The Karl Burke trained Life Of Riley won on only his second outing yesterday when landing the British Stallion Ebf Novice Stakes over the minimum trip under a very good ride by Ben Curtis.
He was drawn in stall 3 for the 7 runner event. In the early stages of the contest, Ben sat off the leaders in 3rd place. Approaching the 2 marker, Ben angled Life Of Riley out and began to make his challenge. At the furlong marker, Ben galvanised Life Of Riley and he went on to win by just over a length beating some nice types on the day.
He brought up our 1st 2 year old winner of the year. He was still a bit green but he won with his ears pricked, there looks to be plenty more to come from this son of Showcasing.
A big well done to his owners and a big well done to Karl and all of the team at Spigot Lodge on their 1st 2 year old winner of the season.
Corinthia Knight extended his winning run to 4 yesterday when landing his most valuable prize to date – the 3 Year Old All Weather Championship Stakes at Lingfield. He collected the tidy sum of £93000 for his efforts and confirmed that he is the best 3 year old sprinter on the all weather this year.
He opened at a price of 9/4 in the morning but a flurry of money saw him sent off the 5/4 favourite for the 10 runner race.
Drawn in stall 6, he was as professional as ever from the gates and Oisin took up a handy position tracking the leader. Entering the home straight, he took it up and he showed a superb attitude to go on to score by just under a length.
Speaking after another excellent ride, Oisin said he knew he was on the best horse and it was a matter of keeping it simple and that's just what he did.
Huge credit must go to Archie and his team at Saxon Gate, they do such a fantastic job and the results speak for themselves. Archie is having a remarkable 2018 and is one of the brightest young stars in the training game.
It is such a privilege to be involved with a horse of his calibre and he has so many options now for the season ahead. A huge well done to his owners who are now spending the bank holiday weekend on cloud 9.
Winner # 13 for 2018.
Made Of Honour delivered our 11th winner of the year yesterday under the lights at Wolverhampton. The daughter of Casamento was seeking her second win of the year under Ben and her 3rd win in a row since landing a valuable contest at Chantilly in October.
This race was a step up in class for the Karl Burke trained 4 year old. She was her usual quirky self at the gates when once again the stalls handlers did a tremendous job in loading her into stall 3.
As they set off Ben was happy to keep her off the pace in the early part of the race. Sitting about 4 lengths off the leader entering the home turn, Ben angled our filly out deeper on the track and set about reeling the leader in. Under a determined drive, Ben got her up close to the line to land the valuable class 3 contest, a fantastic ride from a jockey that gets on well with her! Great credit must also go to Karl and all the team at Spigot Lodge on this sweet success as she notched up her 3rd win in a row.
A huge well done to her owners, she may be quirky but she is also very talented.
She rounded off a fantastic week for Ontoawinner after Corinthia Knight landed a listed contest in France on Thursday. Corinthia Knight is the 5th black type horse we have produced. He deservedly joins Toocoolforschool, Katies Diamond, Quiet Reflection & Raydiance in the black type roll of honour.
In 2018, we have had 11 individual horses run, 9 have been in the prize money & 7 have won a race, a remarkable start to the year for the Yellow & Whites.
The Archie Watson trained Corinthia Knight headed to Chantilly today to compete in the Montenica Listed Stakes over 6.5 furlongs. He was aiming to follow up on 2 wins from 2 runs on U.K. soil this year. The talented Oisin Murphy travelled for the ride.
He bounced from the gates in his usual professional manner and Oisin settled him in 3rd on the rail until the home straight. As the pace quickened, the French jockeys looked to be doing their best to deny Corinthia room. Oisin found daylight by switching to the outside and he showed a fantastic turn of foot to gather the leader in and win the valuable contest under a fantastic ride.
Currently rated 105, he is a very talented horse with a tremendous appetite for the game. He has won 3 races at different distances & tracks this year, with various tactics used. He is a versatile speed machine and there are plenty of options for him going forward.
A huge well done to Archie who is absolutely flying this year.
A huge well done also to his owners who will be looking very much forward to his next destination; the all-weather finals on Good Friday.
Winner # 10 for the year.
Castle Hill Cassie notched up the 3rd win of her career last night at Newcastle under a superb ride from Graham Lee.
She was due to run at the same course recently but The Beast from the East had put an end to her hopes of running on that occasion.
She jumped well from the gates and Graham got her nicely settled after around a furlong as the field travelled down the straight. Travelling in Indian File down the course, the placings remained unaltered until the final furlong when the pacesetter started to come back to the field.
As Graham was looking for daylight, the favourite kicked for home and stole a couple of lengths advantage. Once the gap came, she showed an excellent turn of foot to collar the leader close home and win the race.
Graham reported he didn't want to hit the front too early and was keen to hold onto her for as long as he could. He carried out his plan to perfection and clearly knows how to get the best out of her.
This was her 3rd win from nine runs and she is clearly on the up.
Ben was over the moon with her run. She is an improving mare who settled much better and looks to be getting stronger.
A big well done to her owners and a big well done to Ben who landed a double on the night.
Our 9th winner of the year!
We are delighted to announce the Compton Place x Finalize colt that is trained by Adrian Keatley will be called Compton's Finale, named by Nick Bland.
We had loads of fantastic entries including Distinct Shot, Earl of Wilmington & Pursuing The Dream and many more.
We also liked Beastfromtheeast but the name was taken.
Thanks to all that entered and we look forward to seeing him on the track.
Bournville lined up in the open NH flat race over 2 miles today at Newcastle. Henry Brooke was aboard once again as she looked to follow up on her excellent debut win at the same course last month.
She was slow away and Henry had to be sharp to ensure she got going, she eventually did and she made up the lost ground quickly.
The pace was slow throughout and Henry was happy to keep her at the back of the field for the majority of the race.
On the turn into the home straight, she began to easily move through the field and it was just a matter of when Henry wanted to take it up. Henry pressed Go and she showed a fantastic turn of foot and went on to win by 4 lengths with a further 12 lengths back to 3rd place.
She is clearly talented and has her own ideas. She now has plenty of options available to her over the coming months. Her owners have a lot to look forward to.
Our 8th winner of the year!
Made Of Honour ran in the 32red.com fillies handicap over 1 mile yesterday at Lingfield with Ben Curtis taking the mount aboard the Karl Burke trained daughter of Casamento.
Made of Honour had refused to go in the stalls on her last run. On arriving at the start, the handlers positioned her very close to the gate and after a few anxious moments, they persuaded her to go in; a fantastic job by the handlers.
She opened up at a price of 9/2 on the eve of the race but was well supported in the betting markets seeing her sent off at 5/2 fav on the day.
She was drawn in stall 6 for the 8 runner event. After breaking smartly, Ben was happy to settle her in mid division for the 1st half of the contest. Approaching the 3 furlong marker, Stevie Donohoe, who rode the 2nd favourite – Wicker made a good move to steal a few lengths heading into the home bend.
Entering the straight, Ben set about reeling the leader in. In full drive position, Ben galvanised Made of Honour and ate up the lead to collar Wicker close home. It was a fantastic performance from both horse and jockey on the day and a fantastic success for her owners.
A big well done to Nikki Hazell, Mark Ashley Simms & Lucy Burke who traveled with Made Of Honour, they had her looking fantastic on the day and was deservedly awarded best turned out for their efforts.
Made of Honour brought up our 6th winner of the year in as many weeks. She was our 2nd winner by Casamento this week after Bournville's impressive debut at Newcastle on Monday. It has been our best start to any year for Ontoawinner and something we could only dream of. Long may it continue!


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Introducing TrayVu: This airline tray doubles as an inflight entertainment system
by John Cook on September 13, 2011 at 9:51 am December 7, 2014 at 8:13 am
Back in 2003, I wrote a story about an Alaska Airlines baggage handler-turned-entrepreneur by the name of Bill Boyer who created a new electronic entertainment system called the digEplayer. That device has remained mainstay on Alaska Airlines flights, with GeekWire columnist Frank Catalano reviewing the newest version after testing it on a recent flight.
Boyer's company eventually was sold. But the entrepreneur is now back in the inflight entertainment system game with a company called Skycast Solutions. Today, Boyer and his team are showing off what they are calling the world's first in-flight entertainment system that integrates directly in the tray table.
"Airlines face tough conflicting pressures to lower costs, increase their ancillary revenues, without resorting to higher fees. Today's tech-savvy passengers expect and deserve a better onboard experience," said Boyer in a statement. "The TrayVu IFE system was designed from the ground up to meet those challenges and expectations."
What are the specs?
Weighing in at less than two pounds, the company says that the system is a fraction of the weight and cost of most seat-back systems. It also includes HD resolution on an 8.9 inch touch screen. The system just isn't about movies and TV shows, with users of the high-tech tray able to input food and drink orders.
It is developed around a Samsung Galaxy tablet, utilizing an Android Honeycomb 3 platform.
UPDATE: I asked Skycast Chief Operating Officer A. Peter Parsons, the attorney and father of noted Seattle entrepreneur Pete Parsons, the obvious question. Why would anyone want to use an in-tray entertainment system in this era of iPhones, iPads and tablet computers.
Here's what Parsons had to say:
Put a fully functional tablet at each seat and the impetus to drag out your PC or tablet is lessened. Personally, I pull out my MacBook only reluctantly because the Continental system is so limited. Our system (and several new entrants) give the passenger what the expect rather than something that feels like MS-DOS.
Previously on GeekWire: "Practical Nerd: Alaska Airlines' digEplayer enjoys a long flight to obsolescence"
John Cook is GeekWire's co-founder and publisher, a veteran reporter and the longest-serving journalist on the Pacific Northwest tech beat. Follow him @johnhcook and email john@geekwire.com.
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In case a group of nerves are causing pain to a specific body region or organ, your pain specialist may use injections laced with local anesthetics for blocking the excessive pain in that particular area.
While pain is a basically a physical sensation, you may also suffer emotionally. Dealing with unrelenting levels of pain could negatively affect your ability in meeting family obligations, maintaining a home, holding on to a job, and in relating to your family and friends. Getting suitable psychological support together with your pain medical treatment helps you in managing the condition.
Besides the counseling and psychological support, pain specialists can also instruct you on a number of self-help relaxation techniques to relieve the pain. Additionally, you may opt to try the Acupuncture practice that involves the insertion of very thin needles on your skin to relieve the pain.
Spinal corrections relieve back pain, neck pain, and shoulder pain through restoring whole body alignment. In case your pain is not responding to other methods of treatment, your pain center would then recommend surgery as a last resort.
As there are lots of diverse pain treatment methods, it's important that you do your research well as you select your pain clinic in Memphis, TN. Perhaps the most important factor to consider in a pain management center is getting one with the experience and training to help you manage and cope with your special pain problem, one you can feel comfortable with.


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67's Acquire Dylan Robinson from Oshawa
August 23, 2019 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL) - Ottawa 67's News Release
OTTAWA - The Ottawa 67's announced Friday that the club has acquired 17-year-old forward Dylan Robinson from the Oshawa Generals in a trade that sends three draft picks the other way.
Robinson was a second-round pick (28th overall) in the 2018 OHL Priority Selection Draft. The Saginaw, Michigan native had 29 goals and 55 assists for 84 points in 55 games in the GTMMHL during the 2017-18 season, on top of winning the OHL Cup and being chosen as the OHL Cup MVP. In his rookie OHL campaign last season with the Generals, Robinson combined two goals and five assists for seven points in 34 games.
In return, the Barber Poles send Windsor's second round pick in 2020, Kitchener's 2023 second round pick and a conditional third round pick in 2023.
"Dylan is a player who will add size, tenacity and skill to our line-up. We are excited to see Dylan on the ice in the very near future," said 67's General Manager James Boyd.
Full trade details:
To Ottawa:
Dylan Robinson
To Oshawa:
2020 2nd Rd Pick (Windsor)
2023 2nd Rd Pick (Kitchener)
Cond. 2023 3rd Rd Pick (Ottawa)
67's training camp will be opening on Monday, August 26th, while the players will be on the ice at the University of Ottawa's Minto Sports Complex as soon as Tuesday, August 27th for two intra-squad games and on Wednesday, August 28th for the team's three on three tournament. Fans and public are all invited to attend.
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The prime directive in setting diabetes treatment goals and developing a treatment plan is to individualize therapy. One size does not fit all when it comes to A1C targets.
In general, we think about an A1C of less than 7 percent as a starting point. We then consider whether or not the target should be higher or lower based on a person's individual situation. Younger people have more to gain from tight control because they have decades of diabetes ahead of them and therefore more time to develop complications. Additionally, they usually have fewer health conditions, such as heart disease, that might make more aggressive treatment risky. A1C targets for younger individuals may be 6.5 or even 6 percent—if they can be reached safely. Those with frequent low blood glucose and with poor warning symptoms of lows may need to have higher A1C goals.
With respect to older individuals, there is evidence that too-tight glucose control is associated with a greater risk for early death, including death from cardiovascular disease. Tight control in this age group, as in others, is associated with an increased risk of hypoglycemia, which can lead to falls and injuries. Older people may not sense hypoglycemia as easily.
Because complications take years to develop, older adults may not experience the long-term benefits of tight glucose control, and these risks may therefore be justified. Prevention of short-term complications of high blood glucose such as fatigue, blurry vision, and dehydration can be achieved with higher A1C targets.
These considerations have led some professional organizations, including the American Diabetes Association, to recommend higher A1C targets in older individuals: up to 7.5 percent for healthy people to as high as 8.5 percent for those who are ill.
Only you and your care provider can determine a safe target based on your risks for short- and long-term complications of diabetes versus the risks associated with various levels of glucose control and the treatments used to achieve them.


Tom Walsh made an impressive comeback from injury for Inverness Caley Thistle, scoring a fine winner nine minutes from time to propel them back into the play-off picture.
Celtic central defender Kristoffer Ajer says action must be taken now before a player is seriously injured by an object thrown from the stands.
Craig Levein bemoaned missed opportunities and the refusal of referee Bobby Madden to award his Hearts team a late penalty as they were held to a 1-1 draw in their Scottish Cup quarter-final away to Partick Thistle last night.
Hearts fans attending their side's William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final match with Partick Thistle at the Energy Check Stadium at Firhill on Monday night unfurled a banner hitting out at the day and time of the fixture.
Celtic will play either Aberdeen or Rangers in the semi-finals of the William Hill Scottish Cup while Hearts or Partick will face Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
It may well only prove a hiccup on their way to Hampden for Hearts. Craig Levein's men, though, will be sick to their stomachs at failing to see off Partick Thistle in the sides' Scottish Cup quarter-final at the Energy Check Stadium at Firhill, with the result that the pair will require to reconvene at Tynecastle for a replay next Tuesday.
Conor Shaughnessy knows what it is like to live with the memories of a shock cup exit and he has urged his Hearts team-mates not to underestimate tonight's opponents.
Scott McDonald is still pinching himself that he is on the brink of playing at the national stadium when his regular football destination was a six-a-side pitch in a Glasgow park only a matter of weeks ago.


i think project management should be a greate function to be added to cynin.
Cynin now does a great job of knowledge management but for project management, it's simply too simple - just a topic of common access so that people can update simple information.
For project management, we need so much more: time, resource, phase, schedule, gantt chart, sub project... management.
To be honest, cynin has been widely and deeply used in my company and we now it's the key information channel for company's operation. But it's not enough. For project management, to manage working plan and things like that we still have to use another system, it's project.net, a professional and comprehensive project management - and just like cynin, it's open source.
I has been always thinking of a system that can offer both knowledge management like cynin and project management like project.net. If so, we need just one system, and that's done. If cynin could do that way, I'm sure that it have make a great step ahead to increase its popularity and dominance in business application.
I know this is big issue, and it takes a lot a lot of time to develop.
Project and task management features can be expected in a future version of Cyn.in. This is known to be an area of extreme requirements in UI finesse, business logic and concept design. Consider approaching Cynapse for a commercial engagement if you wish to accelerate this feature.
Are Project Management features on the Cyn.in roadmap?
Greetings. Which one of the Project Management plugins would you integrate?


The attacker joined Pirates from Bidvest Wits in the off-season, having first surfaced on Bucs' radar two years ago.
"As we all know, my move was supposed to have happened two seasons ago. Me coming here is an honour and I aim to improve as a player," Motshwari said.
Motshwari insists he is undaunted by stern competition for game-time from the likes of Xola Mlambo, Musa Nyatama and Mpho Makola at the Soweto giants.
Motshwari, who saw limited action at Wits prior to making the move to the Buccaneers, says it did not discourage him too much.
"For not playing at Wits, I won't say it was hurting me, but it kept encouraging me to work hard because there was competition there, and it's the same here.
"I'm not here to relax but I'm here to work, because we know we will play five competitions. So I will get the opportunity to play and it will be up to me when I get it what I will do.
"I'm ready to fight for my space and continue working hard.


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Samsung Bioepis First to Obtain European Commission Approval for a Third Anti-TNF-α Biosimilar with Imraldi® (adalimumab)
INCHEON, Korea
Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. today announced the European Commission's (EC) approval of Imraldi®, a biosimilar referencing Humira® 1 (adalimumab), for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, pediatric plaque psoriasis, adult and adolescent hidradenitis suppurativa, Crohn's disease, pediatric Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and uveitis.
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Christopher Hansung Ko, President & CEO of Samsung Bioepis. (Photo: Business Wire)
With the EC's marketing authorization of Imraldi®, Samsung Bioepis becomes the industry's first to receive European approvals for biosimilars referencing all three anti-TNF-α blockbusters. Benepali® (etanercept) and Flixabi® (infliximab) received EC marketing authorization in January 2016 and May 2016, respectively.
"We are proud to become the industry's first to obtain European approval for a third TNF inhibitor. This is a testament to our agile biologics development platform, which has allowed us to develop approved biosimilars in less time at lower cost," said Christopher Hansung Ko, President & CEO of Samsung Bioepis. "Through relentless process innovation and an uncompromising commitment to quality, we remain dedicated to advancing one of the industry's strongest biosimilar pipelines, so that more patients and healthcare systems across Europe will benefit from biosimilars."
The EC approval of Imraldi® applies to all 28 European Union (EU) member states as well as the European Economic Area (EEA) member states of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Biogen will commercialize Imraldi® in the EU and EEA member states.
The EC approval of Imraldi® follows a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in June 2017.
About Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.
Established in 2012, Samsung Bioepis is a biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing healthcare that is accessible to everyone. Through innovations in product development and a firm commitment to quality, Samsung Bioepis aims to become the world's leading biopharmaceutical company. Samsung Bioepis continues to advance a broad pipeline of biosimilar candidates that includes six first-wave candidates that cover the therapeutic areas of immunology, oncology and diabetes. Samsung Bioepis is a joint venture between Samsung BioLogics and Biogen. For more information, please visit: www.samsungbioepis.com.
1 Humira® is a registered trademark of AbbVie Inc.
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TimeLine: Biosimilar with Imraldi, Samsung Bioepis First to Obtain European, Third Anti-TNF


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Style » Fashion
Volunteers Sew Masks for Health Workers Facing Shortages
Tuesday March 24, 2020
Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks.
Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy last month to return to her mother's Greer, South Carolina, home, where she has turned the living room into a mini sewing factory, making masks that she embroiders with the words, "We Got This!"
They're among scores of people answering pleas from hospitals, doctors and nurses so desperate for personal protective equipment amid the viral pandemic that they've turned to the public, saying do-it-yourself face masks are better than nothing.
And for those sitting at home worrying as the virus strains hospitals and the economy teeters, sewing masks makes them feel less helpless.
"Whatever it takes to get the job done, that's what I want to do," said Purdue, 57, whose daughter works at the women's hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He and his friend Mike Rice responded to a Facebook post last week from Deaconess Health System in Evansville asking the public for help.
The efforts mirror those in other countries, including Spain, where mask-making volunteers include a group of nuns and members of the Spanish Air Force. Around 500 masks a day are coming off sewing machines at the Paratroop School in Murcia, in the country's southeast, according to the Air Force's Twitter account.
In Belgium, what began as a one-woman operation about a week ago grew to a small army of home-sewing mask-makers within days.
For most people, the new virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority recover.
But the virus is spreading rapidly and starting to max out the health care system in several cities.
Deaconess spokeswoman Pam Hight said the hospital system realized it could face a shortage if local infections skyrocket like they have elsewhere. So officials produced and posted a how-to video that has being shared across the country.
"We had people who wanted to ship them to us from all over the United States and we started saying, 'Please, please use them in your communities,'" she said. "It makes your heart warm; people are so good."
She said Deaconess expects to collect thousands of masks this week at an off-hospital site and sanitize them before distributing them to nurses and doctors or sending them to local nursing homes and homeless shelters.
In a similar effort, Providence St. Joseph's Health in the hard-hit Seattle area is putting together kits using special material and distributing them to people willing to sew them together as part of a 100-million mask challenge.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire's largest hospital, is preparing kits with fabric and elastic and encouraging volunteers to sew face masks for patients, visitors and staff so medical-grade protective equipment can be conserved for front-line health care workers.
Federal officials had previously advised hospital workers to use surgical masks when treating patients who might be infected with coronavirus amid reports of dwindling supplies of fitted and more protective N95 respirator masks.
"If nurses quit or become too fatigued or even become ill themselves, then we don't have a front line anymore," said Wendy Byard of Lapeer, Michigan. She began organizing friends to make masks after learning her daughter, a nurse at a suburban Detroit hospital, was told to wear the same mask all day.
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly updated its guidance, saying hospitals that run low on surgical masks should consider ways to reuse them or to use them through an entire shift. And if hospitals run out out, the CDC said, scarfs or bandanas could be used "as a last resort," though some health officials warned cloth masks might not work.
Mary Dale Peterson, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and chief operating officer at a Corpus Christ, Texas, children's hospital, said she declined volunteers' offers to make masks. She said construction and manufacturing industries instead should donate or sell the high-grade masks they have to hospitals.
"It would be only an extremely, extremely last resort that I would have my staff" wear homemade masks, she said. "I really hope it doesn't get to that point in the U.S."
At the Missouri Quilt Museum in Hamilton, Missouri, board members asked local hospitals if masks were needed and "they emphatically said yes," said director Dakota Redford. Soon other health care providers, including ambulance crews and nursing homes, were requesting masks.
"This has been a true grassroots effort that has exploded across the country in the quilting world," she said.
Businesses also are stepping up.
Crafts chain Joann Stores is making all of its 800-plus stores available for up to 10 people at each location to sew masks and hospital gowns, offering sewing machines and supplies, spokeswoman Amanda Hayes said.
Hayes said the number of people allowed in the stores adheres to CDC guidelines, the sewing stations will be six feet apart and staff will continuously sanitize the work areas and materials. The company also has special kits for customers who want to make masks at home.
"We're enabling people to feel like they are contributing at a time when we don't have control," Hayes said.
In Baltimore, almost 160 volunteers with 414 3D printers between them are making plastic face shields for Johns Hopkins and other area hospitals and dropping them off at a maker space called Open Works. Executive Director Will Holman, who organized the effort, said he laid off 21 part-time employees last week because of the virus but has rehired some to assemble, sterilize and package the shields.
Danyele, the South Carolina fashion designer, said she made about 200 masks bound for a local nursing home and hospitals in Florida, Georgia, Indiana and Illinois.
"If I'm one person creating 200 masks, imagine what we all could do," said Danyele, 24. "It's super sad that we're at this point, but this is encouraging."
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Hanlie Malherbe1
Michael Samways1
1Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Hanlie Malherbe
Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 3, 85354 Freising, Germany
Received: 21 Oct. 2013
Accepted: 07 Jan. 2014
Malherbe, H. & Samways, M., 2014, 'Rocky shores of a major southern African Marine Protected Area are almost free from intertidal invertebrate alien species', Koedoe 56(1), Art. #1206, 5 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/
koedoe.v56i1.1206
© 2014. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals.
Rocky shores of a major southern African Marine Protected Area are almost free from intertidal invertebrate alien species
In This Short Communication...
• Research method and design
• Study area
• Data collection and analyses
• Results and discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Competing interests
• Authors' contributions
• References
A major threat to marine ecosystems is the establishment and proliferation of invasive alien species. This study addresses gaps in our knowledge regarding marine alien invertebrate species in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (KBR) and adjacent Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Western Cape of South Africa, together a potentially important area for south-coast marine conservation. Understanding the distribution and geographical expansion of these species is critical for conservation planning. A quantitative systematic survey of the intertidal rocky shore region was undertaken. The mytilid Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, and the bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata were the only alien species recorded along the coastline, which included the MPA. The abundance of M. galloprovincialis was significantly higher outside the MPA, and the abundance of W. subtorquata was significantly higher inside the MPA. With only two alien species recorded, the Betty's Bay MPA and its surroundings support relatively few marine alien species with regards to rocky shore invertebrate biodiversity.
Conservation implications: It is important that the Betty's Bay MPA and its adjacent coastline maintain its current status as an area with relatively few marine alien species. The conservation implications on management require routine surveys of this region to detect early introductions of any additional species.
The appearance of invasive alien species is a threat to marine reserves and marine protected areas (MPAs). Under favourable conditions, coastal invaders spread quickly over extensive geographical ranges, occasionally reaching marine reserves and MPAs (Grosholz 2002). Once a species becomes established and spreads, it may have adverse effects on the indigenous marine biodiversity and marine communities (Bax et al. 2003; Molnar et al. 2008; Padilla & Williams 2004). For example, the collapse of the bivalve fisheries industry of eastern North America resulted from the introduction of the European shore crab Carcinus maenas. A halt in the production of San Francisco Bay's, USA phytoplankton arose from the invasion of the Asian clam Potamocorbula amurensis (Grosholz 2002). Furthermore, the introduction of the comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Black Sea resulted in a rapid decrease of phytoplankton blooms and consequently the collapse of various fish stocks (Shiganova 1998). In South Africa, the invasion of the mytilid Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, has substantially altered certain local mussel beds, increasing mussel biomass along the coastline (Robinson et al. 2005) and displacing the indigenous mussels Aulacomya ater and Choromytilus meridionalis (Hockey & Van Erkom Schurink 1992). Mytilus galloprovincialis is considered the most invasive marine invertebrate species in South Africa. However, on a positive note, the endemic African black oystercatcher, Haematopus moquini, has adapted its diet to mainly feed on M. galloprovincialis. This has enabled a significant recovery of the population of H. moquini (Hockey & Van Erkom Schurink 1992). Also, local human communities along the west coast of South Africa have reaped benefits from the introduction of M. galloprovincialis, with a small-scale mussel culturing industry now in operation along this coast. Rocky shore invertebrate alien species have appeared along the South African coastline. Some of these have established and spread in their new home range, invading marine reserves and MPAs, and their surroundings (Griffiths, Mead & Robinson 2009a; Laird & Griffiths 2008; Robinson, Griffiths & Kruger 2004; Robinson et al. 2005). The Betty's Bay MPA and its surroundings are susceptible to such invasive species. It is therefore critical to have an understanding of the current status of this region. The aim of this study is to specifically fill gaps in our knowledge of the status of intertidal rocky shore invertebrate alien species of the Betty's Bay MPA and surroundings, and to determine the extent of invasion of these species in the region.
This study was conducted in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (KBR) and the adjacent MPA, 90 km south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape province, South Africa. The KBR coastline is diverse, characterised by sandy beaches, rocky shores, estuary runoffs, subtidal kelp forests and reefs. The Betty's Bay MPA was first declared in 1981 as the H.F. Verwoerd Marine Reserve (Tunley 2009). Under the Marine Living Resources Act (Act No. 18 of 1998), the marine reserve was proclaimed the Betty's Bay MPA in 2000. Seven principal rocky shore research sites were selected, and are referred to here as Kogel Bay (34º14'40"S; 18º51'11"E), Rooi Els (34º17'57"S; 18º48'59"E), Pringle Bay (34º20'52"S; 18º49'29"E), Stony Point (34º22'14"S; 18º53'41"E), Betty's Bay main beach (34º22'01"S; 18º53'58"E), Jock's Bay (34º21'26"S; 18º55'59"E) and Kleinmond (34º20'44"S; 18º59'34"E). Kogel Bay, Rooi Els and Pringle Bay are located to the west of the MPA; Stony Point, Betty's Bay main beach and Jock's Bay are located within the MPA; and Kleinmond is located to the east of the MPA (Figure 1). Distances between the study sites varied considerably due to interspersed sandy beaches and estuary runoffs. The longest distance, between Kogel Bay and Rooi Els, was 7 km, and the shortest distance, between Stony Point and Betty's Bay main beach, was 800 m. It was evident that a wave exposure gradient exists along the KBR coastline. Stony Point, Betty's Bay main beach and Pringle Bay were recognised as sheltered sites, Jock's Bay and Kleinmond were recognised as semi-exposed sites, and Kogel Bay and Rooi Els were recognised as exposed sites. It was also observed that the coastline of the MPA is sheltered compared to the coastline to the west and east of the MPA.
FIGURE 1: Location of study sites along the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve coastline, Western Cape province, South Africa.
Data collection and analyses
Transects were established from low to high shore at each of the seven selected study sites. The number of transects per site varied depending on the size of the site. The greatest number of transects at a specific site was nine, and the least was three. A total number of 42 transects were used, of which 20 were inside the MPA, and 22 outside. Six intertidal 1 m2 sampling units (SUs) were stratified per entire transect from low to high shore of the intertidal zone. Zonation of rocky shores is subjective. However, the high-, mid- and low shore along the KBR supports a unique composition of rocky shore marine invertebrate species living in rock pools or on bare rock surfaces. Sampling units were designated to rock pools and bare rock surfaces. The number of SUs per shore region differed to include all rocky shore marine invertebrate species in the scope of the study. Two rock pool SUs and one rock surface SU were allocated to the low shore. One rock pool SU and one rock surface SU were allocated to the mid shore. One rock pool was allocated to the high shore. The SUs of the low shore were referred to as low tide pool seaward, low tide pool leeward and low tide rock surface. The SUs of the mid shore were referred to as mid tide pool and mid tide rock surface. The SU of the high shore was referred to as high tide pool.
Quantitative systematic sampling was done from October 2010 to December 2010. In order not to overlook any alien species, an in situ visual count of all focal rocky shore marine invertebrate species, except the phylum Annelida, order Isopoda, and the order Amphipoda, was done at each SU. In the case of colony-forming species, a count value was allocated to the area covered by the species. For each 1 cm2 a value of one was allocated. The counting method for each species was consistent. The time spent at each SU depended on the time needed to count each species. Some rock pool species prefer to reside under loose rocks. Loose rocks were always present in the low tide pool seaward, low tide pool leeward and the mid tide pool. No more than three medium-sized rocks in each of the latter rock pools were overturned. In the case of smaller rocks, two rocks were overturned and counted as one medium-sized rock.
Generalized linear models (GLMs) were used to firstly test for significant differences in mean abundance of the identified marine alien species across the MPA and non-MPA (NMPA), and, secondly, to test for a significant difference across the study sites (O'Hara 2009; Zuur, Ieno & Elphick 2010). To test for a significant difference in mean abundance across the MPA and NMPA, all the SUs in the MPA were pooled together, and all the SUs in the NMPA were pooled together. To test for a significant difference in mean abundance across the study sites, all the SUs per study site were pooled together. These GLMs were calculated with normal distribution (with identity link functions) for all data, as means were > 5, and the minimum number of successes and failures were < 5 (Bolker et al. 2009). As these analyses showed no over-dispersion of variances compared to the models, Wald χ2 (Z), statistics were calculated using the penalised quasilikelihood technique (Bolker et al. 2009). Statistical analysis software (SAS) package (Statistical Analysis Software 2006) version 9.1.3 was used to run the analyses.
Only two marine alien invertebrate species, the alien Mediterranean mussel, M. galloprovincialis, and the alien bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata, were recorded along the rocky shores of the KBR. It is evident that M. galloprovincialis was not evenly distributed along the rocky shores of the KBR. Mean abundance of M. galloprovincialis was significantly greater outside the MPA (18.3 m-2) than inside (no individuals recorded) (df = 1, Z = 4.38, p ≤ 0.05, Figure 2).
FIGURE 2: Abundance of Mytilus galloprovincialis in the marine protected area and non-marine protected area.
There was a significant difference in mean abundance of M. galloprovincialis across the study sites, with a significantly greater abundance at Kogel Bay than at any other sites (df = 6, Z = 25.13, p ≤ 0.001, Figure 3). It has been documented that the level of wave exposure affects the distribution and abundance of M. galloprovincialis, which is characteristic at semi-exposed and exposed sites (Blamey & Branch 2009). This appears to be the case along the KBR coastline since the rocky shores, with the exception of Pringle Bay, is subjected to a greater wave exposure outside the MPA, particularly at Kogel Bay and Rooi Els. In all likelihood, the abundance of M. galloprovincialis could be higher along the coastal region to the west and east of the MPA and at the study site Jock's Bay located at the western boarder of the MPA than was measured, since by chance the selected study sites and sampling units were placed at areas in which M. galloprovincialis was absent. In contrast to M. galloprovincialis, W. subtorquata was significantly more abundant inside the MPA (df = 1, Z = 5.97, p ≤ 0.05) with a mean abundance of 17.3 m-2 compared to 5.5 m-2 outside the MPA (Figure 4). There was no significant difference in mean abundance of W. subtorquata across the study sites (df = 6, Z = 8.70, p > 0.05). From the former finding, it could be concluded that this species prefers the sheltered conditions of the MPA. However, there is no information on the effects of wave exposure on W. subtorquata in South Africa. The difference in the abundance of W. subtorquata along the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve coastline was in all likelihood from the integrated functioning of various factors.
FIGURE 3: Abundance of Mytilus galloprovincialis at the different study sites.
FIGURE 4: Abundance of Watersipora subtorquata in the marine protected area and non-marine protected area.
Various introductions of marine alien invertebrate species and invasions along the coast of South Africa have been documented. Mytilus galloprovincialis, the European shore crab C. maenas, and the periwinkle Littorina saxatilis have naturalised outside the boundaries of the Saldanha Bay harbour situated in the West Coast National Park (WCNP) Marine Reserve, South Africa. The reserve forms part of the Saldanha Bay–Langebaan Lagoon system. A survey conducted by Robinson et al. (2004) indicated that the abundance of M. galloprovincialis within the WCNP was low; L. saxatilis was confined to the lagoon and salt marshes, the alien anemone Sagartia ornata was confined to the lagoon, and no live individuals of C. maenas were recorded. Other identified marine alien invertebrate species such as the ascidians Diplosoma listerianum, Ciona intestinalis and Ascidiella aspersa are confined to the harbour. It is also recognised that the Saldanha Bay–Langebaan Lagoon system supports the most marine alien species along the South African coast (Robinson et al. 2004). A survey conducted by Robinson et al. (2005) indicates that M. galloprovincialis is present along the west coast, south coast and east coast, almost reaching East London. Significant populations of the Pacific barnacle Balanus glandula have been detected along the west coast (Griffiths et al. 2009a, 2009b) from Misty Cliffs to Elands Bay (Laird & Griffiths 2008). The west coast supports a prime example of upwelling. Pineda and López (2002) found that the settlement of B. glandula larvae increased with high-frequency internal motion. This may explain the presence of this species along the cool waters of west coast and its absence along the KBR coastline. Watersipora subtorquata has been recorded along the coast of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces (Branch et al. 2010). The former and latter geographical regions are interspersed with marine reserves and MPAs, which suggests that these coastal areas of conservation may be invaded by marine alien invertebrate species. Since many marine and estuarine alien species in South Africa have been overlooked (Mead et al. 2011), the current status of marine alien invertebrate species along the shores of South Africa, including marine reserves and MPAs, may be different. This is a challenge that must be addressed.
With only two alien species recorded along the rocky shores of the KBR, it is evident that the Betty's Bay MPA supports relatively few marine alien species relating to rocky shore invertebrate biodiversity, particularly compared to the well-studied WCNP. The inclusion of the Saldanha Bay harbour in the WCNP makes this conservation region much more susceptible to the invasion of marine alien invertebrate species. In the case of the Betty's Bay MPA, it has more sheltered shores, which do not support the proliferation of M. galloprovincialis. It is suggested that the sheltered nature of the Betty's Bay MPA should be considered the primary reason for its good condition regarding M. galloprovincialis invasion. It is therefore not considered feasible to implement marine reserves and MPAs to decrease the geographical extent of marine alien species. Marine alien species will potentially invade any favourable region along the coast. Identifying and eliminating pathways is considered to be the only practical method in preventing possible introductions and proliferation of marine alien species. Prevention is therefore critical for effective conservation (Bax et al. 2003).
It is of concern that many MPAs in South Africa, including the Betty's Bay MPA, function as isolated units. It is not viable to focus only on isolated regions of this highly integrated and vast open system. Managing large, multi-purpose MPAs is of great interest as it provides opportunities to conserve highly mobile species, and protects demarcated regions from pollution and unwanted negative impacts from human activities (Hoegland, Sumaila & Farrow 2001). It is also suggested that habitat heterogeneity must be considered when selecting priority areas for coastal conservation. A greater diversity of rocky shore species are conserved when applying the habitat heterogeneity approach rather than the hotspot approach. Furthermore, the level of wave exposure plays an important role in defining the habitat types of rocky shores (Blamey & Branch 2009). The sheltered nature of the Betty's Bay MPA may lack specific habitat types, therefore decreasing the species richness being protected. This emphasizes the importance of taking a more holistic management approach (Mora et al. 2006). In 2010, only 9% of all South Africa's MPAs were declared as no-take MPAs (Griffiths et al. 2010), although shore angling is a resource utilization activity that is allowed in the Betty's Bay MPA (Tunley 2009). It is evident that the Betty's Bay MPA will function more adequately if managed as a large, multi-purpose MPA. This protected coastal region unfortunately experiences much pressure from overexploitation, development (Tunley 2009) and abalone poaching (Stanvliet et al. 2004). A current study is underway to investigate the status of fish communities inside and outside the MPA. It should, however, be noted that an African penguin Spheniscus demersus colony (a Red List species), as well as other species, particularly the abalone Haliotis midae and the West Coast rock lobster, Jasus lalandii, are protected within the MPA (Tunley 2009).
With only two alien species, the mytilid mussel, M. galloprovincialis, and the bryozoan W. subtorquata, being recorded, this study revealed that the southern African coastline around the Betty's Bay MPA has been invaded by relatively few marine alien species with regards to rocky shore invertebrate biodiversity. Fortunately, the abundance of these two species in the Betty's Bay MPA is relatively low. The MPA is therefore in good condition regarding intertidal invasive alien species. Marine introductions and invasions are considered irreversible (Bax et al. 2003) and eradication of these two species along this coastline is not viable. Nevertheless, we recommend routine surveys of this region are conducted to detect early introductions of any additional species.
We thank CapeNature and the Department of Environmental Affairs, Marine Coastal Management, for the provision of research permits (Danelle Kleinhans, dkleinhans@capenature.co.za, ref. 1/2/1/6/5/F8, permit no. AAA-004-00481-0035). We also thank C.L. Griffiths (Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town – Marine Research Institute) for assistance in the identification of specimens, and J.S. Pryke (Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University) for assistance with statistical analyses. M.J. Samways acknowledges funding from the National Research Foundation.
The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
H.M. (University of Stellenbosch) designed the methods, carried out the field surveys, interpreted the results, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. M.J.S. (University of Stellenbosch) assisted with the design of the methods and co-prepared the manuscript.
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Coyotes 3, Blue Jackets 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Wayne Gretzky could only shake his head.
During a six-game losing skid, the Phoenix coach had seen his team play well and lose. Then the Coyotes were outplayed by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night, and ended up winning 3-2.
"How do you figure this game?" Gretzky said. "Sometimes it can be crazy."
Viktor Tikhonov's goal with 2:32 remaining was the difference, with goaltender Mikael Tellqvist standing on his head to make 38 saves.
"They usually score goals and stuff for me. I want to steal a game for these guys, too," Tellqvist said. "We probably didn't have our best game this year, but we battled hard and blocked a lot of shots. If it wasn't for my defensemen, there probably would have been 80 shots."
With under 7 minutes to play and the score tied at 2-2, the Blue Jackets had 54 seconds of 5-on-3 - but Tellqvist was impenetrable.
"We should have put our foot right on their throat," said Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock. "(The Coyotes) weren't ready to play, we had everything going for us and we didn't bury the chances we had."
Soon after stopping the Blue Jackets' two-man advantage, captain Shane Doan dug the puck off the back wall and backhanded a pass to Tikhonov, who was skating from right to left along the goal line. He deked with the puck and slid it past goaltender Steve Mason for his second goal of the year.
"Doaner made an unbelievable pass from his backhand," said Tikhonov, the grandson of the former Soviet national team coach. "I just did what I had to and put it in the back of the net."
The Coyotes won by getting goals from unlikely scorers. David Hale picked up his first career goal in his five seasons in the NHL, and tough guy Daniel Carcillo added his second of the season. Ed Jovanovski had two assists.
"We got some timely goals from a couple of guys who don't score a lot but work hard every night and do a good job for us in the role that they play," Gretzky said. "That was the difference in the hockey game."
Kristian Huselius converted one of five breakaway chances to open the scoring for Columbus and Jason Chimera added the tying goal a minute into the third period.
"The guys were joking that it was me against Huselius there a couple of times," Tellqvist said. "On the first one, he got the better of me but then we shut him down."
The Coyotes had not won since beating the Blue Jackets 5-2 on Nov. 12, also in Nationwide Arena.
Columbus grabbed a 1-0 lead when Fedor Tyutin intercepted a deflected pass from Phoenix's Keith Yandle and backhanded a lead pass to Huselius at the center circle. Huselius skated the distance and picked up his eighth goal when Tellqvist blocked a piece of the puck but it slid between his leg pads and into the net.
Mason, a rookie, had strung together 112 minutes, 53 seconds of shutout hockey before Phoenix broke through when Hale scored for the first time in his 231st NHL game. He snapped off a shot from the top of the left circle.
The Coyotes then cashed in on their fourth power play when Carcillo, who had only one goal in his first 16 games this season, redirected a shot by Yandle.
The Blue Jackets tied it on a 2-on-1 pass from R.J. Umberger to Chimera for the jam shot.
"Tellie gave us chance in the first half of the game where they definitely outplayed us," Doan said. "In the last bit, they probably outplayed us again. But Mikael Tellqvist was phenomenal for us tonight."
Notes: Tellqvist got the start in goal for Phoenix since Ilja Bryzgalov had lost his last five starts. ... Phoenix C Olli Jokinen suffered a shoulder injury in the first period. Gretzky said he didn't know how long Jokinen would be out. ... Columbus RW Derek Dorsett injured his hand during a lengthy fight with Carcillo early in the game. He was put on injured reserve after the game and the team recalled D Kris Russell from Syracuse (AHL). ... Mason finished with 22 saves.
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A Paris underground tour is not only about the Paris Catacombs, but there are also other incredible things under the streets of Paris. A good alternative to Paris Catacombs is les Carrières des Capucins or quarries of the Capuchins in English. The quarries of the Capuchins is a former medieval quarry of stone built (limestone) which was exploited between the XIIth and XVIIth centuries. This limestone quarry is located under Paris 14th, Paris 13th and Paris 5th, under the Cochin Paris hospital, part of boulevard Port-Royal and rue de la Santé. Its name comes from the Monastery of Capuchins (XVIIth century) located right above the limestone quarry. Today, this quarry is maintained and enhanced by a non-profit association, in the form of a museum. It is thanks to their great volunteer job that les Carrières des Capucins became the first Paris underground site to be registered as Historic Monument, in 1990 (partially) and 1999.
This unusual and rather confidential torchlight tour unveils part of the city's exceptional industrial heritage (the world of underground quarries) and some interesting curiosities. This tour is also a step back in time: indeed, under the XXIth century Paris streets, the Paris of the XVIIIth century still exists inside the quarries of the Capuchins.
The Parisian region is particularly rich in limestone. Since the 1st century C.E, Romans started exploiting the Bièvre valley to get enough stone for its civil constructions. From antiquity to the middle ages, Parisians used the "open quarry exploitation" method which required simple resources but a lot of manpower. When stone became scarce on the ground, trenches were dug deeper and deeper and quarry-men started to go underground. Paris underground quarries were exploited as long as good quality limestone was available. Then quarries were closed and abandoned.
The history of IGC (Inspection Générale des Carrières, Quarries' General Inspection) starts in the middle of the intensive exploitation of the quarries in Paris and its region. In the XVIIIth century the city's subsoil and that of its suburbs was extensively excavated, leaving behind huge abandoned and barely indexed quarries. Paris was like a huge gruyère cheese and inevitably collapses (land, houses or even street collapses) started to happen. After such disasters, the king created in 1776 the Inspection Générale des Carrières (IGC). This special service had the mission to inspect and consolidate the underground quarries. They also proceed to the quarries' study and mapping. What we can see today in the quarries of the Capuchins is the result of their work.
Visiting the quarries of the Capuchins is not easy. There are few tours (1 tour every 1-2 months) and usually scheduled only 1-2 weeks in advance. The only way to join a tour (unless you are part of a local association) is to email them and ask to include you in their next visit. Guided visits (2 hrs, in French) are proposed only for small groups (15 people maximum) because they want to keep the intimacy of the place.
The meeting point was in front of Cochin Paris Hospital, in the 14th Paris district. We are not far from the Catacombs of Paris. They don't like to give the quarry's exact location by email to avoid bad surprises. As you can imagine, the visit starts climbing down some steps (200 steps I think). We are going to Paris undergrond, 20 metres under the Paris streets with a temperature of 13C° and 95% of humidity.
Paris underground was a reflection of the city above ground. This means that the underground galleries followed the same layout than the Parisian streets and they had the same kind of plaques than on the surface. While some old Paris streets disappeared due to the Paris Haussmann works, they still exist underground with their original street plaques from the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries. Rue des Capucins, disappeared on the surface but still intact underground, is just one example. To help with navigation, the street plaques were positioned according to the cardinal points just like on the surface.
During the visit we could see different stone inscriptions. Some stones had for example the Quarry Inspector's monogram while others talk about different events happening in the city.
Some carved stones were intentionally damaged to erase the fleur de lis , the symbol of monarchy. However a couple of fleur de lis survived and we can still see them in the limestone quarry (first picture below).
The 4D2 2R inscription on the picture below (second row) is a date of the Republican Calendar (also called Revolutionary Calendar) created during the French Revolution. Indeed, 2R stands for the second year of this Republican Calendar (1793).
Along the visit we found some other interesting curiosities. The "Capuchins Fountain" (1810) was used to measure the water table in this area. The system used a carved scale with the metric system. This fountain was the first underground monument to be classed as Historical Monument in France (1990).
We could also see an inspection well (1841) and a former extraction well. The quarry of the Capuchins is also decorated with some contemporary sculptures done by the association members. An example is a replica of the "Scala Philosophorum" located at Notre Dame's entrance (Paris 4), on the main pillar. This is to remind visitors that part of the church was built with stones coming from this quarry.
Les carrières des Capucins is NOT a Paris attraction. However, a Capuchin monk and quarry-man mannequins welcome the visitors at the entrance of two galleries. This is just a concession to one of the association's members, who worked with mannequins in the past. He retired a long time ago but he still likes to play with mannequins and dress them like in the XVIIth century. Because he is very kind, the association let him do it from time to time … .
Finally, you can also see a "cabinet minéralogique" (=mineral cabinet of wonder) with the quarry's different geological layers carved on a scale.
At the beginning of the XIXth century, the intensive exploitation of the quarries was banned and the underground quarries were abandoned. At the same time, a Parisian named Chambry discovered by chance the link between the existing quarries in his neighborhood and the spawning of mushrooms on horse manure. The discovery turned into mushroom farming very fast. The customer demand was so high that all the Parisian quarries were transformed into underground culture fields for champignon mushrooms. Quarries became soon as prized as when they were used for stone extraction, with a total production of around 2000 tons of champignon mushrooms a year. Actually, some of the first mushroom farmers were former quarry-men. I was not happy to learn about this part of the quarries' history (and mushroom farming) … .
Les carrières des Capucins is an excellent visit to learn more about the city's exceptional underground heritage. The limestone quarry is really beautiful and the guide is very entertaining, with lots of old Paris anecdotes to tell. If you are a history buff you will have a blast. With no crowds, no lines and a cost of 7 euros (Paris Catacombs costs 13€) it is without any doubt locals' alternative to Paris Catacombs.
Do you think les Carrières des Capucins are a good alternative to Paris Catacombs? Would you like to explore this lesser known part of Paris?
Walking in the streets of Paris, one can scarce imagine the fascinating world that exists in the dark recesses beneath the ground. carrières des Capucins is indeed intriguing, something that is a new find for me. Another Parisian treasure that one needs to make sure to visit.
The older I get, the more claustrophobic I get so I'm not sure this is the Parisian site that I will go to first. However, it is interesting everything that is under the city. It's fascinating.
Well, we were at 18m. I did not feel it claustrophobic except for a couple of narrow corridors . .
What a fascinating place to discover. Love how the layout and names followed the streets of Paris above, and that some of the historic ones are still in existence down below even though they've long since disappeared above. And the water table measuring fountain is very clever too. The use of the abandoned quarries for mushroom farming makes sense, though it's fortunate the historical details of the quarries weren't destroyed during that period.
And good that there are non profit associations like this one who clean and take care of all these historical treasures!
You know the expression treat you like a mushroom. That's where they keep you in the dark and feed you a bunch of b.s. I love this tour. The Paris underground, as a greater collection of sites, has always interested me. There is so much to see when you look under the surface.
I did not know this expression, ha haaa! I still can eat mushrooms since the visit . .
How interesting- I have heard of the catacombs but never of these quarries. I would like to visit both when I'm in Paris although it seems difficult to get on a tour of these. Also, I had no idea that's where those mushrooms came from. Yuck!
The mushrooms part was something that I did not appreciate either, lol. Haven't bought Parisian mushrooms since that day . . .
Wow! My eyes have just been opened up to another world in Paris! I love reading your local insights and all these incredible things that I had no idea about. What a great read to learn about this underground Paris, with all the same plaques as above. Remarkable!
There's definitely more to Paris than the Eiffel Tower! I love how you shared the history of the place. I think that's one of the advantages of having a guide when visiting places, especially the historical ones.
Wow! this is the first time I've known about this place. It looks like it is absolutely worth checking out in Paris. Thanks for sharing this detailed guide.
This looks so fascinating! I never knew that this existed. I love that it's not too touristy either, will definitely need to keep an eye out for a tour when we decide to visit Paris again!
Thanks for your comment, Paul! This is something to be planned in advance though . . .
What a fascinating place. I would love to go on this tour. Too bad they don't run regularly. When I had that way I'll try to remember to send them an email.
Usually they run tours once a month for privates but it may change . .
This looks AWESOME! I did a tour similar to this in a small city in Italy. I love seeing a city from underground.
Interesting place to visit. I took my young daughters to the catacombs in Sicily and they were frightened out of their minds but at the same time, it was their favorite memory of our Mediterranean cruise. ;0 The bodies were close enough for us to touch and the clothes were still so in tact.
Underground tours like this one are so interesting. Although we haven't been to this one in Paris, I am looking forward to one in Prague soon. Such a different way to experience a city.
Thanks for dropping by . . . can't wait to read about your Prague experience!
Wow…Paris never fails to surprise me! Not just catacombs, there is so much more underneath the city…amazing!
Thats fascinating, I've not heard of these quarries underneath the city. It looks amazing and such a bargain to walk though such an interesting part of the citys history. Without the crowds is good to know too, I'm a bit concerned with the catacombs that being underground and so crowded it could be a bit claustrophovic for me to enjoy it.
At first glance, I thought that monk was real. Eeek. I've never been to Paris, and if I don't have much time to spend there, I'd probably be spending it above ground LOL That said, this is an off the beaten path attraction that I would be willing to visit!
I've visited Paris 3 times to date but have yet to go and see the Catacombs. Am planning to see it during my next visit and hopefully there'd be a tour for this place as well at the time of my visit. Would be great to have an "underground" theme for my 4th visit, something different from the previous visits.
We missed this when we visited France. Would love to get back and delve underground. Sounds like a unique experience indeed!
This is very interesting! I had no idea this place existed. I visit Paris very often and will definitely email them to see if there are any available tours.
The part about mushrooms is a bit bizarre!
email them showing your interest to participate in their next visit.
they will save your info and when they schedule the following visit they will email you with the proposed date (usually 1-2 weeks in advance for a visit during the week starting at 5.30pm).
You will make me know if it works, ok? Good luck!
It's fascinating how the underground structures of Paris can be as interesting as the attractions above ground. I did not quite get why you hated that part of the mushroom growing underground. haha! I guess the high humidity was ideal for the mushroom growth .
I spent a lot of time in the Paris catacombs and I enjoyed it although I also like visiting less known sites. This would be one of them .
How fascinating. Part of Paris I'd never heard of, despite having visited so many times! I love the story of the mushrooms!