Topic 32 of 99: Aesthetics of Earth
Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (02:07) |
Marcia (MarciaH)
What inspires your creativity or spirituality? Nothing created by man can come close to the splendor of our Earthly home. Share your favorite places.
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Response 1 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (02:09) * 74 lines
Nothing is worse than a title spelled incorrectly. I have deleted Topic 29 and replaced it with this one. A summary of the posts on the previous topic are found below:
Response 1 of 1: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Apr 12, 2000 (21:25) * 1 lines
There are so many things I could put here that it would be easier to put what does not please me aesthetically than what
does. For starters, a night eruption of Kilauea where fountain pulses toward the stars. The roar and aroma and taste
make it a total experience of the genesis of a mountain. The ground shaking beneath your feet just add to the
feeling...especially if you have been fortunate enough to have been there all night. As dawn slowly awakens the day, it is
as though you are seeing the Earth on the very first day and the hand of God is very near. Since I am not gifted enough
to paint it, I engrave it on my mind and soul and hope others can capture the feeling for me.
Response 2 of 2: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Apr 12, 2000 (23:05) * 1 lines
Actually, I created this topic with one Æesthete in mind. He thought there would be nothing he could add to the
conversations in Geo. He speaks so eloquently with brush and canvas that words are unnecessary - though he is gifted
with the English language, as well. He is away from his computer for a few weeks, so until he returns, and I can work on
enticing him to post, I shall write more of the places which stir my soul and hope you will join me in whatever medium
you choose.
Response 3 of 3: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Apr 13, 2000 (21:05) * 4 lines
With the thought that I know someone who can - and very well, indeed, I give you a quote from someone who cannot:
"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it."
-- Steven Wright
Response 9 of 10: Maggie (sociolingo) * Thu, Apr 20, 2000 (13:20) * 5 lines
This is from Elizabeth Goudge: The Herb of Grace, it just fitted so well here, and expresses some of what I was trying to
earlier.
"Ben decided, not for the first time, that all his family were quite mad, and turned his attention, as Grandmother had advised, to the view.
It rewarded his observation, and in five minutes he had fortotten his family, the car, their destination - everything whatever
except the ebb and flow of colour, the strong swing of the sky overhead, the circling of clouds and bird's wings, the
flowing green curve of the meadows and the deep-welling life within him beating almost painfully against some closed
door inside; until the door yielded and he poured himslef out, drawing in again in exchange the colour into his blood, the
movement into his muscles, the strength into his bones and the quality of this spring world into his quality, to be part of
him for ever. When he got home again he would try to paint what he had seen, or write a poem about it, letting the colour
and movement and strength flow out of his blood and muscles and bone upon the paper. "
Response 10 of 10: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Apr 20, 2000 (19:51) * 3 lines
We each express this overwhelming feeling with what gifts we have been given. Some more eloquently and movingly
than others, but whatever the means - even tears - says it all and we come to appreciate the infinite beauty of the earth
more each time it happens. There is an incredibly beautiful statement about this process of causing us to create beauty
to mirror nature's, but until I can get him to post it, I shall just let it rest quietly and eloquently.
Thank you, Maggie. That was spot-on!
Response 11 of 12: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Apr 20, 2000 (20:54) * 1 lines
yes, i have cried just giving thanks for the beauty and for witnessing beautiful things. (am a sap, i know)
Response 12 of 12: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Apr 20, 2000 (21:03) * 1 lines
No you are not! I do that on occasion, as well. Great music can do it to me, as well. I am almost to the stage where great
art can, also.
Response 13 of 14: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Apr 20, 2000 (21:06) * 1 lines
i know what you mean! i bawled in a mall while some lady played the piano in a music shop. haha!! i get goosebumps
anytime i hear anything or see anything that comes across as pure.
Response 14 of 14: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Apr 20, 2000 (21:07) * 2 lines
Me too...but I am not surprised, my twin sister *hugs*
Response 15 of 15: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Apr 20, 2000 (21:09) * 1 lines
*grin*
Response 16 of 17: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Apr 21, 2000 (02:44) * 1 lines
Rejoice with us - the bluebells are out, and the woods will shimmer with a magical blue haze. It's so special it makes my
heart sing.
Response 17 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Apr 21, 2000 (15:54) * 1 lines
* s i g h * It sounds incredible. Wish I could see it.
Response 18 of 19: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Apr 22, 2000 (07:01) * 1 lines
If the light is right I will try and take photos and you can put it in english gardens, but somehow I never suceed in capturing
the magic. No option - you'll have to come and see!
Response 19 of 19: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Apr 22, 2000 (12:57) * 1 lines
*grin* What a thought....I need hardly any excuse at all to visit the land of my fathers. Maggie, capturing magic on film is about as easy as capturing the fragrance when photographing lilacs. Whatever you get, I will be delighted to post for you!
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Response 2 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (02:23) * 1 lines
*Whew*
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Response 3 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (02:24) * 1 lines
Ok, Wolfie, do you know why I created this topic? A simple yes or no will suffice...*smile*
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Response 4 of 60: Gena (zx6rider) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (07:57) * 1 lines
I don't know about Wolfie... but I'm with you on this Marcia :)
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Response 5 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (13:29) * 1 lines
Welcome, Gena. I thought it was a good idea...especially when we complain about the weather like it was supposed to be to our liking, and worry about astromical alignments...It was a nnatural to create a topic for admiration and worship of thing with which we had nothing to do but to admire. What sorts of scenery does it for you? Living in New England, there are lots of opportunities for admiration.
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Response 6 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (15:00) * 5 lines
I have walked in his footsteps, as others have, and been mute in the face of such magnificence:
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."
--John Muir
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Response 7 of 60: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (18:58) * 1 lines
um, i think so, marcia! i was wondering why my conference list was showing a new topic here. hadn't noticed any misspelling.
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Response 8 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (19:12) * 1 lines
Well, Maggie noted the oddness of the spelling, but I left it until a distinguished artist spelled it differently, as well. I researched it last night and decided I could not leave it improperly spelt when he finally comes in to see and - with extraordinay luck - to post. Actually, esthetics is listed as a variation of aesthetics - and I thought I would be making it sound too serious when I first created the topic, to put the Æ in the beginning. I shoulda...!
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Response 9 of 60: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (19:14) * 1 lines
haha!! understand completely...
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Response 10 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (19:38) * 1 lines
*grin* I knew you would...!
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Response 11 of 60: World Builder (MarciaH) * Wed, Apr 26, 2000 (00:28) * 5 lines
Where do I put this - on which conference where he will see it...
"Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art."
-- Tom Stoppard, Artist Descending a Staircase, 1972
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Response 12 of 60: Anne Hale (Ommin) * Mon, May 1, 2000 (05:20) * 1 lines
I am amused by the spelling - I thought the American word left out the e! Ha - Its good to see - as for the bluebells - that is my favourite. Two years ago I want back to Ranmore just beyond the A25 and found my favourite bluebell wood in Surrey. It makes me rather homesick or as they say in Welsh Hierath - the smell of bluebells, the haze of the blue is almost unearthly, magic and wonderful.
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Response 13 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 1, 2000 (13:15) * 2 lines
The American version leaves off the A, which is what I did in the original.
How could one not be enamored of a field of bluebells. It sounds like a French Impressionist Painting!
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Response 14 of 60: anne hale (ommin) * Mon, May 1, 2000 (22:58) * 1 lines
Yes Marcia, thats it exactly. My sister-in-law and my nieces had a most spiritual experience last week. They spent the morning playing with wild dolphins. The video they took was wonderful and the underwater photogaphy - what could be more magic than that.
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Response 15 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, May 2, 2000 (00:17) * 1 lines
Beyond words to describe it are the feelings you get with an experience like that. I know, and I have the "chicken skin" to prove it!
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Response 16 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, May 3, 2000 (17:57) * 1 lines
In the interests of Aesthetics, I have changed the wallpaper. Opionions are welcome!
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Response 17 of 60: anne hale (ommin) * Fri, May 5, 2000 (07:12) * 1 lines
Looks okay to use a prosaic word! Most tasteful.
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Response 18 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, May 5, 2000 (14:43) * 1 lines
Mahalo, Anne. I am mostly concerned that becuase the original marble wallpaper was found for me by a very special person who I would rather die than hurt, I really am hoping he gives me some sign of approval... Otherwise it is back to his.
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Response 19 of 60: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, May 6, 2000 (11:57) * 2 lines
As we look at a beautiful sunset, we hear the wind sighing through the tree-tops, and we see beauty in our surroundings, our minds become flooded with emotion. It is this feeling that the spirit of the scene is speaking to our spirit, and that there is an energy in it that corresponds to an energy within ourselves. This feeling of communion of spirit can be so irresistible that we long to share it with another, by words, by paint or by sound, and we cannot rest until we have communicated it.
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Response 20 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, May 6, 2000 (15:36) * 1 lines
...yes....!
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Response 21 of 60: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, May 6, 2000 (18:13) * 16 lines
I guess this sorta goes here too.
MY PICTURE
I have a small canvas of mine that is the family 'treasure', it goes
wherever we are. It is my soul in paint, and reminds me everyday day
of where I've been and where I'm going and speaks to me of growth and
movement, yet there is a dark heart of unknowing. It's not a true
landscape in that it was sparked by some wood and developed as a sort
of journey in paint. Everytime I look at it I can trace the journey.
I guess it's a bit like an australian aboriginal dreaming picture, a
songline. I painted it in anguish at 17 on unprimed canvas stretched
over an old picture frame. It is oils and polyfilla. It's there on
the wall for people to see, still unframed after all these years,
but, just like 'me', the meaning is hidden unless you look with
different eyes.
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Response 22 of 60: geospring (sprin5) * Sat, May 6, 2000 (23:31) * 1 lines
It's your signature work?
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Response 23 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, May 6, 2000 (23:42) * 1 lines
Not exactly my signature work. I found it elsewhere and "borrowed it. It is here only until I get word from the original creator as to its acceptability. It must pass his critical eye. But, since you did not go see him yet, and I am flying unaided in here right now...I am asking for others opinions. The family geologist likes it very much and his prof emeritus father likened it to real marble. I rather liked the color and "marbling effect" but I have the original saved just in case. If the original creator is not interested, then it stays here... The best part is that his clipart globe on the cover page seems to be suspended this side of the wallpaper and not glued thereon. Your opinion?
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Response 24 of 60: geospring (sprin5) * Sun, May 7, 2000 (12:02) * 1 lines
Are we going to get to see it?
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Response 25 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 7, 2000 (13:05) * 1 lines
Not sure what it is you want to see, but you gotta get out of telnet and into Windows to see anything, unfortunately, other than text and some html stuff in pointy brackets. (Almost anything...Of course you might see it, whatever "it" is...)
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Response 26 of 60: lidya maccarthy (livamago) * Tue, May 9, 2000 (19:59) * 1 lines
I like this topic, dear. You are getting better and better!
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Response 27 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, May 9, 2000 (21:34) * 1 lines
Thank you! You are very kind. I though it was high time to let Gaia know how much we appreciated her for what she is not just what she could do for us!
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Response 28 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, May 9, 2000 (21:36) * 2 lines
Pardon the sytax or lack of it altogether, but the sentiment remains the same.
Have another banquet to attend...*sigh* If it is more teriyaki chicken, I'm leaving!
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Response 29 of 60: Gi (patas) * Wed, May 31, 2000 (14:48) * 1 lines
Hello all. I haven't in Geo for a while, but this topic's name could not but call out for me. Are we allowed to post pics of enchanting places?
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Response 30 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jun 1, 2000 (13:22) * 1 lines
Please! That is what I created it for. Seeing the world through your soul rather than just your eyes and anylitical brain. I created it with artists in mind, actaully, and Here you are! Your Home on Geo~!
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Response 31 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jun 1, 2000 (13:24) * 1 lines
Gi, you may do whatever you wuld like to do in Geo - Please post pictures!!!
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Response 32 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jun 7, 2000 (19:21) * 8 lines
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart." -- Hellen Keller
"Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for he has hold not of an image but of a reality), and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the friend of God and be immortal, if mortal man may." N.B.: This famous aphorism is often misquoted, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
-- Plato, Symposium
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Response 33 of 60: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Jun 18, 2000 (04:34) * 38 lines
A lovely word picture of where I live. It goes so well with the pictures we posted in Travel and inspires me to paint.
ENGLAND
We have been dwellers in a lovely land;
A land of lavish lights and floating shades,
And broad green flats, bordered by woody capes
That lessen ever as they stretch away
Into the distant blue. A land of hills;
Cloud-gathering ranges, on whose ancient breast
The morning mists repose; each autumn tide
Deep purple with the heath-bloom; from whose brow
We might behold the crimson sun go down
Behind the barrier of the western sea;
A land of beautiful and stately lanes
Aerial temples most magnificent,
Rising with clusters of rich pinnacles
And fretted battlements; a land of towers.,
Where sleeps the music of deep-voiced bells,
Save when in holyday time the joyous air
Ebbs t o the welling sound; and Sabbath morn,
When from a choir of hill-side villages
The peaceful invitation chimes.
So were our souls brought up to love this earth,
And feed on natural beauty; and the light
Of our own sunsets, and the mountains blue
That girt around our home, were very parts
Of our young being; linked with all we knew;
Centres of interest for undying thoughts,
And themes of mindful converse. Happy they
Who in the fresh and dawning time of youth
Have dwelt in such a land, turning their souls
To the deep melodies of Nature’s laws,
Heard in the after-time of riper thought,
Reflective on past seasons of delight.
(Henry Alford (1810-1871, a friend of Tennyson)
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Response 34 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jun 18, 2000 (16:53) * 2 lines
Feelings of longing to reunite my soul with my genetic code imbedded in
the landscape of England are sometimes overwhelming. This lovely bit on Britain is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
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Response 35 of 60: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Oct 27, 2001 (00:15) * 0 lines
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Response 36 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec 22, 2001 (17:21) * 9 lines
Thomas Paquette has been chosen to create two paintings in 2002
for display on-board the newly built Cunard ocean liner, Queen Mary II.
To find out more about this amazing and superlative-inspiring ship, please click below:
http://content.onlineagency.com/cache_html/7564_3131.htm
Congratulations to Thomas Paquette. He is most deserving!
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Response 37 of 60: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Fri, Jan 4, 2002 (14:10) * 1 lines
wonderful news! is this queen mary related to the haunted queen mary that sits in the long beach port?
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Response 38 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jan 4, 2002 (18:31) * 1 lines
Oddly enough, This Cunard Liner is being built in FRANCE!!! The Queen Mary in Long Beach was named for the Wife of George V, and the present Queen's grandmother. The new Queen Mary will be named after the Queen Mother, wife of George VI and Mother of the present Queen. Have you got your royal genealogy straight, now? I can do it back to BC in Britain if you prefer...!
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Response 39 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jan 4, 2002 (18:37) * 1 lines
Relevnt to not much (but interesting) did you know that Prince Philip, the present Queen of England's husband, was Philip of Greece before his marriage?! Needless to say all of nobility on the continent and in Britain is intermarried up until the present generation of young adults. Most can trace their heritage back to the Princes of Germany.
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Response 40 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jan 4, 2002 (18:38) * 1 lines
I need to write to Thomas and give him my congratulations - I do care that he is succeeding in a profession which is perhaps the most difficult of the fine arts.
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Response 41 of 60: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Fri, Jan 4, 2002 (20:44) * 1 lines
thank you for that lineage clear up....royalty is like breeding show dogs--lots of inbreeding *YUCK*
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Response 42 of 60: Kilauea83 (MarciaH) * Fri, Jan 4, 2002 (21:29) * 3 lines
The inbreeding has gone on for so long that Henry VIII once pondered why his children by the princesses he married were so sickly while his illegitimate children by the healthy country lasses seemed to thrive. Alas, he did not recognize the value of Elizabeth I whom he sired with Anne Boleyn, one of the non-inbred gentry. Then he beheaded her. So much for aesthetics.
Wolfie, I have a friend who is a dog trainer among other things. If you mention AKC papers he just shudders and gets very quiet. If he knows you well enough, he will explode in indignation and tell you how they have ruined many a dog with their manipulations.
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Response 43 of 60: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Sat, Jan 5, 2002 (12:44) * 1 lines
oh yes indeed! and i don't like puppy farms either but that's for springark!! he is welcome to go there and voice his opinions!
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Response 44 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jan 17, 2002 (00:31) * 9 lines
... It is these heavily indented shores which give Greece such
rare beauty, quite unique in the Mediterranean. The length of the Greek
coastline is estimated at 15,000 kilometers. The marked variety of the terrain
above water continues under water, along the seabed which, millions of years
ago, formed a projection of the land. Close to Cape Tainaron, (Tenaro) off the
South tip of the Peloponnese, the so-called Oinousai (Inousses) Pit is 4,850
meters deep which is the deepest point in the Mediterranean.
http://www.dilos.com/region/index.html
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Response 45 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jan 17, 2002 (00:33) * 1 lines
Wolfie, I'm trying. JK is recovering from a pacemaker implant surgery. I suspect until he heals, He'll be reading more than typind. I have sent him to SpringArk, though. He knows where it is - the next thing is to entice him to post. He is another scientist who is not used to posting his feelings. It may take a bit of coaxing. I'll see what I can do!
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Response 46 of 60: John Tsatsaragos (tsatsvol) * Tue, Jun 25, 2002 (07:31) * 23 lines
How a partnership is formed between two living organisms.
Unlike plants, fungi cannot make their own food. They absorb their food from dead organic matter, or other living organisms. The source of their food is called a substrate if it is dead, and a host if it is living.
The body (mycelium) of a fungus is made of threads called hyphae. Hyphae absorb nutrients from the substrate, spread, grow, and produce fruiting bodies. The fruiting body of the fungus is the part that we can see, and touch.
Mycorrhizae result from the symbiosis (partnership) between a fungus' hyphae and a living plant root. Symbiotic partnerships occur only between living organisms. If a fungus obtains its carbohydrates from dead organic matter it is a "decomposer" and not symbiotic.
Symbiotic partnerships are formed in three ways. A parasitic relationship benefits the fungus but harms the host. In mutual symbiosis, both fungus and host benefit from their partnership. A neutral symbiosis benefits the fungus with no harm or benefit to the host.
Mycorrhizal symbioses are mutual and two types are recognized: ectomycorrhizae and endomycorrhizae.
In ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, the hyphal threads coat the tips of tree roots. Some threads spread from the root coating into the soil to capture minerals. Others spread inward between the root cells. These hyphae make a path from the soil into the tree for the minerals the tree needs, and allow the fungus to feed in turn upon the carbohydrates produced by the tree's photosynthesis.
The importance of the ectomycorrhizal partnership is shown in the close physical relationship between the fungus and its host tree. It is very difficult to separate hyphae from the host cells. Ectomycorrhizal hosts include many trees: oaks, pines, firs, hemlocks, beeches, birches, and more. Many large forest fungi form ectomycorrhizal partnerships, both truffles with underground fruiting bodies and fungi with the umbrella-shaped fruiting bodies known as mushrooms.
Endomycorrhizal partnerships are the most common type of mycorrhizal symbiosis. Endomycorrhizal fungi do not coat the root. Only a few hyphae spread across the root's surface and those that pierce the root enter into the root cells. The hosts for this symbiosis are green plants that are not ectomycorrhizal. This type of fungus usually produces single spores in the soil for reproduction, not large fruiting bodies.
http://www.herb.lsa.umich.edu/kidpage/Mycorhiz.htm
This is an excellent example for some neighbour peoples on Earth. Nature is teaching us.
John
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Response 47 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 25, 2002 (11:40) * 1 lines
Lichens are a symbiosis of two plants living as one for mutual benefit. How lovely it would be if this could happen between humans. Well, perhaps not quite HAT closely, but it is a nice thought!
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Response 48 of 60: John Tsatsaragos (tsatsvol) * Fri, Jun 28, 2002 (05:34) * 14 lines
This is an Aesthetic result provided by nature.
But what we know about the clouds?
...Clouds are an important part of Earth's environment. But we have much to learn about how clouds affect our climate. Clouds can warm our planet by trapping heat beneath them, or cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight back into space. In turn, the warming and cooling affects whether or not more clouds are formed. It's a circular relationship that makes climate research all the more difficult.
"Clouds remain one of the largest uncertainties in the climate system's response to temperature changes," says Bruce Wielicki, a scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center. "We need more data to understand how real clouds behave."...
More here
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/news/2002/news-clouds.asp
John
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Response 49 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 8, 2002 (19:21) * 1 lines
Such lovely clouds! Thank you. Cirrus clouds indicating a cold front is on its way in a day or two, I suspect. Aesthetic and prophetic are clouds!
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Response 50 of 60: John Tsatsaragos (tsatsvol) * Fri, Jul 12, 2002 (06:04) * 10 lines
The Colossus of Rhodes
Colossus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was built around 304 BC by Chares the Lindios (from Lindos), in honour of Apollo the god of the sun (Helios in Greek) and patron god of Rhodes. It stood one hundred feet tall and it was located at the entrance of Mandraki harbour. Made entirely of bronze, it was then used as a lighthouse. It symbolised the strength and wealth of the Rhodian people.
http://civil.max.ru/lostcivil/seven/en_col.htm
John
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Response 51 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 17, 2002 (16:44) * 1 lines
The question is did he stand astride the harbor or beside it?!I recall that the harbor fortress of Rhodes being considered as the pedestal on which he stood(or some part thereof.)
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Response 52 of 60: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Jul 17, 2002 (16:49) * 1 lines
Thanks John. The illustration you posted shows the Colussus standing astride the harbor, althougth now it is generally believed that the statue actually stood to one side of the harbor entrance. I think that the Colussus of Rhodes was felled by an earthquake. It did still remain a tourist destination, though. In Roman times people still visited the parts of the statue strewn around the harbor; the feet appeared to have still been attached to the giant pedestal upon which the Helios stood. Local artisans also did a brisk business in selling souvinier miniature copies of the intact Helios.
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Response 53 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 17, 2002 (17:18) * 3 lines
AsI recall the bits and pieces of this statue in bronze lay in the heap it fell into from the great EQ and lay there until the opposing armies came and melted it down for cannon or whatever they do in times of conquest and war. *sigh* A lot of things have disappeared due to natural and manmade catastrophes. We never seem to learn.
Worse,they are considering a new one - not at Rhodes, but in the general area. As part of a theme park, no less! This is crazy in Greece! The EQ rate there is far too high to allow that. (I believe I posted the article suggesting it earlier in the year.)
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Response 54 of 60: John Tsatsaragos (tsatsvol) * Mon, Jul 22, 2002 (05:35) * 7 lines
Hi Cheryl and Marcia,
My interests were away from archaeology during my past. Now I am interested for the ancient technology big part of which is under my country. Thank you very much for the information. I am thinking that we can take important information from space for the buried ancient treasures. It is just an idea.
Latter-day-day technology can provide significant assistance today.
John
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Response 55 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 22, 2002 (21:57) * 3 lines
The professor who taught me the volcanology course I recently finished does remote immaging inside the earth on what is left of Thera's ejecta. That way hhe can tell where to dig for archaeologists and what they will find. New technologies are evolving and Don can assist us in knowing the state of the art as far as his research is concerned.
John, it is a great pleasure to hear you are also interested in this research. You can add much to our understanding.
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Response 56 of 60: John Tsatsaragos (tsatsvol) * Tue, Jul 23, 2002 (06:57) * 4 lines
You have to do only one thing. Please ask me and drive me by this way. It is more interesting if it is common target.
John
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Response 57 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 23, 2002 (14:37) * 1 lines
I will walk beside you and take notes for you and carry your equipment (as well as refreshing things to consume) if only you will agree to share this new interest with us! I know you are busy and you have done so much for Geo already. How could I dare to ask more of you?! I share your interest and enthusiasm for learning new things. We have much in common!
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Response 58 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Nov 17, 2005 (19:44) * 17 lines
I really don't know where to put this so it goes here thanks to AE for sending it to me:
Saving Cornish: But Stop. Isn't That Spelled With a K?
By SARAH LYALL
CAMBORNE, England - No one knows for sure who the last native speaker of Cornish was, although some point to Dolly Pentreath, a resident of the village of Mousehole who died in 1777, apocryphally uttering the Cornish phrase for "I don't want to speak English."
Whatever the truth, sometime by the 19th century, the language fizzled out completely.
Since then, historians and linguists have tried to revive Cornish, one of a group of old Celtic languages whose cousins include Gaelic, Welsh and Breton. But the campaign is not going so well. For one thing, only about 200 people currently speak it well enough to hold a conversation.
For another, there are four competing groups promoting the language, each with its own spelling system. Even the word Cornish - spelled variously as Kernewek, Kernowek, Kernuak and Curnoack - can cause bad temper and disharmony in the small but passionate Cornish language community.
It might seem like a picayune matter, akin to the rivalry in the film "Monty Python's Life of Brian" between the Judean People's Front, the Judean Popular People's Front and the People's Front of Judea. But the issue is deadly serious to Cornish speakers.
more...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/international/europe/17cornish.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=print
and we wondererd why it died out?!
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Response 59 of 60: Cheryl (CherylB) * Mon, Dec 5, 2005 (15:45) * 1 lines
Mmm, Celtic languages, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, and Cornish (however you spell it), what about Manx? Is that a Celtic language, too? Aside from being a tailess breed of cat, that is.
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Response 60 of 60: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec 10, 2005 (00:53) * 1 lines
Manx used to be Brythonic (sounds like Britonic) along with Welsh and Cornish. I guess they have re-assigned the whole lot and now Breton is Brythonic and Manx is considered Goidelic (Say Gaelic; it is easier)
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