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LA: Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp. vulgaris
EN: Pasque Flower
DE: Gewöhnliche Kuhschelle
HU: Tavaszi / Nyugati kökörcsin
This Pulsatilla species is more common, as the previous one.
Similar living conditions as the other ones: dry meadows, sandy or chalky grounds.
When the weather is cloudy the flowers heads bend down, in sunny weather they are erect.
The hairs on the bract leaves are silvery-white, the color of the flower is a deeper purple.
There are discussions among botanists if this one and the Pulsatilla grandis are the same species, though P. grandis is living more in Eastern-Europe. Genetic examination revealed that the two species are identical.
Garchinger Heide, near Munich, Germany
Work by Monicah Mugo, December 9th 2008
Repke de Vries wrote for more information:
Hi Monicah
thx for your examples - they arrived fine. Trying to uncover what your work is about and then put it up on that web page: can you please check the following info and correct / add where necessary - appreciated:
1) You work at one of the libraries or at the IT department of Kenyatta University in Kenya ?
Please give some detail or a web address:
[I checked www.ku.ac.ke/ : this is BIG ; I also see in my Google search that you do e-learning with Moodle: wow]
2) Your Greenstone collection are Exam Papers: for all faculties ?
The Exam Papers collection covers .... (please add some info):
3) The searchable exam papers are intended for students, I suppose. Correct ?
4) Given the choice between full text searching and browsing, I conclude from screenshot 1 that you opted for full text searching as the main functionality for this user group under 3) And secondly for browsing on Title and File Name - both metadata elements probably being extracted automatically.
Correct ? Please explain a bit: ....
5) Access: from the IP address (192.168 etc.) I conclude that you give access on an Intranet or Campus ..
Correct ? Please add some info..
It is also interesting for your colleagues in the Support Network to learn about so called Intellectual Property Right Issues and Open Access: did you look into these access policy for this collection ?
Access policy: ... (would be nice to have some info)
Much obliged, Repke de Vries
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Seen at Bushy Park, Wanganui
The hihi (stitchbird) was both rare and poorly known until the 1990s, as few people had an opportunity to visit the single remnant population on Little Barrier Island. However, thanks to successful conservation management and research, the hihi is now one of the better studied New Zealand bird species, and can be seen at several accessible translocation sites. Hihi are often curious, approaching people for close examination whilst emitting warning calls; yet the calls’ high pitch, and the bird’s rapid movements and colouration can make them hard to detect. Until 2006 the stitchbird was considered to be a honeyeater (Family Meliphagidae), which includes tūī and bellbird and c.100 other Australasian and Pacific species. However, genetic studies showed that the hihi belongs to a family of its own (Notiomystidae), closest to the New Zealand wattlebirds (Callaeidae, comprising huia, kōkako and saddlebacks). The hihi has a complex and unusual breeding system that includes pair and group nesting as well as promiscuity. They use a variety of mating positions and strategies that, when considered together, are unique in the bird world.
All Self Portraits are in Disquise
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This little green spider had a web stretched across a couple of garden apple flowers waiting for any unwary pollinators. It is either Araniella cucurbitina or Araniella opisthographa which are impossible to distinguish without specimen examination.
A slightly different view of a previous shot, closer in on the posts. I liked the vignetting created by the clouds and their reflections :)
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Throughout history, female nudes have been used in cemetery/memorial art. For a deeper examination, visit northstargallery.com/pages/Sensualilty.htm
Many images in this set were taken inside Forest Lawn Memorial Park's (California, USA) Great Mausoleum.
The general public is not allowed to enjoy these and many other works of art in the Great Mausoleum. Entry is granted only to those able to afford the high price of admission and their living family members.
Why?
I turned the door handle of the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, USA and as the heavy door opened, I entered another world.
The massive, cathedral-like structure houses not only the remains of thousands able to afford the lofty ticket price for admission, it houses beautiful works of art. Sculptures, stained glass windows and ceilings, elegant marble throughout and massive architecture...all are off limits to the general public.
I didn't know at the time I turned that door knob, that Forest Lawn is consumed about keeping this structure and its contents strictly away from public view. I was simply a guy trying to take photos I like who quickly realized the challenges posed in this setting. I was simply on quest that began at the cemetery where my Mom and brother were buried almost twenty years ago.
One can attend a viewing of a stained glass window, The Last Supper, but, I've since returned (hoping to share with my family the splendor within) asking to enter the mausoleum. We were turned away. Forest Lawn's policy strictly prohibits entry to the general public.
Why? One would think that Forest Lawn (and its founder Mr. Eaton and its longtime and current President and CEO, John Llewellyn, would want to share with the wider world, the beauty contained within given the frequent ugliness which hits us in daily life...providing a form of comfort which is their business.
Forest Lawn loves attention but only on their terms. It thrives being known as the Disneyland of death services (and I mean that in the most respectful way ...after all, Walt Disney himself chose Forest Lawn) and hundreds of the famous and infamous call Forest Lawn home.
It is obvious Forest Lawn takes its mission seriously and provides a needed service exhibiting the highest levels of excellence from its impeccable grounds, to fine facilities and attentive staff.
Forest Lawn's theatrical stagings for adults and school children, its public art, museum and grounds filled with celebrities and movers and shakers, convey a seemingly mixed message when it comes to excluding the public from the massive amounts of great art held within the Great Mausoleum.
Why the exclusion? Staffing its maze of halls isn't a concern; staff members are everywhere throughout the park. Security? Sure it's in a bad neighborhood. But, as I wandered unknowingly in this remarkable place from which I was supposed to be excluded, I never saw graffiti...even in the restroom.
In fact, I never saw another soul (sorry, no pun intended). And, that, to me, is sad.
As I wandered, I was challenged by low light, by my impulse to rush my hand held shots since I had a vague gut feeling I was alone, but not; that someone was about to find me taking photos in a place where I was the forbidden invader...the only one...alive...appreciating fine art. Certainly, those entombed can not enjoy it.
Mr. Llewellyn, please open the doors to the Great Mausoleum for the public and the profound and positive impact its will have on us.
Mr. Llewellyn, I extend this offer:
if you have looked at my photos and they have spoken to you, please contact me. I will offer my photographic services to Forest Lawn to use in ways upon which we can agree.
The possibilities are limitless:
I can photographically catalog all of Forest Lawn's art at all its properties; the images could be published in many forms...books, dvd sets, and more; guided tours; respectful events built around the art and the images; museum exhibits.
Again, the possibilities are limitless and all can be accomplished in good taste equal to your mission statement and still be respectful of your residents and their families and, serve to educate and benefit the larger public.
Thank you,
Casual Clicks
A BIT OF BACKGROUND:
Many years ago after burying my mother and brother within days of the other, I was wandering their cemetery pondering and was intrigued by the statues I saw.
I was taken by the artist's talent in being able to capture the female form (since that was all the cemetery had). The sculptor's manipulation of the viewer's perceptions...cloth and how it draped, creating muscle tone, emotions displayed in facial expressions, all created from stone, piqued my interest.
I began an informal quest to research and find as many sculptures and to photograph them which overwhelmingly depicted the female nude (or partially so) in the cemetery/memorial setting.
As my cemetery visits grew, I began to realize that many of the sculptures seemingly evoked a sensuality in this form of memorial art.
Here, then, is my photos...a project in evolution...the female form as portrayed in an often sensual manner in memorial art.
Our Inspection Special started early this morning in Toledo. My conductor and I were on duty at 06:00. In order to be sharp and ready to perform, I was up 03:50.
The first leg of run was to Elkhart, Indiana. We covered the 133 mile territory in 136 minutes. We encountered only one speed restriction. It's safe to say that the dispatcher rolled out the red carpet.
Prior to our Toledo departure, I was informed that our guests had scheduled a tour of the Elkhart Yard. We left the mainline at CP417 and took the train into track 15 of the receiving yard.
With roughly 2 hours of downtime, I was hoping to do a fair amount of photography. Elkhart is a busy termial, mostly due to the hump. Skies were the greatest, but I was hoping for the best.
There was plenty of activity in the yard, but nothing close to where we stopped. This inbound from Chicago was only one of two trains that moved in the R Yard during our stop. Maybe this was by design.
My Penn Central Heritage leader was clean, but could have used a touch up. Paint was peeling in several spots, most noticeably on the front of the cab. It was definitely a far cry from the A-B-B-A set of F-units that I have been running since 2007.
When our guests were finished with their examination of Elkhart, we highballed west for Chicago. In just a tad over 2 hours running time, we were stopped in front of the Ashland Avenue Yard office. That closed the books on another inspection trip over the Dearborn Division!
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1451 empty grainy to Bowmans sits in the Dry Creek North yard on 18-4-11 while the consist is examined with VL357,GM46,2216 up the front
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Close-up view of labeled asbestos-paper backing on vintage metallic hot pad. Ink printed label indicates: "NESCO-METAL-BESTOS".
Careful examination of the paper material reveals relatively "large", chatoyant chrysotile fiber bundles mixed within the paper.
Label also demonstrates yet another example of vintage asbestos product marketing and branding incorporating derivations of the word, "ASBESTOS", in this case: NESCO-METAL-BESTOS.
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Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60 X30 softbox camera right. Reflector camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60 X30 softbox camera left. Reflector camera right. Triggered by Cybersync.
Dieses Rätsel habe ich für den Abschlusstest einer Lehrveranstaltung, die ich halte, kreiert.
I created this crossword for an examination in a course about social software I teach.
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LA: Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp. vulgaris
EN: Pasque Flower
DE: Gewöhnliche Kuhschelle
HU: Tavaszi / Nyugati kökörcsin
This Pulsatilla species is more common, as the previous one.
Similar living conditions as the other ones: dry meadows, sandy or chalky grounds.
When the weather is cloudy the flowers heads bend down, in sunny weather they are erect.
The hairs on the bract leaves are silvery-white, the color of the flower is a deeper purple.
There are discussions among botanists if this one and the Pulsatilla grandis are the same species, though P. grandis is living more in Eastern-Europe. Genetic examination revealed that the two species are identical.
Garchinger Heide, near Munich, Germany