❤️ Catherine Steele 🐇

"Catherine Cassels Steele (17 September 1903 – 3 December 1995) was a Scottish scientist who is best known for her expertise in plant biochemistry. She wrote An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry. Early life and education Steele was the daughter of James Steele, the former headmaster of St Monance school in Fife. Steele's early education began at West Calder at the age of five. After moving to St Monans and by age 12, her secondary educational experience occurred at Waid Academy in Anstruther, Fife. In 1920, Steele entered the University of St Andrews graduating in 1924 with a First Class Honours in mathematics and natural philosophy. She continued to study at the University, and in 1925 received a BSc with Special Distinction in chemistry, physics and mathematics. She joined the Edinburgh Mathematical Society soon after. She changed fields to study chemistry and earned her PhD in 1928. Steele was a Commonwealth Fellow, where she travelled to the United States to continue her research at University of Illinois for two years and then at Harvard University. Professional life Steele taught at the Ladies' Branch of the Horticultural College, Swanley, Kent (later the Swanley Horticultural College) in the 1930s where many middle-class women learned horticulture. She later returned to the USA. Her book An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry was first published in 1934, with a second edition released in 1949. The book aims to assist botany students with no training in organic chemistry for studies of plant biochemistry. Steele wrote the book following support from Professor John Read with whom she collaborated on books such as Researches in the Methane Series Part VI and Part VII and The Optically Active Diphenylhydroxyethylamines and isoHydrobenzoins. Personal life Steele married Louis Hamilton Bock in 1934."Student's Romance in U.S.: St Andrews Graduate Married in University Chapel." The Scotsman. (May 24, 1934). Together they had two sons.Birth Announcements. The Scotsman. October 20, 1939 and February 27, 1942. Steele died on 3 December 3, 1995 in Lacey, Washington. See also * Women in science * Plant physiology * Women in STEM fields References Scottish biochemists Scottish women scientists 1903 births 1995 deaths People educated at Waid Academy Alumni of the University of St Andrews University of Illinois alumni 20th-century British women scientists 20th- century Scottish scientists "

❤️ Lothar Path 🐇

"Footbridge over a fallen tree between young firs Entrance to the Lothar Path The Lothar Path () is a forest experience and educational path in the Schliffkopf Nature Reserve by the Black Forest High Road between Oppenau and Baiersbronn on the B 500 in the Northern Black Forest. The name of the windthrow educational trail is derived from Hurricane Lothar, which tore through the forest here on 26 December 1999 with wind velocities of up to 200 km/h creating a wide swathe of debris. After mountain pastures became increasingly uncultivated as a result of the housing of livestock and the abandonment of haymaking, the plateaux of the Northern Black Forest were initially reforested, predominantly with spruce, whose roots could not penetrate the bunter sandstone soil to any great depth. As a result, when the storm hit the state of Baden-Württemberg, around 30 million cubic metres of wood was torn from the ground within the space of two hours. After the storm, conservation and forest managers decided to leave the 10-hectare windthrow area of the Lothar Path to recover unaided as an area of protected forest or Bannwald, in order to be able to observe the long-term, natural regeneration of the habitat. The project was entrusted to the Black Forest National Park. In June 2003, as part of the EU-sponsored Grinde Black Forest project, an 800-metre-long educational and discovery path was constructed by the Black Forest High Road (B 500) between Ruhestein and Kniebis-Alexanderschanze. The path runs along steps, bridges and footbridges made from the dead wood, over and under the fallen trees. An observation platform offers views over Braunberg, Lierbach, Oppenau, Strasbourg and the Vosges; in clear weather, the Feldberg, the Kaiserstuhl and the Alps may be seen. In 2007 it was recorded that nearly 50,000 visitors came to the Lothar Path annually.Der »Lotharpfad« kommt in die Jahre, Mittelbadische Presse – Zeitung der Ortenau, 19 March 2007, retrieved 24 August 2013Der Lotharpfad feiert 10jähriges Jubiläum, landkreis-freudenstadt.de, 17 June 2013, retrieved 24 August 2013 Literature * Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe (publ.): Sturmwurf-Erlebnis auf dem Lotharpfad. 3rd edition. Karlsruhe, 2005. Web links * Der Lotharpfad auf der Seite des Nationalpark Schwarzwald *Broschüre der staatlichen Naturschutzverwaltung Baden-Württemberg (PDF; 4,4 MB) * Themenpark Umwelt References Hiking trails in Baden-Württemberg Transport in the Black Forest Freudenstadt (district) "

❤️ The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia 🐇

"The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia () is an association established in Russia in 2014 to promote rural tourism. It is part of an international network including Les Plus Beaux Villages de France and The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan. List of villages ;Archangelsk Oblast Natural landmark without photo.svgSadovaya Natural landmark without photo.svgNizhmozero Lyadiny1.jpg Natural landmark without photo.svgKyanda Natural landmark without photo.svgKarpova Natural landmark without photo.svgVerkhniy Bereznik Архангело 09.JPG Natural landmark without photo.svgTyryshkino Church in the village Turchasovo.jpg Natural landmark without photo.svgSemenovo Natural landmark without photo.svgRyzhkovo Natural landmark without photo.svgPurnema Natural landmark without photo.svgPiyala Natural landmark without photo.svgPezhma Natural landmark without photo.svgKiltsa Natural landmark without photo.svgKachikova Gorka Natural landmark without photo.svgKositsyna Natural landmark without photo.svgGorbachikha Vershinino.jpgVershinino Natural landmark without photo.svgBukhalovo Natural landmark without photo.svgAndrichevo Vorzogory (Kondratyevskaya).jpgVorzogory Natural landmark without photo.svgKimzha Богоявленская церковь в деревне Погост4.JPG ;Buryatia Ацагатский дацан.jpgNaryn-Atsagat Natural landmark without photo.svgBolshoy Kunaley Natural landmark without photo.svgDesyatnikovo Tarbagatai.JPGTarbagatay Natural landmark without photo.svgBaragkhan Natural landmark without photo.svgKhargana Natural landmark without photo.svgYarikto Посольский Спасо-Преображенский мужской монастырь 2.JPG ;Karelia Дом Мелькина. Шелтозеро. Карелия.jpgShyoltozero 2011-09-18 Кинерма. Пряжинский район, Карелия.jpgKinerma ;Novgorod Oblast Churche in Korostyn.jpg ;Leningrad Oblast Крепость в Старой Ладоге.jpgStaraya Ladoga ;Pskov Oblast Izborsk3.jpgIzborsk ;Tver Oblast Volgoverhovie church.jpg ;Vologda Oblast Ferapontovo September 2014.jpgFerapontovo ;Yaroslavl Oblast Russian izba house.JPGVyatskoye, Yaroslavl Oblast Velikoselskiy Kreml.jpgVelikoye References External links * Krasa Derevni - List of villages Russia Tourism in Russia 2014 establishments in Russia Organizations established in 2014 "