In de jaren 70 werden in Zwammerdam zes Romeinse schepen in de bodem gevonden. Archeologen hadden daar toen niet veel interesse in. Er komt nu eindelijk een plek om ze tentoon te stellen.
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Channel Nine TV presenter also calls former UK prime minister Keir Starmer a ‘wanker’ in teaser for interview with Robinson
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The Channel Nine TV presenter Karl Stefanovic has posted a video of himself embracing the UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who is set to appear on his podcast.
The award-winning broadcaster also told another UK activist, Ant Middleton, a former soldier who has spoken at Robinson’s “unite the kingdom” rallies, he would “make a great prime minister”, in an interview on his podcast, the Karl Stefanovic Show, on Monday.
Continue reading...Millions of tonnes of the world’s food could be lost amid the uncertainties surrounding the strait of Hormuz and the dangers of a ‘Godzilla-strength’ El Niño
When the US and Israel launched the war on Iran, south-east Asian nations were amongst the first and hardest hit, as the closure of the strait of Hormuz cut off supplies of energy and fertiliser.
Governments across the region, heavily reliant on the waterway, raced to find ways to reduce their fuel use: in the Philippines, many government workers were put on a four-day week. In Vietnam, employers were urged to allow staff to work from home. In Thailand, offices were urged to set air-conditioning units to 27C.
Continue reading...Queen’s University, Belfast: The corvids in the branches above me spring a surprise – there’s a black crow among them
The rain hurries me to shelter at the woods’ edge, but I’m scarcely under the branches of a mature sycamore when the canopy starts to thrash. Abrasive voices erupt from the foliage as a rabble of crows dispute. One leaps into a gap between the leaves, crouching, its ash-grey body low over a branch and fanning its black tail. The throat inflates to bray the bird’s anger. In response, the object of its fury hops on to the branch above it, all the while giving as good as it gets. Something niggles me about that one – I squint, then blink in surprise. It’s a black crow.
As a bookish youngster growing up in rural County Fermanagh, it took a while for me to grasp that the crows I encountered in real life were not, in fact, black. The hooded or grey crow is the common crow across all of Ireland. With its two-tone livery of grey torso and black extremities, it’s a handsome bird. The “hoodie” is also found in the north of Scotland. The closely related all-black carrion crow is a far more familiar sight throughout the rest of Britain, with sparse numbers along the east coast of Northern Ireland.
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Een motorscooter is op de Gaesbeekstraat in Rotterdam zwaar beschadigd geraakt na een valpartij. De politie is nog op zoek naar de bestuurder, want die ging er na het ongeluk vandoor.
Sinds de wolf is teruggekeerd in Nederland, zijn zeker 41 van de dieren door stropers omgebracht. Tot die conclusie komt het onafhankelijke bureau EcoJust in een uitgebreid onderzoek naar het stropen van wolven. Volgens de onderzoekers is dat bepaald "geen randverschijnsel" in Nederland.
"Het is een wijdvertakt netwerk van georganiseerde stroperij dat opereert met vrijwel totale straffeloosheid, met de stilzwijgende steun van aanzienlijke delen van de plattelandsgemeenschap", schrijven ze.
Meestal worden wolven doodgeschoten, maar de onderzoekers hebben ook bewijzen gevonden voor het opzettelijk aanrijden van de roofdieren. "Karkassen worden begraven, verbrand in vuurtonnen en gedumpt in mestkelders - technieken die specifiek zijn gekozen om bewijs te vernietigen", schetsen de onderzoekers de werkwijze op basis van getuigenverklaringen en informatie die ze vonden in socialemedianetwerken. Vooral veehouders en jagers zouden achter de stroperij zitten.
John from Brisbane has added a photo to the pool:
At last we had a beautifully fine Winter's day in Brisbane and Jenny and I finally made it into Brisbane to do something that we had wanted to do for months. So we caught a bus and train to position us to reduce unnecessary walking (and even later a ferry ride too) to walk the bikeway come footpath from the Kangaroo Point bridge along the south side of the river all the way round to the city again on the other side. Probably a few kilometres and a very pretty journey that we have not made for years. Also a bit of a challenge given a few minor uphills.
Much has changed since our last visit but much has stayed the same also. Given I am always months behind in my uploads, it will be later in the year before those photos show up on flickr. Nothing much will have changed in that time anyway, being along the Brisbane River, a lot is timeless.
Anyway, here is a shot I rather liked of a section and view that has changed in more recent times - the walk along the city side back to the Queen Street Mall has been significantly upgraded with all new raised footpaths along the river and the Queens Wharf and QUT area as well as some aspects across at South Bank. Here we see the Wheel of Brisbane and part of the much newer Sir Neville Bonner Bridge.
That's it for today, we have worn ourselves out!
