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Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's third most populous city proper, and most populous capital city. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the central government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China.
Beijing is an important world capital and global power city, and one of the world's leading centers for politics, economy and business, finance, education, culture, innovation and technology, architecture, language, and diplomacy. A megacity, Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational center. It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest state-owned companies and houses the largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world, as well as the world's four biggest financial institutions. It is also a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks. The Beijing Capital International Airport has been the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic since 2010, and, as of 2016, the city's subway network is the busiest and second longest in the world.
Combining both modern and traditional architecture, Beijing is one of the oldest cities in the world, with a rich history dating back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for most of the past eight centuries, and was the largest city in the world by population for much of the second millennium A.D. Encyclopædia Britannica notes that "few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural center of an area as immense as China." With mountains surrounding the inland city on three sides, in addition to the old inner and outer city walls, Beijing was strategically poised and developed to be the residence of the emperor and thus was the perfect location for the imperial capital. The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls and gates. It has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites—the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, and parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal— all tourist locations. Siheyuans, the city's traditional housing style, and hutongs, the narrow alleys between siheyuans, are major tourist attractions and are common in urban Beijing.
Many of Beijing's 91 universities consistently rank among the best in China, such as the Peking University and Tsinghua University. Beijing CBD is a center for Beijing's economic expansion, with the ongoing or recently completed construction of multiple skyscrapers. Beijing's Zhongguancun area is known as China's Silicon Valley and a center of innovation and technology entrepreneurship.
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This is Tobbe and Linda, I met them in Västerhaninge yesterday and asked if I could take a portrait. Linda lives in Västerhaninge and is looking for work after graduating from the Fredrika Bremer secondary school, where she attended the Media Programme. She enjoys photography and while at the school she took the same course as this trio. She said she hadn't had any inspiration for photography lately, which she blamed on the weather. Tobbe, who is from Skogås, is still at the school where he is studying music. He is in a band. They play a bit of grunge, but have yet to set up a MySpace site. I play the guitar, Tobbe told me, and we are currently looking for a drummer, but can't seem to find one, so I may have to switch to the drums, as it's easier to find another guitarist, he continued. Perhaps not a coincidence, but I did meet a guy from Skogås a couple of weeks ago who, and he was also in a band.
Croston is a village in Lancashire, England between Chorley and Southport and is next to the River Yarrow. St. Michael's and All Angels' Church is at the centre of the village. At the end of Church Street there is a stone cross which was erected in 1953. There is a 15th century cobbled pack horse bridge which crosses the River Yarrow. The village green is used as a venue for the annual May Day Madness and Bastille Day (14 July) celebrations.
9/19 My beautiful chi/pom Honey is very sick. We were at the emergency vet for 5 hours Sat night, she suddenly wouldnt eat, drink or move and became lethargic and weak. She already has epilepsy (always has) and I fear her epilepsy meds have caused damage to her little body...
9/22 Her blood work just came back and she has some organ issues, gall bladder, pancreas and liver values are off. Please send healing thoughts out for her. Im not sure what I would do without my velcro dog. She doesnt leave my side, since the day I adopted her she has had eyes only for me and I love her dearly.
We are headed back to the vet now for more test and hopefully a treatment plan.
Update 9/22: My vet thinks she has pancreatitus, so we did another test today for that. Should know tomorrow about that one. They said her liver value that the other vet was worried about is high but normal for Honey. So hopefully we will have a treatment plan tomorrow. If it isnt pancreatitus Im not sure what is next.
She seemed a little better during the day today and even ate a little, but she got miserable again tonight.
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Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town".
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The A321 is a stretch of the A320. The A321 program was launched in November 1989 and the first development aircraft first flew on 11 March 1993. European certification was awarded in December that year.
Compared with the A320 the A321's major change is the stretched fuselage, with forward and rear fuselage plugs totalling 6.93 m (22 ft 9in) (front plug immediately forward of wing 4.27 m/14 ft, rear plug directly behind the wing 2.67 m/8 ft 9in).
Other changes include strengthening of the undercarriage to cope with the higher weights, more powerful engines, a simplified and refined fuel system and larger tires for better braking. A slightly modified wing with double slotted flaps and modifications to the flight controls allows the A321's handling characteristics to closely resemble the A320's. The A321 features an identical flightdeck to that on the A319 and A320, and shares the same type rating as the smaller two aircraft.
The basic A321-100 features a reduction in range compared to the A320 as extra fuel tankage was not added to the initial design to compensate for the extra weight. To overcome this Airbus launched the longer range, heavier A321-200 development in 1995 which has a full-passenger transcontinental US range. This is achieved through higher thrust engines (V2533-A5 or CFM56-5B3), minor structural strengthening, and greater fuel capacity with the installation of one, or optionally two 2,900 litre (766US gal/638Imp gal) additional centre fuel tanks.
The A321-200 first flew from Daimler Benz (later DaimlerChrysler, now Daimler AG) Aerospace's Hamburg facilities in December 1996.
N365NDB is a Rover 214sei I had the 418GSTD saloon on an M reg it was a quick car . This one is seen at the British Motor Museum. photo taken 15/04/18
This is a photograph from the Kilbeggan 10 Mile Road Race 2021 which was held in the village of Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Sunday 8th August 2021 starting at 11:00. Kilbeggan is a large village situated on the old N6 route to Galway and accessible from the M6 motorway. This race was a limited participation event to adhere to the current public health guidelines around Covid-19. The race attracted runners from local clubs but also from all over the country. The race started and finished at the junction of the N6 and Kilbeggan GAA club grounds on the west side of the village. The course is a large single loop course taking in the village of Horseleap, heading south towards Clara and then turning eastwards to take the final approach to Kilbeggan and the finish. The race was event managed and timed by MyRunResults. This photograph was kindly taken by Martin Murphy from North Westmeath AC. The entire album of photographs from today are available here on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157719652698889
Albi Cathedral is one of the most unique, awe-inspiring churches ever concieved, quite simply one of the wonders of the medieval world.
Although contemporary with the great gothic cathedrals of Northern France, this largely 13th century structure is radically different, being constructed almost entirely of brick and built like a mighty fortress; mostly unadorned walls rise uninterrupted from the ground like sheer cliff-faces of brick. The simplicity of the design gives it an almost modern appearance, and the massive scale gives it a quite overpowering presence.
The cathedral's powerful fortified appearance is largely down to two factors, the shape of the building is consistent with local forms of gothic churches in southern France and northern Spain, whilst thr fortified solidity can be associated with the supression of the Cathars in this area during the Albigensian Crusades, the building serving a lesson in strength and permanence as a warning to any rebellious locals.
The plain exterior was relieved in the more stable climate of the 16th century by the huge flamboyant porch on the south side of the nave, more like an enormous spikey canopy open on three sides. It remains the main entrance to the cathedral, the base of the enormous tower being so massively constructed as to leave no room for a traditional west entrance.
On entering this vast edifice one's senses are overwhelmed yet again, this time by the profusion of decoration in the cavernous interior. The walls and ceilings are entirely covered by frescoes dating from the early 16th century (mostly in Renaissance style, much of it colourful geometric patterns. The most memorable sections are the earliest frescoes at the west end from an enormous Last Judgement; the central section was sadly removed in the 18th century but the extensive and graphic depiction of the torments of Hell remains.
In addition this cathedral is rare in preserving it's 'jube' or choir screen), a late medieval masterpiece of decoration an sculpture which extends into a lavishly sculpted choir enclosure adorned with a riot of angels and saints.
All in all this unforgettable cathedral is a monument that defies description alone and bombards the senses!
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Two of the props in our toy box for the Valentine's Day luncheon were little rubber ducks, one of them a red devil with horns, the other a sweet pink bird and the message "kiss me." It was too good an opportunity to pass up a chance to stage the classic dilemma of having an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other whispering in your ear. Who to listen to? To add to the effect, I erased the "kiss me" from the pink ducky and replaced it with a nice little halo. Isn't she devilishly sweet?
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Kos or Cos (Greek: Κως) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea, next to the Gulf of Gökova/Cos.
In Homer's Iliad, a contingent from Kos fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War.[12]
In the Roman mythology, the island was visited by Hercules.[13]
The island was originally colonised by the Carians. The Dorians invaded it in the 11th century BC, establishing a Dorian colony with a large contingent of settlers from Epidaurus, whose Asclepius cult made their new home famous for its sanatoria. The other chief sources of the island's wealth lay in its wines and, in later days, in its silk manufacture.[14]
Its early history–as part of the religious-political amphictyony that included Lindos, Kamiros, Ialysos, Cnidus and Halicarnassus, the Dorian Hexapolis (hexapolis means six cities in Greek),[15]–is obscure. At the end of the 6th century, Kos fell under Achaemenid domination but rebelled after the Greek victory at the Battle of Mycale in 479. During the Greco-Persian Wars, before it twice expelled the Persians, it was ruled by Persian-appointed tyrants, but as a rule it seems to have been under oligarchic government. In the 5th century, it joined the Delian League, and, after the revolt of Rhodes, it served as the chief Athenian station in the south-eastern Aegean (411–407). In 366 BC, a democracy was instituted. In 366 BC, the capital was transferred from Astypalaia to the newly built town of Kos, laid out in a Hippodamian grid. After helping to weaken Athenian power, in the Social War (357-355 BC), it fell for a few years to the king Mausolus of Caria.
Proximity to the east gave the island first access to imported silk thread. Aristotle mentions silk weaving conducted by the women of the island.[16] Silk production of garments was conducted in large factories by women slaves.[17]
In the Hellenistic age, Kos attained the zenith of its prosperity. Its alliance was valued by the kings of Egypt, who used it as a naval outpost to oversee the Aegean. As a seat of learning, it arose as a provincial branch of the museum of Alexandria, and became a favorite resort for the education of the princes of the Ptolemaic dynasty. During the hellenistic age, there was a medical school; however, the theory that this school was founded by Hippocrates (see below) during the classical age is an unwarranted extrapolation.[18] Among its most famous sons were the physician Hippocrates, the painter Apelles, the poets Philitas and, perhaps, Theocritus.
Diodorus Siculus (xv. 76) and Strabo (xiv. 657) describe it as a well-fortified port. Its position gave it a high importance in Aegean trade; while the island itself was rich in wines of considerable fame.[19] Under Alexander the Great and the Egyptian Ptolemies the town developed into one of the great centers in the Aegean; Josephus[20] quotes Strabo to the effect that Mithridates was sent to Kos to fetch the gold deposited there by the queen Cleopatra of Egypt. Herod is said to have provided an annual stipend for the benefit of prize-winners in the athletic games,[21] and a statue was erected there to his son Herod the Tetrarch ("C. I. G." 2502 ). Paul briefly visited here according to Acts 21:1.
Except for occasional incursions by corsairs and some severe earthquakes, the island has rarely had its peace disturbed. Following the lead of its larger neighbour, Rhodes, Kos generally displayed a friendly attitude toward the Romans; in 53 AD it was made a free city. Lucian (125–180) mentions their manufacture of semi-transparent light dresses, a fashion success.[22] The island of Kos also featured a provincial library during the Roman period. The island first became a center for learning during the Ptolemaic dynasty, and Hippocrates, Apelles, Philitas and possibly Theocritus came from the area. An inscription lists people who made contributions to build the library in the 1st century AD.[23] One of the people responsible for the library's construction was the Kos doctor Gaiou Stertinou Xenofontos, who lived in Rome and was the personal physician of the Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero.[24]
The bishopric of Cos was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Rhodes.[25] Its bishop Meliphron attended the First Council of Nicaea in 325. Eddesius was one of the minority Eastern bishops who withdrew from the Council of Sardica in about 344 and set up a rival council at Philippopolis. Iulianus went to the synod held in Constantinople in 448 in preparation for the Council of Chalcedon of 451, in which he participated as a legate of Pope Leo I, and he was a signatory of the joint letter that the bishops of the Roman province of Insulae sent in 458 to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian with regard to the killing of Proterius of Alexandria. Dorotheus took part in a synod in 518. Georgius was a participant of the Third Council of Constantinople in 680–681. Constantinus went to the Photian Council of Constantinople (879).[26][27] Under Byzantine rule, apart from the participation of its bishops in councils, the island's history remains obscure. It was governed by a droungarios in the 8th/9th centuries, and seems to have acquired some importance in the 11th and 12th centuries: Nikephoros Melissenos began his uprising here, and in the middle of the 12th century, it was governed by a scion of the ruling Komnenos dynasty, Nikephoros Komnenos.[25]
"Mama Mary for me is a very special person. If you want to be close to Jesus, you go straight to Mary and you will be closer to Jesus."
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Stained glass of the Nativity from Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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This was my little girl on her first birthday, 11/11. That face melts me every time.
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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1990, she rose to fame with the release of "Vision of Love" from her eponymous debut album. The album produced four chart-topping singles in the US and began what would become a string of commercially successful albums which solidified the singer as Columbia's highest selling act. Carey and Boyz II Men spent a record sixteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995–96 with "One Sweet Day," which remains the longest-running number-one song in US chart history. Following a contentious divorce from Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and traversed towards hip hop with the release of Butterfly (1997). In 1998, she was honored as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards and subsequently named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000.
Carey parted with Columbia in 2000, and signed a record-breaking $100 million recording contract with Virgin Records America. In the weeks prior to the release of her film Glitter and its accompanying soundtrack in 2001, she suffered a physical and emotional breakdown and was hospitalized for severe exhaustion. The project was poorly received and led to a general decline in the singer's career. Carey's recording contract was bought out for $50 million by Virgin and she signed a multi-million dollar deal with Island Records the following year. After a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of music charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). The album became the best-selling album in the US and the second best-seller worldwide in 2005 and produced "We Belong Together," which became her most successful single of the 2000s, and was later named "Song of the Decade" by Billboard. Carey once again ventured into film with a well-received supporting role in Precious (2009), and was awarded the "Breakthrough Performance Award" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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This is a highly detailed, original watercolor painting of the 1981 Toronto Blue Jays uniform. It was created as part of a collection of 13 pieces of original art celebrating the history of the uniforms of the MLB Toronto Blue Jays franchise. This original painting, and more than 1500 other MLB, NFL, NHL, NCAA football and CFL uniform paintings, is available for sale at our Heritage Sports Art website.
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This is a big plastic kit with quite a lot of parts. However, this manufacturer's products such as this one has many reviews warning people to check the parts before start building. I followed the advice and checked all the parts and DANG! one vital part (right and left ear and chin parts in flesh and clear colour. Two runners were not included. If missing parts were insignificant ones I would be able to get around to it but without the ears Atom will look like Van Gogh with both ears cut! HaHa! I contacted the seller and now wait and see how it goes. Lucky I got this from a local seller.
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Osamu Tezuka's iconic character Astro Boy (also called Mighty Atom) is now available as a plastic model kit from Tron Model! His cute appearance and complex internal mechanical structure are perfectly reproduced; a variety of facial expressions and hands are included. The eyes and heart of his internal mechanical structure will glow, too, thanks to LEDs! This deluxe version includes a workbench for maintenance, and a set of transparent exterior parts! A base is included too. Order him for your own collection today!
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The history of policing is traced through displays of uniforms and artefacts from the Trust's extensive collections of police and prison memorabilia.
The complex of buildings in St Marygate served Ripon as the House of Correction for Vagrants (1686-1816), Liberty Prison (1816-1878) and Police Station (1887-1956). The Museum, first opened in 1984, reopened in 2004 following a complete refurbishment.
The museum is housed in a building which formed part of the former House of Correction and Liberty Gaol and which is now an integral part of the overall attraction of the museum. The building's origins go back to the late 17th Century but the part now occupied by the museum was built as Ripon Liberty Prison in 1816 and continued to function as such until May, 1878 when it, along with numerous other local prisons throughout the country, was closed as part of a government reform of prisons.
The building did not lie empty for long as in 1887 when the Ripon City Police Force was amalgamated into the West Riding Constabulary it became the Police Station for Ripon. The local force had occupied their own Police Station and Lock Up in Kirkgate prior to their demise.
The West Riding Constabulary occupied the building until moving to the present Police Station in North Street when it passed into private hands. The use of the building when it was a Prison and later a Police Station are being interpreted in new displays in the revamped museum.
In the yard are items such as a pillory, a whipping post and a Police Box.
Visitors will be greeted by a rather sombre scene with a desk manned by an old fashioned Constable dressed in a closed neck tunic. This is to highlight the stark use the building had as a prison and a police station.
On passing into the main building itself you will be left in no doubt about the functions of the building when you are greeted by unfortunate individuals incarcerated by several means.
In the next room an audio visual presentation will inform you about the museum and the various displays therein. Policing from Anglo Saxon Times to the formation of the Professional Police in 1829 is the theme here.
Next to visit is the room which used to be the Chapel when it was a prison and a parade room, mess room and report writing room when it was a police station. The theme here is Police uniforms and headgear.
Also on the ground floor are displays of Police Insignia and about 20th Century and Present Day Policing.
On the first floor you will see a prisoner in a Victorian Cell and can also experience what it is like to be in a cell - empty except for you, a hard wooden bed and a slops bucket in the corner! Other displays illustrate the punitive exercises which were used in prisons, types of punishments meted out, transportation, the establishment of H.M. Prison Service. Temporary short term exhibitions will also be mounted on this floor.
She is Dada :) My special and unique girl. I do love her so much :D Thank you so much Xhanthi !! I LOVE YOU <3 And I still finding a wig for her, i ordered some wigs for her but end up those wigs look not fit for her and this wig is look most good of those...what do you think guys?
This is my fifth Ever After High doll, Briar Beauty, daughter of Sleeping Beauty. She's one of my holiday gifts, gifted to me by my sister via her eBay. She's such a sweetheart. She's actually younger than me, yet she's the one who keeps giving me gifts. :P
Anyways, overall, I love the way she looks. I love the color used on her. It's very similar to Barbie's signature color (Barbie pink, Pantone 219 C) which, to me, is great because I'm very fond of that shade of pink. The dress is great and I love how they shaped the skirt to look like a tulip or rosebud. I love the overall rose and thorns theme (I myself am very fond of roses in real life). And the accessories are just fabulous! From the earrings, the sunglasses, the ring, the bag and the stockings, down to the gorgeous necklace/shoulderpad piece on her neck. Just fabulous! I wish her bracelet looked more like a watch though, but it's still pretty cute as it is.
I didn't like the texture of her hair very much. It's very course, frizzy and brittle to the touch. But it's very easy to shape and it looks a lot thicker than the other dolls' hair.
And, oh, I am SO glad she has perfect eyes! I was feeling a bit discouraged because my recent purchases have all been dolls with wonky eye paint (Apple, Raven, I'm looking at you). I'm just so glad I got lucky on this one.
I'm still expecting two more packages. One will show up by maybe next week.
Yay! @paigeprovenzano is here & we're hanging in front of the fire in footie pjs... this is what Floridians do when it's in the twenties. ❄️❤️
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The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Pentagon was designed by American architect George Bergstrom (1876–1955), and built by general contractor John McShain of Philadelphia. Ground was broken for construction on September 11, 1941, and the building was dedicated on January 15, 1943.
The Pentagon is a large office building, with about 6,500,000 sq ft (600,000 m2), of which 3,700,000 sq ft (340,000 m2) are used as offices. Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. It has five sides, five floors above ground, two basement levels, and five ring corridors per floor with a total of 17.5 mi (28.2 km)[6] of corridors. The Pentagon includes a five-acre (20,000 m2) central plaza, which is shaped like a pentagon and informally known as "ground zero," a nickname originating during the Cold War on the presumption that it would be targeted by the Soviet Union at the outbreak of nuclear war.
On September 11, 2001, exactly 60 years after the building's construction began, American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and flown into the Western side of the building, killing 189 people. It was the first significant foreign attack on the capital's governmental facilities since the Burning of Washington during the War of 1812.
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My dad is involved in the Pawling Shakespeare Club. It's a bunch of people that get together and read Shakespeare together. This was the 110th anniversary of the club's existence and they put on a show reading sonnets for the public in one of the member's barn. Sarah and I brought a leko on a c-stand with a vice grip as a handle up and provided them with "professional lighting."
We got there about 2 hours before the show was scheduled to start (it started about 40 minutes late), right in the middle of some high drayma. One of the oldest members of the club showed up in a white track suit and penny loafers. He refused to wear a costume because he thought it made him "look ridiculous" (I must remind you here, he's in his mid 80s and wearing a white, Addidas track suit and penny loafers)! Everyone else was in some form of costume. When asked if everyone looked ridiculous, this older gentleman hollered, "YES!!! You all look like a bunch of idiots!"
My dad and two of the other members took him aside and calmed him down. They compromised by getting him to take off the track suit jacket and drape a black satin cape over his shoulders.
Sally Jessie Rafael left before the performance began and James Earl Jones didn't show (both residents of Pawling, NY), but it did make the front page of the Pawling News Chronicle and the club's president was "especially grateful to lighting specialist Richard Gershberg . . ."
Very, very Waiting for Guffman.
Good times!
Here is my Nikon Gears so far.
Tamron 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2
Nikor 18-55mm AF VR
Nikor 50mm F/1.8D
Nikon D3100
Nikon SB-400 Speed-light
I love them and I thank my mother for supporting with my passion and also my ultimate coin savings! I have managed to afford Nikon D3100 by saving up coins for 8 months! :P I literary went to the shop with my money tin full of coins that worth $800. Thank fully the manager didn't get mad at me :P
This is a photograph from the East of Ireland Marathon Series Marathon which was held in Longwood Village, Co. Meath, Ireland on Saturday 25th January 2014 at 09:00. There were 75 participants in the marathon which completed 8 loops of a 5KM route (and a additional 2KM) with Longwood GAA club acting as Race Headquarters, Start, Finish, and refreshments area. The weather turned particularly nasty for about an hour and the participants were lashed with gale-force winds, severe hailstones, and then rain. However this didn't stop everyone enjoying the day. Thanks to the folks at Longwood GAA who provided excellent hospitality and facilities for all participants. There was a great atmosphere at the race and everyone enjoyed another trip to the countryside for an EOIM.
Despite the weather there were a few PBs and fast inidividual times. The course is a nice fast flat 5KM loop. It is used every year as the Longwood GAA 5KM Road Race (see links below). The marathon loop followed the reverse of the race route for safety reasons as the roads were fully opened for the EOIM event. There is a total elevation gain of 20ft and an elevation loss of 23ft. The sources of elevation gain are only very small rises on the road and aren't really noticeable. Part of the route includes a kilometer on a boreen which is nicely sheltered and with good road surface. The road surface is excellent for the entire route. There were some puddles and mud on the boreen section of the route due to agricultural traffic.
Thanks must be extended to the Longwood GAA club and committee for the use of their fine facilities which allowed participants to have some refreshments afterwards and hot showers and changing rooms were also available.
This is the second East of Ireland Marathon Series race which has been held outside Dublin. The previous race which was held outside Dublin was held in Stapelstown, Co. Kildare in September 2013. (See links to pictures on Flickr from that race). Whilst Longwood is a rural venue it is easily accessible from all parts of Ireland due to it's close proximity to the N4 and the M4 Motorways.
We have an extensive set of photographs from today's event on the following Flickr Photoset Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157640099311556/
Tell me more about the East of Ireland Marathon Series
This race event was part of the East of Ireland Marathon Series. The East Of Ireland Marathon Series aims to make marathons affordable and convienient for the runners of Ireland. The series organisers aim to promote marathon running and to make the process as stress free and enjoyable as possible. All courses are measured to full AAI standards and have a minimum of 10 Entrants. The marathons are self sufficent to a degree although there are limited supplies of water available on the day of the race. There will be no extra frills like chip timing and finish gantrys. However all finishing times are accurately and officially recorded and each marathon counts as an official marathon. Overall, this approach to marathon organisation helps to keep the price down and allows these races to be run in as an economically affordable manner as possible. The East of Ireland Marathon series is all inclusive and welcomes runners who are new to marathon running as well as experienced veterans. So if you are thinking of your 1st marathon, your 10th marathon, or your 100th the East of Ireland Marathon Series will provide a very friendly and low-cost environment for to become part of Ireland's marathon running community.
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Some useful Internet links
East of Ireland Marathons Facebook Group Page: www.facebook.com/groups/130592073780072/ (you will need a Facebook account to view this)
East of Ireland Marathons Website: www.eastofirelandmarathons.com/
Race Website with Route Description: www.peterm7.com/longwood/
Garmin GPS Trace of the Marathon Route (main loop) connect.garmin.com/activity/401171615
East of Ireland Marathon Series - Stapelstown, Co. Kildare - September 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635665725976/
We use Creative Commons Licensing
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.
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/
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.
How can I get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting 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.
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
This is a seismogram from the Bangkinang seismic station in Indonesia. The prominent noise was caused by a magnitude 6.2 offshore earthquake that hit the Sumatra Trench area, west of southern Sumatra, Indonesia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. The quake occurred at 9:31 PM, local time, on 23 August 2022. The epicenter was between Enggano Island and mainland Sumatra. The hypocenter was between 50 and 60 kilometers deep. Shaking resulted from thrust faulting along a northwest to southeast striking fault zone.
This was a subduction zone earthquake. Subduction zones involve a tectonic plate composed of oceanic lithosphere diving beneath another tectonic plate. In this case, the Indian-Australian Plate is subducting beneath the Sunda Plate. The surface expression of the subduction zone is a deep seafloor trough called the Sumatra Trench (also known as the Java Trench or Sunda Trench).
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Info. at:
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000id0t/exec...
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_Plate
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_Trench
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An earthquake is a natural shaking or vibrating of the Earth caused by sudden fault movement and a rapid release of energy. Earthquake activity is called "seismicity". The study of earthquakes is called "seismology". The actual underground location of an earthquake is the hypocenter, or focus. The site at the Earth's surface, directly above the hypocenter, is the epicenter. Minor earthquakes may occur before a major event - such small quakes are called foreshocks. Minor to major quakes after a major event are aftershocks.
Most earthquakes occur at or near tectonic plate boundaries, such as subduction zones, mid-ocean ridges, collision zones, and transform plate boundaries. They also occur at hotspots - large subsurface mantle plumes (Examples: Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, Afar).
Earthquakes generate four types of shock waves: P-waves, S-waves, Love waves, and Rayleigh waves. P-waves and S-waves are body waves - they travel through solid rocks. Love waves and Rayleigh waves travel only at the surface - they are surface waves. P-waves are push-pull waves that travel quickly and cause little damage. S-waves are up-and-down waves (like flicking a rope) that travel slowly and cause significant damage. Love waves are side-to-side surface waves, like a slithering snake. Rayleigh waves are rotational surface waves, somewhat like ripples from tossing a pebble into a pond.
Earthquakes are associated with many specific hazards, such as ground shaking, ground rupturing, subsidence (sinking), uplift (rising), tsunamis, landslides, fires, and liquefaction.
Some famous major earthquakes in history include: Shensi, China in 1556; Lisbon, Portugal in 1755; New Madrid, Missouri in 1811-1812; San Francisco, California in 1906; Anchorage, Alaska in 1964; and Loma Prieta, California in 1989.
Pamplemousses is known for its botanical garden. The garden is 40 hectars. It will take you three hours just to walk it, briskly. Don't expect too much however: Most of it is badly managed by typical standards, uninteresting forest and wasteland, and the few sights could as well have been crammed into three hectars. If you go there with the idea of taking photos, do not take one of the tours and instead go by yourself, because anyway else clouds of people will continuously step into the frame of your shots, no matter what.
This is part of the Portrait Project.
I met Donna one night at Union Square Park. She was walking down Geary, sobbing and talking out loud to no one in particular. As she passed, she said "Every day is f***ed up for me!"
She turned back, and asked for a dollar. I explained the $2 portrait project to her, and she nodded her head, wiped tears from her eyes, and posed for her portrait.
I asked her how long she had been in San Francisco, and she said "two years", while trying to hold back tears. She seemed uncomfortable talking, so I wished her well and she went on her way.
Spring is like a perhaps hand
(which comes carefully
out of Nowhere) arranging
a window, into which people look (while
people stare
arranging and changing placing
carefully there a strange
thing and a known thing here) and
changing everything carefully
spring is like a perhaps
Hand in a window
(carefully to
and fro moving New and
Old things,while
people stare carefully
moving a perhaps
fraction of flower here placing
an inch of air there) and
without breaking anything.
~E. E. Cummings~
Explored
is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, U.S. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm, and it consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or junk Cadillac automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line (most notably the birth and death of the defining feature of mid twentieth century Cadillacs; the tailfin) from 1949 to 1963, half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle corresponding to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
I liked it, but I could not detect the meaning!
More information:
English: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch
German: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch
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without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved.
This is an event that is held every year in cities across the world. At the same time groups across the world board the underground/tube/subway trains and remove their trousers/skirts ONLY. They then ride the trains for an hour on different lines behaving as if there is nothing wrong. This is all done for fun and everyone involved behaves in a proper manner - just without their lower outer garments.
this is from the day i asked practically everyone we saw if i could take their picture. this man said not a word but gestured to vicky and nodded. and boy, i see now that he grabbed her tight. i feel he is a distant relative of Wavy Gravy.
I'm not counting this picture as a stranger for my 100strangers, but you should still check out the 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com"
This is a photograph from the 34th annual Bohermeen AC Patrick Bell and Nicky Phillips Memorial 5KM Road Race, Jog, Walk, and Fun Run which was held at Bohermeen AC, Ardbracan, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland at 20:00 on Friday, 7th June 2019. The race was held in very sunny conditions. The race commemorates Patrick Bell, the late Bohermeen clubman who died tragically in the summer of 1985 following a traffic accident, whilst returning home from Cork having competed in the National track championships. Nicky Phillips is a former athlete and president of Bohermeen AC and is also remembered today. The wonderful atmosphere, the great racing and participation, the work by the club, Meath Athletics, the local community, and the beautiful summer's day, yet again, a fitting tribute to Patrick's memory and his contribution to Athletics in Ireland. The race also commemorates clubman Nicky Philips. Congratulations to everyone involved. Everything that is good about grassroots athletics and running in Ireland was on show in Bohermeen today. The race started 400m from the Bohermeen AC track and heads towards Navan. The course then makes 3 right hand turns around some beautiful rural country roads and turns back to Bohermeen AC and then back for the final kilometer which is straight to the track and the finish on about 60 meters of athletics track. Participants, friends and families were able to enjoy a BBQ outside on the infield of the athletics track at the club house. Over 390 runners, walkers and joggers took part in today's event with many more choosing to take part without chip timing.
Timing and event management was provided by MyRunResults http://www.myrunresults.com/. Our full set of photographs is available here on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157708979330777
* This is the 24" half hull model of the 1998 Catalina 380 with shorel winged keel.
The model is mounted on the Mahogany wood backboard.
The model dimension is 24"(L) x 7"(H) x 4"(D). The size of the backboard is 30"(W)x 12"(H). The model scale is 1/19. The model weight is 13 LBS. The model has a full cockpit details with a model wheel.
The detail pictures of this model are posted at the link below :
photos.app.goo.gl/g52xk78KTohVqdKo9
The link to the detail pictures of the latest models is listed below :
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www.pinterest.com/halfhull/zuma-boat/
www.pinterest.com/halfhull/boards/
Please contact Mas at halfhull@gmail.com or please visit the web at www.halfhull.net for more information.
Zuma Boat
(404) 272-7889
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Attached is our picture.
This is my wife and my son. My son marched the whole way, he was with us from 8am till the end. He waited patiently for the march to start. He’s autistic, we’re so proud of him.
We came to NYC from Eagle, CO. My brother and sister marched in the 60’s. I’ve said for years that nothing will change until we all march. And march we did. This is just the beginning. We need to keep marching and keep moving our feet. Power is never ceded until there’s demand. We need to show Washington we’re sick and tired, and we’re not going to take it anymore.
We have solar panels, we practice what we preach. We have conservative friends who believe the same as we do, who believe that clean air, food and water is not political.
Next, we need to take to D.C. We need to get millions of people to march on D.C. to protest; climate change, the loss of our democracy, the fact that money has taken over our country, the loss of the middle class. Call me if you want to know more.
God (your definition of) bless you.
- PK
Paul Kulas
paul@heyheyrenee.com
970.331.6404
Spargel is the German name for asparagus.
Most asparagus in Germany is white, as it is grown covered in soil (hilling) to prevent photosynthesis. This prevents the asparagus turning green and results in a taste a little sweeter and much more tender. It must be peeled before consumption. Spargel is generally harvested from late April to June, the season traditionally finishes on 24 June. Some green asparagus is available in Germany, but would most likely be called grüner Spargel.
Asparagus is very popular in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany. In Germany it is known as "Königliches Gemüse" (Royal Vegetable). Germany produces 82,000 tons of asparagus a year; however, that is only enough to meet 61% of consumption. Many German cities hold festivals celebrating its harvest. Schwetzingen claims to be the "Asparagus Capital of the World" and holds an annual Spargelfest (asparagus festival) in which an Asparagus Queen is crowned.
Situated in north-eastern Germany, also famous for its cultivation of asparagus is the town of Beelitz in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area.
During Spargelsaison or Spargelzeit (asparagus season), asparagus is sold at many roadside stands and in open air markets: about half of all asparagus is bought in this way. It is also popular in restaurants, and fresh asparagus is advertised outside many restaurants during the season, during the season most restaurants have a Spargelkarte (asparagus menu) as well as their normal menu.
Hazelwood is Australia’s dirtiest power station and one of the most polluting in the world. Labor promised to close Hazelwood in 2010 but now they sitting on their hands. Not even the devastating mine fire last year has compelled them to act. The campaign to close Hazelwood with an economic transition plan was re-started with a speech by Greens MP Ellen Sandell on the floor of parliament. Over 200 people gathered at lunchtime on the steps of Parliament House to support her call for the Labor Government to start the closure of Hazelwood for a safe climate and protect the health of communities.
This is a photograph from the annual Ardagh Moydow Glen Community Games 5KM and 10 Mile road races, fun runs, walks and challenges which were held in the heritage village of Ardagh, Co. Longford, Ireland on Saturday 30th December 2017 at 13:00. This year's race featured the change from last year's race where the race seen the introduction of chip timing, a new start and finish in the middle of the village at the community center and, a slightly amended route.
We have an extensive set of photographs from the race start and the finish on our Flickr photostream set at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157688852560892
The 10 mile race takes in the local 'Ardagh Mountain' which is a 1 mile continuous climb starting at the 2.5 mile mark of the 10 mile race. There is, of course, then the reward of a long down-hill stretch after the summit. The remainder of the race is The 5KM race takes a loop around the heritage village of Ardagh. Overall this is a very well organised race with accurate courses, good marshalling and traffic control and excellent after race refreshments. The 10 mile race is one of the longest road races held during the Christmas period anywhere in Ireland and has appeal to runners who want to add a longer distance race to their festive calendar of running.
The weather at this year's race was very cold and windy. The rain managed to stay away but a very cold northerly breeze certainly made conditions cold. Whatever wind advantage there was for the runners was not experienced until the second half of the race. In 2014 there was very frosty icy weather and last year in 2015 participants were given a very very windy day with heavy rain at the finish of both races. The 2016 event seen very suitable weather for road racing.
Ardagh is probably County Longford's most picturesque village with many historical and architecturally important features. It is located about 6 miles from Longford town.
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157678237005786
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157662725299342
Our Photographs from Ardagh 10 Mile 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157649570517620
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
BUT..... Wait there a minute....
We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.
This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
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I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
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Today is the first day that I have taken off from work in a while and I am getting all my photo gear together to head to an event our company sponsors each year called C.A.S.T. for Kids! It is a wonderful event where boaters/fishermen and many others volunteer their time to take several disabled or disadvantaged children out on a beautiful lake to go fishing probably for the first time in their lives! I usally run the photography part of the event making sure that we get plenty of shots of the event and also taking photos of the kids and the boaters that take them out fishing to mount on a plaque that we give them in an awards ceremony at the end of the event. The smiles are always non-stop and everyone always has a great time! :-)
Anyway... I don't have too many photos of myself on my photostream so I thought I would post another just so that everyone could see the face behind the camera for once. :-) (Eric, you are free to commence with the Texan comments! Ha!) :-) Anyway... things are hopefully settling down a bit at work and I will get a chance to get out and get some Light Painting in soon! I am starting to get the DT's! ;-)
My project is a narrative based on that if you litter you are killing animals. The point of my project is to get people to think about what they could be harming when they litter. The project starts off by showing a wormhole view in the perspective of the plastic holder. It shows the guy picking up the six-pack from the cooler at the gas station, or convenience store. It then goes to the view of the plastic again. This time on the counter top in front of the register waiting to be bought. Then it is in the view of the person. The cans are slowly going away as he is drinking them. The next point of view is the persons and he is throwing the leftover plastic out the window. The camera then goes to the bird’s eye point of view and the plastic lands in the water and floats there. The next angle is the plastics point of view and you can see a curious duck swimming over to the garbage. Then it goes to a shot on the duck with the plastic around its neck. It is almost strangling the duck. The duck then flies to the land, you can see the plastic bothers the duck. The next shot is from the duck point of view and the its just laying there dead and you can see its little ducking walking over to the dead duck. The point of this is to show a unique story or point of view on the garbage as you throw it away. People seem to instantly forget about it when even one piece of garbage can do so much damage.
The language featured on this can is Thai. As of the summer of 2017, Coca-Cola did not have a contract in Laos. However, the popular soft drink is imported from the socialist nation's southern neighbor.
This is one of my favorite places in Southeast Asia.
Luang Prabang (ຫລວງພະບາງ in Laotian or Louang Phabang), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ literally meaning "Royal Buddha Image," is a city in north central Laos, consisting of 58 adjacent villages, of which 33 comprise the UNESCO Town Of Luang Prabang World Heritage Site. It was listed in 1995 for unique and "remarkably" well preserved architectural, religious and cultural heritage, a blend of the rural and urban developments over several centuries, including the French colonial influences during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The center of the city consists of four main roads and is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the Nam Khan and Mekong rivers. Luang Prabang is well known for its numerous Buddhist temples and monasteries. Every morning, hundreds of monks from the various monasteries walk through the streets collecting alms. One of the city's major landmarks is Mount Phou Si, a large steep hill which despite the constrained scale of the city, is 150 meters (490 feet) high, a steep staircase leads to Wat Chom Si shrine and an overlook of the city and the rivers.
The city was formerly the capital of a kingdom of the same name. It had also been known by the ancient name of Chiang Thong. It was the royal capital and seat of government of the Kingdom of Laos, until the Pathet Lao takeover in 1975. The city is part of Luang Prabang District of Luang Prabang Province and is the capital and administrative center of the province. It lies approximately 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of the capital Vientiane. Currently, the population of the city as a whole is roughly 56,000 inhabitants with the UNESCO protected site being inhabited by around 24,000.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Prabang
Is that Serious Girl getting some Mom practice? Her siblings don't seem too disturbed by her dominating presence. Could it be that she Rules with a Velvet Fist?
SMS verification is a powerful tool to ensure the security and privacy of customers. It provides a second level of identity factor. As discussed in the video, it has several applications for a number of businesses.
1. Registration Process
SMS verification ensures the validity of both the user and their phone number by sending an OTP. This safeguards the business from any spams or duplicate accounts.
2. Two-Step Verification
SMS verification adds a level of security to the overall login process with OTPs sent to the users at each login thus making it harder for cyber-criminals to crack into accounts.
3. Resetting Password
User passwords are extremely sensitive and require the utmost care. SMS verification makes the process easier for users while preventing fraud or identity theft with OTPs.
4. User Reactivation
Reactivating inactive user accounts are highly susceptible to cyber-attacks. Thus, SMS verification with the help of OTP ensures users get in easily while blocking the cybercriminals.
5. Verifying E-Orders
Fraudsters often book high-value fake orders leading to losses for e-commerce platforms. A simple verification OTP at the checkout page adds to the authenticity of the order.
6. Authenticating Financial Transactions
High-security passwords or OTPs add a level of security and reaffirms transactional authenticity to all financial transactions which are susceptible to fraud.
Kumbhalgarh is a Mewar fortress in the Rajsamand District of Rajasthan state in western India. Built during the course of the 15th century by Rana Kumbha, and enlarged through the 19th century, Kumbhalgarh is also the birthplace of Maharana Pratap, the great king and warrior of Mewar. Occupied until the late 19th century, the fort is now open to the public and is spectacularly lit for a few minutes each evening. Kumbalgarh is situated 82 km northwest of Udaipur by road. It is the most important fort in Mewar after Chittaurgarh.
The Kumbhalgarh was built and ruled by Kumbha and his dynasty who were Sisodia descendents.
Kumbhalgarh in its present form was developed by, and said to be personally designed by Rana Kumbha. Rana Kumbha's kingdom of Mewar stretched from Ranthambore to Gwalior and included large tracts of erstwhile Madhya Pradesh as well as Rajasthan. Out of the 84 forts in his dominion, Rana Kumbha is said to have designed 32 of them, of which Kumbhalgarh is the largest and most elaborate.
Kumbhalgarh also separated Mewar and Marwar from each other and was used as a place of refuge for the rulers of Mewar at times of danger. A notable instance was in the case of Prince Udai, the infant king of Mewar who was smuggled here in 1535, when Chittaur was under siege. Prince Udai who later succeeded to the throne was also the founder of the Udaipur City. The fort remained impregnable to direct assault, and fell only once, due to a shortage of drinking water, to the combined forces of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Raja Man Singh of Amber, Raja Udai Singh of Marwar, and the Sultan of Gujarat.