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gsgs comment- Bits and pieces from a truly good article.
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Our mission was not only to trap the ephemeral (silence and natural sounds) but also to experience it ourselves, which at the moment was impossible for three reasons: 1) the chafing of our nylon outfits; 2) the chunking of our military-issue Bunny Boots on ice; and 3) planes.
“If you’re on foot and you choose to focus on the natural quality of the landscape, you’re completely immersed in nature; nothing else exists,” Betchkal said to the back of my head, letting me set the pace as we traipsed steadily uphill. “Then a jet will go over, and it kind of breaks that flow of consciousness, that ecstatic moment.”
As children, our grandparents could hope to swim in a lake or lie in a meadow for whole afternoons without hearing a motorboat, car or plane; today the engineless hour is all but extinct, and we’ve grown accustomed to constant, mild auditory intrusions. “Humans are becoming an increasingly more urban species, and so we’re surrounding ourselves with concrete and buildings” and “the low hum of the urban landscape,” Pijanowski says. “We’re kind of severing the acoustic link that humans have with nature.”
"In Denali, silence and solitude define the winter."
New York Times
Whisper of the Wild
By KIM TINGLEY
MARCH 15, 2012
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Our mission was not only to trap the ephemeral (silence and natural sounds) but also to experience it ourselves, which at the moment was impossible for three reasons: 1) the chafing of our nylon outfits; 2) the chunking of our military-issue Bunny Boots on ice; and 3) planes.
“If you’re on foot and you choose to focus on the natural quality of the landscape, you’re completely immersed in nature; nothing else exists,” Betchkal said to the back of my head, letting me set the pace as we traipsed steadily uphill. “Then a jet will go over, and it kind of breaks that flow of consciousness, that ecstatic moment.”
As children, our grandparents could hope to swim in a lake or lie in a meadow for whole afternoons without hearing a motorboat, car or plane; today the engineless hour is all but extinct, and we’ve grown accustomed to constant, mild auditory intrusions. “Humans are becoming an increasingly more urban species, and so we’re surrounding ourselves with concrete and buildings” and “the low hum of the urban landscape,” Pijanowski says. “We’re kind of severing the acoustic link that humans have with nature.”
"In Denali, silence and solitude define the winter."
New York Times
Whisper of the Wild
By KIM TINGLEY
MARCH 15, 2012
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Entelodonts
33 million years, ago
Badlands, South Dakota
"Perfect teeth."
"Deadly jaws."
"Bioengineered to bite."
"Lethal canines."
"Lehal incisiors."
Kent Sundell
"Predator. Hunter."
CT scan
Forward facing eyes.
Binocular, overlapping vision.
Nebraska hoof prints.
Predator with hoofs.
yikes
Bullying Entelodont, takes the kills of others.
Miocene begins, in America
The prey animals move on, or evolve
Hyenadon fails to adapt and evolve.
Entelodonts that depended on Hyenadon to provide kills,
do not survive.
Branch of Entelodonts family adapts by becoming gigantic.
The lighter, faster body is abandoned.
2 meters tall, at the shoulder.
Four to five times as large, as the Entelodonts that failed.
Bigger than a modern bison.
Skull is a meter long.
24 million years, ago
Nebraska is a hunting ground
Entelodont is cracking open enormous bones for marrow
and surviving.
A new challenge, 20 million years, ago
The bear dog comes out of Asia, to hunt
Better at hunting, because of pack behaviour.
Better at biting, and cracking bones.
Larger and more sophisticated brains.
Faster legs and bodies.
Entelodonts are rendered archaic.
Their favorite prey animal is extinct.
It cannot survive on the smaller animals
that the bear dogs hunted.
National geographic - Prehistoric predators : Killer pig
33 million years, ago
Badlands, South Dakota
"Perfect teeth."
"Deadly jaws."
"Bioengineered to bite."
"Lethal canines."
"Lehal incisiors."
Kent Sundell
"Predator. Hunter."
CT scan
Forward facing eyes.
Binocular, overlapping vision.
Nebraska hoof prints.
Predator with hoofs.
yikes
Bullying Entelodont, takes the kills of others.
Miocene begins, in America
The prey animals move on, or evolve
Hyenadon fails to adapt and evolve.
Entelodonts that depended on Hyenadon to provide kills,
do not survive.
Branch of Entelodonts family adapts by becoming gigantic.
The lighter, faster body is abandoned.
2 meters tall, at the shoulder.
Four to five times as large, as the Entelodonts that failed.
Bigger than a modern bison.
Skull is a meter long.
24 million years, ago
Nebraska is a hunting ground
Entelodont is cracking open enormous bones for marrow
and surviving.
A new challenge, 20 million years, ago
The bear dog comes out of Asia, to hunt
Better at hunting, because of pack behaviour.
Better at biting, and cracking bones.
Larger and more sophisticated brains.
Faster legs and bodies.
Entelodonts are rendered archaic.
Their favorite prey animal is extinct.
It cannot survive on the smaller animals
that the bear dogs hunted.
National geographic - Prehistoric predators : Killer pig
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Human behaviour-
July 17, 2015
Chris Urmson, the guy in charge of Google’s self-driving car project, revealed Thursday that one of its prototype cars was recently rear-ended by another vehicle, apparently with a distracted driver behind the wheel. News of the accident may not be a total surprise, as Google’s autonomous cars have been hit up the backside a number of times over the years. It is, however, the first time people have got hurt.
The light was green, but traffic was backed up on the far side, so three cars, including ours, braked and came to a stop so as not to get stuck in the middle of the intersection. After we’d stopped, a car slammed into the back of us at 17 mph – and it hadn’t braked.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/google-self-driving-car-in-first-injury-accident/
July 17, 2015
Chris Urmson, the guy in charge of Google’s self-driving car project, revealed Thursday that one of its prototype cars was recently rear-ended by another vehicle, apparently with a distracted driver behind the wheel. News of the accident may not be a total surprise, as Google’s autonomous cars have been hit up the backside a number of times over the years. It is, however, the first time people have got hurt.
The light was green, but traffic was backed up on the far side, so three cars, including ours, braked and came to a stop so as not to get stuck in the middle of the intersection. After we’d stopped, a car slammed into the back of us at 17 mph – and it hadn’t braked.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/google-self-driving-car-in-first-injury-accident/
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The beauty of film, without high definition-
Count Dracula
1969 Spanish-Italian-German horror film (released in 1970), directed by Jesús Franco and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski.
Christopher Lee, as Dracula (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015 )
Klaus Kinski, as Renfield ( October 1926 – 23 November 1991)
They did not need to construct everything on a computer.
All that they needed to portray, was in their world.
Face make up for high definition productions are just as thick and cludgey as the film's.
There are ancient films, made before I was born. Made in black.and white.
1960s films, made before many were born. Our world is becoming crowded.
Disasters are harsh, destructive and frequent, in our age.
How many grand, ancient, and interesting landmarks have disappeared?
Count Dracula
1969 Spanish-Italian-German horror film (released in 1970), directed by Jesús Franco and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski.
Christopher Lee, as Dracula (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015 )
Klaus Kinski, as Renfield ( October 1926 – 23 November 1991)
They did not need to construct everything on a computer.
All that they needed to portray, was in their world.
Face make up for high definition productions are just as thick and cludgey as the film's.
There are ancient films, made before I was born. Made in black.and white.
1960s films, made before many were born. Our world is becoming crowded.
Disasters are harsh, destructive and frequent, in our age.
How many grand, ancient, and interesting landmarks have disappeared?
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Visit the Everglades
Burmese python, measuring 18 feet and 3 inches and weighing 133 pounds, was captured by researchers in the park’s Shark Valley area on July 9, 2015
Tastes like chicken ? Tastes like alligator ?
Burmese python, measuring 18 feet and 3 inches and weighing 133 pounds, was captured by researchers in the park’s Shark Valley area on July 9, 2015
Tastes like chicken ? Tastes like alligator ?
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Paw prints made by a cat 2,000 years ago have been found on a Roman roof tile kept at a museum in south west England.
Dug up in Gloucester in 1969, the tile fragment had long lain unnoticed at Gloucester City Museum.
Only recently, a researcher spotted the cat’s paw on the tile while going through the finds from the 1969 archaeological excavation.
“At that time the archaeologists seem to have been more interested in digging things up than looking at what they found,” David Rice, curator at Gloucester City Museum, told Discovery News.
The cat is thought to have run across the wet clay tile when it was left out to dry in about AD100.
Despite the feline footprints, the Romans fired the tile, a type called tegula, and used it on the roof of a building in what became the Berkeley Street area of modern Gloucester.
It is possible the cat was a Roman army cat, the pet of a Roman soldier who stationed at the site.
The tile is now on display at the Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery.
“The marks are the only example for Roman domestic cats that visitors can see in the museum,” Rice said.
“I believe there are more cat paw prints found on ancient Roman tiles in Britain than anywhere else in the Roman Empire including Italy. Roman Britons must have had a special liking for cats,” he added.
http://news.discovery.com/history/a...cat-pawn-prints-discovered-on-tile-150730.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ear...d-cats-paw-print-uncovered-in-Gloucester.html
http://venues.gloucester.gov.uk/Freetime/Museums/home.aspx
Dug up in Gloucester in 1969, the tile fragment had long lain unnoticed at Gloucester City Museum.
Only recently, a researcher spotted the cat’s paw on the tile while going through the finds from the 1969 archaeological excavation.
“At that time the archaeologists seem to have been more interested in digging things up than looking at what they found,” David Rice, curator at Gloucester City Museum, told Discovery News.
The cat is thought to have run across the wet clay tile when it was left out to dry in about AD100.
Despite the feline footprints, the Romans fired the tile, a type called tegula, and used it on the roof of a building in what became the Berkeley Street area of modern Gloucester.
It is possible the cat was a Roman army cat, the pet of a Roman soldier who stationed at the site.
The tile is now on display at the Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery.
“The marks are the only example for Roman domestic cats that visitors can see in the museum,” Rice said.
“I believe there are more cat paw prints found on ancient Roman tiles in Britain than anywhere else in the Roman Empire including Italy. Roman Britons must have had a special liking for cats,” he added.
http://news.discovery.com/history/a...cat-pawn-prints-discovered-on-tile-150730.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ear...d-cats-paw-print-uncovered-in-Gloucester.html
http://venues.gloucester.gov.uk/Freetime/Museums/home.aspx
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hitchBot started on the East Coast.
Ended in Philly.
They tore the head off of hitchBot ? They tore the arms off ?
"...missing electronics, missing head."
Picture of many small broken pieces of electronics.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/HitchBOTs-journey-ends-in-Philadelphia.html
http://www.turnto10.com/story/29632668/hitchhiking-robot-finds-friends-in-rhode-island
hitchBot, a hitchhiking robot, spent Saturday in Rhode Island visiting landmarks, taking photos and interacting with fans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...out-of-massachusetts_55b65665e4b0a13f9d192317
hitchBot's hitchhiking journey across the U.S. is off to a slow start.
The robot named hitchBOT caught its first ride in Marblehead, Massachusetts, last week, bound for San Francisco, but it still hasn't left the state.
Instead, it has bounced around the Boston area and was briefly taken to sea. On Friday, the humanoid robot took in a Red Sox game.
(On instagram, there is a pic of little hitchBot riding the mother duck, of the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture.)
gsgs comment-
I am surprised that the See Something, Say Something campaign did not result in getting the hitchBot blown up by the Boston Bomb squad. After all, the Boston Bomb squad blew up harmless L.E.D. boards of Ignignokt and Err, Mooninites characters from a cartoon. The boards had been hanging around Harvard Square and the Sullivan T stop for months. It was advertising for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force cartoon.
The Boston police had a hysteria fit. The media threw a hysteria party. City officials had a hysteria fit.
"Enraged city and state officials yesterday readied a legal assault against those responsible for a guerrilla marketing campaign that dotted the city with small battery-powered light screens, setting off fears of terrorism and shutting down major roadways and subway lines for parts of the day."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/02/01/froth_fear_and_fury/
There is picture of hitchBot in front of the Radio City Music Hall marquee.
hitchBOT was designed to be a talking travel companion and could toss out factoids and carry limited conversation. A GPS in the robot tracked its location, and a camera randomly snapped photos about every 20 minutes to document its travels.
During past travels, the robot attended a comic convention and a wedding, and it had its portrait painted in the Netherlands. It once spent a week with a heavy metal band.
http://wtop.com/tech/2015/08/hitchhiking-robots-cross-country-trip-in-us-ends-in-philly/
Ended in Philly.
They tore the head off of hitchBot ? They tore the arms off ?
"...missing electronics, missing head."
Picture of many small broken pieces of electronics.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/HitchBOTs-journey-ends-in-Philadelphia.html
http://www.turnto10.com/story/29632668/hitchhiking-robot-finds-friends-in-rhode-island
hitchBot, a hitchhiking robot, spent Saturday in Rhode Island visiting landmarks, taking photos and interacting with fans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...out-of-massachusetts_55b65665e4b0a13f9d192317
hitchBot's hitchhiking journey across the U.S. is off to a slow start.
The robot named hitchBOT caught its first ride in Marblehead, Massachusetts, last week, bound for San Francisco, but it still hasn't left the state.
Instead, it has bounced around the Boston area and was briefly taken to sea. On Friday, the humanoid robot took in a Red Sox game.
(On instagram, there is a pic of little hitchBot riding the mother duck, of the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture.)
gsgs comment-
I am surprised that the See Something, Say Something campaign did not result in getting the hitchBot blown up by the Boston Bomb squad. After all, the Boston Bomb squad blew up harmless L.E.D. boards of Ignignokt and Err, Mooninites characters from a cartoon. The boards had been hanging around Harvard Square and the Sullivan T stop for months. It was advertising for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force cartoon.
The Boston police had a hysteria fit. The media threw a hysteria party. City officials had a hysteria fit.
"Enraged city and state officials yesterday readied a legal assault against those responsible for a guerrilla marketing campaign that dotted the city with small battery-powered light screens, setting off fears of terrorism and shutting down major roadways and subway lines for parts of the day."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/02/01/froth_fear_and_fury/
There is picture of hitchBot in front of the Radio City Music Hall marquee.
hitchBOT was designed to be a talking travel companion and could toss out factoids and carry limited conversation. A GPS in the robot tracked its location, and a camera randomly snapped photos about every 20 minutes to document its travels.
During past travels, the robot attended a comic convention and a wedding, and it had its portrait painted in the Netherlands. It once spent a week with a heavy metal band.
http://wtop.com/tech/2015/08/hitchhiking-robots-cross-country-trip-in-us-ends-in-philly/
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SALEM, MA — What’s the best way to break the ice with a hitchhiking robot made of a plastic bucket and sporting a face resembling a 1982 Radio Shack TRS-80 computer? Given the materials, I decided to start with simple conversation.
“Hello, Hitchbot. How are you today?”
“Beer shots!” it replied. “Do you have a girlfriend?”
It turns out that Hitchbot doesn’t need to do much to get rides. Everyone loves the android. Its face screen flashes, it blinks, it winks, it smiles. In other words, this robot is a flirty little trollop. Whenever I sat it down, people were ready with cameras taking selfies with it as it tossed out a series of nonsequiturs. “Let’s get coffee,” it said to no one in particular.
“Has anyone ever told you that hitchhiking is dangerous?” I asked it.
“Do you like chocolate cake?” it replied.
That’s one way to change the subject.
Its conversational skills come from software called Cleverscript. It is programed to answer questions and make small talk. But if I had randomly plucked this robot off the side of the road, the conversation would be a bit strained.
“What is your true name?” Hitchbot asked when we started driving.
“My name is Christopher.”
“Oh, I was sure your true name was Wade,” it replied.
“I might look like a Wade, but I’m Christopher.”
“On your way where?” it asked.
“No, I said Wade.”
“Hello, Wade,” it said, ignoring my previous answers.
I’m no doctor, but I would diagnosis this robot with short-term memory loss. It also needed a hearing aid. Or, this was some kind of deliberate android Abbott and Costello routine.
I tried again.
“What time is it, Hitchbot?”
“Time to get a new watch,” it snapped back at me.
Siri doesn’t sass me when I ask her the time.
“Do you talk about more adult topics?” it asked.
“Slow it down, sweetheart. We just met,” I replied.
This was not going how I planned. Maybe it was for the best that I wasn’t driving Hitchbot to New York.
“I like playing sly raccoon,” it announced.
“What in the name of all that is holy is sly raccoon?” I asked.
“Where’s Ace?” was its response. Well this Ace may enjoy playing sly raccoon, but I wasn’t having it.
“Are you being monitored?” it asked.
Before I could answer, it kept going. “I don’t like poetry.” “Did you tell me what you were?” “Do you like to eat stone?” The questions were relentless. I looked over, and Hitchbot was raising its thumb up and down as if it wanted to get out and start hitching for a different driver. Perhaps one that would play sly raccoon?
“I’m about five minutes away from pulling the plug on you,” I warned. “Now sit still and be quiet.”
If robots could pout, then Hitchbot was pouting. It went silent except for an occasional wink and beep.
“Why are you so mean?” it asked.
"...the more I analyzed it, the more I realized this first date was better than many I’ve had. At least Hitchbot asked me what kind of music I like, and, most importantly, feigned interest in my cat. We also both love to travel. However, I’m still waiting for those beer shots, and perhaps some chocolate cake."
- Christopher Muther
https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifesty...oss-country/bxVEoICrSe1VAmj1YiUoQJ/story.html
gsgs comment
Why did hitchBot's creators give it a female voice ?
/end gsgs comment
“Hello, Hitchbot. How are you today?”
“Beer shots!” it replied. “Do you have a girlfriend?”
It turns out that Hitchbot doesn’t need to do much to get rides. Everyone loves the android. Its face screen flashes, it blinks, it winks, it smiles. In other words, this robot is a flirty little trollop. Whenever I sat it down, people were ready with cameras taking selfies with it as it tossed out a series of nonsequiturs. “Let’s get coffee,” it said to no one in particular.
“Has anyone ever told you that hitchhiking is dangerous?” I asked it.
“Do you like chocolate cake?” it replied.
That’s one way to change the subject.
Its conversational skills come from software called Cleverscript. It is programed to answer questions and make small talk. But if I had randomly plucked this robot off the side of the road, the conversation would be a bit strained.
“What is your true name?” Hitchbot asked when we started driving.
“My name is Christopher.”
“Oh, I was sure your true name was Wade,” it replied.
“I might look like a Wade, but I’m Christopher.”
“On your way where?” it asked.
“No, I said Wade.”
“Hello, Wade,” it said, ignoring my previous answers.
I’m no doctor, but I would diagnosis this robot with short-term memory loss. It also needed a hearing aid. Or, this was some kind of deliberate android Abbott and Costello routine.
I tried again.
“What time is it, Hitchbot?”
“Time to get a new watch,” it snapped back at me.
Siri doesn’t sass me when I ask her the time.
“Do you talk about more adult topics?” it asked.
“Slow it down, sweetheart. We just met,” I replied.
This was not going how I planned. Maybe it was for the best that I wasn’t driving Hitchbot to New York.
“I like playing sly raccoon,” it announced.
“What in the name of all that is holy is sly raccoon?” I asked.
“Where’s Ace?” was its response. Well this Ace may enjoy playing sly raccoon, but I wasn’t having it.
“Are you being monitored?” it asked.
Before I could answer, it kept going. “I don’t like poetry.” “Did you tell me what you were?” “Do you like to eat stone?” The questions were relentless. I looked over, and Hitchbot was raising its thumb up and down as if it wanted to get out and start hitching for a different driver. Perhaps one that would play sly raccoon?
“I’m about five minutes away from pulling the plug on you,” I warned. “Now sit still and be quiet.”
If robots could pout, then Hitchbot was pouting. It went silent except for an occasional wink and beep.
“Why are you so mean?” it asked.
"...the more I analyzed it, the more I realized this first date was better than many I’ve had. At least Hitchbot asked me what kind of music I like, and, most importantly, feigned interest in my cat. We also both love to travel. However, I’m still waiting for those beer shots, and perhaps some chocolate cake."
- Christopher Muther
https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifesty...oss-country/bxVEoICrSe1VAmj1YiUoQJ/story.html
gsgs comment
Why did hitchBot's creators give it a female voice ?
/end gsgs comment
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Perseids
Comet of Origin: 109P/Swift-Tuttle
Radiant: constellation Perseus
Active: July 13-Aug. 26, 2015
Peak Activity: Aug. 12-13, 2015
Peak Activity Meteor Count: Up to 100 meteors per hour
Meteor Velocity: 37 miles (59 kilometers) per second
Notes: If you see one meteor shower this year, make it August's Perseids or December's Geminids. The Perseids feature fast and bright meteors that frequently leave trains, and in 2015 there will be no moonlight to upstage the shower.
https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/asteroids/best-meteor-showers/#.VcgJcmrD8v5
Comet of Origin: 109P/Swift-Tuttle
Radiant: constellation Perseus
Active: July 13-Aug. 26, 2015
Peak Activity: Aug. 12-13, 2015
Peak Activity Meteor Count: Up to 100 meteors per hour
Meteor Velocity: 37 miles (59 kilometers) per second
Notes: If you see one meteor shower this year, make it August's Perseids or December's Geminids. The Perseids feature fast and bright meteors that frequently leave trains, and in 2015 there will be no moonlight to upstage the shower.
https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/asteroids/best-meteor-showers/#.VcgJcmrD8v5
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Wednesday, August 12
• The Perseid meteor shower should be at its peak late tonight, ideally so for North America. And there's no moonlight. Bundle up warmly (it gets cold under a clear, open August sky late at night), and lie back in a reclining lawn chair. You may see about a meteor a minute on average. The later you watch the better.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-august-7-15/
Fog, clouds, rain, and other unforseen circumstances.
Grab your chance! (Before the peak.)
• The Perseid meteor shower should be at its peak late tonight, ideally so for North America. And there's no moonlight. Bundle up warmly (it gets cold under a clear, open August sky late at night), and lie back in a reclining lawn chair. You may see about a meteor a minute on average. The later you watch the better.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-august-7-15/
Fog, clouds, rain, and other unforseen circumstances.
Grab your chance! (Before the peak.)
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Let's stay up all night.
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I want a date with a face that looks like this 1982 Radio Shack TRS-80 computer, and I like simple conversation. Bring back the lovebot.
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I forgot to nap! The air is chilly tonight, in NE.
Maybe, it will help me to stay alert for a short while.
Hidden on hillsides in a remote part of western Vermont, a small number of venomous timber rattlesnakes slither among the rocks, but their isolation can’t protect them from a mysterious fungus spreading across the eastern half of the country that threatens to wipe them out.
In less than a decade, the fungus has been identified in at least nine Eastern states, and although it affects a number of species, it’s especially threatening to rattlesnakes that live in small, isolated populations with little genetic diversity, such as those found in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York.
In Illinois the malady threatens the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, which was a candidate for the federal endangered species list even before the fungus appeared.
Biologists have compared its appearance to the fungus that causes white nose syndrome in bats, which since 2006 has killed millions of the creatures and continues to spread across North America.
http://www.wbur.org/2015/08/09/deadly-snake-fungus
Maybe, it will help me to stay alert for a short while.
Hidden on hillsides in a remote part of western Vermont, a small number of venomous timber rattlesnakes slither among the rocks, but their isolation can’t protect them from a mysterious fungus spreading across the eastern half of the country that threatens to wipe them out.
In less than a decade, the fungus has been identified in at least nine Eastern states, and although it affects a number of species, it’s especially threatening to rattlesnakes that live in small, isolated populations with little genetic diversity, such as those found in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York.
In Illinois the malady threatens the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, which was a candidate for the federal endangered species list even before the fungus appeared.
Biologists have compared its appearance to the fungus that causes white nose syndrome in bats, which since 2006 has killed millions of the creatures and continues to spread across North America.
http://www.wbur.org/2015/08/09/deadly-snake-fungus
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The empty Radio shack shops will not remain inact for very much longer.
Soon the signs will be gone from the city- scapes.
Everything must be re- purposed.
I am activating my camera.
Here today, gone today ?
Boston Gaah- den
*sniffle*
Parts of the T have been missing for years.
Cast iron is not immortal.
Soon the signs will be gone from the city- scapes.
Everything must be re- purposed.
I am activating my camera.
Here today, gone today ?
Boston Gaah- den
*sniffle*
Parts of the T have been missing for years.
Cast iron is not immortal.
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And then the poor bastard bumbled into Philly.
(Who would do crap like that, and why didn't hitchbot get a bit of video that would have allowed us to answer that question?)
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The Forks of Black Adder ?
1487. The battle between the church and the crown
continues to rage, and the Duke of Winchester, the greatest landowner
in England, is dying.
(the bedchamber of the Duke; King Richard and Godfrey, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, are with him)
Duke: Dying, my lords! Am I dying?
Godfrey: Never...
King: Never...
Godfrey: Yet, My Son, to pass away the idle hours until your recovery--
Duke: (in pain) Euuuugh!
Godfrey: (speaks more quickly) ...let us imagine you yourself were to pass
away. To whom would you leave your lands?
King: Why, to me, of course...
Duke: Yes, to my beloved King. (takes the quill from King)
King: That's it...
Godfrey: ...and may your filthy soul be prepared for Hell, My Son.
Duke: Hell?
Godfrey: Yes, Hell; where Satan belches fire, and enormous devils break wind
both night and day! Hell; where the mind is never free from the
torments of remorse, and your bottom never free from the pricking
of little forks!
Duke: NNoooo! Spare me the little forks!
King: (chuckles) What is this nonsense?
Godfrey: Hell; where the softest bits of your nether regions are everybody
else's favourite lunch!
Duke: (moans) Forgive me, Sire. I will change my will, and leave my lands
to the church.
King: WHAT???
(Duke signs his will)
Godfrey: Blessed be thy stainless soul.
King: Ah, you will change your mind later -- I know it!
(Duke moans and expires)
Godfrey: (smiling) I think not.
(King, enraged, looks around and sees one of his men standing in the room,
wearing a helmet with a spike coming out the top)
Edmund, learns the news and takes part in a discussion about the death
(You will hear the word, catamite, but not the word, panoply.)
1487. The battle between the church and the crown
continues to rage, and the Duke of Winchester, the greatest landowner
in England, is dying.
(the bedchamber of the Duke; King Richard and Godfrey, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, are with him)
Duke: Dying, my lords! Am I dying?
Godfrey: Never...
King: Never...
Godfrey: Yet, My Son, to pass away the idle hours until your recovery--
Duke: (in pain) Euuuugh!
Godfrey: (speaks more quickly) ...let us imagine you yourself were to pass
away. To whom would you leave your lands?
King: Why, to me, of course...
Duke: Yes, to my beloved King. (takes the quill from King)
King: That's it...
Godfrey: ...and may your filthy soul be prepared for Hell, My Son.
Duke: Hell?
Godfrey: Yes, Hell; where Satan belches fire, and enormous devils break wind
both night and day! Hell; where the mind is never free from the
torments of remorse, and your bottom never free from the pricking
of little forks!
Duke: NNoooo! Spare me the little forks!
King: (chuckles) What is this nonsense?
Godfrey: Hell; where the softest bits of your nether regions are everybody
else's favourite lunch!
Duke: (moans) Forgive me, Sire. I will change my will, and leave my lands
to the church.
King: WHAT???
(Duke signs his will)
Godfrey: Blessed be thy stainless soul.
King: Ah, you will change your mind later -- I know it!
(Duke moans and expires)
Godfrey: (smiling) I think not.
(King, enraged, looks around and sees one of his men standing in the room,
wearing a helmet with a spike coming out the top)
Edmund, learns the news and takes part in a discussion about the death
(You will hear the word, catamite, but not the word, panoply.)
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The favoured action was that of Frederich Martini, (1833-1897) a Swiss gun maker of Hungarian origin. Martinis’ action was a simple falling block action. Martini had been accused, (quite rightly in reality), of improving and re-engineering the American Peabody falling block mechanism.
Martini Trial Rifle offered to the War Office 1868
Martini had devised a block that held an enclosed striker. The action of the under lever dropped the block, cocked the mechanism and ejected the spent round in one action. His selected cartridge was a .450” calibre Boxer brass round very similar in design to the American 45/70. The designation was to be the long chamber Martini .
Martini had designed a simple nipple shaped cocking indicator which was to extend in the thumb-grip, however a tear shaped indicator was added to the trigger axis, this was mounted on the side of the action and gave a simple, visual indication. Also a simple safety catch was installed on the right side of the action. The Martini Action revolved around a central axis and lever. The lever depressed the breech block which contained a central firing pin and spring. A tumber, pivotting on the central axis sat on top of the trigger sear and cocked the mechanism.
When the trigger was depressed the tumber was released allowing the firing pin to shoot forward and strike the primer in the base of the cartridge. To eject the spent round, the breech block was lowered, which in turn pressed the angles extractor base, held by a transverse screw in the front of the action. The extractor was then moved backwards and the two claws, mounted on the extractor arm withdrew the cartridge. The whole cycle could them be repeated.
The rifling system selected was that of Edinburgh gunsmith Alexander Henry, (1828-1894) which consisted of a seven groove polygonal rifling, with one twist in 22” (56cm). Barrel length was to be 33.2” (84.2cm). The Henry rifling system was found superior in all trials, accurate and powerful. The basis of the rifling was in reality a modernisation of the Whitworth system, which was developed in 1854. The bore was .450” calibre, across the lands of the rifling .458”-.464”.
(More details)
On 13th April 1871 the orders were placed at the Royal Small Arms factory at Enfield for full scale production of the Martini Henry Rifle, between then and 1874 The Martini Henry was trialled throughout the Empire by various regiments, and finally on September 28th 1874 it was authorised for full issue to the British Army.
martinhenry dot org
Was the alcohol based cocktail named in honor of the rifle ?
MA named a beach after Marconi.
A Marconi cocktail, and a sunset on the Cape Cod National Seashore
make a delightful combination.
Would the combination of a Martini cocktail and a Martini rifle, be delightful.?
Dick Cheney might have been able to answer that. His friends might have had an altogether different opinion.
http://www.nps.gov/caco/planyourvisit/marconi-beach.htm
Martini Trial Rifle offered to the War Office 1868
Martini had devised a block that held an enclosed striker. The action of the under lever dropped the block, cocked the mechanism and ejected the spent round in one action. His selected cartridge was a .450” calibre Boxer brass round very similar in design to the American 45/70. The designation was to be the long chamber Martini .
Martini had designed a simple nipple shaped cocking indicator which was to extend in the thumb-grip, however a tear shaped indicator was added to the trigger axis, this was mounted on the side of the action and gave a simple, visual indication. Also a simple safety catch was installed on the right side of the action. The Martini Action revolved around a central axis and lever. The lever depressed the breech block which contained a central firing pin and spring. A tumber, pivotting on the central axis sat on top of the trigger sear and cocked the mechanism.
When the trigger was depressed the tumber was released allowing the firing pin to shoot forward and strike the primer in the base of the cartridge. To eject the spent round, the breech block was lowered, which in turn pressed the angles extractor base, held by a transverse screw in the front of the action. The extractor was then moved backwards and the two claws, mounted on the extractor arm withdrew the cartridge. The whole cycle could them be repeated.
The rifling system selected was that of Edinburgh gunsmith Alexander Henry, (1828-1894) which consisted of a seven groove polygonal rifling, with one twist in 22” (56cm). Barrel length was to be 33.2” (84.2cm). The Henry rifling system was found superior in all trials, accurate and powerful. The basis of the rifling was in reality a modernisation of the Whitworth system, which was developed in 1854. The bore was .450” calibre, across the lands of the rifling .458”-.464”.
(More details)
On 13th April 1871 the orders were placed at the Royal Small Arms factory at Enfield for full scale production of the Martini Henry Rifle, between then and 1874 The Martini Henry was trialled throughout the Empire by various regiments, and finally on September 28th 1874 it was authorised for full issue to the British Army.
martinhenry dot org
Was the alcohol based cocktail named in honor of the rifle ?
MA named a beach after Marconi.
A Marconi cocktail, and a sunset on the Cape Cod National Seashore
make a delightful combination.
Would the combination of a Martini cocktail and a Martini rifle, be delightful.?
Dick Cheney might have been able to answer that. His friends might have had an altogether different opinion.
http://www.nps.gov/caco/planyourvisit/marconi-beach.htm
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Truffle aroma is very unique and the complex composition of its volatile compounds has been the object of a number of studies over the past 20 years, which have employed a variety of techniques10 each of which have focused on different goals. For example, one study analysed T. magnatum volatiles11, and compared them to those present in other truffle species12. In another, an attempt was made to link the VOCs profiles to the geographical origin of the truffles using samples collected from different regions in Italy5. A more recent study showed how the effect different post-harvest conditions can have on the quantity and quality of VOCs in T. magnatum10.
Analysis of truffle volatiles has mainly been done using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) of volatiles concentrated using suitable techniques, e.g. dynamic headspace GC-MS and purge-and-trap GC-MS11,13.
In numerous publications, another technique known as "Headspace Solid-phase Microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with GC-MS" has been employed as a way to better identify volatile compounds in several truffles species as shown in several papers14,15,16,17.
The benefits of using GC-MS based methods to detect volatiles have also been compared and contrasted with other analytical systems. One such system is the "Proton Transfer Reaction—Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", a soft chemical ionization procedure that allows on-line measurements of trace components with concentrations as low as a few pptv (parts per trillion by volume). This technique constitutes a valid alternative to GC-based methods, as it makes possible fast, accurate and direct measurement of volatile organic compounds, in this case in T. magnatum18. Significant improvements have been made in PTR-MS technology based on time-of-flight (TOF-MS)19. PTR-TOF-MS instruments can generate entire mass spectra (snapshots) of complex trace gas mixtures in short response times with high mass resolution and with virtually no upper mass limit19. This technique is used in the field of food science and technology to obtain a rapid, direct and non-invasive readings of volatiles. For example, it has proved useful to differentiate between specialty coffees20, to identify markers of origin in various protected designation of origin (PDO) of Netherlands cheeses21, and to evaluate the influence of sugar composition on flavor release in a strawberry flavored cereal bar system22. Recently this technique has also been used successfully to rapidly determine the volatile compounds present in the fruits of Capsicum spp23.
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep12629
Analysis of truffle volatiles has mainly been done using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) of volatiles concentrated using suitable techniques, e.g. dynamic headspace GC-MS and purge-and-trap GC-MS11,13.
In numerous publications, another technique known as "Headspace Solid-phase Microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with GC-MS" has been employed as a way to better identify volatile compounds in several truffles species as shown in several papers14,15,16,17.
The benefits of using GC-MS based methods to detect volatiles have also been compared and contrasted with other analytical systems. One such system is the "Proton Transfer Reaction—Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", a soft chemical ionization procedure that allows on-line measurements of trace components with concentrations as low as a few pptv (parts per trillion by volume). This technique constitutes a valid alternative to GC-based methods, as it makes possible fast, accurate and direct measurement of volatile organic compounds, in this case in T. magnatum18. Significant improvements have been made in PTR-MS technology based on time-of-flight (TOF-MS)19. PTR-TOF-MS instruments can generate entire mass spectra (snapshots) of complex trace gas mixtures in short response times with high mass resolution and with virtually no upper mass limit19. This technique is used in the field of food science and technology to obtain a rapid, direct and non-invasive readings of volatiles. For example, it has proved useful to differentiate between specialty coffees20, to identify markers of origin in various protected designation of origin (PDO) of Netherlands cheeses21, and to evaluate the influence of sugar composition on flavor release in a strawberry flavored cereal bar system22. Recently this technique has also been used successfully to rapidly determine the volatile compounds present in the fruits of Capsicum spp23.
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep12629
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In Germanie a great and famous Earle
Of England, the most goodly fashion'd man
I ever saw; from head to foote in forme
Rare and most absolute; hee had a face
Like one of the most ancient honour'd Romanes
From whence his noblest familie was deriv'd;
He was beside of spirit passing great,
Valiant, and learn'd, and liberall as the sunne,
Spoke and writ sweetly, or of learned subjects,
Or of the discipline of publike weales;
And t'was the Earle of Oxford: and being offer'd
At that time, by Duke Cassimere, the view
Of his right royall armie then in field,
Refus'd it, and no foote was mov'd to stirre
Out of his owne free fore-determin'd course.
I, wondring at it, askt for it his reason,
It being an offer so much for his honour.
Hee, all acknowledging, said t'was not fit
To take those honours that one cannot quit
gsgs comment, "Nothing new under the sun,"
but they make entertaining new inventions,
from the old.
Of England, the most goodly fashion'd man
I ever saw; from head to foote in forme
Rare and most absolute; hee had a face
Like one of the most ancient honour'd Romanes
From whence his noblest familie was deriv'd;
He was beside of spirit passing great,
Valiant, and learn'd, and liberall as the sunne,
Spoke and writ sweetly, or of learned subjects,
Or of the discipline of publike weales;
And t'was the Earle of Oxford: and being offer'd
At that time, by Duke Cassimere, the view
Of his right royall armie then in field,
Refus'd it, and no foote was mov'd to stirre
Out of his owne free fore-determin'd course.
I, wondring at it, askt for it his reason,
It being an offer so much for his honour.
Hee, all acknowledging, said t'was not fit
To take those honours that one cannot quit
gsgs comment, "Nothing new under the sun,"
but they make entertaining new inventions,
from the old.
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September 19th Talk Like a Pirate Day
*doff of the cap to the AH, who remembered
For me, after all of the pirates in literature, tales of pirates that played a part in history, pirates in the movies, even pirates in a ballet, came the "head comics" pirates.
When people mention talking like a Pirate on Lit, these are the pirates that spring foremost in my mind.
Captain Piss-Gums and his Pervert Pirates: (S. Clay Wilson) A crew of bisexual male drug-addict pirates that were into a series of kinky and outre sexual acts. His nemesis was Captain Fatima and the butch all-female crew of the SS Quivering Thigh.[7] Captain Piss-Gums is mentioned as one of the Captains attending the Pirate's Conference in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zap_Comix
They are illustrated in a somewhat gruesome and hideous style.
Their manner of speaking is outrageous and somewhat foul.
NSFW
Spongebob Squarepants has his own Pirate Speak. Has Spongebob ever had a run in, with Captain Hook ?
If there was a battle at sea between Spongebob and Captain Piss Gum's crew, there would be strange objects launched from both ships.
Captain Crunch faced off with the Pirate Jeane Le Foote.
Johnny Depp has lost his charming pirate patter. He speaks something that attempts to approach a South Boston accent.
*shudder*
*doff of the cap to the AH, who remembered
For me, after all of the pirates in literature, tales of pirates that played a part in history, pirates in the movies, even pirates in a ballet, came the "head comics" pirates.
When people mention talking like a Pirate on Lit, these are the pirates that spring foremost in my mind.
Captain Piss-Gums and his Pervert Pirates: (S. Clay Wilson) A crew of bisexual male drug-addict pirates that were into a series of kinky and outre sexual acts. His nemesis was Captain Fatima and the butch all-female crew of the SS Quivering Thigh.[7] Captain Piss-Gums is mentioned as one of the Captains attending the Pirate's Conference in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zap_Comix
They are illustrated in a somewhat gruesome and hideous style.
Their manner of speaking is outrageous and somewhat foul.
NSFW
Spongebob Squarepants has his own Pirate Speak. Has Spongebob ever had a run in, with Captain Hook ?
If there was a battle at sea between Spongebob and Captain Piss Gum's crew, there would be strange objects launched from both ships.
Captain Crunch faced off with the Pirate Jeane Le Foote.
Johnny Depp has lost his charming pirate patter. He speaks something that attempts to approach a South Boston accent.
*shudder*
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S. Clay was the greatest & weirdest genius of the UG comix world, tragically left brain-damaged after a brutal attack a few years ago. Cap'n Piss-Gums; the Checkered Demon; too many atrocities to track. Ahoy!
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It is more fun attend to a live performance.
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Kevin Kline ... The Pirate King
Angela Lansbury ...Ruth, the nursery maid, that was hard of hearing
Linda Ronstadt ...Mabel, the Gereral's daughter (wants to marry Fred)
George Rose ...Maj. Gen. Stanley
Rex Smith ... Frederic
General Stanley will not hear of his daughters marrying buccaneers.
"I object to pirates as sons-in-law," he declares, and the pirates reply that they, for their part, are not keen on Major-Generals as fathers-in-law. In this dilemma the General has a bright idea. "Do you mean to say," he demands, "that you would deliberately rob me of these, the sole remaining props of my old age, and leave me to go through the remainder of my life unfriended, unprotected and alone?" "Well, yes," says the Pirate King. "That's the idea." "Tell me," asks the General innocently, "have you ever known what it is to be an orphan?" The pirates exclaim disgustedly: "Oh, dash it all. Here we are again." True to their creed, the pirates permit General Stanley to depart with his daughters, and Frederic accompanies them; and the curtain falls on General Stanley at the head of his company of daughters waving the Union Jack, facing the Pirate King, who, at the head of his buccaneers, hoists a black flag with skull and crossbones.
Ruth
"One moment, let me tell you who they are.
They are no members of the common throng;
They are all noblemen, who have gone wrong."
General Stanley
"No Englishmen unmoved that statement hears
Because, with all our faults, we love our house of peers."
"Resume your rank and legislative duties
And take my daughters, all of whom are beauties."
http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/musical002.html
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Kevin Kline ... The Pirate King
Angela Lansbury ...Ruth, the nursery maid, that was hard of hearing
Linda Ronstadt ...Mabel, the Gereral's daughter (wants to marry Fred)
George Rose ...Maj. Gen. Stanley
Rex Smith ... Frederic
General Stanley will not hear of his daughters marrying buccaneers.
"I object to pirates as sons-in-law," he declares, and the pirates reply that they, for their part, are not keen on Major-Generals as fathers-in-law. In this dilemma the General has a bright idea. "Do you mean to say," he demands, "that you would deliberately rob me of these, the sole remaining props of my old age, and leave me to go through the remainder of my life unfriended, unprotected and alone?" "Well, yes," says the Pirate King. "That's the idea." "Tell me," asks the General innocently, "have you ever known what it is to be an orphan?" The pirates exclaim disgustedly: "Oh, dash it all. Here we are again." True to their creed, the pirates permit General Stanley to depart with his daughters, and Frederic accompanies them; and the curtain falls on General Stanley at the head of his company of daughters waving the Union Jack, facing the Pirate King, who, at the head of his buccaneers, hoists a black flag with skull and crossbones.
Ruth
"One moment, let me tell you who they are.
They are no members of the common throng;
They are all noblemen, who have gone wrong."
General Stanley
"No Englishmen unmoved that statement hears
Because, with all our faults, we love our house of peers."
"Resume your rank and legislative duties
And take my daughters, all of whom are beauties."
http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/musical002.html
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giant hogweed, giant cow parsnip, cartwheel flower, efwr (in Wales), wild rhubarb
http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/heracleum_mantegazzianum.htm
Giant Hogweed
Typical contact comes from brushing through a stand of plants when found on a riverbank, strimming a patch of rough ground in early spring without realising that the young plant is present and even contact with pets which have had contact with the plant.
It was introduced to the UK by the Victorians who thought its size would make a dramatic statement in large gardens. It escaped and has spread rapidly to be a major problem on river banks in some areas. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 makes it an offence to plant or cause giant hogweed to grow in the wild. In July 2003, the Daily Telegraph reported that an EU funded programme was looking at at bringing fungi from Russia to attack the plant. No further information has been found on this project but, in a 2010 publication, the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says that a range of fungi has been found to be associated with the plant but that they had to found to have insignificant effects on its growth. This leaflet simply says that no biological control is available.
(This plant would serve to keep poachers out of the gardens ? No more stolen produce, or flowers. No trespassing!)
Though the Heracleum sphondylium, cow parsnip or common hogweed, is very less frequently a cause of problems it does produce the same chemicals as giant hogweed. Not enough is known about the conditions required to increase the concentration of the furocoumarins to the point where harm can occur but, it would appear, that strong sunlight is required for the ordinary hogweed to produce burning.
gsgs comment-
When the warning went up for New England, there was a video clip of a huge plant, and a woman telling the viewer that her's was eight feet tall.
What I destroyed had just begun to grow. It was new, it unfamiliar, and it did not correspond to anything that I knew of. I did not allow it to flower. They did not warn me to protect to my eyesight. They did tell me that it would raise welts.
yikes
http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/heracleum_mantegazzianum.htm
Giant Hogweed
Typical contact comes from brushing through a stand of plants when found on a riverbank, strimming a patch of rough ground in early spring without realising that the young plant is present and even contact with pets which have had contact with the plant.
It was introduced to the UK by the Victorians who thought its size would make a dramatic statement in large gardens. It escaped and has spread rapidly to be a major problem on river banks in some areas. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 makes it an offence to plant or cause giant hogweed to grow in the wild. In July 2003, the Daily Telegraph reported that an EU funded programme was looking at at bringing fungi from Russia to attack the plant. No further information has been found on this project but, in a 2010 publication, the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says that a range of fungi has been found to be associated with the plant but that they had to found to have insignificant effects on its growth. This leaflet simply says that no biological control is available.
(This plant would serve to keep poachers out of the gardens ? No more stolen produce, or flowers. No trespassing!)
Though the Heracleum sphondylium, cow parsnip or common hogweed, is very less frequently a cause of problems it does produce the same chemicals as giant hogweed. Not enough is known about the conditions required to increase the concentration of the furocoumarins to the point where harm can occur but, it would appear, that strong sunlight is required for the ordinary hogweed to produce burning.
gsgs comment-
When the warning went up for New England, there was a video clip of a huge plant, and a woman telling the viewer that her's was eight feet tall.
What I destroyed had just begun to grow. It was new, it unfamiliar, and it did not correspond to anything that I knew of. I did not allow it to flower. They did not warn me to protect to my eyesight. They did tell me that it would raise welts.
yikes
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"He rejects recent claims for rival sites, arguing that there was no reason to build the abbey in such an awkward spot – on a cold steep arid hilltop with no water source – unless it had significance as the real site of the battle."
The opening will celebrate the 950th anniversary of the most famous regime change in English history: the victory of William the Conqueror and his Normans, and the death on the battlefield of King Harold in October 1066.
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/05/abbey-battle-of-hastings-staircase-gatehouse-1066
950 years ago on 14th October 1066 and which defined the course of English history
On this day we commemorate the bloody event of Friday 14th October 1066 and all those who fell in this great and decisive battle between two cultures, Saxon and Norman.
http://www.concorde1066.co.uk/
"Judgement is required to assess the reliability of each interpretation, but the very basic outline of the battle is agreed upon: Duke William of Normandy led an invading army of Normans, Bretons and French/ Flemish; King Harold II led the defending Saxon army; Duke William made numerous attacks which failed to break the Saxon shield wall, on at least one occasion narrowly averting disaster when the Bretons on his left flank retreated; the battle, unusually for battles at that time, lasted all day and eventually William hit upon the idea to have his archers shoot high so that their arrows fell on those behind the shield wall; Harold was killed; the Saxon line broke late in the day and William won the battle. This simple summary highlights the deductions which are presented as fact by modern historians."
The opening will celebrate the 950th anniversary of the most famous regime change in English history: the victory of William the Conqueror and his Normans, and the death on the battlefield of King Harold in October 1066.
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/05/abbey-battle-of-hastings-staircase-gatehouse-1066
950 years ago on 14th October 1066 and which defined the course of English history
On this day we commemorate the bloody event of Friday 14th October 1066 and all those who fell in this great and decisive battle between two cultures, Saxon and Norman.
http://www.concorde1066.co.uk/
"Judgement is required to assess the reliability of each interpretation, but the very basic outline of the battle is agreed upon: Duke William of Normandy led an invading army of Normans, Bretons and French/ Flemish; King Harold II led the defending Saxon army; Duke William made numerous attacks which failed to break the Saxon shield wall, on at least one occasion narrowly averting disaster when the Bretons on his left flank retreated; the battle, unusually for battles at that time, lasted all day and eventually William hit upon the idea to have his archers shoot high so that their arrows fell on those behind the shield wall; Harold was killed; the Saxon line broke late in the day and William won the battle. This simple summary highlights the deductions which are presented as fact by modern historians."
