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Photograph taken at an altitude of Two hundred and seventy metres at 10:21am on Thursday 7th September 2023 off the A386 just outside Mary Tavy between Okehampton and Tavistock, in Devon.
Wheal Betsy is an old Engine House from the tin mining days, located at Job's Shaft it was built in 1868.128 men worked here with four over-shot waterwheels after reopening in 1863, but it finally closed in 1877.Today, it is the last standing example on Dartmoor.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 200mm Shutter speed: 1/125s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso100 Handheld with Tamron VC Vibration Control enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural Light Auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)
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Another grainy snapshot which has been given an OTT Edit! ;-)
I shot this picture in my kitchen after dinner, when some evil lil dude slunk in having stolen Yoda's lightsabre.
The lighting came from available tungsten so I threw the aperture wide at f~2 to make sure I could get the shot. Again a high ISO caused the horrid digital grain which is so difficult to recover. I am starting to seriously hanker for some new camera gear...
Anyhow, today's two impromptu photo subjects both came out a bit crappy - the other thing being a fried egg face in a pan!
Tomorrow though, I MUST try harder. I have some lighting kit and a strobe on loan, so all need now is a subject!
YORK, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: during an i2i Soccer Academy Training Session at Haxby Road on October 28th 2022 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
Given the council totally by passed my building when it came to fixing the gutters e.t.c.
paisleycouncil.blogspot.co.uk/
I would be better of offering up my vote for a donation. Since it would benefit those who built this town and who now turn in their graves as they watch it fall down around our feet.
They built stuff that lasted while we makeshift and mend or just neglect.
Donate what you can to this unpaid remembrance project if you can. No one else is, that’s for sure.
Given the current budget difficulties, will the replacement carriers actually be built and or serve in the Royal Navy?
The bookplate of Harvard College Library. In memory of Edward William Hooper, class of 1859, given by his daughters. Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.7. Feature: Inscription only. In the Harvard Libraries collection.
The annual BHAA Government Services/Social Protection Group's 5 Mile Road Race took place on Tuesday 28th 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.
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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Results of the 2013 race will appear here: bhaa.ie/results/
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Our photographs from the BHAA Dunboyne Race 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629959245726/
Tom Healy BHAA usually photographs these BHAA events - his Flickr set is at www.flickr.com/photos/tomhealy/sets/
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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22/09/2016 Ladies European Tour 2016: Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España Femenino, Aloha Golf Club, Marbella, Spain 22-25 Sept. Eleanor Givens of England during the first round. Credit: Tristan Jones
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Skewville’s latest exhibit Playground Tactics at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco reads as owner’s manual for the anarchist arts fan. Here dissent is given room to run and stretch, allowing a seemingly obvious exhibit to take on a new identity. Skewville, made up of Brooklyn-based twin brothers Ad and Droo, have dreamed up a world more commonly found in children’s imaginations where their masterpieces are often hidden away, scribbled on the sides of loose paper and textbooks. The irony is that the works are oddly grown up, yet far outside the mainstream. In this exhibit, the outside has found a way indoors, and the protest is framed.
Read the rest of the story here: www.warholian.com/2012/01/24/skewville/
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YORK, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 04: during the West Riding County FA Development West League match between i2i Albion and i2i County at Haxby Road on November 4th 2022 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
Given that restaurant De Heeren van Liedekercke in Denderleeuw, Belgium, is an official Orval Ambassadeur it shouldn't come as a surprise that they've got some cool Orval stuff on display - such as this magnum bottle.
Given rubescens is much more common than pantherina I assume this is a blusher but didn't know the salient Panther Cap features til I got home. Handsome either way.
Given a custom red paint job by a previous owner (which was quite badly scuffed up in shipping). Original levolier pull switch also broken in shipping and had to be replaced. Has the Adaptair mechanically reversible airflow system.
From the early '70s, with the three-speed, 1.9 amp shaded pole motor and pot metal trumpet canopy. Within the next few years the switch housing would change shape slightly, the pot metal trumpet canopy replaced with a shorter, two-piece plastic one, and the fans would start to be marketed more for residential use as "The Original Olde Tyme Ceiling Fan," later shortened to simply "The Original."
Images given left to right
Top: Variety (1), Emphasis (2), Contrast (3)
Middle: Harmony (4), Unity (5), Movement (6)
Bottom: Balance (7), Proportion (8), Repetition (9)
1) The different shapes of the illustration on the shirt create variety.
2) There is an emphasis on Lila (the girl on the log) since she is the only human in the picture moving across one of the only diagonal lines in the picture.
3) The dark silhouette of the tree creates contrast against the bright orange sky.
4) There is variety in this picture since they are moving from dark to light, but there is also unity with brother and sister running side by side.
5) Each one of the three runners sitting on the fence, looking off into the forest creates a sense of unity between them.
6) The string of beads creates lines for your eyes to follow from the dead leaves stuck in the beads at the bottom to the flowers at the top of the tree.
7) There is a symmetric balance created by the two grates on either side of the larger grate.
8) The receding lines created by the brown poles create a sense of greater importance towards the front of the image.
9) The vertical, narrow lines of the trees repeat across its cluster.
Given the increase in demand for healthy diets and OFSP, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) provided the International Potato Center (CIP) with a scaling grant to accelerate the use of OFSP puree in baked and fried products in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. The project launch for Kenya was held on 31st May, 2019 at ILRI Campus in Nairobi.
Photo: N. Ronoh (CIP-SSA)
Michigan State University Alumni Association, Grand Awards 2021, Copyright 2021 Michigan State University Board of Trustees and Alumni Association
YORK, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: during the West Riding County FA Development West League match between i2i Albion and RIASA Helsinki at Haxby Road on October 23rd 2023 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
Kelpie is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland.
Artist: Andy Scott
Title: The Kelpies [30-metre high horse-head sculptures]
Material: structural steel with a stainless steel cladding
The Kelpies
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Helix
Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK2 7ZT
High on it's nest above the Banksia woodland of Perth's Swan Coastal Plain, this 11 week-old eaglet fledged a few days after this photograph was taken. Here, it raises its wings in a defensive posture as I stuck my hand above my head, pointed the camera in roughly the right direction and clicked the shutter. This nest was so high that I had to hang underneath it to take photos! You can just make out the remains of Western Grey Kangaroo hide in the foreground.
This photo featured on the cover of the Australian Wildlife Magazine, Autumn 2009.
Bangor bounce back against Ballymoney
by Roger Corbett
Putting the disappointment of last week’s defeat at Instonians behind them, Bangor produced a solid performance at home to beat Ballymoney by 20-13.
This was going to be an interesting and important fixture given the nature of Bangor’s defeat against Instonians and Ballymoney’s win at Portadown last weekend. Although at different ends of the league, the earlier meeting at Kilraughts Road was a dogged affair, with Bangor only managing to get on top within the closing stages of the game. Starting as favourites for this fixture, Bangor started brightly, but after 23 minutes of missed opportunities by Bangor, it was Ballymoney who started the scoring with a penalty. This was the spur the home side needed, and just 5 minutes later Mike Aspley, making a welcome return from injury, made a great run through the centre before passing to Mark Widdowson on the left wing. Mark’s clever chip over the advancing defence was caught cleanly and then carried over for an unconverted try, and putting Bangor ahead by 5-3.
Ballymoney returned to the attack and pushed Bangor back into their own twenty two. Although on the back foot, Bangor secured their scrum and quickly broke out of defence. It was Aspley again who made the decisive break before passing to Davy Charles on the right wing. Although chased down by the Ballymoney winger, Charles shrugged off the tackle to score under the posts, which Widdowson subsequently converted, for a half time lead of 12-3.
Bangor looked good for their two tries so far, but if their off-loads when tackled and handling in general had been more controlled, there is every chance they could have secured a 4-try bonus point by half this stage. Hopes were therefore high that they would settle quickly in the second half and steadily work towards this.
Unfortunately, from the opening kick-off by Ballymoney, Bangor knocked the ball on, giving the visitors an attacking scrum inside Bangor’s twenty two. However, the forwards had proved strong so far, and were causing problems for their opponents. On this occasion, a concerted push overpowered the Ballymoney pack, and Bangor were able to turn the ball over, winning a penalty in the process. With this initial panic over, Bangor built good attacking platforms but, just like in the first half, their passing and handling fell short at crucial moments and more scoring chances went begging. Bangor’s frustration was compounded after just 8 minutes when a Ballymoney penalty was kicked to touch, deep inside their opponent’s twenty two. From the resulting line-out, the Ballymoney forwards produced a driving maul that Bangor were unable to stop, resulting in a try, which was also converted, narrowing the score to 12-10.
Once again, it looked like Ballymoney weren’t going to lie down. The touchline spectators may have been getting a little nervous, but the Bangor men stuck to the task and after a further 13 minutes were rewarded with another good score. From another secure Bangor scrum in their own half, Curtis Stewart picked up at number eight and barged his way through the immediate Ballymoney defence. Having broken through the line, he passed to Charles on his right. Once again Charles sprinted off down the touchline, and again was pursued by his opposite number. This time the tackle was more effective, but Charles’ pace was enough to see him squeeze over in the corner for his second try. Widdowson’s conversion wide, but the lead was now a little more comfortable at 17-10.
By now, Bangor’s forwards were dominating the scrums and, having won a penalty inside Ballymoney’s twenty two, and in front of the posts, it may have crossed captain Jamie Clegg’s mind to go for another scrum which would hopefully build a good platform to go for their bonus point try. However at this stage in the game, and with only a converted try between the two sides, Clegg wisely opted for the kick at goal, which Widdowson successfully converted, stretching the lead to 20-10 and denying the visitors a losing bonus point.
From the restart, Bangor repeated their earlier mistake by knocking the ball on again. Further mistakes shortly afterwards gave Ballymoney a penalty which they successfully kicked, bring the score back to 20-13, and restoring their losing bonus point.
As the game entered its final minutes, Bangor looked strong and were pressing forward again. However, more knock-ons saw another opportunity go begging and, before they could apply more pressure to the now-tiring Ballymoney scrum, the referee blew for full time. Bangor will be thankful to have returned to winning ways, and without any serious injury concerns. However, the poor display in basic ball-handling skills was costly as it undoubtedly denied them a valuable bonus point.
Next week sees Bangor travel to Armagh to play their 2nds in the Towns Cup. This will certainly be a stern test but will also help to prepare for Bangor’s biggest game in recent years – the final of the All Ireland Junior Cup against Dundalk the following week. With Bangor’s 2nds and 3rds performing well and sitting at or near the top of their respective leagues, and also still in cup competitions, these are exciting times at Upritchard Park.
Bangor side: P Whyte, A Jackson, J Leary, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: O McIlmurray, M Rodgers
Bangor scores: M Widdowson (1T, 1P, 1C), D Charles (2T)
Given the detrimental effects of insufficient nutrition on child well-being, learning ability, academic performance, and future productivity, promoting healthy diets and improved nutrition should be a high priority on school development agendas. To this end, FAO organized a regional workshop to present and discuss school food and nutrition approaches in Europe and Central Asia on 11–13 December in Minsk.
The event is part of an FAO project on strengthening food security and nutrition in selected countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia, funded by the Russian Federation.
Read more: www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/1255023/
Photo: FAO/Sergei Gapon
The monumental gateway to the Acropolis, the Propylaea was built under the general direction of the Athenian leader Pericles, but Phidias was given the responsibility for planning the rebuilding the Acropolis as a whole at the conclusion of the Persian Wars. According to Plutarch, the Propylaea was designed by the architect Mnesicles, but we know nothing more about him. Construction began in 437 BCE and was terminated in 432, when the building was still unfinished.
The Propylaea was constructed of white Pentelic marble and gray Eleusinian marble or limestone, which was used only for accents. Structural iron was also used, though William Bell Dinsmoor analyzed the structure and concluded that the iron weakened the building. The structure consists of a central building with two adjoining wings on the west (outer) side, one to the north and one to the south. The core is the central building, which presents a standard six-columned Doric façade both on the West to those entering the Acropolis and on the east to those departing. The columns echo the proportions (not the size) of the columns of the Parthenon. There is no surviving evidence for sculpture in the pediments.
The central building contains the gate wall, about two-thirds of the way through it. There are five gates in the wall, one for the central passageway, which was not paved and lay along the natural level of the ground, and two on either side at the level of the building's eastern porch, five steps up from the level of the western porch. The central passageway was the culmination of the Sacred Way, which led to the Acropolis from Eleusis.
Entrance into the Acropolis was controlled by the Propylaea. Though it was not built as a fortified structure, it was important that people not ritually clean be denied access to the sanctuary. In addition, runaway slaves and other miscreants could not be permitted into the sanctuary where they could claim the protection of the gods. The state treasury was also kept on the Acropolis, making its security important.
The gate wall and the eastern (inner) portion of the building sit at a level five steps above the western portion, and the roof of the central building rose on the same line. The ceiling in the eastern part of the central building was famous in antiquity, having been called by Pausanias (about 600 years after the building was finished) "...down to the present day unrivaled." It consisted of marble blocks carved in the shape of ceiling coffers and painted blue with gold stars.
Given the increase in demand for healthy diets and OFSP, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) provided the International Potato Center (CIP) with a scaling grant to accelerate the use of OFSP puree in baked and fried products in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. The project launch for Kenya was held on 31st May, 2019 at ILRI Campus in Nairobi.
Photo: N. Ronoh (CIP-SSA)
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Quite full given the rain we'd been having in the night and could be heard from a few hundred yards away. And yes the path was steep and rocky!
Given my inauspicious start to the day, I am surprised I was trusted to get the spelling right, but nevertheless, I was asked to overpaint the name plate. Canal and River Trust volunteer group, repainting Kintbury lock. Photo-a-day project, July 2013.
Given the number of accountants and solicitors who live and work in the Close you would expect him to be a lot fatter. It has taken a while for me to work out who he looks like but I reckon Alun Armstrong is favourite.
Just a short walk behind the hotel (Kantary 304) is this little restaurant that has a nice little buffet. It is run by a local family and includes simply grilled chicken, pork and skewers along with salad fixings. A nice meal including a big Leo beer for under $8 USD!
Everything being given away by the SEGA US Community Team via Twitter on 5/1/09.
Anyone following us on Twitter is eligible to win any prize except the Sonic Chronicles DS. This is limited to people in the US, Mexico, Canada, and Latin America.
Day 292:
My name was chosen to honor him.
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Size of your work: 每把木劍(per beam saber)：約 50 x 50 x 1500 mm
Medium of your work: 行為、木 ( performance, wood )
Artist Statement:
女媧煉石補天九九八十一天
唐僧取經歷盡九九八十一難
我今為高達鑿製雷射劍九九八十一日，誠心誠意。
The goddess, Nu Wa, mended the disastrous rift in firmament by melting colorful rocks in 9x9 (81) days. To discover divine truth, Monk Tong had faced 9x9 (81) challenges in his journey to the West. Now as my oblation given to Gundam, I craft and offer beam sabers in worship for 9x9 (81) days.