SpirosK is the wonderful photographer for this henna project, and Danai Gourd the marvellous model. We shot in an abandoned hotel in the mountains north of Athens, Greece. The hotel was really moody, surreal, post-apocalyptic fairy in a mad maxish setting. This was one of the most fun projects I have worked on with a great crew - assistants, make up artists, everyone gave 110% of their energy to do this.

Henna was a challenge for me, not my normal style. Tried to make it thorny, not too flowery, tribally, but not too tribal, and the raggedy faerie wings were accented with water color pencil.

The cast and crew are:

Spiros K. = Photographer

Kree Arvanitas = Henna artist

Danai Gourd = Model

Jennifer Rage = Makeup Artist

Magdalini = Artist Assistant

Anastasia = Model Assistant

The okapi (pronounced /oʊˈkɑːpiː/), Okapia johnstoni, is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of the zebra, it is most closely related to the giraffe.

The animal was brought to prominent European attention by speculation on its existence found in popular press reports covering Henry Morton Stanley's journeys in 1887. Remains of a carcass were later sent to London by the English adventurer Harry Johnston and became a media event in 1901. Today there are approximately 10,000–20,000 in the wild and as of 2011, 42 different institutions display them worldwide.

Okapis are herbivores, eating tree leaves and buds, grass, ferns, fruit, and fungi. Many of the plant species fed upon by the okapi are poisonous to humans.

Examination of okapi feces has revealed that the charcoal from trees burnt by lightning is consumed as well. Field observations indicate that the okapi's mineral and salt requirements are filled primarily by a sulfurous, slightly salty, reddish clay found near rivers and streams.

Although okapis are not classified as endangered, they are threatened by habitat destruction and poaching. The world population is estimated at 10,000–20,000. Conservation work in the Congo includes the continuing study of okapi behaviour and lifestyle, which led to the creation in 1992 of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve. The Congo Civil War threatened both the wildlife and the conservation workers in the reserve.

There is an important captive breeding centre at Epulu, at the heart of the reserve, which is managed jointly by the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) and Gillman International Conservation, which in turn receives support from other organisations including UNESCO, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and WildlifeDirect as well as from zoos around the world. The Wildlife Conservation Society is also active in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve.

On June 8, 2006, scientists reported that evidence of surviving okapis in Congo's Virunga National Park had been discovered. This had been the first official okapi sighting in that park since 1959, after nearly half a century. In September 2008, the Wildlife Conservation Society reported that one of their camera traps snapped the first photo ever taken of an okapi in Virunga National Park

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Fort Santiago is a citadel first built by Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi for the new established city of Manila in the Philippines. The defence fortress is part of the structures of the walled city of Manila called Intramuros ( within the walls ). The fort is one of the most important historical sites in Manila. Several lives were lost in its prisons during the Spanish Colonial Period and World War II. José Rizal, the Philippines' national hero, was imprisoned here before his execution in 1896. The Rizal Shrine museum displays memorabilia of the hero in their collection and the fort features, embedded onto the ground in bronze, his footsteps representing his final walk from his cell to the location of the actual execution. The fort was named after Saint James the Great ( Santiago in Spanish ), the patron saint of Spain, whose relief adorns the facade of the front gate. It is located at the mouth of the Pasig River and served as the premier defence fortress of the Spanish Government during their rule of the country. It became a main fort for the spice trade to the Americas and Europe for 333 years. The Manila Galleon trade to Acapulco, Mexico began from the Fuerza de Santiago.

The fort has a perimeter of 2,030 feet ( 620 m ), and it is of a nearly triangular form. The south front, which looks toward the city, is a curtain with a terreplein, flanked by two demi-bastions - the Bastion of San Fernando, on the riverside, and the Bastion of San Miguel, by the bay side. A moat connected with the river separates the fort from the city. Near the beginning of the north face, instead of a bastion, a cavalier called Santa Barbara was built with three faces of batteries, one looking seaward over the anchorage place, one facing the entrance, and the third looking upon the river. The latter is united with a tower of the same height as the walls, through which there is a descent to the water battery placed on a semicircular platform, thus completing the triangular form of the fort.

The 22-foot ( 6.7 m ) high walls, with a thickness of eight feet ( 2.4 m ) are pierced for the necessary communications. The front gateway facade measures 40 feet ( 12 m ) high being in the south wall and facing the city. The communication with the river and the sea was by an obscure postern gate - the Postigo de la Nuestra Señora del Soledad ( Postern of Our Lady of Solitude ). Inside the fort were guard stations, together with the barracks of the troops of the garrison and quarters of the warden and his subalterns. Also inside the fort were various storehouses, a chapel, the powder magazine, the sentry towers, the cisterns, etc. The location of Fort Santiago was once the site of a palisaded fort, armed with bronze guns, of Rajah Sulaiman, a Muslim chieftain of pre-Hispanic Manila. It was destroyed by maestre de campo ( master-of-camp ) Martin de Goiti who, on arriving in 1570 from Cebu, fought several battles with the Islamic natives. The Spaniards started building Fort Santiago ( Fuerza de Santiago ) after the establishment of the city of Manila under Spanish rule on June 24, 1571, and made Manila the capital of the newly colonized country.

The first fort was a structure of palm logs and earth. Most of it was destroyed when the city was invaded by Chinese pirates led by Limahong. Martin de Goiti was killed during the siege. After a fierce conflict, the Spaniards under the leadership of Juan de Salcedo, eventually drove the pirates out to Pangasinan province to the north, and eventually out of the country. The construction of Fort Santiago with hard stone, together with the original fortified walls of Intramuros, began in 1590 and finished in 1593 during the reign of Gomez Perez Dasmariñas. The stones used were volcanic tuff quarried from Guadalupe ( now Gualupe Viejo in Makati ). The fort as Dasmariñas left it consisted of a castellated structure without towers, trapezoidal in trace, its straight grey front projecting into the river mouth. Arches supported an open gun platform above, named the battery of Santa Barbara, the patron saint of all good artillerymen. These arches formed casemates which afforded a lower tier of fire through embrasures. Curtain walls of simplest character, without counter forts or interior buttresses, extended the flanks to a fourth front facing the city.

In 1714, the ornate gate of Fort Santiago was erected together with some military barracks. The Luzon earthquakes of 1880, which destroyed much of the city of Manila, destroyed the front edifice of the fort changing its character. During the leadership of Fernándo Valdés y Tamon in the 1730's, a large semicircular gun platform to the front called media naranja ( half orange ) and another of lesser dimensions to the river flank were added to the Bastion of Santa Barbara. The casemates were then filled in and embrasures closed. He also changed the curtain wall facing city ward to a bastioned front. A lower parapet, bordering the interior moat, connects the two bastions. Fort Santiago, the 16th century military defence structure, stands witness to the valour and heroism of the Filipino through the centuries. Today, the fort, its bastions, and the prison dungeons for criminals used by the Spanish officials, is now part of a historical park which also includes the Plaza del Moriones ( also called the Plaza de Armas ) and several ruins. The park houses well-preserved legacies from the Spanish Colonial Period including Jose Rizal memorabilia at the Rizal Shrine.

De Abdij van Val-Dieu of Abdij van Godsdal is een voormalige cisterciënzerabdij in de gemeente Aubel in de Belgische provincie Luik. De abdij, gesticht in het begin van de 13e eeuw, is thans een bezinningscentrum en een bezoekerscentrum met onder andere openbaar toegankelijk park, een brouwerij, een restaurant en een winkel.

De Abdij van Val-Dieu ontstond begin 13e eeuw als een uitbreiding van de Abdij van Hocht (bij Maastricht), een klooster dat zich in deze periode steeds meer ontwikkelde tot een adellijk stift voor vrouwen. In 1203 had de abdij in Weerst al een stuk grond gekocht om daarop een nieuwe abdij voor cisterciënzermonniken te bouwen. In 1216 schonk de toenmalige graaf van Dalhem, Lotharius van Are Hochstaden, echter grond voor een nieuwe abdij in het Land van Herve, precies op de grens van het graafschap Dalhem en het hertogdom Limburg. Ook Hendrik III van Limburg deed een schenking aan de nieuwe gemeenschap. In 1217 en 1218 werd de stichting door een pauselijke bul bevestigd.

Op deze plek, in de dunbevolkte vallei van de Berwijn, ontstond in korte tijd een kloostergemeenschap met op haar hoogtepunt in de 13e eeuw tot dertig monniken en een areaal van 1000 hectare. De abdij bezat toen ook zes molens, drie hoeven, acht schuren en wijngaarden. Toch was de gemeenschap nooit echt talrijk maar economisch wel belangrijk voor de streek. Op politiek gebied nam de abt van Godsdal zitting in de statenvergadering van Dalhem. Vanaf 1598 was de abt afgevaardigd in de Staten van Limburg en de Landen van Overmaas.

De successieoorlog in Limburg (1283-1288) verarmde de abdij en in 1286 vernielde een brand de kerk. Ook de religieuze ijver verminderde wat zelfs leidde tot een interventie van het algemeen kapittel van de cisterciënzers. Door giften van hertog Jan II van Brabant en zijn opvolgers werd de abdij terug opgebouwd. De herstelde abdijkerk kwam in 1331 klaar.

In de 15e eeuw leed de abdij onder de zware oorlogsbelastingen van Karel de Stoute. In de 16e eeuw verslapte de tucht opnieuw. Protestantse opstandelingen, volgens sommigen Hollandse of staatse troepen, staken in 1574 de kerk en het klooster in brand. De wederopbouw werd eerst in 1625 voltooid. In 1636 werd abt Michiel van Verviers ontvoerd door Hollandse troepen en in 1684 werd de abdij geplunderd door Franse troepen. De 18e eeuw bracht een tijd van rust en herstel. Vooral abt Jean Dubois was actief als bouwheer.

Onder de Franse bezetting werden de kloosterorden opgeheven, ook de cisterciënzers. De abdij werd door de Fransen in beslag genomen en in 1798 terug verkocht aan de abt, die er bleef wonen tot zijn dood in 1812. Zijn erfgenamen verkochten de inboedel. In 1839 werd de kerk deels vernield. In 1840 slaagde de laatste overlevende monnik erin een deel van de abdij te kopen van de familie van de abt. In 1844 vestigden zich opnieuw monniken, afkomstig uit de Sint-Bernardusabdij in Bornem, in het complex, dat vanaf dat moment een priorij werd. De priorij vormde slechts een klein deel van het veel grotere landgoed, dat in privébezit bleef.

Het gastenverblijf, de abdijhoeve, de smidse, de graanmolen en de omliggende landerijen van circa 120 hectare werden in 1852 verworven door de Luikenaar Henry Pétry, die gehuwd was met barones Eugénie Plunkett de Rathmore. Na de dood van Eugénie in 1883 erfden haar dochters Louise en Eugénie beiden de helft van de abdij van Val-Dieu en een vlakbij gelegen kasteel in Dalhem-Neufchâteau. Louise Pétry (1849-1916) was gehuwd met de Maastrichtse ondernemer en grootgrondbezitter Gustave (I) Regout (1839-1923), die door uitkoop van Louises zuster het gehele landgoed Val-Dieu (met uitzondering van de priorijgebouwen) wist te verkrijgen. Na haar dood kwam ook het kasteel in Neufchâteau in bezit van de Regouts. Hun zoon Adolphe Regout (1876-1952) ontving Val-Dieu als huwelijksgeschenk bij zijn huwelijk met Jeanne Laloux (1881-1971) in 1902. De familie Regout-Laloux met hun zeven kinderen woonden eerst in Luik, later in Brussel, en benutten het landgoed als zomerverblijf en jachtgebied. Experimenten van Adolphe om er schapen te fokken en een fruitbedrijf te vestigen, waren weinig succesvol. Na de dood van Jeanne in 1971 werd Val-Dieu in fasen verkocht. De laatste Regout die er op een pachthoeve woonde was Roger Regout (1915-2010).

Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog groeide de abdij onder impuls van abt Albéric Steiger uit tot een centrum voor het verzet tegen de Duitse bezetting en tot een veilige haven voor vervolgde personen. In deze tijd waren twee monniken, pater Hugo (Karel Jacobs, uit Antwerpen) en pater Stephanus (Piet Mühren, uit Bergen op Zoom) actief in het verzetsnetwerk Clarence. Toen hun verzetsactiviteiten door infiltranten in Duitse dienst aan het licht gebracht werd, werden zij opgepakt. Op 9 oktober 1943 werden ze samen met andere verzetsleden terechtgesteld in het Fort bij Rijnauwen, in de buurt van Utrecht. Een stèle in de abdijkerk brengt hulde aan de twee monniken.

In februari 2002 verlieten de laatste drie monniken de priorij. Hun plaats is ingenomen door een christelijke lekengemeenschap, geïnspireerd door de regel van Benedictus en de traditie van de cisterciënzers. De lekengemeenschap van Val-Dieu is verbonden met de abdij van Lérins, het oudste klooster van Frankrijk.

Een groot deel van de 17e- en 18e-eeuwse abdijgebouwen is bewaard gebleven. Het U-vormige poortgebouw geeft toegang tot een binnenhof, waaraan zich het paleis van de abt en het gastenkwartier bevinden, die alle onder het bewind van abt Jean Dubois (1711-1749) tot stand kwamen. Op het fronton van het abtenpaleis is het wapen van Dubois aangebracht.Ook de kloostervleugels en de economiegebouwen (waaronder een watermolen) bleven in de Franse tijd gespaard. Achter de abdij bevindt zich een vrij toegankelijk landschapspark van ca 7 ha met verschillende biotopen. Een deel van het park dateert uit de 18e eeuw en heeft monumentenstatus. In het park staan achttien bomen die beschermd zijn als Waals erfgoed.

De kerk is in 1839 gedeeltelijk afgebroken en in 1870 weer opgebouwd. De vieringtoren werd pas in 1934 toegevoegd. In 1946 werd de kerk door de paus verheven tot basiliek. Enkele architectuurfragmenten van de 13e-eeuwse kerk zijn bewaard gebleven, onder andere de sacristie, twee kapellen en een hardstenen poortomlijsting aan de noordgevel van het koor. In het kerkinterieur bevindt zich verder een rood marmeren wijwatervat afkomstig van de oorspronkelijke kerk. Het klooster is tegen een zijbeuk van de kerk aangebouwd.

Val-Dieu Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Wallonia in the Berwinne valley near Aubel in the Pays de Herve (province of Liège, Belgium).

In 1216 a small number of monks from Hocht Abbey in Lanaken, near Maastricht, settled in the uninhabited valley which formed the border between the Duchy of Limburg and the county of Dalhem; they called their settlement Vallis Dei (French: Val-Dieu; English: Valley of God).

The abbey's original church was destroyed in 1287 during the War of the Limburg Succession. The church was rebuilt, but was destroyed again in 1574 during the Eighty Years' War, and in 1683 by the armies of Louis XIV. Under the jurisdiction of Abbot Jean Dubois, from 1711 until 1749, the abbey flourished. It was dissolved during the French Revolution, when the church was destroyed for the fourth time.

The remaining buildings were left empty until 1844, when they were resettled by the last living monk of Val-Dieu from the time before the Revolution, together with four monks from Bornem Abbey.

The abbey was closed again in 2001, when the last three monks left. Since 1 January 2002 a small lay community has lived there, under the leadership of rector Jean-Pierre Schenkelaars, overseen by the regional ecclesiastical authorities, in association with the Cistercian Order.

In 1997 the Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-Dieu was established in the abbey farm, and brews a range of abbey beers in the tradition of the former Val-Dieu monks. Their range includes a Belgian blonde (6%), brune (8%), triple (9%), as well as a grand cru (10.5%).

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Elmina Castle is the oldest European building in Africa, built by the Portuguese in the 15th century. At different times the castle has been used as a warehouse to trade gold, ivory, and eventually slaves.

Outside the castle is found a wonderful fishing village and its harbor full of large colorful fishing canoes. Every day these canoes are guided by skilled fishermen who face the strong ocean for a living.

The alleys in the old town have a lively atmosphere, going back to a time when Elmina was a wild colonial town.

In the old town we will pay attention to the Posuban. The Posuban are the shrines of the old “Asafo companies” made of warriors who used to place their offerings on the large colorful statues.

The old Dutch Cemetery in Elmina goes back to 1806.

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WOW – That is the only word I can use to describe the hard work of all our incredible volunteers today! Despite blowing a master cylinder on on Cleanup Truck nocking it out of commission half way thought the event, on 4/11/15 we worked with over 180 volunteers to nor only completely cleanup Bread and Cheese Creek, but to clean all the bordering streets along the stream, remove a huge trash and log jam at the pumping station, clean the alleys in Berksire bordering the stream, clean the hill on Berkshire Road behind the BP station and they also continued cleaning up the woods behind the North Point Plaza Flea Market!!!! In all the removed enough trash to overfill a 40 yard dumpster (a front end loader was brought in to smash everything down and make more room) and we filled a dump truck as well! This included over 590 bags of trash, 21 tires, 8 shopping carts, 2 toilets, 2 trashcans, lots of sheetrock, a mattress, a toilet!!

We would like thank all our wonderful volunteers who came out and made such an amazing difference! We would also like to thank LaFarge for feeding everyone with their delicious Jack Daniels Pulled Pork Barbeque sandwiches, Pat’s Pizza and Pizza Hut for donating pizzas to feel our army of volunteers, and Entenmanns Discount Bakery for donating lots of donuts to keep our sugar up during the event. We would also like to thank the Johns Hopkins Green Team for donating trash bags, hand sanitizer, trash pickers, and granola bars. And of course we have to thank the Alliance for the Chesapeake Park for donating trash bags, and gloves. Thank you everyone for all your hard work today and for making an amazing difference for our environment and the community!

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This is a photograph from the fourth annual running of the "Mullingar 10" - a 10 mile road race and fun run which was held in Dalystown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Sunday July 17th 2017 at 11:00. The race was organised by Mullingar Harriers who promoted the event. There was almost 280 participants in the event. The race follows a simple 'figure of 8' route. The race starts from Dalystown National School and heads north briefly to Dalystown cross-roads where there is a left turn which brings runners along the L1122 road. The only real cross-over of the route is at the 2.5 and 7.5 mile mark. The race completes a loop between 2.5 and the 7.5 mile mark which brings runners into the locality of Ballinagore. The final 2.5 miles of the race brings runners back through Cloneheigue and the final 1.5 miles of the race is along straight road heading north back to Dalystown and the finish outside of Wallace's Pub which is just off the N52 road.

The course was a mixture of long straight level sections of road with some short rolling hills which made for a challenging but an overall fair course. The race took place is warm temperatures with a strong southerly breeze in the face of runners for stretches along the route. However some beautiful mature hedgerows along the mostly rural roads provided shade and shelter from the sun for runners. This race has actually had excellent weather for its first four years with some runners saying that temperatures may have even been a bit too high for distance running.

This was the fourth year of the event it has become an annual fixture on the calendar. The running calendar today shows a marked shortage of races at the 10 mile distance and this was one of the original reasons this distance was chosen for this race. Clubs from all over the North Leinster region and beyond were represented today. Refreshments were provided outside Wallace's Pub at the Finish line. Well done to Mullingar Harriers and all the many volunteers who helped make today's race a wonderful success.

Our full set of photographs from the start and finish of this year's race is available here on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157686310944525

Dalystown is very much a picture of the classic rural Irish parish and is situated about 7 miles south of Mullingar just off the N52 road to Tullamore Co. Offaly. The lands of Dalystown is situated at the south east corner of Lough Ennell which is the dominant geographical feature around this part of Co. Westmeath.

Electronic Timing and Event Management was provided by MyRunResults and their website is www.myrunresults.com

Race Headquarters at Dalystown National School: www.google.ie/maps/@53.4351401,-7.3851583,3a,75y,270h,90t...

Photographs from the 1st Mullingar 10 Mile in 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157645912529346

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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?

As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:

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michael andretti just moments before he crashed his brand new kraco racing march 88c that had fewer than 50 miles on it.

he had tried to go through turn one full throttle.

it didn't work. he crashed at at least 140mph. the car was written off. he was unhurt.

the next frame on the roll was a blurred shot of the sky. i had hit the ground. he hit the wall about 30-40 feet from me.

behind me was a large metal sign advertising something. in it were stuck numerous pieces of the car.

This is 3 shot panorama that I took last week on a walk in the Dales. A couple of friends and myself walked the Inglborough "circular "walk from Clapham village. About 8 and a half miles into the walk I noticed this view. I had to stop, take it all in, and take the shots to make this panorama. Pen y Ghent is on the far left (one of the famous 3 peaks), the limestone pavements in the centre make a rocky crossing. Then on the right, the green of the lower lands in the valley lead you down to Austwick and Clapham. I hope you like the shot, and of course the view. Let me know what you think of this beautiful part of my home county, Yorkshire. Have a great weekend, Graham.

This is a highly detailed, original watercolor painting of the Chicago Cubs 1940 uniform. It was created as part of a collection of 17 pieces of original art celebrating the history of the uniforms of the MLB Chicago Cubs. This original painting, and more than 1500 other NFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA football and CFL uniform paintings, is available for sale at our Heritage Sports Art website.

To get a good understanding of the art, the history behind this whole project and what the art looks like when it's framed, check out our Chicago Cubs Artwork YouTube video.

You can also read several Chicago Cubs history posts at our Heritage Jerseys and Uniforms blog including a history of every home stadium the Cubs have ever played in - and also several hundred other NFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA football and CFL posts too.

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United States–Canada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state. Detroit's metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 5.3 million people, making it the fourteenth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the second-largest in the Midwestern United States (behind Chicago). It is a major port on the Detroit River, a strait that connects the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest economic region in the Midwest, behind Chicago, and the thirteenth-largest in the United States.

Detroit is the center of a three-county urban area (population 3,734,090, area of 1,337 square miles (3,460 km2), a 2010 United States Census) six-county metropolitan statistical area (2010 Census population of 4,296,250, area of 3,913 square miles [10,130 km2]), and a nine-county Combined Statistical Area (2010 Census population of 5,218,852, area of 5,814 square miles [15,060 km2]). The Detroit–Windsor area, a commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000. The Detroit metropolitan region holds roughly one-half of Michigan's population.

Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and a party of settlers. With expansion of the automobile industry, the Detroit area emerged as a significant metropolitan region within the United States in the early 20th century, when the city became the fourth-largest in the country for a period. In the 1950s and 1960s, expansion continued with construction of a regional freeway system.

Due to industrial restructuring and loss of jobs in the auto industry, Detroit lost considerable population from the late 20th century to present. Between 2000 and 2010 the city's population fell by 25 percent, changing its ranking from the nation's 10th-largest city to 18th. In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777, more than a 60 percent drop from a peak population of over 1.8 million at the 1950 census. This resulted from suburbanization, industrial restructuring, and the decline of Detroit's auto industry. Following the shift of population and jobs to its suburbs or other states or nations, the city has focused on becoming the metropolitan region's employment and economic center. Downtown Detroit has held an increased role as an entertainment destination in the 21st century, with the restoration of several historic theatres, several new sports stadiums, and a riverfront revitalization project. More recently, the population of Downtown Detroit, Midtown Detroit, and a handful of other neighborhoods has increased. Many other neighborhoods remain distressed, with extensive abandonment of properties.

The Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, declared a financial emergency for the city in March 2013, appointing an emergency manager. On July 18, 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history. It was declared bankrupt by Judge Steven W. Rhodes of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on December 3, 2013; he cited its $18.5 billion debt and declared that negotiations with its thousands of creditors were unfeasible. On November 7, 2014, Judge Rhodes approved the city's bankruptcy plan, allowing the city to begin the process of exiting bankruptcy. The City of Detroit successfully exited Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy with all finances handed back to the city at midnight on December 11, 2014.

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This is a photograph from the finish of the annual Na Fianna AC "Bob Heffernan and Mary Hanley" 5KM Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Johnstownbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Tuesday 17th May 2022 at 20:00. These photographs were taken around the 500m to go mark on the course.

This race needs no introductions as it is now firmly established on the Leinster road racing calendar with athletes travelling from all over the region to take part. The race has gained a glowing reputation as being one of the fastest 5KM road races in Ireland. It is one of the rare occasions around road racing circles these days where a very small club can organise a very successful large participation race. The attendance at this year's race exceeded all expectations. Today's race had a record attendance with over 700 participants finishing the race following on from around 600 finishers in 2019. This is the first staging of the race since May 2019 after two postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This enforced hiatus has done nothing to reduce the allure of the race with runners coming from far and wide to participate. Popup Races were the official timing and event management partners of the race.

Our full set of photographs from today's race is at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72177720299045746. Please acknowledge us if you use these photographs for any purpose

This race has great historical and emotional significance for the hosting club Na Fianna. Since the race's inception over 25 years ago it has commemorated the years of work and volunteering that local man Bob Heffernan gave to Meath, Leinster, and Irish athletics from grass roots upwards and his work with the host club Na Fianna AC. This year the dearly departed Mary Hanley joins Bob in receiving the honour of race dedication. Mary was a stalwart athlete, coach and volunteer for Na Fianna AC for her entire life right up to her untimely passing in summer 2021. Na Fianna AC are typical of many rural sporting clubs who have a large catchment area which combines rural North Kildare and South Meath taking in Enfield, Rathmoylan, Johnstownbridge and Baconstown. The race, known affectionately by club-members as simply "Bob's race" (and now Mary's) is a fitting tribute to commemorate his contribution to this sport. Indeed, not many road races are held in the same affection by runners as Bob's Race with runners returning back every year to sample the course and the wonderful atmosphere again. More rarely heard is runners reminiscing of running this race 15 or 20 years ago! What a fantastic endorsement of the race. Indeed, we remember the days 18 years ago when this race was held in the village of Rathmoylan about 10 miles from the current venue. In those days the race was deemed a success if 75 to 100 runners made the start line. What a testimony to the hard work of Na Fianna AC today's race is! The weather was perfect for road racing - hardly any wind and warm temperatures - with bright hazy sunshine.

The race is part of the Popup Races KIA Race Series. The race is a fixture on the Meath AAI Road Race calendar despite the fact that the race is run completely in County Kildare. The current route for the race has stayed the same over the past few years. However previous to that the race was held in Enfield and also Rathmoylan in County Meath. The race starts on the busy Enfield to Edenderry road and this requires a big effort from stewards and marshalls. However, as always, the event was a resounding success with personal bests and great runs from many of the participants. The course is very fast and flat - it is a one loop course which is left-handed in terms of turns.

Our photographer on the night was Martin Murphy from North Westmeath Athletic Club - thanks Martin!

Photographs from 2019: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157708548820525

...Is another woman's photo op. Taken a while ago at a women's bathroom at school on an especially rainy, windy day.

The Micronutrient Forum is a consultative group that brings together people from a wide array of sectors who share an interest in reducing micronutrient malnutrition – including researchers, policy-makers, program implementers, and the private sector. The Micronutrient Forum facilitates dialogue, fosters collaboration, and disseminates up-to-date research to improve the design and implementation of scalable programs, as well as to identify and facilitate the filling of key evidence gaps.

The Micronutrient Forum global conference in Addis Ababa from 2-6 June 2014 marks the revival of the Micronutrient Forum and focuses on the convergence of interests and shared responsibility among stakeholders from various sectors, including nutrition, health, agriculture, social protection, food security, the private sector and their spheres of influence. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Sewunet

Hammond B3 Organ

Salem, Massachusetts

Sebastian Backhaus // 2014_10_01 // Turkey, Suruc // Border to Syria, Kobane: Turkish armee try to order the stream of thousands of citizen from Kobane to flee form the IS terror in Syria.

This is the Mary Peake (Elevation B) Tidewater Series single-family home by Ryan Homes. This home is available in the Fairways Cove neighborhood of Potomac Shores. The price starts at $530,000 with 2,865 basic square feet on 2 levels with an unfinished basement and 2 car garage. The floor plan allows 4-5 bedrooms, and 3.5 to 4.5 bathrooms.

Potomac Shores estate and single-family homes offer neighborhoods built among a 18 hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, miles of walking trails, elementary and middle schools built inside the community, a commercial town center, resort hotel, 450 slip marina, Virginia Railway Express commuter train station (Fredericksburg Line), office complex, athletic fields and courts, community center with workout and swimming facilities, and more.

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Shiva is pure consciousness. He is the Supreme Lord’s greatest bhakta as he is always meditating upon Narayana. Known as the Lord of Destruction, he stands for the dissolution of the mind, which is exactly what we need in order for pure Love to awaken inside the heart. Through his Grace, Shiva destroys our pride and ego so that bhakti can grow in our hearts and we can rise to attain the Lotus Feet of Lord Narayana.

Our Shivaratri celebrations were hosted live from Mauritius with Paramahamsa Vishwananda and Shree Peetha Nilaya - The Ashram. Festivities included several Shiva-lingam abhishekams, yajnas, and of course, beautiful kirtan by Bhakti Marga's devoted and talented musicians.

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This is my Kuroshitsuji RPC.

Name: Elektra Lilith Raven Rue

Nicknames: Lily, Rae, Ven, Ellie, Rave, Avril

Age: 13-14 (60 years as a vampire)

Birthday: July 23

Gender: Female

Species: Half Vampire, Half Human

Height: 158.5 cm (5'2")

Weight: 51.5 kg (113.5 lb)

Past: Her past is unknown, the only one who knows is an old friend, thought to long gone...

Personality: Tsundere

Random Facts:

♥ Likes the talk of pure hearts and imagination

♥ Is like Izaya Orihrara, but gender-bent

♥ Has the ability to absorb other abilities

Its deepest point is 230 metres (126 fathoms; 755 feet), making it the second deepest loch in Scotland after Loch Morar. So it's deep and quite murky.

I took this from fort Augustus end of the Loch in February 1978 with a Yashica TL Electro. The negatives have long since disappeared so this is a print scan. As a footnote, after consuming a few pints (or more?) at Inverness, I did think I saw "something"...

Hubbard Glacier viewed from the deck of a cruise ship. See the sequence below. Place cursor over the image to see my note. This is the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska, and its open calving face is over ten kilometers (6 miles) wide. You are only see 1/3 of the face in this panorama --the other 2/3 (or 4 miles) is to the left of the camera. The face rises an average of about 200 meters (600 feet) above the water (Disenchantment Bay). The glacier routinely calves off icebergs the size of a ten-story building.

This is the final image in this series, and we end on a real low note: Bridgegate House (the building which North Ayrshire Council and Irvine Bay Regeneration Company are spending almost £9m on at the moment, with the sole object of making it even more ugly). If you look at the top left of the photo collage, you can see the architects' drawing of the view of the West side of the High Street. Now you don't need to be a design genius to see that, for the heart of a Scottish Medieval Burgh, there is something far wrong with this design: if you look at the older buildings on either side of BH, you will see they have all developed from pretty narrow plots (this is because the buildings are built on old field patterns, a system called 'riggs', unique to Scotland; these narrow fields were designed to ensure that good and bad soil were divided evenly between farmers). The result of this field division system is that old Scottish towns have a very distinctive 'rhythm' - the buildings may vary in height, but their width does not vary very dramatically (in the case of the King's Arms, this is obviously built across 2 riggs). The idea of 'street rhythm' is set out in the Academy of Imagineering's guide to looking at historic areas, 'Streetsight'; you can download this booklet for free by using the link given at the end of this article.

The High Street side of Bridgegate House is built over three double-rigg plots. The result of this is that the High Street has lost its former rhythm and it looks like someone has 'knocked out three front teeth '. If you look at the photo of the model (bottom right), you get some idea of how far BH is out of scale with the buildings on the South side of Bridgegate. In ai's Streetsight booklet this would be described as an 'overpowering contrast'; which is OK if the building is magnificent, like a fine cathedral, impressive town hall or wonderful theatre. However, nobody in their right mind would use the words 'fine', 'impressive' or 'wonderful' to describe Bridgegate House!

So we have seen, over the last seven weeks, how badly IDC got some things wrong (in the coming months, we will give due attention to what they got right, mainly from the period 1977-96, including some innovative and popular housing developments). It is a pity, with their current proposals for the town, that neither NAC nor Irvine Bay Regeneration Company appear to have learned anything from the mistakes of IDC's 1971 New Town Plan.

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The Salton Sea is a saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault. The lake occupies the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorado Desert of Riverside and Imperial County in Southern California. Like Death Valley, it is located below sea level, with the current surface of the Salton Sea at 226 ft (69 m) below sea level. The deepest area of the sea is 5 ft (1.5 m) higher than the lowest point of Death Valley

Once i heard about this amazing place i just had to see it for myself. Lucky my favorite flickr group was taking a trip out there and it was a perfect chance for me to explore this wasteland. The place did not disappoint. with temperatures over 100 degrees it made it tough at points but we drudged on. It was amazing time and experience with my flickr peeps. Thanks for joits for once again letting me use his awesome tokina wide angle which helped a ton.

Opuntia humifusa is an eastern prickly pear cactus. This North American native perennial is an excellent drought tolerant choice for growing in a sustainable garden.

Looking west.

"The Annex is a neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The traditional boundaries of the neighbourhood are north to Dupont Street, south to Bloor Street, west to Bathurst Street and east to Avenue Road. The City of Toronto recognizes a broader neighbourhood definition that includes the adjacent Seaton Village and Yorkville areas.

Bordering the University of Toronto, the Annex has long been a student quarter, and it is also home to many fraternity houses and members of the university's faculty. Its residents are predominantly English-speaking and well-educated. According to Canada 2011 Census, the neighbourhood has an average income of $66,742.67, significantly above the average income in the Toronto census metropolitan area.

The Annex is not known for its big population of immigrants – in 2011, Statistics Canada declared that there were about 4,665 immigrants (predominantly from the United Kingdom and the United States) living in the area. As of the 2021 census, the three census tracts that compose the Annex have a total population of 14,149 and an average population density of 9,685 people/km².

Toronto (/təˈrɒntoʊ/ tə-RON-toh; locally [təˈɹɒɾ̃ə] or [ˈtɹɒɾ̃ə]) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original limits through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).

The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than half of residents were born outside of Canada, more than half of residents belong to a visible minority group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city. The mayor of Toronto is elected by direct popular vote to serve as the chief executive of the city. The Toronto City Council is a unicameral legislative body, comprising 25 councillors since the 2018 municipal election, representing geographical wards throughout the city.

Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 43 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure on land outside of Asia, the CN Tower.

The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, aerospace, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism. Toronto is the third-largest tech hub in North America after Silicon Valley and New York City, and the fastest growing." - info from Wikipedia.

The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.

On this trip I had a surprise 4 day layover in Toronto.

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Is this a bull frog?

Trollstigen (ook wel: de Trollenroute) is een deel van weg nummer 63 in Noorwegen van Åndalsnes naar het zuiden. Het is ongeveer 20 km lang.

Het is een populaire toeristische weg met elf haarspeldbochten. De weg is geopend op 31 juli 1936 door koning Haakon VII na een bouwtijd van acht jaar. Oorspronkelijk was het een smalle weg waar auto´s elkaar op maar een paar plaatsen konden passeren. Na verbeteringen is het een goed berijdbare weg geworden.

Bovenop de top is een uitkijkplatform, Trollstigheim geheten, waarvandaan er een mooi uitzicht is op de weg en de watervallen zoals Stigfossen. In de wintermaanden is Trollstigen gesloten. Zelfs in het voorjaar (mei-juni) is de weg naar de Trollstigen soms in de ochtend vanwege nachtvorst enkele uren gesloten.

Rondom zijn de toppen van de Dronning (1568 m), de Kong (1593 m) en de Bispe (1475 m).

Bron: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollstigen

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Het onderstaande werd ons aangeboden door de Norske Turist Service en zij maakten het helemaal waar ….. we hebben ervan genoten!

Ook vandaag nog geldt de Hurtigruten postboot route tussen Bergen en Kirkenes als de levensader van Noorwegen. Over meer dan 2500 zeemijlen strekt de kust, die het schip in beide richtingen passeert, zich uit naar het noorden. Tot de hoogtepunten van de 12-daagse reis behoren de vaardige aanlegmanoeuvres in de pittoreske havensteden - 34 keer noordwaarts en 33 keer op de zuidwaartse route.

Hurtigruten is nog steeds een lijndienst die vooral passagiers, maar ook vracht vervoert. Het dagelijkse laden en lossen maakt u direct deelgenoot van het leven van de Noren en geeft uw zeereis iets bijzonder authentieks. Op zee wordt uw route steeds weer omlijst door adembenemend natuurschoon.

Het traditionele schip MS Lofoten (gebouwd in 1964 en gemoderniseerd in 1986/95) is één van de oudste Hurtigruten schepen. Zij biedt de reiziger geen extravagante luxe, maar wel een onweerstaanbare charme en een aangename en gezellige sfeer.

Bron: Norske Turist Service

A design is so fala a MOME Alumni Pikniken, 2014. június 27-én.

This is from Kodak Disc film Generation 6. It is partially solarized. If you want to shoot film that may have this effect then choose either Kodak Disc film Generation 6 which is the best for this but Gen 7 also often has this effect. If you want 35mm film that is prone to this then choose Kodak Gold 200 generations 3, 4 and 5.

Mount Thielsen is an apparently extinct volcano in the Cascade Range, a north-south linear chain of otherwise active and potentially active volcanoes in America's Pacific Northwest. It extends from northern California to Oregon, Washington State, and into British Columbia, Canada. The Cascade Range formed as a result of tectonic subduction - the offshore Juan de Fuca Plate is diving below the North American Plate. The diving plate causes melting in the mantle. The melt rises and emerges at the surface at volcanic centers. Famous Cascade Range volcanoes include Mt. St. Helens, which had a large eruption in May 1980, Mt. Rainier near Seattle, Mt. Hood, which is the highest peak in Oregon, and Mt. Mazama, which destroyed itself 7,700 years ago in an enormous eruption that produced the modern-day Crater Lake Caldera.

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From roadside overlook signage near Mount Thielsen:

Mt. Thielsen [is] a relatively small, steep-sided composite cone built atop a complex of older, gently sloping shield volcanoes. The deeply eroded upper flanks of the volcano are formed chiefly of sloping layers of explosively ejected ash, cinders, and rock fragments consolidated into colorful beds of tuff and coarse volcanic breccia. A few lava flows are sandwiched between the beds of eruptive debris.

Lavas analyzed from Mt. Thielsen indicate that the volcano probably began to form around 300,000 years ago. Because its summit and flanks are so deeply gouged, geologists infer that the volcano likely experienced multiple episodes of glaciation. The advanced degree of erosion suggests that Mt. Thielsen is no longer active. Its jagged pinnacle is a volcanic plug formed of dense basalt that attracts countless thunderbolts. Mt. Thielsen has come to be known as the "Lightning rod of the Cascades".

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Locality: Mount Thielsen (as seen from a roadside overlook near Diamond Lake), on the Umpqua National Forest-Winema National Forest border, east of Diamond Lake & north of Crater Lake, Klamath County-Douglas County border area, southwestern Oregon, USA

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Underground Industries is proud to team up with some new and very talented artists to bring you UNDERGROUND SOUND!

This night will give you a mouthful of awesomesauce & a dancefloor of energy!

BENNY VENOM (California)

Electro | Dubstep | Trap | Moombahton

Benny Venom has been spinning the hardest tracks EDM has had to offer for the past 5 years. He is well known in his hometown for his high energy performances, dirty tracks, and superb mixing ability. Hailing from northern California, he has performed in cities all around his hometown and the bay area including San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and Oakland. Though he enjoys spinning tech house and trance, he has earned his name through consistently dropping the freshest in electro, dubstep, and trap for the underground rave scene.

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DIGITAL MIZCHIEF (Virginia) BoP Promo

Psytrance

(B.A.R.S., DMSS, LOB, Bop, Skitz.)

DIGITAL MIZCHIEF (Robert Delano) has been a underground staple for the last decade or better. With hundreds of gigs under his belt, he is a master showman, recording engineer, producer, and talented DJ, his sets come strong with a agressive, nothing held back, insane style.

Flavors to a tasty set can include Psycotic Psy to Screaming Americian Hardstylz, Filthy Electro to Disco, and everything inbetween.

Robert is also owner and chief recording engineer of Blue Aura Recording Studio, and owner of DIGITAL MIZCHIEF Stage Systems.

CHARLIE BROWN SUPERSTAR

Charlie Brown Superstar (aka Brett Fuller) has been spinning records in Huntington's most popular nightclubs since

1994, covering a wide range of musical genres. He currently holds residency at the V Club, where he DJ's the area's most popular and longest-running dance night, New Moon on Mondays, mixing the best new wave, rock and pop that the 80's had to offer. He has had the honor of performing with such nationally recognized recording artists as Arrested Development and Electric Six.

Charlie Brown Superstar is also one of the first House music dj's in the area and was the resident at the legendary local venue Gyrationz (the first club to feature an all EDM format) He is known for his marathon sets of Deep House and Electro.

In addition, Charlie Brown Superstar is an LBA Records recording artist and has been composing original electronic music since 1999. He did sampling for and toured with the popular local rock band, Chum, during the mid-90's and is currently a member of the critically acclaimed drone/doom metal band, Hyatari. His influences include everything from Mercury Rev, Gary Numan, Curtis Mayfield, H.G. Lewis, robots and even B-movies.

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Next picture of the male lynx that we saw quite late at the Tierpark Arth Goldau.

In this one the composition is a bit original I think.

This is Fifi, the only airworthy B-29 Superfortress in the world. The B-29 was designed in 1939 and flown late in WWII. This is the platform that delivered both atomic bombs that were used on Japan. Fifi never saw combat in WWII, but was used by the Air Force in post war activities. Transferred to the Navy, Fifi was used at China Lake range as a target. Rescued by the Commemorative Air Force in 1974, she is one of dozens of B-29's still in existance, and the only one flying. She is impressive!

Here Fifi makes her final approach into Fayetteville's Drake Field. One can only guess at the thoughts of the drivers on US-71 as this classic bird roars over them.

And the winner is....Ms. Wheelchair Kansas is announced.

Krissy is a blast to shoot with; she is like a chameleon or a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get at a shoot. At the 2026 New Year's Day group shoot, she showed up looking rough and tough - but she is so sweet underneath. What a fun mini-shoot and I see more shoots with Krissy in 2026. Life is good!

This is at Anegada, the day before my dad turned 50! On his birthday, it actually started raining during our crossing back towards the other islands. We had almost no visibility and the GPS wasn't working for some reason (all this electrical stuff is pretty annoying) but we managed to get to Dog Island ok, finally we anchored at Marina Cay, where I was highly amused watching a couple try to spear a buoy: husband at rudder, going some 3 knots towards the buoy, poor wife on the bow with boat hook in hand, and lots of yelling, and it took them four 360 degree turns to be able to finally moor.

This is an illuminated and illustrated Collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), which was produced in India. According to the colophon, the manuscript was completed on the 19th Rajab 1202[?] AH / 1788[?] CE. It opens with a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 1b-2a) with headpiece that introduces the preface (dībāchah) (fols. 1b-4b), followed by another double-page illuminated incipit with headpiece opening the main text of the Dīvān (fols. 5b-6a). The codex is decorated throughout with square and rectangular panels, as well as horizontal bands with floral decoration marking the end of odes, quatrains, or series of verses. There are forty-nine illustrations. The brown leather binding with medallion and pendants is contemporary with the manuscript.

To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.