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Castlefest is a festival to honour the sun, which at the Celts was worshipped as the god Lugh. This god brought mankind a lot of good things; he taught us how to grow grain and he warms the earth, so that the grain can grow and we can eat. The old Celtic harvest feast Lughnasadh is held in honour of this god. To this day heathens and Celtics alike celebrate this feast yearly around the first of August, also on Castlefest!
Castlefest is een festival ter ere van de zon, die bij de Kelten werd vereerd als de god Lugh. Deze god bracht de mensen veel goede dingen. Zo leerde hij ons om graan te verbouwen en hij verwarmt de aarde, zodat het graan kan rijpen en wij te eten hebben. Het oude Keltische oogstfeest Lughnasadh is aan deze god gewijd. Tot op de dag van vandaag vieren heidenen en kelten dit feest ieder jaar rond begin Augustus, ook op Castlefest!
Water is pumped out of the effected areas back over the Valley Park levee on the Merrimac River., December 31, 2015. Soldiers and airmen with the Missouri National Guard, volunteered to support the Missouri Department of Transportation in flood relief efforts in south central Missouri. The focus of the aid is to ensure traffic control, water purification and levee reinforcement in affected areas.(Missouri Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Patrick P. Evenson/Released)
The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre.
The Royal Exchange was heavily damaged in the Manchester Blitz and in the 1996 Manchester bombing. The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.
The cotton industry in Lancashire was served by the cotton importers and brokers based in Liverpool who supplied Manchester and surrounding towns with the raw material needed to spin yarns and produce finished textiles. The Liverpool Cotton Exchange traded in imported raw cotton. In the 18th century, the trade was part of the slave trade in which African slaves were transported to America where the cotton was grown and then exported to Liverpool where the raw cotton was sold. The raw cotton was processed in Manchester and the surrounding cotton towns and Manchester Royal Exchange traded in spun yarn and finished goods throughout the world including Africa. Manchester's first exchange opened in 1729 but closed by the end of the century. As the cotton industry boomed, the need for a new exchange was recognised.
Thomas Harrison designed the new exchange of 1809 at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street. Harrison designed the exchange in the Classical style. It had two storeys above a basement and was constructed in Runcorn stone. The cost, £20,000, was paid for in advance by 400 members who bought £50 shares and paid £30 each to buy the site. The semi-circular north façade had fluted Doric columns. The exchange room where business was conducted covered 812 square yards. The ground floor also contained the members' library with more than 15,000 books. The basement housed a newsroom lit by a dome and plate-glass windows, its ceiling was supported by a circle of Ionic pillars spaced 15 feet (4.6 m) from the walls. The first-floor dining-room was accessed by a geometrical staircase. The exchange opened to celebrate the birthday of George III in 1809. It also contained other anterooms and offices.
As the cotton trade continued to expand, larger premises were required and its extension was completed in 1849. The Exchange was run by a committee of notable Manchester industrialists. From 1855 to 1860, the committee was chaired by Edmund Buckley.
The second exchange was replaced by a third designed by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. It was extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England.The trading hall had three domes and was double the size of the current hall. The colonnade parallel to Cross Street marked its centre. On trading days merchants and brokers struck deals which supported the jobs of tens of thousands of textile workers in Manchester and the surrounding towns. Manchester's cotton dealers and manufacturers trading from the Royal Exchange earned the city the name, Cottonopolis.
The exchange was seriously damaged during World War II when it took a direct hit from a bomb during a German air raid in the Manchester Blitz at Christmas in 1940. Its interior was rebuilt with a smaller trading area. The top stages of the clock tower, which had been destroyed, were replaced in a simpler form. Trading ceased in 1968, and the building was threatened with demolition.
The exchange has four storeys and two attic storeys built on a rectangular plan in Portland stone. It was designed in the Classical style. Its slate roof has three glazed domes and on the ground floor an arcade orientated east to west. It has a central atrium at first-floor level. The ground floor facade has channelled rusticated piers and the first, second and third floors have Corinthian columns with entablature and a modillioned cornice. The first attic storey has a balustraded parapet while the second attic storey has a mansard roof. At the north-west corner is a Baroque turret and there are domes over other corners. The west side has a massive round-headed entrance arch with wide steps up and the first and second floor windows have round-headed arches. The third floor and first attic storey have mullioned windows.
The building remained empty until 1973, when it was used to house a theatre company (69 Theatre Company); the company performed in a temporary theatre but there were plans for a permanent theatre whose cost was then estimated at £400,000. The Royal Exchange Theatre was founded in 1976 by five artistic directors: Michael Elliott, Caspar Wrede, Richard Negri, James Maxwell and Braham Murray. The theatre was opened by Laurence Olivier on 15 September 1976.In 1979, the artistic directorship was augmented by the appointment of Gregory Hersov.
The building was damaged on 15 June 1996 when an IRA bomb exploded in Corporation Street less than 50 yards away. The blast caused the dome to move, although the main structure was undamaged. That the adjacent St Ann's Church survived almost unscathed is probably due to the sheltering effect of the stone-built exchange. Repairs, which were undertaken by Birse Group, took over two years and cost £32 million, a sum provided by the National Lottery. While the exchange was rebuilt, the theatre company performed in Castlefield. The theatre was repaired and provided with a second performance space, the Studio, a bookshop, craft shop, restaurant, bars and rooms for corporate hospitality. The theatre's workshops, costume department and rehearsal rooms were moved to Swan Street. The refurbished theatre re-opened on 30 November 1998 by Prince Edward. The opening production, Stanley Houghton's Hindle Wakes was the play that should have opened the day the bomb was exploded.
In 1999 the Royal Exchange was awarded "Theatre of the Year" in the Barclays Theatre Awards, in recognition of its refurbishment and ambitious re-opening season.
In 2014 Sarah Frankcom was appointed the sole artistic director.
In January 2016, the Royal Exchange was awarded Regional Theatre of the Year by The Stage. In announcing the award, The Stage said: "This was the year that artistic director Sarah Frankcom really hit her stride at the Royal Exchange. The Manchester theatre in the round's output during 2015 delivered its best year in quite some time."
In January 2018, the Royal Exchange Young Company won the "School of the Year" award at The Stage Awards 2018.
On 28 March 2019, the Royal Exchange announced that Frankcom was stepping down as artistic director of the theatre to take up a new post as director of the prestigious drama school LAMDA. On 8 July 2019, the theatre announced the appointment of Bryony Shanahan and Roy Alexander Weise as joint artistic directors.
The theatre features a seven-sided steel and glass module that squats within the building's Great Hall. It is a pure theatre in the round in which the stage area is surrounded on all sides, and above, by seating. Its unique design conceived by Richard Negri of the Wimbledon School of Art is intended to create a vivid and immediate relationship between actors and audiences. As the floor of the exchange was unable to take the weight of the theatre and its audience, the module is suspended from the four columns carrying the hall's central dome. Only the stage area and ground-level seating rest on the floor. The 150-ton theatre structure opened in 1976 at a cost of £1 million amid some scepticism from Mancunians.]
The theatre can seat an audience of up to 800 on three levels, making it the largest theatre in the round in the world. There are 400 seats at ground level in a raked configuration, above which are two galleries, each with 150 seats set in two rows.]
The Studio is a 90-seat studio theatre with no fixed stage area and moveable seats, allowing for a variety of production styles (in the round, thrust etc.) Prior to 2020, the studio acted as host to a programme of visiting touring theatre companies, stand-up comedians and performances for young people.
This is a photograph from the 9th annual Kinnegad 5KM Road Race and Fun Run 2018 which was held in the town of Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 11th July 2018 at 20:00. This race is organised by Coralstown Kinnegad GAA club with assistance from Coralstown Kinnegad Athletic Club. This race has firmly established itself on the local race calendar and yet again the race retains wonderful support from local clubs and runners. It is an AAI approved race. The race was first run in 2010 and has used the same route for each of the nine runnings of the race. The race is a right handed course, flat and fast and takes runners on a traffic free route which includes 3KM on the local road 'Boreen Bradach'. The boreen is a flat and sheltered by hedgerow and is a well used local walking and running route. The boreen benefits from a new surface which was applied over the last three years. The boreen emerges onto the main street with the finish is on this famous main street of Kinnegad in front of Harry's Hotel. This streetscape will be well known to many many people who traveled between the east and west of Ireland before the arrival of the motorway system which we have today. Kinnegad is situated at the intersection of the both the M6 Galway bound motorway and the M4 Sligo/Mayo bound motorway.
Tonight's weather for the race was perfect racing weather conditions. The recent very warm weather gave way to less hotter conditions with temperatures of around 17C on the night. The boreen is well shaded with mature hedgerows on either side for the majority of the course on this stretch. There was refreshments served in the GAA club afterwards where many participants watched the drama of the England-Croatia World Cup Semi Final match on TV in the clubhouse.
This is a photograph from the first running of the Kilbeggan 10 Mile Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Sunday August 4th 2013 at 12:00. The race was organised by Michael Murphy from Tullamore Harriers who is also race director of the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon. All proceeds from the race went to the Niall Mellon Township Trust Charity.
All credit must go to Michael Murphy and his team for the staging of a very professionally organised road race. There were two waterstops, very good marshalling, accurate course measurement, and refreshments afterwards. This race has great potential to become a compliment and lead-up race to the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon and prepare runners for the Dublin Marathon.
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: There was about 150 participants
Weather: This was a beautiful warm sunny summer's day. It was a little warm for road racing particularly with the midday sun directly over-head. There was some headwind at the begining of the race but this became negligible towards the final miles of the race.
Course: The race starts on the Moate Road in Kilbeggan at the junction of the Clara Road. This road will be familiar to many as the 'old N6 Galway road' which has now been replaced with the M6 motorway. The race proceeded straight into Horseleap village which runners took a left turn bringing the race onto country roads towards the village of Clara. Before Clara runners took another left turn which brought them on the final 2.75 miles straight back into the finish at Kilbeggan GAA grounds just yards from the race start. The course is a challenging course. While there are no big hills there are numerous smaller challenging inclines including a steep motorway bridge ascent at the 9 mile mark.
Location Map: This is the link to the Google StreetView imagery of the start, finish, race HQ, and race parking facilities at Kilbeggan GAA Club (goo.gl/maps/T0UJS)
Refreshments: There was a very impressive selection of refreshments provided for participants in the village hall afterwards.
Some Useful Links
Niall Mellon Township Trust Charity: www.nmtownshiptrust.com/
Kilbeggan 10 Mile Road Race Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/188461224663046/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Start and finish area: goo.gl/maps/T0UJS
Wikipedia Page about Kilbeggan: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilbeggan
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CONFUSION IS SEX
The bongo club
Edinburgh
31st December 2009
The freaky brides
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The Moon (Latin: Luna) is Earth's only natural satellite.
One of the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, among the satellites of the planets it is the largest relative to the size of the object it orbits (its primary). It is the second-densest satellite among those whose densities are known (after Jupiter's satellite Io).
The Moon is thought to have formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago, not long after Earth. Although there have been several hypotheses for its origin in the past, the current most widely accepted explanation is that the Moon formed from the debris left over after a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia.
The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth, always showing the same face with its near side marked by dark volcanic maria that fill between the bright ancient crustal highlands and the prominent impact craters. It is the second-brightest regularly visible celestial object in Earth's sky (after the Sun), as measured by illuminance on Earth's surface. Although it can appear a very bright white, its surface is actually dark, with a reflectance just slightly higher than that of worn asphalt. Its prominence in the sky and its regular cycle of phases have, since ancient times, made the Moon an important cultural influence on language, calendars, art, and mythology.
The Moon's gravitational influence produces the ocean tides and the slight lengthening of the day. The Moon's current orbital distance is about thirty times the diameter of Earth, causing it to have an apparent size in the sky almost the same as that of the Sun. This allows the Moon to cover the Sun nearly precisely in total solar eclipse. This matching of apparent visual size is a coincidence. The Moon's linear distance from Earth is currently increasing at a rate of 3.82 ± 0.07 centimetres (1.504 ± 0.028 in) per year, but this rate is not constant.
The Soviet Union's Luna programme was the first to reach the Moon with unmanned spacecraft in 1959; the United States' NASA Apollo program achieved the only manned missions to date, beginning with the first manned lunar orbiting mission by Apollo 8 in 1968, and six manned lunar landings between 1969 and 1972, with the first being Apollo 11. These missions returned over 380 kg of lunar rocks, which have been used to develop a geological understanding of the Moon's origin, the formation of its internal structure, and its subsequent history. After the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the Moon has been visited by only unmanned spacecraft.
Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos vegetation.
They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing up to 1-16 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, entire, and usually green, often covered with a waxy bloom, and in the case of the Silvertree, with a distinct silvery tone produced by dense silky hairs. The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences; they are dioecious, with separate male and female plants. The seed head is a woody cone-like structure, containing numerous seeds; the seed morphology is varied and reflects subgeneric groupings within the genus. A few such as the Silvertree have a silky-haired parachute, enabling the large round nut to be dispersed by wind. A few are rodent dispersed, cached by rats, and a few have elaiosomes and are dispersed by ants. About half the species store the seeds in fire-proof cones and only release them after a fire has killed the plants. Almost all species only recruit naturally after fires.
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The silvertree is dioecious, with separate male and female plants. The fruit is a woody cone-like structure, containing numerous seeds; the seeds have a silky-haired helicopter-like parachute, enabling them to disperse by wind.
An estimated 40 to 50 percent of the entire world's native population of these trees was destroyed between 26 January and 27 January in the 2006 Table Mountain fire [1]. However, as recruitment of seedlings only occurs naturally after fire this is a necessary stage in the life-cycle of this Fynbos species. Recruitment after the fire has been good, and the population has recovered totally. It will however take another few years before this population produces seeds, during which time it would be vulnerable to extinction by further fires.
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A major deterrent to propagation of the silver leaf tree is its short life span. Most individuals don't live more than 20 years. But that is not a problem for conservation as fires rejuvenate populations on average every 15-20 years by killing the surviving adults and stimulating the canopy-stored seed banks (in the cones) to be released and the soil-stored seed banks to germinate. Juveniles take 5-7 years to flower and set seed, whereafter the populations are ready to burn again.
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The silver hairs serve to reflect light and ergo heat and keep the plant from dehydrating.
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El secretario general del PSOE y presidente de la Internacional Socialista, Pedro Sánchez, preside el Foro de Gobiernos Progresistas con líderes iberoamericanos organizado por la IS.
I think he's a bit pissed off. Especially that he knows there's still 1.5 days of this torture left. I think this is when he started considering running away...
Ride #4: The Merry Go Round
This is part of the Portrait Project.
I met Donna one night at Union Square Park. She was walking down Geary, sobbing and talking out loud to no one in particular. As she passed, she said "Every day is f***ed up for me!"
She turned back, and asked for a dollar. I explained the $2 portrait project to her, and she nodded her head, wiped tears from her eyes, and posed for her portrait.
I asked her how long she had been in San Francisco, and she said "two years", while trying to hold back tears. She seemed uncomfortable talking, so I wished her well and she went on her way.
I've been sick this past week, so I didn't manage to get to do a grocery run until Friday.
The store we usually shop at is doing a lot of renovations. They've mostly done a good job orienting regular customers to where things have moved during the construction, but this sign was pretty outstandingly bad.
37. Bieg Sokoła - Bukówiec Górny (02/04/2023)
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This is the second time I try to take pictures of the Mobiles. The weather is still crappy, so this is the best I could do with my camera u.u' Neither the Glitter nor the sparkling appearance of the beads came out right in the pictures - they look better from where I am now i.i'
Technique: Origami (check the colors available here, for the Taiwan Series) and Acrilic Beads. Each string contains 5 cranes.
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"Bayeux is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.
The area around Bayeux is called the Bessin, which was the bailiwick of the province Normandy until the French Revolution. During the Second World War, Bayeux was the first city of the Battle of Normandy to be liberated, and on 16 June 1944 General Charles de Gaulle made the first of two major speeches in Bayeux in which he made clear that France sided with the Allies. The buildings in Bayeux were virtually untouched during the Battle of Normandy, the German forces being fully involved in defending Caen from the Allies.
The Bayeux War Cemetery with its memorial includes the largest British cemetery dating from the Second World War in France. There are 4,648 graves, including 3,935 British and 466 Germans. Most of those buried there were killed in the invasion of Normandy.
Royal British Legion National, every 5 June at 1530 hrs, attends the 3rd Division Cean Memorial Service and beating retreat ceremony. On the 6th of June, it holds a remembrance service in Bayeux Cathedral starting at 1015 hrs, and later at 1200 hrs, the Royal British Legion National holds a service of remembrance at the Bayeux Cemetery. All services are open to the public, all Standards RBL, NVA, RN, ARMY, and RAF service and Regimental Associations are welcome to attend and parade. Details can be found at www.rblsomme.org
The Bayeux Tapestry gives information of a historical nature that no other source has provided. It begins with the description of Harold's eventful journey to Normandy (landing in Ponthieu, meeting with the Duke William, expedition in Brittany and oath on the sacred relics of Bayeux). It then depicts Harold's return to England and his coronation after the death of King Edward the Confessor. Finally it describes the preparation for William's expedition, the crossing of the Channel, and the Battle of Hastings.
The story, as described in the Bayeux Tapestry is broadly in keeping with the account made by authors of the 11th century : William of Jumièges, William of Poitiers and Orderic Vitalis. William Caillou,a monk at the abbey of Jumièges, wrote in 1060-1070 a history of the Dukes of Normandy, which ends with an account of the conquest of England. William of Poitiers, one of the Duke's knights, who then became his chaplain, wrote around 1070-1075 a biography of William, which ends just after the conquest. As for Orderic Vitalis, he was born in England in 1075, of an English mother and a French father who fought in Hastings. He arrived in Normandy in 1085, became a onk at the monastery of Saint-Evroult (Orne) and spent much of his life compiling a voluminous History of the Normans, an important part of which is devoted to William the Conqueror. One should also mention the poem written by Guy of Amiens, chaplain of Queen Mathilda, which is an epic account of the different phases of the Battle of Hastings.
Compared to these written sources, the Bayeux Tapestry offers original information, found nowhere else, particularly with regards to civil and military architecture, weapons, navigation and elements of everyday life.
www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/la_tapisserie_de_bayeux_en.html
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Calshot is a coastal village in Hampshire, England at the west corner of Southampton Water where it joins the Solent. The first thing passengers on the ships that approach Southampton Waters notice is the tall tower which is the Coastguard Tower which stands proudly next to Calshot Castle. Calshot was first mentioned in history in 495 AD when it was related in the Saxon Chronicles that a Saxon chieftain had landed somewhere between Lepe and present day Calshot with five ships, this was believed to have been Cericesora, the landing place of Cerdic, a name similar to that used in the manorial roll for the site in 980 AD. Henry VIII was famous for his dissolving of the monasteries and being excommunicated by the Pope so he decided that Couldshore would be a perfect place to construct a castle, which would govern the approaches to Southampton, which during the 15th and 16th centuries deemed to be the third largest Port in England, and it was believed that the French and Spanish were ready to invade England and this seemed a likely place, and this castle would link in well with the other castles at Netley and St Andrew's on the common at Hamble.
Calshot Castle was built in a strategic location at Calshot Spit to protect the entry to Southampton Water and the third largest port of the time. Calshot Castle was constructed from Portland Stone and stones quarried from the former Beaulieu Abbey in 1539. It was designed with a three storey keep and a circular structure to counter new and improved cannon fire. During the reign of Elizabeth I, Calshot Castle was damaged in a fire and required some 130 oak trees for its repairs. In 1585 the start of the 80 years war, an artillery garrison comprising seven gunners and one master gunner were stationed at Calshot. Two years later with the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, Roman Catholics across the world were outraged. Her claim to the throne was passed to Philip II of Spain who was granted Papal authority to overthrow Elizabeth I. Repairs at Calshot were ended in 1588 in time for the threat of the Spanish Armada. Despite this rebuilding, Calshot Castle survives in much the same state as that in which it was first built.
Calshot is notable for its role in the development of aircraft and flying boats. In 1913 the Royal Flying Corps established Calshot Naval Air Station ( later known as RNAS Calshot and RAF Calshot ) at the end of Calshot Spit. It was also at one point home to Lawrence of Arabia. At the outbreak of WWI, the Schneider Race went on hold. The defence of the English Channel would be headed by Calshot and Dover. Calshot Castle now housed the officers' mess and it was from here that new recruits were trained. Calshot had now become an important base with new buildings of offices, hangars and workshops. In 1927, Flight Lieutenant Webster won the Schneider Cup Competition clocking in a speed of 281.65 mph in a Supermarine S5. The win also granted England the right to hold the next Schneider Competition. The 1929 race took place in the Solent while the teams were based at Calshot. So far, Britain and Italy had taken the title three times, America won twice and France once. This time it would be won by flying officer, H.R.D. Waghorn who flew a Supermarine 6 at a speed of 328 mph.
The original hangar from the World War II flying boats remains as an activity centre for water sports ( including kite-surfing ), climbing, snowboarding and track cycling. There is a small velodrome for the cycling, a small practice slope for practising board tricks, and recently improved facilities for climbing and bouldering. The centre offers residential and visitor courses. Next to the hangar is a dinghy marina. The approach road passes on the landward side of the spit and there are many beach huts. The spit comprises a flint pebble structure more than one km long. Between it and the main shore is a salt marshy area with a wealth of wildlife and birds. The nearby Fawley Power Station discharges cooling water into the shallow waters around Calshot beach and this has led to some reports of warm water species being attracted into the Solent. There are spectacular views at night of the Fawley refinery and Fawley Power Station lit up. On a clear day, the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth can be seen to the east, and the Hamble estuary, to the north. Fawley Power Station is a large oil-fired power station, built on the southwestern shore of Southampton Water in 1964 and 1965.
2010-09-27 9639-1 Sunset at "The Bend Area" by the Jenison airport. I found this going through my archives today. Wishing for warmer days!!
An old man is attending the endless sea, the unknown future in front of his eyes, carrying his age barriers…He wills to go on, his steps are blocked by the years on his back. No more dreams, waiting is what is left…
The poem of Constantine Cavafy passed in front of my eyes as I was watching the scene from my balcony:-
Candles
The days of our future stand in front of us
like a row of little lit candles --
golden, warm, and lively little candles.
The days past remain behind us,
a mournful line of extinguished candles;
the ones nearest are still smoking,
cold candles, melted, and bent.
I do not want to look at them; their form saddens me,
and it saddens me to recall their first light.
I look ahead at my lit candles.
I do not want to turn back, lest I see and shudder
at how fast the dark line lengthens,
at how fast the extinguished candles multiply.
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Ένας γέρος ατενίζει την απέραντη θάλασσα, εμπρός του μόνον το άγνωστο μέλλον, κουβαλώντας τα βαρίδια της ηλικίας του... Θέλει να προχωρήσει, τα βήματά του εμποδίζονται από τα χρόνια που θρόνιασαν στην πλάτη του. Όχι πλέον όνειρα, η αναμονή απόμεινε μόνον...
Το ακόλουθο ποίημα του Κ. Καβάφη πέρασε εμπρός από τα μάτια μου παρατηρώντας τη σκηνή από το μπαλκόνι μου:
Κεριά
Του μέλλοντος οι μέρες στέκοντ' εμπροστά μας
σα μια σειρά κεράκια αναμένα --
χρυσά, ζεστά, και ζωηρά κεράκια.
Η περασμένες μέρες πίσω μένουν,
μια θλιβερή γραμμή κεριών σβυσμένων·
τα πιο κοντά βγάζουν καπνόν ακόμη,
κρύα κεριά, λυωμένα, και κυρτά.
Δεν θέλω να τα βλέπω· με λυπεί η μορφή των,
και με λυπεί το πρώτο φως των να θυμούμαι.
Εμπρός κυττάζω τ' αναμμένα μου κεριά.
Δεν θέλω να γυρίσω να μη διώ και φρίξω
τι γρήγορα που η σκοτεινή γραμμή μακραίνει,
τι γρήγορα που τα σβηστά κεριά πληθαίνουν.
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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BUT..... Wait there a minute....
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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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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.
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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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That's OK! We understand!
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Williams is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, west of Flagstaff. It lies on the route of Historic Route 66, Interstate 40, and the Southwest Chief Amtrak train route. It is also the southern terminus of the Grand Canyon Railway, which takes visitors to Grand Canyon Village. There are numerous inns, motels, restaurants and gas stations that cater to the large influx of tourists rather than local residents, especially during the summer and holiday seasons.
Hazelwood is Australia’s dirtiest power station and one of the most polluting in the world. Labor promised to close Hazelwood in 2010 but now they sitting on their hands. Not even the devastating mine fire last year has compelled them to act. The campaign to close Hazelwood with an economic transition plan was re-started with a speech by Greens MP Ellen Sandell on the floor of parliament. Over 200 people gathered at lunchtime on the steps of Parliament House to support her call for the Labor Government to start the closure of Hazelwood for a safe climate and protect the health of communities.
This is a photograph from the finish of the 11th annual Kinnegad 5KM Road Race and Fun Run 2022 which was held in the town of Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 13th July 2022 at 19:30. This race is organised by Coralstown Kinnegad GAA club with assistance from Coralstown Kinnegad Athletic Club. This race has firmly established itself on the local race calendar and yet again the race retains wonderful support from local clubs and runners. Like most road races this race returned from the enforced absence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The race route continues to remain the same.
The race was first run in 2010 (see the photograph link below). The race is a right handed course, flat and fast and takes runners on a traffic free route which includes 3KM on the local road 'Boreen Bradach', which is a very popular walking and jogging route around the outskirts of the town. The boreen is a flat and sheltered by hedgerow. The boreen emerges onto the main street with the finish is on the famous main street of Kinnegad in front of Harry's Hotel. This Kinnegad streetscape will be well known to many many people who traveled between the east and west of Ireland before the arrival of the motorway system which we have today. Kinnegad is situated at the intersection of the both the M6 Galway bound motorway and the M4 Sligo/Mayo bound motorway.
Tonight's weather for almost perfect for racing. The recent warm weather continued with temperatures of around 17C on the night and a light breeze. Refreshments were served in the GAA club afterwards
LINKS OF INTEREST
The full set of photographs from the 2022 race are available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72177720300524466
The full set of photographs from the 2019 race are available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157709557778376
Photographs from the 1st Kinnegad 5KM Road Race 2010 www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157624580703513
Sometimes it feels like one. Today has made me feel like giving up photography. With all the restrictions and suspicions surrounding what most of the time is a perfectly innocent ART.
Part of the challenge to take a photo a day in 2009.
Not to be used in any way without prior written permission
All photographs © Alexandra Bone
Is Zambia a malaria free nation?
By Derrick Sinjela
HEALTH specialists at Lusaka’s Ndeke House argue that Zambia will soon become a malaria free nation following steadfast interventions mounted to keep the world number one killer disease at bay.
Perhaps as an assurance of this resolve, a Zambia National Malaria Indicator Survey 2010, her capital city-Lusaka has already become a malaria free zone.
Directorate of Public Health & Research at the Ministry of Health (MoH) Director Dr. Victor Mukonka is excited that years of investment in research and interventions are yielding positive results following a firm commitment by successive Governments to fighting malaria.
“Zambia remains committed to the fight against malaria as evidenced by a strong political will and leadership, increased financial resources, strengthened and well coordinated partnership and enhanced community engagement,” Dr. Mukonka told a Health Writers Forum (HWF) convened by veteran journalist Zarina Geloo recently.
Dr. Mukonka pointed out that after recording 3.2 million cases as indicated by a 2009 (HMIS) integrated interventions and as decentralized system had helped in reversing the noted incidence of malaria in Zambia.
While recording giant strides, three of the nine provinces namely-Luapula, Northern and North-Western provinces remain prone to malaria, though proactive measures are being undertaken to reverse the trend.
Dr. Mukonka remains optimistic of a reversal of the noted malaria burden as attested to by increased access to targeted diagnosis and community treatment.
This is the masthead from the former U.S. battleship, USS Mississippi. Several ships have had that designation. This one was built in 1904, and as it was of pre dreadnaught configuration was already obsolete by 1914 when it was decommissioned and sold to Greece. Renamed the Kilkis it served until WWII until it was sunk by German Stukas . Was raised in the 1950's and sold for scrap. All that remains is the masthead of the former USS Mississippi which was removed prior to it's sale to Greece and given by the Navy to the State of Mississippi. It sits on the grounds of the State Capitol building in Jackson.
Galway is a city well-known for its pleasures. Brightly painted pubs animated by live music, while cafes offer front-row seats for observing street performers.
Galway, a harbour city on Ireland’s west coast, sits where the River Corrib meets the Atlantic Ocean. The city’s hub is 18th-century Eyre Square, a popular meeting spot surrounded by shops and traditional pubs that often offer live Irish folk music. Nearby, stone-clad cafes, boutiques and art galleries line the winding lanes of the Latin Quarter, which retains portions of the medieval city walls.
NOTHING OF THIS IS OURS – ALEX MYERS
14 mei - 14 juni
Surrealistische werelden van Alex Myers
Speciaal voor de locaties M0Bi en eMMa van NP3 ontwikkelde de Amerikaansekunstenaar en game-ontwikkelaar Alex Myers twee nieuwe kunstgames. NP3 ontmoette Alex in 2008 tijdens zijn masteropleiding aan het Frank Mohr Instituut
in Groningen, waar hij in 2009 cum laude afstudeerde als Master of Fine Arts (MFA). In die tijd werkten NP3 en Alex voor het eerst samen in zijn indrukwekkende K'NEX-tentoonstelling 'And the dreams so rich with color' en zijn eerste interactieve game 'Winning'.
Sinds zijn afstuderen heeft Alex zich verder gespecialiseerd op het medium game en game-ontwikkeling. Hij is als assistent professor en programma directeur verbonden aan de Game Studies op de Bellevue University, en is docent van de Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts. Deze zomer start Alex als Professor Interactive Design
aan de Creighton University.
Met zijn sterke handschrift, herkenbaar visueel en digitaal taalgebruik, schept Alex surrealistische werelden met kleurrijke creaturen, alchemistische symbolen, buddha’s en andere wereldse cultuurschatten. In de multiplayer installatie 'Nothing of This is Ours’ kunnen bezoekers zich onderdompelen in mystieke landschappen, grafische patronen en polygone personages. Een reis zonder bestemming, ontdekken puur op instinct. Alex biedt met 'Nothing of This is Ours' bezoekers een nadere blik in de artistieke, innovatieve mogelijkheden van de kunstgame. De game als eigentijds medium, waarin de nieuwste technologie en kunst samenkomen en degene verrijkt, die de tijd neemt het spel te spelen. Alex nodigt iedereen uit om in M0Bi te komen gamen, individueel of collectief, ervaren en onervaren!
The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most famous Buddhist shrine in Myanmar, a national monument and the most revered religious complex in the country. It is also Yangon's most famous landmark and sits in a commanding hilltop position in the heart of the city. It is entered by gates on all four sides, each guarded by a pair of huge chinthe, from which a lengthy covered walkway ascends to the hilltop main stupa with it's surrounding complex of shrines.
The temple complex is truly stunning, with gilded finials and tabernacles in every direction, forming an extensive circuit around the base of the great golden stupa at it's heart. We had arrived rather late in the day, but still spent a few hours here after sunset; by night the tourists have mostly gone and been replaced by local devotees. We were the only Europeans there, and were made very welcome.
The central stupa is one of the largest ever built and was constructed originally to house relics of the Buddha, eight hairs to be precise which he had given to two Burmese merchant brothers who brought them back here. Thus according to this legend the site must have been occupied by a Buddhist shrine for over 2000 years, making it the oldest in all of Burma / Myanmar. The present stupa is however largely the result of rebuilding in the 14th century, and has been repaired many times since.
The name 'Shwe-dagon' literally means 'Great Dagon' Pagoda, referencing Yangon's earliest name of Dagon.
This is an old Christmas postcard having a 1911 American Red Cross Christmas seal. It is type I, Green's Catalog # 11-1. The card was postmarked in Cleveland, Ohio on 21 December 1911 and addressed to Euclid, Ohio. The seal is not tied to the card by a cancel.
Five varieties, or "types", of the 1911 Christmas seal are known. Types I, II, and III are moderately common. Type IV is rare. Type V is very rare.
This is a photograph from the East of Ireland Marathon Series (EOIM) which was held in Longwood, Co. Meath, Ireland on Saturday 23rd of March 2019 at 09:00 onwards. The Series includes a 5km, 10km, half marathon and full marathon race held on a well-known and reasonably fast loop around Longwood and the surrounding countryside. The race was held in near perfect running conditions with little or no breeze, March sunshine and cool temperatures. The 5KM loop starts and ends in Longwood GAA club and runs clockwise through Longwood village. This set of photographs were taken on the beautiful country boreen which provides runners with the 2KM to 3KM stretch of the loop.
Full set of photographs at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157677342750227
Results and more information at: www.eastofirelandmarathons.com/
This is part of a machine that revolutionized light bulb production when it was introduced in the 1920s. It took a ribbon of molten glass and blew it into moving molds making 600-700 glass casings per minute—producing bulbs many times faster than a glass blower could. It reduced the cost of bulbs, but put many glass blowers out of work. In the 1970s, fifteen of these machines produced most of the world’s bulbs. In the portion of the machine shown here the glass casings were dropped into baskets.
This machine was made by Corning Glass Co. in Corning, New York, in 1928. Corning operated the machine in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.
Seen at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Michigan.
What is the organism? How does it disperse? What is its global range?
How does it reproduce? How many reproductive units does it create?
Does it have any particular adaptations of note?
1. The organism is a Mallard duck, Anas platyrhyncho (the white one is a Pekin duck that I will not include in this exercise). These ducks disperse by flying and migrating from its northern breeding grounds near Alaska and Canada and flying south for the winter to southern U.S.A, Central America, and the West Indies. However they can also be found globally in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. They reproduce sexually after a male follows the female for months, where they then migrate to the breeding grounds together together. Hens lay 6-14 eggs and they care for their precocial young for up to 60 days. However even though the young don‘t rely on the mother, they do usually stick together while they‘re young, while the father leaves once they’re born. Mallard ducks are some of the largest, most common ducks, and males are known for their beautiful coloration.
www.outdoor-michigan.com/Birds.htm
From your observations:
Is it a single or multiple population(s)? Where are the nearest mating members?
How is it distributed (random, clumped, uniform) at each location or over the entire range
of your site?
Why is it located where it is? Do you think the population you are observing is a source
or sink? Where do the offspring of the population you are observing go? Where do
immigrants come from?
2. The population in my observations is a part of what I would say is a single population with the nearest mating members less than a quarter mile away. Over the entire range, the groups are distributed as clumped, with groups of 5-20 ducks in each clump. Within these they are distributed randomly. They are located where they are because they usually stay in groups near their families, although they’re part of the same population, so some flocks may be bigger, and some may be breeding so there are more around. I think the population I’m observing is a source, there is plenty of resources for them to live and increase their population in a proper environment. The offspring stay with the mothers until their down feathers are gone and they can be independent, she then leaves them, but they usually stay in the surrounding area together. Immigrants come from “sinks” or other sources to find resources and mates.
From your brain and calculator:
Plug the average number of offspring created by an individual during one time period, as
well as the number of individuals you estimated, into the geometric population growth
equation. What should the population be in 5 cycles? In 20 cycles? This model is a
hypothesis of sorts. Do you think your population is experiencing this type of growth?
Explain why you think this?
3. With about 50 ducks to start with at my site, after 5 cycles, the population should have increased to 5,000,000 without including any deaths, immigration, etc. After 20 cycles, it would be 50x10^20. My population is absolutely not experiencing this type of growth. So many factors come in to play to decrease the population such as death, disease, immigration, predation, habitat loss, as well as so many don’t produce ten offspring per cycle, some lay only 6. Also many of these ducks are males, so not all 50 ducks are reproducing, only a fraction of them are reproducing, let alone successfully.
From the literature:
Discuss how 2 models or experiments you have studied in class apply to your site. Give
the researcher/year/organism, their question and conclusions. Then summarize in a
sentence or two how those models inform you about your site.
4. One model from the book that applies to my site is the logistic model (Verhulst and Quetelet 1838) that shows the pattern of growth by a population as they begin to deplete environmental resources (pg. 250). It takes an assumed exponential growth rate, but adds the carrying capacity which limits the populations growth. At my site although more could live there, it would eventually reach its maximum occupancy before they would run out of resources and the population would stabilize at a comfortable size where all needs are being met. An example of an experiment was done by Boag and Grant in 1984 on Galapagos finches. They wanted to, “know the influences of the environment on birth and death rates in natural populations“ (pg.252). When there was drought, the population fell and many died from starvation since their food wasn’t growing. When there was excess rainfall the population greatly increased. This allowed them to conclude that there is a positive correlation between the amount of eggs laid and rainfall. This would holds true to my site because they also rely on and eat food that relies essentially on primary producers who rely on the rainfall.
Here is a cool dual screen computer set up and what's interesting is that
you can have multiple windows up at the same time and multitask to your
heart's delight. But this photo is not about the actual screens themselves,
it's really about the information you have access to within the system. The
screens are just a tool to get to the really cool learning stuff. That's
why I think language fits this photo. Because with the technology today you
can easily listen, watch, or create many different sources of entertainment
in different languages. Notice from left to right: anime that can be
listened to in Japanese, Songs translated into Korean and analyzed
by Canadians, and a Rainbow Dash subtitled into 30 different languages. How
awesome is that? Language is now less of a barrier than before and
technology is the key to facilitate it. MLP FIM Rules!
Lanhydrock is the perfect country house and estate, with the feel of a wealthy but unpretentious family home. Follow in the footsteps of generations of the Robartes family, walking in the 17th-century Long Gallery among the rare book collection under the remarkable plasterwork ceiling. After a devastating fire in 1881 the house was refurbished in the high-Victorian style, with the latest mod cons. Boasting the best in country-house design and planning, the kitchens, nurseries and servants' quarters offer a thrilling glimpse into life 'below stairs', while the spacious dining room and bedrooms are truly and deeply elegant
This is a photograph from the first running of the newly situated Irish 3/4 Marathon (formerly the Athlone 3/4) which was held in Longwood, Enfield, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 9th of October 2016 at 10:00. The event is positioned perfectly in the calendar as a key training race before the Dublin City Marathon at the end of the month. This year was the first year that the event was held in Longwood, Co. Meath which is now well known for its hosting of the Longwood 10KM/5KM annual races and a host venue for East of Ireland Marathon series marathons on a bi-annual basis. The race started and finished at Longwood GAA club just outside the village of Longwood. It followed an anti-clockwise course around the beautiful picturesque countryside of south Meath. The course went through the townlands of Longwood, Castlerickard, Killyon, Hill-of-Down, Anneville and Ashfield Clonard, Blackshare, Stoneyford and back to Longwood. The river Boyne and Blackwater were crossed as was the Royal Canal and the Dublin-Sligo Railway line at Hill-of-Down. Overall this was a very different course to the previous years in Athlone. The overall elevation of the course works out at 3/4 of the total elevation of the Dublin Marathon course. What most stood out about today's race was the course and how the countryside around it looked on a beautiful almost perfect Autumn morning. The organisation of the race was first class with every detail taken care of from the start until the finish.
There is a very large set of photographs from today's race - taken at the start in Longwood village, the 25KM mark outside our home and at about 17 miles at the top of Blackshade Bridge and the highest point of elevation on the course. They are available on our Flickr photostream at the following set. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157673672195732
NOTE: These are completely unofficial photographs are not connected commercially with the Irish 3/4 marathon event photography. Please check the Official Website irish3quartermarathon.ie/ for official photographs and other media.
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 a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon which was held on Saturday 27th August 2016 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 11:00. This is the fourth 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.
We have a large set of photographs from the start and the finish of today's race on our Flickr Photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157669860212434
The race was perfectly organised. The weather was good for racing but there was warm summer weather for the entire race which made for warmer than usual running conditions 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.
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.
Our photographs from the 2015 Half Marathon on Flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157655560294853
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/
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
Canon 55-250mm Zoom - 20 (of 21) - Canon EOS M (2012) and Fotodiox EOS-EOS M adapter with Canon EF-S 55-250mm 1:4-5.6 IS STM (EOS Mount) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
This is at the back of the David Howkins Museum at 39-40 King Street Great Yarmouth. The museum is housed in the grade II listed former gas showroom. These are the workshops at the back of the building that are included in the listing ' The workshop to the rear is constructed from red brick laid in Flemish bond and is L-shaped with a slated, gable roof and chimney with moulded cornice. The first and second floors have arched windows with brick surrounds and stone lintels, six of which appear to have original glazing of 12 lights. Above the central window on the main range is a datestone with the initials of the Great Yarmouth Gas Company and the date 1904' from - www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-506055-former-gas-sho...
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Everyone is welcome to offer a language activity at VIRTLANTIS. We provide free resources and ongoing support. We also collaborate with and promote other language communities in Second Life.
In addition to our main island and the various social meeting points at Knowingly, we have additional locations which can be used when needed.
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Disclaimer: Second Life® and Linden Lab® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. All rights reserved. No infringement is intended.
VIRTLANTIS is a free resource and open community of practice for language learners and teachers in the virtual world of Second Life®. We offer free informal language learning activities for a growing number of languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, etc. All of our activities are offered free of charge by volunteer language teachers and/or native speakers.
Everyone is welcome to offer a language activity at VIRTLANTIS. We provide free resources and ongoing support. We also collaborate with and promote other language communities in Second Life.
In addition to our main island and the various social meeting points at Knowingly, we have additional locations which can be used when needed.
If you are interested in participating in any of our current activities or would like to offer your own language activity, feel free to contact us in-world, on Facebook, on Skype or via e-mail: info@virtlantis.com.
*In order to visit VIRTLANTIS, you will need to join Second Life and install a Second Life viewer.*
Join Second Life here: join.secondlife.com.
Download the default viewer here: secondlife.com/support/downloads.
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In addition to providing our main island as a free resource, we now have a second island which can be used for special language or culture related events such as presentations, workshops, seminars, roundtables, conferences, demos, concerts and parties!
Our new "Paradise Island" can be used free of charge by anyone who needs a private or public space for a large event (maximum 20 avatars). We gladly provide additional support and resources on an as needed basis. We can also modify the look and feel of the island to help create the ideal atmosphere for your event.
*To reserve and make use of Paradise Island, simply send an e-mail to info@virtlantis.com or contact Kip Yellowjacket or Abraxas McAndrews in-world.*
VIRTLANTIS is a non-profit project of the Oxford School for English, a private language school located in Germany and Austria. It is also a collaborative effort which includes language teachers and learners from all over the world.
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Disclaimer: Second Life® and Linden Lab® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. All rights reserved. No infringement is intended.
VIRTLANTIS is a free resource and open community of practice for language learners and teachers in the virtual world of Second Life®. We offer free informal language learning activities for a growing number of languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, etc. All of our activities are offered free of charge by volunteer language teachers and/or native speakers.
Everyone is welcome to offer a language activity at VIRTLANTIS. We provide free resources and ongoing support. We also collaborate with and promote other language communities in Second Life.
In addition to our main island and the various social meeting points at Knowingly, we have additional locations which can be used when needed.
If you are interested in participating in any of our current activities or would like to offer your own language activity, feel free to contact us in-world, on Facebook, on Skype or via e-mail: info@virtlantis.com.
*In order to visit VIRTLANTIS, you will need to join Second Life and install a Second Life viewer.*
Join Second Life here: join.secondlife.com.
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NEW!
In addition to providing our main island as a free resource, we now have a second island which can be used for special language or culture related events such as presentations, workshops, seminars, roundtables, conferences, demos, concerts and parties!
Our new "Paradise Island" can be used free of charge by anyone who needs a private or public space for a large event (maximum 20 avatars). We gladly provide additional support and resources on an as needed basis. We can also modify the look and feel of the island to help create the ideal atmosphere for your event.
*To reserve and make use of Paradise Island, simply send an e-mail to info@virtlantis.com or contact Kip Yellowjacket or Abraxas McAndrews in-world.*
VIRTLANTIS is a non-profit project of the Oxford School for English, a private language school located in Germany and Austria. It is also a collaborative effort which includes language teachers and learners from all over the world.
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Disclaimer: Second Life® and Linden Lab® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. All rights reserved. No infringement is intended.
Preveli is located about 35km south of Rethymno and 10km east of Plakias. Beach of Preveli, also known as Lake Preveli or Phoenix, is located at the exit of the imposing Kourtaliotikos Gorge, where the Great River flows. It is certainly the most famous beach in south Crete, accepting thousands of visitors every summer. During the 60s and 70s, it was a favorite destination for the hippies. On the banks of the Grand River there is a large colony of Theophrastus palm trees, which give the region a sense of a tropical landscape.