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This was taken with a TMB 130mm scope and a Apogee U8300 from Connellsville Pa USA It is a LRGB image This has a High resolution of the core in this image. Feel free to zoom in :-)
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By Stephen Badger | Office of Communications, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
The 31st Annual Maryland Park Service Lifeguard Competition took place on August 3 at Gunpowder Falls State Park. Maryland Park Service lifeguards from throughout the state competed in physical and skills events that showcase their training, which they use every day to protect swimmers, canoers, kayakers, and other water enthusiasts at Maryland State Parks.
Attended the prize-giving for the Losely Park Natural Photography awards tonight, and was amazed and flatttered to win the Wildlife category and also the overall prize for my shot of a Syritta pipiens hoverfly! 1st win ever, and a real shock.
Place Yasimasitugen Marshland suwa Nagano Japan
Camera EOS 5D MarkII
Lens SIGMA 15mm F2.8 EX DG FISHEYE For Nikon
Nikon→Canon conversion adapter
Firuta LEE Soft
ISO 6400
F2.8
30sec
04:50:53 October 22, 2009
Only by one shot (None Composite )
Vietnam, Thung nham bird park.
Life in the crowded nest area is tough, and these Asian openbills are fighting hard for the better place. On the top of the trees there is no place for everyone, and the trees are almost breaking under the weight of these birds.
10kL Competition Submission
Credit to: Dawson Wylder
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Topic 3 (make an OC character that's never been made before):
Jack: An unknown ghoul who haunts Halloween night in Avalon City, it's said that Jack'O Lantern has found a body...but still enjoys cutting heads off for enjoyment with his blazing sword called "Firebyte". If your out on Halloween night in Avalon City run!
Brat: A young girl who when angered or upset release a powerful kinetic force! She is a world class brat who when not getting what she wants lashes out with her powers causing a large amount property damage to the city.
Canvas: When Oliver (Canvas), tried to become a world famous artists his art work was bought for a small price and then forged and sold at a higher price to bidders in Avalon City auction by a con man. When Oliver found out the news he tried to report it to the police but had no evidence as the original copies were destroyed by the con man. Heart Broken and poor Oliver tossed a nickel into a magic wishing fountain hoping for his situation to turn around, little did he know the fountain granted him a wish but...with a price.
The wish gave Canvas a magic paint brush which used magical inc and a canvas. The magic items allowed Oliver to paint whatever he wanted...however Oliver soon found that whatever he painted leapt off the canvas and became a real item or creature.
Using this ability to get revenge on the con man that screwed him over, Oliver made a persona called "Canvas" who painted a machine gun and used it to gun down the con man. Now becoming a criminal Canvas hides from the police however his persona Canvas slowly grows stronger and more dangerous...always thinking "big picture" Canvas is painting a large Hydra Dragon to wreak havoc on Avalon City.
Painting bundles of money and drugs he is a dangerous distributor in the back market and even paints Nuclear warheads which comes to life and sells them to thugs and super villains.
WEEK 11 – S Perkins Sprouts, Set I
Again, I encourage you to revisit those blog posts linked in the previous description for details and photos of Sprouts’s construction; I may also mention some details in this album, but no promises and definitely not right now, so if you want to see the development of the store beforehand, it’s probably best to go and check that stuff out instead. The short story, though, is that Sprouts made a number of modifications to the building -- much more extensive than anything Schnucks or Kroger ever did -- but ultimately, that is in fact the same 1970s building underneath. The road signs, too, remain from the Seessel's days -- a nice touch, which I'm very happy about :)
Alright, so jumping back into it here – remember that I said Sprouts' first area location opened up in Lakeland, circa 2014, just a few years before this store opened. I also briefly called out Schnucks's bogus-ish competition claim, that they left as a result of “fierce competition including a growing number of non-traditional grocers” – while it’s true that Memphis did have a fair amount of nontraditional competition then (and has even more now, what with the entrances of Sprouts and Trader Joe's to the market), I'd argue that it's unlikely any of those really took away much, if any, business from Schnucks... many of these "other" stores serve specific markets -- Whole Foods and Fresh Market have upscale clientele, and Save-a-Lot and Cash Saver are more price-impact/price-minded stores, for instance -- and that's exactly why they are called "nontraditional." They have specific audiences that don't have very much overlap with the others. As far as "traditional" competition goes, all we've really got are some scattered independent grocers, mainly Superlo Foods; Walmart; and Kroger. And if you're going for truly "pure" competition, as in a chain grocery store with service bakery, deli, and butcher in every location -- Kroger is it. It's the only one. We don't have a lot of grocery options around here.
Looking at Kroger's own information released to shareholders, we can get some additional information to form a better picture of the logistics of the Memphis grocery scene. Kroger's annual fact books commonly list specific metro areas, along with the top two competitors Kroger faces in those areas. In Memphis, the number one competitor has been, is, and probably always will be Walmart. No surprise there -- not totally comparable, since Walmart isn't a traditional grocery store in and of its own right, but it's absolutely to be expected and is surely where a lot of people (including myself!) get their grocery shopping done. As for the second competitor, though? For a few years there it was *Walgreens.* Walgreens! A drugstore! They listed a freakin' pharmacy as the second-biggest threat they face as to courting customers to buy groceries from them!! That should certainly serve as proof that all those other "nontraditional" players that Schnucks went on about in reality have very little pull in the Memphis grocery market as a whole. Rather, besides the behemoths that are Kroger and Walmart, Schnucks likely only has themselves to blame for their failure.
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In the interest of full disclosure, I do want to mention that Kroger's most recent fact books have now begun to show Superlo Foods as their second-biggest threat when it comes to competition in the Memphis metro. That's at least a much more credible, as opposed to laughable, competitor, especially since Superlo has continually grown over the years -- they opened their ninth store just two years ago, as a matter of fact, in a building that Kroger gifted to them, no less; and another of their locations is one of those four Schnucks stores that Kroger didn't take over in 2011, which I've shared with y'all a few times before in my photostream (see my album here). But still... it's very unlikely that an independently-run local grocery chain with only nine stores can have anything beyond a relatively minor impact on a national grocery behemoth that operates 31 stores in a two-county area.
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"The BMW 8 Series Coupé M Automobiles represent the pinnacle of driving luxury – an elegant translation of M genes for everyday use – both on the road and the racetrack. Available in three variants; the BMW M850i xDrive Coupé offers an exceptional synthesis of comfort, performance and efficiency. The BMW M8 Coupé with M xDrive offers luxury ambiance with the ultimate motorsport feeling, designed to push the limits of dynamic performance. The BMW M8 Competition Coupé with M xDrive is an even more powerful, extravagant version of this high-performance sports car..."
Source: BMW Ireland
Photogaphed at Mondello Park at BMW Experience day.
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I don't know much about the history of this image, other than it was in Granddad's collection and depicts firefighters from Shepshed Fire Station at an inter-station competition. The uniforms suggest it would not have been taken much after the mid-1970s.
On the subject of uniforms, it is interesting to see the all-black Cork and leather helmets, which persisted until the early 90s in some areas (albeit with a change in colour) and the presence of individual axes on each firefighter's belt.
The crew are demonstrating, presumably against the clock, their ability to set up a lightweight portable pump and suction system, to deliver water from ponds, streams, lakes or similar. Rural firefighting, such as in Leicestershire, would often entail securing water from such open sources.
Here in Victoria, we use a modern version of this with a metal strainer on the end to prevent debris entering the system. I suspect the modern suction hoses are a slightly larger too. The two firefighters with their backs to us appear to be securing a line to the hose, which is a practice that endures here.
I would note that their pump seems a great deal more sophisticated than the one I have used, in that it has instruments! Mind you, we tend to take our trucks, with their four wheel drive capacity, closer to the desired water source and use the truck pump to obtain water.
A step away from a country park play area there were hundreds of mushrooms all doing their bit to break down all the leaves and dead wood.
So you may know I'm going to do my own doll competition with lots of doll types and different teams (read here www.flickr.com/photos/disneykid96/7132713445/ and here www.flickr.com/photos/disneykid96/7139710025/ )
BtwTeam My scene is now be merged with Team Barbie to become one team and I may add a team pullip as I should get my pullip in two weeks:D
So before I open auditions I would just like everyone to say which team/teams (you can enter more than one if you wish!) you would like to enter!
Also suggestions for themes would be most appreciated :D
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Pairofqueens
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FloundersFolly
birdie
PjLuvzDollz
Team Monster High
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BratzShows102
Birdie
Divaray
Miku_loves_MH
Sailor Doll 2
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Sakuteiku
Team Bratz/Moxie
PjLuvsDollz
S.U.N
CheyChan
Pairofqueens
Pairofqueens
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Birdie
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Sailor Doll 2
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Miku Loves MH?
Sailor Doll 2
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Possible themes:
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underwater
makeovers?
GLAM!
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frozen
colours/ rainbow
kimonos/japan
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if I forgot to tag you please don't be offended there were a lot of people to tag xD
Proton Competition, Porsche 911 RSR-19, Drivers: Michael Fassbender, Matt Campbell and Zach Robichon.
24 Heures du Mans 11-12 Juin 2022
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My parents emphasized cooperation, not competition. To this day, my siblings and I are non-competitive!
But, I have observed that competitive actions are sometimes a sign of closeness, in humans and other animals.
Pelicans during feeding time at the Jurong Birdpark, Singapore.
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