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Here is the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. The MGM is located on Las Vegas BLVD. (The new strip.) MGM is arguably one of the most famous on the strip.
MGM was opened with a Hollywood theme. The green color is reminiscent of the wizard of oz's emerald city.
Check out their home page here.
Putangitangi, the paradise shelduck, is endemic to New Zealand. It was noted by Captain Cook at Dusky Sound in 1773 during his second voyage. Cook called it the Painted Duck. They were not a common bird before settlement by Europeans but are now one of the few endemic birds which has prospered with the conversion of native forest to pasture. They have increased greatly in numbers through this century and are now only partially protected. They are a large duck and are always seen in pairs except during the moulting season. The drake has a black head with a greenish gloss, the body being dark grey barred with black. The undertail and tertials are orange chestnut. The duck has a white head and the body is a bright orange chestnut.
They mainly graze on grass and weeds, or standing crops of peas or grain which can mean they often get on the wrong side of farmers, especially when they flock, sometimes in very large numbers, during the moulting season between December and February. Before Europeans settled in New Zealand the Maori hunted Paradise Shelducks in favoured districts. Hunting was done outside the breeding season when the birds were molting and could not fly. During the breeding season hunting them was forbidden. This conservation and selective hunting system ensured good supplies of food. Paradise Shelducks were uncommon prior to European settlement, however changes to habitat caused by the conversion of forest to pasture, and the deliberate provisioning on ponds by hunting groups, has led to a large increase in the numbers of these ducks. The genus name Tadorna comes from Celtic roots and means "pied waterfowl", essentially the same as the English "shelduck".
This is a photograph from the Forest Marathon festival 2013 which was held in the beautiful Coillte forest of Portumna in Co. Galway, Ireland on Saturday 15th June 2013. The event includes a 10k, a full marathon, a half marathon and two ultra-running events - a 50k and 100k race. The races started at 08:00 with the 100KM, the 50KM at 10:00, and subsequent races at two hour intervals onwards. All events started and finished within the forest with the exception of the half marathon and marathon which started outside of the forest. All events see participants complete 5KM loops of the forest which start and end at the car-park/amenity end of the forest. There is an official Refreshment/Handling Zones at this point on the loop.
The event was organised by international coach Sebastien Locteau from SportsIreland.ie and his fantastic team of volunteers from Galway and beyond. Congratulations to Seb on organising a very professionally run event and an event which is growing bigger and more prestigious with each passing year. There was an incredible atmosphere amongst the runners, the spectators, and the organisers. Hats off to everyone involved.
The marathon, 50KM, and 100KM events are sanctioned by Athletics Ireland and AIMS (the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races). The event has also achieved IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners) Bronze Label status for 2013.
Electronic timing was provided by RedTagTiming: www.redtagtiming.com/
Energy Bars, Gels, Drinks etc were provided by Fuel4Sport: www.fuel4sport.ie/
This is a set of photographs taken at various points on the 5KM loop in the Forest and contains photographs of competitors from all of the events except the 10KM race.
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: Approximately 600 people took part across all of the events which were staged: 10km, half marathon, marathon, 50km, and 100KM.
Weather: The weather was unfortunately not what a summer's day in June should be like - there was rain, some breeze, but mild temperatures.
Course: This is a fast flat course depending on your event. The course is left handed around the Forest and roughly looks like a figure of 8 in terms of routing.
Location Map: Start/finish area on Google StreetView [goo.gl/maps/WWTgD] are inside the parklands and trails
Refreshments: There are no specific refreshments but the race organizers provide very adequate supplies for all participants.
Some Useful Links
Official Race Event Website: www.forestmarathon.com/
The Boards.ie Athletics Forum Thread for the 2013 Event: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056874371
A GPS Garmin Trace of the Course Profile (from the 50KM event) connect.garmin.com/activity/189495781
Our Flickr Photographs from the 2012 Events: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157630146344494/
Our Flickr Photographs from the 2011 Events: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157626865466587/
Title Sponsors Sports Ireland Website: sites.google.com/a/sportsireland.ie/welcome-sports-irelan...
A VIDEO of the Course: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2FLxE...
Google StreetView of the Entrance to Portuma Forest: goo.gl/maps/MX62O
Wikipedia: Read about Portumna and Portumna Forest Park: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portumna#Portumna_Forest_Park
Coilte Ourdoors Website: www.coillteoutdoors.ie/?id=53&rec_site=115
Portumna Forest on EveryTrails: www.everytrail.com/guide/portumna-forest-park-woodland-tr...
More about the IAU Bronze Label: www.iau-ultramarathon.org/index.asp?menucode=h07&tmp=...
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All of the photographs here on this Flickr set have a visible watermark embedded in them. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available offline, free, at no cost, at full image resolution WITHOUT watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you 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 - all we ask is for you to link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. Taking the photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc.
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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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It is still cold and snowy up north, but let's not forget: it is spring. This photo was taken exactly one year ago in Spain. During la fiesta de los patios, people open their homes to display beautiful patios. What an experience!
This is a project I have done almost a year ago, but just got the printed book a few days ago.
It' s a book cover designed for one of mine professor's book called "Psihologija boja" or "Co-
lor psychology".
----The book itself explains history of color definition, perception and psycological influence of
colors on human mind. It also teaches designers how to use colors to get an specific emotion
from a customer or client, or simply how to use color for subliminal perception.
Book is written by one of mine college professor Igor Zjakić and his colleague Marin Milković.
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million, the entire population of the metropolitan area (urban area and suburbs) is calculated to be nearly 6.5 million. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous in the European Union after Parisand London. The city spans a total of 698 km² (234 sq mi).
Madrid is the most touristic city of Spain, ahead of Barcelona, and the fourth-most touristic of the continent.The city is located on the river Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political centre of Spain.
While Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Its landmarks include the Royal Palace of Madrid; the Teatro Real (Royal theatre) with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro park, founded in 1631; the 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives; an archaeological museum; and three art museums:Prado Museum, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, housed in the renovated Villahermosa Palace.
What is it like, this failure in the art of life? It is the failure which manifests itself in a loss of interest in really important things. . . . There is nothing dramatic about it, and thus it works with a dreadful advantage; it creeps up on us, and once it has us in its grip, it is hard for us to recognize what ails us. . . . But if . . . your feelings and sensibilities are withering, if your relationships with people near to you are becoming more and more superficial, if you are losing touch even with yourself, it is Acedia which has claimed you for its own.
-ROBERTSON DAVIES (1913–1995),“The Deadliest of the Sins”
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Siren 33 (Orphee Mirror), The Orb
This is my ole chevy pickup that is my daily driver, mud truck, hunting wagon, main cruisin, trail drive, stupid smile giving, redneck girl lovin, truck. pic is from loves gas station I went in to get a gatorade and they were having a fundraiser a dollar a hit to hit a car with a sludge hammer. for $5.00 they let me drive on it...... BEST $5.00 i EVER SPENT!!!
SOLID MTB Maraton - Dolsk (16/05/2021)
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Zdjęcie dostępne do pobrania za darmo i udostępnienia ze wskazaniem autora/źródła.
Podoba Ci się to zdjęcie? Może postawisz mi kawę? ;)
A familiar cafe, I've been here a few times in the past, often with local banter in the background, but very quiet this time... Two of us - each parties of one - and silence, no radio or TV on, almost too silent... And of course a good brunch...
A quiet weekend morning in Inglewood...
Bull Riding is a fan favorite at rodeos, and the NFR is no exception. The fans love their bulls and their bull riders, and just as the bull riders have fans so do the bulls.
Bull riding is a dangerous both during the ride and after the ride. Cowboys who ride bulls are mentally and physically tough, as well as being extremely courageous with quick reflexes and good coordination to ride a fifteen hundred to two thousand pound bull for eight seconds.
The bull rider will attempt to ride his bull for eight seconds, and will be disqualified if he touches the bull or himself with his free hand. The bull will do everything he can to get the rider off his back, twisting, turning, and bucking. Bulls are individual in their bucking style and no two bulls are exactly the same. Some bulls will dart left then right, others may spin, and others will jump high and kick out, all in attempt to dislodge the bull rider.
Bull riding is exciting, dangerous, and two rides are ever exactly the same. Bull fighters distract the bull to help ensure the bull rider can safely get out of the arena. Every bull rider knows that the next ride could be his last, but, it does not deter him, rather fuels his desire to become the best of the best.
I would like to thank the Thomas and Mack, the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association), the Cowboys and Cowgirls, the stock contractors, and the fans for their support of rodeo.
Come join me for ten days of rides, the wrecks, and the unforgettable moments of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Let’s Ride!!
Cut Hill is one of the moor's great viewpoints,so an attempt at a panorama really couldn't be resisted. This takes in about 200 degrees of the view South West to North East, from Great Mis Tor and the Staple Tors (far left) to Hangingstone Hill, Steeperton Tor and Cosdon Hill (far right). I didn't intend to put Fur Tor bang in the middle, but it does seem to be the centre of everything, so why not? Between the slope below Fur Tor and Hangingstone Hill are the wetlands where the rivers East Dart, Taw, Teign and West Okement all have their source.
For those interested, this is a 12 photo vertical stitch. Best viewed at original size (which won't be big enough, but it's all you're getting!)
Blog entry about this walk here: terryjhurtphotography.com/section622102_228638.html
Here is a harvest of jap pumpkin, some green and red mild chillis, a Dutch Cream potato in a heart shape (that was a first!!), beans, eggplant and capsicums.
I love growing food for my family and we produce most of our needs for fresh fruit and vegetables from our kitchen garden. It's grown organically and I put a lot of love into my soil which in return reaps us a bounty of nutrient dense, organic life giving food.
The colour and vibrancy of the food is testament to the plants getting what they need from our soil.
If you want to learn how to 'Grow your own Groceries' in your own Backyard Supermarket, check out how at themicrogardener.com/grow-your-own-groceries/.
This is a photograph from the finish of the second annual running of the Fr. Murphy Athletic Club 10KM Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Kildalkey, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland on Easter Sunday March 27th 2016 at 11:30. This road race also features the Meath 10KM Road Race Championships which is open to entry from any athlete who is a full member of a Meath AAI club. The race starts and finishes in the village of Kildalkey and follows a right handed rural route out towards Rathcormick, Ballivor and Moyrath before returning on the same 2KM as the start which runners will easily remember as a long straight stretch of road. The route brings the runners through beautiful Meath Countryside on low-traffic country roads. The conditions were not very suitable for road running with a very stiff breeze and cold dry conditions. The 10KM version of this race replaced the traditional annual 5 Mile road race which was promoted by the Fr. Murphy athletic club and was held previous in Athboy on St. Patrick's Day, then Ballivor before a move to Kildalkey on Easter Sundays. There was approximately 150 participants in the race with a very large support from athletics clubs in Meath.
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We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.
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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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.
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Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
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Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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
Ened is a well-known young activist of Albania Civil Society, who has directed some of the most important environmental youth volunteer’s movements. His engagement with the Civil Society start since 1998, with “My neighborhood, is my home” project and goes on with the coordination of the social initiative “Kinder houses”, in 7 cities of Albania. With his degree in Social Work, he possesses excellent interpersonal, ideation and organization skills and the ability to develop Community work projects. “Citizenship Youth Project”, “Neighborhood Councils”, “Youth4Com”, ”Saturdays Voluntarism”, Welcoming Center for Families in Need (Homeless), “My home”, the community centre, ”Eco-Cinema”, etc. are some of the projects and initiatives Ened has ideate and implement successfully. Part of his contribution in the Albanian Civil Society are the foundation of the youth community work organization “PASS”, of the Albanian Nautical Club “ The Underwaters”, the activism near the “Eco-Movement”, “Mjaft” movement, the Tirana Municipality Environmental Council and other important youth, environmental and social NGO-s in Albania. He is the winner of different voluntarism, project ideas and film contests. His passion for the environment and the nature has induce him to organize the Youth Summer Camp in Jal, the Diving School in Dhermi, some eco-touristic guides and lately the “Network Adriatic Parks” Project for the sailing tourism.
The volunteer activities
The volunteer contribution of Ened starts since 1995 with his work in Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), writing different articles for Albanian youth issues. He is winner of “Albert Ajnshtajn” Festival for volunteer activities in Bosnia Herzegovina. He was evaluated as The Year Volunteer from Albanian Youth Organization in 2002. He has done a lot of activities at Tirana and other cities of Albania with his Movement “Volunteer Action”.
Specialties
Environmental activities
Ened has been continuously activist in different activities and movements for environmental protection. He has designed and developed some main environmental campaigns. He is winner of International Competition “Earth Contest” with his project “Youth eco-tourist”. Actually, he is helping for Citizens Strategy about Environment in Tirana Municipality and has directed “Volunteer Action for a cleaner City” movement. Ened is specialized from WWF for underwater parks.
EVA is a bright, perky Jack Russell Terrier who’s about one year old. She’s smart, attentive and very food-motivated, so she should be a wonderful young dog to train. She LOVES to chase a ball!!
Eva will do well in an energetic, committed home willing to give her lots of mental and physical exercise (she would likely be a wonderful agility &/or Flyball dog!)
Eva lives in Kennel P10.
For more information about Eva contact doginfo@apsofdurham.org.
Ride & Crash is a collective of creative minds, with a mission to create video games in the borderland between music, artistry and gaming culture. They work in close collaboration with established music performers, fine artists and brands.
The company was co-founded by Robert Chirico Willstedt, who previously co-owned FEO Media, the company behind Quizkampen - one of Sweden's most popular gaming apps, and Emil Winkler, a former musician turned attorney-at-law and law-firm owner.
The gaming industry start-up turned to Lundgren+Lindqvist to design their full visual identity, including stationery, signage for the headquarters in Stockholm and the company's website.
Setting out from the founders' background in the music industry*, the music centric themes of many of their projects, as well as the lighthearted nature of many video games, the new visual identity revolves around a playful and flexible system.
The words making up the company's name represent two opposites. The two entities are very much echoes of the two founders; with Willstedt assuming the role of the polished businessman (RIDE), while Winkler plays the devil's attorney in his trademark rugged fashion (CRASH).
The two words of the name have seemingly crashed into each other, removing chunks of the bottom of 'RIDE' and top of 'CRASH' respectively. This was accomplished by printing the two words at the exact same position on two separate sheets of paper and carefully tearing the top sheet before scanning and painstakingly tracing the rugged edge.
The notion of the two word's crash into each other is further emphasised by the use of a cool blue for 'RIDE' and a fiery red for 'CRASH'. Like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, the two halves become one and belong together even when they drift apart. There cannot be a crash without a ride. What goes up, must eventually come down.
Following the same concept, the typographic treatment features left-aligned lines of text meeting right alinged counterparts, creating rugged floods - something graphic designers and typographers normally work hard to avoid.
To illustrate the company's signature hands-on approach when working on a new game, it was decided early that a physical experience would best complement the digital side business. Wanting to both allow for flexible implementation and to convey the playfulness which is at the very root of what they do, a system of different sized rubber stamps was designed. Apart from the split wordmark in different sizes, the set of stamps also include a full 'RIDE' stamp (approval) and a 'CRASH' stamp (disapproval), the founder's fingerprints (slightly altered to avoid identity theft) as well as the contact information for the employees' business cards. The result is a stationery set in which every piece is unique and made specially for its recipient.
The website is built around the same playful approach, with lines of text animated in a scrambled fashion as the visitor scrolls or swiped through its sections. When you reach the bottom of the site, the screen turns red and is quickly filled with multiple 'Game Over' indications. After a while, a counter prompts a 'restart' launching the visitor back to the websites' top.
* Ride and Crash are the names given to the two cymbals found in most drum kits.
SPECIFIC is an Innovation and Knowledge Centre. It aims to develop coated glass and steel products that capture, store and release solar energy, turning buildings into power stations. The centre brings together world class academic and industrial expertise in the fields of photovoltaics, solar thermal, batteries, chemical conversion and wide area lighting, alongside unique sheet and coil printing and coating facilities.
SPECIFIC is led by Swansea University in partnership with industrial partners Tata Steel, BASF and NSG Pilkington and research partners Imperial College London, Cardiff University, Bath University, Bangor University and Sheffield University; it is funded by EPSRC, Technology Strategy Board and the Welsh Government.
SPECIFIC's aim is to transform world-class research and innovative technology into a new, £1billion industry.
This is a photograph the 4th running of the East of Ireland Marathon series in Longwood, Co. Meath, Ireland on Saturday 26th September 2015 at 09:00. This East of Ireland Marathon Series also featured a half marathon and a 20 mile race. The Half Marathon and the 20 Mile Race were added to the agenda to provide measured official races for athletes preparing for next month's Dublin City Marathon. The races were run in almost perfect weather conditions - blue skies, no wind and not even a hint of rain. In fact temperatures 18C by midday which even made things a little warmer than is comfortable for marathon and distance running. There was over 150 participants in all of the three races which started and finished at Longwood GAA club. There was a wonderful atmosphere amongst all of the runners and the looped course meant that every passed by the race HQ every 5KM.
The full album of photographs are available here www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157659140872965
USING OUR PHOTOGRAPHS - A QUICK GUIDE AND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
BUT..... Wait there a minute....
We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.
This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
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You can download this photographic image here directly to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. Have a look for a down-arrow symbol or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.
I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
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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:
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Lake Wawayanda, Sussex County, New Jersey - 1870
Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 - 1900)
Lake Wawayanda is situated in Sussex County, New Jersey, just south of the New York-New Jersey border and just west of Greenwood Lake and was, therefore, not far from Cropsey's home, Aladdin. Indeed, the New Britain canvas, painted the year after Aladdin was built, depicts the region in which Cropsey’s art and life co-mingled to a greater extent than in any of the other locations in which he lived or spent time. He was most comfortable with the sort of tamed, welcoming, and lush environs that he found there, which blend rolling forested hills, low mountains, rich farmland, lakes, rivers, and streams. (1) The Hudson River area, of course, has similar terrain. Perhaps such surroundings best nurtured the lovingly faithful yet idealizing approach to nature that was characteristic of Cropsey’s Hudson River School style.
The New Britain scene is typical of his art in this regard; lyrically beautiful in mood, its carefully rendered imagery evokes a state of absolute peace, together with bounty and leisure in a world where nature and humanity are at one. A bit of cleared land and perhaps the home of a farmer amid verdant growth are visible in the middle distance at the right, while children and a dog play in the water in the right foreground and cows, one of the ubiquitous bucolic motifs in landscape painting, ford into the lake in the middle distance at the left. The mirror-like surface of the water and the almost cloudless sky softly glow with the light of the sun, which has just set behind the shoreline coulisse of land forms and foliage at the left, backlit to emphasize the reds, oranges, yellows, and greens of an autumnal palette. Aside from this latter construct, which is thickly and richly pigmented, the canvas is thinly painted.
The atmosphere of tranquility is enhanced by the horizontal Claudian composition that Cropsey has used. It found its way into American landscape painting by the 1820s, somewhat tentatively at first in the work of Thomas Doughty and Alvan Fisher. Cole and especially Durand made it even more popular. Cropsey used it frequently, particularly when he sought idealizing effects, as in the New Britain canvas, where the left to right expansion is contained by the coulisse at the left and the attention-getting repoussoir devices at the right: the beach, dog, sailboat, and children.
Such repoussoir imagery is common in Cropsey's work and had, of course, long been a mainstay of landscape painting. Indeed, it is almost obligatory in the horizontal Claudian composition to create a balance between left and right, not to mention near and far. J. M. W. Turner was particularly inventive with such repoussoir devices. Cropsey saw the first posthumous exhibition of Turner’s work, selected by John Ruskin, which opened at Marborough House in 1856, the year Cropsey arrived in London for his second stay abroad. Also pertinent to the Wawayanda scene is the way in which Turner used repoussoir imagery in combination with water in almost all of his designs engraved for his “Rivers of France”, which Cropsey probably owned.
Cropsey portrayed Lake Wawayanda in a number of works, most of which date to the 1870s. His earliest depiction of the site appears to be an oil signed and dated 1846 (whereabouts unknown) that served as the basis for an engraved vignette that Cropsey designed for “The Home Book of the Picturesque”, published in 1852.) There are, however, no known drawings related to the New Britain canvas or any entries on the work in Cropsey’s journal.
Almost nothing is known of the picture’s provenance before it came to Vose Gallery of Boston, in 1959; there is no exhibition history before the 1960s. A tantalizing comment on one of Cropsey’s depictions of the stream called Wawayanda appears in an 1884 issue of “Manhattan Magazine”. “One large and delicious ‘Autumn on the Wawayandah’" by Cropsey, the author observes, “was bought by an English collector while on a visit to this country and carried off to England before it had a chance to be seen here.” Perhaps the New Britain oil was “carried off” in this manner as well, before it returned to reside at the Museum.
Jasper Francis Cropsey, a second generation Hudson River School painter, is best known for his views of American scenery, especially those of autumn. He was also a professionally trained architect and took on architectural commissions intermittently throughout his long career. He worked in watercolor as well as oil and in 1867 joined the American Society of Painters in Water-colors (later the American Watercolor Society). His oeuvre includes a great number of views made abroad, and, like his older contemporaries Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand, both first generation Hudson River School painters, Cropsey produced imaginary landscape compositions, some with allegorical, historical, or literary content, considered during the first half of the century to be of a higher order than pure landscape. Despite the range in Cropsey’s output, he was mainly concerned with painting American scenery, employing the meticulously truthful, albeit idealizing, approach to nature common to the first American school of painting, the Hudson River School.
Cropsey was born in Staten Island and apprenticed to the New York architect Joseph Trench from 1837 to 1842. He displayed a talent for painting that was nurtured not only by Trench but also by his exposure to other painters in New York. Beginning in 1843, Cropsey, having set his sights on landscape painting, regularly visited the Greenwood Lake area, which extends from Orange County, New York, south into Passaic and Sussex Counties, New Jersey. He was attracted to the region for the beauty of its scenery, much admired at the time, which in 1844 he portrayed in a painting (whereabouts unknown) that won him election as an associate member of the National Academy, the youngest artist ever to win that honor.
Cropsey was also drawn to the Greenwood Lake area by one Maria Cooley of a locally prominent family from West Milford, New Jersey. He married Miss Cooley in May 1847 and they departed almost immediately for a trip to England, Scotland, and the Continent. After traversing the Alps and northern Italy, the couple arrived in October in Rome, where they settled in Thomas Cole’s former quarters. They remained in Italy for two years. Cropsey painted industriously in Rome, in the Campagna, and at important sites to the south. In 1849 the couple retraced their steps through the Continent, stopping in Paris, Fontainebleau, and the Barbizon Forest, before returning to England, where, after more sketching that took them to Wales, they set sail for New York.
During the 1850s, while maintaining a studio in New York in the winters, Cropsey traveled in Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and as far west as Michigan, recording the scenery. He also worked up countless subjects made abroad, mainly in England and Italy. He became a full member of the National Academy in 1851.
After a successful sale of his paintings in April 1856, Cropsey and his family departed for England, where they settled in London for seven years. He was prolific in painting both American and English views and received several commissions for illustrations for volumes of poetry. The high point of his artistic activity in London was the greatly successful exhibition of “Autumn on the Hudson River” (National Gallery, Washington, D.C.), first in 1860 in his studio and then at the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in the Crystal Palace in London in 1862. The work garnered him a presentation at court, appointments from Queen Victoria, and eventually a medal honoring him for his service to the Crown.
More successes and financial rewards awaited Cropsey in New York upon his return in 1863. Some of his most important pictures were produced in the 1860s, among them “Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania” (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and “Starrucca Viaduct” (Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio), both of 1865. Attesting to his success, Cropsey was able to design and build in 1869 a Gothic Revival mansion he named Aladdin on forty-five acres in Orange County, not far from Greenwood Lake and Lake Wawayanda. From 1869 to 1884 Aladdin served as his base in the spring, summer, and fall, while he maintained a studio in New York in the winters. Always prolific, he continued to paint the Hudson River School scenes for which he was so well known, along with subjects drawn from his stays in Europe.
Despite his successful showing in the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, public taste for Cropsey’s style was waning. American art buyers, bolstered by the post-Civil War boom, increasingly turned to the work of European artists. By the 1880s, interest in Impressionism increased. Cropsey’s art had become “retardataire”, and, consequently, opportunities to sell were diminishing. In order to shore up his income, he increasingly took on architectural commissions from the 1860s through the 1880s, while, ironically, he had to put Aladdin on the market in 1884. With the proceeds, along with those from a sale of his works in 1885, he was able to purchase a much more modest residence in Hastings-on-Hudson. It was there, overlooking the Hudson River, that he lived and worked for the last fifteen years of his life.
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The NBMAA collection represents the major artists and movements of American art. Today it numbers about 8,274 paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and photographs, including the Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Collection, which features important works by illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, Howard Pyle, and Maxfield Parrish.
Among collection highlights are colonial and federal portraits, with examples by John Smibert, John Trumbull, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, and the Peale family. The Hudson River School features landscapes by Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, Martin Johnson Heade, John Kensett, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Church. Still life painters range from Raphaelle Peale, Severin Roesen, William Harnett, John Peto, John Haberle, and John La Farge. American genre painting is represented by John Quidor, William Sidney Mount, and Lilly Martin Spencer. Post-Civil War examples include works by Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, George de Forest Brush, and William Paxton, and 19 plasters and bronzes by Solon Borglum. American Impressionists include Mary Cassatt, Theodore Robinson, John Henry Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, Willard Metcalf, and Childe Hassam, the last represented by eleven oils. Later Impressionist paintings include those by Ernest Lawson, Frederck Frieseke, Louis Ritman, Robert Miller, and Maurice Prendergast.
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Shilajit is a sticky substance found mainly in the Himalayan rocks and it develops over centuries from the slow decomposition of plants. Shilajit is very commonly used as an ayurvedic medicine. Shilajit is a highly effective and safe supplement which can have a positive effect on one’s overall health and well-being. Shilajit slows the onset of Alzheimer’s. however, it is not guaranteed that it will cure infertility in women.
This is the best version of the famous no 2 hand drill by Millers Falls, MASS, USA. I am no big fan of hand drills with double pinions. IMHO the double pinions don't add anything to the drill and when worn will only make movement uneven and noisy. The single pinion version combined with the adjustable friction roller is a far better solution.
This hand drill has had a long, rich and eventful life. The original red paint is worn down to almost non existent and there are clear marks all over. Still this hand drill works very well and will continue doing so for a long time. The chuck is fully functional and the spindle has no issues. The gear wheel and pinion teeth are all intact and well working. The only technical evidence of extensive use can be found in the slight lateral movement of the gear wheel. The rosewood handles and knob are original and without issues and the handle fits tightly into the frame. However, the threads inside the handle are well worn and the top is currently engaged with the handle with the help of thin plumbers tape.
A simple bow on solid color wrapping paper can be eye catching and fun. And here we have just slightly set the bow off center to make a different, but appealing solution to a pretty standard box.
sofia is a new friend i met about a month ago...i previously posted photos of a feral cat colony she tends. yesterday i visited sofia again, this time to photograph some of her rescued homeless animals that are ready for adoption. this cute little puppy is wearing an elizabethan collar because she just got neutered yesterday. she is super friendly and ready for adoption...let me know if you're interested :-)
this is my photoshop manipulation of the original photo shown below
May 17, 2010: This is for a column that Ralph Gardner is doing about napping. Here Ralph takes a power nap at Yelo, a spa at 315 West 57th Street. Here Michael Hazel, Director of Operations at Yelo, operates the napping bed that Ralph is nappping on. Photo by David Turnley for The Wall Street Journal.
I took this picture in my backyard in Orem, UT. First clear night we've had in weeks. I couldn't see M31 with my eyes (the nearly full moon certainly didn't help), but I think maybe my camera picked it up in this 15-second ISO 200 exposure.
My sister's name is My Tam, she has just turned one year old since she was born. My Tam is a cute and quite mischievous girl. She has shiny, silky black hair that is always left loose like a princess. Although still small, My Tam is also quite chubby, her face is round, her cheeks are bulging along with pink and white skin that makes anyone looking at her want to take a bite. Small round eyes, big black, glittering like a longan, a small, pretty nose, a red-pink mouth, every time she smiles, she reveals her teeth that have not yet grown, looks very cute. Every day, My Tam was taught to speak and walk by her parents, each time, I witnessed her lovely moments.
When she learned to walk, because her legs were not steady, each step of Tam was supported and guided by her parents, and gradually she was able to limp a few short steps, making my whole family happy. no stop. With each step, her plump, round body rocked to the rhythm of her steps, looking like a cute little tortoise, her mouth was grinning like pride and pride. There are also times when the baby falls on the ground, but thanks to the encouragement and encouragement of the people around, he gets up and continues walking. She has always worked hard to learn to walk, so now she can walk a long distance without support. My Baby Tam is so good!
Learning to walk is one thing, but when My Tam learned to speak, she made my whole family have moments of laughter. In the first few days, she was taught by her mother to say simple words such as "dad", "mum", "sister", ..Wow, how lovely is that baby voice! Gradually, she was taught longer sentences, then relearned the words of those around her, following along to make everyone laugh. My family is very happy because now she can speak almost fluently the basic daily communication sentences.
Witnessing my little sister's lovely moments when she learned to talk and walk, I remembered myself back in the day, there were times when I was so immature and cute. I hope that baby My Tam will become more and more steady and speak fluently so that she can talk and hang out with me later.
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The Kailasa (Sanskrit: Kailāsanātha) temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora, Maharashtra, India. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I as attested in Kannada inscriptions. This is one of the 34 temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves. These extend over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora. The Kailasa (cave 16) is a remarkable example of Dravidian architecture on account of its striking proportion, elaborate workmanship, architectural content, and sculptural ornamentation of rock-cut architecture. The temple was commissioned and completed between 757-783 CE, when Krishna I ruled the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the home of Lord Shiva. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock.
METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
The Kailasa Temple is notable for its vertical excavation - carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward. The traditional methods were rigidly followed by the master architect which could not have been achieved by excavating from the front. It is estimated that about 400,000 tons of rocks were scooped out over hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure. From the chisel marks on walls of this temple, archeologists could conclude that three types of chisels were used to carve this temple.
ARCHITECTURE
All the carvings are at more than one level. A two-storeyed gateway opens to reveal a U-shaped courtyard. The courtyard is edged by a columned arcade three stories high. The arcades are punctuated by huge sculpted panels, and alcoves containing enormous sculptures of a variety of deities. Originally flying bridges of stone connected these galleries to central temple structures, but these have fallen.
Within the courtyard are two structures. As is traditional in Shiva temples, an image of the sacred bull Nandi fronts the central temple housing the lingam. In Cave 16, the Nandi Mandapa and main Shiva temple are each about 7 metres high, and built on two storeys. The lower stories of the Nandi Mandapa are both solid structures, decorated with elaborate illustrative carvings. The base of the temple has been carved to suggest that elephants are holding the structure aloft.
A rock bridge connects the Nandi Mandapa to the porch of the temple. The structure itself is a tall pyramidic South Indian temple. The shrine – complete with pillars, windows, inner and outer rooms, gathering halls, and an enormous stone lingam at its heart – is carved with niches, plasters, windows as well as images of deities, mithunas (erotic male and female figures) and other figures. Most of the deities at the left of the entrance are Shaivaite (followers of Lord Shiva) while on the right hand side the deities are Vaishnavaites (followers of Lord Vishnu).
There are two Dhwajasthambha (pillars with flagstaff) in the courtyard. The grand sculpture of Ravana attempting to lift Mount Kailasa, with his full might is a landmark in Indian art.
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The Mind Treads Through Strange Thinkings When You Have Nothing Left (that you care) To Lose:
For instance, what if there is some type of sacred, or divine, energy, that brings loss to us, so that this energy can effectively see through our ugly past and pain.., into the universal abundance of light and gain?
If we can fuse hydrogen into helium, why not?
We are made of the stars after all...
Perhaps I should tread more lightly and not concern myself so much with corporeal limitations...?
I already feel like an empty vessel.
I want so badly to fill it up
(.take.another.one.).
Despair, Terror, and those other undesirable Types have taken up too much space already.
It's time for this to start to stop.
Everything stops ... Eventually.
*I wrote this on 11-21-11 while waiting for the medical examiner to come and pronounce my dad's "official" TOD.
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My father was only one man. A great man, yes, but I included a more intimate post today because of the thousands of lives taken from us 11 years ago today. I am only one person. We are only one family. The people of New York, the United States, and around the world, instantly lost so many.
I guess I'm saying.., this is my dedication to the victims, the heroes, the dead, the survivors, and all of us affected.
With love,
DAH.
Esta postal no es de mi colección / This Postcard is not from my collection
Early life
Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on a farm in Springwells Township, Michigan. His father, William Ford (1826–1905), was born in County Cork, Ireland, to a family that had emigrated from Somerset, England in the 16th century. His mother, Mary Ford (née Litogot; 1839–1876), was born in Michigan as the youngest child of Belgian immigrants; her parents died when she was a child and she was adopted by neighbors, the O'Herns. Henry Ford's siblings were Margaret Ford (1867–1938); Jane Ford (c. 1868–1945); William Ford (1871–1917) and Robert Ford (1873–1934). Ford finished eighth grade at a one room school, Springwells Middle School. He never attended high school; he later took a bookkeeping course at a commercial school.
His father gave him a pocket watch when he was 12. At 15, Ford dismantled and reassembled the timepieces of friends and neighbors dozens of times, gaining the reputation of a watch repairman. At twenty, Ford walked four miles to their Episcopal church every Sunday.
Ford was devastated when his mother died in 1876. His father expected him to take over the family farm eventually, but he despised farm work. He later wrote, "I never had any particular love for the farm—it was the mother on the farm I loved."
In 1879, Ford left home to work as an apprentice machinist in Detroit, first with James F. Flower & Bros., and later with the Detroit Dry Dock Co. In 1882, he returned to Dearborn to work on the family farm, where he became adept at operating the Westinghouse portable steam engine. He was later hired by Westinghouse to service their steam engines.
Ford stated two significant events occurred in 1875 when he was 12. He received the watch, and he witnessed the operation of a Nichols and Shepard road engine, "...the first vehicle other than horse-drawn that I had ever seen". In his farm workshop, Ford built a "steam wagon or tractor" and a steam car, but thought "steam was not suitable for light vehicles," as "the boiler was dangerous." Ford also said that he "did not see the use of experimenting with electricity, due to the expense of trolley wires, and "no storage battery was in sight of a weight that was practical." In 1885, Ford repaired an Otto engine, and in 1887 he built a four-cycle model with a one-inch bore and a three-inch stroke. In 1890, Ford started work on a two-cylinder engine.
I visited my dolly friend and I took my new girl with me. The boy still awaits some clothes (just like all my other dolls, including little Lusia, whose wardrobe is nearly all sold out and Stasia who's been dress-less for over half a year :P) Zosia just came in and already got two new dresses ;)
This is the device (called a port-a-cath) that delivers the chemotherapy. There is a small bottle (about the size of a baby bottle) that I carry around for a week while the drugs (Fluoracil + Leukavorin) are infused. Its pretty comfortable to have on actually. And another thing, don't EVER wax your chest, ever, even for chemo. It hurts like a root canal.
*Armidale railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at 240 Brown Street, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1882 to 1883 by Edmund Lonsdale and Henry Sheldon Hoddard, and was opened on 3 February 1883 when the line was extended from Uralla. It was the terminus of the line until it was extended to Glen Innes on 19 August 1884.[1][2] It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
It is the terminal station of the Main Northern line. The last regular services to operate north of Armidale was the Northern Mail which ceased in November 1988.[4] Freight services continued to serve a fertiliser depot at Dumaresq until the mid-2000s, after which the line closed north of Armidale.
Armidale railway precinct is located on the Main North line, which runs from Sydney and extends as far as Wallangarra on the Queensland border. The Main North Line (formerly known as the Great Northern Railway) runs through the Central Coast, Hunter and New England regions. The line was the original main line between Sydney and Brisbane, however this required a change of gauge at Wallangarra. The line is now closed north of Armidale, and the main route between Brisbane and Sydney is now the North Coast line.
Armidale was first settled in the early 1830s, following the earlier exploration of the area by John Oxley. Oxley recommended the region for grazing, and soon early pioneers set up small farms in the locality. Armidale, which was surveyed in 1848 and gazetted in 1849, was established to provide a market and administration centre for the farms. The town grew rapidly following the discovery of gold at nearby Rocky River and Gara Gorges in the 1850s.
Although the opening of the Great Northern Railway occurred on 30 March 1857, political indecision in the 1870s hampered efforts by Engineer-in-Chief of the NSW Railways, John Whitton, to finalise the survey of the Great Northern line. Competing proposals urged a route via Armidale and Tenterfield against a less developed but easier route through Barraba and Inverell. On 18 May 1878, the Minister for Public Works, John Sutherland, announced that the chosen route was via Armidale.
The line to Armidale opened on 3 February 1883 as an extension of the line from Uralla and continued on to Glen Innes the following year. The construction contract for the Uralla to Glen Innes section was awarded to David Proudfoot in c. 1882. Contracts for the construction of a station building, Station Master's residence, lamp room, carriage dock and buffer, goods shed, and water tank were awarded in 1882 to Edmund Lonsdale (1843–1913). Lonsdale began his working life as a bricklayer, builder and contractor before beginning a career in state politics (1891–1913), serving as a member for New England and Armidale. The fine cast-iron work of the station building was completed at New England Foundry in Uralla by Henry Sheldon Goddard.
In addition to the station building, other early structures and additions to the yard included the 1882 loco depot, 1891 coal stage, a new 18.288 metre turntable in 1899, extensions to the platform in 1907 and in 1912, and a signal box in 1918.
The loco depot closed in 1984 but Armidale remains an operational railway station with daily Countrylink passenger services
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This is as close as I could get to this hawk with my 300MM on a cropped body. I wish I had a longer lens.
Initiative 20x20 is a country-led effort to change the dynamics of land degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Countries, financial partners, and technical partners have set the goal of bringing 20 million hectares of degraded land in the region into restoration by 2020.
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Corpus Christi is a Catholic holiday that honours the Holy Eucharist. It is also known as the Feast of the ‘Most Holy Body of Christ’, as well as the ‘Day of Wreaths’. Celebrated throughout Spain, it is held in either May or June depending on when Easter occurs; generally on the 8th Sunday after Easter. Today it is still typical for townsfolk to work alongside each other in carpeting the streets of towns and villages with greenery for the solemn Corpus Christi processions that follow. Some people may also set up beautifully decorated altars in the street which the priest - leading one of the processions - is likely to stop at later. All of this adds a special ambiance and solemnity to the occasion. Certainly in Olvera, Corpus Christi is celebrated with great enthusiasm and due reverence. Situated in the north-eastern corner of the Cadiz province and with a population of about 8,500, the beautiful Andalucian town of Olvera is one of the larger "pueblo blancos" (white villages) in the area with white houses, steep and narrow streets leading up to an old Arab fortress at the top of town. Close by is an impressive church, the 'Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación' (the Parish of Our Lady of the Incarnation). There are plenty more photos of Olvera and other Spanish towns/locations if you take a look at my 'Albums' page, www.flickr.com/photos/36623892@N00/sets/ - thank you.
This is one of my attempts at a multi-shot panoramic from the other day, 6 shots on the 5D using a Panoasuarus rex head.
I tried levelling each shot in PS before stitching, but there was a wee step in the horizon line at every stitch which was a bit of a pain.
There was also a couple of bands in the sky on some of the stitches, not sure if I have got rid of them entirely but it's a step in the right direction. The more I try to work with the pano head, the easier it will get I'm sure.
Canon Eos 5D, 17-40L, hi-tech filters
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For starters, I have no idea about anything RDH related. I just know that my girlfriend is struggling heavily, outside of her instructors being ambiguous about directions and her getting punished for it. She is a really smart dude and a creative and tough worker. She has two terms til graduation, and she expresses a lot of frustration and stress when it comes to filling up her quotas. Particularly the one where she needs to find patients with Calc 3 and 4, and a ‘special kind of build up’, and if she does not find these people in the real world to screen, she will be kicked out of her program.
I feel bad for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it seems like an almost impossible task to find a lot of Calc 3 and 4 patients on the street, unless she approached a homeless person and offered to pay for their screening or something outside of reasonable safety like that. She mentions that there are events and meetings where prospective patients can attend, and students are able to branch out that way. Though, I feel there has to be another way to find these patients. She has already paid out of pocket for some of her friends to screen, but that still isn’t enough, and she is limited on time and money. It doesn’t help that some of her friends are inconsistent with their attendance, which leads her to lose more hope in this method of finding patients.
Still, it seems like Calc 3 and 4 patients are a minority. And the ones with the special build up are the minority in that minority. And none of the people in her life has this that she knows of. I have absolutely no idea how I can help since this is completely out of my league.
Tl;dr: To those who have had success finding these patients, or those who have made it through this program, what advice can you offer to help a future dental hygienist out?
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Writing on the reverse: "This is the picture of the creamery in which I spend my working hours."
Esther
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Jedburgh is a town in Scotland and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.
Jedburgh is ten miles from the border with England, and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey and the Mary, Queen of Scots' House and Jedburgh Castle Jail, which is now a museum.
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Take pictures of the abbey ruins
This morning, drive past the abbey ruins at Jedburgh and the house of Mary, Queen of Scots, into wild Northumberland National Park.
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Jedburgh, Scotland, UK United Kingdom on the island of Great Britain in Northern Europe.
10/29/2013
my love is getting extinguish
everyday I see no change,
just shadows all around me
for years, I have seek around
always looking in the wrong
places and the wrong times.
there is no light at the end of this
tunnel, just more darkness,
loneliness that feeling of
emptiness,
for once I wish I could feel
like a man.
Everything that I am,everything
that I know is useless on these
times, perhaps I belong to an
other time
or maybe I just don't belong
but even demons can love and
every now and then I open
whats left of my broken heart.
Is easy to love, but be loved
now that's a challenge
and even when I have eyes
only for that one fallen angel
she will never have eyes for me
I know that, I accept that.
Sometimes wishing that she
have never came to my live
So I could be spare the pain
of not been able to touch her
to love her, to be love by her
so the fire of my heart is been
extinguish every day with out hope.
Nayabad Mosque is located on the bank of river Dhepa, 1.5km south-west of the famous Kantaji Temple in Dinajpur district. The mosque is named after the village ‘Nayabad’ under Kaharole police station. According to an inscription found on the central doorway, the mosque was constructed in 1793 AD during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. During the period Raja Baidyanath of the Dinajpur Royal family was a Zaminder.
Nayabad Mosque was constructed at a time when the soil of Dinajpur had already been enriched with remarkable Navaratna and Kantaje Temples in 1752 AD. The founding Royal family of Dinajpur was prominent during that time. According to local legends, the mosque was built by Muslim architectural workers who came to this place from the west to build the Kantaji Temple. They settled in Nayabad, a village near the temple and built the mosque for their own use. There is a grave of an unknown person on the premises of the mosque. Local people believe, this is the grave of Kalu Khan, master architect of the Kantaji Temple. Nayabad Mosque is an oblong three-domed mosque with octagonal towers at the four corners. There are three arched entrances to enter the mosque. Among them, the central one is bigger than the flanking ones. These are equal in height and width. There is an arched window each on the south and north sides. Inside, in the western wall there are three mihrabs in line with three entrances. The central mihrab is bigger than the flanking ones which are of equal size. Three hemispherical domes cover the mosque of which the central one is bigger than the side ones. The parapet and cornice of the mosque are straight.
Terracotta plaques were used for decoration of the mosque. At present, there are about 104 terracotta plaques rectangular in shape, used in the surface decoration of the wall of the mosque. The platform is enclosed by a low brick wall with only one access from the east. On either side of the mosque a number of tombs are visible over the central doorway of the mosque.
This is a photograph from the 2nd round of the 2017 Pat Finnerty Memorial 5KM Road League which was held in Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 10th May 2017 at 20:00. The Road League is promoted and organised by Mulligar Harriers Athletic Club and sponsored by local sponsors including O'Brien's Renault dealership. This is a very well established as an annual event which takes place on every Wednesday night in the month of May. Following on from the great weather from last week's race this evening's racing was no different - a beautiful summer evening with little or no breeze. About 220 participants took part in the race which runs a traffic free course over a mix of road and hilly forest trail.
Timing and event management was provided by http://www.myrunresults.com/. Their website will contain the results to today's race.
The full set of photographs is available at: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157681524949491
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.
I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?
You can download this photographic image here directly to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. Have a look for a down-arrow symbol or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.
I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
This is a messenger style bag that will take your must have items any place you want to go. It is a medium sized bag with a Velcro closured front flap and two gusseted pockets on the sides. Two large elasticized pockets on the inside will store any item you have.
The strap is triple padded at the shoulder, easing muscle tension. I used a sturdy stabilizer for the sides of the bag which allows it to stand up on its own, keeping you hands free. This bag is made with the cutest owls, Amy Schimler Forest Fun Owls and lined in a coordinating green cotton.
I love custom orders and I am happy to create this bag in any other fabric, pocket combinations, or with a longer or adjustable strap just for you - convo me and let's get your bag designed!
«Approximate Sizing»
Height: 12.0"
Width: 14.0"
Depth: 5.0"
Handle Drop: 14.0"
All of my bags are sewn with heavily enforced seams, use some type of fabric stabilizer to ensure its durability and shape, and are of the finest first run fabrics.
See my etsy shop for more info!