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A grey day on Islay. But it didn't stop us getting out. A walk to a secluded (think no parking, 3 barbed wire fences, a bog and a herd of cattle) beach took up most of the day.

You can't say I didn't warn you that there were going to be a lot of photos on here today!

Primerica Breakers 046 by Primerica, Inc.

Long Beach Breaker Girls Audition 8 by Thomas Wasper

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Long Beach Breakers cheerleader auditions.

Bay to Breakers 2008: Con at the Finish Line by Sam M. Usubi

In what other race can you dress up in a ridiculous costume, get drunk, and cross the finish line with beer in hand?

Con living the "High Life" at the end of Bay to Breakers 2008.

Breakers-Thorns-0534 by Clark Linehan

Circuit Breakers 002vfw by CowgirlsRule

Bay to Breakers by heidibubar

Pirate with a broken foot

Breakers Post-Game by M Shaw

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ReignFC v. Boston Breakers 4.13.14

Primerica Breakers 027 by Primerica, Inc.

Breakers by Christine Landsberg

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Rocky Bay, KZN

Breaker by TJW Art

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The Breakers PB272445 by h_wang_02

The Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages" and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial preeminence in turn of the century America.

Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) established the family fortune in steamships and later in the New York Central Railroad, which was a pivotal development in the industrial growth of the nation during the late 19th century.

The Commodore's grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, became The Breakers dining roomChairman and President of the New York Central Railroad system in 1885, and purchased a wooden house called The Breakers in Newport during that same year. In 1893, he commissioned architect Richard Morris Hunt to design a villa to replace the earlier wood-framed house which was destroyed by fire the previous year. Hunt directed an international team of craftsmen and artisans to create a 70 room Italian Renaissance- style palazzo inspired by the 16th century palaces of Genoa and Turin. Allard and Sons of Paris assisted Hunt with furnishings and fixtures, Austro-American sculptor Karl Bitter designed relief sculpture, and Boston architect Ogden Codman decorated the family quarters.

The Vanderbilts had seven children. Their youngest daughter, Gladys, who married Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary, inherited the house on her mother's death in 1934. An ardent supporter of The Preservation Society of Newport County, she opened The Breakers in 1948 to raise funds for the Society. In 1972, the Preservation Society purchased the house from her heirs. Today, the house is designated a National Historic Landmark.

DSC_8686 by Daniel Levine