欧州のザザッ雑史

Pieter in the village Brueghel began to depict such a huge construction. I'd like to know why he motivated to do so. Religious reason or by means of his personal interest about the language of Genesis?
Breughel was a tiny village in middel of 16 century. Nowadays it belongs to a gemeente (municipality), Son en Breugel in the southern Netherlands near by Eindhoven.


Top part of the construction
Can you recognige people?
This is also top part, but in another painting. Workers who were voluntaries and ancient Roman machines. But a tower that existed reportedly in Babylon was 91 meter height..The buildings in Genesis story should be much higher than that, its construction tools were of course much easier types than those of Rome.


Continued !

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About 5~6m height

Maybe beginning 10% blooming, When you consider its height it should not be Sloe (blackthorn) which is a typical shrub with thin stem. There are exceptions in every world.

It doesn't look like small shrub but ｂlack bark and sharp thorns on twigs.

I failed what it is at first sight.
This is the blackthorn ［note *］Prunus spinosa


The melody : Spring has just come


This mushroom on a cherry tree could be Phellinus tuberculosus

Pprickly castor oil tree / ハリギリ / stekelboom
Kalopanax septemlobus

New leaf and flower buds are opening

Another combination is already clear what they are.
Butterbur / 紅蕗 / Groot hoefblad.
Petasites hybridus

A mass of tubular flowers. One bundle has a small peduncle and concists of many tubular flowers. Some of them are open as a flower with 5 petals which is, in this case, male flower. It means this area is occupied by Rhizome (underground) network, thus all flowers are same clones, namely male.


Look at brown wings

Winged spindle　/ニシキギ/ Japanse kardinaalshoed　
Euonymus alatus

Lesser celandine / ヒメリュウキンカ / Speenkruid Ficaria verna
and an unique guest from Japan

'Giant butterbur' / フキ=Fuki / Japanse groot hoefblad
Petasites japonicus 　This is male exemplar　
one group of bisexual flowers. Each flower has a long style which is surrounded by stamens which are coalesced as a ring.


↓All exemplars are linked each other with underground root. It means here is male area.





At this moment such beautiful blossom.
This is a kind of cherry, but not exact cherry.
It's called Cherry Plum, a species of plum.
Prunus cerasifera var.atropurpurea / ベニバスモモ
The sepals are warped downwards. Real cherry kinds, for example Japanese cherries have not such sepals. Only Wild cherry Prunus avium equips same kinds of downwards sepals.



This is a species close to Japanese elderberry, I think.

Red elderberry / 紅または山ニワトコ / Trosvlier
Sambucus racemosa
As the fruit ripens it hangs like a tassel of grapes.
European representative Sambucus nigra makes inverted triangle flowers.



I found this small tree nearby above red elderberry. It seems to be same genus with white edge leaves. Wings are recognized on twig. Apparently a cultivated garden variation. [note **]



【Note】；
* There is Japanese name of blackthorne, but sounds stupid. Jägermeister is one of my favour,. It is said that at the very beginning the liquor maker used ripe Blackshorn fruit as the main material. I do understand it very well.

** All plants you sea here is more or less ''cultivated forms'', that are mostly planted.

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''Scientists say even just 2.5 portions daily can lower chance of heart disease, stroke, cancer and premature death''
With these phrases Sarah Boseley began her article on Thursday, February 23rd. She is a health editor of Guardian. It seems to become a little sensation in social media, where some of my Facebook-acquaintances shared it as so-called Scientific report from Imperial College London. {note 1}



Today evening Internet issue of the Volkskrant which may be a counterpart of the Guardian across the Dover has put question mark on Boseley's wishful article. It says at its end as conclusion:
So sure it's not that you live longer with more fruit and vegetables.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/van-tien-porties-groente-en-fruit-leef-je-langer-klopt-dit-wel~a4467934/

【Note】：
1. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/23/five-day-10-portions-fruit-veg-cut-early-death

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Award ceremony: Ladies and Men. It looks really poor ceremony with empty seat. Nao Kodaira has became first Japanese champion. Men's champion Kai Verbij has Japanese mother who met Dutch man Verbij A little coincidence with Japan...



To take data on Speed Skating is more or less my hobby in 4 decades long, by way of amateur naturally. Nowadays it becomes much easier by means of Internet site and direct TV broadcasting.
From yesterday it runs 2 days World Sprint championship in Calgary [note 1]. Each day men scates 500m and 1000m, in another words twice both distance. Total point of 4 times skating dicides champion and its rankings.

Look at top 3, they are big three. Kodaira made almost new world record. As Japanese woman she may be first world Sprint champion, improving own personal records incredively this season.

World record 1.12.18 at Uta Oval (Salt Lake city) by Brittany Bowe　.

missing 500m chart, Kdaira scated also one of fast time on 500m.
Therefor such absolute top with big difference.



World record 1.06,42 at Uta Oval (Salt Lake city) by Shani Davis




【Note】;
1, Calgary Oval located at high altitude (1105 m) above sea level is second fast ice rink after Utah Olympic Oval in Salt lake city (1425m), So you can not compare times among rinks at low and hight atitude..

2. Result Ladies
Name 500m 1000m 500m 1000m Total
1 Nao Kodaira JPN 36,75 (1) 36,750 1.12,51 (1) 36,255 36,80 (1) 36,800 1.13,17 (3) 36,585 146,390
2 Heather Bergsma USA 37,22 (3) 37,220 1.12,95 (3) 36,475 37,35 (5) 37,350 1.12,28 (1) 36,140 147,185
3 Jorien ter Mors NED 37,55 (5) 37,550 1.12,53 (2) 36,265 37,39 (6) 37,390 1.12,58 (2) 36,290 147,495
4 Karolina Erbanová CZE 37,06 (2) 37,060 1.13,53 (4) 36,765 37,23 (2) 37,230 1.13,83 (4) 36,915 147,970
5 Hege Bøkko NOR 37,43 (4) 37,430 1.13,96 (5) 36,980 37,88 (10) 37,880 1.14,04 (6) 37,020 149,310
6 Maki Tsuji JPN 37,56 (6) 37,560 1.15,02 (14) 37,510 37,28 (3) 37,280 1.14,10 (7) 37,050 149,400
7 Heather McLean CAN 37,66 (8) 37,660 1.15,78 (18) 37,890 37,29 (4) 37,290 1.14,36 (9) 37,180 150,020
8 Vanessa Herzog AUT 37,59 (7) 37,590 1.14,74 (10) 37,370 38,05 (12) 38,050 1.14,45 (10) 37,225 150,235
9 Olga Fatkulina RUS 37,90 (11) 37,900 1.14,64 (8) 37,320 37,58 (7) 37,580 1.15,17 (17) 37,585 150,385
10 Ekaterina Shikhova RUS 38,11 (14) 38,110 1.14,46 (6) 37,230 38,34 (17) 38,340 1.13,95 (5) 36,975 150,655
11 Ekaterina Ajdova KAZ 37,71 (10) 37,710 1.14,74 (10) 37,370 38,12 (13) 38,120 1.15,02 (14) 37,510 150,710
12 Erina Kamiya JPN 37,91 (12) 37,910 1.15,27 (16) 37,635 37,76 (9) 37,760 1.15,02 (14) 37,510 150,815
13 Nadezhda Aseeva RUS 37,70 (9) 37,700 1.16,00 (19) 38,000 37,73 (8) 37,730 1.14,80 (13) 37,400 150,830
14 Gabriele Hirschbichler GER 38,39 (18) 38,390 1.14,93 (13) 37,465 38,31 (15) 38,310 1.14,49 (11) 37,245 151,410
15 Sanneke de Neeling NED 38,29 (16) 38,290 1.14,69 (9) 37,345 38,63 (20) 38,630 1.14,33 (8) 37,165 151,430
16 Sugar Todd USA 37,95 (13) 37,950 1.15,05 (15) 37,525 38,04 (11) 38,040 1.15,89 (20) 37,945 151,460
17 Francesca Bettrone ITA 38,34 (17) 38,340 1.15,76 (17) 37,880 38,24 (14) 38,240 1.15,70 (19) 37,850 152,310
18 Anice Das NED 38,43 (20) 38,430 1.16,35 (20) 38,175 38,31 (15) 38,310 1.15,11 (16) 37,555 152,470
19 Natalia Czerwonka POL 38,86 (24) 38,860 1.14,84 (12) 37,420 39,10 (25) 39,100 1.14,78 (12) 37,390 152,770
20 Martine Ripsrud NOR 38,40 (19) 38,400 1.16,62 (22) 38,310 38,48 (18) 38,480 1.17,08 (24) 38,540 153,730
21 Judith Dannhauer GER 38,45 (21) 38,450 1.16,84 (23) 38,420 38,57 (19) 38,570 1.16,80 (22) 38,400 153,840
21 Roxanne Dufter GER 39,27 (27) 39,270 1.14,61 (7) 37,305 39,51 (26) 39,510 1.15,51 (18) 37,755 153,840
23 Nan Sun CHN 38,71 (22) 38,710 1.16,37 (21) 38,185 38,88 (22) 38,880 1.16,40 (21) 38,200 153,975
24 Jerica Tandiman USA 38,83 (23) 38,830 1.16,88 (24) 38,440 38,97 (23) 38,970 1.16,83 (23) 38,415 154,655
25 Yvonne Daldossi ITA 38,27 (15) 38,270 1.17,93 (26) 38,965 38,76 (21) 38,760 1.17,86 (26) 38,930 154,925
26 Huawei Li CHN 38,96 (25) 38,960 1.18,54 (27) 39,270 39,08 (24) 39,080 1.18,94 (27) 39,470 156,780
27 Alexandra Ianculescu ROU 39,65 (28) 39,650 1.19,41 (28) 39,705 39,77 (27) 39,770 1.19,94 (28) 39,970 159,095
28 Ruining Tian CHN 39,17 (26) 39,170 1.16,91 (25) 38,455 1.04,47 (28) 64,470 1.17,69 (25) 38,845 180,940

4. Result Men
Name 500m 1000m 500m 1000m Total
1 Kai Verbij NED 34,48 (9) 34,480 1.06,73 (3) 33,365 34,25 (4) 34,250 1.07,94 (9) 33,970 136,065
2 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen NOR 34,43 (6) 34,430 1.07,08 (4) 33,540 34,62 (10) 34,620 1.07,38 (3) 33,690 136,280
3 Kjeld Nuis NED 34,90 (18) 34,900 1.06,61 (1) 33,305 34,84 (16) 34,840 1.06,51 (1) 33,255 136,300
4 Ronald Mulder NED 34,18 (1) 34,180 1.08,07 (10) 34,035 34,08 (1) 34,080 1.08,23 (11) 34,115 136,410
5 Mika Poutala FIN 34,44 (7) 34,440 1.07,96 (9) 33,980 34,23 (3) 34,230 1.07,97 (10) 33,985 136,635
6 Laurent Dubreuil CAN 34,31 (4) 34,310 1.08,07 (10) 34,035 34,50 (8) 34,500 1.07,77 (6) 33,885 136,730
7 Mitchell Whitmore USA 34,46 (8) 34,460 1.07,88 (7) 33,940 34,50 (8) 34,500 1.07,88 (7) 33,940 136,840
8 Nico Ihle GER 34, 37 (5) 34,370 1.07,16 (5) 33,580 35,03 (22) 35,030 1.07,75 (5) 33,875 136,855
9 Vincent De Haître CAN 35,04 (23) 35,040 1.06,72 (2) 33,360 35,00 (20) 35,000 1.07,23 (2) 33,615 137,015
10 Roman Krech KAZ 34,21 (2) 34,210 1.08,60 (15) 34,300 34,21 (2) 34,210 1.08,66 (17) 34,330 137,050
11 Jonathan Garcia USA 34,87 (16) 34,870 1.07,83 (6) 33,915 34,87 (18) 34,870 1.07,68 (4) 33,840 137,495
12 Ryohei Haga JPN 34,54 (10) 34,540 1.09,19 (23) 34,595 34,44 (6) 34,440 1.08,62 (15) 34,310 137,885
13 Tsubasa Hasegawa JPN 34,68 (12) 34,680 1.08,49 (12) 34,245 34,46 (7) 34,460 1.09,04 (20) 34,520 137,905
14 Tae-Yoon Kim KOR 34,80 (15) 34,800 1.08,70 (16) 34,350 34,65 (11) 34,650 1.08,54 (14) 34,270 138,070
15 Piotr Michalski POL 34,88 (17) 34,880 1.08,76 (17) 34,380 34,84 (16) 34,840 1.08,29 (12) 34,145 138,245
16 Joel Dufter GER 35,42 (26) 35,420 1.07,88 (7) 33,940 35,00 (20) 35,000 1.07,92 (8) 33,960 138,320
17 Espen Aarnes Hvammen NOR 34,73 (13) 34,730 1.08,79 (19) 34,395 34,77 (15) 34,770 1.09,03 (19) 34,515 138,410
18 Shunsuke Nakamura JPN 34,97 (20) 34,970 1.08,49 (12) 34,245 35,04 (23) 35,040 1.08,48 (13) 34,240 138,495
19 David Bosa ITA 34,59 (11) 34,590 1.08,88 (21) 34,440 34,73 (13) 34,730 1.09,70 (23) 34,850 138,610
20 An Liu (96) CHN 34,98 (21) 34,980 1.08,78 (18) 34,390 35,09 (24) 35,090 1.08,71 (18) 34,355 138,815
21 Artur Nogal POL 34,77 (14) 34,770 1.09,75 (26) 34,875 34,71 (12) 34,710 1.09,47 (22) 34,735 139,090
22 Sebastian Kłosiński POL 35,15 (25) 35,150 1.08,81 (20) 34,405 35,31 (25) 35,310 1.08,65 (16) 34,325 139,190
23 Mirko Giacomo Nenz ITA 35,10 (24) 35,100 1.09,24 (24) 34,620 34,75 (14) 34,750 1.10,36 (25) 35,180 139,650
24 Mikhail Kazelin RUS 35,02 (22) 35,020 1.10,31 (28) 35,155 34,90 (19) 34,900 1.09,94 (24) 34,970 140,045
25 Yeong-Ho Kim KOR 35,64 (27) 35,640 1.09,49 (25) 34,745 35,66 (26) 35,660 1.09,41 (21) 34,705 140,750
Ruslan Murashov RUS 34,29 (3) 34,290 1.08,56 (14) 34,280 34,26 (5) 34,260 WDR 102,830
Aleksej Esin RUS 34,92 (19) 34,920 1.09,03 (22) 34,515 DQ 69,435
Daniel Greig AUS DQ 1.09,96 (27) 34,980 35,79 (27) 35,790 70,770

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Here are two close-up parts picked out of the last subject : The Family members.


Grandmother with two youngest boys in fam. Cruywagen
I don’t mean the changeling as `not human child` who is replaced by faries which kidnap real human children and take care of them. It is a common folklore in Europa.
My 'changeling' here is symple that boys ware girl-like clothes. At first sight they looks like girls as you see this painting with their grandmother. Yes the sail-maker family had 6 sons certainly! Why did such tradition exist? It depends on practical reasons, I guess.
Firstly these skirt-like layers cloth can cover easily differrent lengths of children's legs. You need not to make every time trousers in order to match with fast growth of boys. Secondaly it helps for toilet training, especially boys under 3 years.[note 1]

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