Peter Kernwein posted a photo:
Duizenden mensen gingen vorig jaar los op festivals aan de Kralingse Plas, maar het harde geluid leidde ook tot veel klachten. Nu het nieuwe festivalseizoen voor de deur staat, rijst de vraag: is er in een drukbevolkte stad als Rotterdam nog wel ruimte voor grote evenementen?
Extreme weather likely to continue after devastating homes and endangering millions in US south and midwest
At least one person was killed after a very powerful tornado struck northern Texas on Saturday night, as extreme weather continued to devastate homes and put millions across the south and midwestern US at risk, with wildfires also raging on in parts of Georgia.
Officials from Wise county in Texas said the storm reached the area at around 10pm and caused significant damage across multiple neighborhoods. In addition to the confirmed death, six people were treated or transported by emergency responders to be treated for storm-related injuries.
Continue reading...Millionaire funded operation called ‘pure animal cruelty’ after environment minister sent threats on social media
Final preparations are reportedly under way for a millionaire funded plan to tow a sickly humpback whale into the North Sea.
The 12-tonne whale, nicknamed Timmy, has been stranded on the Baltic Sea coastline for almost a month. A barge resembling a giant steel aquarium will attempt to transport Timmy 400km (248 miles) towards the North Sea, and then hopefully back to the Atlantic Ocean from where it is believed to have arrived.
Continue reading...MADRID (ANP) - Tennisster Coco Gauff heeft in het toernooi van Madrid met grote moeite de laatste zestien bereikt. De Amerikaanse nummer 3 van de wereld stond ziek op de baan en moest zelfs braken, maar ze vocht zich terug van een set achterstand tegen de Roemeense Sorana Cirstea en won in drie sets: 4-6 7-5 6-1.
Gauff had last van hetzelfde virus dat meer tennissters heeft overvallen in Madrid. De Poolse Iga Swiatek moest zaterdag nog ziek opgeven in haar partij tegen de Amerikaanse Ann Li.
Gauff voelde zich ook ziek en miste energie, maar weigerde op te geven. "Ik denk dat ik hetzelfde heb als anderen hier in Madrid en ik weet niet hoe ik heb volgehouden", zei Gauff na afloop. "Ik probeerde niet over te geven en alles binnen te houden wat ik had gegeten, dus het was wel beschamend dat het gebeurde."
gavtroon has added a photo to the pool:
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia // November 2005
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Some highlights from special collections libraries' blogs this week.
Verbiest's Complete Map of the World At 6" x 13", a spectacular gift from a 17th century Jesuit missionary to the Emperor of China.
A guide to finding pictures in the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness
There is a Light That Never Goes Out Manchester's John Rylands Library acquires a collection of photographs documenting the city's legendary music scene.
Manuscript Monday A weekly video introduction to a medieval manuscript at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies.
Verbiest's Complete Map of the World At 6" x 13", a spectacular gift from a 17th century Jesuit missionary to the Emperor of China.
A guide to finding pictures in the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness
There is a Light That Never Goes Out Manchester's John Rylands Library acquires a collection of photographs documenting the city's legendary music scene.
Manuscript Monday A weekly video introduction to a medieval manuscript at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies.