrepreneurs and businessmen to establish stores, hotels, and other commercial enterprises.
The Great Western Hotel was built in 1898 by Pierce Goold replacing Cunningham’s fruit shop on the corner of Linsley and Marshall Street. The license was granted in July and the hotel was open for business on the 5th of August 1898. Originally constructed as a single storey structure, the hotel was extended to a second storey in 1903. Extended east along Marshall Street, it incorporated Goold’s Terrace a group of small shops and offices which housed among others John M Scott the stock and station agent.
The hotel originally contained 60 spacious bedrooms, billiards, and commercial sample rooms and stables. Promenades on the balcony were an elegant pastime in Cobar’s heyday. It had two dining rooms, the '2 bob' being services on the first floor by a small lift from the kitchen below.
The Great Western Hotel is still operating as hotel/pub. The hotel contains a 100 yard long verandah which is claimed to be the longest in New South Wales.
The eastern end of the ground floor facing Marshall Street has since been converted into three shop spaces. The shops have had various uses over the years including a period where "Little Billy's Café" and a fish shop occupied the spaces. During inspections (2006) No. 12 was vacant, No. 14 was a hairdresser's 'Brush Stop' and No. 16 was in use as a Pizzeria.
Source: New South Wales Heritage Register.
Fultz News has since vanished, and the building has been subdivided. Beall's moved to the Golden Triangle Mall, but did not survive. On farther down is T&Sons, Paul's Western Store, and the old Denton County National Bank Building, with its clock ("Old Friendly"). Across East Hickory from there is the First State Bank Building (now Wells Fargo), and beyond that, the first Methodist Church. Across South Locust from there is Craven's Dry Goods. Note the phone booth on the right. This shot was taken long before the cell phones took over.
Syncolostemon transvaalensis (Schltr.) D.F.Otieno = Hemizygia transvaalensis Schltr.
Family: Lamiaceae
Common names: Mpumalanga sagebush (Eng.), Mpumalangasalie (Afr.)
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Syncolostemon transvaalensis is decorative, pleasantly aromatic and easy to grow.
Description
It is a multi-stemmed, long-lived, rounded herbaceous shrublet, 0.7 - 1 m tall with an equivalent spread. The rootstock is a lignotuber (perennial woody rootstock), which gives the plant the ability to survive and re-sprout after fires, and to re-sprout strongly after being pruned. The stems are angular, almost square, sparsely hairy, and stained purple on the younger growth.
The leaves, arranged in opposite pairs, are sessile or with a short stalk, oval-elliptical to broadly oval, up to 40 mm long by 20 mm wide, rounded at the base and tapering to a sharp point. Both leaf surfaces are sparsely hairy and the margins are toothed like a saw. The leaves and stems are pleasantly aromatic and leave a slightly sticky residue on the fingers when touched.
The striking inflorescence is a lax elongated terminal panicle to 200 mm long, branched once or twice at the base. The flowers are produced in whorls, each flower, salvia-like, with a tubular two-lipped corolla, ±22 mm long, with stamens exserted to ±10 mm, pale pink, lilac pink or almost white flushed with pink, protruding out of a persistent dark purplish-pink calyx. There are also persistent deep-pink floral bracts, up to 24 x 10 mm, produced with the last few whorls of flowers and at the tip of the inflorescence, and the stems of the inflorescence are coloured dark purple. The showy, multi-shaded purple and pink inflorescences are borne in profusion during spring and early summer (September to December) creating a conspicuous mound of colour.
The seed is an ovoid, dwarf nutlet, and can be found in fours at the base of the calyx after the corolla has dropped off.
Distribution and habitat
Syncolostemon transvaalensis has a wide distribution in Mpumalanga from Pilgrims Rest in the north to Barberton in the south. It grows exposed in grassland on the Mpumalanga Drakensberg from about 100 m above sea level to an altitude of 1700 m. Rainfall is mainly during summer ranging between 700 and 1 750 mm per annum, and winters are dry with regular grass fires.
Derivation of name and historical aspects
The sagebushes (Syncolostemon species) are a very striking group of plants belonging to the sage and mint family (Lamiaceae). Many species have been tested for their potential as garden subjects and they are fast gaining popularity. The reason: their striking flowers and ease in cultivation.
Recent phylogenetic analyses based on DNA sequence data revealed that the genera Hemizygia and Syncolostemon form a monophyletic group. They were subsequently merged under the earliest name, Syncolostemon which necessitated several new combinations of names.
The genus name Syncolostemon is derived from the Greek words, syn, meaning united; kolos, meaning stunted; and stemon, meaning pillar. The species name transvaalensis means of / from or pertaining to the Transvaal and alludes to the province in South Africa where it was first collected. The Transvaal no longer exists as a province, it has been subdivided and renamed and is now the four northern provinces of South Africa : Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Province and North-West Province.
This species was first collected near Barberton (then Transvaal, now Mpumalanga ) by Ernest Galpin (1858-1941) banker by profession, amateur botanist and plant collector, and was named in 1897 by Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925), German botanist and traveller.
Ecology
Its aromatic nature is a chemical defence against plant eating insects.
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Helgoland is a German island in the North Sea. In the past, the island has been part of Denmark and the United Kingdom, but since 1890 it has been German property. It is considerably further away from the coast than the East Frisian Islands. Strangely enough, it is not part of the customs territory of the European Community. On Helgoland, Halunder freesk is spoken, a North Frisian language. The main island, with the recognizable cliff of Trias fur sandstone, which is subdivided into Oberland and Unterland. The small island of Düne is mainly covered with sand and popular with nudists. There is an airport on Düne and there are two bungalow parks. Helgoland is traffic-free: there are only a few cars, and cycling is prohibited. There is a small bus that makes a tour around the island. There are also some electric vehicles that serve as vans. Helgoland can be reached by high-speed catamaran, ferry or by small propeller plane. The island enjoys considerable fame among nature and especially bird lovers because it is an important breeding ground and stopping place for sea birds from the North Sea region and for migratory birds. The Northern Gannet is a seabird living at the coasts of the North Sea. Colonies are mostly located on offshore islands with cliffs, from which the birds can more easily launch into the air. Gannets breed here on the cliffs of Helgoland in the summer. The birds overwinter at sea and are known to follow ships. They dive for fish in a spectacular way and can do that at a speed of 100 km/hour if they drop.
The unique island Helgoland in the North Sea has great flora and fauna for nature lovers. The most preferred way of strolling around the island is by walking. At the northern end of the Oberland you can see "Lange Anna" a landmark of Helgoland. Lange Anna is a tall 47 metres high sea stack of Buntsandstein. Its real local name is Nathurn Stak. Climbing the stack is not allowed but tourists may view the rock from a distance. Northern Gannets started breeding on the German island Helgoland about 25 years ago. The colony, nowadays holding about 700 breeding pairs, birds annually die on the nest. Gannets build their nests on steep cliff faces. They used seaweed to construct the nest. This shot was taken during the breeding season at the Breithorn rock with the Lange Anna rock on the background.
Helgoland is een Duits eiland in de Noordzee. In het verleden is het eiland onderdeel geweest van Denemarken en van het Verenigd Koninkrijk, maar sinds 1890 is het Duits grondbezit. Het ligt aanzienlijk verder uit de kust dan de Oost-Friese Waddeneilanden, waar het niet toe gerekend wordt. Vreemd genoeg maakt geen deel uit van het douanegebied van de Europese Gemeenschap. Op Helgoland wordt Halunder freesk gesproken, een Noord-Friese taal. Het hoofdeiland, met de herkenbare klif van Trias bontzandsteen, dat is onderverdeeld in Oberland en Unterland. Het kleine eiland Düne is voornamelijk met zand bedekt en populair bij nudisten. Op Düne ligt een vliegveld en er zijn twee bungalowparken. Helgoland is verkeersvrij: er zijn maar een paar auto's, en fietsen is er verboden. Er is een klein busje dat een rondrit over het eiland maakt. Er zijn ook enkele elektrische voertuigen die als bestelwagen dienstdoen. Helgoland is te bereiken per high-speed catamaran, veerboot of per kleine propeller vliegtuig. Aan de noordkant van het Oberland zie je Lange Anna, een herkenningspunt van Helgoland. Lange Anna is een lange 47 meter hoge rots (nu door omvallen bedreigde) van bontzandsteen. De echte lokale naam is Nathurn Stak. Het beklimmen van de rotspunt is niet toegestaan, maar toeristen kunnen de rots van een afstand bekijken. Het eiland geniet aanzienlijke faam bij natuur- en vooral vogelliefhebbers omdat het een belangrijke broed- en pleisterplaats is voor zeevogels uit het Noordzeegebied en voor trekvogels. De Jan-van-gent is een zeevogel met een groot verspreidingsgebied in de Noordzee. De naam van deze vogel heeft niets met de naam van de persoon Jan van Gent te maken. Het woord gent is verklaarbaar en herkenbaar voor een mannelijke watervogel zoals een gans. Mogelijk heeft het ook te maken met de Nederlands gewoonte om in uitdrukkingen de naam Jan te plaatsen zoals "Jan en alleman", vandaar jan-van-gent. Jan-van-genten broeden in de zomer op klippen op rotsige eilanden zoals Helgoland. De vogels overwinteren op zee en staan erom bekend dat ze schepen volgen. Ze maken dan lange tochten tot in de Middellandse Zee. Ze duiken op spectaculaire wijze naar vis en kunnen dat met een snelheid van 100 km/uur als ze zich laten vallen. Foto genomen vanaf de Breithorn rots met uitzicht op Lange Anna.
La bocana del puerto se alinea con la formación de acantilados en un ámbito donde predominan los pedreros de difícil acceso y tiene un avisador (pequeno faro) para facilitar la entrada nocturna al puerto
Es un refugio para los barcos pesqueros que vuelven del duro Cantábrico y aquí encuentran la tranquilidad pues el puerto se subdivide en tres dársenas interconectadas .
The mouth of the port is aligned with the formation of cliffs in an area where the pedreros of difficult access predominate and has a warning (small lighthouse) to facilitate the night entrance to the port It is a refuge for fishing boats that return from the harsh Cantabrian and here they find tranquility as the port is subdivided into three interconnected docks
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Helgoland is a German island in the North Sea. In the past, the island has been part of Denmark and the United Kingdom, but since 1890 it has been German property. It is considerably further away from the coast than the East Frisian Islands. Strangely enough, it is not part of the customs territory of the European Community. On Helgoland, Halunder freesk is spoken, a North Frisian language. The main island, with the recognizable cliff of Trias fur sandstone, which is subdivided into Oberland and Unterland. The small island of Düne is mainly covered with sand and popular with nudists. There is an airport on Düne and there are two bungalow parks. Helgoland is traffic-free: there are only a few cars, and cycling is prohibited. There is a small bus that makes a tour around the island. There are also some electric vehicles that serve as vans. Helgoland can be reached by high-speed catamaran, ferry or by small propeller plane. The island enjoys considerable fame among nature and especially bird lovers because it is an important breeding ground and stopping place for sea birds from the North Sea region and for migratory birds. The Northern Gannet is a seabird living at the coasts of the North Sea. Colonies are mostly located on offshore islands with cliffs, from which the birds can more easily launch into the air. Gannets breed here on the cliffs of Helgoland in the summer. A free light show in the evening. Some manage to be at the right place, at the right time. At the end of the cliff path, which leads to the Lange Anna, the view looks west. It is the best place to watch the sunset and the colony of Northern Gannets. The low setting sun makes the sky and the red sandstone rocks glow. The Northern Gannets have an unique pairing ritual. A mating dance and couple bonding.
Northern Gannets started breeding on the German island Helgoland about 25 years ago. The colony, nowadays holding about 700 breeding pairs, birds annually die on the nest. Gannets build their nests on steep cliff faces. They used seaweed to construct the nest. Northern gannets exhibit many types of aggressive behavior while they are nesting. Confrontations normally only take place between birds of the same sex. A female will not react if a male approaches a nest but it will react fiercely if another female approaches. The fights between males occupying nests for the first time are particularly intense. Such fights can last for up to two hours and may lead to serious injuries. Birds lunge at each other and lock bills, wrestling for extended periods while neighbors peck at them. In addition to all confrontations, there are couples who take care of each other. Nice to experience and capture their mating dance and couple bonding. A unique pairing ritual in which the head and neck are held upright while loud, loud calls are made. This behavior helps to create a long-term bond between mating partners. Photo taken at sunset during the breeding season on the Breithorn rock.
Helgoland is een Duits eiland in de Noordzee. In het verleden is het eiland onderdeel geweest van Denemarken en van het Verenigd Koninkrijk, maar sinds 1890 is het Duits grondbezit. Het ligt aanzienlijk verder uit de kust dan de Oost-Friese Waddeneilanden, waar het niet toe gerekend wordt. Het hoofdeiland, met de herkenbare klif van Trias bontzandsteen, dat is onderverdeeld in Oberland en Unterland. Helgoland is te bereiken per high-speed catamaran, veerboot of per kleine propeller vliegtuig. Aan de noordkant van het Oberland zie je Lange Anna, een herkenningspunt van Helgoland. Lange Anna is een lange 47 meter hoge rots (nu door omvallen bedreigde) van bontzandsteen. De echte lokale naam is Nathurn Stak. Het beklimmen van de rotspunt is niet toegestaan, maar toeristen kunnen de rots van een afstand bekijken. Het eiland geniet aanzienlijke faam bij natuur- en vooral vogelliefhebbers omdat het een belangrijke broed- en pleisterplaats is voor zeevogels uit het Noordzeegebied en voor trekvogels. De Jan-van-gent is een zeevogel met een groot verspreidingsgebied in de Noordzee. De naam van deze vogel heeft niets met de naam van de persoon Jan van Gent te maken. Het woord gent is verklaarbaar en herkenbaar voor een mannelijke watervogel zoals een gans. Mogelijk heeft het ook te maken met de Nederlands gewoonte om in uitdrukkingen de naam Jan te plaatsen zoals "Jan en alleman", vandaar jan-van-gent. Jan-van-genten broeden in de zomer op klippen op rotsige eilanden zoals Helgoland. Jan-van-gent vogels vertonen veel soorten van agressief gedrag terwijl ze nestelen. Confrontaties vinden normaal gesproken alleen plaats tussen vogels van hetzelfde geslacht. Een vrouwtje zal niet reageren als een mannetje een nest nadert, maar het zal fel reageren als een ander vrouwtje nadert. De gevechten tussen mannen die voor het eerst nesten bezetten, zijn bijzonder intens. Dergelijke gevechten kunnen tot twee uur duren en kunnen leiden tot ernstig letsel. Vogels vallen naar elkaar uit en worstelen langdurig terwijl buren naar hen pikken. Naast alle confrontaties zijn er paartjes die elkaar verzorgen. Mooi om hun baltsrituelen en paarbinding mee te maken en vast te leggen. Een uniek paringsritueel waarbij het hoofd en de nek rechtop worden gehouden terwijl luide, harde oproepen worden gedaan. Dit gedrag helpt om een langdurige band tussen parende partners te creëren.