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Hidcote is an Arts and Crafts garden in the north Cotswolds, a stone’s throw from Stratford-upon-Avon. Created by the talented American horticulturist, Major Lawrence Johnston its colourful and intricately designed outdoor ‘rooms’ are always full of surprises. It’s a must-see if you’re on holiday in the Cotswolds.
Explore the maze of narrow paved pathways and discover secret gardens, magnificent vistas and plants that burst with colour. Many of the plants found growing in the garden were collected from Johnston’s many plant hunting trips to far away places. It’s the perfect place if you’re in need of gardening inspiration.
Find a quiet spot and sit on one of the ornate benches and watch green woodpeckers search for their lunch or listen to the calls from the buzzards circling overhead. Time it right and you might catch a glimpse of the elusive hummingbird moth.
Meander through the intricate gardens and into the Wilderness. This secluded stretch of tall trees is just right for a picnic. Take a glimpse beyond the boundary and see the garden blend effortlessly into the countryside beyond.
De blauwe reiger (Ardea cinerea) is een vogel uit de reigerfamilie. De blauwe reiger is tevens de bekendste vertegenwoordiger van de familie in België en Nederland. De vogel komt daarnaast voor in de gematigde streken van Europa en Azië.
De blauwe reiger is een vlees- en viseter die vissen en amfibieën eet maar ook andere dieren als insecten en kleine zoogdieren worden wel buitgemaakt. De vogel is een veel geziene soort in ondiepe plekken van stadssingels en poldersloten en in weilanden; de reiger wordt vliegend gezien langs grachten en bij meren; de broedkolonies bevinden zich midden in de stad in hoge bomen of juist in volstrekt afgelegen bospercelen.
De blauwe reiger zoekt in stedelijke gebieden regelmatig de rand van tuinvijvers op waarin vissen rondzwemmen. Door liefhebbers van goud- of koivissen wordt de reiger dan ook beschouwd als een plaagsoort en wordt zo veel mogelijk geweerd. In strenge winters hebben de blauwe reigers het zichtbaar moeilijk. Een blauwe reiger wordt gemiddeld 25 jaar oud.
De blauwe reiger komt voor in delen van Europa; in Engeland, Noord-Frankrijk, Duitsland, Scandinavië, Portugal, Noord-Italië, delen van het voormalige Joegoslavië en Griekenland; ook in Zuid-Azië (behalve Iran) en in Thailand. Daarnaast wordt de reiger gevonden in meer geïsoleerde gebieden als Zuid-Afrika en Madagaskar. De broeddichtheid is nergens in Europa zo groot als in Nederland.
De habitat bestaat uit vochtige weiden, sloten, meren, rivieren en van de (Wadden-)zeekust. De blauwe reiger broedt in bomen, soms in rietvelden en is tegenwoordig ook te vinden in stedelijke gebieden.
België[bewerken]
In België zijn blauwe reigers bijna overal bij water te vinden. Een groot aantal reigers bevindt zich in het Zwin aan de Belgische kust.
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De vogel komt in geheel Nederland en grote delen van België voor, ook in steden. Maar in Nederland zijn Holland en Friesland favoriet: hier broedt 60 tot 70% van het Nederlandse broedbestand. Het aantal broedparen in Nederland werd in 1978 geschat op 10.000 en in 1986 op 8.500 aantallen, 1998: 10.000, 1999: 11.000. De populatie is vorstgevoelig. Bijvoorbeeld, na de strenge winter van 1962/63 nam de populatie met 45% in omvang af. Daarna volgde aanvankelijk een langzaam herstel. Maar in de periode 1970-1975 groeide de populatie jaarlijks met 17%.
De strenge winters van 1978/79, 1984/85 en 1985/86 hebben de populatie gevoelige klappen bezorgd. Sinds die tijd groeit de populatie-omvang. Sinds 1968 broeden er ook blauwe reigers in (Nederlands) Limburg, sinds 1970 in de Wieringermeer en vanaf 1978 in Zuidelijk Flevoland.
Ook in vroeger eeuwen broedden er grote aantallen blauwe reigers in Nederland. In 1298 wordt een twist gemeld tussen erfgenamen van Floris V over het bezit van een reigerkolonie in Amstelland. Er zijn ook topografische namen die herinneren aan (oude) reigerkolonies. Nog aan het begin van de 20e eeuw kwam "reigerien" met meer dan 1000 nesten voor: bijvoorbeeld Horstermeer, Hoog Soeren en Gooilust (met in 1925 1025 nesten). Tot 1938 was er een kolonie met meer dan 500 nesten op Beeckesteyn. In 1975 bevond de grootste kolonie zich in Nieuwkoop met 439 nesten.
De blauwe reiger is een grote vogel met een lengte van ongeveer 90 tot 98 centimeter en kan een lichaamsgewicht bereiken van zo'n 2 kilogram. Er is geen seksuele dimorfie; het mannetje en het vrouwtje zien er ongeveer hetzelfde uit. Beide geslachten hebben een grijze bovenzijde, vleugels en staart en de vleugeleinden zijn zwart. De kop is wit met een zwarte band door het oog, die doorloopt in een kuif. Ook de hals heeft een witte kleur maar is voorzien van lengtestrepen aan de voorzijde. De buikzijde is grotendeels licht grijs van kleur. De kop draagt een gele, dolkvormige snavel, in de broedtijd kleurt deze soms roodachtig. De poten zijn lang en bruin van kleur en kleur en net als de snavel roodachtig.
De reiger heeft een matig snelle vlucht met langzame, zware en diepe vleugelslagen, maar soms wordt ook een kleine zweefvlucht uitgevoerd. De nek is hierbij s-vormig ingetrokken en de poten steken achter het lichaam uit. De vleugels zijn rond, met zwarte uiteinden en een zwarte band over de achtervleugel.
De blauwe reiger verschilt van andere soorten reigers door de relatief grote lichaamslengte, de grijze bovenzijde, de witte kop en hals met brede, zwarte streep van het oog naar de zwarte, sierlijk afhangende kuif.
Vissen van 10 tot 16 cm lengte vormen de hoofdschotel van het menu van de blauwe reiger, zoals voorn in rietvelden, forellen in stromend water, maar ook stekelbaars, paling, baars, snoek, grondel, zeelt, alver, karper en brasem. Verder eet hij amfibieën (kikkers), reptielen (ringslangen), insecten, wormen, rivierkreeften, slakken, steurgarnalen, jonge vogels. Ook wel kleine zoogdieren als mollen, (water-)ratten, veldmuizen, waterspitsmuizen en konijnen.
De blauwe reiger is een waadvogel, die voorzichtig door ondiep water schrijdt of doodstil wacht op een naderende prooi. Hij heeft een voorkeur voor een waterdiepte van 20 tot 40 cm. Als hij een prooi waarneemt schiet de kop met de lange snavel razendsnel vooruit. Bijzonder is dat hij daarbij blijkbaar precies met de breking van het licht op het grensvlak van lucht en water rekening houdt. In grasland jaagt hij op muizen, kikkers en sprinkhanen, kleine vogels en wormen. In de grassteppen van Midden-Azië op ziesels (grondeekhoorns, sprinkhanen en slangen).
Sommige blauwe reigers zijn standvogels; andere verlaten hun broedplaats en trekken naar streken met een milder klimaat (Zuid-Europa en Zuid-Afrika). In Nederland en België trekt de blauwe reiger door van half juli tot diep in de winter en in het voorjaar van begin maart tot in mei. Ook zijn er vogels die bij ons overwinteren, maar geen grote aantallen.
De blauwe reiger broedt van februari tot in juni. De broedduur bedraagt ongeveer 23 tot 28 dagen. Zowel het mannetje als het vrouwtje broeden de eieren uit, vanaf het eerste ei. De jongen blijven zo'n 50 dagen op het nest.
De vogel is een solitaire soort, maar broedt in grotere of kleinere kolonies. De nesten worden hoog in de bomen gebouwd. Ze zijn vrij groot en plat en bestaan uit takken, gevoerd met takjes, gras en veertjes. Een enkele keer wordt in struiken of riet gebroed.
De vrouwtjes produceren een enkel legsel per jaar, gewoonlijk bestaande uit 3 tot 5 eieren, zelden 6. De eieren zijn ongevlekt, blauwgroen en zonder glans. Gemiddeld 60 bij 43 mm. De eieren zijn vaak bevuild.
Blauwe reigers waren vroeger niet beschermd. Het gevolg daarvan was in de tijd van Thijsse (omstreeks 1900) dat ze zich "altijd nogal op een afstand" hielden. Thijsse meldt in Het Vogeljaar (7e druk, p. 294f):
Ze zijn geen al te beste bejegening gewoon, noch van mensen noch van dieren en zien daarom in ieder bewegend wezen een vijand, in iedere ongewone omstandigheid een gevaar. Nestelen ze, dan is het in de toppen van de hoogste bomen of in het riet van ongenaakbare moerassen. Begeven ze zich van hun woonplaatsen naar hun jachtterrein, dan vliegen ze dadelijk de hoogte in en trekken van veilig en wel voort, honderden meters boven de begane grond en goed buiten schot. Zetten ze zich neer om te vissen, dan doen ze dat 't liefst op plekken, waar ze een vrij uitzicht hebben naar alle zijden en telkens steken ze de nek in de hoogte en kijken rond, om te zien, of er gevaar dreigt. Bespeuren ze onraad, dan staan ze plotseling doodstil, de nek uitgestrekt, de kop recht vooruit en dat kunnen ze dan wel een half uur uithouden. Men moet ze dan ook formeel besluipen, om ze goed te zien en dat is in natte weilanden, die niet meer dan enkele decimeters boven het grondwater liggen, niet zo gemakkelijk.
Sinds 1963 is de blauwe reiger in Nederland volledig beschermd. Dit heeft tot een aanpassing aan de mens geleid. Bovendien worden ze steeds vaker gevoerd, waardoor ze minder gevoelig zijn voor strenge winters en steeds vroeger gaan broeden. In de steden soms al eind januari. In de jaren zestig werden ook beschermingsmaatregelen van kracht in Engeland en Duitsland. In de jaren zeventig in Frankrijk en België.
There is no way away around it - the food in Paris is incredible. On the day my old friends Francie and Bernadette came over from Belgium we did a long marching tour of Paris - and went through an open air market - my God - the smells and sights - it was sensory overload - great food everywhere. We sampled some it - oo la la - but it was just around closing time and they were putting everything away or I could have lingered there for hours. Who wants to go sightseeing when there is good food to be had?
This is the Cornerstone of the original Picher-Cardin High School in Picher, OK; said to hold a time capsule. It shows the date (1921) and Picher-Cardin plus those responsible for building the *new* school (at the time).
Picher is a now abandoned Oklahoma mining city in the middle of a EPA Superfund buyout project because it is contaminated with lead and zinc from chat tailings left in piles and at high risk of cave-ins.
Check out my Picher Collection for more of the story.
How heavy is a cloud? by Giselle Beiguelman, is a multimedia installation comprising video, audio, stamps, and photography that occupies Galpão VB prompting the audience to venture into a mysterious, unknown territory of family inheritance. Born into a Polish-Jewish family, Giselle Beiguelman morphs into a traveler of memories for this project, visiting her family’s home country and questioning herself, investigating landscapes and her own past, revising a traceless history, and ultimately creating a lyrically-charged piece of stark images. How heavy is a cloud? was commissioned by Culture.pl as part of a program to promote Polish culture in Brazil in 2016.
This is a photograph from the SSE Airticity Dublin Marathon which was held in Dublin City, Ireland on Monday October 27th 2014 at 09:00. This is the 35th year of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon, which is run through the historic Georgian streets of Dublin, Ireland's largest and capital city. This photograph was taken in Dublin City Center opposite the Four Courts. This was at approximately the 3 mile point.
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►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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who has a wonderful collection of manhole covers on her stream. When telling my son about her stream he told me about this cover at his old elementary school - he said it was an oxymoron - a phrase that is contradictory like 'failed success". So here is the sanitary sewer. Anne..I just can't take them as well as you but I thought you'd get a kick out of this.
Side note: Anne - Yours look so much cleaner. This was filled with woodchips, sand and cigarette butts.
Here is an example of the way in which Flickr makes life easier for commuters. The setting is a municipal parking garage in Kent, Washington (south of Seattle). What appears to be nothing more than a typical bird-repelling device is also a local-area focused antenna for keeping mobile surfers in touch with the millions of Flickr photographs.
The City of Kent is a progressive institution. Its urban planners, when contemplating the construction of this structure, realized that one way to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains was to enable commuters to surf without interruption in Kent during their trip to work. That meant creating the ability to use the Internet while in the parking garage. Without this system, surfers would have no connection to the outside world, as the steel re-inforcement of the concrete structure would otherwise block signals. Flickr was involved from the start: consultants from its Municipal Partnership Program convinced the city, with very little arm-twisting, that its plan was worth the economic investment.
The presence of this capability has had the unforeseen side-effect of minimizing a commuter’s exposure to the harsh elements while waiting for his bus or train connection. Rather than stand or sit outside, with the wind blowing and rain pouring down, commuters can remain in their cars in the garage until shortly before the arrival of their ride to work. During that time, their surfing is continuous and without degradation. You should see the rush of commuters out of the garage just before the next bus or train arrives!
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This is my cat, Hollie :D
I came in to find her lazing on my bed, as usual, and decided to take a photo because she looked proper cute :)
Not too sure what happened on this one, the focus was meant to be on the paw but i must have been a bit off cos the claws are a bit out of focus, but either way she looks cute so it's going up :D
It's weird to think, that had we not adopted her when we went looking to buy a cat, she'd not be alive now. She was soo ill when we bought her, and the shop owners weren't gonna do anything about it so we decided we'd keep her, and now, 5 years on, numerous vet visits later, and over £500 poorer, she's fit and well :D
This is a 1880-1887 era Disston tenon saw no 4 with a 10 inch saw plate filed RIP at 14 PPI or 13 TPI. The saw is in good order showing remnants of the blueing on the tapered back and displaying signs of use on both handle and plate, yet maintaining the dignity bestowed on a 125 year old hand saw. The etch is long gone, there isn't as much as a shadow of it, but the saw has been kept in good order. The saw plate displays no pitting and the handle was well preserved with the exception of a scuff inside the lower horn. I have repaired the damage with a wedge cut from a broken Disston no 12 handle. The saw was recently reconfigured from crosscut to RIP with no set. It's a joy to use, feeling both light and well balanced. Handle has been cleaned of dirt and muck, still trying to maintain the look of a well used tenon saw. Saw plate has been cleaned with window cleaner and fine grit sandpaper as well as steel wool and then polished with fine steel wool and Autosol paste.
All is quiet here, on the morning that the Amtrak Capitol Limited would arrive in Connellsville with both a Phase IV and Phase II 40th Anniversary locomotive. I got here early just in case. This station will have an official ribbon-cutting and grand opening on April 29th, though it is already being used.
This is an H-O scale roundhouse with a Wisconsin & Southern locomotive and an old pusher snowplow in the foreground. One of the best things about this set is the careful, detailed aging the modeler has done. Look closely at the equipment and the buildings. Actually, that foreground W&S diesel stands out because it's so bright and shiny; he's not gotten around to aging it yet. Everything else is appropriately grimy. There's oily exhaust stain on the other locomotives. The buildings are grubby from weathering. This is just beautiful, realistic modeling.
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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.
If you would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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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.
This is a photograph from the East of Ireland Marathon Series Mid-Week Winter League Series 2014 which was held at Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday 22nd January 2014 at 09:00. There was about 25 participants in this event which was held in very windy but bright and clear conditions along the coastline of Clontarf. This is a looped course with participants heading northwards on the outward part of the loop and then returning to the race start/finish area. Approximate location of the race start/finish here on Google Maps [goo.gl/maps/oTbER]
There are some other photographs from today's event included in the Flickr set here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157640033269436]
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 serires 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. This is to keep the price down and keep the races as affordable 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.
More information available on the East of Ireland Marathons website: www.eastofirelandmarathons.com/index.php
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This is a photograph from the second running of the Clonard 4 Mile Road Race, Fun Run and Walk which was held in the village of Clonard, Co. Meath, Ireland on Wednesday 1st August 2018 at 19:30. This race was organised to faciliate the continued fund raising for the wonderful new GAA facilities at St. Finian's Park - the new home of Clonard GAA. The race itself was an outstanding success with over 320 participants including over 260 participants having chip timing. The new GAA facilities provided ample car parking and space for refreshments and mingling afterwards. The four mile distance is something of a novelty these days on the road racing circuit and the large field shows that the distance holds an attraction for runners, joggers and walkers.
The race started and finished at the new GAA pitch and incredibly only 20 meters separated the start and finish line of the race. The route took the participants east bound on the R148 towards Enfield through the village of Clonard and quickly taking a right turn onto the Ballyboggan/Edenderry road. After 1.2 miles the race crosses the first M4/M6 Motorway overpass bridge. At 1.6 miles the race then turns onto a well maintained boreen section bringing the race past the water stop at 2.2 miles and then up and over the second M4/M6 Motorway overpass bridge. On the downhill section from the bridge the race is brought back to the R148 where there is then just around 1KM left to complete. This brings the race all the way back into the village and into the finish at St. Finian's Park. One of the most obvious high points of the event was the huge participation from local runners, joggers, fun runners, walkers and families.
The race was held in reasonably good conditions. The rain from earlier in the day had cleared to give a mild dry evening with a slight breeze.
Credit must go to Clonard GAA and Clonard Community Council who provided excellent organisation on all aspects of the race including event management, parking and race stewarding with the Gardai. This race can be an example to every other club in Ireland in how a properly organised race can be run.
Race event management and registration was supplied by Kildare company POPUP Races www.popupraces.ie
Full set of photographs from Clonard 4 Mile 2018: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157669670619917
Full set of photographs from Clonard 4 Mile 2017: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157683703248712
Clonard GAA Facebook: www.facebook.com/ClonardGaaMeath/
Official Race Website: www.ashglebeinformatics.ie/clonard/
Update: This is a style I now refer to as narchitecture. Thanks to my friend Rosa for coining the term...
This is plush. He is my first dog. I say "is" and not "was" because Plush came into my life when he was just 8 months old. It was clear he had been abandoned but wasn't clear why. He is the most gentle, sweet and wise dog I know. At that time I was 15 and still trying to convince my parents to get me a dog. I started feeding plush and soon all the building people began to love him as well and he became the offcial building dog. He literally radiates love. And is so wise, I swear if he were human he'd win a Nobel peace prize. Well my parents decided i could have a dog after all, and instead of taking plush in, i decided to take a puppy from a litter that had just been born on my street since plush already had people who loved and took care of him and I felt like I needed to give another stray dog a chance at a good life. I still feel a little guilty , like I abandoned him, but he has had a good life and I make sure he is well fed and well taken care of. Plush is now 14 years old and an old wise dog. And even though i love my Bou, i will always think of plush as my first true doggie love.
Egretta is a genus of medium-sized herons, mostly breeding in warmer climates. Representatives of this family are found in most of the world, and the Little Egret, as well as being widespread throughout much of the Old World, has now started to colonise the Americas.
The breeding habitat of Egretta herons is marshy wetlands in warm countries. They nest in colonies, often with other wading birds, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs.
These herons feed on insects, fish and amphibians, caught normally by cautious stalking.
Specie: Little Egret, Egretta garzetta or Ardea garzetta.
Guarujá is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil. The population in 2006 was 305.171, the population density is 1,969.47/km² and the area is 143 km². This place name comes from the Tupi language. The population is highly urbanized.
Geography
Guarujá is located in Santo Amaro island, situated in São Paulo shore. Its main economic sources are seasonal tourism and port related activities.
Enseada. This huge beach is the most popular and common destination for the occasional tourist. Kiosks selling coconuts, beer and great finger food founded all over. Although crowded in the summer, it also has a rich nightlife that can make traffic chaotic during the high season.
Guarujá is a popular weekend destination for families from São Paulo, which can get there driving in less than an hour (through the Imigrantes highway). Traffic gets heavy during the evening in holidays. Guarujá also has relics from history such as the Barra Grande Fortress, built by the colonizers in 1584, the Forte Velho just 8 km from the centre. It accessed by the Santa Cruz dos Navegantes road, or by boat, from the Ponte dos Práticos (Pilot’s Bridge), and the Armação das Baleias, the first industrial plant set up in the state for the extraction of whale oil.
this is mike and i when we webcam chat. funny thing is he was in bed before this. he decided that i was upstaging him so he put on a proper button-down shirt over his pj clothes. the shirt hides the fact that he has his pj pants tucked into his socks. AMAZING.
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Kosmo is one of three kittens that were dumped in a box three years ago outside of the shelter where I was volunteering. They had a condition called cerebellar hypoplasia and their future looked grim. I took them home to foster and had a wonderful time photographing and caring for Dizzy, Jello and Kazoo! All three thrived and were adopted by extraordinary people. Kazoo is now Kosmo and I had the pleasure of watching him for a few days when his people had to leave town on short notice. Lots of old photos HERE. Kosmo is now HUGE, healthy and very affectionate. Not the least bit hesitant to demand some lovin' from his old cat nanny! More videos here on YOUTUBE.
Layer Marney Tower is a beautiful Tudor palace surrounded by formal gardens and parkland with magnificent views to the Blackwater estuary. Situated between Colchester and Maldon in Essex, the house was built around 1520 by Henry, 1st Lord Marney.
The Tower
England’s tallest Tudor gatehouse offers visitors magnificent views to the Blackwater estuary and beyond. On a clear day you can even see St Cedd’s Chapel on the Dengie peninsula. As you climb the tower you can pause and admire Manderley - the exquisite dolls house made by Pat Camp. Stop at the History Room to learn more about the building's past and see the model of how Layer Marney Tower might have looked had Lord Marney lived to complete his palace. The view from the roof shows the church, outbuildings, play area, gardens, estate and Wildlife Walk.
Layer Marney Tower is a great place to visit for a family days out in Essex - whether you are planning to exhaust the children in the play area or enjoy the tranquility of the gardens. The Tearoom, situated in the Old Stables, offers a range of light lunches as well as tea and cakes. Next door is the shop, stocked with a selection of souvenirs, gifts, cards and local produce.
The Gardens
The romantic gardens at Layer Marney Tower look down the hill to the Tea House and beyond to the Blackwater Estuary. The garden has interest and perfume for much of the year; roses particularly love our heavy clay soil and warm south facing aspect and put on a glorious display throughout the summer. A knot garden harks back to the Tudors who built the house, although the garden doesn't seem to have been significantly developed until the Victorian era. We have some beautiful and unusual trees growing in our lawns on which visitors are welcome to picnic.
The Palau Güell is a town mansion (translated literally a "palace") in Barcelona, Catalonia, designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí for the Catalan industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell.
It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".
The home is centered on a main room for entertaining high society guests. Guests entered the home in horse drawn carriages through the front iron gates, which featured a parabolic arch and intricate patterns of forged iron-work resembling seaweed and in some parts a horsewhip. Animals could be taken down a ramp and kept in the livery stable in the basement where the servants resided, while the guests went up the stairs to the receiving room. The ornate walls and ceilings of the receiving room disguised small viewing windows high on the walls where the owners of the home could view their guests from the upper floor and get a 'sneak peak' before greeting them, in case they needed to adjust their attire accordingly.
The main party room has a high ceiling with small holes near the top where lanterns were hung at night from the outside to give the appearance of a starlit sky.
In 2004, visits by the public were completely suspended due to renovations; some of the stone used in the original construction was weak and has cracked over the years causing structural problems within the building. As of February 1, 2008, Palau Güell has been partially reopened to the public, with access to limited parts of the building only.
It was used in Antonioni's film The Passenger as a backdrop for the first meeting between Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider.
“MEDAMAYAKI” is a fried egg in Japan. The meaning is eyeball.
It is the size that the egg of the quail is just right for a rice ball.
When japanese eat it, preference is divided into a soy sauce group or the Worcester sauce group.
It is very deep opposition of the roots.
I add soy sauce to this rice ball.
because I am a soy sauce group.
...is the day of the project I am on. It is also how many breaths it took me to fill up my new air mattress.
Wat is de foute cross?
De Foute Cross is een jaarlijks terugkerend evenement, dat plaatsvindt tijdens het pinksterweekend. In 2014 organiseren we dit evenement voor de 10e keer. Tijdens dit weekend is er op het evenemententerrein van alles te doen en te beleven voor het hele gezin, van jong tot oud, voor ieder wat wils. Er is veel spektakel te zien en te beleven, en dat alles onder het motto: alles kan en mag zolang het maar geen gevaar oplevert voor de volksgezondheid.
Er wordt op verschillende banen gestreden voor de overwinning: bij zowel de kindercross als op de autocrossbaan als tijdens de Sterkste Man. Ook zijn er diverse leuke acts in de tent en is er een compleet eetplein op het terrein aanwezig, evenals een opvang voor de jeugdige bezoeker (kidsCRASH).
Ons doel is om er met elkaar een aantal gezellige en spectaculaire dagen van te maken
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"This is a Scrabo sandstone church, but one that has undergone little conservation. It exhibits a variety of decay types, including the rapid retreat of individual blocks. This occurs when a block loses an outer layer of material through, for example, the falling away of a large scale. The effect of this is to produce a hollow in which salts can continue to accumulate because it is sheltered from rainwash. This salt accumulation, combined with the higher humidity in the shadow of the hollow, creates an excellent environment for accelerated decay. This reinforcement process is known as 'positive feedback' and it means that once decay is 'switched on' in these kinds of weak sandstones it becomes very difficult to turn off.
Part of the detailing on the church includes a string course of Doulting limestone. This is a potential source of gypsum for the quartz sandstone, and it is possible to see how this has lead to the decay of blocks below the limestone. Gypsum can also wash out of the mortars and this can lead to the formation of gypsum crusts on the top parts of stone blocks. The final feature is the growth of algae and lichen on many blocks. There is anecdotal evidence that this greening of sandstone buildings has become widespread across Northern Ireland over the last couple of years and you will see other examples on buildings such as the Elmwood Hall at the other end of the Avenue. Recent work by the Weathering Research Group has suggested that this greening may be linked to changes in weather conditions in which winters have become milder and wetter. This has resulted in stonework remaining saturated for long periods of time, which in turn might encourage biological colonisation and growth. Whether this represents a short-term effect or is indicative of a longer-term change in climate will take more research. However, if it is indicative of a permanent environmental change, it might mean that we have to change many of our ideas about building stone decay. The frequency of the wetting and drying of salts could, for example, decrease and with it the effectiveness of salt weathering. But we would have to take the effects of biological weathering much more seriously. Likewise, conservators may find less call for the treatment of gypsum crusts and a greater interest in the effectiveness of biocide treatments."
B.J. Smith (Weathering Research Group, School of Geography, Queen's University Belfast)
Speakers take part in a panel discussion during the session "Is Shift2Rail a game changer for rail?" on Thursday 16 February 2017 during the 4th International Railway Summit in Paris.
From left to right: Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, Shift2Rail; Andy Doherty, Chief Rail Technology Officer, Network Rail; Kevin Smith, Features Editor, International Railway Journal; Pierre Izard, Deputy CEO & Chief Technology and Rail Systems Officer, SNCF; Michael Mikulandra, Head of Industry Appliance Next Generation RDN, Kapsch CarrierCom AG; Simon Fletcher, Director & Coordinator European Region, UIC.
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This time of year, even as the snow falls, the sun comes out between the clouds and sparkles on a drop of water dripping from last night's accumulation on a blade of dry grass. Capturing it all was a fun challenge that required a lot of patience, waiting for just the right combination of light and focus at the precise moment when the drop of water was full but hadn't yet dripped off the end of the leaf. Once it had, it was another couple of minutes before the drop formed again and I could make another attempt. I even caught the drip in the middle of falling, twice, though the high shutter speed required to catch it made such a wide aperture necessary that it was difficult to keep all the elements of the photo in focus. In the end, this is one of my favorites of the set, with that transcendant light shining through the translucent leaf and refracting through the drop of water at its tip.
This image is featured on my photo blog, thelightisall.blogspot.com. Our Daily Topic: Sometimes they sparkle (November 25, 2013). (IMG_10062_1)
This sign is still mounted in it's original position. It is on one of the busiest corners in Fruita.
You just can't see it anymore. When the Brewery went out of business the sign was painted over. That is too bad. It could have been a collectors item by now. I guess it still is if you can strip off the top layer of paint.