Today is Lost Sock day in We're Here! and well... like the title says- life is too short to worry about matching socks. My socks are for comfort rather than appearance.

Funnily enough, I actually do a pretty good job at keeping my socks matched. This was all a set up for today. Tomorrow, I'll wear the mates to these socks. This weekend, I'm doing one of the fun themed photo shoots with my faire family, so I've actually got my favorite pair of socks (so so comfy and soft) set aside for that day. I'll be standing and walking a lot, so I gotta be comfy!

This is a photograph from the annual Na Fianna AC "Bob Heffernan" 5KM Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Johnstownbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Tuesday 19th May 2015 at 20:00. The race has gained a glowing reputation as being one of the fastest 5KM road races in Ireland. This race commemorates the years of work and volunteering that local man Bob Heffernan gave to Meath, Leinster, and Irish athletics from grass roots upwards and his work with the host club Na Fianna AC who have a catchment area in this part of rural North Kildare and South Meath. The race, known affectionately by club-members as simply "Bob's race" is a fitting tribute to commemorate his contribution to this sport. Today's race had another very large attendance with over 420 registered participants. There was a wonderful atmosphere as runners from all over Leinster gathered for a great night's racing. The very changeable and unseasonably weather of late made for an unpredictable night weather wise. A shower of hail fell on runners between 2KM and 3KM and yet this shower didn't fall on the finish area at the Hamlet Court Hotel.

This race is part of the annual Meath Road Race League despite the fact that the race is run completely in County Kildare. The Na Fianna club, who organise the race, have a catchment area of South Meath and North West Kildare. The current route for the race has stayed the same over the past few years. However previous to that the race was held in Enfield and also Rathmoylan in County Meath. This road race has grown from strength to strength year on year and is now one of the premier 5KM races in Ireland and one of the top club attended races in Leinster. The race starts on the busy Enfield to Endenderry road and this requires a big effort from stewards and marshalls. However, as always, the event was a resounding success with personal bests and great runs from many of the participants.

We have a large set of photographs from the finish of the race and they are available on our Flickr photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157653107820532

Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2648 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q

Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.

For nostalgia - photographs of previous years

Our pictures from Na Fianna 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644763278914

Our pictures from Na Fianna 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633580992446/

Our pictures from Na Fianna 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629852959646/

Our Flickr set from Na Fianna 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157626673634371/

Our Flickr set from Na Fianna 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629852959646/

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Animals in general. Kruger Park, South Africa. Dec/2015. Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,485 square kilometres (7,523 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 kilometres (220 mi) from north to south and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from east to west. The administrative headquarters are in Skukuza. Areas of the park were first protected by the government of the South African Republic in 1898, and it became South Africa's first national park in 1926.

O Parque Nacional Kruger é a maior área de conservação de fauna bravia da África do Sul, cobrindo cerca de 20 000 km2. Está localizado no nordeste do país, nas províncias de Mpumalanga e Limpopo e fazendo fronteira com os distritos moçambicanos de Moamba e Magude, na província de Maputo e Massingir e Chicualacuala na de Gaza. Tem uma extensão de cerca de 350 km de norte a sul e 60 km de leste a oeste.

The Grand Cascade is modeled on one constructed for Louis XIV at his Château de Marly, which is likewise memorialized in one of the park's outbuildings.

At the center of the cascade is an artificial grotto with two stories, faced inside and out with hewn brown stone. It currently contains a modest museum of the fountains' history. One of the exhibits is a table carrying a bowl of (artificial) fruit, a replica of a similar table built under Peter's direction. The table is rigged with jets of water that soak visitors when they reach for the fruit, a feature from Mannerist gardens that remained popular in Germany. The grotto is connected to the palace above and behind by a hidden corridor.

The fountains of the Grand Cascade are located below the grotto and on either side of it. Their waters flow into a semicircular pool, the terminus of the fountain-lined Sea Channel. In the 1730s, the large Samson Fountain was placed in this pool. It depicts the moment when Samson tears open the jaws of a lion, representing Russia's victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War, and is doubly symbolic. The lion is an element of the Swedish coat of arms, and one of the great victories of the war was won on St Samson's Day. From the lion's mouth shoots a 20-metre-high vertical jet of water, the highest in all of Peterhof. This masterpiece by Mikhail Kozlovsky was looted by the invading Germans during the Second World War; see "History" below. A replica of the statue was installed in 1947.

The church of Saint Bernard is a Roman Catholic parish church in the neo-Gothic style in Karlsruhe. It is located in the Oststadt at Durlach Gate where in 1893 on an earth deposit the foundation stone for it as the third Catholic parish of the city was laid. The built of red sandstone until 1901 sacred building reflects both the efforts of the Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden for confessional balance by expressing the raising importance of Catholicism in the 19th century in traditionally Protestant country part of Baden (line Baden-Durlach) in the regional capital. Secondly, forms the construction including the 86 m high tower oriented towards downtown the visible from afar structural completion of Emperor street in the east. The Church at Durlach Gate thus urban morphologically corresponds with the Christ church at Mühlburg Gate west of the city.

History

The church was built from 1893 to 1901 according to the plans of the archbishop's building inspector Max Meckel. Previously Grand Duke Friedrich I had earmarked a more than 5,200 m² plot of Court kitchen garden as site for the third parish church of the city. The building has a Latin cross plan, citing the architectural corpus of Gothic, namely the built 1235-1283 German Order church Saint Elisabeth in Marburg. As one tower fassade it is in addition based on the Freiburg Cathedral. Seven bells were cast by the foundry B. Grüninger in Villingen in 1902. Six of them were seized during World War II, but were eventually recovered and returned together with a further one 1947.

Importance

St. Bernard, after Saint Stephan the second catholic main church of the city, is a three-aisled basilica with the highest spire of the city. Among its equipment pieces is the 1905 finished high altar with Crucifixion group. St. Bernard is considered as an important neo-Gothic religious building of the former Grand Duchy of Baden. A statue of the patron of the church, Margrave Bernhard II Of Baden, dominates the west side of the tower at 21 m height. It was created by Fridolin Dietsche.

Die Kirche St. Bernhard ist eine römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche im neugotischen Stil in Karlsruhe. Sie befindet sich in der Oststadt am Durlacher Tor, wo 1893 auf einer Aufschüttung der Grundstein für sie als dritte katholische Pfarrkirche der Stadt gelegt wurde. Der aus rotem Sandstein bis 1901 errichtete Sakralbau spiegelt zum einen das Bemühen des Großherzogs Friedrich I. von Baden um konfessionellen Ausgleich wider, indem er der im 19. Jahrhundert gestiegenen Bedeutung des Katholizismus im traditionell protestantischen Landesteil von Baden (Linie Baden-Durlach) in der Landeshauptstadt Ausdruck verleiht. Zum anderen bildet der Bau samt 86 m hohem, zur Innenstadt ausgerichtetem Turm den weithin sichtbaren baulichen Abschluss der Kaiserstraße im Osten. Die Kirche am Durlacher Tor korrespondiert damit stadtmorphologisch der Christuskirche am Mühlburger Tor im Westen der Stadt.

Geschichte

Der Kirchenbau wurde von 1893 bis 1901 nach den Plänen des erzbischöflichen Bauinspektors Max Meckel errichtet. Zuvor hatte Großherzog Friedrich I. ein über 5200 m² großes Grundstück des Hofküchengartens als Bauplatz für die dritte Pfarrkirche der Stadt ausgewiesen. Der Bau weist einen kreuzförmigen Grundriss auf und zitiert den architektonischen Formenschatz der Gotik, namentlich der zwischen 1235 und 1283 erbauten Deutschordenskirche St. Elisabeth in Marburg. Als Einturmfassade orientiert er sich zudem am Freiburger Münster. Sieben Glocken wurden im Jahr 1902 von der Gießerei B. Grüninger in Villingen gegossen. Sechs davon wurden im Zweiten Weltkrieg beschlagnahmt, wurden aber schließlich wiedergefunden und zusammen mit einer weiteren 1947 zurückgeführt.

Bedeutung

St. Bernhard, nach St. Stephan die zweite katholische Hauptkirche der Stadt, ist eine dreischiffige Basilika mit dem höchsten Kirchturm der Stadt. Zu ihren Ausstattungsstücken gehört der 1905 vollendete Hochaltar mit Kreuzigungsgruppe. St. Bernhard wird als bedeutender neugotischer Sakralbau des ehemaligen Großherzogtums Baden betrachtet. Ein Standbild des Patrons der Kirche, Markgraf Bernhard II. von Baden, prägt die Westseite des Turms auf 21 m Höhe. Es wurde von Fridolin Dietsche geschaffen.

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Ara is a neotropical genus of macaws with eight extant species and at least two extinct species. The genus name was coined by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. It gives its name to and is part of the Arini, or tribe of neotropical parrots. The genus name Ara is likely related to arara, the Portuguese word for an ara tricolor, itself derived from the Tupi word a'rara.

The Ara macaws are large striking parrots with long tails, long narrow wings and vividly coloured plumage. They all have a characteristic bare face patch around the eyes. Males and females have similar plumage. Many of its members are popular in the pet trade, and bird smuggling is a threat to several species.

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This is a photograph from the Castlepollard 5KM Road Race and Fun Run 2019, which was held in Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 14th August 2019 at 20:00. The race is hosted by North Westmeath Athletic Club. This race is the penultimate race in the Kia Race Series 2019. The weather was very changeable this evening and was not very suitable for racing. The participants had a very stiff breeze in their faces on the outward stretch and all the way to the 2KM mark within Tullynally. This then became a helpful tailwail for the final KM of the race. There was a heavy shower of rain just before the start of the race.

Starting off many years ago the race was very much a local affair drawing runners from the sounding areas of Mullingar, North East Meath, Cavan, and Longford. However, the race has grown in stature and popularity over the years and is now one of the most well attended road races in the midlands and sees participants from all over Ireland. The race offers prizes in all categories. The Castlepollard 5KM Road Race attempts to support young runners and walkers by organising a range of underage races around the town square before the adult race at 20:00. Profits from the race go towards grassroots athletics in the region - North Westmeath Athletics, Schools Cross Country, and local community games. As summer moves into autumn the Castlepollard 5KM can be considered as the 'unofficial ending' of summer evening road racing in the midlands as with the fading light of the late summer evenings there are less opportunities to hold races in the evening time. Castlepollard is a small town located in North County Westmeath amongst the lakes of Lough Lene and Lough Derravagh. One of the show pieces of the race landscape is Tullynally Castle which provides almost 2.5KM of the race route. The name Tullynally is an adaption of 'Tulaigh an Eallaigh' – the Hill of the Swan. The hill overlooks the mythical Lough Derravaragh. Irish folklore legend names the lake as where the Children of Lir, who were turned into swans, were destined to live for 300 years. Tullynally Castle is still a family home to this day. It provides a dramatic and historic setting for the race.

The race begins near the center of the town square and proceeds directly out the R395 towards Coole and Edgeworthstown. The first KM is flat and quick allowing the field to spread out. The race then enters the Tullynally Castle estate and proceeds up the tree-lined avenue. Underfoot conditions are good on well maintained tarmacadam roads. The gardens, like the castle are on a grand scale, taking in nearly 12 acres. This allows the race to make a big loop of the gardens with a quick downhill stretch followed by a sharp climb (passing the Castle) before the race rejoins its outgoing path for the final 1.5KM of the race. The final 1100M from the archway gate of the Castle grounds to the finish is as the first - fast and flat and allows for a great finish passing the GAA grounds with finish line just outside the local Fire Station.

This year almost 350 took part in the race. It goes without saying that the Castlepollard 5KM has become one of the "must do" road race events in the midlands. Everything that is good about club road racing in Ireland can be found here. There is a great community atmosphere about the race. A very find spread of refreshments are provided afterwards in the Hotel Castlepollard where prize-giving and chatting goes on late into the evening.

Electronic Timing and Event Management are provided by Popup Races and their website is www.popupraces.ie

One of the enduring symbols of the Castlepollard 5KM is the tireless work of Andy MacEoin of North Westmeath AC who has been a visitor to almost every road race in the Midlands and beyond over the past number of months to publicize the event. Many of the participants tonight will have seen Andy's strategically placed advertising signs around other road race routes. Certainly this work, and that of many other members of North Westmeath AC, has paid off well.

Photographs

We have a full set of photographs from tonight's race which is available on our Flickr photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157710303936276

We have photographs from seven of the previous Castlepollard 5KM road races - 2012 was missed. They are available here on Flickr:

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2018: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157700238076885

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2017: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157684179507162

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157672157788196

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157656750245820

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646408272725

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635070120285

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627404031092

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157624655001130

Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157622023529006

The kanchi Kailasanathar temple is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram. Located in Tamil Nadu, India, it is a Hindu temple in the Dravidian architectural style. It is dedicated to the Lord Shiva, and is known for its historical importance. The temple was built from 685-705AD by a Rajasimha ruler of the Pallava Dynasty. The low-slung sandstone compound contains a large number of carvings, including many half-animal deities which were popular during the early Dravidian architectural period. The structure contains 58 small shrines which are dedicated to various forms of Shiva. These are built into niches on the inner face of the high compound wall of the circumambulatory passage. The temple is one the most prominent tourist attractions of the city.

GEOGRAPHY

The temple is located on the banks of the Vedavathi River at the western limits of the Kanchipuram. It faces east. Its location, demarcated according to the religious faiths, is in one of three "Kanchis", the Shiva Kanchi; the other two Kanchis are, Vishnu Kanchi and Jain Kanchi. It is 75 kilometres from the Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Kailasanathar is one of several notable temples in Kanchipuram, the others being Ekambaranatha, Kachapeshwarar, Kamakshi Amman, Kumarakottam Temple, and Varadaraja Perumal.

HISTORY

The Kailasanathar Temple (meaning:“Lord of the Cosmic Mountain”), is built in the tradition of Smartha worship of Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Surya (Sun), Ganapathi and Kartikeya, in Hinduism, a practice which replaced the Buddhism.

Temple construction is credited to the Pallava dynasty, who had established their kingdom with Kanchipuram (also known as "Kanchi" or "Shiva Vishnu Kanchi") as the capital city, considered one of the seven sacred cities under Hinduism. There was an interregnum when the Chalukya rulers defeated the Pallavas and occupied Kanchipuram. However, the Pallavas regained their territory and started expanding their capital city of Kanchipuram and built many temples of great magnificence. The only temple of this period which is extant is the Kailsahanathar Temple.

The temple was built during 685-705AD. It is the first structural temple built in South India by Narasimhavarman II (Rajasimha), and who is also known as Rajasimha Pallaveswaram. His son, Mahendravarman III, completed the front façade and the gopuram (tower). Prior temples were either built of wood or hewn into rock faces in caves or on boulders, as seen in Mahabalipuram. The Kailasanathar temple became the trend setter for other similar temples in South India. According to local belief, the temple was a safe sanctuary for the rulers of the kingdom during wars. A secret tunnel, built by the kings, was used as an escape route and is still visible.

The temple has gone by other names such as Kachipettu Periya Thirukatrali (meaning: Stone Temple of Kachipettu, the old name for the present day Kanchipuram) when Rajaraja Chola I of the Chola Dynasty paid a visit to this temple. Inspired by the architecture of this temple, he built the Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur. Currently, Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple is maintained by Archaeological Survey of India.

ARCHITECTURE

The temple has retained the Pallava architecture in its original stylized form with influence of the later styles developed by the Chola Dynasty and Vijayanagara Emperors. It is of stone built architecture unlike the rock cut architecture built into hallowed caves or carved into rock outcrops as in Mahabalipuram. The tall gopuram (tower) is to the left and the temple complex is to the right. The temple's foundations are made of granite, which could withstand the weight of the temple, while the super structure including the carvings are all made of sandstone. Initially, only the main sanctuary existed with pyramidal vimana and a detached mandapa (main hall). The temple complex is complete in all respects as it has garbagriha (sanctum sanctorum), antarala (inner enclosure), mandapa, a high compound wall, and an entrance gate, the gopuram. The mandapa, which was initially detached, was made part of the main shrine by interposing an ardhamantapa (smaller hall). The pillars of the mandapa have the repetitive features of mythical lion mounts.The structure has a simple layout with a tower or shikara at the center of the complex. The shikara of the temple, above the main shrine (sanctum sanctorum), is square in plan and rises up in a curvilinear style or pyramidal shape. The tower has many levels rising proportionately. At the top of this tower, there is a small roof in the shape of a dome. The pillar elements with mythical animal shapes (lions on the base) are extra features in Pallava style. At the entrance, the gopuram walls are plastered. Its entrance wall has eight small shrines and a gopura, precursor to the main gopura. At some later stage, the mandapa and the sanctuary were joined by an intermediate hall called the ardhamantapa, which is reported to have marred the beauty of the temple to some extent. The temple is enclosed within walls in a rectangular layout.

SHRINES

The main shrine has a 16 sided Shivalinga in black granite stone deified in the sanctum sanctorum. Within the walls of the main shrine there is padabhanda adhisthana (main pedestal) with very elegantly carved images of gods with a sculpted Nandi, a little distance away giving guard to the deity. On each face of the outer walls of the main shrine there are many carvings of gods and goddesses. In the south facing wall the sculpture depicts Shiva as Umamaheshavara with Varaha (incarnation of Vishnu as a boar) raising the linga, flanked by Brahma and Vishnu and flying amaras at the lower level. The west facing hall has sculptures of Shiva in the form of Sandhya Tandavamurti and Urdhava Tandvamurti and the ensemble is completed with images of ganas in dancing poses and also with images of Brahma, Vishnu, Nandi and Parvathi. The carving of Shiva on the north facing wall is a composition of Tripurantaka flanked by three ganas, goddess Durga with three ganas, and Bhairavi, Kaushiki and Jyestha. The exterior faces of the vimana (tower) have images of Bhikshatana, Somaskanda and Shiva in Samhara-Tandava (destructive dancing) pose. In the inner walls of the prakara (circumabulatory passage) there is galaxy of images of Durga, Skanda, Bhavati, Tripurantaka, Garudarudha-Vishnu, Asura Samhara (slaying of demons), Narasimha Vishnu (Vishnu in the incarnation of lion faced man), Trivikrama, Shiva Tandava (Shiva in a dancing pose), Shiva severing the fifth head of Brahma, desecration of Yagna of Daksha, Brahma and his wife, Gangadhara, Urdhava tandava, Vishnu flanked by Bhudevi and Sridevi, Lingodhbava (emergence of linga), Bhikshatana, Ravana, and Vali offering prayers to Atmalinga Chandikeshvara. Vimana's south facing wall has very elegant image of Shiva in a sitting posture of peace and quietude known as Dakhshinamurti, and its west wall has Shiva in the form of Lingodhbava.

The tower has multiple shrines embodied on all its external faces which have the appearance of miniature shrines. These shrines have three features, the sala (rectangular), kuta (square) and panjara (apsidal) styles. Eight small shrines also decorate the entrance wall. The 58 small shrines are built into the niches of the compound wall that encloses the main shrine; they depict Somaskanada reliefs of Shiva and his consort Parvathi in many dance forms.

OTHER FEATURES

The outstanding feature of sculptures is the profusion of depiction of the erect lions projecting out in several directions. There are two sculptures of Shiva here which are seen holding the Veena (musical string instrument) in the hand. There is a lot of difference between the Veena found in the said sculptures and the present day Veena. There are also beautiful sculptures of Mathahvialasa Prakshanam. The temple also has the earliest stone inscription records of the twenty eight Saivagamas (Shaiva saints) in which the Pallava King Rajasimhavarman states his faith in Shaivism. The murals on the inner walls are well preserved.

CIRCUMAMBULATORY PASSAGE

A circumambulatory passage, with a symbolic meaning is situated along the compound wall. In order to make the circumambulation, there is a narrow entry passage which devotees must crawl through. Seven steps must be climbed in order to reach the passage. Passing through the narrow passage is indicative of passage through life. After the circumambulation, the exit is through a pit or another narrow passage symbolic of death. It is believed that making the circumambulation round the various deities would usher the same blessings as visiting paradise.

FESTIVAL

Maha Shivaratri is the biggest festival held in the temple when thousand of devotees throng the temple in the evening hours to offer prayers to the main deity.

WIKIPEDIA

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This is one I couldn't get to last week because they were still renovating the shop ready to open in the next couple of days. It's only an estimate on the decade of the old photo - not too sure. Anyway, on the corner of Connaught Road

All these photos can also be seen on my Facebook page...

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Parc Guell is one of the highlights of a visit to Barcelona and contains some of Antoni Gaudi's most iconic work, best known being the famous mosaic dragon or lizard that has become an emblem of the city.

The Guell Park is today a thriving tourist destination, but it was originally concieved as an attractive residential quarter, on the lines of the 'garden city' concept. The project was the brainchild of Count Eusebi Guell, best remembered for being Gaudi's great patron and friend, whose name the park carries to this day. Gaudi was employed on the complex between 1900-14.

Gaudi constructed magnificent and unique structures at the park's entrance including the lodges flanking the entrance and a monumental staircase leading to a pillared hall supporting a roof terrace beyond. Gaudi's trademark use of broken ceramic mosaic became a major feature here, decorating the famous undulating benches of the roof terrace, the ceiling of the pillared hall and best of all the lizard sculpture guarding the staircase itself (inspired by the dragon guardian of the mythical garden of Hesperides). Further colonnades of slanting rough-hewn stone columns can be found throughout the park.

The planned housing developments however never materialised, only two villas were built (neither by Gaudi) and with one of them remaining unsold Guell invited Gaudi himself to move in which he duly did. Today it is the Casa Museo Gaudi, dedicated to the great architect's life and work.

Visiting Park Guell is an unforgettable experience, but having previously visited in a late January 2004 afternoon when it was relatively peaceful this summer 2007 visit was a shock to the system given the sheer volume of visitors. I truly pitied the poor mosaic dragon as he was constantly mobbed and harrassed by people posing for photos (and worse!).

For more detail see the Wikipedia article below:-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_G%C3%BCell

Karni Exports is one of the most shining names in the dynamic world of fashion & Home textiles. Established in year 2000 & registered with D&B D-U-N-S No.(Dun & Bradstreet ),Karni Exports aspires for complete customer satisfaction owing to the high quality products at competitive prices with an on-schedule delivery. We firmly believes that the satisfaction of the valued customers is the focal point of its business.

Karni Exports is a name that stands on the pinnacle of the readymade garment Woven & Knitted garment fashion industry & Home Textiles With a commitment to excellence and delivering high fashion garments & Made-ups products.The company has established a strong market goodwill globally. A professionally manged company, Karni Exports is a leading manufacturer and exporter of fine quality Ladies fashion garments like Skirts, Woven Tops ,Dresses, Blouses, Tshirts, Shirts, Camisoles, Trousers, Pants, Kids wears , & Home Textiles products like bedsheets, quilts, curtains, cushions ,Rugs etc.

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Nuttall Park is located just off the centre of Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire and the car park is down Nuttall Hall Road.

It can be reached from the East Lancs Railway, which runs round the edge of the park

www.friendsofnuttallpark.co.uk/location.html

Carved wooden sculptures depicting local flowers whioch have beed 'hidden' in the park. A stainless steel map on the floor of the bandstand provides information about the plants and a guide to their location.

This sculpture was part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail. Kerry Morrison was chosen from a shortlist of artists who had been asked to submit ideas on how they would use a six-month residency in Ramsbottom. Her focus was the wild flora of the park and in particular the need to see the plants as individual objects rather than as a group. Having observed them for some time, she selected four plants - black poplar catkin, bistort, broad leaved helliborine, ramson herb - to sculpt. These were sawn and carved from ash, oak and sycamore. They were then deliberately concealed at different places in the woodland and on the edge of Nuttall Park, secretive works standing among the very flora that had inspired them. Details about the history of the plants and where they might be found in the park were included on stainless steel plaques fixed to the floor of the bandstand in the middle of the park. - See more at: www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/4465/#sthash.o39kMrVE.dpuf

The world is full of strange coincidences. The chain of events just won't stop coagulating especially when the flow of your life is going full steam ahead, yet It takes tremendous effort for a man to run fast but still able to stop in the midst of chaos for contemplations resulting in clearer visions. I treasure these sleepless nights.

My last post was about a product combining pen and compass features. When I was posting it, I recalled another two products combining pen and ruler features. Ruler..... somehow I couldn't stop thinking about ruler. Unconsciously I went to organize my old digital photos thinking about work, suddenly 4 pictures stopped my skimming, pictures I thought I took not long ago, they are photos of my father's ruler.

"Not long ago" I thought, they were taken when I visited my parents for dinner, together with me and my brother's family. I was helping out to clean the table and I opened a drawer for a pair of scissors, this very ruler caught my sight and soon as I pulled it out from the drawer a stream of emotions came rushing through my body. It was a ruler of punishment and I recalled studying the details of it many times when I was young. My father would use it to hit our palms when we were naughty. The exact events I could never recall but the sensation remains sharp. I joked by saying to my father "hey Dad, I remember you used this to hit our palms and buttocks when we were naughty" and my father immediately said "No I love you so much I could never use this to hit you!" Tears were swelling in my eyes but I kept it cool. He couldn't remember a single incidence. Looking back, the hitting is nothing at all now, the love from the old man is compensating a thousand times more. My little brother, did you hear what he said? It is timeless and invisible yet so real!

My father's ruler. A customization he did, sawed from a larger ruler from his day of wig-making career. His love of Chinese paintings became his final career as an art piece buyer, I was soaked in the world of art and form appreciation without knowing it. The ruler, my career as a stationery buyer, the love of art, the ruler. Its all connection in invisible ways. The tide comes and goes, the tie remains.

"Not so long ago" I thought. How long ago? I checked the date just now, it was 20th November 2006, exactly one year passed by! Not so long ago, whether I possess it or not, the ruler will be the prove of love for my life in strangest ways. Someday, I will understand the significance of the number "6" on this ruler, someday.

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Fiskebäck is a suburb of Gothenburg, bordered by the sea at the southern archipelago. The name “Fiskebäck” means “the fish creek”.

Fiskebäck este o suburbie a oraşului Göteborg, situatǎ la malul mǎrii, în zona arhipelagului sudic. Numele de “Fiskebäck” înseamnǎ “pǎrǎul cu peşti”.

The Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne which gave the city its name.

The most prominent remaining structures on the site are the Castle Keep, the castle's main fortified stone tower, and the Black Gate, its fortified gatehouse.

Use of the site for defensive purposes dates from Roman times, when it housed a fort and settlement called Pons Aelius, guarding a bridge over the River Tyne. In 1080, a wooden motte and bailey style castle was built on the site of the Roman fort, which was the 'New Castle upon Tyne'. It was built by Robert Curthose, eldest son of William I (William the Conqueror). Nothing remains of the Roman fort or the original motte and bailey castle.

The stone Castle Keep was built between 1172 and 1177 by Henry II on the site of Curthose's castle. The Black Gate was added between 1247 and 1250 by Henry III.

The site is in the centre of Newcastle, and lies to the east of Newcastle Central Station. The 75 feet (23 m) gap between the Keep and the Gatehouse is almost entirely filled by a railway viaduct, carrying the East Coast Main Line from Newcastle to Scotland.

The Castle Keep and Black Gate pre-date the construction of the Newcastle town wall, construction of which started sometime around 1265.

The Keep is a Grade I listed building, and a Scheduled Ancient Monument and is owned by the City Council, which leases it to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, who manage it as a visitor attraction.

The chapel on the lowest floor of the keep - despite begin altered in 1848 under the direction of John Dobson it retains much of the late norman period work - note the chevrons & the vaulted ceiling

Reading is very necessary for learning a language well. Only a good reader knows the finer nuances of speaking a language like an art. At Udgam we always recommend fostering reading habit as early as possible, beginning right from Preschool. To further emphasise the need for regular reading, our school celebrated Reading Week from December 1 to 6 in English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Gujarati.

The Primary Section made the most of the week by inculcating activities like answering riddles, extempore speaking from chits drawn, sequencing jumbled stories, rapid fire, spinning the yard, poster making, tongue twisters, writing and reading aloud simple poems, reading newspaper articles and discussing, character description from folk tales and noun games.

In Middle Section activities that were pursued to enhance reading were news reading like a reporter after dividing new into categories like International, National, State, Sports and Weather. Along with sessions of story, book reading penned by famous authors was undertaken. In Hindi, children were encouraged to chant dohas by Kabirdas along with video screening. In Gujarati class, children had to draw lots to read books. Sanskrit reading was made interesting by giving them topics from grammar. The groups took down names and presented their topics on charts, quiz, dumb charade, housie, flash cards and so on.

The senior school children presented book reviews of novels read by them. The students shared with their classmates the highlights of the novels read, the various characters depicted, the ratings the book deserved,etc.While some students used PPTs to present their reviews, others depended on their verbal skills to interact with the others and convey the content of the book read.

In the main action area of reading, the School Library, the students were shown videos of famous stories with morals. There were activities like story writing, paragraph writing, draw-a-picture, writing about your favourite character and Read-a-thon.

A Book Fair was a Grand Finale to the Reading Week. It was attended in large numbers by students, parents and teachers. The children went around excitedly from shelf to shelf and selected books to buy and take home. We hope the spirit of reading will continue in the times to come...

Dorney is a decent park but if asked what their competitive advantage is I would have no idea what to say. The only reason I took the day to visit was because it was completely covered by my platinum pass and they had a new coaster I wanted to add to my count, so why not? Short of that I really can't think of any reason I would want to return, unless they get a major new attraction. It's a clean park, with pleasant landscaping, some fun rides, efficient operations, and is generally well-managed. The biggest sin is a complete lack of imagination from both the design and marketing departments, who have created the park everyone expects rather than the park that everyone wants. Maybe someday it will find its niche, but until then it can only expect me as a repeat customer if I can find time to squeeze it in between visits to all the better parks in the region.

This is an amazing dress! Cute and sassy, and ready to rock! The dance floor will be calling your name as soon as you step foot into the party. As a showstopper, stop the traffic and catch attention is what you were born to do, so let this dress help flaunt your sexy side and take this cheap club dress for your next party! Featuring bright neon trims, side cut out accents waist, one shoulder design, and the dress will stay figure hugging all night long.

This is a photograph from the Rathfarnham 5KM Road Race and Fun Run which took place in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, Ireland on Sunday 28th September 2013 at 10:00. This is one of the most popular runs in South County Dublin and is held in support of St. Luke's Cancer Hospital, Rathgar. This year's race attracted over 1,300 participants and the run is open to runners, joggers and walkers. The course is one of the fastest 5ks in the country with a downhill start and finish. This is an excellently organised race with marhsalling at every junction and Garda enforced road closures for the duration of the race. This race was held on a beautiful autumn morning. There was little or no breeze and there was mild temperatures of around 15C for the race.

This is a photograph which is part of a large set of photographs taken at the 1KM and 4KM mark on the course. The entire set of photographs can be found here on our Flickr profile at the following link: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157647710188747/

Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q

The race starts at the easterly side of the N81 Tempelogue Road and Springfield Avenue. The start area is shown here on Google StreetView (goo.gl/maps/kg7FY). The race follows Springfield Avenue along the side of Bushy Park. The race overlaps the final kilometer and the finish as it proceeds to the Rathfarnham Road (Shown here Google Streetview goo.gl/maps/gRrI6). The route heads north on Rathfarnham road as there is a very gentle incline until the junction with the Temleogue Road is reached and runners make a sharp left turn onto the N81 (shown here Google StreetView goo.gl/maps/51S2t). The race then heads south along Templeogue Road where the runners can see the course unfold straight infront of them. The race turns left at Springfield Avenue again (start area) and the final Kilometer is as the first to the finish area (Google Streetview goo.gl/maps/1R08S) just before the Rathfarnham Road Junction. Overall this course is a flat and fast course. There is a net gain of 15M over the whole course with slightly downhill gradients at the start and towards the finish. The course is completely left-handed which makes for favourable conditions. All being equal the course provides an excellent opportunity for every from elite competitors to joggers to set a fast time for themselves.

Some Useful Links

2014 Results on Precision Timing www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2211

2013 race on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=dglr_F4O4Z8

Location Map: Start Area: goo.gl/maps/kg7FY (Google Streetview) and Finish Area: goo.gl/maps/1R08S (Google StreetView)

The 2013 Rathfarnham 5KM Race Results on Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Fra...

Race Headquarters are situated in Terenure College (Google StreetView goo.gl/maps/e0ou9)

The Rathfarnham 5KM 2013 Event Page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/118419535019548/

The Map My Run Course Outline Trace for the 2013 Course: www.mapmyrun.com/ie/dublin-l/rathfarnham-5k-run-sunday-29...

Rathfarnham Athletic Club Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/rathfarnham.ac

Rathfarnham Athletic Club Webpage: www.athleticsrathfarnham.ie/

Rathfarnham 5KM Page on the Rathfarnham Athletic Club Website: www.athleticsrathfarnham.ie/rathfarnham-5k

Nominated Charity for the 2013 Event - St. Luke's Cancer Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin: www.friendsofstlukes.ie/

YouTube Video of the Course Record from 2010 being set: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u73tgrp2Yo

Friends of St. Luke's Cancer Hospital Page about the 2013 race: www.friendsofstlukes.ie/news-events/rathfarnham-5k-run.16...

Racepix.com - Photographs from the 2013 Event: www.racepix.com/Rathfarnham-5km/pictures/979/

Racepix.com - Photographs from the 2012 Event: www.racepix.com/Rathfarnham-5km/pictures/789/

Lindie Naughton's Photographs from the 2013 Event: lindie.zenfolio.com/p927428726

Lindie Naughton's Photographs from the 2011 Event: lindie.zenfolio.com/p512606508

A wonderful archieve of results from the race dating back to 1998: www.athleticsrathfarnham.ie/rathfarnham-5k/rathfarnham-5k...

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 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.

We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.

This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?

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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 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.

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.

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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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 Khan el-Khalili, a marketplace in Old Cairo that was built on the site of the royal palace and cemetery of the Fatimid Dynasty, with redevelopment of the area into an urban neighborhood during the 14th Century under the Mamluk Dynasty. By the late 1400s, the souk, or marketplace, had become a major center of international trade, with its long, narrow streets protecting merchants and goods (including many slaves) from the harsh sunlight of Egypt’s arid climate. However, the souk did not take on its current form until the rule of Sultan al-Ghuri, whom altered the layout and added many structures to the souk, including the monumental gates and a large funerary tomb complex, as well as rearranging the streets into a grid pattern. A large Turkish presence historically existed in the souk, as the Turks were some of the most prolific merchants in the Islamic world prior to and during the Ottoman Empire period, and the area was historically the center of the Turkish community in Cairo, especially during the Ottoman Empire. Today, the souk remains full of shops and life, though it has transitioned from a marketplace of foreign goods into a market mainly catering to foreign tourists, with many locals owning souvenir and various goods shops in the district, along with several cafes and restaurants.

Centuripe is a town and comune in the province of Enna (Sicily, southern Italy). The city is located 61 km from Enna, in the hill country between the Rivers Dittaìno and Salso.The economy is mostly based on agriculture. There are caves for sulphur and salt mineral, and water springs.Thucydides mentions Kentoripa as a city of the Sicels, hellenized in the 5th century BC. It became an ally of the Athenians at the time of their expedition against Syracuse, and maintained its independence almost uninterruptedly (though it fell under the power of Agathocles) until the First Punic War. Cicero describes it, perhaps with some exaggeration, as being by far the largest and richest city of Sicily, and as having a population of 10,000, engaged in the cultivation of an extensive territory. It was granted Latin rights before the rest of Sicily. It appears to have suffered much in the war against Sextus Pompeius, and not to have regained its former prosperity under the empire.

Emperor Frederick II entirely destroyed the city in 1233 in punishment for its rebellion, the inhabitants deported to Augusta. King Charles I of Anjou razed it completely to the ground, and the city was rebuilt only in 1548 by Francesco Moncada. Considerable remains of the ancient city walls and of buildings, mostly of the Roman period, still exist, and numerous antiquities, including some fine Hellenistic terra-cottas, have been discovered in casual excavations.Other sights include the Chiesa Madre (17th century) and the ruins of the so-called Castle of Conradin, in fact a Roman construction of the Imperial age.

Centuripe è un comune italiano di 5 540 abitanti della provincia di Enna in Sicilia.Centuripe dista 69 chilometri da Enna ed è il comune più ad est della provincia. Dista invece 46 chilometri da Catania (via S.S.121, ma solo 30 in linea d'aria) ed è situato a cavallo di una formazione montuosa disposta a stella ad un'altitudine di 733 m s.l.m. da cui si scorge il versante occidentale dell'Etna.Centuripe confina con i comuni di Adrano, Biancavilla, Paternò, Bronte, Randazzo, Castel di Iudica, tutti appartenenti alla Provincia di Catania, e con Catenanuova e Regalbuto che fanno parte della Provincia di Enna. Il suo vasto territorio, quasi del tutto montagnoso, si estende per 17.295 ettari tra le vallate dei fiumi Dittaino e Salso. Il suo fondovalle è sulla direttrice autostradale Palermo-Catania. Il territorio è costituito di arenarie e di rocce argillose e conglomeratiche.Le origini di Centuripe sono remotissime e affondano le loro radici ad oltre 4000 anni fa, quando l'isola era abitata dai Sicani; ne sono testimonianza i resti di tombe dell'età del bronzo. Sia Tucidide che Polibio ricordano la presenza nella penisola italiana di popoli, chiamati col nome di Ausoni, Enotri o Morgeti che risultano presenti anche in Sicilia. Si ritiene che un secolo prima della fondazione di Roma i Siculi, popolazione d'origine Osco-Umbra che emigrò in Sicilia probabilmente in epoca anteriore al X secolo a.C. scelsero il luogo, in posizione militarmente inespugnabile, per edificarvi la cittadina.L'esistenza di un legame tra i popoli protolatini e i Siculi è confermata da un'iscrizione oggi ritenuta la più importante nella comprensione delle origini dei Siculi, contenuta su un famoso askoi centuripino del VI secolo a.C. L'iscrizione contiene inequivocabili elementi di stretta affinità con la lingua latina.

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This is from the market of Pune.

I love watermelon and this guy had enough for my desires!

Taketomi is a small island facing Ishigaki and the main tourist attraction in the area, well known for its traditional house and the water buffalos (cart rides). I have been lucky with this shot because the buffalo pictured here is among the most impressive (if not the most) I have seen during our trip.

Standen is an Arts and Crafts house located near East Grinstead, West Sussex. The house was designed between 1892 and 1894 by Philip Webb, a friend and associate of William Morris, for a prosperous London solicitor, James Beale, his wife, Margaret, and their family. It is decorated with Morris carpets, fabrics and wallpapers, and was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1972.

According to the Wikipedia entry, the estate was formed from three farms that the Beales had purchased in 1890.

The Beales started planting a 12 acre garden almost immediately after they had purchased the land, using the site of an 18th-century garden and orchard. In early 1891 trees were planted, a yew hedge established and the kitchen garden begun.

The Beales consulted a London landscape gardener who drew up a layout that assumed that the new house would be located on the line of the existing terrace. However, Webb suggested that it rather be placed further into the hillside. The proposed planting schemes were characterized by strict geometrical layouts of colorful flowerbeds and shrubs. Webb preferred something else, however: a mixture of natural styles combining old-fashioned formality and compartmentalized gardens. Webb also designed a number of elements in the garden.

The resulting Arts and Crafts garden used local materials for its formal elements and loose plantings amongst yew hedges, trellis and pergolas, emphasizing natural color schemes and subtle combinations of color and foliage.

Hartland Quay is the site of an ancient and historic port, positioned precariously amongst spectacular coastal scenery. The wild surrounds hint of the wrecking and smuggling which was so much a way of life in this area in years gone by.

Now a very much smaller but picturesque slipway gives local fishermen access to the sea and makes an easy descent to the Quay Beach with it’s wealth of sandy gullies and rock pools.

The stretch of South West Coast Path between Hartland Quay and Hartland Point is breathtaking there's no other word for it, and the coves and cliff formations manage to be both beautiful and dramatic all at the same time.

The dramatic cliffs near Hartland Quay the three mile walk itself is quite tough. The path is full of ups and downs - and some of them are very steep. Starting at Hartland Quay, where there are car parks, the coast path northwards to Hartland Point is clearly marked.

The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president.

The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Like other monuments on the National Mall – including the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and National World War II Memorial – the memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 1966. It is open to the public 24 hours a day.

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Diamond Head is the name of a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu and known to Hawaiians as Lēʻahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ʻahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin. Its English name was given by British sailors in the 19th century, who mistook calcite crystals embedded in the rock for diamonds.

Diamond Head is a defining feature of the view known to residents and tourists of Waikiki alike. The volcanic tuff cone is a United States State Monument. While part of it serves as a platform for antennas used by the U.S. government and is closed to the public, the crater's proximity to Honolulu's resort hotels and beaches makes the rest of it a popular destination.

A 0.75-mile (1.1-km) hike leads to the edge of the crater's rim. Signs at the trailhead say that the hike takes 1.5–2 hours round-trip, and recommends that hikers bring water. Although not difficult, the signs also say that the hike is not a casual one: the mostly unpaved trail winds over uneven rock, ascends 74 steps, then through a tunnel and up another steep 99 steps. Next is a small lighted tunnel to a narrow spiral staircase (43 steps) inside a coastal artillery observation platform built in 1908. From the summit above the observation platform both Waikiki and the Pacific Ocean can be seen in detail.

The volcano is a symbol of the worldwide recognition of the Hawaiian Islands; because of this, Diamond Head is widely used for commercial purposes (see Diamond Head (film) and Diamond Head (band)). Many souvenirs from Hawaii and surf shop logos around the world bear the volcano's distinctive silhouette.

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Oregon Route 62 is an Oregon state highway that runs between the city of Medford, and U.S. Route 97 between Chiloquin and Klamath Falls. The highway approaches Crater Lake National Park from the south, and is known as the Crater Lake Highway.

The Rogue River in southwestern Oregon in the United States flows about 215 miles (346 km) in a generally westward direction from the Cascade Range to the Pacific Ocean. Known for its salmon runs, whitewater rafting, and rugged scenery, it was one of the original eight rivers named in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. Beginning near Crater Lake, which occupies the caldera left by the explosive volcanic eruption of Mount Mazama, the river flows through the geologically young High Cascades and the older Western Cascades, another volcanic province. Further west, the river passes through multiple exotic terranes of the more ancient Klamath Mountains. In the Kalmiopsis Wilderness section of the Rogue basin are some of the world's best examples of rocks that form the Earth's mantle. Near the mouth of the river, the only dinosaur fragments ever discovered in Oregon were found in the Otter Point Formation, along the coast of Curry County.

People have lived along the Rogue River and its tributaries for at least 8,500 years. European explorers made first contact with Native Americans (Indians) toward the end of the 18th century and began beaver trapping and other activities in the region. Clashes, sometimes deadly, occurred between the natives and the trappers and later between the natives and European-American miners and settlers. These struggles culminated with the Rogue River Wars of 1855–56 and removal of most of the natives to reservations outside the basin. After the war, settlers expanded into remote areas of the watershed and established small farms along the river between Grave Creek and the mouth of the Illinois River. They were relatively isolated from the outside world until 1895, when the Post Office Department added mail-boat service along the lower Rogue. As of 2010, the Rogue has one of the two remaining rural mail-boat routes in the United States.

Erika is one of my best friends. Her story is very unique. About a year ago she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Her doctor wanted her begin medication, which had similar side effects to that of chemotherapy (hairloss,loss of appetite, passion for life). But through her determination, she started a whole rebalancing of herself. She became vegan, started juicing, and began practicing bikram yoga! She recently returned to her RA doc, and the results were astonishing. Her markers for RA have significantly decreased, inflammation is sparse, and her energy for life has never been stronger.

Follow her story @turning_pain_n2_purpose

Female Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) - Playalinda Beach Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Brevard County, Florida

I think this is a Phaon or Mimic Crescent, but I've never photographed one before and I'm not 100% certain on the ID.

Update: I found some very good descriptions of this guy on the Carolina Nature site that are worth looking at, and from what I can tell (especially from the underside of the rear wing), this is a female Phaon or Mimic Crescent.

Note: I also posted this guy to BugGuide to see what they have to say.

According to the BG map this would be a first for Florida if it is the Mimic.

Update: November 15, 2014

BG has moved this guy to their Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) page, so I've updated this post to indicate that. It took a year for them to figure that out, so I guess I wasn't tp far off thinking it might have been a Mimic. And after all, that may be why they were named Mimic to begin with.

RISK! is a show where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share, live on stage, featuring some of the brightest actors, writers and comedians around. RISK! invites back popular guests and welcomes exciting new names to tell tales every other Thursday night, 7pm, at 92YTribeca.

RISK! is created and hosted by Kevin Allison of the legendary sketch comedy troupe The State.

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I have driven by a certain house in Austin probably a dozen times over the last few weeks, and every time I notice and comment on this wonderful field of red poppies that is bloomin' like crazy in their yard. I keep telling myself that I need to bring the camera and get a picture before it is too late. Well, today I finally listened to those voices in my head and brought the camera. Here is one of the pictures that I got, and I rather like it. I am a fan of bold colors (check!), bokeh (check!) and simple shots (check!). I feel like I got it all in this shot...what do you think?

This is a photograph from the seventh annual Donadea 50KM Ultramarathon which was held in Donadea Forest, Donadea, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Saturday 13th February 2016 at 10:00. The race was also an International Association of Ultrarunners Silver Label Event and the Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI) National 50KM Championships. The race completes 10 loops of a very well known 5KM trail around the circumference of the forest. Most of this trail is in very good condition with good conditions underfoot for the entire 5KM stretch. The start-finish area is located close to the coffee shop area in the center of the park beside the now ruined and abandoned Donadea Castle. This year, like all previous events, was a fantastic event with great support around the course for the athletes. However the structure of the course with the repeated loops makes a great atmosphere for the runners themselves with great camaraderie being shown amongst all of the competitors. This is one of the most popular 50KM races in Ireland. A garmin GPS link is available here [connect.garmin.com/activity/70206204]

Want to use this photograph or share it? Please read/scroll down a little further to find out how - it's very easy!

We have a full set of photographs from the event today on our Flickr photostream in the following album: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157664641851105]

Where is Donadea?. Donadea Forest Park is situated in rural north Kildare and is approximately 640 acres in size. The amenities at the forest include good walking trails, a diversity of natural habitats, a walled stream, a large natural lake, and the ruins of Donadea castle. The Park is a designated National Heritage Area. The basic designation for wildlife is the Natural Heritage Area (NHA). This is an area considered important for the habitats present or which holds species of plants and animals whose habitat needs protection. It is a special occasion to allow the 50KM to be held in this environment.

Donadea Forest on Facebook (requires Facebook access) [www.facebook.com/pages/Donadea-Forest-Park/42728436062858...]

Here is a stunning 4K Aerial Video of Donadea Castle & Lake on YouTube [www.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=BG7LmBo2WlU&app=de...]

Timing, results, and event management was provided by RedTagTiming.com from Galway Ireland - results available at www.redtagtiming.com/

Our photographs of the Donadea 50KM 2015 are here on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157650821612375/]

USING OUR PHOTOGRAPHS - A QUICK GUIDE AND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS

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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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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

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This is a photograph from the 5th "Mullingar 10" - a 10 mile road race and fun run which was held in Dalystown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Sunday July 27th 2019 at 11:00. Dalystown is a rural parish situated about 6 miles south of Mullingar. The race was organised by the Mullingar Harriers Athletics Club who promote the event. There was over 350 participants in the event. A t-shirt and medal were awarded to all participants and finishers.

The race follows a simple 'figure of 8' route. The race starts from Dalystown National School and heads north briefly to Dalystown cross-roads where there is a left turn which brings runners along the L1122 road. The only real cross-over of the route is at the 2.5 and 7.5 mile mark. The race completes a loop between 2.5 and the 7.5 mile mark which brings runners into the locality of Ballinagore. The final 2.5 miles of the race brings runners back through Cloneheigue and the final 1.5 miles of the race is along straight road heading north back to Dalystown and the finish outside of Wallace's Pub. The race start/finish/HQ are accessible from the Mullingar-Tullamore road (the N52).

The course was a mixture of long straight level sections of road with some short rolling hills which makes for a challenging but overall fair course. The race took place is rather warm temperatures for distance running with little or no breeze/wind. A temperature of around 19C was recorded at the start of the race. However some beautiful mature hedgerows along the mostly rural roads provided shade and shelter from the sun for runners. Three water stations were provided on the route to help keep participants hydrated.

Timing and event management was again provided by Irish company MyRunResults. All of the results from today's race and associated media are available on their website.

This was the fifth year of the event and going on today's event it will continue to establish itself as an annual fixture on the calendar. Clubs from all over the North Leinster region and beyond were represented today. Refreshments were provided outside Wallace's Pub at the Finish line. Well done to Mullingar Harriers and all the many volunteers who helped make today's race a wonderful success. There is a very significant amount of volunteer organisation and work required to make a distance race like this a success.

Cactus silk or Sabra silk is a luxurious fabric made from the Agave Cactus in the capital of Morocco, Fes.Also known as Cactus silk, Sabra silk is a natural fiber harvested from sustainable sources of Saharan Aloe Vera Cactus (the Aloe Vera plant being part of the Agave family).

The fabric is a 100% vegetable silk blend of extracted filaments from the aloe cactus grown in Morocco. It is sought for its quality, strength and beauty since millennia. The process to produce sabra silk has not changed for centuries. Once the Cactus plant is collected from the long agave plants, the long spiky leaves are crushed and the fibres washed and hammered, then the leaves are soaked in water to separate the fibres & filaments and then these are spun and woven to make "silk thread" which are then dyed in different colours. The textile produced has a high elasticity and this makes Sabra-Silk free of wrinkles.

You might have come across - when walking through the narrow lanes of the Medina in Marrakech –men threading fine, almost invisible, fibers on spools. These are then twisted into thread by small battery powered twisters and tacked along the walls of the medina while they were being created. The colourful threads of the cactus silk are then sold in spools.Sabra Silk is hand-loomed in Morocco [See a picture of a weaver at work] and some of the products are created with strips of the silks alternate with camel's wool. Some have Chenille, and cotton yarn in contrasting colours which enhances the amazingly vibrant, almost metallic shine of the cloths. This long and time consuming process makes some of its products (cushions, rugs, textile) very expensive and at the same time pretty unique.Items made of cactus/sabra silk can be washed at 30 degrees or dry-cleaned. It is safe to iron them with a low steam iron programme, although as they are almost wrinkle-free, this is hardly necessary...

The Medina of Fez preserves, in an ancient part comprising numerous monumental buildings, the memory of the capital founded by the Idrisid dynasty between 789 and 808 A.D. The original town was comprised of two large fortified quarters separated by the Fez wadi: the banks of the Andalous and those of the Kaïrouanais. In the 11th century, the Almoravids reunited the town within a sole rampart and, under the dynasty of the Almohads (12th and 13th centuries), the original town (Fez el-bali) already grew to its present-day size. Under the Merinids (13th to 15th centuries), a new town (Fez Jedid) was founded (in 1276) to the west of the ancient one (Fez El-Bali). It contains the royal palace, the army headquarters, fortifications and residential areas. At that time, the two entities of the Medina of Fez evolve in symbiosis forming one of the largest Islamic metropolis's representing a great variety of architectural forms and urban landscapes. They include a considerable number of religious, civil and military monuments that brought about a multi-cultural society. This architecture is characterised by construction techniques and decoration developed over a period of more than ten centuries, and where local knowledge and skills are interwoven with diverse outside inspiration (Andalousian, Oriental and African). The Medina of Fez is considered as one of the most extensive and best conserved historic towns of the Arab-Muslim world. The unpaved urban space conserves the majority of its original functions and attribute. It not only represents an outstanding architectural, archaeological and urban heritage, but also transmits a life style, skills and a culture that persist and are renewed despite the diverse effects of the evolving modern societies.

Fez (Arabic: فاس‎‎ Fas, Berber: ⴼⴰⵙ Fas, French: Fès) is the second largest city of Morocco, with a population of 1.1 million (2014).

Fez was the capital city of modern Morocco until 1925 and is now the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. The city has two old medina quarters, the larger of which is Fes el Bali. It is listed as a World Heritage Site and is believed to be one of the world's largest urban pedestrian zones (car-free areas).[3] University of Al Quaraouiyine, founded in 859, is the oldest continuously functioning university in the world. The city has been called the "Mecca of the West" and the "Athens of Africa"

This is my Click of the Ship near the Lighthouse of Marina Beach on 11th Nov 2012 Evening.

Stranded by Nilam, the cyclone that rattled the city, the oil tanker which ran aground has turned out to be a tourist attraction with thousands thronging the Elliots beach & Marina Lighthouse to have a glimpse of the abandoned ship

This is the second time that a marine vessel has stuck the coast in the last quarter century. Eateries and fast-food joints have opened shops to cater to the visiting crowd.

Even there are photographers taking instant images of people with the ship in the background for 30bucks,many visitors are attracted to this.

Due to this Ship arrival in Marina,this spot has become a crowded spot with people and shops in the beach,while the other areas are just deserted.

The Dekum Building is an eight-story, Richardsonian Romanesque edifice constructed between 1891 and 1892. Frank Dekum commissioned the Portland architectural firm of McCaw & Martin to design the building in 1890. Located at 519 Southwest Third Avenue in Portland, the Dekum Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Frank Dekum, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1829, immigrated with his family to the United States in 1837 and settled in Illinois. He moved to San Francisco in early 1852 and relocated to Portland the following year. Along with Fred Bickel, in 1853 he established Dekum & Bickel, the city’s first confectionary business, and later became a successful realtor, banker, and insurance and railway executive. He oversaw the construction of many buildings in Portland, including an earlier Dekum Building, an 1871 cast iron structure at Front Avenue and Washington Street. Dekum died in 1894.

The firm of McCaw & Martin, a partnership of William F. McCaw and Richard H. Martin, Jr., completed plans for the Dekum Building in January 1891. In June 1891, Frederick Manson White, who had been a draftsman and foreman for the firm, became a partner. Some historians have attributed the building’s design to McCaw, Martin & White, since that was the firm’s name when the building was constructed.

The firm was one of the most prominent architectural firms in Portland in the late nineteenth century. Among its surviving designs in Portland are the New Market Annex, the Portland Armory Annex, Waldschmidt Hall at the University of Portland, and the Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie House. White left the firm in June 1892 and began his own practice, and the partnership between McCaw and Martin dissolved in 1897.

McCaw & Martin designed the Dekum Building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, made prominent by American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Elements typical of the style include rough cut stone on the base of the building, red brick in the upper stories, terra cotta ornamentation, and the prominent use of massive stone-block arches. The style was popular in Portland from 1889 to 1895.

The firm was responsible for the design of the city’s first example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the 1889 New Market Annex. Many architectural historians consider the Dekum Building the best example of the style in Portland. The first three floors feature rusticated stone, including ashlar and Siskiyou sandstone quarried in Oregon. The arched entryways include elaborate stone carvings. The upper floors are faced in brick made in Newberg, decorated with unglazed terra cotta in organic floral patterns. The exterior has undergone little change since construction, while the interior has been remodeled and renovated over time.

When the Dekum Building opened in 1892, the department store Lipman, Wolfe & Co. occupied the first two floors. The company remained in the building until 1912. McCaw & Martin and Frederick Manson White opened offices in the Dekum, as did physicians, dentists, and lawyers.

The building faced a threat of demolition in early 1973, when owner Stan Terry announced he would raze the structure to make room for a high-rise parking garage. The building was soon purchased by Norcrest China Company, which declared that it would not demolish the building. The Dekum was rehabilitated in the 1970s and 1980s. Various tenants have occupied by the building since, with Wieden + Kennedy being one of the best known occupants in the late twentieth century.

The Dekum Building is one of the oldest buildings still standing on Southwest Third Avenue. The intersection of Southwest Washington Street and Third Avenue contains a high concentration of architectural styles, including two examples of Second Renaissance Revival Style, the Postal Building (1900) and the Hamilton Building (1893), both designed by Whidden & Lewis, and the Twentieth Century Classical styled Spalding Building (1910), designed by Cass Gilbert.

The stark contrast in style between the Dekum Building and the Hamilton Building, built one year apart, shows the shift in architectural aesthetic in Portland away from Richardsonian Romanesque and toward classic detailing.

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Galway is a city in Ireland. It is in the West Region and the province of Connacht. Galway City Council is the local authority for the city. Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay and is surrounded by County Galway.

The popular song "Galway Girl" or "The Galway Girl" is a song written by Steve Earle and recorded with Irish musician Sharon Shannon, which was featured on Earle's 2000 album Transcendental Blues.

A cover version of the song by Mundy and Shannon reached number one and became the most downloaded song of 2008 in Ireland.

"Galway Girl" tells the semi-autobiographical story of the singer's reaction to a beautiful black haired blue eyed girl he meets in Galway, Ireland. Local references include Salthill and The Long Walk.

Lots of people believe that Galway people have black or very dark hair due to the fact that many spaniards landed there (or were shipwrecked) at the time of the Spanish armada.

Galway is also home to The Spanish Arch which was originally an extension of the city wall from Martin's Tower to the bank of the Corrib, as a measure to protect the city's quays, which were located in the area once known as the Fish Market (now Spanish Parade). It was constructed during the mayoralty of Wylliam Martin in 1584, being called ceann an bhalla (the head of the wall).

For more on Galway visit:

www.galwaycity.ie/

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Galway, Ireland, Europe

10/30/2012

This is a photograph from the 2nd annual running of the Kilcock Ladies GAA club "Santa Dash" 5KM Road Race and fun run which was held in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Sunday 15th December 2013 at 13:00. This is one of the final road races in this part of Leinster before Christmas. The race welcomes runners, joggers, walkers, and families. Every entrant is given a free Santa hat to wear in the race to add to the festive atmosphere. The race starts beside the Royal Canal/Railway at the end of Connaught Street. The route then takes in the wellknown local walking route around Laragh (Sli Na Slainte). This route is familiar to many runners as a reverse of the Kilcock AC 5KM held annually every summer. The race was organised to help raise funds for the many ladies teams that the girls from Branganstown continue to field year after year. The Kilcock Ladies are a vital part of the local community and provide football for all age groups in the town. Last year, the first year of this race, 2012 was a very special year for the Ladies section of Kilcock GAA club as they celebrated the 20th year since their foundation back in 1992.

This photograph is part of a set of photographs taken at today's event. You can see the entire Flickr set by clicking on this link [http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/11387432555/]

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Some useful Website Links and Internet Sites

Santa Dash Homepage on Facebook www.facebook.com/santa.dash.58 (requires Facebook logon)

Flickr photographs from last year's event (2012): www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632257169973/

Race start location on Google Maps: maps.google.com/?ll=53.396675,-6.661502&spn=0.004376,...

Race HQ on Google Maps: maps.google.com/maps?q=Kilcock+GAA,+Kildare,+Ireland&...

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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 device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.

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All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images without the watermark: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, 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.

This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.

In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc.

If you would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?

Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.

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

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

     ►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera

     ►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set

     ►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone

     ►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!

You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.

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This is a photograph from the 4th Annual Meath Spring Half Marathon and 10KM Road Races hosted by Bohermeen AC on the 8th March 2015 at 12:00 at Bohermeen, Ardbraccan, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. A 10KM race was also held and started one hour before the half marathon. This event has grown quickly in popularity over the past few years with this year's entry of 1,168 with this being a record for both races. The half marathon had 843 entrants while the 10KM race had 325 entrants. This half marathon event is perfectly placed in the Irish running calendar as it provides runners of all levels and abilities an opportunity to test the half marathon distance in preparation for a Spring Marathon or as the first serious running goal in 2015. Bohermeen AC is steeped in Irish athletics history since 1927 and it is this experience and exceptional community spirit and volunteering which has made this event today so successful.

Want to use this photograph or share it? Please read/scroll down a little further to find out how - it's very easy!

The weather was very suitable for road racing with the exception of a strong headwind at certain parts of the course. However the cool, dry sunny conditions were suitable for fast times and PB performances from runners.

Our full set of photographs from today's event are available on Flickr at the following link https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157648897769373/. This set of photographs is mostly of the Half Marathon race but there are some from the 10KM event.

Don't forget to scroll down to see more information about the race and these photographs!

Event Management and Timing was provided by PRECISION TIMING. The results from today's events can be found on Precision Timing's website at this URL [www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2457]. You can checkout their facebook page at www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts

The Satellite Navigation Coordinates to Bohermeen are [53.650882,-6.77989] and is accessible using the M3, N2 and N52

Some useful links to other web-resources related to this race

Bohermeen AC Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/bohermeen.ac?fref=ts

2015 Spring Half Marathon Route: www.runningmap.com/?id=641747

2015 Spring Half Marathon 10KM Race Option Route: www.runningmap.com/?id=641752

Google Streetview of the Race Start: goo.gl/maps/rtj1X

Google Streetview of the Race Finish and Race Headquarters: goo.gl/maps/qVttR

Internet Homepage for the Spring Half Marathon [www.meathspringhalfmarathon.com/]

Results from 2014 from Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1684

Results from 2013 from Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1115

Photographs from previous events

Our Flickr Photograph set from the 3rd Spring Marathon 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157641717197563

Our Flickr Photograph set from the 2nd Spring Marathon 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632906920970/

Our Flickr set from the 1st Spring Marathon (2012) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629146137284/with...

Photographs from the 2013 event from our friend Paul Reilly [pjrphotography.zenfolio.com/p670974697]

USING OUR PHOTOGRAPHS - A QUICK GUIDE

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 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.

We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.

This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

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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 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.

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.

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.

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

Here is a new LEGO part idea prototype,

(made with LDD + Photoshop Layers & Mask)

If you think this piece will help you, add it to your favorites.

LEGO has read about this album and, your votes can direct them on the use of the production of these parts. (do we ever know)

Do not forget to look at the album on the right where are all the ideas of parts Prototype =>

Also find all my creations on the Flickr group "News LEGO Techniques".

This Flickr group includes:

- Ideas for new LEGO pieces

- Techniques for assembling bricks

- Tutorials for the manufacture of accessories, objects, ...

Spergel Square is a little oasis in the center of Stockholm's very busy shopping district. All of the shops are quite expensive but ,having traveled and visited so many European cities , they really do become boring. It is generally the same pattern with display and most of the goods are the same. Manufactured in Asia and peddled to rich Europeans for vast profits. Sweden is a very socially enlightened society with a great record on social care for its citizens, the Swedish Church projects a very Christian message.

Listening to some musicians perform in Spergel Square, surrounded by all the hustle and bustle of a very modern and well heeled city I was struck by this character who at some stage had decided to throw in the towel and go his own way. He is carrying everything he has on his back and his face displays a rugged and well worn life. I could only imagine the stories he has to tell, if anyone would listen.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is an American national park comprising three geographically separated areas of badlands in western North Dakota. The park was named for U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The park covers 70,446 acres (110.072 sq mi; 28,508 ha; 285.08 km2) of land in three sections: the North Unit, the South Unit, and the Elkhorn Ranch Unit.

The park's larger South Unit lies alongside Interstate 94 near Medora, North Dakota. The smaller North Unit is situated about 80 mi (130 km) north of the South Unit, on U.S. Route 85, just south of Watford City, North Dakota. Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch is located between the North and South units, approximately 20 mi (32 km) west of US 85 and Fairfield, North Dakota. The Little Missouri River flows through all three units of the park. The Maah Daah Hey Trail connects all three units.

The park received 749,389 recreational visitors in 2018. It is the only American national park named directly after a single person.

Both main units of the park have scenic drives, approximately 100 miles of foot and horse trails, wildlife viewing, and opportunities for back country hiking and camping. There are three developed campgrounds: Juniper Campground in the North Unit, Cottonwood Campground in the South Unit, and the Roundup Group Horse Campground in the South Unit.

One of the most popular attractions is wildlife viewing. Among the local wildlife, bison may be more dangerous and visitors are advised to view them from a distance.

The scenery changes constantly in relationship with the seasons. The brown, dormant grass dominates from late summer through the winter, but explodes into green color in the early summer along with hundreds of species of flowering plants. Winter can be a beautiful scene as snow covers the sharp terrain of the badlands and locks the park into what Theodore Roosevelt called "an abode of iron desolation."

The badlands are very important in Roosevelt's life, and the park memorializes his contributions to the conservation of America's natural resources. A museum at the South Unit Visitor Center provides background on Roosevelt and his ranching days. Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin is open for public viewing year-round at the South Unit Visitor Center.

Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch is a separate, remote area of the park, 35 miles north of Medora, accessible by gravel roads. Check with park rangers for road conditions and routes to travel to the site. The foundation of the ranch house and other shops buildings have been preserved, though the other portions of the cabin were removed and re-purposed after Roosevelt vacated the ranch. Threats to the Elkhorn Ranch site include oil development on adjacent lands, particularly visual intrusions and noise pollution from oil facilities and traffic.

The park is popular for back country hiking and horseback riding. Permits for back country camping may be obtained at the South Unit or North Unit Visitor Centers. Over 100 miles of trail make it a fine hiking park, though water and shade are limited along trails. The park units are mostly surrounded by Forest Service grasslands. The area has very dark night skies with excellent star gazing and occasional northern lights.

The entire park has been surrounded with a 7-foot (2.1 m) tall woven wire fence to keep bison and feral horses inside the park and commercial livestock out. Other animals are able to pass over, under, or through the fence in specific locations provided for that purpose.

The town of Medora, at the entrance to the south unit, provides a touristy western experience, with wooden planked sidewalks, old fashioned ice cream parlors, and buggy rides. There are several museums and the Burning Hills Amphitheather with nightly productions of the Medora Musical from early June to early September.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota_State_Capitol

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