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It's always a joy when you get to work with a model who is a natural...and Katie is nothing if not natural. I'd like to take credit for having given her artistic direction for her pose in this shot....but I can't...it's all her own work.
Katie is the daughter of two of my friends...and just a delight to work with in the studio. All I really have to do is set up the lights...and let her be herself.
It's not always that easy...and I can recall a "photo session from Hell" with those who shall remain nameless (but if you were to guess they were Katie's older brothers [when they were much younger]...you might not be far wrong!)
You can see another shot from this session here:
and this Photoshop reworking of it here:
No smoking of segars. Don't spit on the floor. I've served other churches with historic documents posted, emphasizing expectations that seem humorous by today's standards. The church in which I grew up had such a poster locked in a safe.
I wonder what things were like in the 1800s, to make it necessary to state these things . . .
Various combos of salt cabbage napa cabbage carrots garlic ginger radishes
24 hours in
Colors change as it goes
You never know what a day will bring. One day, 75 degrees. Two days later: possibly 2 to 4 inches of snow. Cannot believe we might actually have snow here.
This Robins nest is in an active bird hide and whilst tucked away in a dark corner (hence the daft ISO and less than perfect IQ) the Robins seem to be quite happy to carry on with life whilst many birdwatchers come and go without even noticing them.
Friends, press photographers, team manager and public look down the finishing straight in anticipation as the leaders sprint towards them. Seconds later, Steele von Hoff (NFTO Pro Racing) crossed the line an inch or two ahead of Ed Clancy (JLT Condor) to win the Canary Wharf stage.
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Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Howard shares his leadership experiences starting as a GS-2 student fellow at WAPA with the team. (Photo by Travis Weger)
Paralia Katerini, Greece
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The mist was heavier yet when I got out upon the marshes,
so that instead of my running at everything, everything seemed to run at me.
This was very disagreeable to a guilty mind.
Ch Dickens
Sony HX400V---What you expect in a civilized society, is that people won't dump their garbage in a wildlife or wetland preserve. For a couple of years, a group of yet-to-be-identified persons have been using this area as their personal dumping ground. The city sends in a crew occasionally to haul it away and I sometimes put some of it in a bag for re-cycling. But there's always more a few days later.
There are some places where this would be considered as an ordinary and expected thing. But in this area, it has not been normal until recent times and so it causes more reactions like mine. I hope that I never become accustomed to it and tolerant of it.
Quite often, the junk contains children's clothing, broken toys and play equipment. I hope those kids aren't looking to their parents for good examples regarding personal responsibility.
I was shooting for a video of the band's rehearsal and decided to go for a quick band photo after it. The light was pretty bad, but it turned out to be a quite good photo. Awesome band, by the way, make sure to check them! www.facebook.com/onlywhenshared
Ecovolis (Albanian for "Ecobike"), the system launched March 23 with four stations with 10 bikes each. They've already sold 2,000 subscriptions and have rented bikes out to many more customers on a per-trip basis.
The public enthusiasm has exceeded the best expectations of the group behind the scheme: the Social Alternatives Incentive Programme (PASS). It's also stirred interest among potential corporate donors, who had earlier raised their eyebrows at the idea. “Before starting the project, it was very difficult for us to persuade companies to sponsor the project,” said PASS's director Ened Mato “Now the companies are interested and trying to negotiate with us to sponsor the project.”
The response has been so promising, PASS already plans to open an additional two stations in Tirana and even hopes to expand Ecovolis to neighbouring communities.
Although the system is admittedly small for a city of 600,000 people, Ecovolis has been a feat of ingenuity and perseverance given the circumstances. In terms of infrastructure, Tirana has only a few recreational paths on the margins of city green areas, and also a few experimental shared bus/bike lanes. There is simply no culture of transport cycling in the city, and the modal share -- if it were to be measured -- is assumed to be well under 1 percent.
In a sense, introducing bike sharing to Tirana is tantamount to introducing cycling to Tirana. Full stop. Organisers had to be realistic about the start-up budget, while at the same time, make a big splash and stimulate interest in a novel transport concept. And because PASS's core mission is creating opportunities for needy citizens, they wanted the programme to have a strong social element.
So PASS rolled out Ecovolis as one element of a broader programme called Tirana Community Bicycle. Part of its activities are giving away bicycles to children of needy families and part is offering necessary staff positions to marginalised citizens. The programme also includes Sunday cycling lessons and various cycling activities for youth.
In regard to the bike-sharing scheme, it had to be low-tech. A swipe-card activated system of the type operating in London, Paris, Barcelona (and soon in Budapest) would have been far too expensive for Tirana. And aside from the cost, swipe cards just aren't used much in Albania.
But this was fine. PASS fashioned Ecovolis as a social business: Each docking station is staffed by two attendants at all times. The necessary staffing not only creates jobs (two shifts per day = four jobs per station), it also puts a human face on the service. The attendants can explain and promote bike sharing while raising awareness of utility cycling in a brand-new market.
Key to getting the project off the ground was the support of Tirana City Hall and a cash donation of USD 24,000 from the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA). Even more significant was a donation of 450 used bikes from the US-based Pedal for Progress organisation.
One difficulty has been the higher than expected maintenance needs. Although this is a typical challenge for bike-sharing systems, it may be hitting Ecovolis especially hard due to the inexperience of users and the somewhat delicate quality of the standard-issue bicycles. During the initial weeks of the project, 30 of the scheme’s 40 bicycles required repairs on any given day. PASS hopes to address this by purchasing sturdier, new bikes as the system is expanded. It was also hoped that as the scheme’s customers get used to the system, they'll learn to use the bikes without causing damages.
Despite teething problems, Ecovolis is moving ahead. Plans include creating a database of users and members to get a better handle on Ecovolis's market (half of subscribers are women) and to start giving service discounts to Ecovolis customers. Meanwhile, according to Mato, PASS is in talks with the mayors of Durres, Pogradec and Vlora for possible franchises.
My eldest daughter on the way back. Image taken right before, before she began her long journey back.
Expectations are pre-meditated resentments
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Carol Brown Goldberg
Acrylic on canvas with crystalline
48 x 36 inches
2007
The National Arts Club
Marquis and Trask Galleries
New York, New York
January 3 - 15, 2008
Joined by Department of Correction officials and Connections Community Support Programs staff, Governor Markell visited New Expectations, a residential sober living facility in Newark for pregnant offenders who are struggling with addiction, to talk with program participants about Delaware’s expanded use of community-based treatment and supervision as an alternative to incarceration.
Closing Session of Safeguard’s Emerging Technologies Workshop held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 29 January 2020
Artist: Stephanie Murphy / Scriberia
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
A lovely Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana javana) in Tampines Eco Green. Go green with me in my blog: Tampines Eco Green
*Note: More pics of Butterflies and Moths in my Butterflies and Moths Album.