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My question for this series is, "What does it take to be a dancer?"
My sustained investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision because the model is in different places and positions.
For this photo, I used my Iphone 11 to take photos and a dancer who is on pointe.
My process for this photo was going to Coxhall gardens and having my model rise to sous-sus because it is an interesting position. I took photos from different angles then edited the photo.
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My photo relates to my inquiry because you need a lot of strength as a dancer. My photo shows strength because she is able to hold herself up on the top of her toes
This is a pop art project, where i use comic strip/book art that has the word 'question' or ? marks shown in them, and recreate them into paintings. Its amazing how many jokes end and begin with a question. These paintings will be small, 4" x 4" in size. Ether these will be glue to surfaces on the street or saved for a possible show in the future.
Peanuts. another i am not a fan of, but its a classic.
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Depeche Mode are an English electronic band that formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group consists of founders Dave Gahan (lead vocals, occasional songwriter since 2005), Martin Gore (guitar, keyboards, vocals, main songwriter since 1982), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards, bass guitar). Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981, bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. Original band member Vince Clarke (keyboards, guitar, main songwriter from 1980 to 1981), left the band after the release of the album, leaving the band as a trio to record A Broken Frame, released the following year. Gore took over the lead songwriting duties and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, bass guitar, occasional songwriter) officially joined the band to fill Clarke's spot, establishing a line up that would continue for the next 13 years. Depeche Mode have been a trio again since 1995, when Wilder left.
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Lati Yellow Bat Children Tan Noa vs. Luts Tiny Delf Real Skin Brown Gretel vs. Fairyland Pukifee Tan Mio
All in all the Pukifee poses the best due to the double jointed torso. The Lati body lacks a lot of flexibility due to the completely unjointed body. The Pukifee also holds poses best followed by the Lati Yellow. But maybe my Tiny Delf is just loose and needs restringing, the string they used for the arms is super thin.
Regarding the colours the Lati is very orange compared to the others while the Fairyland tan is rather reddish and the Luts Real Skin Brown looks slightly greyish/greenish.
If you have any questions feel free to ask. And please excuse the bad lighting in some of the pics, the sun doesn’t want to come out…
A long retaining wall that holds back the earthen hill/embankment on the far west end of what is commonly known as New Bridge was the focus of public safety officials Saturday afternoon.
The bridge itself is between the Spring Hill and Baldwin communities along Alabama Highway 278 directly west of the City of Cullman. The bridge opened in the fall of October 2011 after a lengthy construction project by the Alabama Department of Transportation.
The retaining wall in question has developed three significant, visible cracks from the top of the 20 to 25 feet tall retaining wall to the ground below. Sediment and gravel are visibly emerging from the gaping fissures in the masonry. This debris is piling up a bit like castings from a termite hill on the ground at the base of the retaining wall.
The massive retaining wall holds back a large expanse of the earthen hill and embankment that extends upward to Highway 278 and the west end of the New Bridge. This embankment has multiple fissures in the ground that look similar to small 'fault lines'. Some are comparatively small (1 to 3 inches), other are large (12 to 18 inches) with many ranging in size between those two parameters.
Small, yet tell-tale, cracks have visibly appeared in the asphalt on Highway 278 that run parallel to the roadway along the right shoulder from the termination of New Bridge to the west.
At least one neighbor to the north of the adjoining County Road 1147 has reported visually observing measurable changes in the retaining wall in a 24 hour period from Friday to Saturday.
The only really good news – besides the fact no collapse or landslide has yet occurred – is that New Bridge itself appears to be 100% structurally sound. Public safety officials at the scene Saturday afternoon confirmed that the New Bridge is structurally sound and not at risk.
What Does All This Mean?
At a minimum, the retaining wall mentioned above appears at risk of collapse at some point in the future (time frame unknown, although visible movement in a 24 hour period is of significant concern – see full story below). Should this wall collapse, those same public safety officials are concerned the earthen hill above the wall aided by the infirmity of soil under the current multiple fissures (and gravity) would almost certainly allow a landslide that could potentially extend up to (and underneath) Highway 278.
In a best case scenario, no changes to the current structural faults would occur and repairs could be made in a timely and satisfactory manner with no effect on traffic flow along Highway 278.
In a worse case, a wall collapse and ensuing landslide could potentially deposit at least a portion of Highway 278, the earthen embankment/hill itself and the retaining wall, downwards towards County Road 1147 (aka Old Highway 278) – possibly burying it with debris.
In this scenario, Highway 278 could be rendered impassable due to a portion of the roadway no longer existing. County Road 1147 would be rendered impassable due to the landslide debris covering it. The nearby by Kebler Creek would be at risk of a significant environmental impact from such an event.
It is this later possibility that brought public safety officials to the location Saturday afternoon.
For a full report on this situation along with supporting photographs, please see:
cullmantoday.com/2016/02/07/new-bridge-area-potential-col...
"What is a Caspian Gull?" is one of the more frequent questions coming in to BirdGuides. Back in 1982, when Peter Grant produced his seminal book Gulls: a Guide to Identification (revised edition 1986), which was really the starting point to modern gull identification, there was just the Herring Gull. There were Herring Gulls with pink legs and others with yellow legs, and that was about it. Of course Grant recognised that the southern forms were different subspecies, but he did not cover the more easterly birds in any detail. It was Ronald Klein who, before 1994, first discovered that some of the thousands of coloured and metal rings that he read on German landfill sites came from the Ukraine. He further noticed that these birds had a very distinctive appearance. Martin Garner was the first person to rumble these birds in the UK, not by reading rings, but by recognising them from their appearance. This he reported in his 1997 British Birds papers on "Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain". Of course when he wrote these papers, the name "Yellow-legged Gull" was ambiguous.
It was already well known that yellow-legged "Herring Gulls" from the Mediterranean moved north after the breeding season, but now birds from further east were doing the same - and they looked different. For a start, they didn't have yellow legs - but still they were all called Herring Gulls. To this day, field guides have not moved far beyond this position, and those that have do not give adequate treatment to these birds. Indeed the name "Caspian Gull" does not appear in any of them! To be fair, most of the progress in taxonomy and identification has happened after they were due at the printers.
Various names have been used for these birds, including Steppe Gull and Pontic Gull, but since Lars Jonsson's paper in Alula, Volume 4 3/98 "Yellow-legged Gulls and yellow-legged Herring Gulls in the Baltic" in which he presented reasoned arguments against the use of these names, the name Caspian Gull has gained widespread acceptance.
There is now increased clarity on the taxonomy of "large white-headed gulls" and it seems there are between 8 and 10 species knocking about between Europe and Asia. The clearest and most recent summary of all this is by Pierre Yesou, Dutch Birding Vol 24, No 5, 2002, "Systematics of Larus argentatus-cachinnans-fuscus complex revisited".
Most taxonomists seem finally to have agreed what mere birders have suspected for some time: that what was the Herring Gull in Europe is actually 3 good species, but at the time of writing, the BOURC has yet to agree, so the position of Caspian Gull and Yellow-legged Gull for the UK lister is still ambiguous.
The pink-legged gulls of Britain and other northern countries are still called Herring Gulls Larus argentatus, the yellow-legged ones from the Mediterranean, the Atlantic coast of Iberia, Morocco and the Atlantic Islands are called Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis and the ones that have pale pink or pale straw-coloured legs, and which breed north of the Black Sea, in the Ukraine and east of there, are called Caspian Gulls Larus cachinnans.
Both Yellow-legged Gulls and Caspian Gulls have been moving north and northwest in recent years, and some Caspian Gulls have remained to breed in Poland and eastern Germany, a minority in mixed pairs with Herring Gull and Yellow-legged Gull. Where their breeding ranges overlap, Yellow-legged with Herring Gull in western France and Yellow-legged with Caspian Gull in Romania, there are far more pure than mixed pairs.
More good news is that the majority of individuals of these three species are quite easy to identify at all ages (but some are tricky). Now "quite easy" is a relative term. One has to go through some pain and dedication before getting to this level of confidence.
The normal sequence that intending gull-watchers go through is to find one or two Yellow-legged or Caspian Gulls of their own. They then realise how "easy" it all seems to be, and so wonder what the fuss was about. They then get something horribly wrong in front of their peers, suffer embarrassment and humiliation (in their mind) and become somewhat disillusioned about the whole thing. This is a cyclical process, which proceeds by correctly identifying more and more gulls, interspersed with cock-ups. I have been there, got the tee-shirt, book and seen the film and I still get it wrong sometimes. The seasoned gull-watcher has a very healthy respect for the problem, but if you don't make public mistakes, then you are not trying hard enough!
So why is it so hard? It is because they are gulls and no matter what rules you try, some individuals will always break them. Large gulls are incredibly variable because of a number of factors including age differences, racial differences, moult timing differences, amount of exposure to sun, to name a few.
The seasoned gull-watcher also wonders today how it was that such a cracking and distinctive gull as Caspian Gull was overlooked for so long – both by taxonomists and by birdwatchers. This is because, regrettably, things that are taxonomically lumped are considered less interesting and so receive less attention than those that are split. Also, it is believed that, as in the case of Mediterranean Gull, these birds have only been coming north and west in more recent decades.
Finding and identifying a Caspian Gull
It is a disappointing day if, in southeast England, in winter at least, a day's gull-watching at a landfill or a reservoir roost does not produce a few Yellow-legged Gulls and at least one Caspian Gull. Caspian Gulls outnumber Glaucous and Iceland Gulls together in our neck of the woods.
The easiest ages to pick out are 1st-winters and adults. There are enough of these around to make it well worth looking for them. So these are the only two ages that we will deal with here. This is not intended to be a definitive identification guide, so we will only describe the most typical birds - but, being gulls, there is considerable variation.
Imagine trying to tell the difference between Yul Brynner and Telly Savalas from a written description – far better to see some pictures of these two follically challenged gents. So the first step is to get some idea of what you are looking for. Fortunately, there are enough websites around with a wide range of pictures of Caspian Gulls to give one an idea. A good place to start is Rudy Offereins' site, which has a comprehensive index to other gull sites, as well as an excellent collection of pictures of Caspian Gulls:
www.xs4all.nl/~calidris/gullindex.htm
Birding World magazine, Vol. 13, No. 2, February 2000; also has a very good collection of pictures: "Caspian Gull Identification Gallery" by Theo Bakker, Rudy Offereins and Rik Winters.
What is the first thing that hits you while scanning a large flock of gulls and shouts Caspian Gull at you? Usually, whatever the age, it is its face: a gleaming white head, a small beady eye, and a long (sometimes very long), snouty, slender bill. Any adult "herring gull" during October to November with a pure white head is worth a second look, and this can be a useful indicator into December too (this also applies to Yellow-legged Gull). By the turn of the year it is becoming less useful as Scandinavian Herring Gulls (argentatus), with a similar shape, become white-headed too.
What is the list of things that you should check out when you think you have found a likely candidate?
The canonical 1st-winter Caspian Gull looks like this:
A white head nestled in a "shawl" of dark streaks around the hind neck.
A variable amount of "eye shadow" and an indistinct line from eye to eye across the nape.
A long, narrow, parallel-sided bill attached to a gently sloping forehead – sometimes recalling a huge Slender-billed Gull.
Uniform, dark, unpatterned greater and median coverts, with whitish tips. This gives the impression of uniformly dark greater coverts bordered by two parallel white lines. Some birds can have patterned greater coverts, especially on the inner ones (near the tertials).
White underwing and axillaries – really concentrate when the wings are raised! (white underwings in older birds are less relevant)
A pale panel on the inner primaries caused by pale, translucent inner webs, more obvious than Yellow-legged Gull.
Scapulars with pale greyish bases and with narrow single anchors with a thin dark shaft, or small triangles, or no anchors and just a thin shaft streak. The scapulars contrast paler than the wing coverts. There is a three-way contrast of grey mantle, brown wings and white body.
Tertials dark brown with a whitish "thumbnail" on the end of every feather.
A white tail with a broad even-thickness black tail-band. Any "herring gull" with a black (not dark brown) tail band and a clean white tail-base and rump is promising for Caspian or Yellow-legged Gull.
A white corridor from the chin, through the breast, all the way to the under tail coverts.
A characteristic structure: long bill, long neck, long legs, long wings.
Legs usually long and spindly, especially when viewed from the front or rear, greyish/whitish pink.
Just about all of these rules are broken by individual 1st-winter Caspian Gulls, but if you get a hit on most of them you are probably in with a shout.
The canonical adult Caspian Gull looks like this:
A smart, elegant, long-winged, long-legged, white-headed gull with a characteristic face.
A long, slender, parallel-sided bill, often pallid, even limey in colour, attached to a gently sloping forehead.
A small dark eye (bullet hole) (but 30% of birds have pale eyes).
Dorsum (= back and wing-coverts) shade darker than British Herring Gull, but lighter than Yellow-legged Gull.
A large white tip on P10 (outermost primary) and a long white tongue on the inner web of P10 (watch it preening).
Grey tongues protruding in to the black on the upper-side of the primaries in flight.
A broad black band on P5 (this is hard to see unless you get a photo or videograb of a stretched wing).
Long, slender legs, whitish-pink/pale straw (not yellow, but not as pink as Herring Gull)
Some birds have the appearance of an enormous Common Gull because of their long wings and a lot of white in the wingtip (this impression can be even more marked in some younger subadult birds which have a greenish bill with a black ring).
Again, most of these rules can be broken in perfectly good adult Caspian Gulls.
Apart from its appearance, if you are ever fortunate enough to hear a Caspian Gull call, it is quite remarkable: more like a donkey than a Herring Gull! Whatever the age, its behaviour on landfills is often quite distinctive, being aggressive to other birds, while holding its long wings outstretched like an albatross. They seem to be hyperactive; they wander about a lot; they waddle and seem to have big feet, like a duck; they frequently look for a lost egg between their legs; they peck and jab at other gulls - but note, the others can do some of these things on occasion too, especially michahellis. (Another difference is its breeding habitat: it differs from the other two, preferring low flat islands in lakes rather than cliffs and steep slopes.)
Traps for the unwary:
Yellow-legged Gull (michahellis) and Scandinavian Herring Gull (argentatus) can sometimes sport a remarkably long bill.
Michahellis is also very white-headed but normally has a heavier bill, yellower legs and different wing pattern.
Argentatus Herring Gulls acquire a very white head in the latter half of the winter. They can be a pitfall because they can have a similar shape to Caspian Gull but helpfully they lose their head streaks later than British birds (argenteus) and are unlikely to appear white-headed much before mid January.
Some adult argentatus Herring Gulls can have a very similar pattern to P10, and a narrow black band or a black mark on the outer web of P5 but are shorter legged.
Adult argentatus Herring Gulls from the north can be as dark as or darker than Caspian Gulls.
Both adult argentatus and michahellis can occasionally have a dark-looking iris.
Some eastern/Finnish adult Herring Gulls can sometimes look similar to Caspian Gull.
Occasionally, even very white-headed 1st-summer Lesser Black-backed Gulls can look like a Caspian Gull.
As well as misidentifying other species as Caspian Gulls, you can also be put off perfectly good Caspian Gulls because a 1st-winter has patterned greater coverts, or heavily marked scapulars or even a dark underwing. Birds of any age may have a shortish bill, or stout legs or an adult may have a pale eye. With some of these birds you cannot always be entirely certain you have not got one of mixed parentage. It seems likely that Caspian Gulls show as much variability as better-known forms such as Herring Gull, so not all should be expected to conform to the average appearance described above.
Once you have got the hang of 1st-winter and adult Caspian Gulls, you will recognise the look and structure in other ages. You will see very few juvenile birds: they are rare because most have moulted to 1st-winter plumage by the time they reach the UK.
This is my response to question what turns a space into a place, and is based on the story of a tiny village (80 people) in the Swiss mountains that got over 42,000 friends on Facebook when they offered to post the picture of the people who "liked" them on the village bulletin board. Later People came from as far away as Brazil to visit the village.
Question is, why? What can that guy possibly be doing that he needs water so bad, he needs to get it from the sea? Did he have that filter with him? Why is he wearing a Darth Vader costume? What is going on here?
High-functioning robots, self-driving vehicles, artificial intelligence, and many other astonishing technologies have — in the past few years — moved from science fiction into the mainstream economy. What will happen next? And what will these advances mean for job prospects, wages, and well-being, both in the US and around the world? MIT’s Andrew McAfee, coauthor of the 2014 bestseller "The Second Machine Age", will take on these questions. Amid this bounty will also be wrenching change. Professions of all kinds — from lawyers to truck drivers — will be forever upended. Companies will be forced to transform or die. Recent economic indicators reflect this shift: Fewer people are working and wages are falling even as productivity and profits soar.
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Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
Is fire-resistant CAT 5 really fire-resistant? How long can we keep a network connection (two computers pinging each others) going while we burn different kinds of cable?
Here's an art history question: What are the elements of this design called? I call the overall style Baroque. The style features frilly edges that resemble foliage. They're everywhere in Baroque decorative arts, invariably as part of an asymmetrical design. Does the foliage motif with frilly edges have a name? Tallinn, Estonia.
As some of you know I have been keenly interested in a movement, started by Jay Cross, called the unbook. I have gotten some questions about how the unbook differs from a traditional book, so I thought I would answer them here.
The driving forces behind the movement are the acceleration of business change and the inability of traditional publishing to keep up. With new technologies such as print-on-demand and online marketplaces, authors can now publish books, in both electronic and print formats, at the push of a button. The unbook, due to these factors, operates in a fundamentally different way than the traditional book.
A traditional book is released in editions. When a work is revised or updated, a new edition is released. These revised or updated editions usually offer small, incremental changes, such as a new preface or introduction, a new chapter, or small changes to the content.
An unbook is more like software:
1. An unbook is never finished, but rather continually updated, based on feedback from users andtheir evolving needs.
2. An unbook is released in versions. As in open source software, version 1.0 of an unbook is a significant milestone, indicating that it is stable and reliable enough for use by the general public. The significance of a new release is indicated by the size of the gap: For example, the difference between 1.1 and 1.1.3 is minor, while the difference between 1.1 and 2.0 is major.
3. An unbook is supported by a community of users who share their experiences and best practices with each other, and help each other troubleshoot problems encountered in their practice areas. An unbook’s community is a very real part of the unbook’s development team.
I have published an unbook, Marks and Meaning, to catalogue my continuing efforts in the field of visual thinking and information design, and to develop a user community focused on that discipline.
An unbook is mindware: software for the mind: And in the case of Marks and Meaning, my hope and intent is to develop not just software, but an operating system which improves on our current thinking models and makes our minds more useful and usable.
In the same way that graphical user interfaces (GUIs) improved the usability of computing devices, I hope, with your help, to develop a graphical operating system for the mind.
The field of information design is developing so rapidly that I believe an unbook is the only way to do this.
I believe that the unbook form has real potential, especially for emerging disciplines like information design, such as user experience design, agile software development, social media, and knowledge management, as well as established disciplines which are undergoing significant change (finance? government?).
To support these efforts, Jay and I have set up a website to support the unbook movement and provide a comprehensive catalogue of available titles. Please take a moment to visit theunbook.com/ and leave us a note! And if you are working on an unbook or plan to start one, let us know so we can add it to the uncatalogue.
An interesting question is whether it takes you higher than the top viewing platorm on the Scott Monument. The Star Flyer is said to be 60m tall. The Scott Monument is sai to be 61.11m tall. But those figures probably refer to the height to the very top of each thing. The Star Flyer looks a lot more than one metre smaller from here, but to compare the two properly we really need to see them both beside each other from a good distance. Below is the link to just such a shot, showing that there's a lot more difference than these numbers would suggest.
www.flickr.com/photos/chris_malcolm/15711964108/
Original: DSC03228RWNRX
Addison, A. (editor). "The Children's Book of Questions & Answers". London: Berkeley Publishers Limited, 1974.
Photograph by Barnaby's Picture Library.
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Nikon D800E Fine Art! A Study of the Sunset at the San Clemente Pier! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Photography! Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR!
I think my hallmark/trademark might be that I see more beauty in things than others, and I can never pick my favorite shot! For instance, as the sun set over the San Clemente Pier, I loved all the light!
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Celebrating Dr. E's LAw of Moving Dimensions ^& Dynamic Dimensions Theory dx4/dt=ic which derives from Homer's Odyssey! "Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them." --Homer's Odyssey! herosodysseyphysics.wordpress.com
Will be busy printing and framing in nice large, matted formats and frames and museum glass! Five of these photos will be printed on 40" x 60" floating wall mounted metal sheets! I think I know which--will share photos of the photos hanging on the walls!
And I am mounting some on plexiglass/acryllic--front mounting them! Some I am printing on lossy fuji-crystal archival paper too, and then front mounting 40"x60" versions to plexiglass--will send photos!
The secret to HDR photography is that you want people to say, "Woe dude--that's unreal!" And not, "Dude--that's not real!" "Unreal" is the word they use when they're trying to figure out the photo--what makes it cool--is it a photo? Is it painted? How'd it come to be--how'd you bend the light that way? "That's not real," is what they say if you have the saturation/HDR/ etc. turned up too high. :)
Some (almost) final edits for my Los Angeles Gallery Show! Printing them on metallic paper at 13" x 19" and mounting and framing them on a 4mm 18x24 white mat and 2" dark wood frame. Also printing some 40" x 70" whihc is over three feet by five feet! Wish you all could come (and hang out with the goddesses)!
Let me know your favs.!
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I booked a major photography show at a major LA gallery in December! Will also be giving some lectures on the story--the Hero's Odyssey Mythology--behind the photography!
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Preparing for some gallery shows this fall to celebrate 300,000,000 views! Printing a few dozen photographs in ~ 30"x40" formats and mounting/framing. Here are some close-to-final edits. HDR photography 7 exposures shot at 1EV and combined in photomatix: 36 megapixel Nikon D800E with the awesome Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens. 45SURF Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography!
Epic Scenic HDR Landscapes Shot with Nikon D800E: Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography!
Enjoy the Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography, and all the best on a hero's odyssey of your own making!
All the best on your epic hero's odyssey!
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Radio 4's Any Questions programme comes to Leeds Grand Theatre. Managing Director, Opera North, Richard Mantle and Jonathan Dimbleby. Picture: Daniel Oxtoby
This is a photograph from the 6th annual Longwood Village 10KM and 5KM Road Races and Fun Runs 2015 which were held in Longwood Village, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 18th October 2015 at 11:00. This is the sixth year which Longwood GAA/Village have hosted race events. This year's event was an outstanding success and builds on the fantastic success of last year's race. The overall number of participants, including walkers, was over 440 which is up on last year's final numbers. There was over 220 runners and joggers in the 10KM while there was almost 200 runners, joggers and walkers in the 5KM. The events were organised as fundraisers for both the adult and juvenille teams at Longwood GAA club. The event also provided a fundraising opportunity for the local St. Vincent de Paul charity. Overall the whole day was a great success with the hard work put in by the organising committee ensuring that participants enjoyed their race experience. Both routes were accurately measured, kilometer points clearly marked, junctions well stewarded, and electronic timing provided. The event provided many local runners, joggers, fun runners and walkers with a local event to support whilst at the same time providing runners preparing for events such as the Dublin marathon with an opportunity to race a short, fast, distance in the lead up to marathon day. The GAA club provided excellent stewarding and traffic management all around the course. The race had a professional feel to it and it is sure to grow next year given the very positive feedback from many of the participants today.
This photograph is part of a larger set of photographs taken at the event. There were photographs taken at the start of the races and the finishes of both races in Longwood GAA. The full set is available at this link www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157660017638535
Longwood is a small village in South East Co. Meath and is close to the town of Enfield with access to the M4 Motorway. The weather was almost perfect for road running. A beautiful crisp autumn morning with dry cool conditions. 5KM Course: The 5KM started in Longwood village. Runners then took a left turn in the Village down St. Oliver's Road. This straight section of road brings runners to a left turn onto a very well maintained boreen road for less than one kilometer. The race then emerges and joins with the 10KM at Stoneyford where the runners take a left and then another left before arriving back at the finish line in Longwood GAA club. Overall this is a very fast and flat 5KM with no hills to speak of.
10KM Course: The 10KM event begins in Longwood Village outside Dargan's Pub and proceeds westward out of the village. There are some interesting points along this part of the course. At the 2KM point the runners will run under the double bridges - an aquaduct for the Royal Canal and a bridge carrying the Dublin Sligo Railway line. The race then enters county Kildare just before the 3km and after taking a right turn at the four-cross roads known locally as Lally's Cross it returns to County Meath on top of the River Boyne Bridge (Ashfield Bridge) which forms the county boundary. The race follows a straight road for the next 2KM until runners encounter Blackshade bridge which is the toughest climb on the route. As a point of interest Blackshade bridge brings runners back over the Royal Canal and the Railway line. The race then crosses the River Boyne again at Stoneyford before taking a right which will bring runners on a testing two kilometer stretch with some short hills. The 10KM course then joins with the 5Km course for the final 1.5KM back to Longwood GAA club for the finish.
Some useful Web Links
www.facebook.com/longwoodroadrace?fref=ts (may require Facebook logon)
Longwood GAA Facebook: www.facebook.com/longwoodgaa (may require Facebook logon)
Official Race Website: www.peterm7.com/longwood10K5K/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157648845224981/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157636477484093/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631820426332/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627782257481/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625058772687/
Garmin GPS Trace for the 5KM Event in 2013: connect.garmin.com/player/238527691
Garmin GPS Trace for the 10KM Event in 2013: connect.garmin.com/activity/387453099
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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 takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
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Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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Built over a prosperous and ancient Celt settlement founded in the 9th century BC, Conimbriga became part of the Roman Empire around the 1st century BC. Having a fast romanization process, it achieved its maximum wealth during the Emperor Augustus reign.
A forum, a basilica, thermal complex, amphitheatre, aqueduct and other facilities were built to serve a growing and rich population. Still, with the continuous collapse of the Empire, in 468 the Suevos invaded the city marking its decline. By the 7th/8th century the population abandoned completely this place, going to nearby Coimbra or to found Condeixa-a-Velha.
Although only about 10% of the city is now explored, it already stands as the best-preserved Roman city in Portuguese territory even if it was not the most important. Many new things are to be discovered, and nowadays we can already visit very interesting items like the “Cantaber House” which is one of the largest and richest in the western part of the empire.
About 70 people came to hear Claire Theaker-Brown of Flatter Me Belts, Shane Pawluk of IZM and Alison McMahon of TwoFold talk about turning great ideas into great products. The panel was held at the Edmonton Journal on March 18, 2015, and was moderated by Karen Unland.
British Ambassador Leigh Turner and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov listen to questions from British business leaders.
How to Use Your GOD Power
.To Get Everything You Ever Wanted and
Live the Life of Your Dreams
"The Master's Course"
By: Richard Lee McKim Jr.
Contents:
1.
Questions And Answers About
"Your God Power" What Is It?
2.
Watch The Entire Course Online For
The YouTube "Video Book" Links
(Listed In Chapter Order)
3.
Selected Course Videos Including
Well Known Experts & Important Subjects
(The YouTube Links)
4.
Where To Buy The Course (The Links)
5.
Why Is This Course On-Line for ?
& Contact The Author (E-Mail Address)
1.
Questions & Answers About
"Your God Power"
What is Your "God Power?"
Your God Power, is: "The ability to Change Reality." Our Realities are changeable, and are in fact, changing all the time. Miracles are examples of a drastic and unexpected, beneficial change in Reality. The Placebo Effect, is a change in Reality, where a sugar pill with no medicinal qualities, is able to cure a terminally ill patient. In the "Normal Reality," the pill has no beneficial effect. It is just sugar. However, when a patient believes that the sugar pill is a special medicine, a Miracle cure, it "Becomes" a miracle cure. The Patient used his "God Power," to change his own Reality.
We were made in the "Likeness of God." That "Likeness," is our ability to Change Our Own Realities. That is the ability that You were given at birth, "Your God Power."
Your ability to Change Your Reality, is not limited to improving Your Health. You have the ability to change the Reality of Your Circumstances, Your Health, Your Love Life, Your Financial Situation, and even Your World.
How Does Your God Power Work?
Your Reality is based on "Meanings," Your Meanings. Whatever something "Means" to You, creates the Reality of it. It is a change in "Meaning." that creates a Change in Reality.
For Example. When a Patient takes a sugar pill, and he Knows that it is a sugar pill, what does that Mean to him? It means that he will gain a few calories from the sugar that he has just taken. However, if he thinks and Believes that the pill is some special Miracle Drug, that will cure him, what does that Mean? It means, that if he swallows that pill, he will be cured, and so, the sugar, becomes able to actually cure a terminal illness. The "Facts," were not changed. He still took a pill made of sugar, but, its Meaning was changed, which changed his Reality.
When someone is engulfed in a dreadful situation, that is expected to have dire consequences, what does that Mean? It Means, that there will be an unfortunate outcome. However, if the person prays to God, for a Miracle, what does that Mean? That Means, that God will now intervene in this situation, and create a favorable outcome. Praying to God, Means a favorable outcome is eminent. The Meaning has changed, and therefore, the Reality has changed. Impossible situations, suddenly "Become" resolved. That is how Your God Power works.
Watch this short Video For A
Better Understanding of "Meanings"
How To Use Your God Power -
The Meaning of "Meanings"
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Is This The Same As The
"Law of Attraction?"
The "Law of Attraction" is generally thought of as "Like Attracts Like." Technically, "The Results are Elicited by the Resonant Attraction of the Meaning." In other words, when taking a Pill Means that You will get well; the Meaning of Getting Well elicits, or attracts, the "Like Result" of Good Health. That is "Like Attracts Like."
The "Attraction" is always based on the Meaning of the situation, and NOT the facts. It is the Meaning of taking a miracle drug that heals the patient, not, the sugar in the pill. It is the Meaning of Feeling Lucky, and not the actual Lucky item, that attracts (Elicits) the fortuitous circumstances.
Aren't "Feelings"
The Basis of Attraction?
"Feelings" are NOT the basis of Attraction. Feelings are the "Indicator" of what You are attracting. It is ALWAYS the "Meaning" that is the Basis of what you are attracting into your experience.
In example. If the Doctor tells you that You have a terminal Disease and there is no chance that you will survive, that "Means" that you will Die Soon. That "Meaning" makes you FEEL bad, and you "Elicit" Death as a Result. Not form the Feeling, but from the Meaning, that resulted in Your Bad Feeling. However, if the Doctor tells you that he has a "Miracle Drug" that will cure you, that "Means" that You will survive and Live. That results in a GOOD Feeling. You will then "Elicit" Healing and good Health from the "Meaning" that You will survive. Note: It doesn't matter whether the Drug is Real or not. If what the Doctor gives You "Means" that you will now Survive, you will. It is ALWAYS the "Meaning" First, then the Resulting Feeling and Elicited Results, come after that.
Isn't There Just
One Reality For All?
No. Every Person has their own, separate Reality. They may look alike, and seem the same, but, they are all individual Realities. One Person takes the Sugar pill, and gets well, and another takes the same pill and dies. The facts were the same, but, the Meanings and resulting Realities were different. One Person gets a Miracle and another in the same situation, does not. One Person always seems to get the "Lucky" breaks, and another Person in the same exact situation, never does. While they may have both believed in the pill or both expected a Miracle consciously, Subconsciously, their Beliefs, Meanings, and expectations may have been different. They are different Realities, which are creating (Eliciting) different Results.
Is "Luck" Real?
YES! Luck is Real. When You carry Your "Lucky" item in Your pocket, for example, what does that "Mean" to You? Does that "Mean" that You will be Lucky? If so, then You will "Become" Lucky, not because You have the Lucky Item, but, because it "Means Good Luck For You." Can You be "Un-Lucky?" Yes You Can. What does it Mean to You, when every Job that You have ever had, or Mate that You have ever had, didn't work out? Does it mean that You are "Un-Lucky" in Love, or life? If so, then You will "Become" Un-Lucky, in Reality.
Isn't It Just "Fate?"
Yes it is, but, not in the way that You think of "Fate." We all have certain Beliefs, Meanings and Expectations in our Lives. These Meanings are "Eliciting" and Manifesting certain Results into our Experience. That might be thought of as our "Fate." Fate is the cascading results of our Meanings and Beliefs, whether they Manifest in the next 5 Minutes or the next 50 Years. We can control our Fate, by deciding on, and controlling our Beliefs and Meanings.
"While We Are Destined To
Experience the Results of Fate,
We Have the Free Will to
Decide What Our Fates Will Be."
R.L.M.
How Will This Course Help Me?
This Course shows You step by step, how the Universe Really Works. You will learn exactly how to Create Your Own Personal Reality to Get Everything You Ever Wanted, and Live the Life of Your Dreams.
You Will Learn:
What Your God Power Is
The Meaning of Your Life
How Reality Works
How "The Law Of Attraction" Actually Works
(Exactly How "Like Attracts Like")
How To Create and Change Your Own Reality
How To Be Successful
How To Change Your Body
How To Reverse Aging
How To Get Well
How To Get Thin
How To Improve Your Love Life
How To Develop Special Abilities
How To Silence The Critics
How To Change Your World
Why Is This A "Course"
And Not Just A Book?
This information has been made available in Course Form, in order to help You learn the Material in the quickest and Easiest way possible. The Course includes The following:
The 555 Page, Fully Integrated, E-Book
The 35 Hour Audio Book
The Slide-Show Presentation with 1,500 Slides
The 51 Hour Flash Movie Presentation
100+ Video Examples
100+ Illustration Files
Free Software
Watch a short Video on all the Features of the
Course and what it includes, Click on this Link:
How To Use Your God Power -
Course Features
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2.
Watch The Entire Course Online For
The YouTube "Video Book" Links
(Listed In Chapter Order)
The Entire Course "Video-Book"
Is Available On Line, In The
"High Definition Interactive" Format.
The On-Line "Video-Book" is in 270 Video Segments, and covers the entire course. They are All Available on YouTube. Each "Video-Book" Segment includes Links to Video Examples, Downloadable On-Line Illustrations, and other Websites that are Mentioned in that segment. Every Segment has links to the Next Segment that You should watch in the Course.
This Course is Presented in the easy to use "High Definition Interactive" Format for easy Navigation and Viewing. Below are the "Interactive Video Book" Features.
This Is The Main View. The Video Book Plays
In The Middle Between The Two Control Panels.
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All The Video Example Links and The Course Illustration
Links, are Listed In The Notes Section, Under The Video.
These Are The Video Book Control Buttons and
What Each One Does. These Buttons are Also "Clickable."
(Click On Them To See How They Work)
This Button Takes You Back to The Video Before This One & Skips Past The Video Introduction