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Wisconsin's Henry S Reuss Ice Age Visitor Center: Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Headquarters

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fits the Nebraskan glaciation with Nebraska state 300,000 to 260,000 years ago. The DNR gives the best-preserved deposits and landforms as -- of course -- Nebraska even as it guides us to the ...

DerdriuMarriner, 4 hours ago

Wisconsin's Henry S Reuss Ice Age Visitor Center: Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Headquarters

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) equates the Kansan glaciation with Kansas state about 260,000 to 180,000 years ago. It's interesting that Kansas state impels a terminal "s" even as Kansan iterates none! What might manifest ...

DerdriuMarriner, 5 hours ago

Wisconsin's Henry S Reuss Ice Age Visitor Center: Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Headquarters

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) describes the Illinoian glaciation as developing 230,000 to 130,000 years ago. The DNR equates that glaciation with best-preserved deposits and landforms in the Wisconsinian neighbor ...

DerdriuMarriner, 5 hours ago

Cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti): Forest Loving Ringtail of Mexico and Central America

Heat lamps, heated mats and rocks, radiant heaters and such extra bedding as blankets and straw count among the targeted-heating systems considered by park and zoo staff for their cacomistles. Do the cacomistles display devotion more to one ...

DerdriuMarriner, 6 hours ago

Wisconsin's Henry S Reuss Ice Age Visitor Center: Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Headquarters

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) characterizes the most comprehensive landform and rock records as perhaps 75,000 to 11,000 years old. What does the DNR designate as 75,000- to 11,000-year-old landform and rock records? Such ...

DerdriuMarriner, 6 hours ago

Cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti): Forest Loving Ringtail of Mexico and Central America

For those asking about cacomistles adapting to temperatures cooler than their native habitats, park and zoo staff attempt to avoid cool temperatures that augur rapid body-heat loss. The afore-considered personnel choose indoor configurations ...

DerdriuMarriner, 6 hours ago

Thai Elephants (Elephas maximus): Asian Elephant Art and Conservation, Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid

For those asking about color choices and preferences, those decisions are by the human handlers! Human handlers decide painting colors, compositions and designs even as the elephantine painters do the brush-handling. Doesn't that seem quite a ...

DerdriuMarriner, 6 hours ago

Wisconsin's Henry S Reuss Ice Age Visitor Center: Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Headquarters

For those asking about the names Wisconsin, Illinoian, Kansan, and Nebraskan glaciation in the paragraph between the second and third in-text images, the four names acknowledge the states where the most complete, the best-studied evidence of the ...

DerdriuMarriner, 6 hours ago

The Traditional Languages and Dialects of the British Isles

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. Online sources describe Geilo as a ski-resort town where Queen Sonja did her ski-instructor license. Was the Norwegian Queen there when you were and were you ...

DerdriuMarriner, 7 hours ago

A Line of Scandalous Women

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. Is there any tradition as to what language he inscribed the sand with?

DerdriuMarriner, 7 hours ago

Country Shows

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. Does the show-approval process cost anything such as application-processing and license-fee expenses?

DerdriuMarriner, 7 hours ago

Country Shows

A show requires a licence from the local council, but licences are easy to obtain. Generally, potential shows need to satisfy the council as to traffic requirements and electrical supply. But as there is good will towards shows there are few ...

frankbeswick, 13 hours ago

The Traditional Languages and Dialects of the British Isles

iday at Geilo, in Central Norway.

frankbeswick, 14 hours ago

A Line of Scandalous Women

We would love to know what he wrote in the sand, but we do not know.

frankbeswick, 14 hours ago

The Chelsea Flower Show

As sufferers from Parkinsonism tend to be vulnerable to falls, a well designed Parkinson's garden Parkinson's garden will have paths that are smooth and regular. Handrails will be constructed to run alongside paths.

frankbeswick, 14 hours ago