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i was stopped at the light and looked at my rear view mirror. i wish i had a buddy to drive to work with... :(
A Perfect Game Plan” By Thom Cicchelli. Get in the game and take action for the environment! The saying “best alone, better together” is fitting for a major league baseball team, and also holds true when it comes to solutions to global warming. Making changes in your daily life like switching to CFL’s is a good start, but even better when combined with other efforts such as recycling, carpooling, and conserving water. Each little thing we all do adds up. And if millions of people were all making a few small changes we would definitely be on our way to solving global warming. Make a commitment to change 3 more habits today. Drink your coffee from a re-usable mug, bring your own canvas bag to the market, turn down your thermostat. Consistency is key, so keep up the positive actions. We all need to work together as a team to stop global warming. Stepping up to bat for the environment is a homerun!
Singapore, Singapore - December 21, 2021: Grab's headquarters at the One-North precinct, illuminated at night with green lighting. NASDAQ-listed Grab is the developer of a 'superapp' that provides transportation, food delivery and digital payment services in various Southeast Asian markets.
Polo Match- Barn Workshop- Military Veteran Fundraiser
Aug 12-13th Bettendorf IA, Quad Cities Area
This workshop is a fund raiser for Operation Horses and Heroes, a 501(c)(3) and will take place at the Quad Cities Polo Club and surrounding area on August 12 and 13th, The tour will consist of premium access to photograph the horses before and during the polo match on Saturday afternoon, a group dinner, an overnight stay in a local hotel and a barn or horse barn photographic workshop inside three barns the next morning.
The price for this workshop is $100 and is entirely tax deductible as Keith and Tony are donating all their fees to the not-for-profit and the gate for the match has been waived. The fee covers admission to the polo field and the guided barn workshop the next day. The only out of pocket will be gas and tolls, dinner and the hotel room that will be reserved for you. We will spend a maximum of 1 hour at each barn, giving time to shoot and get individual instruction. We will suggest and help arrange carpooling. The group would be capped at 20 people.
Upon registration you will receive the exact location, parking instructions, photography gear recommendations, and any other vital information to make this a fun, comfortable learning experience. Since this is the first time for the Polo Field hosting such an event, and the first time photographing here, we don’t have any good photos of what you can expect. However, imagine the polo match, riders in colorful silks, horses braided with colorful ribbons, and the match itself with horses flexing, and straining, showing off their power and flexibility. Then Sunday morning we’ll offer exclusive entrance to private barns near the polo grounds with all of it’s textures, and patterns, livestock, fencing, and so many other artful opportunities.
Operation Horses and Heroes is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-profit organization dedicated to provide healing and wellbeing to military veterans and active duty suffering from the effects of PTSD, and other traumatic brain injuries through the proven concept of Equestrian Psychotherapy. It is not horseback riding lessons, in fact it is rare if any of the participants in the program actually mount a horse. It’s more about providing our veterans with a scenario requiring them to work with the horse to accomplish a task under the watchful eye of a highly trained and credentialed Equine Psychotherapist. Using cues from the horse the therapist can establish “tells” about the veteran and use that information to help them understand their PTSD and provide ways to cope with it, or work through it in everyday life situations.
OHH is not funded by any government organization and relies entirely on donations, volunteers, and the support of everyday people like you. We have so far successfully held our 3 and 4 day programs in various locations around the US without it costing our dedicated military men and women any money. It’s bad enough some of them have to take off work, or use precious vacation days for the program, however it works and it vital to healing in the family especially. For more information on Operation Horse and Heroes visit www.operationhorsesandheroes.org or search for them on face book.
Polo Match- Barn Workshop- Military Veteran Fundraiser
Aug 12-13th Bettendorf IA, Quad Cities Area
This workshop is a fund raiser for Operation Horses and Heroes, a 501(c)(3) and will take place at the Quad Cities Polo Club and surrounding area on August 12 and 13th, The tour will consist of premium access to photograph the horses before and during the polo match on Saturday afternoon, a group dinner, an overnight stay in a local hotel and a barn or horse barn photographic workshop inside three barns the next morning.
The price for this workshop is $100 and is entirely tax deductible as Keith and Tony are donating all their fees to the not-for-profit and the gate for the match has been waived. The fee covers admission to the polo field and the guided barn workshop the next day. The only out of pocket will be gas and tolls, dinner and the hotel room that will be reserved for you. We will spend a maximum of 1 hour at each barn, giving time to shoot and get individual instruction. We will suggest and help arrange carpooling. The group would be capped at 20 people.
Upon registration you will receive the exact location, parking instructions, photography gear recommendations, and any other vital information to make this a fun, comfortable learning experience. Since this is the first time for the Polo Field hosting such an event, and the first time photographing here, we don’t have any good photos of what you can expect. However, imagine the polo match, riders in colorful silks, horses braided with colorful ribbons, and the match itself with horses flexing, and straining, showing off their power and flexibility. Then Sunday morning we’ll offer exclusive entrance to private barns near the polo grounds with all of it’s textures, and patterns, livestock, fencing, and so many other artful opportunities.
Operation Horses and Heroes is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-profit organization dedicated to provide healing and wellbeing to military veterans and active duty suffering from the effects of PTSD, and other traumatic brain injuries through the proven concept of Equestrian Psychotherapy. It is not horseback riding lessons, in fact it is rare if any of the participants in the program actually mount a horse. It’s more about providing our veterans with a scenario requiring them to work with the horse to accomplish a task under the watchful eye of a highly trained and credentialed Equine Psychotherapist. Using cues from the horse the therapist can establish “tells” about the veteran and use that information to help them understand their PTSD and provide ways to cope with it, or work through it in everyday life situations.
OHH is not funded by any government organization and relies entirely on donations, volunteers, and the support of everyday people like you. We have so far successfully held our 3 and 4 day programs in various locations around the US without it costing our dedicated military men and women any money. It’s bad enough some of them have to take off work, or use precious vacation days for the program, however it works and it vital to healing in the family especially. For more information on Operation Horse and Heroes visit www.operationhorsesandheroes.org or search for them on face book.
I decided to head out to Burbank Town Center on Black Friday to share the gospel. I brought my easel with two poster boards. One of the boards has an intelligence test on each side and the other board has the Good test challenge where I take people through the good person test. I gave away my foldaway stool so I bought another one and I have a back pack that I'm able to carry my PA, microphone,bible, tracts and camera.
My friend Dru Morgan who is the co-host of www.lastwordsradio.com on 99.5 KKLA carpooled with me to Burbank and I set up and I drew my first crowd by offering money for trivia. I used the trivia from my open air book from the Ambassador's Academy and $1.00 bills to get people to stop.
A young lady that was on her break got one of the answers right and then said she was going to stick around to find out what I was attempting to do. After several more $1.00 bills were given away I offered a $5.00 gift card to Starbucks to anyone that could prove to me that they were a good person. The young lady said she was good and so I took her through the good person test.
She admited to me that she was a liar, theif and a blasphemer at heart and that when she faced God on judgement day that she would be guilty and end up in hell forever.
As I began to share the Good News with her that is when things changed not only for her but the rest of the crowd. Whenever the name of Jesus is mentioned people start to walk away and this is what that young lady did. I had told her the bad news but because she really didn't understand that she was dead in her sins (Ephesians 2:1) she wasn't interested in the Good News because it was foolishness to her.
"For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18)
A few people did stay and listen to the Good News. A seed was also planted in that girls heart and someone else may water that seed but only God causes it to grow.
Jesus said, "No one can come to Me unless the Father draws him and I will raise him up on the last day" (John 6:44)
I spoke to many others that night. The sign i setup is used to draw people and engage them in conversation. When my friend Dru had to leave I was thinking I would be all alone and as I turned around after taking a sip of my coffee there was a group of 15 kids standing there laughing and wanting to take the intelligence test. I took all 15 of them through the Good Person test but picked out one kid to receive the gift card I had and some of the kids seemed concerned and all were thankful that I shared with them what I beleived.
I asked them if they liked Science and they all said, "Yeah!" so I gave them "Scientific Facts in the Bible" by Ray Comfort which has many scientific facts written long before they were discovered by so-called modern science and a gospel presentation at the end of the booklet.
I had many other conversations and my good friend Tony Miano and his daughter came out and handed out several hundred Christmas gospel tracts that evening.
I'm praying for Miguel, Crystal, Erin, Derrick, Daniel and many others that heard the truth in love. As a Christian it is important to not water down the gospel. We don't make it palatable so people will like us or Jesus.
Jesus said, "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil. (John 7:7)
Scripture is clear.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom..." (Proverbs 1:7)
And Jesus said, ""Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matthew 10:28)
Many Long Islanders use this Park and Ride along the Long Island Express Way (LIE) in Melville to meet their carpools to commute to work.
Interested in learning how to improve New York's air quality? Contact Clean Air NY today:
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Once again this year, Sissa hosted the traditional Welcome Day to welcome new students and publicly present its activities. The event provided an opportunity to make an assessment of the past year's work, to award a number of students and staff members for their achievements and to introduce the latest projects, like this year's Sissa Carpooling.
With a permit with the San Francisco visitors convention bureau I was allowed to drive my car onto the pier for a shot that no other car company has been able to get. I was being interviewed by the www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/escape & the SF visitors Bureau.
May 19th, 2009
San Francisco, CA
The Warming Hut
Photo by Andres Acosta using my Nikon D80 with telephoto lens.
Polo Match- Barn Workshop- Military Veteran Fundraiser
Aug 12-13th Bettendorf IA, Quad Cities Area
This workshop is a fund raiser for Operation Horses and Heroes, a 501(c)(3) and will take place at the Quad Cities Polo Club and surrounding area on August 12 and 13th, The tour will consist of premium access to photograph the horses before and during the polo match on Saturday afternoon, a group dinner, an overnight stay in a local hotel and a barn or horse barn photographic workshop inside three barns the next morning.
The price for this workshop is $100 and is entirely tax deductible as Keith and Tony are donating all their fees to the not-for-profit and the gate for the match has been waived. The fee covers admission to the polo field and the guided barn workshop the next day. The only out of pocket will be gas and tolls, dinner and the hotel room that will be reserved for you. We will spend a maximum of 1 hour at each barn, giving time to shoot and get individual instruction. We will suggest and help arrange carpooling. The group would be capped at 20 people.
Upon registration you will receive the exact location, parking instructions, photography gear recommendations, and any other vital information to make this a fun, comfortable learning experience. Since this is the first time for the Polo Field hosting such an event, and the first time photographing here, we don’t have any good photos of what you can expect. However, imagine the polo match, riders in colorful silks, horses braided with colorful ribbons, and the match itself with horses flexing, and straining, showing off their power and flexibility. Then Sunday morning we’ll offer exclusive entrance to private barns near the polo grounds with all of it’s textures, and patterns, livestock, fencing, and so many other artful opportunities.
Operation Horses and Heroes is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-profit organization dedicated to provide healing and wellbeing to military veterans and active duty suffering from the effects of PTSD, and other traumatic brain injuries through the proven concept of Equestrian Psychotherapy. It is not horseback riding lessons, in fact it is rare if any of the participants in the program actually mount a horse. It’s more about providing our veterans with a scenario requiring them to work with the horse to accomplish a task under the watchful eye of a highly trained and credentialed Equine Psychotherapist. Using cues from the horse the therapist can establish “tells” about the veteran and use that information to help them understand their PTSD and provide ways to cope with it, or work through it in everyday life situations.
OHH is not funded by any government organization and relies entirely on donations, volunteers, and the support of everyday people like you. We have so far successfully held our 3 and 4 day programs in various locations around the US without it costing our dedicated military men and women any money. It’s bad enough some of them have to take off work, or use precious vacation days for the program, however it works and it vital to healing in the family especially. For more information on Operation Horse and Heroes visit www.operationhorsesandheroes.org or search for them on face book.
think I could be one?
i guess I'd like to be... but do I have what it takes?
This is a photo of a Wong Fu shirt worn by a girl in front of Nathan and me in line for International Secret Agents Los Angeles 2010 in Cerritos, California.
Shirt says "add oil" meaning keep it up :)
Woke up this morning, all bored and nonchalant. Chatted, went online and finally got a hold of Nathan. Decided to go to ISA and was on our way, carpooling with Alex Siu (thanks for driving!)
Got to the Cerritos Performing Arts Center and go in line for the General Admissions. Lots of "cute little Asian girls" dressed up... we were there almost three hours early, so after a short while Alex let us borrow his car to go get food.
Nathan and I got food at Mickey Ds in the Walmart in the next plaza... i got the McNugget Happy Meal :)
Came back and that's when all the stars started showing up... Joseph Vincent, Jennifer Chung, Jason Chen, etc. I wasn't really excited to see any of them because I was more in the moment of... "how can I be one of them?"
Line finally started moving... got in and saw Jennifer Chung's brother (joseph?) - I follow him on Tumblr and he just started college at CSU Fullerton I think... quite cute in his own way so I asked for a picture with him... the only picture I took of the day with another person. JChung's bf was with him too.
Got in, sat and enjoyed the show :) very happy that we decided last minute to go.
Do you know what an "una" is?
It's someone who you see across the hall thinking "ohhhhhh" and once to get closer, you think "nawwwwww". LOL
Funniest joke I have heard in a very long time :)
AJ was still amazing. Alyssa Bernal was cool. Lots of guests. Pereotics and Quest Crew were nuts. and Far East Movement ended the show very well!
Saw lots of other "stars" afterward...
(totally forgot to say that I gave JV my Happy meal toy... he looked sad when he was getting his phone call so I told him I wanted to share with him the happiness I got from the Happy Meal haha cheesy but I hope he did feel happier :P)
Waited for Alex to get his VIP meetngreet so Nathan and I went to Walmart to waste time... got a call from Andrew and did my best to help him with his mac (still jealous!) then went back to wait for Alex.
Going back to UCLA tomorrow.
I feel different when I'm there.
I'm so mellow at home.
and so hyper at school.
I need to be distracted.
Tonight brought many dreams to the surface for me.
I want to be one of them.
"One of them."
haha.
If you believe in me, I might try.
It's all for fun and the love of music right?
My grandfather took this photo of my family just as we were leaving our grandparents' home in Asheville, NC, for ours in Alexandria, Va. This was before the interstate system was complete, so we usually stayed in Goldsboro, NC, overnight before making the rest of the trip.
We'd just finished having our picture taken with our two cousins, who had left with their parents to return to Charleston.
We all loved that old Chevrolet "woodie" -- the ultimate family car. Three rows of seats, perfect for carpooling; we removed the third row on vacations to store more luggage. Daddy would set up a mattress in the back for us all to lie on during trips. Big Sis would start sitting with the parents the next year, and our dog Shakespeare would join Ruthie, me, and whats-her-face on the mattress.
According to Tiz (our mom) Alicia and I had just been reprimanded for fighting when Pop took this photo. Alicia was always beating on me. My cap was stuck on my head by my mom in an obvious hurry.
I don't know what became of Alicia's bunny rabbit. She probably sold it.
I love my dad's fedora -- when he died my sisters and I all hunted it down, but to no avail. I didn't discover until my 20th high school reunion that a classmate (damn you, Jonny Barrett !! ) had taken it from our hall closet and kept it. Motherfucker. Shithead.
I think it's interesting that Daddy wore a tie and a three-piece suit on the way back to Alexandria. And those pants -- they look like they belonged to the Tin Woodsman.
I also love Ruthie's pose on the far left. Poised.
Once again this year, Sissa hosted the traditional Welcome Day to welcome new students and publicly present its activities. The event provided an opportunity to make an assessment of the past year's work, to award a number of students and staff members for their achievements and to introduce the latest projects, like this year's Sissa Carpooling.
"BlaBlaCar is a French online marketplace for carpooling. Its website and mobile apps connect drivers and passengers willing to travel together between cities and share the cost of the journey. The company does not own any vehicles; it is a broker and receives a commission (between 18% and 21%) from every booking."
"In November 2018, BlaBlaCar announced the purchase of long-distance coach operator Ouibus from SNCF. As part of the transaction, SNCF became a shareholder in BlaBlaCar. Ouibus was rebranded BlaBlaBus."
My "baby brother" Robert, my partner in crime both on and off the paint ball field. He is a great "kid". Not to many guys his age would be willing to get thier niece and nefew off the school bus every day and help them with thier homework. I have often asked of his assistance when going places, just so that I was not going alone.. All I ever had to do was ask (and maybe feed him). He often times drove me home after appointments, and long days at work. Robert is indeed a good kid, has not gotten into trouble, and learned from the mistakes of his older siblings. He is quite intelligent, and has a knack for engineering and mechanics of guns. An all around great guy..
Robert first aquired his learners permit when he was 16 (over 4 years ago), I remember quizzing him over and over again to help him pass the written test. I wrote out the check 4 years ago (which I don't think he ever paid me back monitarily). Today he finally recieved his licence. It was not that he could not do it, it was not that he was not allowed. He just had no need for it.. His jobs have always been places where his "buddies" (not friends, friend is a chick term) or his family has worked. Carpooling was his thing. Anywhere he ever needed to go someone else was already headed there. He just had no need for his licence, untill now. He has been crushing on a certain hottie, and felt that if he was going to finally ask her out, he needed to get his license.. So he did.. Amazing what a chick can make a free spirited guy do.
The Coral Proto – Free Ocean Carbon Enrichment system (CP-FOCE) deployed on Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego scientist David Kline worked with international collaborators to develop the CP-FOCE system to test the impact of ocean acidification of coral reef organisms in as natural a reef setting as possible. Using this system, sections of the reef can be exposed to future predicted levels of CO2. The instruments and pumps that add the low pH water are controlled by custom computers mounted on a buoy, and powered by wind and solar energy. “In the last 200 years, the pH of the open ocean has dropped from 8.2 to 8.1 pH units,” said Kline. “Now that seems small, but the pH scale is actually logarithmic, so that 0.1 pH change actually represents a 30 to 40 percent decrease in the number of hydrogen ions that are available. That’s a massive alteration to the chemistry of the ocean.”
According to Kline, the results from long-term CP-FOCE experiments will predict the effects of ocean acidification on coral and algae. “We are already seeing results that suggest a net decline in coral reef growth with increasing CO2,” he said. “Ocean acidification is a global problem that we can only solve if we each take responsibility to reduce our own carbon footprint,” said Kline. “That is, we all need to make an effort to minimize emissions by cutting down on use of electricity, carpooling or using public transportation.”
Once again this year, Sissa hosted the traditional Welcome Day to welcome new students and publicly present its activities. The event provided an opportunity to make an assessment of the past year's work, to award a number of students and staff members for their achievements and to introduce the latest projects, like this year's Sissa Carpooling.
Polo Match- Barn Workshop- Military Veteran Fundraiser
Aug 12-13th Bettendorf IA, Quad Cities Area
This workshop is a fund raiser for Operation Horses and Heroes, a 501(c)(3) and will take place at the Quad Cities Polo Club and surrounding area on August 12 and 13th, The tour will consist of premium access to photograph the horses before and during the polo match on Saturday afternoon, a group dinner, an overnight stay in a local hotel and a barn or horse barn photographic workshop inside three barns the next morning.
The price for this workshop is $100 and is entirely tax deductible as Keith and Tony are donating all their fees to the not-for-profit and the gate for the match has been waived. The fee covers admission to the polo field and the guided barn workshop the next day. The only out of pocket will be gas and tolls, dinner and the hotel room that will be reserved for you. We will spend a maximum of 1 hour at each barn, giving time to shoot and get individual instruction. We will suggest and help arrange carpooling. The group would be capped at 20 people.
Upon registration you will receive the exact location, parking instructions, photography gear recommendations, and any other vital information to make this a fun, comfortable learning experience. Since this is the first time for the Polo Field hosting such an event, and the first time photographing here, we don’t have any good photos of what you can expect. However, imagine the polo match, riders in colorful silks, horses braided with colorful ribbons, and the match itself with horses flexing, and straining, showing off their power and flexibility. Then Sunday morning we’ll offer exclusive entrance to private barns near the polo grounds with all of it’s textures, and patterns, livestock, fencing, and so many other artful opportunities.
Operation Horses and Heroes is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-profit organization dedicated to provide healing and wellbeing to military veterans and active duty suffering from the effects of PTSD, and other traumatic brain injuries through the proven concept of Equestrian Psychotherapy. It is not horseback riding lessons, in fact it is rare if any of the participants in the program actually mount a horse. It’s more about providing our veterans with a scenario requiring them to work with the horse to accomplish a task under the watchful eye of a highly trained and credentialed Equine Psychotherapist. Using cues from the horse the therapist can establish “tells” about the veteran and use that information to help them understand their PTSD and provide ways to cope with it, or work through it in everyday life situations.
OHH is not funded by any government organization and relies entirely on donations, volunteers, and the support of everyday people like you. We have so far successfully held our 3 and 4 day programs in various locations around the US without it costing our dedicated military men and women any money. It’s bad enough some of them have to take off work, or use precious vacation days for the program, however it works and it vital to healing in the family especially. For more information on Operation Horse and Heroes visit www.operationhorsesandheroes.org or search for them on face book.
A meandering all-day social climb up the First Flatiron organized by Rom McGuffin. We had two ropes, but even so, with eight people things go slowly. Ironically because the meetup was in S. Boulder, I rode all the way down there, and then we "carpooled" back to Chautauqua, in Football traffic, climbed (we could hear the stadium from up on high) and then "carpooled" back to S. Boulder, where I got on my bike and rode home (unimpeded by said traffic). Tons of people up on the rocks, many without gear. Beautiful day. And I got to practice listening to Russian!
On June 11th, Councillor Amarjit Sohi and Councillor Don Iveson joined Brendan Van Alstine from Transit Rider's Union of Edmonton (T.R.U.E.) to take part in the CBC Centre Stage forum to talk about the recent start of the Every Day Challenge.
Pictured above, Councillor Iveson reflects on his own sustainable transportation choices .
What had started as a challenge from T.R.U.E. to City Council to promote increased transit use, has now grown to encompass all forms of ecomobility, including active modes of walking and cycling in addition to transit and other alternatives to the single occupant vehicle like carpooling.
This forum marked the end of the first week of the Challenge, which continues to have life through the every day choices of Edmontonians, who choose more more sustainable modes to get around the city.
We'll continue to document the progress of this challenge through videos and posts on the Transforming Edmonton blog.
Once again this year, Sissa hosted the traditional Welcome Day to welcome new students and publicly present its activities. The event provided an opportunity to make an assessment of the past year's work, to award a number of students and staff members for their achievements and to introduce the latest projects, like this year's Sissa Carpooling.
Once again this year, Sissa hosted the traditional Welcome Day to welcome new students and publicly present its activities. The event provided an opportunity to make an assessment of the past year's work, to award a number of students and staff members for their achievements and to introduce the latest projects, like this year's Sissa Carpooling.
Polo Match- Barn Workshop- Military Veteran Fundraiser
Aug 12-13th Bettendorf IA, Quad Cities Area
This workshop is a fund raiser for Operation Horses and Heroes, a 501(c)(3) and will take place at the Quad Cities Polo Club and surrounding area on August 12 and 13th, The tour will consist of premium access to photograph the horses before and during the polo match on Saturday afternoon, a group dinner, an overnight stay in a local hotel and a barn or horse barn photographic workshop inside three barns the next morning.
The price for this workshop is $100 and is entirely tax deductible as Keith and Tony are donating all their fees to the not-for-profit and the gate for the match has been waived. The fee covers admission to the polo field and the guided barn workshop the next day. The only out of pocket will be gas and tolls, dinner and the hotel room that will be reserved for you. We will spend a maximum of 1 hour at each barn, giving time to shoot and get individual instruction. We will suggest and help arrange carpooling. The group would be capped at 20 people.
Upon registration you will receive the exact location, parking instructions, photography gear recommendations, and any other vital information to make this a fun, comfortable learning experience. Since this is the first time for the Polo Field hosting such an event, and the first time photographing here, we don’t have any good photos of what you can expect. However, imagine the polo match, riders in colorful silks, horses braided with colorful ribbons, and the match itself with horses flexing, and straining, showing off their power and flexibility. Then Sunday morning we’ll offer exclusive entrance to private barns near the polo grounds with all of it’s textures, and patterns, livestock, fencing, and so many other artful opportunities.
Operation Horses and Heroes is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-profit organization dedicated to provide healing and wellbeing to military veterans and active duty suffering from the effects of PTSD, and other traumatic brain injuries through the proven concept of Equestrian Psychotherapy. It is not horseback riding lessons, in fact it is rare if any of the participants in the program actually mount a horse. It’s more about providing our veterans with a scenario requiring them to work with the horse to accomplish a task under the watchful eye of a highly trained and credentialed Equine Psychotherapist. Using cues from the horse the therapist can establish “tells” about the veteran and use that information to help them understand their PTSD and provide ways to cope with it, or work through it in everyday life situations.
OHH is not funded by any government organization and relies entirely on donations, volunteers, and the support of everyday people like you. We have so far successfully held our 3 and 4 day programs in various locations around the US without it costing our dedicated military men and women any money. It’s bad enough some of them have to take off work, or use precious vacation days for the program, however it works and it vital to healing in the family especially. For more information on Operation Horse and Heroes visit www.operationhorsesandheroes.org or search for them on face book.
Polo Match- Barn Workshop- Military Veteran Fundraiser
Aug 12-13th Bettendorf IA, Quad Cities Area
This workshop is a fund raiser for Operation Horses and Heroes, a 501(c)(3) and will take place at the Quad Cities Polo Club and surrounding area on August 12 and 13th, The tour will consist of premium access to photograph the horses before and during the polo match on Saturday afternoon, a group dinner, an overnight stay in a local hotel and a barn or horse barn photographic workshop inside three barns the next morning.
The price for this workshop is $100 and is entirely tax deductible as Keith and Tony are donating all their fees to the not-for-profit and the gate for the match has been waived. The fee covers admission to the polo field and the guided barn workshop the next day. The only out of pocket will be gas and tolls, dinner and the hotel room that will be reserved for you. We will spend a maximum of 1 hour at each barn, giving time to shoot and get individual instruction. We will suggest and help arrange carpooling. The group would be capped at 20 people.
Upon registration you will receive the exact location, parking instructions, photography gear recommendations, and any other vital information to make this a fun, comfortable learning experience. Since this is the first time for the Polo Field hosting such an event, and the first time photographing here, we don’t have any good photos of what you can expect. However, imagine the polo match, riders in colorful silks, horses braided with colorful ribbons, and the match itself with horses flexing, and straining, showing off their power and flexibility. Then Sunday morning we’ll offer exclusive entrance to private barns near the polo grounds with all of it’s textures, and patterns, livestock, fencing, and so many other artful opportunities.
Operation Horses and Heroes is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-profit organization dedicated to provide healing and wellbeing to military veterans and active duty suffering from the effects of PTSD, and other traumatic brain injuries through the proven concept of Equestrian Psychotherapy. It is not horseback riding lessons, in fact it is rare if any of the participants in the program actually mount a horse. It’s more about providing our veterans with a scenario requiring them to work with the horse to accomplish a task under the watchful eye of a highly trained and credentialed Equine Psychotherapist. Using cues from the horse the therapist can establish “tells” about the veteran and use that information to help them understand their PTSD and provide ways to cope with it, or work through it in everyday life situations.
OHH is not funded by any government organization and relies entirely on donations, volunteers, and the support of everyday people like you. We have so far successfully held our 3 and 4 day programs in various locations around the US without it costing our dedicated military men and women any money. It’s bad enough some of them have to take off work, or use precious vacation days for the program, however it works and it vital to healing in the family especially. For more information on Operation Horse and Heroes visit www.operationhorsesandheroes.org or search for them on face book.
An oldie from my very first couples shoot back in June of 2008.
It consisted of 3 different locations, 3 outfit changes, carpooling, meeting spot done by 3 complete strangers.
It was extremely smooth and productive. i wish all my shoots were as great as this one was.
Sometimes when you are naive you accomplish more than when you are a veteran.
Of course much of it had to do with the professionalism and experience of the 2 models.
They were fabulous!
Typical Jakarta life. People refused to took public transport and frequently broke carpooling so this is the result.
Kehidupan sehari-hari di ibukota. Masyarakat tidak mau menaiki angkutan umum yang serba kurang mumpuni dan kerap mengakali sistem 3-in-1 dan inilah hasilnya.
Members of the Chicago to Argonne Vanpool, some of whom are pictured here, include Jarod Kelly, Jerry Nolen, Esther Bowen, Tatiana Benavides Gallego, Merissa Grant, Francois Tessier, and Andrew Sieber.
Employees who carpooled, vanpooled, took public transit, drove electric vehicles or biked to work picked up a breakfast treat while calculating their commute savings.
Photographer: Wes Agresta
Once again this year, Sissa hosted the traditional Welcome Day to welcome new students and publicly present its activities. The event provided an opportunity to make an assessment of the past year's work, to award a number of students and staff members for their achievements and to introduce the latest projects, like this year's Sissa Carpooling.
Now that my health is back to 100%, I'm busy at the art table again working on some portrait jobs.
I'm in the middle of drawing a charcoal portrait of a cute young couple..
The previous owner of the car we purchased still hasn't received her new title in the mail to give to us. This waiting is driving me crazy. We bought this new car last month and it's still not on the road. This whole process is taking forever and a day. It's hard to get to the post office to send out my completed portrait jobs to clients without transportation. It's a 2 and a half mile walk in the bitter cold which I've been putting off. It's impossible to get a ride when all my friends are at work during post office opening hours. Very frustrating. Eric has been carpooling with co-workers to get to work.
Having a car on the road again will make life much easier.
But in the meantime, I'm working
and trapped in the house.
*fingers crossed that this title arrives soon*
Day 114 of 365 days
Once again this year, Sissa hosted the traditional Welcome Day to welcome new students and publicly present its activities. The event provided an opportunity to make an assessment of the past year's work, to award a number of students and staff members for their achievements and to introduce the latest projects, like this year's Sissa Carpooling.
As usual, any fungi IDs given are always tentative, not 100% confirmed. Rule is, if you are not an expert in mycology, do not pick wild mushrooms to eat! You could end up very sick, or worse.
Another gloomy day today, 13 September 2019, with a temperature of 14C just after noon. Yesterday, however, it was actually sunny, so I had to get out and make the most of it. It definitely feels and looks like fall. Snow is already being forecast for parts of Alberta. It will soon be time to get all-season tires off and winter tires put on.
Five days ago, on 8 September 2019, we had such a wonderful four and a half hours, searching for different kinds of fungi in the amazing forest on Rod Handfield's land, SW of Calgary. I believe this was our tenth visit - the first one I went on, being on 25 June 2009 - each one resulting in various different species. This last visit was so overwhelming! You didn't know which direction to face and which mushroom to photograph first. They were everywhere! Such a contrast to our visit on 6 August 2017, when basically there were no mushrooms (other than maybe three), because everywhere had been so very dry.
A day like this can be so exhausting, not just from the walking and fresh air, but also because of all the excitement. The quality of many of my photos is not the best, as the day was very overcast - the last thing one wants when trying to take photos deep in the forest. After leaving Rod's, it did rain. I had driven myself there instead of carpooling, so that I could drive some of the backroads in the area after we had finished. The forecast was for sun and cloud - and I had foolishly believed it. The rain put an end to my plans and I headed for home. I'm so glad I had checked a special little spot near Rod's first thing in the morning, when I got there a bit too early. A few years ago, there was a beautiful display of Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria mushrooms growing there, but not since then whenever I have checked. To my absolute delight, there were maybe half a dozen, in different stages of development. Surprisingly, we didn't come across a single one in Rod's forest this year.
As always, thank you so much, Rod, for so generously allowing us to explore your property. This has been my favourite place to visit for quite a number of years now. We greatly appreciate your kindness - you are always so welcoming, and we learn so much and discover so many beautiful things. Thank you, Karel, for leading the group and helping with identifications. I'm sure at least some of us are anxiously waiting for you to have time, in between leading botany walks, to post some of your photos along with their IDs. Meanwhile, "fungus" has to be sufficient.
As usual, any fungi IDs given are always tentative, not 100% confirmed. Rule is, if you are not an expert in mycology, do not pick wild mushrooms to eat! You could end up very sick, or worse.
Another gloomy morning today, 14 September 2019, but the sun did appear sometimes in the afternoon. It definitely feels and looks like fall. It will soon be time to get all-season tires off and winter tires put on. This afternoon, a few of us were fortunate enough to go on yet another fungi walk, this time SW of the city, to a new-to-us acreage. We were shown quite a mix of fungi species, and we were accompanied the whole time by the owners' two beautiful, friendly dogs. What I would give to have even a tenth of the energy that these dogs had! First, however, I wanted to add a few more photos tonight, taken at Rod Handfield's acreage, visited on 8 September.
Six days ago, on 8 September 2019, we had such a wonderful four and a half hours, searching for different kinds of fungi in the amazing forest on Rod Handfield's land, SW of Calgary. I believe this was our tenth visit - the first one I went on, being on 25 June 2009 - each one resulting in various different species. This last visit was so overwhelming! You didn't know which direction to face and which mushroom to photograph first. They were everywhere! Such a contrast to our visit on 6 August 2017, when basically there were no mushrooms (other than maybe three), because everywhere had been so very dry.
A day like this can be so exhausting, not just from the walking and fresh air, but also because of all the excitement. The quality of many of my photos is not the best, as the day was very overcast - the last thing one wants when trying to take photos deep in the forest. After leaving Rod's, it did rain. I had driven myself there instead of carpooling, so that I could drive some of the backroads in the area after we had finished. The forecast was for sun and cloud - and I had foolishly believed it. The rain put an end to my plans and I headed for home. I'm so glad I had checked a special little spot near Rod's first thing in the morning, when I got there a bit too early. A few years ago, there was a beautiful display of Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria mushrooms growing there, but not since then whenever I have checked. To my absolute delight, there were maybe half a dozen, in different stages of development. Surprisingly, we didn't come across a single one in Rod's forest this year.
As always, thank you so much, Rod, for so generously allowing us to explore your property. This has been my favourite place to visit for quite a number of years now. We greatly appreciate your kindness - you are always so welcoming, and we learn so much and discover so many beautiful things. Thank you, Karel, for leading the group and helping with identifications. I'm sure at least some of us are anxiously waiting for you to have time, in between leading botany walks, to post some of your photos along with their IDs. Meanwhile, "fungus" has to be sufficient for many of them.