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Given the area's population density and its prominent role in the country's history, it is no surprise that Chongqing offers an array of major historical and cultural attractions. The city was the base for the Allied effort during WWII. It was here that General Joseph Warren Stilwell, Allied Commander-in-Chief of the China-Burma-India theater, was based (the present-day Stilwell Museum in Chongqing is the restored headquarters of General Stilwell). Chongqing is also home to the Dazu Rock Carvings, there is a Panda Room at the Chongqing Zoo, and the city boasts China's largest ecotourism venue, Chongqing Safari Park, to name just a few of the important cultural-historical highlights of the area.
But there are other, more charming and picturesque sides to Chongqing Municipality, including its many and varied cityscapes, its mountains, rivers, and lakes. There are days when the Chongqing fog can rival that of London, a phenomenon that enhances the cosiness of the city and makes a cup of tea at a local teahouse most inviting.
The city offers a variety of choices for the visitor - from conference venues to shopping malls to dining and entertainment emporiums (the televised cooking show of Chinese-born (Guangzhou, 1948) American stir-fry cook, Martin Yan (yancancook.com), has naturally visited Chongqing). Chongqing is also a great place for a leisurely stroll, being wedged between the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers, surrounded by hills and mountains in the background. The nighttime view of the heart of Chongqing's downtown area, with its myriad of glittering lights, amplified by their reflections in the city's two rivers, is an especially majestic, if not romantic, sight to behold, especially given the diverse cultural setting. On a starry night, it is an experience rarely equalled anywhere on the planet!
2010-07-24 :: Cebu, Philippines
Basílica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu
Osmeña Boulevard,Cebu City
Canon IXUS 80 IS
Founded in the 16th century. It is the oldest Roman Catholic church established in the country, purportedly built on the spot where the image of the Santo Niño de Cebú, a statue depicting the Holy Child Jesus was found in 1565 by Spanish explorers led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The image is the same statue given by Ferdinand Magellan to the wife of Rajah Humabon as a gift over forty years after Humabon's baptism to Christianity on April 14, 1521. It was found by a soldier preserved in a burnt wooden box after Legazpi razed the village of hostile natives.
- www.basilicasantonino.org.ph/pages/basilica_complex.html
On October 15, 2013, at approximately 8:00 in the morning local time, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook Tagbilaran, Bohol, its force felt throughout the Visayas. The earthquake destroyed most of the belfry and facade of the Basilica; some walls and frescoes were cracked.
The Philippine Historical Association stated that the Basilica needs to be repaired after the earthquake as this was the first and oldest church in the Philippines.
-WIkipedia
This is a photograph from the BHAA K-Club 10KM Road Race and Fun Run 2015 was held at the K-Club Golf and Hotel Resort, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Saturday 11th of April 2015 at 11:00. The race, an annual event, has become famous for it's very fast and flat course which starts and finishes within the grounds of the K-Club. While the weather was dry and warm there was a tough breeze in places which made running conditions a little harder than expected. The road race has gained fame through it's PB potential. However it's PB potential is overshadowed by the spread of refreshments and catering afterwards which are now legendary and are of the highest standard imaginable. Race director Gerry Byrne and a very large team of volunteers, K-Club staff, and local Gardai must be given the highest of compliments for the staging of the event. Well done everyone. One for everyone's calendar in 2016. The start and finish area were at the clubhouse on the Palmer Smurfitt Course.
Our full set of photographs from today's event are available on Flickr at the following link https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157651474815819/
Don't forget to scroll down to see more information about the race and these photographs!
Our photographs from 2014 are also on Flickr (see here www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157643843402565) and from 2013 (www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633288746810/)
Who are the BHAA? The BHAA (Business Houses Athletic Association) is a work place athletic organisation who's aim is to facilitate colleagues to run together in a series of races. They organise a series of properly managed cross country, trail and road races over the year. To learn more about membership, fixtures, etc you can visit their website bhaa.ie/. You do not need to be a member of a company or BHAA organisation to take part in any of their races.
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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:
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Utrecht, CS/Hoog Catherijne/Centrum | Utrecht, Central railway station/Hoog Catherijne (shopping mall), city centre
Wat een heerlijke lens toch, die 23mm F1.4 | A truly lovely lens the 23mm F1.4
Fuji X-T3 | Fujinon 23mm F1.4
For best view: Press L
Copyright ©2019 Leon Harting - credit MUST be given at all times
Given the weather is dreadful for landscape photography I thought I would try some aviation work instead . The amazing Vulcan Bomber at the Franborough Air Show just after take off with the sun reflectiing on its glossy wings
Given that the Atlanta Hotel is in a very central location, there isn't a ton of space, and the pool is essentially a 1950's build. It's class though. You see that a lot of the chairs and hammocks are in the shade? Some are in the sun, and there is a small cafe area. I love this place so much. The only thing that slightly bothers me is walking down that alley in the heat of the day with no shade- then, about half a mile can become one long slog.
From my father's album.
Photographer unknown. (02/1935). Digital reproduction of original photo. All rights reserved.
Above photo from a party given by the Norwegian Embassy in Montevideo to honor the crew of WYATT EARP after returning from the second (unsuccessful) attempt of a 'first Transarctic crossing of the continent by airplane'. My father (#7 to your right) told that the expedition's pilot, mr. Bernt Balchen (#4 to your left), returned to duties in Det norske Luftfartsselskap (later to become SAS), - the reason also being 'disagreements with leadership in the organization and tactics' of obtaining the expedition's main objective.
THE THIRD ATTEMPT 1935-36
Bernt Balchen returned to Norway to enter commercial aviation so Ellsworth went to work to find a new pilot. The search ended when two pilots flying for Canadian Airways were hired. Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, an Englishman from London, and J. H. Lymburner, an Ontario farm boy, were the talented men Ellsworth chose to participate in the third attempt at a transantarctic flight.
Early in May, Ellsworth and his wife sailed for Europe to make their annual visit to Switzerland. Afterwards, they took the GRAF ZEPPELIN to South America, disembarking at Rio de Janeiro. After sending his wife on her way back to the States, Ellsworth boarded the Italian liner Augustus for the trip down to Montevideo. Upon arrival, Ellsworth was pleased to find his new pilots, mechanic and navigating crew on hand together with a good-as-new plane. On a pleasant October afternoon they started south with their first stop being to refuel in Magallanes, Chile. With full bunkers and provisions for two years, they sailed from Magallanes on October 28, 1935, arriving five days later at Deception Island. Heavy pack ice had blown in but two days later they made it through to the whaling station. On November 11 they moved out of Deception Harbor and made for Dundee Island and upon arrival, chose a base at the northwestern end of the island at a sheltered passage between Dundee Island and Joinville Island. By November 18, the POLAR STAR had been test-flown, fueled and readied for the historic flight.
Commencing on November 20, a number of exploratory flights were conducted around the peninsula. At 4 a.m. local time, on November 23, Ellsworth and Hollick-Kenyon took off, heading southwestward over Prince Gustav Channel. They maintained an altitude of approximately 7500 feet while flying at an indicated air speed of 126 miles per hour. As they proceeded southward the pack ice became heavier until navigable leads were nowhere in sight. They crossed the Larsen Ice Shelf and soon brought the plane up to 11,000 feet where they were able to scan the glacier-filled valleys in the vicinity of Stefansson Strait. At 12:22 p.m. Ellsworth made an entry in his journal:
Crossed Stefansson Strait. Confirmed Wilkins' discovery of a separation between Graham Land and the Continent of Antarctica, but observed Strait to be not more than one mile wide, which is much less than is shown on maps.
Compass bearing of coast SE 138° and W 242°. Low black conical peaks of Cape Eielson on our left. Climbed to elevation 13,400 feet, temp. minus 22° cent.
Heading for unknown. Bold and rugged mountain peaks across our route lay ahead, some of which seemed to rise almost sheer to 12,000 as far as the eye could see. I named this range "Eternity Range".
They crossed George VI Sound, now at an altitude of 10,000 feet, and flew on toward the southwest and across the southwestern part of Alexander Island. The western limb of George VI Sound was crossed in the vicinity of the Eklund Islands. Flying on a southwesterly coarse, they crossed the English Coast and promptly lost use of their radio (later determined to be a defective switch on the antenna lead). Meanwhile, Lanz remained at the radio for hours in an effort to regain contact with the plane. Although Ellsworth knew it was malfunctioning, no effort to land and repair the radio would be attempted until crossing the 80th meridian. When Ellsworth estimated they had reached 80° W, he dropped an American flag as a sign of his having discovered the vast plain and recorded in his journal his intention of naming the area James W. Ellsworth Land in honor of his father.
They had been in the air 13 hours when the decision was taken to land in order to ascertain their position since visibility was getting poor. The exact location of this first landing was later determined to be 79° 15' S, 102° 35' W. They parked the plane and set up camp where they remained for 19 hours. Ellsworth raised the American flag and claimed the land between 80° W and 120° W for the United States and named the area, as before, in honor of his father. That part above 6000 feet he named the Hollick-Kenyon Plateau. On November 24, shortly before noon local time, they took off again for LITTLE AMERICA.
Due to rapidly worsening weather, the plane was forced to land only 30 minutes after taking off. Here they remained for three days of unsettled weather during which time they took 30 careful sights of the sun, but since the sextant was out of adjustment, the results were inconclusive. However, the position of Camp II was later determined to be 79° 22' S, 107° 30' W.
Late in the afternoon of November 27, Ellsworth and Hollick-Kenyon took off but once again were forced down, this time after 50 minutes of flight time. They scarcely had enough time to tie the plane down and pitch their tent before a blizzard hit. The storm continued for three days while the men remained in their tent. The occasional intervals of bright sunshine allowed Hollick-Kenyon to take sextant readings after which Camp III was determined to be located at 79° 58' S, 114°, 15' W, only 500 miles from their goal.
www.south-pole.com/p0000110.htm
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An awkward location given the position of the overhead power line stanchion but worth recording. The LNER Azuma is on test, running as 5Q42; the 12.14 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle, reversing in platform 3, before returning as 5Q43; the 13.11 Newcastle to Berwick-upon-Tweed, LNER test train.
156472 has just arrived on 2W14; the 12.45 Metrocentre to Newcastle Central, Arriva Rail North / Northern service
Given in memory of Ada Mary, Lady Crosthwaite widow of Sir William Crosthwaite founder of the Tees Towing Company
a model given to me by my neighbor to fix a broken wheel (based on my request of course). I saw it a chance to get as close as possible to a Gullwing and get a feel of how Ken Brown photographed a real SL 300 Gullwing
This model was so perfectly detailed, just like the real thing, given my limited knowledge of which.
strobist: a collapsible light tent to create a large source on top of model, one vivitar 285 on top fired by PW. setup shot here. See others in the series:
I possess a booklet, New Sights of London, issued by the London County Council. Publication date not given, but I nicked it from the school library in about 1965. "A dream coming true" is the title given to an "artist's impression" of the Elephant & Castle development, upon whose figure-of-eight road junction, it was stated, "work has already started". The central block seen here, albeit that it has a decided look of the 60s, is not a feature of the illustrated scheme. I suspect that, as the 60s property boom got going, the temptation to add money-spinning floor-space to the plot became too great. There seem to have been a number of revamps since the development went up. Those aggregate panels around the top of the shopping centre are very much of the 70s, but tent-like structures such as the one that forms the roof over the entrance, are a recent fad.
There are few places more cheerless, I find, than an area of "public space", designed and laid out, such as we see in the foreground. Empty Golden Virginia pouches and discarded spill-proof lids from takeaway drinks, usually with "bendy" straws still in situ, are an uncomplimentary addition to bark-chip mulch and evergreen shrubs. Look at those hard, backless benches. Such a splendidly clean, minimal design. Yet who would choose to repose on one, with the receptacle for canine excrement at the corner of his eye as he ate his lunchtime sandwiches, puffed a fag or fed the pigeons (both the latter activities being officially discouraged, of course)? Only the modern age could have produced them. Even the lushingtons and derelicts prefer to perch on the low walls around the "plantings". The lighting here is provided by what appear to be reclaimed belisha beacons.
The truth is, I think, that "planning" is always a failure. All the zoning, traffic and pedestrian management, comprehensive development, regulations and guidelines produce an environment of squalor and visual tedium. You only have to look at 19th-century photographs, showing townscapes that grew up haphazardly, to understand this.
Given the haphazard nature of the celebrations in 1976 where hundreds of supporters tried to gatecrash the Mansion House, Dublin Corporation decided to organise an open-top bus for the Victory Parade. There was only one suitable vehicle in the country - a 1945 Bristol - that was supplied to the Corporation by the Transport Museum of Ireland.
This photograph is from the Dublin City Council Photographic Collection. This unique collection is an educational resource and provides a basis for original research on the history of Dublin in the second half of the twentieth century.
Given the lack of original trim, this car could possibly be a 1942 or 1947 model. I'm guessing it's a '48 but don't really know with any certainty.
Standing in front of the Hotel Inglaterra on Paseo Marti, one only has to wait for the traffic light to change to see old American cars.
Im working as a set photographer of Jay Kays House staring Robin Givens. When Robin Givens and the other actors graciously came out to do a photo shoot with me in the green room where I had a photo studio set up. Robin Givens is probably the coolest actress I've meet to date. more to come ( TV Show has nothing to do with my studio, just a coincidence)
This was taken on the set of Jay Kay By Jamil Jones for Jay Kay Photography
Diane was given the assignment to cover The Kings & Queens Tour with NonPoint & Butcher Babies co-headlining. Opening the show was Sumo Cyco and it all went down at The Space in Westbury, NY. Click these links to see the full gallery of her photographs and read her review
www.shutter16.com/kings-queens-tour-2018-rips-through-the...
AND SEE THE FULL GALLERY HERE
www.flickr.com/photos/shutter16mag/sets/72157693610060702
Please do not use any of Diane’s photos without permission.
©Diane Woodcheke
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The Chinese government has given concurrence to Sri Lanka to set up a new Consulate General in Guangzhou in Southern China.
Yu Hong, Vice Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China presented the formal agreement giving concurrence to the opening of the Consulate General on 18 January to Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China Ranjith Uyangoda during a special meeting held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.
The Consulate General in Guangzhou will facilitate the expansion of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and China in areas of economy, trade and tourism while further strengthening people to people contacts between the two countries. The Sri Lankan Government has already appointed a Foreign Service Officer to the position of the Consul General in Guangzhou.
This will be the third Sri Lankan Consulate Office in China, following the establishment of the Consulate General in Shanghai in 2007 and the Consulate in Chengdu in 2009.
Guangzhou is the main manufacturing hub of the Pearl River Delta and one of China’s key commercial and manufacturing regions. An increased number of Sri Lankan companies also participate in the China Import and Export Fair which is held biannually in Guangzhou.
This years Benno Premsela Lecture was given by the American novelist Matthew Stadler. His lecture, delivered in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, asked "What is the interior?" Technological and political change—particularly the reach of digital technologies and state and market involvement in them—has made conventional notions of "the interior" obsolete. Stadler proposes a broader concept—the interior as the space of composition—and argues for the urgency of design work and research into this broader concept.
Stadlers five novels (including Allan Stein and Landscape: Memory) animate dream-like interiors within vividly described cityscapes that are equal parts historical and fantastic, in prose the American writer Lydia Davis calls "permeated with Nabokovian grace and intelligence." The late critic Guy Davenport esteemed him "among the foremost gifted, vigorous, and original novelists of our time."
Since working as literary editor of Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors, all six years of the much-missed journals existence Stadler has been a welcome literary voice in architecture and design, most recently with his new book Deventer (NAi/010 publishers), about the interplay of power and hope in the design process.
ABOUT THE BENNO PREMSELA LECTURE
Each year Het Nieuwe Instituut invites a speaker to share his or her views on contemporary developments in design. Previous speakers have been Michael Rock, Werner Sewing, Ann Meskens, Józeph Mrozek, Henk Oosterling, Nancy Etcoff, Richard Sennett and Gunter Pauli.
The Benno Premsela Lecture is part of Landscape and Interior, a multiyear exhibition, research and studio programme at Het Nieuwe Instituut. The exhibitions 1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf, Bekleidung and Richard Hutten at the Sonneveld House comprise part of the same programme.
Photo's: Matthijs Immink
Given my local force had/still has a decent complement of Ford Mondeo dog cars, I went in with this shot under the assumption this Met Mondeo might too be a dog car, but further inspection proves that, interestingly enough, it isn't. By all accounts, with the 'ANPR fitted' notice in the window being a clear indication, this is allocated to the Met's Roads Policing division, and looks quite smart under said role. A check of checkhistory.uk shows that the Met let go of this back in December last year, disposing it to another owner following an MOT that clocked it at 101,426 miles. So, quite a decently long life by traffic car standards!
Possibly the last photo of this on Flickr, given how no-one seems to have had this since late 2022, the Metropolitan Police's KZD, a 2019 Ford Mondeo estate traffic car, is seen crossing Westminster Bridge while on routine roads policing patrols.
I was given a Rolleimarin set by a former employee of Rollei. It includes several accessories and bags. It's in good condition, but I can't guarantee that it is complete or working. The serial number is 2949. As far as I know, there were 4 different versions of the Rolleimarin available but I don't know, which version this one is exactly (or for which Rollei camera). Because I'm neither a diver, nor a collector, I would like to sell this kit. The Rolleimarin became famous through the spectacular underwater pictures of Hans Hass.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hass
Any question (or hint about the exact version) is welcome:
www.andreasreinhold.com/rolleimarin/
Mir wurde ein Set einer Rolleimarin überlassen (von einem ehem. Mitarbeiter in der Rollei Entwicklungsabteilung). Es beinhaltet 2 Blitze und diverses Zubehör, sowie die passenden Segeltuchtaschen. Es befindet sich in sehr gutem Zustand, jedoch kann ich keiner Garantie für fehlende Teile oder fehlerhafte Funktion übernehmen. Die Serien-Nr. des Sets ist 2949. Soweit mir bekannt, gab es 4 Versionen des Rolleimarin, um welche Version es sich hier handelt und für welche Rollei Kamera es exakt passt, ist mir nicht bekannt. Da ich weder Taucher noch ein Sammler bin, möchte ich dieses Set gerne verkaufen. Bekannt ist das Rolleimarin durch die spektakulären Unterwasseraufnahmen von Hans Hass.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hass
Hier ist eine Galerie mit ein paar Bildern (ich werde diese heute abend durch bessere ersetzen), Fragen beantworte ich gerne, Hinweise auf die exakte Version sind willkommen:
I was given a great opportunity last weekend to show some friends from out of town around parts of central Texas.
While driving on an overpass/bridge in Wimberly, Texas, we spotted this creek down below. It turns out that it was the Blanco River.
I'm not sure if the recent drought in summer made the river lower than normal but we could walk across rocks and parts of the floor poking through the water.
What I found really beautiful was that the forest was still very full and green with the exception of a few small trees that were in the river. They had turned a bright vibrant fall orange. There were only a handful of these little trees which made for a fun photography exploration.
While shooting there were signs of wildlife everywhere. I saw deer, rabbits, a wild turkey, and a plethora of birds. This is why having photography friends is great, because we get to use photography as a reason to go explore and see what we can find.
@lifebypixels
Aankomst in Rotterdam van het containerschip EVER GIVEN , VB TIGER , ROTTERDAM , SD STINGRAY en RT ROB van Boluda Towage assisteerden naar de ECT in de Amazonehaven.29-7-2021 gezien vanaf de KRVE 71
Wolf Pack Invite 09/27/08
River Walk Park - Bakersfield, CA, Wednesday, September 27, 2008
www.andynoise.com/wolfpack08.html
Chris Schwartz (Foothill) won the varsity boys race in 16:18. McFarland took the team title. McFarland also won the boys frosh/soph and jv team races. medals were given out to the top 15 runners.
Varsity Boys Team Results
1 MCFA McFarland 25
2 PADA Palmdale 95
3 RIDG Ridgeview 118
4 SHAF Shafter 130
5 BAEA East Bakersfield 142
6 BAKE Bakersfield 174
7 WASC Wasco 176
8 STOC Stockdale 210
9 FTHL Foothill 233
10 GARC Garces Memorial 254
11 ARVI Arvin 321
12 NORT North 324
13 Fron Frontier 345
14 SOUT South 404
15 BACH Bakersfield Christian 423
16 WSTB West Bakersfield 461
TFCC Taft INC
1. 16:18 179 179 Chris Schwartz Sr M FTHL 1
2. 16:29 292 292 Cisneros Alfonso Sr M MCFA 2
3. 16:38 450 450 Robby Baker Jr M RIDG 3
4. 16:44 297 297 Marco Perez So M MCFA 4
5. 16:48 293 293 Eduardo Bautista Jr M MCFA 5
6. 16:51 294 294 Marco Camargo Jr M MCFA 6
7. 16:54 451 451 Alex Garcia Jr M RIDG 7
8. 16:56 291 291 Gerardo Alcala Sr M MCFA 8
9. 16:58 295 295 Eddie Garcia Sr M MCFA 9
10. 17:04 296 296 Francisco Nava So M MCFA 10
11. 17:05 483 483 Joshua Wittenberg Sr M SHAF 11
12. 17:10 402 402 Adrian Ramos Jr M PADA 12
13. 17:16 400 400 Victor Hernandez Sr M PADA 13
14. 17:19 72 72 Andrew Ariey Sr M BAKE 14
15. 17:20 403 403 Daniel Ramos Jr M PADA 15
Elizabeth Wittenberg (Shafter) won the girls varsity race in 20:10. The Ridgeview varsity girls won the team title. Palmdale won the jv race and McFarland won the frosh/soph team title.
Varsity Girls Team Results
1 RIDG Ridgeview 45
2 SHAF Shafter 73
3 PADA Palmdale 94
4 NORT North 95
5 STOC Stockdale 124
6 FTHL Foothill 142
7 BAKE Bakersfield 142
8 GARC Garces Memorial 189
9 Fron Frontier 243
10 SOUT South 278
BAEA East Bakersfield INC
ARVI Arvin INC
WASC Wasco INC
TFCC Taft INC
WSTB West Bakersfield INC
BACH Bakersfield Christian INC
1. 20:10 464 464 Elizabeth Wittenberg Sr F SHAF
2. 21:04 430 430 Tijerra Lynch So F RIDG
3. 21:07 369 369 Merino Jennifer Sr F PADA
4. 21:10 428 428 Jessica Huizar Jr F RIDG
5. 21:12 89 89 Lucia Garcia Jr F BAEA
6. 21:17 208 208 Monica Guzman Jr F GARC
7. 21:23 330 330 Cecilia Lopez Sr F NORT
8. 21:33 90 90 Sophia Garcia So F BAEA
9. 21:35 136 136 Natalie Fernandez So F FTHL
10. 21:46 2 2 Tonya Hernandez Jr F ARVI
11. 21:53 624 624 Alejandra Gutierrez Sr F WASC
12. 21:55 372 372 Anaiz Ortiz Sr F PADA
13. 21:56 426 426 Ashley Duran Sr F RIDG
14. 22:05 459 459 Lindsee Handel So F SHAF
15. 22:12 45 45 Gabrielle Lerma So F BAKE
JV Boys Results
1 MCFA McFarland 29
2 RIDG Ridgeview 72
3 BAEA East Bakersfield 105
4 PADA Palmdale 118
5 SOUT South 150
6 Fron Frontier 160
7 WASC Wasco 161
8 STOC Stockdale 169
9 FTHL Foothill 237
10 GARC Garces Memorial 246
11 MiMo Mira Monte 278
12 BAKE Bakersfield 341
SHAF Shafter INC
TFCC Taft INC
ARVI Arvin INC
NORT North INC
1. 11:06 284 284 Bryan Calvo Sr M MCFA
2. 11:23 290 290 Pedro Sanchez Jr M MCFA
3. 11:34 661 661 Eric Sanchez Jr M WASC
4. 11:34 100 100 felix Trevino So M BAEA
5. 11:36 277 277 Bernardo Garcia Fr M MCFA
6. 11:39 440 440 Ernesto Castillo Jr M RIDG
7. 11:45 476 476 Matt Yanez Jr M SHAF
8. 11:46 439 439 Michael Anseno Sr M RIDG
9. 11:47 98 98 Marc Sotello Jr M BAEA
10. 11:47 474 474 Elias Picazo Sr M SHAF
11. 11:49 288 288 Adam Marquez Fr M MCFA
12. 11:50 394 394 Ramirez Miguel Jr M PADA
13. 11:50 393 393 Nicholas Mayo Jr M PADA
14. 11:53 276 276 Ismael Bautista Fr M MCFA
15. 12:00 101 101 Esteban Vargas Sr M BAEA
JV Girls Results
1 PADA Palmdale 27
2 STOC Stockdale 51
3 RIDG Ridgeview 66
4 MiMo Mira Monte 100
SOUT South INC
BAKE Bakersfield INC
FTHL Foothill INC
NORT North INC
GARC Garces Memorial INC
1. 14:45 494 494 Claudia Cuevas Sr F SOUT
2. 15:05 420 420 Natalia Motta Sr F RIDG
3. 15:12 528 528 Amber Crabtree Sr F STOC
4. 15:28 351 351 Amy Diaz Sr F PADA
5. 15:33 360 360 Lizet Onofre Jr F PADA
6. 15:41 364 364 Crystal Schachter Jr F PADA
7. 15:48 531 531 Shelby Pinkham Jr F STOC
8. 15:51 41 41 Felisa Torres Sr F BAKE
9. 15:52 118 118 Lucia Garcia Jr F FTHL
10. 15:54 362 362 Karina Ortega Jr F PADA
11. 15:54 328 328 Aubree Mossburg Jr F NORT
12. 16:04 365 365 Michelle Silva Jr F PADA
13. 16:06 367 367 Zaria Zambrano Jr F PADA
14. 16:07 525 525 Justine Benavidez Sr F STOC
15. 16:19 128 128 Nancy Tenorio Sr F FTHL
Frosh/Soph Boys
1 MCFA McFarland 25
2 WASC Wasco 66
3 FTHL Foothill 95
4 STOC Stockdale 114
5 RIDG Ridgeview 121
6 PADA Palmdale 139
7 SHAF Shafter 174
8 Inde Independence 183
9 TFCC Taft 254
10 BAKE Bakersfield 287
11 RFKH RFKH 312
12 GARC Garces Memorial 313
13 ARVI Arvin 337
14 MiMo Mira Monte 383
SOUT South INC
Error 2042 #N/A INC
1. 10:53 666 666 Jorge Zuniga Fr M WASC
2. 10:55 282 282 Chavez Ryan Fr M MCFA
3. 11:12 275 275 Sergio Avelar Fr M MCFA
4. 11:25 638 638 Eddie Aguilar So M WASC
5. 11:26 280 280 Leo Perez Fr M MCFA
6. 11:26 278 278 Jose Monrreal Fr M MCFA
7. 11:36 177 177 Genaro Quintanar Fr M FTHL
8. 11:38 541 541 Alex Eckley Fr M STOC
9. 11:39 279 279 Gonzalo Mulato Fr M MCFA
10. 11:40 252 252 Dwayne Facho So M Inde
11. 11:41 434 434 Brandon Magno Fr M RIDG
12. 11:42 383 383 Corey Nieto Fr M PADA
13. 11:48 543 543 Abraham Mayorga So M STOC
14. 11:49 467 467 Pablo Mendez Fr M SHAF
15. 11:50 650 650 Asencion Mendoza Sr M WASC
Frosh/Soph Girls
1 MCFA McFarland 43
2 Inde Independence 51
3 STOC Stockdale 73
4 FTHL Foothill 101
5 TFCC Taft 121
6 RIDG Ridgeview 139
7 RFKH RFKH 173
8 WASC Wasco 180
SOUT South INC
BAEA East Bakersfield INC
NORT North INC
BAKE Bakersfield INC
GARC Garces Memorial INC
1. 14:02 267 267 Corina Garcia So F MCFA
2. 14:02.6 270 270 Kathy Torres Fr F MCFA
3. 14:09 266 266 Olivia Ayon Fr F MCFA
4. 14:09 586 586 Daisy Guitron Fr F TFCC
5. 14:16 522 522 Madison Schutzner Fr F STOC
6. 14:23 484 484 Natalie Espinoza So F SOUT
7. 14:37 248 248 Sara Sullivan Fr F Inde
8. 14:37 110 110 Erica Castro So F FTHL
9. 14:44 237 237 Natalie Ambriz So F Inde
10. 14:46 93 93 Mayra Ponce So F BAEA
11. 14:50 244 244 Acacia Ingram So F Inde
12. 14:58 523 523 Victoria Valos So F STOC
13. 15:00 268 268 Liset Perezchica Fr F MCFA
14. 15:03 249 249 Katelynn Webb Fr F Inde
15. 15:20 135 135 Mari Escuedero So F FTHL
Given that Air Canada Jazz is going to soon disappear this might be my last shot of the these uniquely colourful aircraft huddled together under the iconic name that we all know them by.. Group hug..
Given to me by a family member, it did well at Download festival with a makeshift fisheye lens. Got some cool shots of a few Black Label Society fans holding up their mate above the crowd, still in his wheelchair!
Given to me by my grandmother. Quilted velvet make-up pouch.
Blogged about at French Mademoiselle: http://frenchmademoiselle.blogspot.com/2010/05/vintage-beauty.html.
Young Munster winger and new recruit Barry Givens has only one thing in mind in the 79th minute of this pulsating Ulster Bank AIL game which thoroughly entertained all who were in attendance at Tom Clifford Park.Young Munster scrum half,Brian Haugh,opened the scoring landing a difficult penalty in the opening minutes.Little did anyone know that it would seperate the teams at four o'clock ! Lansdowne stormed into the lead from there with three unanswered tries all of which were converted, 3 - 21 at the break. In the second half in true "game of two halves" style Young Munster decided to wake up and play.They produced a wonderful exhibition of never give up rugby and scored three unanswered tries of their own which Brian Haugh converted to leave Lansdowne shell shocked and losers,24 - 21. If only every game was as exciting as this ! Game of Saturday 1st March 2014.
The tigers in Sariska are tagged so the rangers know approximately where they are at any given time. Number Six was said to be “just over that hill”, so we headed in that direction. No sign. Just as we were turning round to go out of the park, we met a tourist jeep who claimed to have seen him, so the guide told us to “hold on tight” and we set off at break neck speed up the hill. Sure enough, there behind the trees was a tiger. You could only just about make him out through the foliage.
After a couple of minutes the tiger got up and started walking along, bored with lying camouflaged in the jungle. The driver anticipated where he would come out on the road, and he was right.
Without a single glance at our Jeep, the tiger nonchalantly walked along the road, where we followed him for several minutes. Occasionally he would stop and sniff (smell the flowers?) or mark his territory.
Around the last bend we spotted a man (possibly a ranger) on foot in the road ahead. We tried to signal to him to go back, but he was taking no notice of us, nor had he seen the tiger. Then the tiger spotted him too, and the driver shouted as loud as I have ever heard any man shout, with the rest of us joining in for good measure. That did the trick - it scared both the man and the tiger. The man ran off and the tiger turned to see where the noise came from and automatically made a charge. The driver slammed the car into reverse, but the tiger changed his mind and jumped back up into the jungle again. Just as well as we were only about 20 metres away at this time, in an open Jeep.
We could still see him in amongst the trees, and followed him as far as we could before he went further into the jungle, heading for the waterhole; and we rushed off to get to the gates before they closed at 18:00.
What an exciting afternoon!
This is a photograph from the annual BHAA Government Services/Social Protection Group's 5 Mile Road Race took place on Tuesday 27th May 2013 at 20:00 in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland. The course is a fast flat course which begins on the Dunboyne-Maynooth Road between the two entrances to Dunboyne Castle Estate. The race then proceeds in an anti-clockwise direction back to the Dunboyne Athletic Club on the Rooske Road in Dunboyne. The race reaches higher standards with every passing year. Paul Gorey and his team of volunteers must be given great credit for putting on such a wonderful race event. Thanks are also extended to Dunboyne Athletic Club, the BHAA, and the local community who all make this possible.
This photograph is part of a large set of photographs taken at the finish line area of the race. There are also some races of the buildup and the start of the race. The full set is available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644466844507/
Overall Race Summary
Participants: There were approximately 500 participants .
Weather: A bright sunny evening with little breeze
Course: This course is fully left handed with very little in the way of inclines. Good road surface. These are nice narrow country roads with shelter provided by mature hedgerows. This year the race finished with 3/4 of a lap of the Dunboyne AC track.
Refreshments: Lots and lots as is the tradition with BHAA Events - served outside the scouts hall at the track.
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Our photographs from the BHAA Dunboyne Race 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633772077781/
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Whyalla. Population 21,200.
Hummock Hill was sighted and named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 and soon after given French names by Captain Baudin. The first pastoral runs were taken out here in the 1850s as it had the Middle Back ranges, coastal access and Port Augusta not too far distant. One of the early pastoralists was James Patterson who took out the Iron Knob leasehold of over 160 square miles in 1854 near Iron Knob. To the north and west of his leasehold was that of James Loudon who took out Caroona station in 1862. Other leaseholds in the region of Whyalla were Point Lowly, Pandurra and Middleback. In the early 1870s Loudon sold Caroona to Sir Samuel Davenport and Sir John Morphett and it was Davenport, with his interest in minerals and mining, who sent the first ore samples to England in 1878 for analysis. This resulted in a mining lease taken out in 1880 by Ernest Siekman. The lease lapsed as he did not pay the annual rental. BHP took out nine mining leases in 1896 and the future of iron Knob and the future Whyalla began. BHP began taking iron ore for smelting to Port Augusta in 1899 which took bullock drays two days. The Hundred of Randell which covered this area was declared in 1895 as interest in the ore deposits increased.
In 1896 the government released land fronting Spencers Gulf for lease. One of the first to take up land where Whyalla stands was Humphrey Cowled who leased 30,000 acres on the gulf which he called Nonowie. The town of Hummock Hill emerged in 1900 after BHP developed their ore leases. The ore was used for flux in the Port Pirie smelter and it was shipped across Spencers Gulf. Most of the early settler families at Hummock Hill also came by ship across the gulf from Port Pirie. These families remained the backbone of the Whyalla population until World War Two. In 1900 BHP proposed to the government of SA to enact a bill that would allow them to build a tramway from Iron Knob to Hummock Hill on the coast with a permanent leasehold of the route. Port Augusta Council opposed this as they wanted the tramway built to Port Augusta and its already existing port. There was some logic in this opposition as a tramway to Port Augusta would be 46 miles in length whereas the tramway to Hummock Hill was about 35 miles, not a significantly shorter distance. The government enacted legislation for a BHP tramway to Hummock Hill in 1901 and BHP had developed a small jetty and port by 1903. At the same time the town of Hummock Hill emerged partly on BHP leasehold land. By 1905 the settlement had its first school, a general store and a tin Institute in which the school was conducted. Church services were also held in the hall. In 1903 the community was pleased when Mr Delprat, the general manager of the Broken Hill mine visited Hummock Hill and Iron Knob. The first hotel opened in 1905 on the site that later became the Whyalla Hotel 20 or so years later. The beer was shipped to the hotel from Port Pirie. The isolation of Hummock Hill was reduced when a telephone service began in 1911. Gradually stone houses replaced early tin and timber houses and the town took shape. The government officially surveyed and changed the name of the town to Whyalla in 1914 which means “sound of the sea” in a local Aboriginal language. The new solid Institute was opened in 1920 by Mr Delprat the BHP manager in Broken Hill. At the time Whyalla had a population of around 1,000 people with sporting clubs, RSL, banks, and commercial enterprises. Water was shipped from Port Pirie when necessary. BHP established a dairy to provide milk for the residents and a small desalination plant was built to provide additional fresh water. The impressive red ironstone buildings, often in the Art Deco style were erected in the late 1930s or early 1940s as the city’s industrial base expanded to steel making and ship building. The iron stone Whyalla Hotel opened in 1933. It was enlarged in 1940. This was a company town run by BHP with the exception of the Post Office, the School and the Police Station run by the government and the commercial enterprises of the town. BHP was a paternalistic employer and during the Depression of the 1930s as work slowed BHP found other jobs for married male employees such as re grading the tramway from Iron Knob etc.
During World War One Mr Delprat had suggested a steel furnace and steel works in Whyalla but this did not happen. The steel industry in Australia began with a small furnace and plant at Lithgow in the Blue Mountains in 1901. This plant was superseded by the bigger steel works in Newcastle in 1915 and Whyalla jetty was then expanded to ship iron ore direct to Newcastle. The third steel plant in Australia was established at Port Kembla (Wollongong) in 1928 and Iron Knob ore was also shipped there. With the rise of Hitler and Third Reich in Europe in 1933 and the ominous threat of world war Australia began to be concerned about its future as it was clear we were no longer isolated from the rest of the world. In 1937 the SA government passed legislation for the Morgan to Whyalla Murray River water pipeline to ensure water reliability for Whyalla and this was an essential for the first production of steel by BHP. The 1937 act set aside 1,000 acres for BHP to establish the plant and adjacent harbour. Progress was not hasty and the furnace and harbour began in 1939. After the outbreak of World War Two work progressed quickly. The first steel was produced in 1941 and called pig iron. Port Kembla also produced pig iron or steel and its export to Japan in 1938 led to the Attorney General Robert Menzies being called Pig Iron Bob by striking wharf unionists. The union slogan at the time was “No scrap for the Jap.” At that time Japan was fighting the Sino-Japanese War and needed more steel. The industrial dispute at Port Kembla ended in January 1939 when the waterside workers loaded the ships at Port Kembla. In 1940 the Royal Australia Navy asked BHP if they could build ships in Whyalla and this became urgent with the war and work began in 1940 on the hulls of several ships before the steel blast furnace was completed. The town grew rapidly with an influx of new workers and the construction of the hospital, an abattoirs, the Spencer Hotel, and the establishment of a Whyalla newspaper in 1941/42. During the War the population rose from 1,350 in 1937 to 7,900 in 1944. During most of World War Two BHP employed around 2,500 men and women with a peak of 2,750 employees in 1941. During the War BHP also established an ammunitions annex to produce shells for war arms. In a couple of years Whyalla produced 748,000 shell cases. The Combined Unions Council negotiated with BHP for workers’ wages and conditions. The newly employed women to offset the war time labour shortage were employed in the war effort in the shell annex, the tool room and in ship building. The women received 90% of the men’s wages for the same job.
The first ship was launched in 1941 and named the HMAS Whyalla (650 tonnes) which is now part of the Information Centre and Maritime Museum. It was one of four corvettes made in Whyalla for the Royal Australia Navy and they mainly worked as minesweepers and surveillance. During and after World War Two Whyalla built 36 ships for the Australian Navy, four for Indian navy and 20 for the British Admiralty. After the War most of the ships built in Whyalla shipyards were mainly cargo and iron ore carriers. A total of 63 ships, one oil rig and two barges were built in Whyalla by 1978 when shipbuilding was closed down. Most of the corvettes manufactured in Whyalla had South Australian town names- Whyalla, Gawler and Pirie. Whyalla also built the Kalgoorlie corvette for the Royal Navy. Other SA named corvettes built interstate were the Kapunda, the Glenelg and the Wallaroo. After the war BHP built commercial ships and eventually in 1958 they decided to build an integrated steel works in Whyalla (completed 1965) to process the ore into steel. Railway lines and ships were among the steel products produced.
As a shipbuilding site and producer of ammunition shells Whyalla needed special consideration and defence during World War Two. Defence installations were erected on Hummock Hill during the Second World War (1942) as Whyalla was a potential Japanese bombing target. Four anti-aircraft guns were on the ready at Hummock Hill. Other defence installations were built south of Cowell at Port Gibbon to forewarn of a Japanese attack. Complacency about war threats was overturned when German shipping mines were discovered in Spencers Gulf in 1940 designed to impede BHP ore carriers to Newcastle and Wollongong. Across the Gulf Port Pirie produced half of Britain’s lead so it too needed special protection. A survey recommended special defences for both Iron Triangle cities but only Whyalla got special protection. As the threat of Japan increased anti-aircraft guns were sent to Hummock Hill and arrived on 4 February 1942. Ten days later (14 th February) Singapore fell to the Japanese and on 19th February 1942 Darwin was bombed and partially destroyed by the Japanese. The hummock Hill anti-aircraft guns were operational by 23rd March. One Royal Navy ship guarded the entrance to Whyalla for most of the War until 1944. Search lights were installed at Hummock Hill late in 1942. But no threat emerged during the War. Air raid practices were conducted by BHP from time to time warning people to take cover when the BHP siren sounded. Despite the practices and preparations no raid occurred but the need for precaution was not unfounded. Three of BHP’s merchant ships were sunk off the coast of NSW on their way to or from Whyalla with a total loss of 85 lives. By early 1944 Australia’s home defences were known to be out of danger but gunners at Whyalla had been withdrawn in August 1943 and their tasks taken over by civilian defence.
By 1943 Whyalla had a population of 5,000 people and people began to query the lack of local government as the city was run by BHP. Local government was instituted in 1944 with three elected and three BHP appointed councillors. 1944 was also the year the Morgan to Whyalla water pipeline was completed. In 1960 Whyalla became a city as it had around 14,000 residents. The Commission system of local government was ended in 1970 when locals could finally elect all councillors to their city. By 1976 Whyalla had 33,000 residents, the largest city outside of Adelaide but with the loss of shipbuilding in 1978 the city’s population declined to about 20,000. BHP sold their Whyalla works to OneSteel in 2000 which changed its name to Arrium. Sanjeev Gupta bought the insolvent Arrium steelworks in 2017 and has revitalised it albeit with recent difficulties. The Whyalla steel works are critical to the whole of Australia as steel is only made at Whyalla and Port Kembla. Whyalla is the only plant to make steel rail for all sorts of uses not just railways. In late 2024 Whyalla steel works employed 4,800 people directly and countless more indirectly in other firms. (Port Kembla employs around 3,000 people.) Perhaps the future of the city will be revitalised even more if the hydrogen hub proceeds. Whether that happens or not billions of dollars of investment are needed to move Whyalla steel works away from coal fired furnaces to gas or hydrogen fired furnaces. On the way to Hummock Hill lookout in Gay St. we pass the Whyalla Institute with a classical façade with the date as 1920. This was also the site of the first timber Institute opened in February 1905. The first Whyalla School opened in this Institute in April 1905.The current port of Whyalla exports iron ore and steel mainly. Port Bonython 16 kms north of Whyalla mainly exports crude oil and liquid gas from South Australia’s Cooper basin.
UCA students were given the opportunity to build a stuffed animal during the Build A Bear event in the student center on Tuesday. Students were provided with numerous options for animals and stuffed the bears themselves. They could also personalize their bear with a custom screen printed t-shirt. The event was sponsored by the Student Activities Board.
Given its founders, Tomball, Texas is a little bit German. Tomball, just 28 miles northwest of downtown Houston, is Texan for Fun!
I was given a bundle of sun flowers last week and they are feeling kind of droopy now but the LIGHT! That time of day when motorcycle man is home from work and we are gathering the kitties for their dinner and I'm thinking about what we will have for dinner then I walk through this room and see THIS. I stop to pick up my camera because it's worth it.
Given by Archbishop Henry Bowet (1407–23) and/or his ?family
2a Shield of Bowet impaling azure a lion argent billety or (?Bryn),
2b Shield of the see of York impaling Bowet.
2c Shield of Bowet (19th century).
2d Shield of Bowet impaling Ufford.
2e Shield of Bowet impaling Zouche of Harringworth and ?Dinan.
3a–4a St John of Beverley under a canopy. Label: ‘S(an)c(tu)s Ioh(ann)es Be[v]erlac(ensis) Archie(piscopus)’.
3b–4b King Ceolwulf of Northumbria, ‘Sa(n)c(tu)s Cealwulphus Rex’, under a canopy, nearly all 19th century.
3c–4c Unidentified pope, ‘Sa(n)c(tus) Papa’, under a canopy.
3d–4d King Eadbert, under a canopy.
3e–4e Archbishop Wilfrid II, ‘S(an)c(tu)s Wilfrid(s) secun[dus]’, under a canopy.
Borders in 2a–2e: crowns.
Tracery: figures of Zechariah, Saul, Micah, Malachi, Solomon, David and Habakkuk.
Design: Rexpo
Czech seed beads in the shape of a roller are known as PRECIOSA Bugles or rods. The production technology for PRECIOSA Bugles is similar to that used for PRECIOSA Rocailles, however the cut rods with various shaped holes (round, square or hexagonal) are not rounded, but are merely fine tumbled in order to smooth off any sharp edges and heat polished. In order to produce an increased and more effective sparkle, PRECIOSA Bugles are produced with a twisted or extra twisted hole or surface which in PRECIOSA Bugles can be round or square, straight or twisted. The variability of the PRECIOSA Bugles is therefore enormous.
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Title: Leap into life
Description: The Chicken Coop, is the name given to a settlement of Romanian Roma, Europe's largest is just 14 kilometers from the center of Madrid, Spain.
There are about 200 families, with a high birth rate
adolescent women, these families live in "slums" poor quality housing, built with materials found in the trash, as pieces of wood, doors, billboards, etc ..
His most working people in selling scrap.
About the photographer: Nacho Left (Santiago de Chile, 1978). His career has run behind the camera since the early years in his native Chile. He came to Spain to complete his training and eventually settled in our country to develop a long career as a photojournalist. His photos have illustrated disasters, sports events and social movements. Precisely its strong social commitment has granted his greatest hits. The fotodenuncia-protest and photography are two of their specialties.
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Take part in our new guest photographer contest, inspired by 2015 being the European Year for Development. Every month until September we will be announcing a different topic linked to development. Send us your photo inspired by the theme of that month, along with the submission form and you could be invited to Strasbourg to make a photo reportage.
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Given Jag has had almost two decades to perfect the new model, it's disappointing the F-Pace is not a benchmark. Having said that, it's still a beautifully designed and engineered SUV that has the soul of its sports car stablemates, combined with space and practicality few of its rivals can match.
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