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"Vietnamese farmers continue their labor as a fire team of Marines from C Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines [C/2/4] pass by on a patrol of the Ly Tin area, 8 miles northwest of Chu Lai."
From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina National Guard hosted its second annual "Gratitude Walk" in observation of September as the U.S. Army’s Suicide Prevention Month. The event was held Saturday, Sept. 22, at the NCNG Joint Forces Headquarters here.
The three-mile walk, starting at 10 a.m., began and ended at JFHQ and followed the North Carolina Art Museum trail.
Several members of the public joined with NCNG Soldiers, Airmen and staff for the walk. The event is part of the NCNG’s continuing efforts to increase education and awareness for suicide prevention among Soldiers, Airmen, family members, friends, and our community.
Several local businesses sponsored the event including: Veterans of Foreign Wars, A different Kind of Storage, National Alliance on Mental Illness of North Carolina, Triangle Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Sandez Family Chiropractor, Smoothie King, Survivor Outreach Services, Gard Wellness Center, North Carolina Public Health, Hopeline, Pathways to Life, Starbucks, Harris Teeter, Whole Foods and Kroger. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Latoria Mckoy, North Carolina National Guard)
Now in our 13th consecutive year the Harvey Nash CIO Survey continues to be one of the world's foremost research reports on the CIO and trends in IT. For the second year running the survey has generated more than 2,000 responses from CIOs and IT leaders across the globe.
The survey, conducted in partnership with PA Consulting Group covers IT trends, IT strategy and career aspects of the CIO such as remuneration, job satisfaction and the evolving ‘brand’ of the CIO.
Keynote speakers
Albert Ellis, CEO, Harvey Nash
Jean-Jacques Michel Van Oosten, previously CIO Tesco.com
Tony Curry, CIO A4E
John Sillitoe, Transformation and Propositions Director, Mouchel plc
James Mucklow, IT Delivery Expert, PA Consulting Group
To request a copy of the survey, or for more media from our 15 events around the world please visit: www.harveynash.com/ciosurvey
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Construction work continues in the Cannon House Office Building's east wing.
Phase 3 of the Cannon Renewal Project began in January 2021 and is scheduled to be complete in December 2022. The entire east side of the building, from the basement to the fifth floor, is closed. Work includes demolishing and rebuilding the fifth floor, conserving the exterior stonework and rehabilitating the individual office suites.
Full project details at www.aoc.gov/cannon.
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Construction work continues in the Cannon House Office Building's east wing.
Phase 3 of the Cannon Renewal Project began in January 2021 and is scheduled to be complete in December 2022. The entire east side of the building, from the basement to the fifth floor, is closed. Work includes demolishing and rebuilding the fifth floor, conserving the exterior stonework and rehabilitating the individual office suites.
Full project details at www.aoc.gov/cannon.
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...across the street, the train yard stands abandoned. The final train of the day left before 5, and now, in the quickly-rising dusk of quarter-to-six, the porters have all gone home. The wind whips more harshly here, on the bridge overpass.
Looking back across the bridge to the park, there is hardly a soul in sight. One or two business men heading home late, coat collars huddled around their necks, briefcases clutched tightly as they hurry to get away from the impending storm.
Soldiers from the Massachusetts Army National Guard present the colors as other Soldiers stand in formation during ceremonies marking the 378th anniversary of the First Muster of troops on Salem Common in Salem, Massachusetts, Saturday, April 11, 2015. The annual ceremony commemorates the first formation of the East Regiment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony militia, held on Salem Common in the spring of 1637, which stands as the birth of the National Guard and the American military. The original regiments that formed continue to serve as the 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery Regiment; the 101st Engineer Battalion; the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment and the 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)
JEFFERSON PARISH, La - A crew anchors boom along wetlands bordering Barataria Bay, La., as part of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response May 27, 2010. Crews contracted by BP and under the direction of the U.S. Coast Guard also placed containment boom farther into the Gulf to prevent oil from coming ashore. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden.
More than 150 Boeing employees volunteered at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, IL on Aug. 1 at the Mission Continues Summer Service Slam. Volunteers helped build a library and resource room, enhanced the learning garden, constructed a playground and ball field for local youth and families and built sitting benches along trails.
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Dawn raids see multiple arrests as GMP continues to tackle the use of encrypted communication services used by organised crime groups.
Six people have been arrested for drugs offences after seven warrants were executed this morning (Wednesday 27 January 2021) at properties across Radcliffe, Heywood, Whitefield and Bury.
The arrests form part of GMP's continued commitment in tackling the use of highly sophisticated encrypted communication platforms - codenamed Operation Foam.
Operation Foam is the GMP strand of the NCA led Operation Venetic which has seen law enforcement agencies from across the UK join together to break through the encrypted communication services being used by organised crime groups.
Detective Inspector Ian Partington of Bury's Operation Challenger Team, said: "Our officers are undertaking an inordinate amount of complex and intricate work to ensure we disrupt and dismantle this type of activity. We currently have six people in custody which highlights the excellent work of the all those involved in this operation and this result is another positive step forward in ensuring our communities are kept safe.
"Organised criminal activity is not welcome within our community and GMP is committed to tackling it. Our work to target organised criminals in the Bury borough continues under Operation Pevek and this work is often supported by information provided to us by members of the public so I would encourage anyone with any information that could assist us to get in touch with police."
Anyone with information should contact police on 0161 856 1417, quoting Operation Pevek. Alternatively, details can be passed on anonymously via the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
The Struggle Continues, 2007/2011
Young-Hae Chang
Heavy Industries
Combining text-based Flash animations with original jazz compositions, The Struggle Continues (2007/2011) humorously juxtaposes a critical dialogue on class, freedom, and equality with the most human of desires - the struggle for love.
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Crews in Kenmore continue to make progress in constructing 776 low-rise roadway deck sections for the new SR 520 floating bridge. Once complete, these deck sections will form the roadway on the low-rise section of the new floating bridge.
Later this summer, crews will begin barging completed deck sections to the construction site near the existing bridge.
More information about the new SR 520 floating bridge is available on our website.
Work continues on the second phase of the Homeland Security Training Institute at College of DuPage. The new facility will provide much needed additional first responder instruction for advanced firearms training, interactive "shoot/don't shoot" simulation, and weapons cleaning/repair training. Multifunction instruction spaces, including state-of-the-art simulators, are included in addition to dual prep rooms for safety inspections, gear readiness and additional training monitoring. The total estimated cost of the project is $16 million with an expected completion of spring 2015.
Two Marines on one of the many islands In the Pacific leave their jeep because the foliage is to dense forcing them to continue on foot.
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I am continuing with my Treecreeper project with a number of birds in the North Antrim area and beyond. This was a bird which I struggled to photograph for many years but I finally getting some success in recent months. They are brilliant little birds which do as the name suggests, climbing up the side of trees using their curved beaks to search for invertebrates in the nooks and crannies.
simply gonna share.....wacko intentions. a simple Stage and Doe event looms in my future. What to do..what to do?? Ok, lets buy a zillion fabric and still not get it right. oh the drama. too shiney, too casual, too "step forth wives (floral ---- wait, isn't water colour???) ha.........well , in any case, my days are numbered ...so whatever. Listen, I am not the only wacko out there. there is a group (0n flickr) Me Made May....people that make garments and wear them for the month of May (note "me made pants" hahahaha) fingers crossed I get something done in time.......and if not...oh well.....ya can always wear dark jeans and rhinestones . And now please applause, I have finally fitted something I am actually pleased with.......fingers crossed the sleeves get put in with no issues.
Since 2010, the economy of Greece has repeatedly faced challenges initially brought on by the global financial crisis. Over the past five years, various Greek governments have sought to overcome these challenges, restructure debt, and renew the country’s economy with some, but limited, success. Unemployment remains close to 25 percent and the cumulative loss of GDP has approached 28 percent. Conversations with partner governments in the eurozone have at times been contentious. Now, a new party has been elected in Greece and is charged with tackling its fiscal challenges, and conversations continue to swirl about what lies ahead.
On April 16, the Global Economy and Development program and the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution hosted Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis to discuss what faces the Greek economy, the prospects for reform and economic renewal, and the details of any future strategic agreement among Greece, its European partners, and the International Monetary Fund.
After opening remarks by Minister Varoufakis, there was a short conversation with Kemal Derviș and David Wessel of the Brookings Institution. Photography by Steven Purcell.
26th October 2015:
Ten Pump Fire - Persons Reported.
235-237 Finchley Road NW3
FROM LONDON EVENING STANDARD:
Fire crews were battling into the night as a large fire continued to rage on a busy high street in north London.
The London Fire Brigade said about 55 firefighters were tackling the blaze and were expected to remain at the scene in Finchley Road, Hampstead, throughout the night.
Witnesses said there appeared to be "no end in sight" as new pockets of flames were still emerging after more than 15 hours.
Crews were first called to the five-storey building at about 6.30am on Monday - and rescued 25 people in the morning including a pregnant woman who was on a roof.
Police and firefighters could not say when Finchley Road would reopen.
The Vue cinema at the O2 Centre, just yards away in Finchley Road, was forced to cancel all screenings on Monday evening - disappointing hundreds of people who had booked tickets to the opening of the new James Bond film Spectre.
The shopping centre announced a complete closure "in the interests of public safety" after initially saying the cinema and shops would remain open and screenings would go ahead.
A spokeswoman for the London Fire Brigade said the inferno had spread across all floors of the building.
Firefighters said their job was made more difficult by the building's "complex layout", with flames erupting in voids between the floors.
Teams of firefighters with oxygen masks were taking it in turns to go into the building for 20 minutes at a time, an LFB spokeswoman said.
Station manager David George said: "Firefighters are working hard in strenuous conditions to contain this fire and bring it under control.
"On arrival crews wearing breathing apparatus entered the building and led over 20 people to safety from inside. We also used one of our turntable ladders, which is like a cherry picker, to rescue a further two people from the roof."
Finchley Road Tube station was temporarily closed in the afternoon due to a related power failure. It was eventually reopened, although only Jubilee line services were stopping at the station.
A pregnant woman was one of two people who had to be rescued from the roof of the building, while 23 others were led to safety after the fire started in a shop and filled the flats above with smoke.
Twelve people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and a two-year-old child was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation as a precaution.
Gio Spinella, a local councillor who can see the building from his window, said: "The fire looked serious on the Finchley Road side but looking at the rear of the building the flames are much more dramatic.
"I really feel sorry for the people whose lives have been devastated by this fire. I have every confidence the LFB will get the better of it."
A spokeswoman for the London Fire Brigade said: “The incident is protracted due to the complex layout of the building and the fact that the fire had got into the voids between the floors of the building.
"Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are entering the building to tackle deep-seated pockets of fire.
NEW JERSEY’S BALD EAGLE POPULATION CONTINUES TO SOAR
January 14th, 2016
CONSERVE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY RELEASES RESULTS OF 2015 STATE BALD EAGLE REPORT
by Lindsay McNamara, Communications Manager
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey today released the 2015 Bald Eagle Report, highlighting the number of nesting pairs, active nests and nest productivity for the raptors throughout New Jersey with data collected by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists, CWF biologists and committed volunteers.
“With 161 pairs of bald eagles this past year — up from just a single nest in the early 1980’s — the dramatic ongoing recovery of bald eagles across the northeast continues to inspire so many of us,” said David Wheeler, Conserve Wildlife Foundation Executive Director. “The thrill of seeing a bald eagle fly across the sky is unparalleled. This report captures how these eagles are continuing their All-American return.”
The report notes that thirteen new eagle pairs were found this season, nine in the south, two in Central Jersey and two in Northern New Jersey.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2016/01/14/new-jerseys-ba...
Asian Heritage Foundation's Jiyo is organizing a 4-day long handicraft and designer’s exhibition at The Ashok, Chanakyapuri. It is also hosting South Asia's first food exhibition named Sanjha Chulha, curated by Dr. Pushpesh Panth to promote the incredible variety of local and regional cuisines of South Asia showcasing the diversity of culinary art.
After hovering around the Lotus Bazaar (the handicraft market) for 10-15 minutes, we landed up at the nicely decorated interior of The Audh, one of the best restaurants of The Ashok, for an interaction session with chef Rajan Loomba.
Rajan Loomba, senior executive chef of The Ashok, who has been attached to the hotel for a very long time, explained how culinary arts have evolved rapidly in recent years. "Eating out was a rare thing in our boyhood. Wedding parties were perhaps the only means of eating out at that time", Chef Loomba continued, "Now a days the growing usage of mobile phones and internet has given a boom to this industry. Growing number of foodies and food blogging websites are also playing a enormous role here." Then moving on to the concept of Sanjha Chulha, which literarily means Community Kitchen, Chef clarified that despite political barriers how people from SAARC countries are trying to connect through art and culture. This festival is another step towards that. Chef mentioned that once you leave Asia, people hardly recognize cuisine of these 9 countries separately as the basic flavor and spices used are very similar in these places. "Look how people from Bangladesh are selling food in the street using Indian names", Mr. Loomba cited. "Diversity is there, but somehow we are connected somewhere" and this food festival is an attempt to explore that connection. When we asked how they select a few dishes given such a wide range of dishes available in these countries, Chef told that they made a selection from the dishes they can make using the available resources on the basis of feedback received over several buffet parties. They got a huge help from embassies to stitch together recipes and make them even better. Here Mr. Loomba shared a beautiful memory about how they got one of their very special dishes Irani Raita, a usual Raita with raisins, honey and peeled cucumber skin from Late Usha Narayanan, wife of 10th President of India, Late K.R. Narayanan.
Meantime we got to taste a few dishes: Mutton Kebab, Momo, Murg Rihana, Anda Keema Kaleji, Afgani Shorba, Coconut Naan, Rice, Haleem etc. Items were light and tasted good. Chef specially mentioned two dishes: Murg Rihana and Haleem. "Murg Rihanna is a different take on Butter Chicken ", Mr. Loomba continued "and spices of Halim are bought by one delegate from Pakistan". Specialty of the Halim is that they put chicken instead of mutton in it, which is a new concept to me. Coconut Naan along with juicy Shorba (light mutton stew) melted in our mouth. Spice level of all dishes are kept at the minimum level as their usual visitors are very health conscious. As an example Chef mentioned health consciousness of our PM Mr. Modi who wanted cookies without butter and how team of Chefs had a brainstorming session to solve it.
Construction work continues in the Cannon House Office Building's east wing.
Phase 3 of the Cannon Renewal Project began in January 2021 and is scheduled to be complete in December 2022. The entire east side of the building, from the basement to the fifth floor, is closed. Work includes demolishing and rebuilding the fifth floor, conserving the exterior stonework and rehabilitating the individual office suites.
Full project details at www.aoc.gov/cannon.
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The Region's support for the United Way started in the 1970s, with the first campaign supported by Council in 1976. The campaign raised $250,000 with 13 participating agencies in York Region, including an employee payroll deduction program. For many years York Region residents have contributed to the United Way of Metro Toronto. The Region launched its campaign, The United Way of York Region (now United Way Greater Toronto), to benefit York Region's community services.
In 1980, the Region supported United Way, including payroll deductions and flying its flag at the Region's Administrative Building and United Way to campaign on Regional property to employees with the implementation under the Chief Administrative Officer. Ten years later, Council endorsed and supported the first Regional employee-run United Way campaign, and it continues to be run by employees ever since. Seen here is the Regional Chair Eldred King (left) and Commissioner of Community Services Peter Critchon (right) raising the United Way flag at the Administrative building for the beginning of the Region's 1993 campaign. Regional staff donate $13,645 to the United Way in 1993.
The #CCLNRB
The CCLNRB is a joint project by Goethe-Institut Nairobi, Motion Bank and NODE Forum for Digital Arts, Frankfurt.
Eight Kenyan and German artists are commissioned to create a project evolving around the them of „Designing Hope“ with their very different artistic means: choreography, the voice, composition, vr-technology or other digital art practices.
#CCLNRB artists are Melisa Allela, Benjamin van Bebber, Amelie Hinrichsen, Leo Hofmann, Alacoque Ntome, Awuor Onyango, Jared Onyango and Else Tunemyr.
The artists are discussing “hope” as a usually positively perceived yet ambiguous concept: Is a state of hope actually encouraging? What is the difference between hope and optimism? Doesn't hope always come with anxiety? And what is the role of technology in the shaping of social imaginaries?
In their interdisciplinary constellation the #CCLNRB members investigated different cultural fields that provide or make use of hope as a means and medium: from pop-music to religion, from commercial advertisement to the promises of technological innovation for development. During the presentation the group will showcase alternative concepts or settings for rethinking the quality of hope, ideas on utopia and dystopia.
In June 2017, the artists will meet for further two weeks to continue the collaboration in Frankfurt, Germany. The final result will be premiered at the German festival NODE17 Forum for Digital Arts in Frankfurt (Main) at Mousonturm and Naxoshalle Given future fundings, we will bring back the final project to Kenya in November 2017 to NFPMA (Nairobi Festival of Performance and Media Arts).
#CCLNRB has also been supported by Technical University of Kenya.
Photos by David Rittershaus
Continuing with my First Light Challenge 2018 see's a different subject.
No buildings in this one, rather a landscape which really is more "me" anyway!
Stuart Range peaks L-R: Mount Stuart, Sherpa Peak (in clouds), Argonaut Peak, Colchuck Peak (in clouds), Dragontail Peak (in clouds), and Little Annapurna.
Foreground: Devils Head.
"Now that is what I call a Re-enactment!
Bartimaeus the blind beggar
May the Peace of the Risen Christ be with you! Easter is here.
We had a most successful Re-enactment of Our Lord's Passion. After so many months of preparation, sewing machines running hot updating costumes, actors learning lines, sound systems being upgraded and more, there we stood at 11am on Good Friday with microphone in hand: "Welcome to the 2018 Re-enactment of Our Lord's Passion!" And so it began.
How do we measure "success" in regards to our re-enactment?
On one measure you can use crowd numbers, donations, "Likes" and Shares and that would be appropriate if this was just a normal play. Even on that basis our event would certainly be considered a success with somewhere around 5,000 people participating and lots of great feedback and support.
But how do you measure success for a play that tries to be an authentic re-enactment of the Passion of Jesus Christ based on scripture and tradition of the Church? In this case we were told by the Pauline Fathers that many people came back and they were hearing confessions the whole day.
We saw many people following the play and praying along with us.
Crowning with Thorns
Many came up to us after the play thanking us for such an invigorating presentation of our Lord's Passion. Here are some of the early tales we have been told of the day.
One of the biggest challenges with a moving play is the safety of actors, crew and pilgrims as the play moves from scene to scene. We try many methods such as fixed tape and ropes as well as rope held by our marshalls. Enforcement for keeping the crowd back tends to fall towards the soldiers who, like in a theatre restaurant, instruct the crowd to move back for their own safety. Our photographer, eager to get "the photo", allowed a little old lady to sneak past the barriers so she could touch the cloak of Jesus. As the Centurion swung his arm giving orders to his soldiers, this lady who stood upright under his swing moved forward. "What the?" cried the Centurion and firmly moved her back with instructions. I thought she would be concerned at the firm treatment but she was grinning ear to ear and holding her bag telling her family, "I touched his cloak!"
I touched Jesus' Robes!
Some of our Marshalls volunteered to help on the day. Often these had not experienced the fluid intensity of a moving play like this and even though they were holding on to the rope barrier, found themselves sucked into the crowd. When the Centurion or one of the soldiers noticed their lost marshall and we heard the cry, "Get him out of there!" as they reached in and brought him back into line.
Our marshalls and soldiers request people to stay back for their own safety. When the Roman soldiers and Jewish guards broke out into another scuffle we heard the cry, "They're fighting again!" and the crowd suddenly made space. "Please stand back for your own safety," we once more cried as the procession moved on.
When Jesus was being scourged, the process started with one Roman making a few lashes. Then he gets moved back with the cry, "Let someone do it properly!" The primary flogging Roman soldier let fly with the whip dipped in the fake blood. Drops of blood flew in an arc and the soft straps struck Jesus with a satisfying slap and Jesus cried out. The crowd stopped chattering with an audible gasp.
One of our new actors had not actually attended the play in past years so this was all an amazing experience. When Jesus was being scourged and mocked, tears came to her eyes, but the Woman of Jerusalem in charge held her and said, "Don't cry yet. We have to call for his crucifixion in the next scene." So she held back her tears and like a trooper joined the crowd calling for Jesus' crucifixion. As she said afterwards, it won't be the same contemplating the story of Jesus' Passion in future.
At the start of the play we made sure the actors and crew knew that this was a "Live" play. That meant no retakes, no pause to re-do the scene, no stepping in to try again. "The play must go on!" we instructed. "After all, the pilgrims haven't read the script and the story won't be affected if your lines are not exact. So long as we get the important bits in the right order, no-one will know." That was good advice.
When Pontius Pilate was standing majestically on the balcony addressing the crowd, the sign of Roman Superiority detached from the balcony railing and fell to the ground with a crash. Pontius Pliate's eyes opened wide for a brief moment and then he turned his gaze back to the Crowd and Caiaphas and the Jews and continued as if nothing was wrong. The crew quickly removed the sign and all moved on as if this was part of play. We were told afterwards how clever this was, the falling of the sign representing the fall of Roman Justice. The play must go on.
Although we have a script which covers all the main dialogue and actions, the flavour comes from the interactions and improvised dialogue of the actors. Insults between the Jews and Romans provided occasional humour too. At the crucifixion, one of the Jewish Chief Priests called out "How many Romans does it take to Crucify someone?" Being sick of their taunts a Roman Guard approached them and said, "I have room for one more. Are you ready?" The Chief Priest stepped back behind the Jewish Guards and replied, "I have an appointment tomorrow and can't today."
We will report further tales as they come to light, but I want to end this post-play post with some heartfelt thanks. When organising an event like this where there are months of preparation involving over 100 cast, crew and support organisations, the whole thing only works when people do their part. This year worked so well because everyone did their part, no matter how small that part may have appeared. The actors didn't just remember their lines, but they also worked with their fellow actors and added their own ideas for their character. For example, the actor playing the blind beggar Bartimeus had the idea of having a blindfold and sat in his spot near the start of the play, begging for alms for about 20 minutes before the play reached him. Then he improvised with many calls for alms and requests about what the commotion was. It was a great job which really brought out the character of the blind beggar. It may have only been a bit part, but it formed part of the greater whole.
The same applied for each of the roles, from the primary speaking parts through to the behind the scenes actors of the Women of Jerusalem and Apostles before and after the abandonment of Jesus.
So many people have done their parts and done them well I am very proud to have been able to assist in co-ordinating and directing the play. An event like this generates a great camaraderie and fellowship and fosters a deeper understanding of not just this critical point in salvation history, but also the very human element that is the point of the whole Passion. Every actor and member of the crew and supporters must know that all the work and effort has been worthwhile to so many people.
Thank you.
~David Bruggeman"
Copied from goodfridaypassionplay.blogspot.com.au/
For more information please visit www.paulinefathers.org.au
No need to meditate or imagine, this event will take you to Calvary!
Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2018.
This is a photograph from the 30th Annual AXA Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2014 took place in Raheny Village, Dublin, Ireland on Sunday January 26th 2014 at 15:00. The 'Raheny 5' has become one of the most famous road races in Ireland. The race has continued to grow year-on-year and this year was no exception on the year of it's 30th Anniversary. Almost 3,000 participants took part in the various events of the day. The incredible voluntary organisational work carried out by Raheny Shamrocks and the local community in staging the race every year must be acknowledged.
The weather was postively wintery today. There was an icy wind blowing into the face of the runners at various points in the course. This made for some very variable mile-splits. Overall the weather was favourable in that the rain stayed away and there was some helpful 'wind at the back' for the runners in places.
The race route starts at All Saints Park and goes into Raheny Village via Watermill Road. The route then turns west and along the Howth Road before turning left onto Sybill Hill Road. The route then turns left again onto Mount Prospect Avenue and continues until you run down to the sea-front and the Clontarf Road. The only real hill in the course is at the left turn from Clontarf Road onto Watermill Road. Finally, at the North East end of St. Anne's Park the race turns left and makes it way to the finish which is positioned at the start area of the race.
We have an extensive set of photographs from today's race at the 1 mile and then 400 meters to go. The full set is available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157640185381674/
Some links, related to this race, which you might find useful:
The Raheny Shamrocks Club Internet Homepage: www.rahenyshamrock.ie/ or www.rahenyshamrock.ie/news/axa-raheny-5-2013
Raheny Shamrocks Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/rahenyshamrock?sk=wall&filter=2
A GARMIN GPS Trace of the race route: connect.garmin.com/activity/24632342
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632621783395/
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629086163673/
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2011:http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625939674838/
Our Flickr Set from the Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157623196555201/
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread for the Race 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056776031
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread for the Race 2014: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057117075
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We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own.
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Creative Commons aims to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
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, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must 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.
How can I get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
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 when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I 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 or in other circumstances 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!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
Continuing with the black pointed flats with some understated studding. These are nice but i hardly wear them - i like pointed toes in heels but in flats I think It's akward unless I'm wearing oversized trousers (like why wouldnt you just wear a pointed heel).
And my personal favorite the Tory Burch's in bullet toe. Just love these, I picked these babies up on a trip overseas four years ago. True quality leather and they look amazing with anything. They are my go to and they are in a ton of my photos.
Hope you enjoy!
The review and modernization of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety system (GMDSS) continues this week at the fourth session of the Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communication, Search and Rescue (6-10 March). The GMDSS requirements in SOLAS Chapter IV were adopted in 1988 and ensure an integrated communications system using satellite and terrestrial radiocommunication systems. The meeting is expected to develop draft amendments to SOLAS to accommodate additional, global or regional, mobile satellite systems. Also on the agenda are: the technical review of proposed new or amended ships' routeing measures; the functioning and operation of the Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system, including a review of submitted audit reports; and search and rescue related matters, including the harmonization of aeronautical and maritime search and rescue. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim opened the session, which is being chaired by Mr. Ringo Lakeman (the Netherlands).
Yesterday morning I was fortunate to have been given a tour of the area of Baltimore in which I lived right after I was born - The neighborhood of Waverly.
My Friend Karen, seen here, volunteered to walk me around the area, though she knew nothing of my past. I only told her I had been born in the neighborhood and haven't been able to find the actual street where I lived.
At the time I was a completely helpless, slobbering little unit with no skills or control of my bowels. We moved away from Waverly when I was about two years of age.
I also told her I had learned to swim and been ordered to dance at gunpoint during my partial year of high school here in Waverly.
One of the main attractions of Waverly was the former Memorial Stadium, where the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts) and the Baltimore Orioles played.
Memorial Stadium was demolished over a 10-month period beginning in April of 2001.
In its place is a low-income senior housing complex called Stadium Place. Where Karen and I are seated in this photo is Thanksgiving Place, which is a gathering center and place of reflection for individuals and the community at large.
Tethered to the single sitting bench in the center of Thanksgiving Place is a "Contemplation Book", where people can write and share their thoughts.
We took several photos of the writings found in this book. Some were humorous, others profane, but many were touching and clearly written from deep within the hearts of the writers.
The one pictured here was a favorite.
Click here to read what this one young lady wrote, or you can read my transcription here:
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05/23/09
"He brought me up here for what? I don't know what to think, feel or what I'm seeing. My heart says one thing and my mind another. I know I love him but he can't love me! There's no reason he should. I'm so unhappy with myself how can I make someone else happy! I put my makeup on every morning with my outfits that are so fly! But it's all a cover up. It all hides the way I really feel. I wish I knew how to change or who I even am! Cuz I don't know.
But I will continue to pray."
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Others will be posted within this photo thread in the coming days.