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BNSF’s Kalispell Local has made it back to Columbia Falls after running down the 13 mile branchline to Kalispell. The branch known as the Kalispell Subdivision, was originally part of Great Northern’s mainline across Montana. The branch carries a maximum speed of 25 MPH, and is layed with 100-Pound Rail. Soon the local will be off the branch and onto the mainline as it enters the Hi Line Subdivision. After getting lights to head west the train will fly across the remaining 5 miles of track to Whitefish at a much faster pace of 55 MPH.
Subdivision: Kalispell Subdivision
Train Name: Kalispell Local
Train Symbol: R-MON876
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Karamea, West Coast of the South Island
When you haven't got a sunhat, just cut a head-hole in a sheet of cardboard! Cheers, Uwani! Like your style. :-)
The centerpiece of the decor is the local landmarks wall. I'm not sure about the choices of locations they made here, but it's still nice to see.
This is a photograph from the 5th annual Craughwell 10 Mile Road Race which took place in Craughwell Village, Co. Galway, Ireland on Sunday 23rd March 2014 at 13:00. The 'Craughwell 10' has grown quickly to become not just one of Connaught's best known and attended road races but one of Ireland's best road races. Rather uniquely for road races in Ireland today the Craughwell 10 Mile road race offers a fully traffic free route for participants. The fast primarily flat course brings participants on the network of rural country roads to the west of Craughwell village. This year's event attracted a record number of over 650 participants building on the 600+ finishers from last year's race (results available below).
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.
Results are available on RedTagTiming's website www.redtagtiming.com who provided the chip timing for the event.
Our photographs from the Craughwell 10 2014 are available on our Flickr photostream at: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157642744431035/
You are also likely to find photographs from the race from edenhill77 at www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/sets/
The organisation team of Craughwell AC and a huge team of volunteers from the local community deserve great praise and congratulations on the excellent work that they put into making the Craughwell 10 such an outstanding success. A race of this size is a mammoth undertaking and it's flawless organisation is a tribute to the volunteer work behind the scenes.
Route Description
The race starts in Craughwell Village and then heads west on country roads. The route takes a right turn after 1KM and heads north towards Caheradine. The route then takes a left and heads west again towards the N18. After 4 miles the race takes another left (goo.gl/maps/khTi4) heading south. Just before 6 miles another left turn brings the race back towards Craughwell village. This leaves the runners with a straight run to the finish area from here and the finish in the Primary School. There was a stiff cold breeze at different parts of the course but for the most part there was good stretches of tail winds also. There were water stations at two points in the course.
The AAI County Galway 10 mile Road Race Championships took place in conjunction with the race today which ensured that there was great competition amongst Co. Galway based clubs at all categories.
The spread of refreshments after the race was incredible. Every taste was catered for. The organisers were thoughtful enough to include a wide range of gluten free goodies for participants after the race.
Useful Web Links
Where is Craughwell? (OpenStreetMap): www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.2261&mlon=-8.7331&...
Where is Craughwell? (Google Maps): goo.gl/maps/vfIia
Craughwell 10 Mile - Race Headquarters at the National School (Google StreetView) goo.gl/maps/nTr5F
Craughwell 10 Mile Route on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/sc/victoria-english-river/craughwell-10-...
Craughwell 10 Mile Route on Garmin Connect: connect.garmin.com/jsPlayer/27008273
Craughwell 10 Mile Facebook Event Page www.facebook.com/events/1426933890856519/?ref=22 (requires Facebook logon and access)
Craughwell 10 Mile 2014: Results www.redtagtiming.com/results/Craughwell10_2014.pdf
Results from previous years.
2013: Results: www.redtagtiming.com/results/Craughwell10_2013.pdf
2012: www.redtagtiming.com/results/Craughwell_10Mile_2012.pdf
Photographs from previous years by edenhill77
2012: www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/sets/72157629283834474/
2012: www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/sets/72157629267117098/
2011 www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/sets/72157626365451542/
2011: www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/sets/72157626387107196/
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
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►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
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Sunny and 70s. Yes I'm busy but took my lunch on a skate park. Local skate shop worker Mark does a few stunts. Lots of air on this ollie.
Please view large.
For other skate shots see here www.flickr.com/photos/casch/sets/72157615978329260/
Like mushrooms after a rain, election posters sprout in front of polling stations. Kind of like the "reminder" to Republicans to vote since there's no Republican candidates on the slate. All the GOP partisans can vote on is one at large city alderman and several municipal improvement bonds, sidewalks revitalization, greeway, etcetera.
We picked every one of the (local, organic) berries for this pie by hand over the course of the summers of 2008 and 2009. The blueberries came from a school, and the strawberries and raspberries came from our CSA farm. All of our parents had a hand in this pie's creation, which made it really special. My dad and mom picked blueberries with us, my spouse's dad made the awesome crust from scratch, and my spouse's mom helped us to get the filling's flavor right.
We rolled out the dough and mixed up the filling and baked this pie on the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving. The next night, late at night, we were at a grocery chain store, people-watching. A woman picked up a boxed commercial pie and said to her shopping companion, "Wow! Awesome! This is two dollars! Why would *anyone* ever bother making things themselves at home?" And she laughed.
Eating locally helps us to do our part to reduce environmental pollution, as well as to increase local economic stability.
Picking all of the berries ourselves connects us quite literally with our food chain. Berry cultivation is not always easy to do; berries are delicate, and must be picked by hand. Our local CSA is good to us by providing berries, delegating the labor-intensive berry harvest to us. Otherwise, there'd be no way to make it cost-effective for shareholders.
Every berry you eat has been picked by a human hand. That fact is humbling in and of itself. It makes me even more humbled to spend hours each summer picking those berries myself; I can barely take the hot summer sun for an hour per week, yet billions of people worldwide cultivate, tend, and harvest all day, every day. So that others may eat. It is incredibly important to me that I remember this, and that I honor this process with gratitude and respect.
And with sweat. Because I am incredibly fortunate to be alive, and to have enough mobility in my body to pick fruit.
Each bite is a gift, a blessing. It is an homage to many hot hours under the sun, squatting, reaching, bending. It speaks to dirt, to prickers, to bugs, birds, swarming around as we worked and sweated and stained our hands with juice.
But I have a diabetic condition. I probably eat one piece of this pie per year, tops. Why do I bother? It's just pie.
So indeed, it's just a pie. It's made of grains, roots, bark, cane, and fruits. But it's so much more than that, for me, for the both of us.
I've been making this pie since 1995. It's a super-simple recipe, and the lattice technique couldn't be more straightforward, but the outcome is really wonderful. And then we all get to eat this pie together, for Thanksgiving.
I'm not for colonial imperialism, but I *am* for celebrating sustainable harvests, and families, and the sheer miracle of living. And with this, I rejoice.
In collaboration with Louis Weijl.
Once again we put the rain making apparatus to the task. For a view of the set-up see: www.flickr.com/photos/37873897@N06/7987594144/
For the first time in history we closed the main street of Mazkeret Batya for a photography project, only for less than 4 hours...
Special Thanks to our talented MUA, Nesya Shtirberg and to the models: Eden, Limor, Amir and Rotem
The shot was taken on the "Aussichtsturm", the local viewing tower. It was a quite clear and sunny day.
On one of our last few days in Hampi we decided to cool off at the lake that we had heard so much about. After asking for directions here and there we finally located the lake. We headed to a spot that seemed to be popular with swimming and headed to the water. As we sat and discussed the numerous NO SWIMMING and CROCODILES signs painted around the area, we caught the attention of a local fisherman nearby having a break on the rocks. He invited us into his circular traditional woven boat and brought us out onto the lake. He spoke very little english but was very eager to show us the lake for a bit. After a awhile we headed back to shore where we swam for a bit and called it a day.
Clearly unafraid are these three Fallow Deer who were the opposite side of the field to us at Norden.
They grazed for a while, had a wash then lay down for a few hours!
It was a pity that werent a tiny bit closer - even with my 300mm lens at full stretch it didnt bring them nearer!
A small excerpt from the British Deer Society:
These elegant deer have long been prized as ornamental species and their history is closely linked to that of deer parks. Fallow deer were first brought to Britain from the western Mediterranean during the Roman period, when they were kept within enclosures known as ‘vivaria’. Genetic analysis has shown that these Roman fallow deer went extinct in Britain following the collapse of the Roman Empire. It was not until the 11th century that fallow deer were reintroduced, this time from the eastern Mediterranean. Initially they were kept in parks as rare exotica but gradually their populations increased and they became an important source of venison for aristocratic tables. As the fashion for deer parks declined in the 15th century, many parks fell into disrepair and these medieval escapee deer are the foundation of the free-living population in Britain today.
Whilst non-native, fallow deer are considered naturalised and are locally abundant and increasing. They are widespread in England and Wales, but patchy in Scotland, inhabiting mature broadleaf woodland with under-storey, open coniferous woodland and open agricultural land. They prefer to graze grasses although they will take trees and dwarf shrub shoots in autumn and winter.
Population density and habitat influence both group size and the degree of sexual segregation. Groups of adult males and females, usually with young, remain apart for most of the year in large woodlands, only coming together to breed. Sexes freely mix in large herds throughout the year in open, agricultural environments.
Damage caused by browsing of tree shoots and agricultural crops puts fallow deer in conflict with farmers and foresters and their ability to reach very high densities can result in high local levels of damage. Conversely, many country and forest estates can gain substantial revenue from recreational stalking and/or venison production. Fallow deer are also farmed for their venison and are one of the most important ornamental park species in the UK. Regardless of context, fallow deer populations require careful management to maintain health and quality and ensure a sustainable balance with their environment.
Behaviour depends upon the environment and population density. In most populations bucks maintain a traditional, defended rutting stand. In others, a temporary rutting stand is maintained to attract sufficient does to herd them into a harem. In areas with very high buck densities a lek (a gathering of males engaging in competitive display to attract potential mates) may be formed. In lower density areas bucks may simply seek out receptive females. In common with other large species of deer, during conflict the bucks’ behaviour escalates from groaning and parallel walks to fighting. During the rut bucks groan tremendously and does with fawns give a short bark when alarmed.
After mating, adult does give birth to a single fawn in June or July after a gestation of 229 days. Bucks generally live for 8 – 10 years although they can live as long as 16 years.
Fallow deer are active throughout the 24-hour period but make use of open spaces during the hours of darkness in populations experiencing frequent disturbance. Peak activity is at dawn and dusk with most daytime hours spent ‘lying up’, where they lie down to ruminate between feeding bouts.
I was out and about not long after sunrise on the recent May bank holiday weekend. As usual I was chasing the light with a view to landscapes, I was on my usual patch on the hilltops west of Huddersfield, above Meltham and Marsden. I’m still getting over foot surgery so my walking is restricted a bit and I was sat in the pickup watching the light when I noticed three hares chasing around, occasionally stopping to box. I decided to go back after breakfast with a longer lens and see if I could catch up with them again. Initially I used a 300mm 2.8 with 1.4 and 2x convertors. I had some success over the next few days with this. In the end I decided to use a large and very heavy 500mm and monopod. I tried the convertors but the quality dipped so I reverted back to just the 500mm but also using it freehand, no support. The more I use it the better I get-like most things in life I guess. I spent the rest of the short holiday weekend in the sun photographing lapwings, their chicks, curlew and hares, getting a suntan at the same time. I’ve ended up on a bit of a mission, it looks like this will be this summer’s challenge.
Within days I had seen deer, owls, heron as well as the lapwings and curlews etc. I wasn’t always able to get a decent shot as I was often driving at the time. I’m on a learning curve now and the results are getting better. I’ve learnt a lot about the birds and animals that I’m stalking and I’ve had to start and study the camera autofocus choices available and experiment with them. Fortunately the weather has been ok for a couple of weeks, which is unusual around here these days. There are hundreds of lapwings guarding their eggs and some with chicks, oystercatchers, a variety of ducks and of course grouse, seeing as these moors are shooting moors. The grouse are favoured at the expense of everything else, anything that is a threat or competition won’t be treated favourably by the shooting fraternity, they certainly don’t like scrutiny and over the years have made entry to the moors in certain parts as difficult as is legal-or perhaps that’s just the perception of some of the rest of us who watch these things from a distance.
This series of pictures show Parnell Street midway through the building developments which transformed the street during the years of the Celtic Tiger. The street was originally called Great Britain Street and was developed during the latter part of the 18th century. During the 19th century it was a thriving business street, with any number of retail businesses, covering every need from hats to hard liquor. By the beginning of the 20th century the street was in decline, with smaller, less permanent businesses in situ, and a large number of provision stores serving a less wealthy neighbourhood. The number of vacant and demolished premises listed increase in number throughout the 20th century, until the influx of investment and a growth in population in the early 21st century resulted in a transformation of the street with new building stock, both residential and business.
This photo is from the Dublin City Photographic Collection. This unique collection is an educational resource and provides a basis for original research on the history of Dublin in the second half of the twentieth century.
A casting which caused a LOT of fuss with many collectors late last year and now returns, still wearing its popular Falken Tire based livery, but obviously now in black and white. A much much better casting compared to its older Corolla AE86 predecessor. Found recently in a local B&M Bargains as part of Case F. Mint and boxed.