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SwingRocket is back! Il clan degli australiani ci invita sul loro super razzo a propulsione swing
Sin dai tempi di Tom Baker – e in anni più recenti David Blenkhorn, Emma Pask, Bob Barnard e altri grandi musicisti - Ascona ha sempre avuto un debole per il jazz australiano. Anche quest’anno ad Ascona si potranno ammirare diversi musicisti provenienti dalla lontana isola dell’emisfero sud, alcuni ben noti al pubblico del festival. A cominciare dal cantante e trombonista Dan Barnett, che si presenta in veste di leader di una band di prim’ordine: SwingRocket. Figlio del leggendario bassista Cliff Barnett, Dan è un musicista dalla personalità carismatica, leader di diverse formazioni, eccellente strumentista e cantante che vanta un percorso artistico di tutto rispetto con concerti in tutto il mondo e collaborazioni importanti (James Morrison fra i tanti). Con gli Swing Rocket presenta un progetto musicale coinvolgente e ricco di suggestioni. Meno tre, meno due, meno uno… Il razzo a propulsione Swing (e R&B) è pronto per l’avventura asconese.
From: Australia
Style: Classic jazz, swing
Dates: 22-28.6. 2017
Dan Barnett, trombone & vocals
Brandford Child, reeds
Steven Grant, piano
Mark Elton, bass
Anthony Howe, drums
Battambang (Khmer: ក្រុងបាត់ដំបង) is the capital city of Battambang province in northwestern Cambodia.
Founded in the 11th century by the Khmer Empire, Battambang is well known for being the leading rice-producing province of the country. For nearly 100 years, it was a major commercial hub and provincial capital of Siamese province of Inner Cambodia (1795-1907), though it was always populated by Khmer with a mix of ethnic Vietnamese, Lao, Thai and Chinese. Still today Battambang is the main hub of the Northwest connecting the entire region with Phnom Penh and Thailand, and as such it’s a vital link to Cambodia.
The city is situated by the Sangkae River, a tranquil, small body of water that winds its way through Battambang Province providing its nice picturesque setting. As with much of Cambodia, the French Colonial architecture is an attractive bonus of the city. It is home to some of the best preserved French colonial architecture in the country.
A new lake is born in upper Hunza (Pakistan) on the 4th of January 2010. The landslide which created this lake wiped out a complete village and affected thousands of people. 25km of the KKH (Karakoram Highway) is under the water. Farmers become sailors. A local person said, looking at the lake: sad and beautiful...
Ricardo he is my number 5 # stranger. i have met him in the street of Rome italy . he was smiling at me i was asking him if i can take his picture he loved it he asked "me" ?? i asked what is his name i knew he was a construction worker of the building i passed by. he lives in outside of rome married with 3 kids. he gave me his e mail and we smiled at each other. in the end all is more a like then different. one will think of Rome as the city of leisure yet some work need to be done not?
photography project and family.
This picture is #3 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Pictured is one of the many beautiful mansions that line Farnham Place. Many old live oaks, such as the one pictured, add drama and beauty to this postcard perfect neighborhood just off Metairie Road.
This is part of the Hoey's Basin. The Hoey's Basin Drainage Alliance was formed by concerned citizens of Jefferson Parish representing all of the Hoey's neighborhoods. We are committed to working together with our neighbors, business and civic leaders, and elected officials to create a permanent drainage solution to rebuild and keep our neighborhoods 'dry'. This issue not only impacts over 3,000 households and businesses, but the entire parish as well. Indeed, this area provides over $14,000,000 in annual property taxes to the parish and includes some of the most valuable real estate in the parish, often referred to as it's 'crown Jewel'. The Hoey's Basin also includes vital commercial and industrial infrastructures.
Most professionals agree that 'PUMP TO THE RIVER' with its additional capacity, as an alternative to continued pumping to the 17th Street Canal, provides the best
solution to the drainage problems of the Hoey's Basin, which is up to 6 feet below sea level. Such a solution would address the well known old and new problems in the 17th Street Canal, and remove both rain water as well as flood water.
Our official website addresses are www.pumptotheriver.com or www.hoeysbasindrainagealliance .com
Stay tuned for exciting updates and details.
This is some of the new residential development that is currently taking place at the Linton at Ballenger subdivision, in the Southern part of the Ballenger Creek area of Frederick County, Maryland, USA. The Ballenger Creek area of Frederick County, Maryland is located directly South of the City of Frederick, Maryland, and is in fact contiguous with the City of Frederick, meaning that there is no undeveloped land between the City of Frederick and the Ballenger Creek area, just like in a typical major American metropolitan area, between the main city and the immediate inner suburbs, such as, for example, between Washington, DC itself and Bethesda, Maryland. In this sense, Ballenger Creek is an inner suburb of Frederick City, Maryland, even though Frederick County, Maryland is, in turn, also, in a way, an outer suburb of Washington, DC. The Ballenger Creek area began development in the early 1980's, currently has a young, diverse, and relatively fast growing population of about 20,000 people, and is where many, but by no means all, of the large commercial office and retail developments in Frederick County are located. The City of Frederick, Maryland is the county seat and largest, principal city of Frederick County, Maryland, USA, located in the Central part of the county, and has a young and diverse population of about 66,000 people, and is growing relatively fast in population. Frederick County, Maryland, USA is located two counties North of Washington, DC, and shares its opposite, Northern border with the neighboring Eastern U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Frederick County, Maryland is currently the eighth most populated of Maryland's 24 counties, with a current population of about 237,000 people, and is growing relatively fast in population, due to both its location as an outer suburban commuting area for Washington, DC and its inner suburbs, as well as to its strong, growing economy in its own right. located in between Frederick County, Maryland and Washington, DC itself is the heavily populated Montgomery County, Maryland, with a diverse and relatively fast growing population of about 990,000 people, making it the most populated county in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the second most populated county in the vast Washington, DC-Baltimore metropolitan area, behind neighboring Fairfax County, Virginia, which in turn has an also diverse and relatively fast growing population of about 1.1 million people, and is the U.S. state of Virginia's most populated county, as well. This photo was taken on today, January 21, 2013.
"Embreeville Historic District is a national historic district located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 12 contributing buildings along the east and west banks of the West Branch Brandywine Creek in the village of Embreeville. It includes a variety of vernacular, banked, stuccoed stone buildings. They were largely built between about 1822 and 1842, with the earliest house built about 1760. The buildings include a farmhouse, a country store, a storekeeper's house, a blacksmith's house, a wheelwright's house and store, a grist mill known as the Embreeville Mill, a "mansion" (1856), and miller's house.
Embreeville is an historical unincorporated community, little more than a rural stretch of road with a few businesses and homes, in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, inside a bend of Brandywine Creek. It is about 30 miles (48 km) west of Philadelphia, and north of Unionville. The Embreeville Historic District, which covers most of the town, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
During the 19th and 20th centuries Embreeville was best known as the site of the county poor house and the Chester County Asylum for the Insane, renamed Embreeville State Hospital in 1938 and closed in 1980. Embreeville's other landmarks include the Embreeville Dam, Embreeville Mill, Pennsylvania State Police Barracks, Star Gazers' Stone, and Hannah Freeman's grave.
The Star Gazers' Stone marked an important astronomical observation point used by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1764 in surveying the Mason-Dixon line, which lies 15 miles south of the stone.
It is also the location to a Pennsylvania state police station." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
Now on Instagram.
This is atop a tall "hill" or small "mountain" in the western parts of the Texas Hill Country west of the small city of Bandera, Texas, USA.
This is where the new connection and the old flyover from Topeka Boulevard to I-470 meet. It used to be that to come from Northbound Topeka Blvd to Westbound 470 (which a lot of people did when it was US 75), you had to cross over the traffic coming from southbound Topeka, and a good part of the Southbound traffic probably had to dodge the NB "crossovers" to get to the Turnpike. Now, all the traffic comes form one direction, making things a little eaiser.
This is the first of my concentration photos and my goal throughout all of them is to portray images that represent the imagination, and what a kid's creative perspective might be of the most ordinary of objects. The design principles in this photo are color interaction and unity. The most challenging part of creating this photo was learning to use photoshop. My concentration is heavy in photoshop since it is so imagination based, and going into this year, I basically knew nothing about photoshop. It took many reedits because over time I improved using photoshop, and had to go back and fix this photo.
Letojanni is a comune (municipality), and coastal resort in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 km east of Palermo and about 40 km southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,634 and an area of 6.8 km².Letojanni borders the following municipalities: Castelmola, Forza d'Agrò, Gallodoro, Mongiuffi Melia, Taormina.Main economic activities are agriculture and fishing. Products mostly cultivated are corn, olives, wine-grapes, almonds, lemons, mulberries, fruit. Interesting is the yearly manifestation "Agosto a Letojanni" (August at Letojanni) in which the festival of fish and water-melon and the parade of the Sicilian cart take place. It is also to underline the strong inclination of territory to tourism. In fact in the place there is a good receptive offer both hotel and camping supplied with facilities fit to receive very many tourists especially during summer.The etymology of Letojanni is a mixture of Latin and Arabic. The place-name derives in fact from Latin Laetum,that is "rich", and from Arabic Ayn, that means "spring". There are not many information about origin of the little town but it is known that until half of the XVIII century it has been under the jurisdiction of Gallodoro town. In the XIX century it was involved in a high economic increase and in 1880 it gained administrative equality with Gallodoro. The earthquake of 1908 damaged some of its buildings later rebuilt. In 1952 it became an independent commune. The most interesting monuments are the Parish Church in neogothic style, rebuilt in 1929 and keeps inside a beautiful picture of Piety of 1700. An important figure original of Letojanni is the famous surgeon Francesco Durante (1844-1934), who was teacher of surgery of the joints and bony at the University of Studies of Roma and he was together with Guido Baccelli founder of the General hospital of Roma and finally he was also named senator of the Reign.
Letojanni è un comune italiano di 2.760 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.Distante 32 km da Messina e 45 km da Catania, la cittadina fa parte del comprensorio turistico di Taormina.Sino alla metà dell'Ottocento Letojanni fungeva da marina, o borgo dei pescatori, del comune di Gallodoro; la costruzione di una strada provinciale e successivamente della ferrovia favorirono lo sviluppo del borgo, al punto che nel 1879 la sede comunale fu trasferita da Gallodoro a Letojanni, e il comune prese il nome di Letojanni-Gallodoro. Nel 1952 le due località furono separate..Ricco di infrastrutture alberghiere in estate ospita innumerevoli turisti
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SOLID MTB Maraton - Sława / Stare Strącze (03/04/2022)
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The name is Kauai for our beautiful island, and five for the five big bedrooms and Oh is what people exclaim when they walk in the door. The home is located near the southern-most tip of Kauai. Our three bathroom house is truly the vacationer’s haven. Only a short stroll down to the sandy white beaches, where you can work on that killer tan or work on your surfing skills.
Enjoy all resort priviledges such as access to the five pools and a hot tub at the resort; spend the cooler mornings playing a couple rounds of tennis, There is private parking, daily security patrols and peace and quiet. When you get to your little piece of heaven make sure to check what is inside the goody closet, you will be pleasantly surprised! Wrap up your evenings with a delicious barbeque and a good book on your lanai.
There is plenty to do and plenty to see, but if all you want to do is bask in the sun, that’s fine too. Kauai has more beaches per mile then any other Hawaiian island, so be sure to visit a few different ones as they offer different experiences.
Ochsenfurt is a small medieval city in the district of Würzburg (Bavaria land) situated on the left bank of the River Main in the historical province of Franconia (Franken). The town has a centuries old history and many beautiful old buildings, some dating from the 12th century. The city is partly surrounded by walls. It was one of the places in Germany that King Richard I of England was detained in 1193 while returning to England from the Third Crusade, after having been captured shortly before Christmas 1192, near Vienna, by Leopold V of Austria, who accused him of arranging the murder of his cousin.
Although not much mentioned by the travel guides, Ochsenfurt is well worth at least a one day visit. The city is easily accessible by train from Würzburg: the trip takes less than half an hour.
Ochsenfurt este un orăşel medieval din districtul Würzburg (landul Bavaria), situat pe malul stâng al râului Main, în provincia istorică Franconia (Franken). Are o istorie seculară şi multe clădiri vechi frumoase, unele datând din secolul al XII-lea. Oraşul este parţial înconjurat de ziduri de apărare. Este unul din locurile din Germania unde a fost deţinut în 1193 regele Richard I al Angliei la întoarcerea din a Treia Cruciadă, după ce a fost capturat în 1192 cu puţin înainte de Crăciun, lângă Viena, de către Leopold al V-lea al Austriei care l-a acuzat că a organizat asasinarea vărului său.
Deşi nu prea este pomenit în ghidurile de călătorie, Ochsenfurt merită o vizită de măcar o zi. Se ajunge uşor cu trenul de la Würzburg: drumul durează mai puţin de o jumătate de oră.
Poiana Uzului is a large dam that has been constructed in the years 1967 - 1973 to provide water supply (drinking and industrial) for localities in the zone (Darmanesti, One,ti, Bacau). It is a buttress dam of 80 m height with a storage capacity of 90 Mil m3 and is equipped with a spillway with a capacity of 900 m3/s. Because of flood events in 1984 and immediately starting water infiltration the dam safety does not comply to national Romanian or international dam safety requirements. In particular, increasing
water infiltration in spite of different measures (drainage drillings and injections) has been observed which resulted in a lowering of the basin water level by 7 meters and in
additional observation measurements. From the view of dam safety the refurbishment of the dam and its equipment is generally necessary.
If an accident will occurs, the following consequences have to be considered:
- A high tide flow of 70,000 cu.m per second will affect about 25,000 inhabitants downstream;
- A number of about 450 households will also be affected;
- The production of 27 companies, including Darmanesti refinery, will be
affected;
Here is a selection of photos I captured at Belgian beer brewery Leopold 7.
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Voici une sélection de photos que j'ai prises à la Brasserie Leopold 7 en Belgique.
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In June 2021, Bloomfield Garden Club's first Visiting Artist in Residence, Rachel Rampleman (NYC), documented a slice of the local drag scene for an ongoing project of hers, "Life is Drag", with assistance from community partners Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and the Blue Moon and collaborator/artist Scott Andrew. The 12 portraits created featuring Azizzy, Cindy Crotchford, Kierra Darshell, Luna Plexus, Maxi Pad & Pissy Mattress premiered at Bunker Projects (outside in their back lot), along with live drag performances on Saturday and Sunday June 12 & 13, 3-5pm.
Chartwell is a country house near Westerham, Kent, in South East England. For over forty years it was the home of Sir Winston Churchill. He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965. In the 1930s, when Churchill was out of political office, Chartwell became the centre of his world. At his dining table, he gathered those who could assist his campaign against German re-armament and the British government's response of appeasement; in his study, he composed speeches and wrote books; in his garden, he built walls, constructed lakes and painted. During the Second World War, Chartwell was largely unused, the Churchills returning after he lost the 1945 election. In 1953, when again prime minister, the house became Churchill's refuge when he suffered a debilitating stroke. In October 1964, he left for the last time, dying at his London home, 28 Hyde Park Gate, on 24 January 1965.
The origins of the estate reach back to the 14th century; in 1382, the property then called Well-street was owned by William-at-Well. It passed through various owners and in 1836 was auctioned, as a substantial brick-built manor. In 1848, it was purchased by John Campbell Colquhoun, whose grandson sold it to Churchill. The Campbell Colquhouns greatly enlarged the house and the advertisement for its sale at the time of Churchill's purchase described it as an imposing mansion. Between 1922 and 1924, it was rebuilt and extended by the society architect Philip Tilden. From the garden front, the house has extensive views over the Weald of Kent, "the most beautiful and charming" Churchill had ever seen, and the determining factor in his decision to buy the house.
In 1946, when financial constraints forced Churchill to consider selling Chartwell, it was acquired by the National Trust with funds raised by a consortium of Churchill's friends led by Lord Camrose, on condition that the Churchills retained a life-tenancy. After Churchill's death, Lady Churchill surrendered her rights to the house and it was opened to the public by the Trust in 1966. A Grade I listed building, for its historical significance rather than its architectural merit, Chartwell has become among the Trust's most popular properties; 232,000 people visited the house in 2016, the fiftieth anniversary of its opening.
History
Early history to 1922
The earliest recorded mention of the land dates to 1362 when it was sold by a William At-Well.[1] The origin of the name is the Chart Well, a spring to the north of the current house, Chart being an Old English word for rough ground.[2] The site had been built upon at least as early as the 16th century, when the estate was called Well Street.[3] Henry VIII was reputed to have stayed in the house during his courtship of Anne Boleyn at nearby Hever Castle.[4] Elements of the Tudor house are still visible; the Historic England listing for Chartwell notes that 16th- (or possibly 17th-) century brickwork can be seen in some of the external walls.[5] In the 17th and 18th centuries, the house was used as a farmhouse and its ownership was subject to frequent change.[3] On 22 September 1836, the property was auctioned at Cheapside, advertised as "a suitable abode for a genteel family".[6] In 1848 it was purchased by John Campbell Colquhoun, a former MP; the Campbell Colquhouns were a family of Scottish landowners, lawyers and politicians.[7] The original farmhouse was enlarged and modified during their ownership, including the addition of the stepped gables, a Scottish baronial genuflection to the land of their fathers.[8] By the time of the sale to Churchill, it was, in the words of Oliver Garnett, author of the 2008 guidebook to the house, an example of "Victorian architecture at its least attractive, a ponderous red-brick country mansion of tile-hung gables and poky oriel windows".[3] Tilden, in his "highly unreliable"[9] memoirs, True Remembrances, wrote of "creating Chartwell out of the drabness of Victorian umbrageousness".[10]
Churchill at Chartwell
1922 to 1939
Chartwell – Clementine Churchill's "magnificent aerial bower" to the left
Churchill first saw Chartwell in July 1921, shortly before the house and estate were to be auctioned.[11] He returned the same month with his wife Clementine, who was initially attracted to the property, although her enthusiasm cooled during subsequent visits.[12] In September 1922, when the house had failed to sell at auction, he was offered it for £5,500. He paid £5,000, after his first offer of £4,800, made because "the house will have to be very largely rebuilt, and the presence of dry rot is a very serious adverse factor", was rejected.[13] The seller was Captain Archibald John Campbell Colquhoun, who had inherited the house in June 1922 on the death of his brother.[14] Campbell Colquhoun had been a contemporary of Churchill's at Harrow School in the 1880s. On completion of the sale in September 1922, Churchill wrote to him; "I am very glad indeed to have become the possessor of "Chartwell".[5] I have been searching for two years for a home in the country and the site is the most beautiful and charming I have ever seen".[14] The sale was concluded on 11 November 1922.[15]
The previous 15 months had been personally and professionally calamitous. In June 1921, Churchill's mother had died, followed three months later by his youngest child, Marigold.[15] In late 1922, he fell ill with appendicitis and at the end of the year lost his Scottish parliamentary seat at Dundee.[16]
Philip Tilden, Churchill's architect, began work on the house in 1922 and the Churchills rented a farmhouse near Westerham, Churchill frequently visiting the site to observe progress.[17] The two-year building programme, the ever-rising costs, which escalated from the initial estimate of £7,000 to over £18,000, and a series of construction difficulties, particularly relating to damp, soured relations between architect and client,[18] and by 1924 Churchill and Tilden were barely on speaking terms.[19][a][b] Legal arguments, conducted through their respective lawyers, continued until 1927.[22] Clementine's anxieties about the costs, both of building and subsequently living at Chartwell also continued. In September 1923 Churchill wrote to her, "My beloved, I beg you not to worry about money, or to feel insecure. Chartwell is to be our home (and) we must endeavour to live there for many years."[23] Churchill finally moved into the house in April 1924; a letter dated 17 April to Clementine begins, "This is the first letter I have ever written from this place, and it is right that it should be to you".[24]
In February 1926, Churchill's political colleague Sir Samuel Hoare described a visit in a letter to the press baron Lord Beaverbrook; "I have never seen Winston before in the role of landed proprietor, ... the engineering works on which he is engaged consist of making a series of ponds in a valley and Winston appeared to be a great deal more interested in them than in anything else in the world".[25] As Hoare's presence indicated, Churchill's holidays were very rarely pure vacations. Roy Jenkins, in his study, The Chancellors, contrasted Churchill's approach to holidaying with that of his then boss, Stanley Baldwin. "Churchill went to Chartwell or elsewhere to lengthen the stride of his political work, but not greatly to reduce its quantity; far from shutting himself off, he persuaded as many as possible of his colleagues and henchmen to visit him, to receive his ever-generous hospitality."[26] In January 1928, James Lees-Milne stayed as a guest of Churchill's son Randolph. He described an evening after dinner; "We remained at that round table till after midnight. Mr Churchill spent a blissful two hours demonstrating with decanters and wine glasses how the Battle of Jutland was fought. He got worked up like a schoolboy, making barking noises in imitation of gunfire, and blowing cigar smoke across the battle scene in imitation of gun smoke".[27] On 26 September 1927, Churchill composed the first of his Chartwell Bulletins, which were lengthy letters to Clementine, written to her while she was abroad. In the bulletins, Churchill described in great detail the ongoing works on the house and the gardens, and aspects of his life there. The 26 September letter opens with a report of Churchill's deepening interest in painting; "Sickert arrived on Friday night and we worked very hard at various paintings ... I am really thrilled ... I see my way to paint far better pictures than I ever thought possible before".[28]
Churchill described his life at Chartwell in the later 1930s in the first volume of his history of the Second World War, The Gathering Storm. "I had much to amuse me. I built ... two cottages, ... and walls and made ... a large swimming pool which ... could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine. Thus I ... dwelt at peace within my habitation".[29] Bill Deakin, one of Churchill's research assistants, recalled his working routine. "He would start the day at eight o'clock in bed, reading. Then he started with his mail. His lunchtime conversation was quite magnificent, ...absolutely free for all. After lunch, if he had guests he would take them round the garden. At seven he would bathe and change for dinner. At midnight, when the guests left, then he would start work ... to three or four in the morning. The secret was his phenomenal power to concentrate."[30][c] In his study of Churchill as author, the historian Peter Clarke described Chartwell as "Winston's word factory". Wikipedia
...is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants"
Aha, very informative, thanks Wikipedia :)))
Is it the same to you? You go to this Swedish furniture store and want to buy something special but when you leave the store you bought something different :) Anyway, actually most people go there just to eat Hot Dogs :D
Saturday 24.10.2009
This is the cabinet with the Phoenix Diamond traffic counter. The detection bay looks odd, with missing detectors and detectors partially pulled out. The reason is that when we worked with Diamond, they told us they could take a contact closure output from a traffic signal detector to place a contact closure into the count station. The cabinet was wired to accommodate this.
When we actually set it up in the field, we found that there was a difference between what Phoenix thought how detectors worked, and how they actually did. They wanted the voltage on the input to drop from 24 volts DC to around 0 volts DC to place the contact closure onto the count station. In reality, the traffic signal detector output drops to about 6 or 7 volts which is enough to trigger the traffic signal controller detection inputs, but not the count station detection inputs.
We worked on several fixes, but ended up getting the module for the count station that allowed it to be wired directly to the traffic signal loops, bypassing the vehicle detectors.
I was not particularly happy, as we bring back our loop wires in 4cc/s wire, with a pair of loops on each wire. We run these through a scanning loop amplifier, so we don't get cross talk. This has worked OK, but we are looking to modify it this year to provide better data.
"The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow ;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow ;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.
Clouds beyond clouds above me,
Wastes beyond wastes below ;
But nothing drear can move me :
I will not, cannot go."
*Emily Bronte
Community health worker Isata Sesay notes down personal details of Posseh Bangura, 9 months pregnant and mother of five children in Moribaya village, Magbema chiefdom, Kambia district, Sierra Leone on April 3, 2017. Isata is 33 years old and has been a CHW for about 6 years (since 2011). There are about 80 – 100 people in her community. Isata said she decided to become a CHW because she wanted to help her community especially sick people. She said there have been no incidents of maternal mortality in her community though some women still deliver at home when they go into labor at night and there’s no transportation to take them to the closest health facility which is about 3 miles away. Isata also trades in palm oil to earn income.
GREATMAN Kościan Triathlon (1/8 IM) - Nowy Dębiec (03/06/2023)
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Grand Prix Kaczmarek Electric MTB - Osieczna / Trzebania (01/08/2021)
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This is the weaver's cottage in the Dunlewey Centre, where you are given a tour and a demonstration of how the weaving was done.
Info from www.dunleweycentre.com:
In the middle of the century many people came to this homestead to visit Manus Ferry, renowned weaver, and to purchase his tweed. These included Henry McIllhiney, Glenveigh Castle, Derek Hill, Glebe House, Sir Sidney Nolan, the famous Australian artist and many others too numerous to mention.
With his craft and using the wool provided by his brother's sheep that grazed the surrounding mountains, the family overcame the hardships that faced most families in the valley. The famed weaver and shepherd lived with their sister who ran the shop and kept house.
Manus's home has been preserved to give the visitor the full flavour of life in Donegal in the middle of the last century.
this is a creepy doll on our "welcome" sign from halloween...my mum likes it so much she won't take it down...and it creeps me out so much i won't clean it...
“It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears.”
Indios Photowalk
April 4, 2009
Manila Philippines
This is an alternate version of this photo. I've been thinking about these two a lot...I like how the sky came out and the foliage is properly exposed with enough sharpness and detail. I'm glad that I have the technique down (hopefully), but I've realized that photos like this are pretty generic. There is nothing to separate this photo from others like it. I will be retaking this one in the future, but I will try to incorporate the bench or the lock house that is here as well. I would love to go even wider than 28mm...maybe I'll have to wait until I can to reshoot this...maybe not...I know that these could be better.
Camera Info:
Shot with a Canon EF on Fuji Neopan 400. New FD 28mm f/2.8 lens @ f/11. Used a tripod, Promaster red filter, and a Cokin 0.9 ND grad filter. Put another one through the duotone filter in photoshop...don't know which one I like better...
Development info:
presoak in 20 Deg. Celcius tap water (like 5-10 minutes)
Kodak D76 @ 20 Deg. Celcius for 8.25 minutes, stock dilution. Inverted constantly for the first 15 seconds, then 3 inversions every minute thereafter.
Vinegar Stop Bath
2-bath Fix, 2.5 mins for first bath, 3.5 mins for second.
Jet Dry wetting agent
Manteca is a city in San Joaquin County, California. The city's estimated 2010 US Census population was 67,096.
Manteca is a city in the Central Valley of California, 76 miles east of San Francisco. It was founded in 1861 by Joshua Cowell. Cowell claimed around 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) and built houses on what is now the corner of Main and Yosemite, where Bank of America now stands. In 1873, the Central Pacific Railroad laid track directly through the area.
In 1938, photojournalist Dorothea Lange took photos of William & Mary Dimotakis (immigrants from the Greek island of Crete), and their youngest child, son George, on the family farm in Manteca for the Farm Security Administration. The farm, near the industrial park area, is still owned by the Dimotakis family.
Manteca fashions itself the "Family City", and it lies at a crossroads of major highways and railroads. As recently as the 1970s, Manteca existed primarily on agriculture and was still barely a stop between two freeways, Interstate 5 and State Route 99. The continuing rise in Bay Area housing prices caused Bay Area residents to look further eastward for cheaper places to live. Since the construction of the 120 bypass portion of State Route 120, Manteca has become a popular choice for these commuters. The 1990s saw an increase in the city's population and the construction of its third high school, the first two being Manteca High School and East Union High School. The population of Manteca continues to increase, with some housing being constructed on what was once farmland to the north and southeast.
Manteca is the home base for the "Not Forgotten Memorial Day Event", the largest commemoration for veterans on the West Coast. The event is held the Sunday before Memorial Day every year. The event draws over 20,000 attendees.
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The Siamese is one of the first distinctly recognized breeds of Oriental cat. The exact origins of the breed are unknown, but it is believed to be from Southeast Asia, and is said to be descended from the sacred temple cats of Siam (now Thailand). In Thailand, where they are one of several native breeds, they are called Wichien-maat (วิเชียรมาศ, a name meaning "Diamond Gold"). In the twentieth century the Siamese cat became one of the most popular breeds in Europe and North America.
The pointed cat known in the East as "Siamese" is one of several breeds of cats from Siam described and illustrated in manuscripts called "Tamra Maew" (Cat Poems), estimated to have been written in the 1700s.Siamese are affectionate and very intelligent cats, renowned for their social nature. Many enjoy being with people and are sometimes described as "extroverts". As there are extrovert Siamese, there also are some that have very sensitive and nervous temperaments. Those individuals may not easily adapt to the changes of environment or to strangers. They do have a great need for human companionship. Often they bond strongly to a single person. Most Siamese like to have other sociable cats for company and do not thrive as only cats owned by people who are gone much of the day. Siamese are extremely vocal, with a loud, low-pitched voice – known as "Meezer", from which they get one of their nicknames – that has been compared to the cries of a human baby, and persistent in demanding attention. These cats are typically active and playful, even as adults.
Il siamese è un gatto di origine asiatica probabilmente del Siam (attuale Thailandia) dal corpo elegante e longilineo e la particolare testa triangolare. Il Balinese è la sua versione a pelo semi-lungo.Il siamese sbarcò in Europa per la prima volta nel 1871 al Cat Show di Londra, nel 1880 il re del Siam regalò due coppie di siamesi a Owen Gould, console inglese a Bangkok, che ne fece mostra a Londra. Nel 1890 raggiunsero anche l'America dove ebbero enorme successo tanto che agli inizi del novecento la razza era tra le più amate. Inghilterra e Thailandia sono rimaste però per tanto tempo le due patrie di maggior selezione e diffusione del siamese, con il tempo utilizzato per ibridare moltissime altre razze. Per un lungo periodo infatti il suo successo fu oscurato da razze che vedevano nel siamese la loro nascita (quelle ad occhi azzurri). Negli Anni Sessanta, la voglia di rinnovamento toccò anche questa razza, che venne modificata ed estremizzata: nacque così il Siamese attuale.Il siamese è un gatto particolarmente fedele al suo padrone da molti considerato il più addestrabile e calmo dei gatti, non è raro infatti potergli insegnare a passeggiare a guinzaglio. È un gatto estroverso e di indole vivace, molto comunicativo instaura col padrone un rapporto molto esclusivo. Pur essendo un gatto molto affettuoso non è adatto a tutti, la sua voce e i suoi vocalizzi infatti sono molto particolari.Grazie a questa caratteristica è però un micio che riesce quasi a dialogare con il padrone. Decisamente agile e longilineo fa acrobazie dentro casa e la sua energia deve trovare sfogo nel gioco, per poi appollaiarsi sulle spalle del padrone e passare con lui tutta la serata. Con un pelo molto morbido e setoso non necessita di particolari cure se non del passaggio di un panno di daino per lucidare il pelo e togliere i peli morti. L'alimentazione dev'essere proteica e di alta qualità, non affidarsi quindi al fai da te ricco unicamente di carboidrati.
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Laugharne is a town located on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf.
The ward includes Laugharne, the village of Pendine and Pendine Sands. It was the civil parish corresponding to the marcher borough of Laugharne. A predominantly English-speaking area, just south of the Landsker Line, it is bordered by the communities of Llanddowror, St Clears, Llangynog and Llansteffan.
Laugharne was the home of Dylan Thomas from 1949 until his death in 1953, and is thought to have been the inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in Under Milk Wood, though topographically it is more similar to New Quay where Thomas mostly lived whilst he wrote the story.
Attractions in the town include the 12th-century Laugharne Castle, the town hall and the birdlife of the estuary.
Laugharne contains many fine examples of Georgian townhouses, including "Great House" and Castle House, both grade II* listed buildings, with a scattering of earlier vernacular cottages.
There are a number of landmarks in Laugharne connected with the poet and writer Dylan Thomas. These include: The Boathouse, where he lived with his family from 1949 to 1953, and now a museum; his writing shed; and the Dylan Thomas Birthday Walk, which was the setting for the work Poem in October.
This is a photograph from the 2nd Annual Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon which was held in Dublin, Ireland on Monday 4th August 2014 at 08:30. The Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon also incorporated the Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI) National Half Marathon Championships which was open to all eligible runners registered with an AAI affiliated athletics club. The race started in Dublin City center at North Wall Quay and Castleforbes Road on the Liffey. The route then went West out of the city bringing runners along the famous South Quays to Inchicore and then taking a slight northerly direction into the Phoenix Park. The race finished in the Phoenix Park with runners following over half of the course within the grounds of the famous park. Over 7,000 people took part. The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon series is one of the largest running series in the world with events primarily taking place in North American Cities. However, recently the franchise has spread to Europe. One of the unique aspects of the race is that every course features live bands along the course along with cheering teams of supporters at water stations. In the Phoenix Park today there was a large entertainment area at the Finish line for competitors, families and friends to enjoy.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Please Note: The photographs are completely unofficial photographs of the 2nd Annual Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon. We have absolutely no affiliation with the organisers of this event. We have no commercial links to the event in anyway way. We advise you to consult the official website of the Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon (link below) to find information about the official event photography, video and other commericial multi-media.
There is an extensive set of photographs from this event on our Flickr photostream. The complete set is available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/14640001580/
Some useful Internet Links
2014 Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon | Course Tour on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJmraLd6r5I and Course Profile Map ie.competitor.com/dublin/course
2014 Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon Results: ie.competitor.com/dublin/results
2014 Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RnRDublin
MarathonPhoto on Facebook; www.facebook.com/marathonfoto
2014 Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon on TWITTER: twitter.com/RnRDublinHalf
2014 Rock 'n' Roll Dublin Half Marathon Discussion Thread on Boards.ie: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057103891
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Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
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In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
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Creative Commons aims to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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This is a photograph from the FINISH of the annual Coralstown National School 5KM Road Race, Fun Run and Walk which took place in Coralstown, Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 1st June 2022 at 19:00. The race is organised as a fundraiser for the local primary school. The course is run on rural country roads and all the tarmac roadside of the Royal Canal providing what could almost be considered a traffic free route. The race was ran in near perfect conditions with little breeze and warm evening temperatures of around 15C. The race starts and finishes outside Coralstown National School and was very well supported by runners, joggers and walkers from around the local area. Coralstown is situated between the old N4 and M4 motorway. The Royal canal makes its way through the area and now provides the greenway amenity. Many will be familiar with the well known stopping off point of "Mary Lynch's pub" at McNead's bridge. Participants pass both as they enter the final kilometer of the race.