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I absolutely love shooting with Vanessa. She is the type of person you want to clone as soon as you meet her. Pure sweetness. Our photography history is pretty cool - I first shot her when she was very pregnant, shortly after she had her baby girl, on the day of her Dad's memorial service and she needed photo therapy, and now that she is getting back in shape.
Vanessa joined us for a small group shoot at a friend's house. We had three shooters and three models and it was cramped quarters. There was also issues with the lighting so I ended up using on camera flash (not my favorite). Grrrr. Vanessa looked stunning and I was glad I had another chance to shoot with her - and we have another shoot in the works!
Madhyamaheshwar (Sanskrit: मध्यमहेश्वर) or Madmaheshwar is a Hindu temple dedicated to god Shiva, located in the Mansoona village of Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, India. Situated at an elevation of 3,497 m (11,473.1 ft), it is the fourth temple to be visited in the Panch Kedar pilgrimage circuit, comprising five Shiva temples in the Garhwal region. The other temples in the circuit include: Kedarnath, Tungnath and Rudranath to be visited before Madmaheshwar and Kalpeshwar to be visited after Madmaheshwar. The middle (madhya) or belly part or navel (nabhi) of the bull, considered a divine form of Shiva, is worshipped at this temple, believed to be built by the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.[1]
Watthana District
Watthana is one of 50 districts of Bangkok. Other districts bordering are Ratchathewi, Huai Khwang, Suan Luang, Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei, Sathon, and Pathum Wan. Watthana was a separate district following the split from Khlong Toei in 1998 to provide better service to its population. The district obtained its name from Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Watthana or Vadhana means development. Some businesses still use the old address of Khlong Toei, not knowing about the change or not bothering about it. This area is among the most developed part of Bangkok. On 1 January 2009, Watthana was the location of the Santika Club fire, which killed 66 and injured 222. This terrible fire brought about changes in Health and Safety, after finding many problems connected with them at the club.
The district is sub divided into three sub districts from west to east:
1. Khlong Toei Nuea, from the railway line to Soi Sukhumvit 31
2. Khlong Tan Nuea, from Soi Sukhumvit 31 to Soi 63 ( Ekkamai )
3. Phra Khanong Nuea, from Soi 63 ( Ekkamai ) to Soi 81 ( Siri Phot )
Foodland - One of the branches of the Thai grocery chain is located on Soi 5. It also has a 24-hour coffee shop. The food here is excellent and I use it myself, because of the quality and the price.
Villa Plaza - Located between the Sukhumvit 33 nightlife area and Soi 31, the plaza is a shopping and entertainment area anchored by the Villa ( open 24 hours ) and Fuji supermarkets. It also has some Japanese-only clubs, as well as British-style pubs.
Thong Lo - This street has become trendy in recent years, with a number of upmarket restaurants and boutique shopping centres.
Major Sukhumvit - A large branch of the Major Cineplex theatre chain is located near the Bangkok Sky Train Ekkamai station, with a bowling alley, restaurants and shops.
Little Africa - near the Grace Hotel, in Soi 3, here you will find a network of alleys between Nana Nuea ( means Northern Nana ) and the Sukhumvit road and Soi 3/1 is home of many Middle Eastern restaurants and is known as Soi Arab around Nana.
Soi Cowboy - The nightlife red light district with go-go bars, is located off Asoke, near the intersection with Sukhumvit. This area is crowded at night time from around 08.00pm onwards. The Asoke Intersection here is not a easy road to cross, having many lanes of traffic. You can always do as I do and use the underground passageway of the Metro underground, it’s a little longer but there is no traffic to worry about.
Bumrungrad International Hospital - The world renowned major medical centre that caters to tourists is on Soi Sukhumvit 3.
Samitivej Hospital - Another upper-class hospital, it's located on Soi Sukhumvit 49.
Camillian Hospital - A small Catholic hospital on Thong Lo.
BTS Sky Train - Stations in the district are Nana, Asoke ( links to Bangkok Metro / underground ), Phrom Phong, Ekkamai and Phra Khanong.
Bangkok Metro - The subway's Sukhumvit station is in Watthana district.
Khlong Saen Saeb - Borders the district; piers for the express boat service are Nana Nua, Asok, Prasan Mit, Ital-Thai, Wat Mai Chong Lom, Thong Lo, Chan Issara and Khlong Tan.
The main Soi’s along this long Sukhumvit road are:~
Soi 3 / Soi 3/1 / 5 / 7 / Soi 7/1 / Soi 11 / Soi 21 Asoke / Soi 39 / Soi 63 / Soi 77 and On Nut
25Computers is an initiative to expand and build new computer labs for impoverished students in Guatemala. With your help, we hope to collect 25 more computers by August 31, 2009.
We know it can make a difference. In fact, it's already helped these students enhance their education and learn new skills.
Go to www.rootsandwingsintl.org/programs/25computers.htm to learn how you can help!
All our thanks,
The Roots & Wings International Team
Skelita is the newest member of my home. Now, we all love the Monster High Fashionistas, but, let’s be honest. They can be a bit La-De-Dah when it comes to new pretty girls moving in. So, all of them, even Frankie and Drac, have given Skelita the cold shoulder.
Mythica, Dragon girl and Dragon Master of Dragonious, has been very kind to her, but dragons are solitary beings. So, Skelita has been left by herself. One night, I heard her wailing inside her coffin bed. It broke my heart. I went to her and held her bones in my arms.
I then decided to surprise her. So, I made her a companion doll that looks like her; okay, her doll is a bit more surreal looking. When I gave her little Skellie Skelita, she was thrilled, to say the least. Now, all the other monsters want a little skellies that looks like they do.
Now Skelita and little Skellie Skelita spend hours together having fun and all the other monsters are green with envy, which is really bugging Mythica because SHE is green…naturally. Sigh…
Teenagers! Monsters! Oh, my!
For my Flickr groups…
Short is sizzling. Yes! The brief hairstyles are but again invading the hairstyles of the season. The simple reason is that a brief trendy hairstyle is easily manageable, looks attractive and is in. Do not be afraid to cut short your long tresses - Short Hair Styles.
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Gokarna is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,508 with 1,768 households.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple. It is one of the oldest temple in Nepal contemporary to the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is of great historical, cultural and archeological importance. It is built in the Newari pagoda style with three tiers and is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Mahadev, the Great God.
Worth the mention and the main reason to go to this temple is the wealth of sculptures of the many different Hindu deities. These fine stone carvings are definitely worth a closer look. Some of them are dated back to the Licchavi Dynasty (C 450–750).
We can explore:
Aditya - the sun god
Brahma and Chandra - the moon god
Indra - the elephant-borne god of war and weather
Ganga - with a pot on her head from which pours the Ganges
Vishnu - as Narsingha
Shiva - as Kamadeva, the god of love - and many other forms
Gauri Shankar - with elements of Shiva and Parvati
Brahma - with four heads
In late August or early September people go to this temple to bath and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
The Palooza Crooza is an outgrowth of the Pocket Yacht Palooza. It begins the day after the one-day Pocket Yacht Palooza, which is usually the third Saturday in July at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend WA, and can be best characterized, I think, as a small craft group sailing expedition that some might call a "slow-motion raid". It is most emphatically not a race, but an amble in boats of all types. For more information, contact organizer Marty Loken at norseboater22 at gmail.com
The 2015 Palooza Crooza began in Port Townsend on Sunday, July 19th, 2015, a brilliantly sunny day, with about ten knots of wind. I counted 22 boats, including a single and two double kayaks. One utility tug (the 26-foot BLUE STAR) and one power catamaran (JUST ENUF, a Bernd Kohler design) accompanied the fleet.
The track the first day took us south across Port Townsend Bay, through the Port Townsend Canal between the Olympic Peninsula and Indian Island, then south across Oak Bay, passing Olele Point, and into Mats Mats Bay for the night. With temperatures reaching almost 90 degrees under perfectly clear skies, the winds died in lower Port Townsend Bay and the fleet ended up rowing and using the iron wind (engines) to make it to Mats Mats.
The track the second day took the fleet from Mats Mats Bay to Fort Flagler State Park, east of Marrowstone Island along the main shipping channel in the Puget Sound. The weather started out dark and cloudy, with temperatures in the low 60's and 10-15 knot winds out of the south, backing into the south-southeast and then east-northeast as the fleet made its way north in confused 2-3 foot lumpy seas on a favorable ebb tide. Once past Marrowstone Point, with its distinctive lighthouse, the fleet enjoyed a downwind run along the north-facing cliffs and made it past Ratt Island and into Kilisut Harbor between Marrowstone and Indian Island in the late morning. The last vessel arrived just after 1pm. By that time, the skies had cleared and a beautiful though much cooler afternoon was enjoyed by all.
The track the third day was a relatively short run from Fort Flagler State Park to Mystery Bay State Park on Marrowstone Island and, for some boats, a return to Fort Flagler State Park.
The track the fourth and final day took the remaining 2015 Palooza Croosa participants from Kilisut Harbor back to Port Townsend's Boat Haven and the end of the cruise.
For more information, contact organizer Marty Loken at norseboater22 at gmail.com
www.pocketyachters.com/Port_Townsend_Pocket_Yachters/Palo...
www.pocketyachters.com/Port_Townsend_Pocket_Yachters/2015...
Okay, this is part of the story of rebuilding society so, here goes nothing...
"Alright, you've probably at least heard about a type of rouge "Chicken Walker" by now. The good news is, if you can see this, it means you are still alive. The bad news is, well, pretty much everything else. If you have been feeling depressed lately, it is highly advised that you do not continue watching the program. Alright, so you probably have been wondering where the he** this beast came from. Stay tuned to find out. Just kidding, here you go. Several companies had been experimenting with self-controlled mechanical walkers. They were pretty much built the same way as human controlled, except these were controlled by an extremely high tech artificial "brain" that was designed to assess risks and act accordingly. During a test, the "brain" assessed that its creators were risks to it, and killed them all. Then it escaped. It was actually a police officer Dan Higgins that first came across it. He radioed in when he saw it moving towards him. As it moved closer, he pulled out a 9mm pistol on it, but stayed on the radio. The "brain" immediately assessed "risk" and blew him to bits with one of its six “smart" (automatically controlled, also called Fire and Forget) missiles. The radio was still on, but the officer was surely dead. The local police station immediately new it had a huge problem on their hand, one that they were by no means capable dealing with and immediately requested military assistance. Two Humvee jeeps were immediately dispatched, but both were quickly eliminated with its 37.64x12mm cannon. From there on, the "brain" considered all humans as a risk, and now kills everybody on sight. This concludes our, very solemn newscast for tonight. Our thought and prayers to everybody out there with dead our injured loved ones.
Walker View
Valença´s Fort is relatively modern, since it is already designed for warfare involving cannons and fire arms. Instead of the Medieval High Walls that are totally inappropriate for defense against artillery fire, here the walls are not that high and have a zigzag of sharp angles so they can protect all sides and are not exposed to a direct hit. Packed dirt, instead of stones is used to prevent crumbling walls.
Outside the wall, there are these reinforcements were foot soldiers can engage the invader in skirmishes.
Fortaleza
Valença do Minho
Minho
Portugal 2007
This is a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon which was held on Saturday 29th August 2015 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 12:00. This is the third year of the event. The race is organised and promoted by Tullamore Harriers AC. The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter Tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course. 2013 seen the first year of the event as the club commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs.
The race was perfectly organised. The weather was good for racing but there was a very strong headwind for the first 6 miles of the race which made the conditions difficult. The weather was dry and warm except for the torrential downpour at around 1:45pm which cleared the whole finish area of spectators and runners. There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each. In total almost 700 participants took part. This was higher than the 568 participants who completed the race which is almost 150 more than the 2013 event.
We have a large set of photographs from today's race at the start and the finish until the 2-00 finish time. They are available on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157655560294853
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2855
Our photographs from the 2014 Half Marathon on Flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/
Our photographs from the 2013 Half Marathon on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/
Half Marathon Route on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/ie/tullamore-l/half-marathon-tullamore-r...
2014 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2136
2013 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1448
Tullamore Harriers on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tullamore.harriers?fref=ts
As mentioned above this race half marathon started in 2013 and celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". The Quinlan Cup which will be awarded to the winning club team. For more than 40 years the Harriers Quinlan Cup was the most prestigious event on the road racing calendar. Having started as a cross-country race back in 1957, it became a road race in 1967 and remained so until 2000 when the race was last held. During its reign as a blue-ribband event the Quinlan Cup was won by the likes of John Treacy and Eamonn Coughlan.
Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.
USING OUR PHOTOGRAPHS - A QUICK GUIDE AND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
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We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.
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In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
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Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
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Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
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:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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This is the largest LEGO model I have designed so far. It is The Second Temple from 1st century Jerusalem. It has 7,097 pieces. Its dimensions are 20.2" W X 30.2" L X 10.8" H. It sits on 6 standard 32 x 32 baseplates making its footprint 96 studs x 64 studs. It weights 15.8 pounds.
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Cliff is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, where Cædmon, the earliest recognised English poet, lived. The fishing port emerged during the Middle Ages, supporting important herring and whaling fleets, and was where Captain Cook learned seamanship. Tourism started in Whitby during the Georgian period and developed with the arrival of the railway in 1839. Its attraction as a tourist destination is enhanced by the proximity of the high ground of the North York Moors national park and the heritage coastline and by association with the horror novel Dracula. Jet and alum were mined locally, and Whitby Jet, which was mined by the Romans and Victorians, became fashionable during the 19th century.
The earliest record of a permanent settlement is in 656, when as Streanæshealh it was the place where Oswy, the Christian king of Northumbria, founded the first abbey, under the abbess Hilda. The Synod of Whitby was held there in 664. In 867, the monastery was destroyed by Viking raiders. Another monastery was founded in 1078. It was in this period that the town gained its current name, Whitby (from "white settlement" in Old Norse). In the following centuries Whitby functioned as a fishing settlement until, in the 18th century, it developed as a port and centre for shipbuilding and whaling, the trade in locally mined alum, and the manufacture of Whitby jet jewellery.
The abbey ruin at the top of the East Cliff is the town's oldest and most prominent landmark. Other significant features include the swing bridge, which crosses the River Esk and the harbour, which is sheltered by the grade II listed East and West piers. The town's maritime heritage is commemorated by statues of Captain Cook and William Scoresby, as well as the whalebone arch that sits at the top of the West Cliff. The town also has a strong literary tradition and has featured in literary works, television and cinema, most famously in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
Paete is known as the "Carving Capital of the Philippines," and it is home to many skilled woodcarving craftsmen. Filipinos should be proud of the town's masterpieces, as many of its statues, pulpits, murals and bas reliefs are found in churches, palaces and museums all over the world—among them the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, the Mission Dolorosa in San Francisco, the San Cayetano Church in Mexico, the St. Joseph's shrine in Sta. Cruz, California, various churches in the Philippines and the Ayala Museum in Makati, Philippines. Mariano Madriñan, who hails from Paete, has his obra maestro---the life-like Mater Dolorosa---honored by the King of Spain with a prestigious award in Amsterdam in 1882.
This card is for an avid teenager Orioles fan. I used the team colours for this fun card and kept it as masculine as I could. I used the sketch at sharejoychallenge.blogspot.com/ to emboss and then watercolour the images. I finished with a Hero Arts sentiment and die cut some stitched lines on the black mat using a Paper Smooches die. I am submitting this card to sharejoychallenge.blogspot.com/2016/06/share-joy-challeng..., ablognamedhero.blogspot.com/2016/07/matey.html, www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-... (the photo of the sun set has the oranges and the dark shadows were incorporated in this card along with the fact baseball and summer go hand in hand), a2zscrapbookingblog.com/2016/07/01/a2z-scrapbooking-july-..., www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/work-it-wednesday-june-2016/ (stitching dies by Paper Smooches)
Julia is in a white lace western style dress, with noble and elegant crimson velvet coat outside. Soft golden long hair to waist was slightly curly. Her skin was as beauty as crystal, face as exquisite as carved. Her eyelashes were thick and warped up with rose colored eyes. It may be odd for others with such special colored eyes, but not for her.
For more information, please see: ringdoll.com/product/RingDoll/julia.html
contact us: jenny@ringdoll.com
Agriculture is the main stay of Uganda’s economy, however, the share of agriculture in the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been declining steadily. In fiscal year 2009/10, agriculture contributed only 14.6% to the national GDP of which 1.3% was attributed to the livestock sub-sector. The dairy industry is estimated to contribute more than 50% of the total output from the livestock sub-sector. The dairy industry employs many people who are engaged in various economic activities along the dairy value chain, particularly in milk production, collection, bulking and transportation, processing, distribution and marketing as well as provision of inputs and support services.
This picture is #20 in my 100 strangers project.
As I entered Thompkins Square Park in the heart of Manhattan's Alphabet City neighborhood, I saw a group of black clad performers. I heard someone say, loudly, "What is gravity?" After that I just had to sit and watch for awhile.
They did several scenes and in between they talked and laughed with one another. That they liked each other was obvious. After watching for some time, I finally approached them and addressed the whole group, seeking a volunteer for the project. Jessica quickly volunteered. I shot her picture right where she sat. This one I wanted to be a "found" image -- as authentic as possible.
Jessica, obviously a people person, asked more questions about 100 Strangers than many of my other subjects. Her enthusiasm for her troupe made me smile. They are the Living Theater, a pacifist anarchist theater group dating back to 1947. Look them up in Wikipedia or on their website for more info. Thanks Jessica for being awesome. The world needs more awesome.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
I like to interact with other street photographers and fans of the genre on
This is a bag I created for a customer who will be making a special trip to New York City. I had the fabric custom printed with my "Fashion Capitols of the World" design that shows dress forms made up of the words Madrid, Paris, New York and Los Angeles. The wrought iron legs read London, Milan and Tokyo. (design (c) 2008 by Kristen Stein, StudioArtworks)
Please see my flickr profile for purchase information and to learn more about the artwork.
“Associated” is a site specific show in a severely damaged brownstone, currently with a Vacate Order, issued by the DOB. As you may recall, the huge fire on Nov 12th 2010 at the Associated Supermarket on 5th Avenue and 17th Street not only damaged the supermarket building including the Open Source Gallery, but also a brownstone next door. The 3 family house, the Gallery owners’ home, was also rendered uninhabitable by the blaze.
There is no exact date for the show. There will be a 2 week window when the Vacate Order will be dropped and the contractors will start their work. All participating artists are prepared to install their work any day within the next month.
opening up with the
OPEN SOURCE CARNIVAL
The Carnival involves a public celebration combining some elements of circus, performance, public fair and party. We encourage people to dress-up in costumes during the celebration and to bring a little bit of money for the future of OPEN SOURCE.
Participants
Sara Bouchard, Christian Brown, Reamonn Byrne, Wendy Chu, Ethan Crenson, Hubert Dobler, Peter Feigenbaum, Pirmin Hagen, Fumie Ishii, Der Kommissar, Stefanie Koseff, James Leonard, Loadingdock5, Katerina Marcelja, Amanda C. Mathis, Patrick May, Nolan McKew, Annelise E. Ream, Jason Reppert, Raphaela Riepl, Evan Robarts, Frank Scheiderbauer, Allison Read Smith, Miho Suzuki, Kathleen Vance, Letizia Werth, Lily White, Monika Wuhrer
Antes! All the Antes. Heaven help me if they ever come out with her in another size.
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A Doll A Day
April 2016
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Sonalii is a commissioned OOAK doll featuring Charo sculpt in Chocolate resin and Busty body type. Her hands and feet are decorated with black tattoos in Indian henna style, her earrings and nose ring echo the bronze of the luminous Fenty Beauty inspired highlighter on her face and body, her yukata is made of African cotton fabric and embellished with an Indian embroidered obi belt and a Japanese obijime cord. Sonalii comes with two hard cap wigs: an updo gathering afro and dreadlocks into a French braid made of wool, and a Boho style double robe braid made of alpaca.
This is my proudest possession, a mounted trophy head of the world famous Yeti or Abominable Snowman. Here is the story of how I came to have this priceless relic. I was backpacking in the Canadian Rockies about 30 kilometers northwest of Banff, Alberta when I met a colourful fur trapper by the name of Pierre LePew. That night, after sharing a delicious meal of elk stew, Pierre offered me this priceless mounted head, because he knew I was an honourable person and that he sadly could no longer keep it. He was willing to part with it for only $450.00. This was a bargain I just couldn’t pass up. Pierre warned me not to tell anyone I had the head, as it would become a target of unscrupulous thieves who would do anything to have such a priceless artifact. That is why, until now, that I have never told anyone I have this. I hope you will not tell anyone of this.
This is a photograph from the annual Ardagh Moydow Glen Community Games 5KM and 10 Mile road races, fun runs, walks and challenges which were held in the heritage village of Ardagh, Co. Longford, Ireland on Saturday 28th December 2019 at 13:00. This race has grown year on year since its first running a few years ago. This year seen one of the largest overall entries in the races.
We have an extensive set of photographs from the race start and the finish on our Flickr photostream set at
www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157712400793232
Timing and Event management was provided by Irish company PopupRaces - check their website at www.popuparces.ie
The 10 mile race takes in the local 'Ardagh Mountain' which is a 1 mile continuous climb starting at the 2 mile mark of the 10 mile race. There is, of course, then the reward of a long down-hill stretch after the summit. This forested hill or mountain was once a famous centre of pre-Christian religious worship and is believed to have been the home of a pre–christian diety named Midir (the God of the Underworld), and also a Prince of the "Tuatha De Dannan", the fairy people of Ireland. The hill or mountain itself is named after Brí, the daughter of Midhir and her doomed love, Leith who are reputed to be buried on the hill. The top of the hill offers impressive views of the landscape, particularly north to Longford town and towards the south. The remainder of the race is challenging but fair, with some much smaller and less steep hills in the race profile. Miles 3 - 7 benefit from some downhill as the race route travels around the base of the hills. The roads are predominantly rural roads with little traffic. There is a gradual climb in the final mile of the race which brings runners back into Ardagh village. The 10 mile race finishes in the same finish as the 5KM race. Water stops and adequate stewarding at junctions is provided.
The 5KM race takes a loop around the heritage village of Ardagh. This allows runners, walkers and joggers of all ability to take part over a more manageable distance. Overall this is a very well organised race with accurate courses, good marshalling and traffic control and excellent after race refreshments. The 10 mile race is one of the longest road races held during the Christmas period anywhere in Ireland and has appeal to runners who want to add a longer distance race to their festive calendar of running.
The weather at this year's race was almost perfect for running. The rain managed to stay away and there was only a breeze on certain exposed parts of the course. Indeed conditions could be described as mild with temperatures of 11C. In 2014 there was very frosty icy weather and in 2015 participants were given a very very windy day with heavy rain at the finish of both races. The 2016 and 2017 event seen very suitable weather for road racing in late December in Ireland.
Ardagh is probably County Longford's most picturesque village with many historical and architecturally important features. It is located about 6 miles from Longford town. There has been settlement in the area since around the 5th century.
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2018: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157703633931361
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2017: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157688852560892
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157678237005786
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157662725299342
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157649570517620
This is a photograph from the second running of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon ("The Flatline") was held at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Saturday 14th September 2013 at 11:00. There was beautiful weather for the event which started and finished at St. Aloysius College near the Canal Banks area of the town just slightly west of the River Shannon. This event was professionally organised and the very flat course meant that many runners both seasoned and new to the scene achieved season or personal bests. Almost 1,000 participants successfully completed the event in the beautiful September sunshine. Everyone involved must be congratulated for the flawless running of the event. This event is sure to go from strength to strength over the coming years. The "Flatline" also included an option for a full marathon which was fully supported by the Marathon Club of Ireland and the East of Ireland Marathon Series. This allowed participants to run the Flatline twice for the qualifying marathon distance. About 80 people took part.
This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the start and finish of "The Flatline" 2013. The URL of the main set is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635495089498/. There are some photographs of the finishers of the marathon.
For reference the satellite navigation Coordinates to the event HQ are (Longitude: -7.948153, Latitude: 53.420575)
Event management and timing was provided by PRECISION TIMING. See their website at [www.precisiontiming.net/]
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: Such is the popularity of the race this year that registration closed for the race in mid-August 2013. There were well over 1,000 participants who took to the start line.
Weather: The weather on the day was almost perfect for running. The runners were bathed in warm September sunshine for the duration of the race and into the early afternoon. In the sections of the race out towards Clonown and around the Bord na Mona areas there was a stiff breeze but nothing major.
Course: "The Flatline" ceratinly lived up to its name. It is as flat a course as one is likely to find. A garmin connect gps trace of the route is provided here [connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412] Geographically the course spends much of the race in County Roscommon with only the first and last kilometers actually in County Westmeath. This gives geographically inclined runners the novel opportunity to race in two Irish provinces in one race. The course had distance markers at every kilometre and mile along the way. There were official pacers provided by the race organisers.
Location Map: Start/finish area and registration etc on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/8qCes] - Ample parking was supplied with some over-flow car-parking options also available.
Refreshments: An Alkohol Frei bottle of Erdinger was provided to every finisher as they crossed the line. Light refreshments were served.
Some Useful Links
Precision Timing Results Page: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer
Facebook Event Page for the 2013 www.facebook.com/events/495900447163378/ (Facebook logon required)
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2013 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056984967
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2012 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80049447
GARMIN GPS Trace of the Route for 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412
Race HQ Venue in 2013: St.Aloysius College Athlone : staloysiuscollege.ie/
Race Sponsors Vision Express Athlone: www.visionexpress.ie/opticians/opticians-in-republic-of-i...
Action Physio Athlone: www.actionphysio.ie/
Race photographs from 2012's Flatline - supplied by PIXELS PROMOTIONS: pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p126168889 (on route) and at the Finish line pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p31872670 - please note these are not our photographs (see www.pixelspromotions.com/).
How can I get full resolution copies of these photographs?
All of the photographs here on this Flickr set have a visible watermark embedded in them. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution WITHOUT watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us. This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc.
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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:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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Singing Cinderella is fully deboxed. She is standing, supported by a Kaiser stand.
I got the new Disney Store 11 1/2 inch singing Cinderella doll on Monday July 9, 2018. I also got the Ariel singing doll at the same time, whom I will show separately. There are also new singing Moana, Jasmine and Elsa dolls, which I have not gotten yet. They are showing up in various Disney Stores both here in the US and also in the UK, but are not yet available online.
She is in much simpler packaging than previous singing dolls, and has no accessories. She is also less expensive than previous singing dolls, only $19.99, just $5 more than a regular Classic doll. She has a lovely new face paint that is different than the current Classic doll.
Cinderella sings 'A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes' when you twist left her hand. Like Ariel, Cinderella only sings one verse of her song, lasting about 12 seconds. She has golden blonde hair, with gentle curls stiffened by hair product, so I left them mostly alone. She has a glittering dark pink dress, with white satin collar and hem, and decorated by pale pink ribbons. She has a pink sash around her waist, and a thin pink ribbon and bow in her hair. She has dark blue eyes, dark pink lips in an open mouth smile, and is glancing to her right. She is a beautiful doll, and is my second favorite 12 inch Cinderella doll, after the Heroes and Villains Cinderella.
Yoga is a balance and this quote beautifully expresses the same.
For more information, visit: www.divinetreeyoga.in/
Chvrches (Love Is Dead Tour) @ Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY on Thursday, July 11, 2019.
#LoveIsDead #Tour #Setlist:
Get Out
Bury It
We Sink
Graffiti
Graves
Miracle
Science/Visions
Tether
Under the Tide
Deliverance
Forever
Recover
Leave a Trace
Clearest Blue
Encore:
The Mother We Share
Never Say Die
Here is freshly repainted 198 pictured at Lichfield bus station about to operate the 828 to Stafford. Hopefully, their other FJ58 eclipses will also get repainted into the new Chaserider livery too which should mean that they will last a bit longer.
I recorded 198 when it was just repainted at Cannock bus station:
I have a YouTube channel where I upload bus/train/lorry videos:
This is the perfect compilation of music. The movie is great, but the soundtrack is outstanding. Perfect background music for a dinner party. Natalie Merchant's "One Fine Day" gives the song an entirely new feel. Ditto on Harry Connick Jr.'s take on Bacharach's "This Guy's In Love With You." And I particularly love Ella Fitzgerald's "Isn't It Romantic." And yes, it certainly is. One would think that Tina Arena's "Love's Funny That Way" would seem out of place with its country/pop feel, but it fits in nicely and compliments well those that surround it. This is one of those music compilations that you can listen to over and over and it never gets old. For More 5 Star Reviews One Fine Day starring Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex Linz, Charles Durning
life is like a box of chocolates. a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. so you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. sure, once in a while there's a Peanut Butter Cup or an English Toffee. but they're gone too fast and the taste is... fleeting. so you end up with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. and if you're desperate enough to eat those, all you got left is an empty box... filled with useless brown paper wrappers.
Spencer is an orthopedic surgeon who came here to specifically commission a bicycle that would fit. We always love working with people like Spencer as he knows anatomy and has a technical mind. This means we have a great time discovering the true cycling position as he is very aware of the inner workings of the human body. This bike is a great example of how different a true custom bicycle can appear compared to production bikes. Two things are noteworthy. 1) The first comment he stated was, "I had no idea a bike was capable of feeling this good." 2) His power was significantly improved, much to the chagrin of his riding buddies!
The custom Parlee frame was designed around Spencer's position and then we added Shimano Di 2 electric components, Topolino VTR4.0 wheels and ENVE bars, seatpost and stem. Spencer chose an Adamo saddle.
All KGS custom bicycles are designed around the exact positions of the owners. We use the proprietary KGS Bikes BalancePoint™ positioning system to find the owners' position independent of any existing bike.
Contact us at info@kgsbikes.com to design "The Ride of Your Life".
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Htilominlo Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo (also known as Nandaungmya) in 1211. The temple is three stories tall, with a height of 46 metres (151 ft), and built with red brick. It is also known for its elaborate plaster moldings. On the first floor of the temple, there are four Buddhas that face each direction. The temple was damaged in the 1975 earthquake and subsequently repaired.
(Wikipedia, 2015)
'Classic Remise' is the name for a business model (service centers for motorcycles and automobiles specializing in the field of classic, vintage and collector vehicles). There are two Classic Remises in Berlin and Düsseldorf. Both service centers are located in listed buildings with an industrial traffic background.
In the Classic Remise Düsseldorf there are 80 glass storage boxes and 35 specialised service providers - among them dealers, restorers, workshops, shops for clothing and automobilia as well as a restaurant and a beer garden (open in summer). The range is rounded off by service providers such as vehicle care providers, saddlers, expert offices and motorcycle specialists.
The site has a large event hall and smaller event areas, which are booked by companies for presentations, conferences and sales meetings. At the location, rallies take place, tours start or major old-timer-related events.
The Classic Remise Düsseldorf is located in a former railroad roundhouse built between 1929 and 1931. The building has a semicircle as its base. The diameter of the locomotive shed is almost 150 m, making it one of the largest preserved locomotive sheds of its kind in Europe. A two-storey restaurant was built on the site of the former hub, the space between the restaurant and the old building was covered with a modern transparent roofing foil construction.
Don't miss the special exhibition "Mechanical Bike World".
Source: wikipedia.de
This is a species of bird's nest fungus. They are very small. For more info: www.mushroomexpert.com/cyathus_striatus.html
Pronghorn Punk Hair Doo
This is the latest Pronghorn Punk look here at the Bliss DInosaur Ranch. THe adults try to talk to the kids. Then some older guy with a punk doo like this walks by and ruins it for the adults. The kids all want to look like this guy. Particularly in bad weather it seems. Add some freezing rain and voila, intant Pronghorn Punk.
I’m working hard on getting a collection of “looking over the shoulder” images from Pronghorn and Deer. It isn’t an easy perspective for me to get and I’m tickled when they come out this well. From the perspective of a doe standing right next to him from this capture. Placement of these game trail cameras is EVERYTHING. About 1 degree lower angle, it would have cut off the horn. I use what ever is at hand to adjust the angles on the cameras. Typically they attach to a post with a strap. Uses a stick or rock to keep it pointing where you want it to. In reality, the pointing is the only control you have over the game trail camera. Everything else is set/built by the programmers.
I’ve said numerous times that Game trail camera images are problematic to me. This one is 2feet by 3 feet at full resolution. So they do take some pretty high quality images. They all to a one however, need a LOT of fine detailed work to fix the problems built into the images by the cameras.
Location: Bliss Dinosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands
Title: Pronghorn Punk Hair Doo
Geo Challenge is a fun way for kids to learn the flags and
maps of the world. Filled with Puzzles, Quizzes and Flashcards –
this app was created by Moms for children everywhere!
Kids will love learning about the world around them with this
eye-catching app. Spin the globe and go on an adventure
to discover new places. Or take a quiz to test your
knowledge on flags and maps.
While cute and visually engaging, this is more than just a kid's
game. Expect a genuinely educational experience packed
with content that parents can enjoy along with their children.
This app includes information about no less than 193
countries (current United Nations members as of November
2012).
It also includes audio to read country names out loud to your
child and stickers and stamps to reward progress.
Features
• Spinning Globe: spin, zoom and explore the world with
your fingertips by touching flags to learn more about
each country
• Map Puzzle: match the country to a place on the map
• Map & Flag Quizzes: challenge your country
knowledge by selecting the right answer from three
choices
• Flag Flashcards: memorize the national flags around
the world with this study tool
• Passport: Take your picture and create your passport. Get stamps to record your progress.
• Suitcase: Discover and collect stickers of your travels all around the world.
• Bilingual: Play in English or Japanese
Learn maps, flags and geography while having fun with Geo
Challenge. Parents, this app is loaded with features that will
make your kids want to learn! Available for iPhone, iPad,
iPod Touch, Android and Amazon.
Website - sumahomama.com/geochallenge/en/
Facebook - www.facebook.com/Sumahomama
YouTube - youtu.be/Zxo5i4zGZIA
Twitter - twitter.com/Sumahomama1
Montreal is the most populous municipality in the province of Quebec and the second-most populous in Canada. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters.
In 2016 the city had a population of 1,704,694. Montreal's metropolitan area had a population of 4,098,927 and a population of 1,942,044 in the urban agglomeration, with all of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal included. French is the city's official language and is the language spoken at home by 49.8% of the population of the city, followed by English at 22.8% and 18.3% other languages (in the 2016 census, not including multi-language responses). In the larger Montreal Census Metropolitan Area, 65.8% of the population speaks French at home, compared to 15.3% who speak English. The agglomeration Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada with over 59% of the population able to speak both English and French. Montreal is the second-largest primarily French-speaking city in the world, after Paris.
Historically the commercial capital of Canada, it was surpassed in population and economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s. It remains an important centre of commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, education, culture, tourism, gaming, film and world affairs. Being the location of the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal is one of three North American cities home to organizations of the United Nations (along with Washington, D.C. and New York) and also has the 2nd-highest number of consulates in the continent. Montreal was also named a UNESCO City of Design. In 2009 Montreal was named North America's leading host city for international association events, according to the 2009 preliminary rankings of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The 2017 edition of QS Best Student Cities ranked Montreal as the best city in the world to be a university student. According to the 2017 Global Liveability Ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Montreal ranked 12th out of 140 cities.
Montreal has hosted multiple international conferences and events throughout its history, including the 1967 International and Universal Exposition and the 1976 Summer Olympics. It is the only Canadian city to have held the Summer Olympics. Currently, the city hosts the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One, the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Just for Laughs festival. In 2012, Montreal was ranked as a Beta+ world city.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal
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Saw these two guys in a Law Quad today (Wednesday February 8, 2012) living the mantra, "Sharing is Caring". Not sure is if was a grudge match or not, but they were there quite a long time sharing a thin branch.
This is a photograph from the second running of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon ("The Flatline") was held at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Saturday 14th September 2013 at 11:00. There was beautiful weather for the event which started and finished at St. Aloysius College near the Canal Banks area of the town just slightly west of the River Shannon. This event was professionally organised and the very flat course meant that many runners both seasoned and new to the scene achieved season or personal bests. Almost 1,000 participants successfully completed the event in the beautiful September sunshine. Everyone involved must be congratulated for the flawless running of the event. This event is sure to go from strength to strength over the coming years. The "Flatline" also included an option for a full marathon which was fully supported by the Marathon Club of Ireland and the East of Ireland Marathon Series. This allowed participants to run the Flatline twice for the qualifying marathon distance. About 80 people took part.
This is a photograph which is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the start and finish of "The Flatline" 2013. The URL of the main set is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635495089498/. There are some photographs of the finishers of the marathon.
For reference the satellite navigation Coordinates to the event HQ are (Longitude: -7.948153, Latitude: 53.420575)
Event management and timing was provided by PRECISION TIMING. See their website at [www.precisiontiming.net/]
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: Such is the popularity of the race this year that registration closed for the race in mid-August 2013. There were well over 1,000 participants who took to the start line.
Weather: The weather on the day was almost perfect for running. The runners were bathed in warm September sunshine for the duration of the race and into the early afternoon. In the sections of the race out towards Clonown and around the Bord na Mona areas there was a stiff breeze but nothing major.
Course: "The Flatline" ceratinly lived up to its name. It is as flat a course as one is likely to find. A garmin connect gps trace of the route is provided here [connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412] Geographically the course spends much of the race in County Roscommon with only the first and last kilometers actually in County Westmeath. This gives geographically inclined runners the novel opportunity to race in two Irish provinces in one race. The course had distance markers at every kilometre and mile along the way. There were official pacers provided by the race organisers.
Location Map: Start/finish area and registration etc on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/8qCes] - Ample parking was supplied with some over-flow car-parking options also available.
Refreshments: An Alkohol Frei bottle of Erdinger was provided to every finisher as they crossed the line. Light refreshments were served.
Some Useful Links
Precision Timing Results Page: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer
Facebook Event Page for the 2013 www.facebook.com/events/495900447163378/ (Facebook logon required)
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2013 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056984967
Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread about the 2012 race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80049447
GARMIN GPS Trace of the Route for 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/199678412
Race HQ Venue in 2013: St.Aloysius College Athlone : staloysiuscollege.ie/
Race Sponsors Vision Express Athlone: www.visionexpress.ie/opticians/opticians-in-republic-of-i...
Action Physio Athlone: www.actionphysio.ie/
Race photographs from 2012's Flatline - supplied by PIXELS PROMOTIONS: pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p126168889 (on route) and at the Finish line pixelspromotions.zenfolio.com/p31872670 - please note these are not our photographs (see www.pixelspromotions.com/).
How can I get full resolution copies of these photographs?
All of the photographs here on this Flickr set have a visible watermark embedded in them. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution WITHOUT watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us. This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc.
If you would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
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:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
There is an imposing building along the Sukhumvit road near Phatthaya 10 road. I have passed this building many times, travelling into and out of Pattaya. I wondered what it could be for many years, yet never went. At first I thought it was an unusual Temple. However it was not, it turned out to be the home of the largest chicken breeder in Thailand. Baan Sukhawadee or Eden House is owned by Dr. Panya Chotitawan, who owns Saha Farms in Thailand. Saha Farm used to have 30,000 employees. However the number has reduced substantially to about half after the company experienced serious financial problems.
The state owned and run Krung Thai Bank, has agreed in theory to advance about 1,000 million Baht as a helping hand ( loan ) for the troubled Saha Farm agro giant to boost its liquidity so that it will be able to carry on with its business. Saha Farms, throughout its 42 year of operation has produced quality frozen chicken products with cleanliness and responsibility to all its customers. They are the largest exporters of chicken products to places like Japan, England, Germany, China, Netherlands and Belgium. Much of the stock is reared and bred using the Cobb U.S. breed, which is considered a good type of bird that gives the highest meat yield and are used as Grandparent stock at their breeding farms in Petchabun Province, in Northern Thailand, commonly called Issan.
Baan Sukhawadee can be found at 219 Moo 2 Sukhumvit road, Bang Lamung district in Chon Buri Province. The house is built in beautifully serene grounds it’s just everything else that’s loud, but in a nice way. Various statues, Images and other sculptures can be found here, for example ~ Lord Buddha at birth Image, the Goddess of Mercy, King Taksin the Great, King Chulalongkorn the Great, who was known as Rama V, he was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was known to the Siamese of his time as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang.
He is considered one of the greatest kings of Siam. ( Now Thailand ) . His reign was characterized by the modernization of Siam, immense government and social reforms, and territorial cessions to the British Empire and French Indochina. Also a statue of Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak, the father of the Royal Thai Navy also known as Admiral Prince Krom Luang Chumporn Khet Udomsak was the first member of the Thai royal family to graduate in naval education having spent his early years studying Naval warfare in England. He was the commanding officer of HTMS Phra Ruang that sailed from Britain to Bangkok.
Baan Sukhawadee is a mansion, function centre, come theme park. It provides a look into the life of a wealthy Thai family. Inside it has a collection of Thai, Greek, Roman, Classical European, Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu, Muslim and Hollywood architecture, art sculpture, and unusual objet d'art. It is an iconic museum to all that is beautiful. The public can visit during opening hours and the charges are:~
Adults Thai 180 Baht
Adults foreign 500 Baht.
Students with student card 90 Baht.
Seniors 60 + 90 Baht.
Monks with card Free.
Child Thai and foreign,
Height less than 100 cm. Free.
Height 100 to 120 cm. 90 Baht.
Over 120 cm. 180 Baht.
Baan Sukhawadee was built in the year 2000 on 11 rais of land and it is 400 metres long. Which means the one end is adjacent to the shore line, of the bay of Thailand. Currently the area has now been enlarged to more than 80 rais. Beautiful flower beds and tropical plants can be seen here. Works of distinctive and great architectural worth as listed :~
1. The Main Building & the Goddess of Mercy.
2. The Buddha tower.
3. Sukhawadee’s Pillar Shrine.
4. A Yin and Yang Zone.
5. Buddhabaramee Convention Hall and the Royal Chalermprakiet stage.
6. Salah Dome and Airis Sophias souvenir shop.
7. Saha Farm Station models.
8. Saha Farm Kitchen & Restaurant
9. The Club House.
10. Hall of Truth.
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide.
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes,
Look up to the skies and see.
--- "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Freddie Mercury of Queen
Ightfield is a village to the south east of Whitchurch in Shropshire but the church is not easy to find. From the village centre you have to go north along the Burleydam road and turn left up Church Street. The church stands on the northern edge of the village on a small rise and is approached through a stone wall gate with a lantern atop an iron arch. The view of the church is very impressive, especially on a bright sunny day.
Christian Worship is thought to have been held on or around the site for over a thousand years and the village itself is mentioned as 'Istefelt' in the Doomsday Book although some records suggest the original name to have been 'Ihtfeld', derived from from the Old English 'iht meaning 'creature' and 'feld' meaning 'field'.
Built in the 15th century and renovated in the 19th, you enter the church through the south porch into the nave with the tower on your left and to the west. It has a north isle and was designed in a perpendicular Gothic style with crenellated parapets, multi-stepped buttresses and decorative finials. It is constructed in grey ashlar stone and has steeply pitched roofs covered in plain clay tiles. It features gargoyles but I avoided those following my last experience at Kinnerley Church.
Services are usually held at 09:30hrs on a Sunday.
I could not find any information about the windows or any of the features within the church. However, I did find this on the internet from the AMICA Benefice......
“........Welcome to the homepage for St John’s Church, Ightfield. A Cathedral Welcome (Courtesy of Coventry Cathedral). We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, straight, gay, questioning, well-heeled or down at heel. We especially welcome wailing babies and excited toddlers.
We welcome you whether you can sing like Pavarotti or just growl quietly to yourself. You’re welcome here if you’re ‘just browsing,’ just woken up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Archbishop of Canterbury or haven’t been to church since Christmas ten years ago.
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome keep-fit mums, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems, are down in the dumps or don’t like ‘organised religion.’
We offer a welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or are here because granny is visiting and wanted to come to the church.....”.
What a refreshingly welcome sense of humour !!