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Waiotapu is an active geothermal area at the southern end of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, just north of the Reporoa caldera, in New Zealand's Taupo Volcanic Zone. It is 27 kilometres south of Rotorua. Due to dramatic geothermal conditions beneath the earth, the area has many hot springs noted for their colourful appearance, in addition to the Lady Knox Geyser, Champagne Pool, Artist's Palette, Primrose Terrace and boiling mud pools.These can mostly be viewed through access by foot, and in addition to a paid and curated experience, naturally forming hot springs appear around the area. The geothermal area covers 18 square kilometres.
Sculptured out of volcanic activity and thousands of years in the making, Wai-O-Tapu is considered to be New Zealand’s most colourful and diverse geothermal sightseeing attraction. You are introduced to a uniquely different natural landscape – the key to what you see lies below the surface – one of the most extensive geothermal systems in New Zealand. Clearly defined tracks provide the visitor with the opportunity to enjoy the diversity of this area through a series of different walks taking from 30 to 75 minutes or more, each with their own unique volcanic vistas to fascinate all ages.The nature of the reserve being an active volcanic area and the undulating terrain may present some difficulties for people with various disabilities.
A10.15am each day there is the opportunity to learn the history and mechanics of the Lady Knox Geyser during a presentation by an informed guide in the natural amphitheatre. It provides a unique opportunity to see a geyser in eruption to heights of 10 to 20 metres.
The Southern Responses to Displacement research project explores why, how and with what effect Southern states, civil society networks and refugees have responded to support refugees from Syria.
This project develops a multi-perspectival approach framed around the participatory co-production of knowledge with refugees, local communities, civil society groups, local, national and international secular and faith-based organisations, and UN agencies.
The project purposefully aims to centralise refugees’ own experiences of and perspectives on these Southern-led initiatives.
On the 9th of November Prof. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Dr Carpi contributed to the Humanising Refugee Research workshop…read more.
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 715582
...l see runners taking to a new parkrun course in the Southampton area, located in Lakeside Country Pa...
...Bushy Park is to parkrun what Athens is to the Olympic Games. It is where the first gathering for a ...
...England. As of Thursday, parkruns in Bromley, Oxford, Yeovil and Nonsuch had already been cance...
...ssociated with the start of a parkrun. The first event to benefit from the new funding will be Leami...
...ikely to expand the number of parkrun converts, rather than overkill the concept.New events are earm...
...the growing popularity of the parkrun organisation and will be produced in addition to the weekly ne...
...d by Paul Simon-Hewitt, Bushy parkrun - then known as Bushy Park Time Trial - attracted just 13 comp...
...s and host a weekly Killerton parkrun. We are very excited to be partnering with Killerton and Natio...
...unteers.Kevan Wilkinson, from parkrun Bromley, got in touch with southernrunningguide.com to tell us...
...Known as 'international parkrun day', the parkrun community came together to share their experiences...
... female course time of 16:55. parkrunner Marshall was one of eight members of Southampton AC to fill...
...ll be the lucky 250,000th new parkrunner to complete an event this weekend?The current trend is for ...
...ding as a venue for a regular parkrun. Anyone who is willing to volunteer their services for the eve...
...Parkrunners will meet on the north side of the Boating Lake in Grovelands park and the route will ta...
...The Lloyd parkrun event is being started in collaboration with the local authorities and with assist...
...Next month the Reykjavik parkrun team is welcoming a group of parkrunners from Britain to the Ellioa...
The Egyptian Air Force has destroyed 8 militant vehicles in a border area with Libya, according to a statement of the Egytpain Army spokesman. The air force intensified its air campaign against militants after the recent terrorist attacks in the area. (more here)
In North Sinai, the army resumed the third phase of its military operation in a buffer zone with Gaza after militants kidnapped three Palestine workers on the Palestinian side of the buffer zone and took them to Egypt’s Sinai.
Meanwhile, 2 soliders were injured in an IED explosion south Shiek Zouied. 2 others suffered injures as a result of gunfire near Kaber Omer area.
Egypt has a very well equipped army with the top modern systems….time to put them to use and get rid of those rats.
The headline mentions the borders with Gaza, but the video and the article mentions the western borders with Libya… that is a serious error.
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The City of South Perth has recently experienced an incident of wilful damage to a tree on public land. In this instance, a mature Eucalyptus tree at Sir James Mitchell Park on the South Perth foreshore has been poisoned.
The City is committed in its efforts to fight against damage to trees and the environment. Tree vandalism destroys the local amenity and costs ratepayers thousands of dollars each year.
It is an offence under the City’s Public Places and Local Government Property Local Law (2011) and the Local Government Act (1995) for unauthorised persons to prune, remove or otherwise deal with any tree which is under the care, control or management of the City.
There are substantial penalties for the unlawful destruction of vegetation. Vandalising the City’s trees is an offence that will be dealt with through the courts.
Records are kept of the 28,000 plus trees in the City of South Perth and the City will continue to replant and maintain trees in response to blatant vandalism. The poisoned tree will now be replaced with four Eucalyptus rudis trees.
When poisons have been applied to harm trees, the poison can prevent the growth of other plants or trees in the affected area for many years. In some cases the City has to replace a large amount of the soil to prevent the poison leaching into nearby waterways or the Swan or Canning River.
Where there has been a history of tree damage the City installs metal trees to highlight to residents and visitors that trees in the area have been poisoned, ring barked or cut down by persons unknown to the City.
The City has a reputation for its green leafy street and is committed to manage the trees on land under our care and control. If you have information that may help to identify tree vandals, please contact the City on 9474 0777 or email enquiries@southperth.wa.gov.au.
The minor league football team Virginia Beach Rhinos will play a charity game Sunday to benefit the Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots program.
The Rhinos will play the Virginia Swarm of Chesapeake at 5 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. The gates open at 3:30 p.m. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate and admission is $10. A ticket is $15 without a toy. Children 12 and under get in free.
All proceeds will benefit the Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots drive, said Greg Castellanos, the Rhinos’ head coach and owner.
Don was born in Milton, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1923 to the late Sue Pollock Seidel and Ralph B. Seidel. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Elizabeth H. Seidel, three sisters and two brothers. Don is survived by one son, George W. Thomas and wife Alix of Mission Viejo, CA and two daughters, Donna S. Hopkins and husband Ronald and Linda S. Taylor and husband William Jones, all of Virginia Beach, VA.
He also leaves to cherish his memory three grandchildren, Tina L. Hopkins (Mark) of Chesapeake, VA, George D. Thomas (Vanessa) or Birmingham, AL, and Chrystal Thomas of Cypress, CA. Also, six great-grandchildren: Victoria L. Hopkins of Virginia Beach, VA, Tyler and Vanessa Coronado of Chesapeake, VA, Alora and George S. Thomas of Birmingham, AL and Savannah Thomas of Cypress, CA. Don also has a sister, Jeanne Schuman of Williamsport, PA and a sister-in-law, Paula Curtis of Virginia Beach, VA. He also had many nieces and nephews who loved him dearly.
Don was a proud Navy WWII veteran with many years of honorable service. After retiring from the Navy, he went to work for the Atlantic Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Norfolk, VA. He retired from there in December of 1986 with a combined total of 44 years of government service.
Don loved dining out with his special WWII veteran friends, all proudly wearing their WWII caps and had the honor of having many meals paid for them by total strangers. Don was born a yankee but became a southerner by marriage.
Don’s son, daughters, and grand and great grandchildren will dearly miss him, always love him, and never forget him.
The family would like to thank the staff of The Memory Center in Virginia Beach, VA for their dedicated care and loving commitment to the treatment of Alzheimer’s.
A visitation will be held Wednesday, December 16 at 10 a.m. and a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 6309 E. Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk, VA. Burial and reception to follow. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.woodlawngroup.com.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in February contracted with Boeing Phantom Works for as many as 50 triple-unit cubesats, each about the size of a can of tennis balls, for use in technology demonstrations, a government official said.
The inexpensive satellite platforms will be used for the follow-on to an NRO research program called Colony, which is scheduled to make its first launch this year, Air Force Maj. David “Dutch” Shultz, director of the NRO’s Colony Program Office, said in an April 8 interview.
The Boeing-built Colony 2 platforms will be more powerful than their predecessors and feature better pointing accuracy, Shultz said. The NRO has yet to assign specific experiments to the craft, he said.
The Colony Program Office, nestled within the NRO’s Advanced Systems and Technology division, was established in 2008 to demonstrate new technologies. The office uses cubesats, which are standardized, cube-shaped satellite platforms measuring 10 centimeters on a side. Last year the office bought its first batch of 12 triple-unit cubesats — three cubesats attached end to end — from San Francisco-based Pumpkin Inc., about half of which were resold to research institutions such as Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory and the University of Southern California, Shultz said.
One of the NRO’s Colony 1 satellites will host a space weather payload developed in cooperation with the Naval Research Laboratory, Schultz said. The missions of the remaining satellites are classified, he said.
The first two Colony 1 satellites are manifested for launch as secondary payloads on the second flight of the Falcon 9 rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., Shultz said. SpaceX plans to launch the first Falcon 9 in May and the second later on this year. The second Falcon 9 flight’s primary payload is SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, which is designed to deliver cargo to the international space station. The flight also will carry two cubesats built by the Los Alamos National Laboratory and one built by the Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
The rest of the Colony 1 spacecraft will be launched together on SpaceX’s smaller Falcon 1e rocket in 2011, Shultz said. The launch, which is being managed by the Pentagon’s Operationally Responsive Space Office, will be the first to use a new, small satellite rideshare adapter known as the wafer. The wafer is an aluminum disk that fits between the upper stage of a rocket and its primary payload and dispenses satellites from spring-loaded canisters. Each wafer can carry as many as 24 single cubesats or eight triple cubesats.
This particular Falcon 1e mission will have two wafers stacked on top of each other, one holding as many as eight NRO triple cubesats, the other holding an assortment of Air Force and NASA research cubesats, Shultz said.
For the follow-on Colony 2 program, the NRO purchased 10 triple cubesats from St. Louis-based Boeing Phantom Works, the advanced research and development division of the aerospace and defense giant. The NRO likely will purchase 10 more satellite platforms from Boeing next year, and possibly as many as 30 more beyond that, Shultz said.
The goal was to acquire the craft for no more than $250,000 each, and the unit cost ended up well below that amount, he said.
Matera, probably the most spectacular city of Italy, looks great covered in the autumn sunlight and is located in a remote corner of southern part, in the small Basilicata region.
We arrived here after a 2-hour train ride from Bari (4.90 euro a ticket) and from the train station walked through the modern city of Baroque churches and elegant, colorful houses. The first glimpse of the Sassi is breathtaking, looking down at the dramatic tangle of grey stone houses, a total contrast with the new town. Walking down through a vaulted corridor to a steep staircase we plunged into a magical world that doesn’t feel real.
Thick, dark grey clouds were covering the sky, after the early morning rain, and the sunlight was quite dramatic, revealing an ancient city gently touched by filtered, golden rays. It was a mid-September silent morning and, going on the narrow, cobbled, old streets, I felt the deepest sensation of calm and inner peace ever. The shiny, big stones are like pieces of a giant puzzle, making multi-layered houses where roofs become streets for the next level and the optical illusion is overwhelming, because the buildings seem painted, everything seems two-dimensional and you feel as you are entering a painting and walk inside it.
Matera, Basilicata’s jewel, may be the third-longest continuously inhabited human settlement in the world. Natural caves in the limestone attracted the first inhabitants 7000 years ago and since then, more elaborate structures were built atop them. Today, looking across the gorge to Matera’s huddled Sassi (cave dwellings) it seems you’ve been transported back to the ancient Holy Land. Indeed, the ‘Città Sotterranea’ (Underground City) has often been used for biblical scenes in films and TV.
Considered one of Italy’s most deprived cities, Matera is now an Airbnb hotspot and set to be European capital of culture in 2019. The government encouraged the Sassi’s revival by subsidising restoration work. Artisans moved in, setting up workshops, while bars, restaurants and boutique hotels started to spring up. Most of the caves are now homes, hotels, restaurants and bars, but on the edge of town in Sasso Caveoso you can wander through uninhabited caves and get a sense of what it was like to live here hundreds of years ago. It’s a rawer side of town and incredibly fascinating. The UNESCO designation in 1993 and the filming there of The Passion of the Christ, starring Mel Gibson in 2004, helped to put Matera on the map and boost tourism.
We stopped for lunch at ristorante Nadi, for delicious traditionally homemade pasta with lot of parmigiana and excellent wine, while relaxing with a fairy-tale surrounding view and discrete conversation of a lovely retired French couple sitting at the table near to us.