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Broadford is just a short distance from Melbourne in Victoria, Australia and is the location for the annual Bike Bonanza run each Easter by Motorcycling Australia at the State Motorcycle Complex. Here over one thousand motorcycles are in action at the road racing circuit, moto-cross and enduro tracks, trials area, and speedway.
The feature marque this year was Moto Guzzi including the appearance of six factory racers from the 30's, 40's, and 50's. No apologies for a lot of photos of these bikes as I will probably never see or hear them again. Thanks to the Italian owners for bringing them South. The collection of Guzzis in the car park was also in the hundreds.
This is a large folder with 345 photos and probably only shows a quarter of the bikes present.
A great weekend with friendly atmosphere and the chance to see and hear some great machines.
I have tried to get all the labelling correct but if you have some more information let me know and I'll add it.
Enjoy the photos. I can provide higher resolution if needed. No cost but if you use them I would like credit given.
For more information for next years event keep an eye on www.ma.org.au/
This seismogram is from the Soe seismic station on Timor Island, Indonesia. The red noise at right & blue noise at left on the 20:30 and 21:00 lines are from a magnitude 6.0 offshore earthquake that hit in the Banda Sea, between Timor and Sulawesi, Indonesia. The quake occurred at 5:55 AM, local time, on 5 January 2022. The epicenter was about 207 kilometers east of Buton Island. The hypocenter was well within the mantle, at about 556 kilometers deep, a very considerable depth. Such events are called deep focus earthquakes.
This quake occurred just after an Earth-Moon-Sun alignment.
See info. at:
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000g90c/exec...
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-focus_earthquake
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An earthquake is a natural shaking or vibrating of the Earth caused by sudden fault movement and a rapid release of energy. Earthquake activity is called "seismicity". The study of earthquakes is called "seismology". The actual underground location of an earthquake is the hypocenter, or focus. The site at the Earth's surface, directly above the hypocenter, is the epicenter. Minor earthquakes may occur before a major event - such small quakes are called foreshocks. Minor to major quakes after a major event are aftershocks.
Most earthquakes occur at or near tectonic plate boundaries, such as subduction zones, mid-ocean ridges, collision zones, and transform plate boundaries. They also occur at hotspots - large subsurface mantle plumes (Examples: Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, Afar).
Earthquakes generate four types of shock waves: P-waves, S-waves, Love waves, and Rayleigh waves. P-waves and S-waves are body waves - they travel through solid rocks. Love waves and Rayleigh waves travel only at the surface - they are surface waves. P-waves are push-pull waves that travel quickly and cause little damage. S-waves are up-and-down waves (like flicking a rope) that travel slowly and cause significant damage. Love waves are side-to-side surface waves, like a slithering snake. Rayleigh waves are rotational surface waves, somewhat like ripples from tossing a pebble into a pond.
Earthquakes are associated with many specific hazards, such as ground shaking, ground rupturing, subsidence (sinking), uplift (rising), tsunamis, landslides, fires, and liquefaction.
Some famous major earthquakes in history include: Shensi, China in 1556; Lisbon, Portugal in 1755; New Madrid, Missouri in 1811-1812; San Francisco, California in 1906; Anchorage, Alaska in 1964; and Loma Prieta, California in 1989.
New in my collection is this year-1955 Graflex Graphic 35 range-finder camera made in the U.S.A.. I sourced the camera from an eBay seller in Italy and arrived safely n Lyon, France, on July 28, 2026 with its original leather ever-ready bag in standing collection condition. The Graphic 35 has some very unusual features with an eye-catching design and a remarkable construction quality.
Graflex (originally the Folmer & Schwing Manufacturing Company, founded in 1887 in New York) had long been renowned for its large- and medium-format press cameras (notably the Speed Graphic), which became the standard for photojournalism in the first half of the 20th century. After its acquisition by Kodak in 1905–1907, the works were moved to Rochester, New York. In 1926, following antitrust rulings, Graflex became independent again and continued production in Rochester until the early 1970s.
By the mid-1950s, large-format press cameras were losing ground to smaller, easier-to-use 35 mm cameras aimed at amateurs. Graflex responded by entering the 35 mm market. It had already marketed the Ciro 35 (derived from the earlier Cee-ay 35 of Candid Camera Corp., acquired via Ciro). In 1955 this design was thoroughly reworked into the Graphic 35.
Launch and Production
* Introduction: First shipments on 25 February 1955; press presentation on 8 March 1955 in New York.
* Manufacture: Body and final assembly in Rochester, N.Y. Lenses and shutters were imported from West Germany (Rodenstock or occasionally Enna “Graflar” 50 mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 lenses; Prontor-SVS leaf shutter, 1 s to 1/300 s + B, M/X sync, self-timer).
* Production period: Roughly August 1954 to July 1957 (sometimes listed as ending in 1958). Advertising continued into late 1960.
* Volume: Approximately 68,000 units (Graflex internal figures list 68,269 cameras distributed). Serial numbers began at 550,000 and later restarted at 1,100,000.
Introductory prices were about $77.50 (f/3.5) to $98–99.50 (f/2.8), making it one of the more affordable fully featured 35 mm rangefinders of its day.
Distinctive Features
* Push-button focusing on either side of the lens (“wing focusing”), invented by Graflex instrument maker Louis M. Traino, who received a $4,000 company award (roughly $35,000–40,000 in today’s money). A “Visi-Ready” distance scale was visible from above.
* Front-mounted, sideways-pull shutter-release lever.
* Spectramatic (later Universal Spectramatic) flash system, devised by engineering director Vernon Whitman: colour-coded bands that simplified aperture selection according to distance and guide number.
* Separate viewfinder and split-image rangefinder windows; film advance by knob (not coupled to shutter cocking, allowing intentional double exposures).
* Solid die-cast metal body with satin chrome finish and silver-grey leatherette covering (some later examples darker).
These features—especially the push-button focusing—were heavily promoted and helped the camera sell strongly in its first year.
After 1957–58 Graflex shifted to Japanese-made models (the Graphic/Century 35 series by Kowa, the Graphic Jet, etc.). The original Rochester-built Graphic 35 remains a characteristic mid-1950s American design: robust, unusually ergonomic in its controls, and still relatively affordable on the used market today.
It is one of the few non-Kodak 35 mm cameras actually made in Rochester and illustrates Graflex’s attempt to adapt to the postwar 35 mm amateur boom.
I did not find at now the optical formula of the lens. The lens takes 27mm screw-on filter and the external diameter is 32mm. With a little adaptation (rind made in a film canister cap...) one could fit the French FOCA filter push-on 36mm.
It seems that no lens cap was proposed for the Graphic 35. With a cap of Kodak 35mm canister, I made a plastic one to protect the front lens.
The range-finder is slightly off calibrated at infinite but it easy to correct the small shift to set the correct value on the distance scale that is only engraved in feet.
July 30, 2026
69004 Lyon
France
my Dad scanned this photo and sent it to me. it's from one of my birthday's at the first house I lived in. I think i am 6.
my mom is bringing me the cake and my grandma and grandad are at the table. gregg is sitting next to me and David is peeking around the column. as you can see i am intent on the cake and not the camera. :)
This is my best of 2011. The reason is I did this one as a tribute to my mother who passed away August 3, 2011. She fought breast cancer for 15 years. The hands belong to my son and daughter. The bracelet is mine. There is a charm on the bracelet that says "Together We Can Make A Difference". So that is the title I gave this photo. I miss my Mom so much.
This is my dad and my dog swimming in the lake in front of my cottage last summer. If you view Large, you can see that my dad is squinting because my dog was shaking the water off her face!
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Today has been interesting. I woke up earlier than normal, and I saw a present on the table with my name on it...so I went out to the mall and picked up a few things, including a card for my landlord. I figured I would try it as a gesture of goodwill.
Then I went to my old street to pick up some moose meat for my dad, from his friend.
I'm at my mom's house now, where I'm staying overnight. I'm looking forward to Christmas in the new house!
I had initially asked if people were interested in me making a 2011 calendar of my photos for them, but then I read that selling something here is against the erms-tay of ervice-say...and calendars are too expensive for me to give them away...so I've scrapped that idea. However, if any of you want me to mail you a print, as long as it's 8x10" or smaller, that's cheap enough on my end that I can do it for free. So if you want a print of one of my pics, let me know! I'd love my work to be featured on the walls of your home!
Anyway, I may post another picture tonight, but either way, I hope everyone (who celebrates Christmas) has a Merry Christmas tomorrow! :D
Spoorvervoer en Snelheid
De foto. Tempo 140. Niet meer of minder. Dat is het. 140 kilometer per uur. Maximaal. Voor elke trein. Langzamer mag. Sneller niet. .
Snelheid is een constante. Een constante in het denken. Denken van de mensheid. Constant denken. Treinen moeten sneller. Al het andere moet het maar bijbenen. Te beginnen met rails, beveiliging en personeel. Uiteindelijk ook ander verkeer over land.
De trein is snelheid. De trein is het snelste landvervoer. Althans het snelste dat beschikbaar is voor reizigers en goederen. Dat is een denken. Een denken dat er is sinds de eerste trein reed. De parameters zijn maximale snelheid van trein en rails.
Op de foto een snelle trein. Tientallen jaren op de tekentafel. Maximaal 200, 250 als leidraad Wat de trein kan doet niet toe. Het baanvak laat 140 toe. Kom je vanaf Rotterdam, Parijs of Brussel naar Amsterdam? Jouw trein gaat over dit baanvak. Geldt ook als je die richting op moet. Op de foto een trein op weg naar Brussel.
Is De Trein Snelheid
Is de trein snelheid? Dat is de vraag.
Controle vragen kloppen de parameters rond maximum snelheid wel? . Op de controlevragen nee, kloppen niet.
Het gaat er niet om dat een hoge snelheid wordt aangetikt. Het gaat om reistijd van deur tot deur, betrouwbaarheid in uitvoering daarvan. Meer niet. Dus komen er afgeleide parameters als zo min mogelijk overstappen cq overslag, dienstregelingen.
Wat wel
De juiste parameter lijkt dus betrouwbaarheid. Prima als een trein met gemiddeld 60 per uur rijdt. Dat lijkt sukkelen. In praktijk als een goederentrein die 50 tot 100 jaar terug over rails gleed. Desnoods met stoomlikje er voor. Alleen bij betrouwbaarheid geldt dus dat die trein dit ook doet.
Snelheid op zich doet er niet toe. Het nakomen van levering op tijd. Daar gaat het om! Ongeacht snelheid. Ofwel
conform dienstregeling. Het hoeft geen garantie te zijn. Het stelt ook eisen aan onderhoud van trein, rails , beveiliging. Het stelt eisen aan overig verkeer op rails.
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Betrouwbaarheid reflecteert dus op tijd maar niet op snelheid. Dat is een tegenstelling. Zo van “dus we mogen niet snel zijn” “en het moet wel op tijd”… Daarmee lijkt Tempo 140 van de foto zo gek nog niet. Punt is dat Tempo 140 bedacht is bij ontwerp van het baanvak (jaren ’60). Het baanvak in fases open (1978-1993). Ergens in die tijd is tijd met snelheid verward en de energie gemist. Ineens ging het om tempo 220, 250, 300. Er is zelfs (weer) een nieuw baanvak voor gekomen. Tot op heden weinig “match” tussen treinen en baanvak. Op de foto een trein die bedoeld is om 220 km per uur te rijden. De betrouwbaarheid van die trein? 220 km per uur rijden tussen Schiphol en Breda (en evt. Verder).
Verwachtingen en reflecties
Betrouwbaarheid schept verwachting. Kortom In het denken za een trein die 220 ging aantippen.. Op basis daarvan dienstregeling uitrollen, prijzen etc. De trein op de foto is een goede trein. Al is het een goederentrein-locomotief met Intercity-rijtuigen uit de jaren’70. Al is het een trein die niet harder kan dan 160. Constant stelt de spoorsector als probleem dat deze trein snelheid mist . Daarmee is deze niet goed. De trein is wel goed . De HSL is een issue. Ofwel verwachtingen van de HSL worden op de trein gereflecteerd
Argumenten
- Op bestaande baanvakken had deze trien maximale betrouwbaarheid geleverd. Precies zoals de spoorlijn naar Schiphol is bedacht.
- Deze trein moet nu de HSL op. Een nieuw baanvak.Waar “Snelheid” boven betrouwbaarheid is geschoven. In mijn optiek ten onrechte. Puur omdat Snelheid niet waar te maken is. Betrouwbaarheid wel. Precies daar gaat het mis.
- Deze trein kan maar 160, waar 220 is geeist. Meniggeen zal nu de FYRA trein aanhalen. Onder het motto die had daar moeten rijden en die kon het wel.
- Rond de FYRA trein veel verhaal en sentiment. Die trein is er uit gehaald door de spoorwegen. Niet door het publiek (door kopersstaking bijv)en), Niet door de Aandeelhouder. Sentiment dat reflecteert op deze trein.
- Ondanks al het sentiment dat aan de FYRA kleeft, is het rationeel helder. "Geen betrouwbaarheid geleverd aan de klant" door vervoerder FYRA. Het ligt niet aan deze of enige andere trein.
Geen beetrouwbaarheid leveren aan een klant. Dat is niet nieuw in de spoorsector . Het is ook niet exclusief voor NS en andere Nederlandse vervoerders. Het gebeurt al sinds het oprichten van spoorvervoerders. Het is een van de “triggers” die de transitie van “spoor” naar “weg” voor goederen en personen aanjoeg.
Killers voeden
Dan zijn er nog Killers. Mensen of bedrijven die geen belang hebben bij spoorvervoer. Het liefst elimineren. Dat gaat niet zo maar en niet zonder slag of stoot. Continue zwart maken is een tactiek.
De Killers weten ook dat de spoorsector zelf munitie aan hen levert. Bijvoorbeeld door stelselmatig snelheid boven betrouwbaarheid te zetten. Dat kan dan weer snel vertaalt. Niet alleen in functioneren van een product. Dat heb ik net gedaan rond de trein. Ook de vervoerder(s) en daarna de hele sector krijgen er van langs.
Killerinsticnt: Zie je wel NS functioneert niet? Mijn stelling "
Ho! Reflecteer deze Efficiency-Les niet op NS of enig ander vervoerde"r.
Het gaat niet om verleden. In het heden is het denken van NS en elk vervoerder wel omgeslagen. Die omslag lent andere vragen. IS het de juiste weg en in hoeverre komt alles uiteindelijk in de buurt. Betrouwbaarheid dus in mijn stelling
Betrouwbaarheid, als afgeleide kan die wel komen. Voor nieuw materieel houdt NS rekening met snelheden op de baanvakken. En ander eisen (zoals afwijkend stroomsysteem en beveiliging). Op een bepaald moment rijden de treinen die snelheden die mogelijk zijn. Ook in een dienstregeling. Zelfs met garanties rond vertraging. Dat komt in de buurt van Betrouwbaarheid.
Sterker dit is eigenlijk Betrouwbaarheid. Zonder dat het betoogd is. Dat laatste is belangrijk. Geen verwijt. Het vertelt namelijk dat ik een filosofie heb en die ook zou kunnen managen. Het leuke is dat voor veel vervoerders dit niks lijkt uit te maken, geen verschil lijkt te maken. Immers wij zijn eigenlijk toch zo goed en kwaad als het kan betrouwbaar, toch.?
Betrouwbaarheid is echter geen toestand, of een constante. Het is een werk-woord, een proces. Het ontstaat pas op het eerste moment dat die toestand bereikt is en herkent is
Alleen voor de Schiphollijn gaat het wel 50 jaar duren voor die toestand is bereikt. Het had in 1 jaar gekund! Voor de HSL gaat die toestand 20 jaar duren, het was en is onnodig; in haar wezen draagt de HSL niets bij aan betrouwbaarheid. Zij is puur gebouwd op (maximale) snelheid. Niet op tijdige levering. Een keuze. Die NS niet gemaakt heet. Dat is gebeurt in “Politiek Den Haag”.
Het is NS min of meer opgelegd op het einde van haar “zijn’ als Nutsbedrijf. Zo beschouwt een rottig afscheidscadeau. Judas laat ik er maar buiten. Je krijgt dus een spoorlijn met verkeerde filosofie en vanuit die verkeerde filosofie krijg NS min of meer te verstaan dat zij de transitie moet doen van exclusief naar primair vervoerder. Daarbij hoorde het merk FYRA. Vanuit Betrouwbaarheids-filosofie gedoemd te mislukken. Niet omdat de vervoerder, de trein, of het personeel onbetrouwbaar waren. Het baanvak is ingericht op snelheid. Snelheid is wat anders dan betrouwbaarheid. Kortom NS functioneert (in deze context)
Voor andere vervoerders schept dit ruimte om naar NS te kunnen wijzen. Zij moeten dan "mee doen" met de Killers. Hun argumenten lijken eender. Hun belangen verschillen. De "anderen" willen zelf treinen rijden (minder NS of weg met NS). de Killers willen geen enkele trein. Wie mee doet met de Killers draait dus ook een strop om eigen nek. Wie goed kijkt ziet dat de HSL geen NS product is. Het is opgelegd. Daarmee is het ook niet "fair" om niet functioneren (bijv op betrouwbaarheid) af te reageren op haar. marktwerking is unfair zal gesteld worden in de ruimte. Uiteindelijk is het allemaal afbraak. De contouren zijn al zichtbaar. Treinen bouwen op hoge snelheid wil niemand meer; Giganten Alstom en Siemens zijn marktleider en willen fuseren omdat het anders zwaar verliesgevende activiteit is. Snelheid blijkt nog immer de Demand te zijn. De HSL is met de Betuwerroute als bodemloze put te betitelen; vele malen duurder als beoogd. Gaat nooit terug verdient worden. Beide projecten zijn in beeld geweest bij diverse parlementaire enquetes. De boodschap is helder zulke projecten zijn te duur voor ons land. Het Siemens/Alstom verhaal schetst dat wereldwijd zo een tendens lijkt te gelden. Niets doen geen optie. Vervoeders die elkaar zwart maken is niet handig. geldt ook voor fabrikanten, bouwbedrijven etc. Allemaal omdat Snelheid norm is. Het kan anders
Anders kan
Zet betrouwbaarheid als norm en het feestje wordt anders. Of het wat uitmaakt dat Amsterdam - Parijs in 3 uur 45 of 4 uur 20 gereden wordt. In theorie rond snelheid uiteraard enorm. In mijn theorie geldt: Optimaal 970 op 1000 4 uur 20 rijden,
Beter als 700 tot 900. keer 3uur 45 benaderen.
Voeg er bij OV dat betrouwbaar is (Tram, Metro, S-Baan, Stoptrein, Intercity) waar dit kan en betrouwbaarheid maakt verschil. Hier staat geen Bus: de Bus deelt de weg met concurrent wegvervoer. Die concurrent verstopt de weg in stedelijke gebieden (files enzo). Ook de bus krijgt betrouwbaarheid maar rekbaar.
Kan dit niet?mmm.. Japan doet dit toch al met de Shinkansen? nee die zetten snelheid voorop. Al komen ze wel heel dicht in de buurt. Geen systeem optimaal.
En de consequenties? nou....niet te overzien; want ons complete spoorwegnet is nu ingericht op maximale snelheden. Die door prioriteit alleen voor de snelste treinen gelden. Om-denken heeft alleen zin bij uitvoering.
Terug naar de foto. Tempo 140? Is dat snel? Nee. Is dat erg? niet per se. As het maar betrouwbaar is. Bij de locatie geldt relatief veel uitval van treinen in de tunnel (bovenleidingschade). Dat is dan een permanent werk/onderhoud issue om betrouwbaarheid te leveren; aan trein en baanvak!)
Here is one of my new photos.
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A buck grave
A neglected grave of a great ancestor
A small cross
Amelie
Amélie getting tired
Amélie loves the reindeer
Amelie playing with the lego farm
Amélie trying to reach the ceiling
Another buck grave
Another fine trophy
At Wyvale Garden Centre
Brian hands out the awards Oct 09
Brilliant railtrack
Chris and Ann at King William IV
Chris and Mike at Holkham beach
Cleaning it up
Cricket dinner Oct 09
Details of grave
Distance shot
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Even the old pier is deserted
Getting very tired
Giving him a stroke
Good morning hunny
hand painting
Hardly anyone here. Brilliant
Having a cuddle after lunch
Having a giggle with Oppy
Holkham beach and the pine trees
Holkham beach with the tide out
Holkham marshes
Holkham to Wells
Hunstanton
Hunstanton how we like it
Hunstanton lifeboat house
Ian and Mike
Ian's work is acknowledged
In the pleasure gardens
Justin is a winner
learning to knit
Lets go out for a walk
Mike looks at the Wash
Miles of beach to ourselves
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New patio window in
No patio window in the dining room
No thanks Grandma
Noticeboard of churchyard
Old boat at Old Hunstanton
Old boat front view
Old boat rear view
Oppy sleeping
Oso has a plan
Phil and Maureen
Rock fall amazing
Saying bye bye
The Church
The faded words
The old dining room patio window
The old utility room patio window
The rocks
The rocks and lighthouse
The whole Buck grave
The whole grave
They may be related
Trying to decipher the words
Up,up and away
Utility Room looks great
Val by the grave
Xandro playing dinosaurs
Xandro watching Tv with Oppy
Zechariah Buck's grave
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This is Sheetz store # 348 at 4025 West Market Street in York, PA. This store features typical early 2000s Sheetz architecture, and it's BEAUTIFUL. I used to work at Sheetz store # 346 in Fredericksburg, VA, and it looked identical to this store with the exception of this store lacking a Beer Cave.
Sheetz had a great thing going with this store design... I'm glad I got to see this store design at least one time before they all disappear in Sheetz' sweep of renovations.
Fun day at the shop this week!
This is the latest batch of decap's that I did. Some real challenges with the neck, especially R14 and R19. Will be a lot of work, but well worth it!
was really surprised to see that the R14 figure with catalogue head of wade tolera, is added on and the neck is thicker than his twin R15/joe.
Was a LOT of bondo in that neck!
Rio de Janeiro - 30/06/2022 - Ct Carlos Castilho.
Fluminense treina esta manhã no CT Carlos Castilho.
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This is a photograph from the first annual running of the Edenderry Athletic Club 10 Mile Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Edenderry, Co. Offaly, Ireland on Easter Monday, 28th March 2016 at 12:00. The race today also included the Offaly AAI Clubs 10 Mile Road Race championships which was open to any fully registered athlete who is a member of an athletics club in Co. Offaly. In total over 200 people took part in the event which drew a large contingent from Co. Offaly but also from clubs and locations around the midlands and leinster. The race was very well organised and started close to the Edenderry Tullamore Road at Kilfane Cross and proceeded to head North Eastwards towards the village and townland of Rhode, Co. Offaly before turning back (at around 4.5 miles) for the return to Edenderry and the finish. The race route crosses the Grand Canal at two points between 4.5 miles and 7 miles. Overall the windy conditions certainly did not help runners in the first five miles as this acted as a head wind. Otherwise the weather was cold, clear and bright. The return to Edenderry seen runners run the 1st mile in reverse and return to the finish line in Oakland's Community College in the center of the town. There were water stations at two points on the route and all major junctions and laneways were well stewarded. Traffic was also controlled on the roads to allow the race to proceed safely. The timing and event management was provided by PopupRaces.ie
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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.
I 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 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.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
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.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
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 http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
This is an entry into the JRC in the Imperial Impressment Category:
JUST ROUND UP SOME DRUNKS
After trying for days to sign volunteers to joins the Armada without luck, the order came down from above: "Just round up some drunks!". Knowing that a group of candidates like to hang out by the West gate, a press gand was sent there to round them up.
The brick walls were inspired by Legohaulic's western town wall technique.
Enjoy!
This is why we fought the war, boys! Two men admire the legs of three women. The people in this tiny photo are identified on the back as Red, Edna, Jo, Mary, and Lyle. Lyle's hand touches Mary's thigh, but Mary seems to be okay with this -- unless he did it at the last second before the photo was snapped. It's dated June 29, 1947.
I said that "This is why we fought the war!" but I don't know if Red and Lyle were in World War II. Red might be too young.
Jo and Mary are wearing bikinis, by the way.
This Jo is almost certainly the same Jo in another photo, from 1949.
Gary Busey, actor, turned 3 on this date, by the way.
- another re-invented space made up to look like "Andy Griffith Show."
Mount Airy, N.C. is a small town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was incorporated in1885, and did very well producing tobacco, furniture, textiles and granite from the (very large) granite quarry. By the 1960s those industries had begun to dwindle, and the passage of NAFTA in the late 1980s closed down most of the remaining textile mills.
So, what to do to help the economy? Turns out that Andy Griffith, the creator and star of the popular TV shows The Andy Griffith Show (and its sequel, Mayberry RFD) of the 1960s, hails from Mount Airy - and that he used the town and its rural setting as inspiration for the shows. Almost 20 years after the TV shows stopped production, Mount Airy began to reinvent itself, using the popularity of the shows (STILL being shown in reruns on cable TV!) to create an interesting spot for tourists. North Main Street is home to the original Snappy Lunch (still operating after 80 years!). Other businesses have renamed themselves after the show (The City Barbershop is now Floyd's Barbershop), or call themselves "Mayberry (whatever)."
(More in the links.)
It's working. Everyday in the summer you see tourists walking around town - and I have snapped many a photo of families sitting on the bench outside Floyd's or waiting in line outside the Snappy Lunch - they must take me for a local when I visit in the summers. ;-)
Mount Airy has also made it onto many a list of best small towns of America...
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart.
With a population of 13.5 million, the city forms one of the largest urban agglomerations in Europe and is among the largest cities in the world by population within city limits.
Istanbul's vast area of 5,343 square kilometers (2,063 sq mi) is coterminous with Istanbul Province, of which the city is the administrative capital.
Istanbul is a transcontinental city, straddling the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
Its commercial and historical center lies in Europe, while a third of its population lives in Asia.
The city's biggest draw remains its historic center, partially listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but its cultural and entertainment hub can be found across the city's natural harbor, the Golden Horn, in the Beyoğlu district.
I'm getting way too old to catch these beasties on the move! First, I watched as one broke cover from the right, scorched across my field of vision and jumping the stream to the left of this shot ... then a second one followed … I got him just as he disappeared behind this tree … still, it's the best I've had in I don't know how long!
See if you can spot him/her! (PS He/she's under the tree!)
Stoats and Weasels are quite different in their reproductive habits, this is probably due to the short life that weasels lead, forcing them to produce offspring as quickly as possible.
The Weasel will raise two litters a year of between 3 and 6 kits in Spring and Summer with the young able to fend for themselves after only 5 weeks, by which time they are already able hunters.
Stoats on the other hand only have one litter per year in Spring but the breeding takes place in early summer of the previous year, with the females able to keep the fertilised egg implanted until it is allowed to gestate. A typical litter size is between 6 and 12 kits.
This is just part of the view the Thousand Oaks City Hall will command when it is completed in 1971. Architect Jerzy Pujdak and his associate Mark Bielski, who are conducting the national architectural competition for the complete civic center complex, discuss the site with City Manager Glenn Kendall. The first 3 1/2 acres for City Hall was formally given over to the city earlier this week by the Janss Corp. News Chronicle Collection, photographer John Berthman. CTO_057. 03-28-1969_2.
We’re happy to share this digital image on Flickr. Please note that this is a copyrighted image. For information regarding obtaining a reproduction of this image, please contact the Special Collections Librarian of the Thousand Oaks Library at specoll@tolibrary.org
This is a photo of one of the computer labs at SACI. While the computers are available for all students to use, this specific classroom is for the Visual Studies class. I am not in this class, I was using the computers for my own personal project, but I spoke with a student in the class who is really enjoying everything he is learning. The class partners with the Salvatore Ferragamo museum in Florence to enrich the students’ understanding of visual studies and culture. As this class is not only done on the computers, the central area of the room is filled with multi-purpose tables where students can complete various projects. In this photo specifically, the tables were being used as a surface where students in the class could cut up paper and create look book boards.
This is an interior view of the sweet shop on Kentmere Approach in Seacroft. I grew up just across the road from this shop and have many memories of uying my favourite sweets and comics from here. This was taken in the early '60's when thje shop was ownred by Jack & Enda Morrell. When I was growing up in the late 60's & 70's the shop was run by Mr & Mrs Ward. The entire block of shops on Kentmere Approach was demolished about 10 - 15 years ago. The street is just a wasteground these days with housing some of the roughest families. you've ever seen. The council's housing allocation policies in the '80's ensured that decent hardworking families were driven out to be replaced by families of anti-social layabout scumbags.
Apethorpe is a large civil Parish village in East Northamptonshire almost in the middle of nowhere close to the village of King's Cliffe. The village owns a pub along with Apethope Hall that sits to the South of the village.
The village's main landmark is St Leonard's church with's it's tall 17th-Century tower and spire. The rest of the church is mainly 15th-Century, Grade I listed and inside many fine stained glass windows can be seen.
The church's most distinctive feature is inside it's side Chancel Chapel where a huge monument stands and dominates the Chapel space. Erected as a memory to Sir Anthony Mildmay and his wife, first glance of it makes it seem as if a large model of St Paul's Cathedral's dome is there!
What is the curly wire connecting the frame to front wheel?
It would make sense as a light, but the bike didn't have a front light. Maybe for a hub generator to the rear?
This is a still frame taken from a video (from over a year ago), by request for JoJo Garbage Trucks. Sorry they aren't as clear as true pictures.
Owned by: Waste Management Inc
Chassis: Mack MR
Body manufacturer: Leach 2RII
Type of truck: Rear load garbage truck
Additional notes: The tailgate tag axle was removed from this truck
Location of photo: Brevard County, FL
This is a picture of my S-M-C Macro-Takumar f4 using a new (to me) Petri lens that I'm working on adapting to be used on my R7. The Petri mount is super weird and not very popular or common. This is my 3rd Petri lens.
I'm 3D printing the mount. So far, so good. But for this image I just held the lens up to the M42 to Canon RF adapter and shot it.
The lens itself looks interesting. I need to get this mount figured out first and then do some testing.
Shot using a Petri 55mm f2 @f2.8
Move-In is only a month away. Last year, lucky students got a helping hand from the UK Football team. Wildcats, are you ready to get back to campus?
A little planet that is the playa, so many angles, so many worlds, so much to see and experience... This was part of it.
My fourth time on the playa of black rock city and each time is always a unique experience!
After spending almost two weeks there and running only 1 batterie with three quarter left and no charger, I knoew I could not shoot too much...
So here is a quick set with some " things " in them, some incredible, non-sense, beauty of happiness celebrating life!
Hope you enjoy it!
#WalkInRed is an online/virtual social media campaign that takes place each year during the month of April. The idea is for #ActuallyAutistic individuals and allies to post selfies wearing red shoes, socks, lipstick, nail polish, other clothing or anything else red like food, toys, printed signs, etc. These images are meant to act as a positive beacon; making a typically blue month much happier through #love. 2015 is the first of many flashblogs and tweetstorms in the name of equality, understanding and #acceptance.
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There is no better colour than green. Although purple and the colours that combine to make it are my favorite colours, green is the most practical colour. It is the most calming and relaxing colour, it is NOT the colour of envy.... Green is the colour of nature. Green is the colour I wish I saw more of when I look out my window. Green is what grounds me and gives my day that little extra piece of beauty that it needs
The Typhoon Display is flown by 29 (Reserve) Squadron from RAF Coningsby. It showcases the incredible performance of the aircraft and also demonstrates the dedication, professionalism and excellence of the RAF personnel who fly, maintain and support Typhoon operations in the UK and across the world.
Flt Lt Jonathan Dowen, known as ‘Jonny’ was born in Sutton Coldfield but initially grew up in Javea, Spain before moving back to the UK aged nine. He spent his Secondary School years attending Colyton Grammar School, Devon, where he completed his GCSE’s and A-level’s. From the age of 13 Jonny was an active member of the local Air Training Corps squadron. Intent on pursuing his aspiration of becoming a pilot, Jonny applied to the Royal Air Force and was awarded a Sixth Form Scholarship, before subsequently joining the RAF in 2005, aged nineteen. After graduating from his Initial Officer Training (IOT) based at RAF Cranwell he was then posted to RAF Wyton where he flew the Tutor aircraft as part of his Elementary Flying Training (EFT). Jonny was then streamed onto both the Tucano and Hawk aircraft, graduating from Advanced Fast Jet Training (AFJT) in the summer of 2009, before being posted to RAF Coningsby, where he spent 4 months learning to fly the Typhoon aircraft on the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), 29(R)Sqn.
Upon completion of the OCU he joined XI(F)Sqn where he began his first operational tour with a frontline Sqn. During this period Jonny took part in multiple overseas deployments and exercises to India, Oman, United Arab Emirates, USA and the South Atlantic. On completion of his tour he was subsequently posted back to 29(R)Sqn as a Qualified Pilot Instructor (QPI) in early 2013. His primary role as a QPI is ensuring that new student’s are adequately trained and suitably qualified to serve on the frontline on completion of their training on the OCU. This involves instructing students on the basics of aircraft manoeuvring through to air to air and air to surface weapons employment, both day and night. His duties at Coningsby also include contributing to RAF Coningsby’s primary task of defending the United Kingdoms Airspace, known as Quick Reaction Alert (QRA).
This is a photograph from the Leinster Cross Country Championships which was held at Moyvalley Hotel and Golf Estate at Balyna Estate, Moyvalley, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Sunday 25th October 2015 begining at 11:00 until the final race at 14:20. The programme for today included Boys and Girls even ages, Junior male and female, Novice male and female and Masters male and female. The races were run on a superb course beside the Moyvalley hotel where the vast acres of prime farmland provided a large space to have a fair but challenging course on good firm ground.
The Leinster event was hosted by local club Na Fianna from Co. Meath. However the venue was actually just inside Co. Kildare in a part of the county where Meath and Kildare borders intersect several times along the route of the old N4/N6 road. The luxury Moyvalley Hotel & Golf resort is set amidst 550 acres of historic Kildare countryside and is easily accessed from the M6/M4 at Enfield or Kinnegad.
Results can be found at MyRunResults.com and their website www.myrunresults.com/results.html
Balyna Estate where the races were held can trace its history back to the 1500s. More recently the estate was owned by the Bewley Family of the Bewley Cafe fame. The hotel and resort were taken over by new management in 2014 who are implementing big plans to expand Moyvalley further.
Our full collection of photographs from the races today are available on Flickr at this set www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157659898745159
USING OUR PHOTOGRAPHS - A QUICK GUIDE AND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
BUT..... Wait there a minute....
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.
This also extends to 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.
I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?
You can download this photographic image here directly to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. Have a look for a down-arrow symbol or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.
I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
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 - 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.
I 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 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.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
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.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
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 http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
This is by far the fanciest local display. 65,000+ lights are computer controlled and synched to the music which can be heard in your car on FM 92.3. It's quite an experience to be directly in front of this house when one of the signature songs is playing, and the whole house seems to be pulsating in rhythm with the music! #9614
Merry Christmas - Happy Holidays!
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Tiger Leaping Gorge is a scenic canyon on the Jinsha River, a primary tributary of the upper Yangtze River. It is located 60 kilometres north of Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. It is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site.At a maximum depth of approximately 3790 meters from river to mountain peak, Tiger Leaping Gorge is one of the deepest and most spectacular river canyons in the world. The inhabitants of the gorge are primarily the indigenous Naxi people, who live in a handful of small hamlets. Their primary subsistence comes from grain production and foreign hikers (as well as Chinese).
GEOGRAPHY
Around 15 kilometres in length, the gorge is located where the river passes between the 5,596 metres Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the 5,396 metres Haba Snow Mountain in a series of rapids under steep 2,000 metres cliffs. Legend says that in order to escape from a hunter, a tiger jumped across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 metres wide), hence the name.
Administratively, the river in this area forms the border between Yulong Naxi Autonomous County of Lijiang City (right bank) and Shangri-La County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (left bank).
The gorge is not considered navigable. In the early 1980s, four rafters attempted to go down the gorge and were never seen again. In 1986, the first known successful attempt to sail through the gorge was made by the first expedition to float down the entire length of the Yangtze, starting at the river's high source at the Gelandandong glacier lake.
The area was officially opened to foreign tourists in 1993, but had attracted adventurous backpackers already in the 1980s. Officials plan to improve the existing trails and roads, bringing tour buses and more development. These plans arouse highly varied reactions among the local population, from strong opposition to strong support.
Natural crystals are mined from areas in and surrounding the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
ROADS AND TRAILS
Hiking the length of the gorge is possible. The hiking path ("the high road") is well-maintained and marked, although sometimes narrow, and at times impassable due to heavy rains, and is used by the Naxi as part of everyday life. This trail is longer than the lower road, approximately 22 kilometres, but is more varied. It features a variety of micro-ecosystems, waterfalls, and a fair number of guesthouses for trekkers. These guesthouses are not well heated, which combined with the unpredictable nature of high mountain weather makes this trek unadvisable during the rainy season, although in recent years the raining periods got shorter and it got possible to hike there again.
The lower road, stretching about 195 km from Qiaotou through the Gorge, is a stretch of pavement (until recently a simple mule track) crossed by several waterfalls, and frequently beset by rockslides. Some portions of the road have been known to disappear into the river below. The road follows the Yangtze, so there are more views of the river, and a stronger sense of being in a gorge than on the upper trail. Where the high road descends to meet the lower road, one can climb down to the river near the Tiger Leaping Stone, the point at which the tiger is said to have leaped. In July 2010, the Chinese government closed the gorge to visitors because a new lower road was being built. Consequently, there were no government officials to charge the 50 yuan fee to enter the trail. Locals requested a 10 yuan fee to enter the trail. Many trekkers still hiked the high road in spite of its closure. Some buses continued to travel the low road, although landslides frequently caused travel delays.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Although Tiger Leaping Gorge is an essential part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan, a World Heritage Site since 2003, the Chinese government floated proposals for a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River in 2004. The Yunnan provincial government scrapped the project in 2007.
Details of the scrapped project follow: Construction had begun on the other 12 dams of the same project which lie just outside the boundaries of the heritage area, even though it had not been approved by the State Council. Media reports suggested that the Lijiang city government waived standard procedures in order to facilitate the project.The project would displace up to 100,000 people to the north, mainly the Naxi minority, to a Tibetan area with harsh climate and unfamiliar crops as barley and potatoes as staples, virtually stop the flow of the upper Yangtze River, and irreparably alter the landscape of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. The project was abandoned in December 2007. This project was also related to the Three Gorges Dam and the South-North Water Transfer Project, which would cause massive environmental damage and the destruction of thousands of cultural sites.
WIKIPEDIA
Cairo is home to many buildings built in the transitional styles that show the evolution from Art Deco to early Modernism, with heavy vertical and horizontal emphasis, simple ornamentation and concrete detailing, and pulled back corners that allowed for larger balconies. Constructed between World War I and the 1950s, these buildings show off the diversity of this style, which was imported from Europe, and, ironically, despite the push to decolonize the country in the mid-20th Century, continues to heavily influence most Egyptian architecture today. Gone are the indigenous styles of Islamic Old Cairo and the ancient monuments, the classical styles of the Greeks and Romans, and the colonial styles of the European empires and Ottomans. In its place is yet another stylistic movement that originated outside the country, and is the most commonly seen umbrella you can place most buildings built today in Egypt into, having displaced most local and indigenous styles of vernacular architecture, with local materials and motifs no longer being as common as they once were. Modernist planning has also been imported in the form of new suburban enclaves for the wealthy, which take aspects of the car dependency of American suburbs and the higher densities of European new towns and combines them into a hybrid form. This is a trend seen in most of the world since World War II, and doesn’t show any sign of letting up anytime soon.
This is something I put together for Rare Disease Day. This is a photo of my mom - Beverly Hart - who was diagnosed with IPF in 2003 and passed away in 2009. IPF, while it kills more people than breast cancer every year, is still classified as a "rare disease". I included a photo of what a PF lung looks like an some fast facts about PF.
*Join the International Online Community for people living with Idiopahtic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF): www.rareconnect.org/en/community/idiopathic-pulmonary-fib...
Richmond is a town in North Yorkshire which boasts a sizeable ruined medieval castle on a strong defensive position high above the River Swale.
The town features a large Market Place with the former Trinity Church, now the Green Howards military museum, at its heart, in addition to the Obelisk. This marks the location of a large (now disused) underground reservoir that was key to supplying the town with fresh drinking water when constructed in 1771.
The former Railway Station and Goods Shed, built by the North Eastern Railway Company and disused since the closure of the branch to Darlington in the 1960s have been tastefully converted to an arts and social hub, retaining many original features of the buildings.
The famous enamelled AA sign for the 1927 Solar Eclipse is a unique survivir and can be found on Victoria Road.
Tsinghua University is most famous university in China which has a long history of 98 years. Kingsun has cooperated with Tsinghua University for many years on non-imaging quadric optical lens, attractive outline design and intelligent control. In Sep, 2008, Tsinghua University decided to install some Kingsun LED street lights in its school yard to show their achievements. This LED street lighting project means Kingusn LED street lighting has already entered leading field in China. Furthermore, Tsinghua University develops new technologies and products all time which we will push to the market then..
This LED Street Light project uses KS-E070TX on 8 meters pole to illuminate the car parking area. The light uniformity is better than the original lights and it’s glare-free, which is safer for drivers..
The High Power LED Street Lights using in this LED Street Light Retrofit Project:
Kingsun LED Street Light KS-E070TX cost 70 W and can create 6300 lm light, if you want more information about this product, please LED Street Light.
Srithep Ancient Town is approximately 240 kilometers north of Bangkok. It is located in Sri Thep district, Phetchabun Province. Sri Thep covers 47 square kilometers and is enclosed by two concentric moats. It is characterized as a twin town; Muang Nai refers to the inner structure of the town and Muang Nok to the outer
structure of the town.
Muang Nai is cricular in plan,covering 2.08 square kilometers,and has eight entrances. There are three large monuments: Prang Sri Thep, Prang Song Phi Nong and Khao Klang Nai. There are also about 37 archeological sites and 70 ponds dispersed within the town. These sites have all been restored by the Royal Thai Fine Arts
Department.
Muang Nok is located to the east of Muang Nai. It is rectangular in plan and covers an area of 2.54 square kilometers. It has seven entrances, 54 small archaeological sites and 30 ponds.
Outside the ancient town,there are approximately 50 archaeclogical sites. The most important sites are located on the north side of the town and Khao Tha Morat cave which is the only archaeological site on the mountain; It is located on the west side of Sri Thep.
Sri Thep ancient town was originally abandoned to the jungle. According to a monk, the local villagers called its name that "Muang Apai Sali" in 1904. Sri Thep's name first appeared in written accounts when Prince Damrong visited Phetchabun province. He searched for an ancient town named "Sri Thep" which he found this name in
Ayuddhaya and Early Rattanakosin 's archives.
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First time back at a National Trust property since the lockdown began.
We had to book a slot in advance online days before we went.
Views of the moated manor house at Baddesley Clinton. While the house is closed, the gardens and grounds were open.
Grade I Listed Building
Baddesley Clinton House and Bridge over Moat
Listing Text
BADESLEY CLINTON
SP 17 SE
1/1 Baddesley Clinton House
11.4.67 and bridge over moat
(formerly listed as
Baddesley Clinton Hall,
including bridge over
moat)
GV I
Manor house. Late C15, on earlier site; south-east range refronted c.1736: late
C19 service wing added to north-east side of south-west range designed and built
by Edward Heneage Dering. Courtyard plan. North-east range: stone ashlar; old
brick flues, bridge end stack to right with octagonal brick flue. 2-storey,
6-window range. Gatehouse at right of centre: 4-centred outer archway encloses
4-centred doorway with spandrels. Panelled and studded door to inner doorway.
6-light stone mullion and transom window to first floor. Battlemented parapet
to gatehouse. 2-light stone mullion window with 4-centre arched heads to
lights, at left of centre 3-light stone mullion window with 4-centre arched
heads to lights, at right,. 5-light stone mullion window to left of centre. Two
3-light stone mullion windows, with flat stone arches having keystones, to
left. Continuous hoodmould to right, and to left of centre. 4-light stone
mullion window to first floor right. 3-light stone mullion window to first
floor right of centre. 4-light stone mullion window to first floor left of
centre. Two 3-light stone mullion window to first floor left. South-east
range: red brick; old plain-tile roof; various brick stacks,with octagonal or
diagonally set brick flues, 2 storey A-window range. Irregular fenestration,
mostly of C18 three-light wood casements with segmental brick heads. south-west
range: stone ashlar; old plain-tile roof; various brick stacks. 2-storey,
6-window range. Irregular fenestration, mostly of 3-light stone mullion
windows. Single-storey addition to centre with hipped old plain-tile roof, has
2 round-arched blind recesses to moat. Wood casement window to ground floor.
Courtyard: irregular fenestration. Interior: entrance hall has close-studded
timber-framing to walls. Great hall has stone fireplace of decorative pillars
supporting a frieze and atlantes flanking rectangular panel with round heraldic
central panel with strapwork surroundings. Dining room has late C16 panelling
and carved wood fireplace with pillars supporting a frieze and with richly
carved central heraldic panel. Drawing room has C17 panelling and chimney piece
placed here C18 Henry Ferrers' Bedroom, also known as the state bedroom has
panelling and chimney-piece of c.1629. Other rooms also have panelling and
carved chimney pieces. Bridge. Early C18. Red brick. 2 round arches, plain
brick parapet. History: site held by the Clintons, then was bought by John
Brome in 1438. Held by the Brome family, and passed by inheritance to the
Ferrers family in 1517. Henry Ferrers (1549-1633) carried out much work at the
house.
(Buildings of England: Warwickshire: 1966, pp8l-82; Baddesley Clinton: national
Trust Guide Book, 1986)
(60)
Listing NGR: SP1995071467
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
This is "Julius Squeezer" - Burmese Python
Julius is quite large, about 12 feet long and 65 pounds, according to his handlers. It takes three people to carry him safely. He is an animal ambassador at the SDZ Safari Park.
The Burmese python is one of the five largest snakes in the world, native to a large variation of tropic and sub-tropic areas of Southern- and Southeast Asia.
They are often found near water and are sometimes semi-aquatic, but can also be found in trees. They are also excellent swimmers, being able to stay submerged for up to half an hour.
Burmese pythons are carnivorous. Their diet consists primarily of appropriately sized birds, mammals
and vermin. IUCN has recently listed the Burmese python as "Vulnerable". Wikipedia
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Lumbinī (Nepali and Sanskrit: लुम्बिनी, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Nepal. It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 623 BCE. Gautama, who achieved Enlightenment some time around 588 BCE, became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism. Lumbini is one of many magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of Gautama Buddha; other notable pilgrimage sites include Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya and Sarnath.
Lumbini has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi Temple and several others which are still under construction. Many monuments, monasteries and a museum — the Lumbini International Research Institute — are also located within the holy site. Also located there is the Puskarini or Holy Pond where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath. At other sites near Lumbini, earlier Buddhas were, according to tradition, born, achieved ultimate Enlightenment and finally relinquished their earthly forms.
Lumbini was granted World Heritage status by UNESCO in 1997.
IN BUDDHA´S TIME
In the Buddha's time, Lumbini was situated between Kapilavastu and Devadaha (both in Nepal). It was there, that the Buddha was born. A pillar now marks the spot of Ashoka's visit to Lumbiní. According to an inscription on the pillar, it was placed there by the people then in charge of the park to commemorate Ashoka's visit and gifts. The park was previously known as Rummindei, 3.2 km north of Bhagavanpura.
In the Sutta Nipáta (vs. 683) it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sákyans in the Lumbineyya Janapada. The Buddha stayed in Lumbinívana during his visit to Devadaha and there preached the Devadaha Sutta.
REDISCOVERY
In 1896, Nepalese archaeologists (led by Khadga Samsher Rana and assisted by Alois Anton Führer) discovered a great stone pillar at Lumbini. Führer postulated that the pillar was placed at the site by Ashoka (emperor of the Maurya Empire) circa 245 BCE. Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Faxian in the early fifth century CE were also used in the process of identifying this religiously acclaimed site.
Recent excavations beneath existing brick structures at the Mayadevi Temple at Lumbini have uncovered evidence for an older timber structure beneath the walls of the newer brick Buddhist shrine, which was constructed during the Ashokan era. The layout of the Ashokan shrine closely follows that of the earlier timber structure, which suggests a continuity of worship at the site. The pre-Mauryan timber structure appears to be an ancient bodhigara (tree shrine), consisting of postholes and a wooden railing surrounding a clay floor containing mineralized tree roots that appears to have been worn smooth by visitors. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from the wooden postholes and optically stimulated luminescence dating of elements in the soil suggests human activity (possibly pre-Buddhist tree worship) began at the site around 1000 BCE, followed by the development of a Buddhist monastery-like community by approximately 550 BCE.
PRESENT-DAY
The present-day Lumbini historic site is 4.8 km in length and 1.6 km in width. The holy site of Lumbini is bordered by a large monastic zone in which only monasteries can be built, no shops, hotels or restaurants. It is separated into an eastern and western monastic zone, the eastern having the Theravadin monasteries, the western having Mahayana and Vajrayana monasteries.
The holy site of Lumbini has ruins of ancient monasteries, a sacred Bodhi tree, an ancient bathing pond, the Ashokan pillar and the Mayadevi Temple, where the supposed place of birth of Buddha is located. From early morning to early evening, pilgrims from various countries perform chanting and meditation at the site.
A non-governmental organization named Samriddhi Foundation started in 2013 working extensively in the field of education and health specially in government schools of the area where underprivileged children study. A non-governmental organisation called "Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation" (APECF) backed by chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and then Prime Minister Prachanda, the Chinese government and a UN group called "United Nations Industrial Development Organization" (UNIDO) signed a deal to develop Lumbini into a "special development zone" with funds worth $3 billion. The venture was a China-UN joint project. A broader 'Lumbini Development National Director Committee' under the leadership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal was formed on 17 October 2011. The six-member committee included Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) leader Mangal Siddhi Manandhar, Nepali Congress leader Minendra Rijal, Forest Minister Mohammad Wakil Musalman, among other leaders. The committee was given the authority to "draft a master plan to develop Lumbini as a peaceful and tourism area and table the proposal" and the responsibility to gather international support for the same.
Nipponzan Myohoji decided to build a Peace Pagoda in the park in 2001, which is visited by many different cultures and religions every day.
Hindus regard the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu and thousands of Hindu pilgrims go there on the full moon of the Nepali month of Baisakh (April–May) to worship Queen Mayadevi as Rupa Devi, the mother goddess of Lumbini.
Lumbini was granted World Heritage status by UNESCO in 1997.
ON THE NEPALI RUPEE
Nepal's central bank has introduced a 100-rupee Nepali note featuring Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha. The Nepal Rastra Bank said the new note would be accessible only during the Dashain, Nepal's major festival in October 2013. It displays the portrait of Mayadevi, Gautam Buddha's mother in silver metallic on the front. The note also has a black dot which would help the blind recognise the note. The name of the central bank in Latin script would be printed on the note along with the date of printing in both the Christian Era and the Bikram Era. The new note is being issued following a cabinet decision 27 August.
TRANSPORT
Lumbini is a 9-hour drive from Kathmandu and a 30-minute drive from Bhairahawa. The closest airport is Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa, with flights to and from Kathmandu.
WIKIPEDIA
This is a photograph from the 5th annual Braveheart 5KM Trail Run which was held in the wonderful historic grounds of Trim Castle, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland at 20:00 on Friday 13th June 2014. This unique event is staged along the banks of the Boyne and will take in many of the medieval sites of the town through the Porchfields. The heritage trails of Trim are an excellent leisure resource, and always prove popular with runners. Trim Castle, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, was constructed over a thirty-year period by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter. Hugh de Lacy was granted the Liberty of Meath by King Henry II in 1172. This race is the envy of many in Ireland as it is an opportunity for runners to run in one of the world's most historic castles. This year over 600 runners took part. Congratulations to everyone in Trim AC for staging an incredible night of racing. The beautiful summer's evening made the event one which was raced in the most perfect of settings.
Our full set of photographs from the event are at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157645195984413/
The race is run completely within Porchfields in Trim. Views of Trim Castle dominate the race from almost all vantage points. The race starts close to the Yellow Steeple and proceeds clockwise around the upper field of Porchfields. The route then goes right down to the River Boyne and use the pedestrian underpass under the R154 to access the easterly field in Porchfields. The race then proceeds to complete a full loop of this field. Part of this loop is on grass and then remainder of the loop joins the tarmac walkway along the Boyne. The route then brings runners back under the road to the westerly field in Porchfields where another loop is done before heading up-hill towards the finish beneath the Yellow Steeple.
Some Useful Internet Links
2014 RESULTS chipit.ie/?attachment_id=135
Wikipedia Braveheart Movie: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart
Wikipedia Trim Castle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_Castle
www.trimac.ie/braveheart_run_2014
www.trimac.ie/junior_braveheart_race_2014
www.facebook.com/trimathleticclub?fref=ts
2013 trimathletics.blogspot.ie/2013/06/results-braveheart-2013...
www.heritageireland.ie/en/midlandseastcoast/TrimCastle/
Photographs 2013: www.racepix.com/Braveheart-Trail-Run/racephotos/896/ (Paul Reilly)
Photographs 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157630136760260/
Photographs 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157626985416376/
Photographs 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157624182570415/
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Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
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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 - 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 does take 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.
I 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 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.
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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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Creative Commons aims 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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