Latest Shows | James Barber The Urban Peasant

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CONCRETE CANVAS - Just Add Water | Nuna Logistics

CONCRETE CANVAS - Just Add Water | Nuna Logistics: "Concrete Cloth (CC)
Flexible, cement impregnated fabric that hardens when hydrated to form a thin, durable, water and fire proof concrete layer. CC allows construction without the need for plant or mixing equipment. Simply position the cloth and add water - workable for 2 hours and hardens to 80% strength within 24 hours. CC is available in 3 thicknesses, man-portable rolls for applications with limited access or where heavy plant equipment is not available.
Concrete Shelters (CCS)
Rapidly deployable hardened shelters that require only water and air for construction. Operational and financial advantages over conventional tented shelters: operational from day 1; better environmental protections/ increased security and vastly improved medical capability; over 10 year design life; savings on effort and cost over the lifetime of medium to long term operations."

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Qikiqtaaluk Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Qikiqtaaluk Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) or Baffin Region is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. Although Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly used name in official contexts, several notable public organisations, including Statistics Canada[1] and Nunavut Tourism[2] prefer the term Baffin Region.

The region consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit (population 7,250). The Qikiqtaaluk Region contains both the northernmost and southernmost areas of Nunavut."

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Western giant puffball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Western giant puffball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The western giant puffball (Calvatia booniana) is a puffball mushroom that can grow as large as its close relative, the giant puffball of eastern North America and Europe.[1] Like the giant puffball, it grows on composted soil such as in meadows, fields, and forests,[citation needed], as well as on roadsides, sagebrush flats, pastures, and other sunny places.[1] In general, western giant puffballs occur on the west side of the Rockies and giant puffballs occur on the east side.[citation needed] However, on the West Coast of North America the western giant puffball is replaced by the giant puffball or a closely related species."

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Western giant puffball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Western giant puffball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Like the giant puffball, it grows on composted soil such as in meadows, fields, and forests,[citation needed], as well as on roadsides, sagebrush flats, pastures, and other sunny places.[1] In general, western giant puffballs occur on the west side of the Rockies and giant puffballs occur on the east side.[citation needed] However, on the West Coast of North America the western giant puffball is replaced by the giant puffball or a closely related species."

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Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane. Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for May 2004

Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane. Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for May 2004: "This month's fungus is Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane mushroom, also known as the "lawyer's wig." It is a delicious edible mushroom, one of Clyde Christensen's "Foolprof Four," which also includes Morchella species, the morels, Calvatia gigantea, the giant puffball, and Laetiporus sulphureus, the chicken of the woods, or sulfur shelf mushroom. Clyde Christensen was a professor at the University of Minnesota who published the "Foolproof Four" in 1943 in a book called "Common Edible Mushrooms" in 1943. His intention was to popularize mushroom hunting by educating the generally mycophobic public that there are in fact some edible mushroom that are easily identified. "

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Mushroom hunting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mushroom hunting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A large number of mushroom species are favored for eating by mushroom hunters. The king bolete is a popular delicacy. Sulphur shelf (also known as Chicken Mushroom or Chicken of the Woods) is often gathered because it occurs in bulk, recurs year after year, is easily identified, and has a wide variety of culinary uses. Lactarius deliciosus (Pine Mushrooms), Chanterelles, Morels, Oyster Mushrooms, Puffballs and Polypores are among the most popular types of mushrooms to gather, most of these being relatively hard to misidentify by anyone with practice. Only experts, however, collect from dangerous groups, such as Amanita, which include some of the most toxic mushrooms in existence.

Naturally, there are abundant mushroom guides, i.e. field guides on mushrooms available, but especially in the Slavic countries the ability to identify and prepare edible mushrooms is usually passed down through generations."

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