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Photos taken by Harold Baquet Oct. 9, 2012.
RIVER FATALITY.
SUVA FIRE CHIEF.
DROWNED WHILE BOATING.
FORMER AUCKLAND FIREMAN.
Drowned on Wednesday while boating on the Kewa River, about eight miles from Suva, the body of Mr. George Claude Bright, an ex-Aucklander and superintendent of the Suva Fire Brigade, was recovered from the river this morning, according to advise contained in a Press Association cable from Suva.
The first news of the tragedy was contained in a cablegram received by Auckland relatives of Mr. Bright yesterday from the Suva Fire Board and sent to the Central Fire Station, Auckland, where a brother, Mr. Eric Bright, is employed.
The dead man, whose mother, Mrs. H. Bright, lives at 24, Bossmay Terrace, Sandringham, was born at Sydney, but lived most of his life in Auckland, where he was educated. He joined the staff of the Central Fire Station at the age of 21, remaining there until he went to Suva as deputy-superintendent 12 years ago. He later succeeded as superintendent Mr. F. F. Herring, who is now a member of the Western Districts brigade. Mr. Bright was largely responsible for the inauguration of a superannuation scheme for the staff, to commence in January, and he received high praise for his work in the disastrous fire at the copra store of Morris, Hedstrom, Limited, in March, 1937, when he severely burned his right arm. He visited Auckland last June on furlough.
Another brother, Mr. R. W. Bright, was formerly a member of the Auckland Central Brigade.
Later advice received in Auckland stated that a brigade funeral would be held in Suva this afternoon.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19381216.2.135
FIREMAN KILLED
DEATH WHILE ON DUTY WAR SERVICE OVERSEAS A fireman from the Auckland central fire station. Mr. Eric Bright, single, aged 28, of 24 Rosmay Terrace, Sandringham, was killed while working at a fire in the city yesterday morning.
Joining the fire brigade in 1937, Mr Bright returned to work only three months ago after service with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in all its Middle East campaigns. He left New Zealand in October. 1940, and took part in the fighting in Greece, Crete and Libya. He was wounded in the leg during the final assault on El Alamein, and was invalided home last February. After massage treatment at the Auckland Hospital, he was able to resume work on July 29.
The superintendent of the fire brigade. Mr. W. L. Wilson, said yesterday that the late Mr. Bright was one of the best men on the staff, and was very popular. Only three Auckland firemen had been killed while on duty during the past 40 years, he said. Such a tragedy had not occurred since April, 1928, when Mr. Rholda George Beuth, aged 22, died as the result of being sprayed with burning oil during a fire in Beaumont Street, City.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19431116.2.23
FIREMAN'S BURIAL
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
WIDE REPRESENTATION
Impressive ceremony marked the funeral yesterday afternoon of Fireman Eric Bright, aged 28, a member of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Brigade, who was killed while on duty at a city fire on Monday. Services at the central fire station and at Waikumete Cemetery were conducted by the Rev. J. C. Guinness and were attended by a large number of visiting firemen and representatives of the Metropolitan Fire Board, the armed forces, the police force, the St. John Ambulance Brigade and various local bodies and other organisations. There were hundreds of wreaths from all parts of the country.
From the fire station to the top of Ponsonby Road the fire engine, bearing Fireman Bright's coffin, was preceded by the Northern Military District Artillery Band playing the Dead March in Saul, representatives of the services and the police force and several hundred firemen and ex-firemen. Among these was Mr. G. Wildish, aged 78, who was formerly chairman of the Gisborne Fire Board and president of the United Fire Brigades' Association. Beside the coffin marched eight firemen in full uniform, their brass helmets glistening in the sunshine. The deceased fireman's helmet, axe and belt rested on the coffin, which was draped with the Union Jack. Four engines followed directly behind the hearse.
The ranks split at Ponsonby Road and the hearse went to the head of the procession. It was followed by three trucks covered with wreaths. Three short services were held at the graveside. The burial service was followed by one conducted by a representative of the Fountain of Friendship Lodge, of which the deceased was a member. Captain T. J. Watts, president of the United Fire Brigades' Association, also conducted a service. At the conclusion, all the members of the fire brigade, the Emergency Fire Service and former firemen, filed past the grave and saluted. All firemen's medals were covered with black cloth.
The Metropolitan Fire Board was represented by the chairman, Mr. B. Brigham, and the members and the Fire Brigade bv the superintendent, Mr. W. L. Wilson. Mr. G. A. McKenzie, deputy-superintendent, was responsible for the arrangements and the brigade third officer. Mr. E. Ander, had charge of the pallbearers.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19431118.2.51
Images from funeral:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19431118.2.54
BRIGHT.—The Family of the late Fireman Eric Sydney Bright, ex 2nd N.Z.E.F., wish to thank the Metropolitan and all branches of the fire services for their kindness and expressions of sympathy shown them in their sad and tragic loss; also the many local bodies and other organisations. Special thanks to his comrades of Ward 31, Military Annexe, and Mr. and Mrs. Maddaford.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19431120.2.8
View and/or contribute to Eric’s profile on the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph data base:
www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/recor...
Plot 111: George Claude Bright (44) 14/7/1919
Eric Sydney Bright (28) 1943 – Fire Brigadesman
Plot 111-113: Harriet Bright (66) 31/5/1940 – Widow
Gertrude Anna Fleming (90) 2001 – Widow
Plot 113: Raymond John Bright (13) 1920 – Student
Alice Vida Harpour (72) 1972 – Widow
In Loving Memory
Of
our dear mother and father
GEORGE CLAUDE AND HARRIETT
BRIGHT
Also our dear brothers
GEORGE CLAUDE
died at Suva December 14th 1938
aged 35
RAYMOND JOHN
died 15th August 1920 aged 13
Sgt. ERIC SYDNEY BRIGHT
28116 2nd N.Z.E.F.
Died 15th November 1943 aged 28
Peace Perfect Peace
In Loving Memory Of
ALICE VIDA HARPOUR
elder daughter of
George and Harriett Bright
Died 8th June 1972
in her 73rd year.
In Loving Memory of
GERTRUDE ANNA FLEMING
11-9-1911 – 25-1-2001
Mother of David
and 2nd daughter of
Herbert and Alice Bright
Rest peacefully
BRIGHT.—On July 14. at Auckland, George Claude, dearly loved husband of Harriet Bright, of Parrish Road, Edendale; in his forty-fifth year. Peace, perfect peace.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19190715.2.130
BRIGHT.— August 15. at the Auckland Hospital, Raymond John, the dearly-loved third son of Harriet and the late George Bright, of 27, Eden Crescent. City; in his 13th year.—His suffering o'er, peace, perfect peace.
Private interment.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19200817.2.2.4
BRIGHT.—On December 14, at Suva, Fiji, accidentally drowned, George Claude Bright, beloved eldest son of Mrs. H. Bright. and the late Mr. G. C. Bright, of Rossmay Terrace, Morningside; aged 35. (By cable.)
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19381216.2.4
BRIGHT. — On May 31, at Auckland Hospital. Harriet, dearly beloved wife of the late George Claude, and cherished mother of the late George and Raymond, loved mother of Vida. Zillah, Gertie, Raymond and Eric. Peace, perfect peace. Requiem service will be held at 1.45 p.m. Saturday June 1, at St. George's Church. Kingsland, leaving for Waikumete Cemetery.
BRIGHT. - On May 31. at Auckland Hospital, Harriet, dearly beloved mother and grandmother of Gertrude, Reg and Dawn R.I.P
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19400531.2.3
BRIGHT.—On November 15 (accidentally killed). Eric Sydney, dearly-beloved youngest son of the late George Claude and Harriet Bright and the loved brother of Vida, Zillah, Gertie and Roland (overseas), and the late Gertrude and Raymond. —Peace, perfect peace. A service will be held at the Central Fire Station to-morrow (Wednesday), at 1.45 p.m., the funeral then leaving for Waikumete Cemetery. Floral emblems to be left at the Central Fire Station.
BRIGHT.—On November 15 (accidentally killed), Eric, loved brother of Gertrude, brother-in-law of Jim and loving uncle of Dawn; aged 28 years.
On the Edge Rally 2022
(voluntarily) once a year as a group to help set-up, run and pack down the event with money then
being distributed between our chosen charities.
The second On the Edge Rally 2022
(The 17th if you include Over the Edge Rally (18th including the Non-Attendance Rally))
Stan, and his ever-increasing band of friends and helpers known as "and Co", produce a rally full
of fun, friendliness, loud music, messing about and being silly, with an odd bit of fund-raising
for worthy causes thrown in.
On the edge is a semi-traditional rally with the usual rally games, trophies and beer but the
evening events are more Stan n' Jane and usually based on a theme. Dressing up / down is advised.
This rally is rated as P.G (Parental Guidance).
On the Edge is not a motorcycle club in a traditional sense and we only usually meet
(voluntarily) once a year as a group to help set-up, run and pack down the event with money then
being distributed between our chosen charities.
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I can advise you one thing: get in food not just means to satisfy the desire to be satiated, but also fun! Like the food — one of the most simple and accessible entertainment in this world. Glass of wine and your favorite delicacy could work wonders. And when to you it becomes a little simple gastronomic delights — I’ll always be glad to see you in his restaurant!
See more at: foodnchef.com/portfolio/jordi-joan-chef-of-the-ca-lisidre
From Wikipedia: Tory Island (official name: Toraigh and also known in Irish as Oileán Thoraigh or previously Oileán Thúr Rí) is an island in Ireland, located nine miles off the Donegal coast of Northwest Ireland. The main spoken language on the island is Irish, but English can also be understood.
The island is approximately 5 km (3 miles) long and 1 km (0.75 miles) wide. It has a population of 170, divided among four towns — An Baile Thoir (East Town), An Baile Thiar (West Town), An Lár (Middletown) and Úrbaile (Newtown). It is part of the Donegal Gaeltacht and Ulster Irish is the island's main language.
Since the 1950s, it has been home to a small community of artists, and has its own art gallery. The English artist Derek Hill is associated with the Tory artist community.
In the apocryphal history of Ireland, Lebor Gabála Érenn, Tory Island was the site of Conand's Tower, the stronghold of the Fomorians, before they were defeated by the Nemedians in a great battle on the island. The later Fomorian king Balor of the evil eye also lived here. Balor would imprison Ethlinn in a tower built atop Tor Mór (or Túr Mór in ancient Irish, meaning The High Tower). Tor Mór is the island's highest point.
The Battle of Tory Island, the last action in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, took place at sea nearby.
A king is chosen by consensus of the islanders to represent the community, a unique tradition that no longer exists anywhere else in Ireland. The current Rí Thoraí (Irish for King of Tory) is the well-known painter Patsaí Dan Mac Ruaidhrí, also known in English as Patsy Dan Rodgers. He has no formal powers, and some of his duties include being a spokesperson for the island and welcoming people to the island.
Tory island has no airport, but has regular ferry connections from Donegal. The ferry travels daily from April to October and five times a week for the rest of the year. The ferry does not take cars, but holds up to 70 passengers.
During the winter months the boat may be unable to cross due to rough seas but from November to March there is a small 4 seater helicopter that does a run from Falcarragh to Tory every other Thursday
Despite its small geographical size, Tory Island is rich in historical and mythological sites, often tied to the island's beautiful and dramatic landscape features. A blend of Christian and Celtic traditions are noticeable in the descriptions of the island's features below:
Dún Bhaloir (Balor's fort): Located on the eastern side of the island, the peninsula is surrounded on three sides by 90m-high cliffs, and is virtually impregnable. Balor's fort is only accessible by crossing a narrow isthmus, defended by four earthen embankments.
View from Dún BhaloirAn Eochair Mhór (The big key) is a long, steep-sided spur jutting from the east side of the peninsula and ending in a crag called An Tor Mór (the big rock).
Saighdiúirí Bhaloir (Balor's soldiers): An Eochair Mhór has prominent rocky pinnacles known as Balor's soldiers. They give the spur a 'toothed' appearance, hence the name, The big key.
The Wishing Stone' is a precipitous flat-topped rock beside the northern cliff-face of Balor's Fort. Traditionally, a wish is granted to anyone foolhardy enough to step onto the rock, or who succeeds in throwing three stones onto it. Please note: the rock is extremely dangerous, and visitors are strongly advised not to approach it.
An Cloigtheach (The Bell Tower) is the most impressive structure to have survived the destruction of the monastery of Colmcille. A monastery was founded on Tory in the 6th century by Colmcille, an influential missionary of the day. The monastery dominated life on Tory until 1595, when it was plundered and destroyed by English troops, waging a war of suppression against local chieftains. The tower was built in the 6th or 7th century, probably to give warning of attacks from the sea.
The Tau Cross (a t-shaped cross) is believed to date from the 12th century. It is one of only two Tau crosses in Ireland (the other in Kilnaboy, County Clare).
Móirsheisear (Church of the Seven): Móirsheisear, which actually translates as 'big six' - an archaic term for seven - is the tomb of seven people, six men and one woman, who drowned when their boat capsized off Scoilt an Mhóirsheisear (the cleft of the seven) on the island's northwest coast. According to local superstition, clay from the woman's grave has the power to ward off vermin.
The Lighthouse, standing at the west end of the island, was built between 1828 and 1832 to a design by George Halpin, a well-known designer of Irish lighthouses. In April 1990 the lighthouse was automated. The lighthouse is one of three in Ireland in which a reference station for the Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) is installed. This satellite-tracking system, managed by the US Department of Defence, allows ships and boats to locate their position at any time.
The Torpedo: A torpedo can be seen midway between An Baile Thiar and An Baile Thoir. It washed ashore during World War 2 and was defused and erected at its present location.
The island is an important breeding site for Corn Crakes (Crex crex) whose numbers have fallen in other locations with the intensification of agriculture.
Ancient records of the flora and fauna of this island can be found in Hyndman's notes on the history of the island. Algae found locally includes: Fucus vesiculosus, Fucus nodosus, Himanthalia lorea, Laminaria digitata, Rhodomenia laciniata, Plocamium coccineum, Ptilota plumosa, Conferva rupestrus, Codium tomtntosum, Codium adhaerens det Dr Harvey
When I first saw this a few years ago I was advised that it was not an art installation and that it was in fact part of an expensive ventilation system. As I liked these dark blocks I began to believe that it was a modern sculpture and then one day I saw a notice nearby indicating that it was “8 Limestones” by Ulrich Rückriem.
Ulrich Rückriem completed an apprenticeship as a stone mason in Düren from 1957 to 1959 and spent the following two years working as journeyman for the stonemason's lodge at Cologne cathedral. During these years he also spent two semesters studying at the Cologne Werkschulen under Ludwig Gies. Rückriem travelled extensively through southern Europe, Morocco and Tunisia in 1962. After his return he decided to become a sculptor and settled in Nörvenich near Düren in 1963. He had his first one-man exhibition one year later at the Leopold-Hoesch Museum in Düren.
Rückriem developed his own working method in 1968. The working material and the working process are made the subject of the work by duplicating, splitting, reducing and slightly changing the original material. The sculptor moved to Mönchengladbach in 1969, where he shared a studio with Blinky Palermo in an old factory. His first exhibition with the new stone sculptures took place in the same year at the Galerie Konrad Fischer in Düsseldorf.
Rückriem's work was much praised in the following years with important exhibitions, such as at the Haus Lange in Krefeld in 1970. Rückriem exhibited works at the documenta 5, 7, 8 and 9 in Kassel between 1972 and 1992. He was a professor of sculpture at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg from 1974 to 1984. Rückriem expanded his range of working materials at the end of the 1970s and began experimenting with granite, dolomite, wood and iron. He exhibited four split dolomites at the biennal in Venice in 1978. Ulrich Rückriem became professor of sculpture at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf in 1984 and then at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt am Main in 1988. Today, the artist lives in Ireland. His self-reflective works in stone, iron and wood are an important contribution to process art.
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
This is a photograph from the Ringtown GAA Club Half Marathon and 10KM Road Races, fun runs, and walks which were held in Whitehall, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Easter Sunday (April 21st 2014) at 11:15 and 11:30 respectively. Ringtown GAA club is situated in Whitehall which is on the R394 between Mullingar and Castlepollard. The GAA club is shown here on Google Streetview [goo.gl/maps/UI9tD]. The half marathon started outside the GAA club. The 10KM race started about 1KM away from the start/finish area. Both races shared the same route. The race event was also a fundraiser for the charity TEAM (Temporary Emergency Accomodation Mullingar) which provides emergency accomodation for women and children of the midlands who are subject of domestic and sexual violence. They are located at Teach Fáilte, Green Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
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.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
Ringtown Hurling Club on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ringtown.hurlingclub?ref=ts&fref=ts
The half marathon started at the GAA club. The main loop of 6 miles started here and proceeded around some beautiful rural back roads with major turns at [goo.gl/maps/8Iw9S], [goo.gl/maps/in6yE], and goo.gl/maps/JJzwM before joining up with the R394 and Castlepollard and returning back to Ringtown/Whitehall.
This was the GAA club's first attempt at staging a running event and the overwhelming reaction of participants was that it went perfectly. There was a team of Motorcycle outriders and Gardai who expertly controlled traffic flow (particularly along the very busy R394) and made for very safe running conditions for all participants. There was a wonderful selection of refreshments provided afterwards and maybe people were able to sit out in the sun and enjoy a well earned rest after the race. Shower facilities were provided in the GAA club.
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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This is a photograph from the Ringtown GAA Club Half Marathon and 10KM Road Races, fun runs, and walks which were held in Whitehall, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Easter Monday (April 21st 2014) at 11:15 and 11:30 respectively. Ringtown GAA club is situated in Whitehall which is on the R394 between Mullingar and Castlepollard. The GAA club is shown here on Google Streetview [goo.gl/maps/UI9tD]. The half marathon started outside the GAA club. The 10KM race started about 1KM away from the start/finish area. Both races shared the same route. The race event was also a fundraiser for the charity TEAM (Temporary Emergency Accomodation Mullingar) which provides emergency accomodation for women and children of the midlands who are subject of domestic and sexual violence. They are located at Teach Fáilte, Green Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
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Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
Ringtown Hurling Club on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ringtown.hurlingclub?ref=ts&fref=ts
The half marathon started at the GAA club. The main loop of 6 miles started here and proceeded around some beautiful rural back roads with major turns at [goo.gl/maps/8Iw9S], [goo.gl/maps/in6yE], and goo.gl/maps/JJzwM before joining up with the R394 and Castlepollard and returning back to Ringtown/Whitehall.
This was the GAA club's first attempt at staging a running event and the overwhelming reaction of participants was that it went perfectly. There was a team of Motorcycle outriders and Gardai who expertly controlled traffic flow (particularly along the very busy R394) and made for very safe running conditions for all participants. There was a wonderful selection of refreshments provided afterwards and maybe people were able to sit out in the sun and enjoy a well earned rest after the race. Shower facilities were provided in the GAA club.
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person based in Kent who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them but just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 15, 2010) - Afghan election officials sit next to ballot boxes and portable voting booths in the belly of an MI-17 helicopter. The Kandahar Air Wing based in Kandahar Airfield is delivering ballots and transporting election officials to locations that are too dangerous or remote for ground transport days prior to parliamentary elections Sept. 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/RELEASED)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Luz Natalia Gonzalez, a military police Soldier assigned to “Punishers” Provincial Police Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, conducts a security patrol outside of the Domies Police Headquarters in Kirkuk City, Iraq, July 31, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N)
Wake Forest professor Nate French leads a group advising session with his first year advisees, in Reynolda Hall on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
by Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek
Defense Media Activity
5/4/2012 - FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- Walking almost 90 miles, 36 Airmen completed the Air Advisor Memorial Ruck March from New York City to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 26-27.
The march, which started at One World Trade Center and ended at the Air Advisor Academy, was in remembrance of the deaths of nine U.S. air advisors in Afghanistan.
On the morning of April 27, 2011, an Afghan Air Force lieutenant colonel walked into the Afghan Air Command and Control Center at the Kabul Air Command Headquarters and, without warning or provocation, opened fire, killing eight active-duty U.S. Airmen and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. Those nine service members came from various bases and specialties, but were working together for a common mission: advising the Afghan military.
"It was a unique situation," said Lt. Col. J.D. Scott II, the march coordinator and chief of core knowledge at the Air Advisor Academy. "It didn't happen for a particular base. It didn't happen for a particular squadron or base or even for a particular (Air Force Specialty Code).
"Because of that, remembering their sacrifice may not have been captured as a whole," Scott continued. "The individual would have been honored at their base, but the mission of the entire of the team would not have been recognized."
Since all of the nine went through the Air Advisor Academy, Col. John Holm, the academy's commandant, decided that would be the place to honor their sacrifice as a team, Scott said. Holm made plans to create a physical memorial, but a plethora of obstacles made it impossible to complete the memorial by the one year anniversary of the tragic event. One of the obstacles was funding.
Holm and his team came up with idea of a ruck march to both honor the fallen air advisors and act as a fundraiser to help build the physical memorial. Scott was put in charge of organizing the march and, in just two weeks, succeeded in gathering people from Dover AFB, Del., to Eielson AFB, Alaska, for the march. Each marcher knew at least one of the nine fallen air advisors in some way.
"Master Sgt. Tara Brown and Maj. Phil Ambard both lived three and four doors down from me in the dorms," said Tech. Sgt. Brian Christiansen, a photographer with the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte, N.C., who was deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan at the same time as the air advisors. "Both were incredibly friendly people. And I met several of them (the morning of the shooting) as I walked into my building and opened the door and they walked out."
Those personal connections to the fallen service members and their families drew the 36 marchers together, Scott said.
"They were coming in from all over," he said. "That's kind of representative of the nine that we lost. They came from all over the Air Force to serve a single mission as an air advisor. So the marchers that were honoring them came from all over the Air Force to remember them."
Each paid their own way to New York City to honor their fallen friends and show their families that they haven't forgotten their loved one's sacrifice. The event also drew in another 14 volunteers to help with everything from transportation to food to health and care coverage.
The marchers were broken up into four teams, each set to march three legs of 7.3 miles. During their leg, each marcher carried a ruck sack with a paver stone inside, each stone engraved with the name of a fallen air advisor and to be laid at the memorial on JB MDL.
Holm and his nine-person team kicked off the march at 9:11 a.m. April 26. However, rather than just start off near ground zero, the colonel wanted to do something more for his fallen comrades.
"We wanted to honor them by doing something significant, and to me starting at the top of the World Trade Center was it," Holm said. "We had those ruck sacks on the entire tour. It was all symbolic and important to us in our own personal, different ways. For me, it was probably the biggest single gesture we could do short of opening up (the academy's) memorial ourselves."
The significance of the march touched a lot of people along the way, starting with the One World Trade Center steel workers, who gave the Airmen a standing ovation as they marched through the structure. Other people along their route also showed their appreciation by stopping to give hugs, encouragement, thanks and even money toward the memorial.
As they traveled by foot from New York to New Jersey, state and local police departments provided escort, each district calling the next to inform them of what the Airmen were doing, Holm said. The marchers were even given a chance to rest and eat at the fire departments in both Elizabeth, N.J., and Jersey City, N.J. It was a sign of support of both the Airmen marching and the fallen air advisors, he said.
When the fourth team finished their last leg, the marchers were 1.1 miles from the construction site of the Air Advisor Memorial on JB MDL. All 36 marchers gathered together in formation and made their way through the base gate. What met them there was surprise to all.
"Security forces closed down the road and gave us police escort in," Scott said. "There were numerous amounts of people from the front gate to the memorial lining the street on both sides, just cheering us on in.
"The fact that the base community just embraces us and cheered us in on those final steps, it's very inspiring," he added.
It was an emotional moment for Christiansen as well. He was present at the base when the air advisors were killed and attended their dignified transfer ceremony. However, each person was laid to rest in different locations around the U.S., so he never got to have closure.
Christiansen said the real impact came when he saw the road signs leading to the installation. "That's when it really started to hit in not that we're all going to do this, but this is for real. We've done this for the families, we've done this for our fallen brothers and sister. It was pretty easy to get caught up in the emotion there.
"The ceremony of laying the bricks down was really powerful," he added. "It brought some serious closure."
For Chaplain Maj. Eric Boyer, who said the opening prayer for the stone laying ceremony, it was a bittersweet chance to pay tribute to two of the officers that he had a connection to.
"It makes me proud to know that their sacrifice will be honored and will be remembered," he said. "Every Air Advisor who comes through the academy here is going to recognize the price that has been paid by their predecessors."
Prior to entering military service, Boyer knew Lt. Col. Frank Bryant from their hometown of Knoxville, Tenn., where he served as Bryant's wrestling coach.
Boyer also served as squadron chaplain for Maj. Jeffery Ausborn while at Joint Base San Antonio in 2011, but had already changed duty station's to JB MDL when he got the word about Ausborn's death. His biggest regret was not being able to preside over his funeral service.
"It meant a lot to me to be able to say something to honor his memory here, since I wasn't able to speak at his memorial ceremony back at his home station," he said.
While the ruck march and stone-laying ceremony brought some closure for Christiansen and others, the construction of the memorial itself is still ongoing. However, between the pledges for the marchers, donations received during the march as well as T-shirt and brick sales, Holm estimated that the team has raised almost $10,000 toward the memorial just through this one event.
"We have that feeling that we did the right thing just by honoring our comrades, regardless of what money we raised," Holm said. "That was a tremendous feeling."
The Air Advisor Memorial is scheduled to be unveiled July 27. For more information on the memorial, visit www.airadvisormemorial.org
The mission of Loyola University New Orleans is to provide quality academic advising that strives to educate the whole person and to empower students to make informed decisions.
Photos taken by Harold Baquet Oct. 9, 2012.
The mission of Loyola University New Orleans is to provide quality academic advising that strives to educate the whole person and to empower students to make informed decisions.
Photos taken by Harold Baquet Oct. 9, 2012.
we stumbled upon a nudist beach - it was about 5 degrees celcius and there were people sunbathing on it, madness.
on tumblr
The mission of Loyola University New Orleans is to provide quality academic advising that strives to educate the whole person and to empower students to make informed decisions.
Photos taken by Harold Baquet Oct. 9, 2012.
Every few weeks or so I make an ill-advised comment on some blog or posting or other, sometimes my own, and live to regret it. I guess it happens to all of us from time to time, but it always comes as a bit of a shock as to how stupid we can be if we let our fingers do the talking before we've put our brains into gear.
This was the case yesterday, when I made what I thought was 'fun' of a photo posted on Facebook. The picture was a woman reclining and I foolishly suggested that the merit of the piece subsisted principally in the model having large breasts. Technically, I think it's fair to say the shot wasn't spectacular, including dodgy composition and posing, but I think it was an amateur shoot anyway.
Well, to cut a short story even shorter, my sly cynicism didn't go down too well, and although I published a follow-up reconciliatory comment that still didn't seem to calm things so in the end I apologised and deleted both.
In the end I think my comments were valid but very misplaced. Of course, by publishing on Facebook people open themselves up to comments of all sorts, but it even goes against my own principles to openly criticise or make fun of someone else's creative attempts, so for that I dis and do apologise; that was wrong I believe.
Having said all that, don't you sometimes get fed up of being nicey-nice all the time and simply long to say something is just pure, unadulterated crap, even if you are well-aware it's a (n almost) purely subjective comment which a generous person shouldn't be making?
And then there's the humour issue. Tricky with treacherous words, to be sure. Why on earth would my insinuation that nude and glamour photography is just soft porn for geeky geezers go down well in that particular forum? It's not even my suggestion, but when I read that line of thought it struck a chord. Is a black and white image of a girl with her tits out art? You can dress it up (metaphorically speaking) all you like, but in the end it's still a chick with her top off and you might ask yourself the simple question: why?
Nudity isn't new in art of course. Boobs have been bouncing all over canvases and bursting out of marble blocks for centuries, even in civilisations where a similar lack of attire in real life would be completely unacceptable.
So what is this need to depict the naked human form and pretend, at least, to elevate it to to realms of high art? After all, it's just bodies in the end, isn't it? And we're slaves to our genes which makes us find this sort of thing reasonably pleasant to look at (anyone out there procreated recently, or ever?). But whether it all comes down to base purposes or we are, in fact, able to behold a naked female form, say, and appreciate it for purely aesthetic purposes, is debatable.
I don't know about you, but I feel we've moved, as a species, towards genuinely appreciating aestheticism, but in the primordial mix I'd say there's still a large percentage of carnal lust even in the loftiest of detached gazes. That's just the way we are, it's not a criticism. Tits out, anyone?
(A Paris iPhone street photograph by Sab Will for the 'Paris and I' photo blog @ paris-and-i.parissetmefree.com )
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This is a photograph from a set of photographs taken at the second running of the Castletown-Finea/Coole/Whitehall GFC 5KM Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Finea, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday August 21st 2013 at 19:30. The race was unique in the fact that it provided participants to run in two counties (Westmeath and Cavan) and two provinces (Ulster and Leinster) in Ireland during the same race. The race started on the Cavan side of the famous bridge of Finea and finished on the banks of the river. Finea is a beautiful Irish village which is well known for its scenery and it's position in the beautiful landscape of North Westmeath amongst the lakes and hills. The area attracts tourists for fishing and game shooting every year.
The race was very well organised with excellent stewarding and support and great community involvement. Well done to everyone involved. This race has the ability to grow in strength each year.
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: There was about 150 participants of runners, joggers, and walkers.
Weather: There was mild August evening. There was a tail wind supporting the runners for the first 3Km but this turned into a strong head-wind for the final 2km of the race.
Course: The race starts and finishes at either side of the Bridge of Finea. The Bridge End Bar was the start where the race went out 400m on the Granard road and runners turned around at cone and headed back into Co. Westmeath over the bridge and the 1km mark. Following the Castlepollard Road the race took at left at the 2km and followed a loop back past the National School and back into Finea village again for a finish down on the banks of the River Inny. The course was a tough undulating course but fair. Any short hills were balanced out by adequate down-hill the other side. The stewards provided excellent traffic management on what is a busy section of road between the 1st KM and the final KM and the finish.
Location Map: Start/finish and registration took place at the Bridge (see Google StreetView Image here goo.gl/maps/1Zqek)
Refreshments: There was a very impressive selection of refreshments including sandwiches and home-made breads in the Bridge End Bar afterwards.
Some Useful Links
Wikipedia Page about Finea: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnea
FACEBOOK Page for the CFCW 5KM Run 2013 www.facebook.com/cfcw.bigfightnight
CFCW GAA Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Castletown-Finea-Coole-Whitehall-G...
The song which immortalised the Bridge of Finea - 'Come back Paddy Reilly' by Percy French - sung here by Paddy Reilly [www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmrpMT0-yo] and lyrics [www.lyricsfreak.com/i/irish+music/come+back+paddy+reilly_...]
How can I get a full resolution copy of these photographs?
All of the photographs here on this Flickr set have a visible watermark embedded in them. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available offline, free, at no cost, at full image resolution WITHOUT watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us. This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember - all we ask is for you to link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. Taking the photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc.
If you would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
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On March 11, 2017, Soldiers from Task Force Iron (3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment) found themselves in a firefight in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. For their actions during that battle,10 Soldiers were presented the Combat Infantry Badge by Brig. Gen. Charles Aris, the Commander of Train Advise and Assist Command - South, at Tarin Kot outpost in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan May 16. (Photos By Staff Sgt. Cody Harding, TAAC-S PAO)
Wake Forest professor Ted Gellar-Goad holds a group advising session for first year students in a classroom in Tribble Hall on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The students, who are all in Gellar-Goad's First Year Seminar class Beware the Ides, participate in the role playing game "Bomb the Church," in which they have to argue the relative value of human lives versus art.