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Wicklow, Irish: Cill Mhantáin, meaning "church of the toothless one"[1][2]) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census.[3] The town is situated to the east of the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford. Wicklow is also connected to the rail network, with Dublin commuter services now extending to the town. Additional services connect with Arklow, Wexford and Rosslare Europort, a main ferry port. There is also a commercial port, mainly importing timber and textiles.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: SHIN'S BASS SOLO (1 of 1) /
EL SOLO DE SHIN (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 29 of 48) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Ren: - whispering – It was a kind of welcome party because we just finished building our first dioramas, but that night you had a meeting with the producers.
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Ren: - susurrando- Era una especie de Fiesta de inauguración porque acabamos de construir los primeros dioramas, pero ese día tu tenías reunión con los productores.
LINKS:
- FOTOHISTORIAS en casa de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES at Flickr
Hey you, out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me?
Hey you, standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and fading smiles
Can you feel me?
Hey you, don't help them to bury the light
Dont give in, without a fight.
Hey you, out there on your own
Sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you, with your ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out
Would you touch me?
Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, Im coming home.
Situata nella parte sud-occidentale della Basilicata, la Valle prende il nome dal fiume Agri ed è una delle valli più belle e caratteristiche dell'Italia Meridionale.
La forma della valle è quella di un'ampia varice, circondata dai rilievi montuosi, e presenta ambienti e zone molto diversificate.
I centri abitati sono posti sulle colline situate lungo la parte iniziale del tragitto del fiume (lungo 136 Km) che nasce alle pendici del monte Volturino e sfocia in mare nei pressi di Policoro.
La zona è dominata da due monti: il Volturino (1856 m.) ed il Monte di Viggiano (1725 m.) sul quale ha sede il Santuario della Madonna di Viggiano, uno dei più noti di tutta l'Italia Meridionale.
Le bellezze naturali in Val d'Agri sono innumerevoli; degne di nota sono la faggeta del Volturino, ricchissima di fiori di bosco come i ciclamini rosso scuro, l'agrifoglio, i gigli rossi ed i narcisi; la faggeta di Moliterno dagli alberi imponenti e i castagneti di Tramutola.
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Built on a basalt outcrop, the castle was known to the native Britons as Din Guardi and had been the capital of the British Kingdom of Bryneich from the realm's foundation in c.420 until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle. In that year the citadel was captured by the Anglo-Saxon ruler Ida of Bernicia and became Ida's seat. It was briefly retaken by the Britons from his son Hussa during the war of 590 before being relieved later that same year.
His grandson Æðelfriþ passed it on to his wife Bebba, from which the early name Bebbanburgh was derived. The Vikings destroyed the original fortification in 993.
The Normans built a new castle on the site, which forms the core of the present castle. William II unsuccessfully besieged it in 1095 during a revolt supported by its owner, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland. After Robert was captured, his wife continued the defence until coerced to surrender by the king's threat to blind her husband.
Bamburgh then became the property of the reigning English monarch. Henry II probably built the keep. As an important English outpost, the castle was the target of occasional raids from Scotland. In 1464 during the Wars of the Roses, it became the first castle in England to be defeated by artillery, at the end of a nine-month long siege by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.
The Forster family of Northumberland provided the Crown with twelve successive governors of the castle for some 400 years until the Crown granted ownership to Sir John Forster. The Forster family retained ownership until Sir William Forster (d. 1700) was posthumously declared bankrupt and his estates, including the castle, were sold to Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham ( husband of his sister Dorothy) under an Act of Parliament to settle the debts.
The castle deteriorated but was restored by various owners during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was finally bought by the Victorian industrialist William Armstrong, who completed the restoration.
During the Second World War, the Royal Navy corvette HMS Bamborough Castle was named after it.
En 1690, le marquis de Louvois, Ministre de Guerre de Louis XIV, ordonne à l'intendant Bégon la construction d'un fort sur la pointe d'un rocher nommé « Le Chapus ». Construit face à la citadelle du Château d'Oléron, il permettait de croiser les tirs des canons et de verrouiller l'accès sud à la rade de Rochefort.
La réalisation des plans est confiée à François Ferry. L'ingénieur dessine un fort ovale, à deux étages de canons, relié à la côte par une chaussée de 400 mètres submersible à marée haute.
Ce projet ambitieux est remis en cause à la mort de Louvois. Vauban réduit le projet : seule la moitié de l'ovale est réalisée, donnant ce plan en fer à cheval doté d'un unique étage de batteries et d'un donjon central entouré d'une douve.
La construction débute en 1691 et s'achève en 1694. Il est le dernier ouvrage de fortification maritime commandé par Louis XIV.
Le 10 septembre 1944, après la libération de Marennes, les Allemands qui occupent encore Oléron tirent des obus sur le fort depuis l'île. Très endommagé, il est acheté par la commune de Bourcefranc en 1960 et restauré. Il ouvre au public en 1972. La caserne, le donjon et le magasin à poudre sont aujourd'hui des espaces muséographiques
The Viceregal Lodge, Obervatory Hill, Shimla, India, by Henry Irwin. Completed 1888; tower height increased later by Lord Curzon. Local grey sandstone and light blue limestone, with iron girders, beams, and trusses.
Built on a high 331-acre site, levelled for the purpose, this mock-Tudor or baronial-style building is visible from far down the hillside, and was intended as a proud symbol of Empire. Over the portico at the main entrance is a coat of arms with inscriptions above it naming the architect (Irwin), the executive and assistant engineers (F. B. Hebbert and others) and the Earl of Dufferin as the current Viceroy. Dufferin was the first to occupy the new Lodge. The columned arches along the façade are echoed in the arches of alternating widths supporting the verandas. Just visible to the left of the main entrance, on the first floor, is one of the unobtrusive external iron spiral staircases provided for the lowliest menial staff, the bathroom sweepers.
Inside, the main hall is panelled in teak. The unicorn originally carved over the impressive main fireplace has since been replaced by the Indian wheel of progress. The double-galleried corridor off to the left is lit by mullioned windows and a glass ceiling, and leads to the ballroom, now the library of the Institute of Advanced Studies. On the ground floor were also the dining hall, lounge and drawing room. On the upper floors were the Viceroy's office and rooms. To the right of the main hall is a splendid three-storey high teak staircase, the kind of feature, no doubt, that earned Irwin his eulogy in the Madras Mail, to the effect that his genius was displayed in his interiors. In the morning room and visitors' lounge on this side, finishing touches like a walnut ceiling with a Kashmiri design, lavish wall-coverings (some of which remain more or less intact), an original chandelier and so on, can still be seen. Maple & Co, London, were the western suppliers. A large picture of one of the Vicereines, Lady Elgin, hangs over the fireplace of the visitors' lounge.
For its day, the Lodge had state-of-the-art technology. It had its own steam generator, and was the first building in Shimla to employ electric lighting. Indeed, Lady Dufferin, the first Vicereine in residence, is said to have first used an electric light switch here. The original light panel is still in place (with an added fusebox). The Lodge also had running hot and cold water, together with a sophisticated system for collecting and storing bath and rainwater, including two tanks under the front lawn.
Outside in the landscaped grounds stands a tall tulip tree, a rarity in an area dominated by pines and deodars. It was planted during the stay of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Viceroy who replaced Dufferin in 1888.
There are 15 web pages listing Ottawa, Gatineau & area half marathoners. This web page lists the area half-marathoners who have first names starting with an S to Stephen.
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For the names of the other half-marathon runners, go to the set called "Ottawa-area Half-marathoners" which has links to the full directory of names i.e., all 15 web pages.
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To access race statistics AND pictures (if available), first click on this Sportstats’ link and enter the runner's last and first names, and then click on Search.
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The names are derived from the following half-marathon races:
i) 2010 Canada Army Run (link for photos only)
ii) 2010 Ottawa Fall Colours (link for photos only)
iii) 2010 Nine Run Run (link for photos only)
iv) 2011 Winterman (link for photos only)
v) 2011 Ottawa Race Weekend (link for photos only)
vi) 2011 Canada Army Run (link for photos only)
vii) 2011 Scotiabank Waterfront (link for photos only)
The pictures are available for sale from ASI Photos, Zoom Photo, etc.
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(list no. 13, in order by first name)
1….S Bastien Elie….Plantagenet….M30-39
2….S Bastien Taillefer….Ottawa….M20-29
3….S Moran….Gatineau….M40-44
4….Saad Mokdad….Petawawa….M20-29
5….Sabine Mersmann….Pembroke….F45-49
6….Sabrina Avery….Ottawa….F20-29
7….Sabrina Bradford….Ottawa….F25-29
8….Sabrina Cornwall….Ottawa….F25-29
9….Sabrina Kalapati….Ottawa….F20-29
10….Sabrina Mayer….Ottawa….F20-24
11….Sabrina Mehes….Ottawa….F25-29
12….Sabrina Quraeshi….Ottawa….F50-59
13….Sabrina Sengupta….Ottawa….F25-29
14….Sacha Guilbault….Stittsville….M30-39
15….Safeta Nalic….Ottawa….F40-49
16….Sage Martin….Petawawa….F30-34
17….Said Irene….Gatineau….M50-59
18….Salim Hammad….Ottawa….M25-29
19….Salli Dambrowitz….Kinburn….F35-39
20….Sally Floyd….Nepean….F40-44
21….Sally Gelpke….Ottawa….F40-49
22….Sally Plant….Ottawa….F55-59
23….Sam Boardley….Ottawa….F30-34
24….Sam Brownrigg….Gatineau….M19
25….Sam Cui….Ottawa….M19
26….Sam Geller….Ottawa….M19 & under
27….Samanta Jacques-Arsenault….Ottawa….F30-34
28….Samantha Hunter….Ottawa….F20-29
29….Samantha Calder-Sprackman….Ottawa….F20-24
30….Samantha De Benedet….Ottawa….F20-29
31….Samantha Moreau….Petawawa….F40-49
32….Samantha Newton….Ottawa….F30-39
33….Samantha Omand….Nepean….F19 & under
34….Samantha O'neill….Ottawa….F20-29
35….Samantha Rivest….Kanata….F20-29
36….Samantha Ruddy….Ottawa….F20-24
37….Samantha Ryder….Petawawa….F20-29
38….Samantha Stagar….Ottawa….F30-39
39….Samantha Stergaros….Ottawa….F40-44
40….Samba Forget….Ottawa….F40-49
41….Samer Forzley….Nepean….M30-39
42….Samira Afrand….Ottawa….F20-29
43….Samuel Breau….Ottawa….M20-29
44….Samuel Chenevert….L'Ange Gardien….M30-39
45….Samuel Galante….Nepean….M40-49
46….Samuel Morin….Gatineau….M25-29
47….Samuel Roy….Gatineau….M25-29
48….Samuel Valle….Gloucester….M20-29
49….Samy El-Jaby….Ottawa….M20-29
50….Sander Post….Ottawa….M30-39
51….Sandi Horner….Stittsville….F50-54
52….Sandi Wensink….Ottawa….F45-49
53….Sandi Wright….Ottawa….F30-39
54….Sandor Gyuk….Orleans….M40-49
55….Sandra Bellemare….Ottawa….F30-39
56….Sandra Billings….Barry's Bay….F40-44
57….Sandra Boyko….Ottawa….F40-49
58….Sandra Campbell….Ottawa….F30-39
59….Sandra Chong….Ottawa….F30-39
60….Sandra Contant….Cornwall….F45-49
61….Sandra Cook….Orleans….F30-39
62….Sandra Craig-Browne….Orleans….F30-39
63….Sandra Derby….Ottawa….F45-49
64….Sandra Faubert….Orleans….F40-49
65….Sandra Faught….Petawawa….F40-49
66….Sandra Forbes….Kanata….F50-54
67….Sandra Gage….Ottawa….F40-44
68….Sandra Hession….Ottawa….F60-64
69….Sandra Huertas….Ottawa….F35-39
70….Sandra Kelly….Ottawa….F50-54
71….Sandra Kuchta….Ottawa….F30-34
72….Sandra Lalonde….Ottawa….F50-54
73….Sandra Lett….Nepean….F45-49
74….Sandra Macleod….Ottawa….F40-49
75….Sandra Monaghan….Ottawa….F55-59
76….Sandra Monforton….Ottawa….F40-49
77….Sandra Moore….Almonte….F45-49
78….Sandra Moorman….Ottawa….F40-44
79….Sandra Nevill….Ottawa….F40-49
80….Sandra Plourde….Kanata….F30-39
81….Sandra Roberts….Gatineau….F40-49
82….Sandra Ryan….Brockville….F25-29
83….Sandra Troccoli….Ottawa….F40-49
84….Sandra Waller….Maxville….F40-44
85….Sandro Mazzucato….Ottawa….M40-44
86….Sandy Bell….Stittsville….F45-49
87….Sandy Brennan….Kanata….F40-49
88….Sandy Clark….Orleans….F40-44
89….Sandy Dale….Ottawa….M40-49
90….Sandy Dos Santos….Ottawa….F35-39
91….Sandy Fredette….Ashton….F50-54
92….Sandy Macleod….Ottawa….F40-49
93….Sandy Moger….Orleans….F50-59
94….Sandy Nicholls….Kemptville….F55-59
95….Sandy Noonan….Prescott….M35-39
96….Sandy Solowjew….Almonte….M60-69
97….Sandy Whittaker….Ottawa….F30-39
98….Sanja Denic….Ottawa….F20-29
99….Sanjana Sivasalapathi….Nepean….F19 & under
100….Sanjay Vachali….Gatineau….M30-39
101….Sanjeev Bhanjana….Ottawa….M40-49
102….Sara Boucher….Ottawa….F20-29
103….Sara Clark….Ottawa….F20-24
104….Sara Frost….Ottawa….F30-39
105….Sara Javadi Nejad….Ottawa….F20-24
106….Sara Jones….Ottawa….F35-39
107….Sara Kemp….Gatineau….F35-39
108….Sara Krenosky….Ottawa….F30-34
109….Sara Leblond….Ottawa….F30-39
110….Sara Lopes….Ottawa….F25-29
111….Sara Lyman….Ottawa….F20-29
112….Sara Mcconnell….Ottawa….F30-39
113….Sara Rock….Ottawa….F35-39
114….Sara Strawczynski….Ottawa….F25-29
115….Sara Tubman….Ottawa….F30-39
116….Sara Wilson….Manotick….F45-49
117….Sarah Abrahams….Ottawa….F30-34
118….Sarah Abrahams….Ottawa….F30-39
119….Sarah Anson-Cartwright….Ottawa….F45-49
120….Sarah Armstrong….Ottawa….F30-39
121….Sarah Beare….Petawawa….F20-29
122….Sarah Beaupre….Petawawa….F25-29
123….Sarah Bendell….Kanata….F55-59
124….Sarah Blair….Nepean….F30-34
125….Sarah Boardman….Ottawa….F35-39
126….Sarah Boettcher….Stoney Creek….F40-49
127….Sarah Bowes Christie….Perth….F30-39
128….Sarah Brown….Ottawa….F40-44
129….Sarah Carkner….Ottawa….F20-29
130….Sarah Choquette-Fuks….Ottawa….F25-29
131….Sarah Clowater….Ottawa….F20-24
132….Sarah Connor Gorber….Ottawa….F35-39
133….Sarah Coombs….Kemptville….F19 & under
134….Sarah Crowder….Ottawa….F25-29
135….Sarah Crowe….Gatineau….F30-34
136….Sarah Currie….Kanata….F30-39
137….Sarah Curtis….Ottawa….F25-29
138….Sarah Curtis….Ottawa….F20-29
139….Sarah Davison….Ottawa….no age
140….Sarah Derks….Chesterville….F40-49
141….Sarah Dolan….Ottawa….F20-29
142….Sarah Dooley….Ottawa….F20-29
143….Sarah Fisher-Reid….Ottawa….F30-39
144….Sarah Gee….Ottawa….F20-29
145….Sarah Geiger….Ottawa….F50-54
146….Sarah Gray….Carleton Place….F20-29
147….Sarah Green….Kanata….F40-49
148….Sarah Hasler….Ottawa….F20-24
149….Sarah Hebert….Chelsea….F30-39
150….Sarah Heer….Petawawa….F30-39
151….Sarah Herweyer….Russell….F25-29
152….Sarah Higgins….Stittsville….F20-29
153….Sarah Hudson….Nepean….F20-29
154….Sarah Jayne Blair….Nepean….F30-39
155….Sarah Kennedy….Ottawa….F35-39
156….Sarah Lockhart….Ottawa….F25-29
157….Sarah Lyons….Ottawa….F25-29
158….Sarah Macmillan….Ottawa….F20-24
159….Sarah Mather….Ottawa….F25-29
160….Sarah Matthews….Nepean….F30-39
161….Sarah Mcdonald….Ottawa….F19 & under
162….Sarah Mcwhinnie….Stittsville….F30-39
163….Sarah Moorcroft….Nepean….F30-34
164….Sarah Muldoon….Kanata….F30-39
165….Sarah Murdoch….Ottawa….F20-29
166….Sarah Murphy….Gatineau….F25-29
167….Sarah Mustapha….Ottawa….F20-29
168….Sarah Myers….Morrisburg….F20-24
169….Sarah Orchard….Ottawa….F40-44
170….Sarah Patriquin….Ottawa….F20-29
171….Sarah Payne….Ottawa….F30-39
172….Sarah Powers….Ottawa….F30-39
173….Sarah Rampersad….Ottawa….F25-29
174….Sarah Rietschlin….Ottawa….F30-39
175….Sarah Scott….Ottawa….F20-29
176….Sarah Shackell….Ottawa….F19 & under
177….Sarah Spencer….Ottawa….F65-69
178….Sarah Taylor….Ottawa….F20-24
179….Sarah Tessier….Russell….F30-39
180….Sarah Trautrim….Pembroke….F19 & under
181….Sarah Waddell….Hammond….F20-29
182….Sarah Waters….Ottawa….F35-39
183….Sarah Wiles….Ottawa….F30-39
184….Sarah Wilkinson….Ottawa….F30-34
185….Sasha Pellerin….Gatineau….F20-29
186….Sasha Richards….Kanata….F30-34
187….Sasha Simek….Ottawa….F30-34
188….Saskia Meuffels….Ottawa….F50-59
189….Satvinder Bawa….Ottawa….M40-49
190….Savannah Pulfer….Ottawa….F19 & under
191….Savitha Rao….Ottawa….F40-49
192….Savvas Farassoglou….Gloucester….M30-39
193….Scot Bryant….Orleans….M45-49
194….Scott Armstrong….Ottawa….M30-39
195….Scott Beauchamp….Ottawa….M30-39
196….Scott Blain….Beachburg….M50-59
197….Scott Bowen….Ottawa….M30-39
198….Scott Brown….Stittsville….M30-34
199….Scott Bush….Nepean….M25-29
200….Scott Campbell….Petawawa….M30-39
201….Scott Carlyle….St. Albert….M30-39
202….Scott Carnie….Pontiac….M40-44
203….Scott Clucas….Maitland….M40-49
204….Scott Colvin….Ottawa….M40-49
205….Scott Couillard….Ottawa….M19
206….Scott Doran….Ottawa….M40-49
207….Scott Duxbury….Ottawa….M20-29
208….Scott Ellis….Ottawa….M20-29
209….Scott Evans….Greely….M40-49
210….Scott Felman….Ottawa….M30-39
211….Scott Fenton….Stittsville….M40-49
212….Scott Ferguson….Ottawa….M40-44
213….Scott Guenther….Ottawa….M40-49
214….Scott Harrald….Ottawa….M40-44
215….Scott Healey….Ottawa….M40-49
216….Scott Heath….Cornwall….M40-44
217….Scott Hodgins….Kanata….M40-49
218….Scott Jewer….Kanata….M30-39
219….Scott Lang….Petawawa….M30-39
220….Scott Macklin….Ottawa….M40-44
221….Scott Matys….Ottawa….M20-24
222….Scott Mcdonald….Luskville….M45-49
223….Scott Mcleod….Greely….M40-49
224….Scott Miller….Stittsville….M45-49
225….Scott Mitchell….Petawawa….M40-49
226….Scott Moffatt….Smiths Falls….M35-39
227….Scott Moir….Ottawa….M50-59
228….Scott Munro….Ottawa….M50-54
229….Scott Parrington….Nepean….M25-29
230….Scott Rawlings….Ottawa….M40-49
231….Scott Robertson….Metcalfe….M30-39
232….Scott Rogers….Stittsville….M30-39
233….Scott Rowland….Ottawa….M40-44
234….Scott Rudan….Ottawa….M20-29
235….Scott Schultz….Ottawa….M30-39
236….Scott Shaver….Lanark….M35-39
237….Scott Simpson….St. Albert….M40-49
238….Scott Snyder….Ottawa….M35-39
239….Scott Strachan….Perth….M40-44
240….Scott Tessier….Ottawa….M40-44
241….Scott Tomlinson….Ottawa….M30-39
242….Scott Townley….Ottawa….M40-49
243….Scott Vernon….Kanata….M35-39
244….Scott Walker….Nepean….M45-49
245….Scott Wiebe….Ottawa….M35-39
246….Sean Adams….Ottawa….M19 & under
247….Sean Boushel….Gatineau….M40-49
248….Sean Byers….Ottawa….M25-29
249….Sean Campbell….Kemptville….M30-39
250….Sean Clancy….Ottawa….M50-59
251….Sean Dauphinee….Ottawa….M25-29
252….Sean English….Orleans….M20-24
253….Sean Fallon….Kanata….M30-39
254….Sean Gagnon….Stittsville….M30-39
255….Sean Hanstke….Ottawa….M30-39
256….Sean Hinds….Ottawa….M30-39
257….Sean Keating….Ottawa….M25-29
258….Sean Keating….Ottawa….M20-29
259….Sean Lewis….Richmond….M19 & under
260….Sean Macginnia….Ottawa….M25-29
261….Sean Maddox….Ottawa….M40-44
262….Sean Mcelhinney….Ottawa….M30-39
263….Sean Mcgrath….Ottawa….M60-69
264….Sean Mcnair….Gloucester….M20-29
265….Sean Moore….Gatineau….M30-34
266….Sean Muir….Carleton Place….M40-44
267….Sean Murphy….Carleton Place….M35-39
268….Sean Nowostawsky….Ottawa….M20-29
269….Sean O'Brien….Ottawa….M30-39
270….Sean O'Brien….Ottawa….M40-49
271….Sean O'reilly….Ottawa….M20-24
272….Sean Salter….Orleans….M35-39
273….Sean Sinclair….North Gower….M20-29
274….Sean Sonier….Ottawa….M20-24
275….Sean Trenholm….Petawawa….M30-39
276….Sean Young….Stittsville….M20-29
277….Sebastian Citro….Ottawa….M50-59
278….Sebastien Blanc….Gatineau….M30-39
279….Sebastien Defoy….Gatineau….M40-44
280….Sebastien Gravelle….Gatineau….M25-29
281….Sebastien Hug….Ottawa….M30-34
282….Sebastien Lavoie….Gatineau….M35-39
283….Sebastien Plourde….Ottawa….M25-29
284….Sebastien Taillefer….Ottawa….M20-29
285….Sebastien Thiboutot….Gatineau….M35-39
286….Sebastien Vinette….Ottawa….M20-29
287….Sebastien Williamson….Ottawa….M20-24
288….Selena Grinham….Gatineau….F20-29
289….Selena Neily….Petawawa….F30-39
290….Selva Trebert-Sharman….Rockland….F30-39
291….Semir Nalic….Ottawa….M19 & under
292….Sepideh Ziaei….Nepean….F25-29
293….Sera Chiuchiarelli….Ottawa….F25-29
294….Sereena Trottier….Ottawa….F30-34
295….Serena Stavenjord….Nepean….F19 & under
296….Serge Arseneault….Orleans….M40-49
297….Serge Benvenuti….Ottawa….M40-49
298….Serge Boucher….Gatineau….M40-49
299….Serge Carignan….Orleans….M40-49
300….Serge Couture….Chelsea….M40-49
301….Serge Decoeur….Petawawa….M40-49
302….Serge Demers….Ottawa….M40-49
303….Serge Dussault….Gatineau….M40-49
304….Serge Froment….Limoges….M40-49
305….Serge Gouin….Gatineau….M30-39
306….Serge Guindon….Gatineau….M45-49
307….Serge Marguerie….Manotick….M55-59
308….Serge Menard….Petawawa….M30-39
309….Serge Provencher….Gatineau….M50-54
310….Serge Richard….Ottawa….M30-39
311….Serge Sabourin….Russell….M35-39
312….Serge Sylvestre….Ottawa….M50-59
313….Sergio De Franco….Ottawa….M30-34
314….Sergio Tomasi….Petawawa….M40-49
315….Seth Bocknek….Ottawa….M20-24
316….Seyi Okuribido-Malcolm….Ottawa….F30-39
317….Shahab Rezaei-Zadeh….Petawawa….M20-29
318….Shakila Khan….Nepean….F30-39
319….Shamiah Mcgilp-Gallivan….Ottawa….F25-29
320….Shana Rogerson….Almonte….F35-39
321….Shanda Allard….Ottawa….F25-29
322….Shanda Pelletier….Gloucester….F30-34
323….Shane Brennan….Ottawa….M40-49
324….Shane Brown….Ottawa….M20-29
325….Shane Lafreniere….Smiths falls….M40-49
326….Shane Lebeau….Rockland….M40-49
327….Shane Leston….Ottawa….M20-29
328….Shane Skinner….Elizabethtown….M25-29
329….Shane Westgate….Nepean….M40-49
330….Shaneen Meghji….Ottawa….F35-39
331….Shani Gates….Brockville….F40-44
332….Shanna Bancroft….Orleans….F20-29
333….Shanna Delorme….Limoges….F25-29
334….Shanna Killen….Ottawa….F20-24
335….Shannon Bellefeuille….Kanata….F20-24
336….Shannon Bradey….Cantley….F25-29
337….Shannon Bush….Ottawa….F20-29
338….Shannon Carr….Ottawa….F25-29
339….Shannon Clair….Elgin….F30-39
340….Shannon Clark….Petawawa….F19 & under
341….Shannon Farnham….Stittsville….F19 & under
342….Shannon Fisher….Ottawa….F35-39
343….Shannon Fitzpatrick….Ottawa….F30-39
344….Shannon Forrest….Brockville….F35-39
345….Shannon Holt….Kanata….F30-39
346….Shannon Leblond….Ottawa….F25-29
347….Shannon Malcolm….Ottawa….F30-34
348….Shannon Marini….Ottawa….F25-29
349….Shannon Matheson….Nepean….F40-49
350….Shannon Mcmillan-Kunstadt….Ottawa….F30-39
351….Shannon Moore….Kanata….F20-29
352….Shannon Nix….Ottawa….F40-44
353….Shannon Olson….Ottawa….F30-39
354….Shannon Renaud….Ottawa….F45-49
355….Shannon Ryan….Ottawa….F30-34
356….Shannon Sheil….Ottawa….F40-44
357….Shannon Summers….Ottawa….F30-39
358….Shannon Watson….Ottawa….F19 & under
359….Shannon Weatherhead….Ottawa….F20-29
360….Share Duggan….Ottawa….F30-39
361….Shari Dejong….Orleans….F30-39
362….Shari Goodfellow….Ottawa….F40-44
363….Shari Keyes….Morrisburg….F45-49
364….Shari Keyes….Morrisburg….F40-49
365….Shari-Lynn Lawson….Stittsville….F40-49
366….Sharla Riley….Ottawa….F30-39
367….Sharleen Boudreau….Gatineau….F55-59
368….Sharon Barr….Stittsville….F40-49
369….Sharon Brodo-Smith….Ottawa….F45-49
370….Sharon Chomyn….Ottawa….F50-59
371….Sharon Etmanskie….Nepean….F40-49
372….Sharon Fine….Kanata….F30-39
373….Sharon Hiebert….Ottawa….F30-34
374….Sharon Johnston….Ottawa….F30-39
375….Sharon Karidis….Nepean….F30-39
376….Sharon Kozicki….Kanata….F40-49
377….Sharon Lavine….Ottawa….F55-59
378….Sharon Lee….Kanata….F45-49
379….Sharon Murphy….Ottawa….F70+
380….Sharon Priestman….Arnprior….F30-39
381….Sharon Singleton….Pembroke….F40-49
382….Sharon Tobin….Ottawa….F50-59
383….Sharron Miller….Cornwall….F50-59
384….Sharye Marcus….Nepean….F50-59
385….Shaun Burridge….Nepean….M20-29
386….Shaun Dolter….Ottawa….M30-34
387….Shaun Dunne….Oxford Mills….M55-59
388….Shaun Hassanali….Nepean….M20-29
389….Shaun Jackson….Gatineau….M30-34
390….Shaun Klein….Ottawa….M30-34
391….Shaun Morrow….Ottawa….M40-44
392….Shauna Devlin….Ottawa….F25-29
393….Shauna Graham….Ottawa….F40-44
394….Shauna Hanratty….Ottawa….F30-39
395….Shawn Bardell….Ottawa….M30-39
396….Shawn Bedard….Stittsville….M30-39
397….Shawn Boyle….Orleans….M20-29
398….Shawn Crockett….Cornwall….M45-49
399….Shawn Dandy….Ottawa….M25-29
400….Shawn Delay….Nepean….M40-44
401….Shawn Dickie….Pembroke….M20-24
402….Shawn Dolan….Ottawa….M35-39
403….Shawn Garbutt….Ottawa….M45-49
404….Shawn Hamilton….Arnprior….M40-44
405….Shawn Hebert….Gatineau….M35-39
406….Shawn Hoag….Russell….M40-49
407….Shawn Hollinger….Ottawa….M30-39
408….Shawn Leroux….Ottawa….M30-34
409….Shawn Maloney….Gatineau….M20-29
410….Shawn Mccleery….Ottawa….M50-54
411….Shawn Mcintaggart….Kanata….M35-39
412….Shawn Murphy….Ottawa….M50-59
413….Shawn Murray….Ottawa….M50-59
414….Shawn Osborne….Ottawa….M50-59
415….Shawn Osborne….Ottawa….M30-39
416….Shawn Pigeon….Ottawa….M20-29
417….Shawn Rivers….Ottawa….M40-49
418….Shawn Robertson….Gatineau….M50-59
419….Shawn Rodgers….Ottawa….M20-29
420….Shawn Russell….Stittsville….M30-34
421….Shawn Rycroft….Ottawa….M30-39
422….Shawn Villeneuve….Ottawa….M30-34
423….Shawna Colbey….Ottawa….F25-29
424….Shawna Hunt….Ottawa….F30-39
425….Shawna Moffatt….Ottawa….F30-39
426….Shawna Thornhill….Nepean….F30-39
427….Shawnda Parsons….Orleans….F40-49
428….Shawnna Van Drunen….Ottawa….F30-39
429….Shawntel Burt….Ottawa….F20-29
430….Shayne Chamberlain….Orleans….M40-49
431….Shayne Mullin….Ottawa….M50-59
432….Sheah Gaston….Ottawa….F25-29
433….Shehryar Sarwar….Ottawa….M40-49
434….Sheila Appleton….Brockville….F40-49
435….Sheila Barth….Ottawa….F45-49
436….Sheila Bondesen….Ottawa….F30-39
437….Sheila Currie….Ottawa….F40-49
438….Sheila Forward-Davis….Ottawa….F40-49
439….Sheila Maclean….Petawawa….F45-49
440….Sheila Macleod….Ottawa….F50-54
441….Sheila Mason….Nepean….F35-39
442….Sheila Mcisaac….Ottawa….F50-59
443….Sheila Osborne-Brown….Ottawa….F40-49
444….Sheila Reid….Nepean….F50-54
445….Sheila Reid….Ottawa….F50-59
446….Sheila Robertson….Ottawa….F60-69
447….Sheila Ryan….Pembroke….F50-59
448….Sheila Sankey….Ottawa….F35-39
449….Shelagh Haynes….Orleans….F20-29
450….Sheldon Andrews….Ottawa….M30-39
451….Sheldon Cole….Deep River….M20-29
452….Sheldon Rice….Petawawa….M40-49
453….Shelley Baran….Stittsville….F30-39
454….Shelley Brown….Ottawa….F40-49
455….Shelley Chambers….Ottawa….F45-49
456….Shelley Cruise….Ottawa….F35-39
457….Shelley Doering….Nepean….F30-39
458….Shelley Hindle….Munster….F40-49
459….Shelley Mcdonald….Kanata….F40-49
460….Shelley Mcdonald….Ottawa….F40-49
461….Shelley Mcgoff….Metcalfe….F20-24
462….Shelley Millar….Ottawa….F35-39
463….Shelley Milton….Gatineau….F35-39
464….Shelley Moody….Gatineau….F40-49
465….Shelley Moorhead….Nepean….F40-44
466….Shelley Murdock….Nepean….F50-54
467….Shelley Neill….Nepean….F35-39
468….Shelley Rossetti….Ashton….F30-39
469….Shelley Slocombe….Orleans….F35-39
470….Shelley Sourges….Ottawa….F40-49
471….Shelley Steenwyk….Brockville….F40-44
472….Shelly Mccracken….Elizabethtown….F40-44
473….Shelly Nesbitt….Kanata….F40-49
474….Shelly O'brien….Stittsville….F50-59
475….Shelly Stackpole….Ottawa….F30-39
476….Shelly Williams….Kanata….F40-44
477….Shena Riff….Ottawa….F30-39
478….Shera Richer….Ottawa….F20-24
479….Shereen Ismael….Ottawa….F40-49
480….Sheri Beaulieu….Stittsville….F30-39
481….Sheri Cayouette….Kanata….F40-49
482….Sheri Gareau….Pembroke….F55-59
483….Sheri Mccready….Ottawa….F40-44
484….Sheri Mcmullen….Athens….F30-34
485….Sheri Steeves….Kemptville….F40-49
486….Sheri Venedam….Ottawa….F30-34
487….Sheri Vermette….Orleans….F30-39
488….Sheridan Cheng….Nepean….F20-24
489….Sherri Boucher….Ottawa….F30-34
490….Sherri Mackenzie….Ottawa….F35-39
491….Sherri Ryan….Greely….F40-44
492….Sherri Wilson….Ottawa….F40-44
493….Sherrie Guthrie….Kemptville….F35-39
494….Sherry Beaudry….Rockland….F40-49
495….Sherry Burke….Almonte….F40-49
496….Sherry Camm….North Gower….F40-49
497….Sherry Campbell….Ottawa….F40-44
498….Sherry Carson….Ottawa….F50-54
499….Sherry Hamilton….Gatineau….F30-39
500….Sherry Strowbridge….Ottawa….F40-49
501….Sheryl Urie….Ottawa….F40-49
502….Shevaughn Murta….Ottawa….F25-29
503….She-Yang Lau-Chapdelaine….Ottawa….M20-29
504….Sheyla Dussault….Nepean….F30-39
505….Shin Hung….Ottawa….M35-39
506….Shinjini Pal….Ottawa….F25-29
507….Shinobu Lacelle….Ottawa….F25-29
508….Shireen Khaliq….Ottawa….F40-49
509….Shirlanne Schroeder….Killaloe….F25-29
510….Shirley Carruthers….Ottawa….F35-39
511….Shirley Curran….Wakefield….F40-49
512….Shirley Diener….Ottawa….F40-44
513….Shirley Ivan….Kanata….F45-49
514….Shirley Lazurko….Athens….F55-59
515….Shirley Trottier….Ottawa….F55-59
516….Shirley Ward….Ottawa….F55-59
517….Shona Gray….Renfrew….F30-39
518….Shona Humphrey….Petawawa….F40-49
519….Shoujit Mitra….Kanata….M35-39
520….Sian Williams….Ottawa….F45-49
521….Sidney Ben….Ottawa….M35-39
522….Sierra Phillips….Ottawa….F20-29
523….Silvana Di Gaetano….Ottawa….F50-59
524….Silver Buckler….Metcalfe….M30-39
525….Silvesta Ng….Kanata….M30-39
526….Silvia Zanon….Ottawa….F40-49
527….Simon Amirault….Carleton Place….M19
528….Simon Button….Ottawa….M19
529….Simon Deschenes….Gatineau….M35-39
530….Simon Desrosiers….Gatineau….M30-34
531….Simon Duval….Ottawa….M25-29
532….Simon Ferguson….Ottawa….M30-34
533….Simon Gollish….Ottawa….M19
534….Simon Good….Ottawa….M50-59
535….Simon Hart….Ottawa….M20-29
536….Simon Hetherington….Stittsville….M45-49
537….Simon Jomphe Tremblay….Gatineau….M20-29
538….Simon Jones….Ottawa….M20-29
539….Simon Kalechstein….Deep River….M30-34
540….Simon Keneford….Ottawa….M40-49
541….Simon Lalonde-Beaudoin….Gatineau….M19
542….Simon Larouche….Gatineau….M30-39
543….Simon Mason….Ottawa….M40-44
544….Simon Page….Gatineau….M40-49
545….Simon Pierre Dubreuil….Gatineau….M25-29
546….Simon Roussin….Ottawa….M30-39
547….Simon Shearman….Almonte….M40-49
548….Simon Sukstorf….Ottawa….M45-49
549….Simone Charron….Ottawa….F19 & under
550….Simone Durocher….L'Orignal….F25-29
551….Simone Rose-Oliver….Ottawa….F50-54
552….Simon-Pierre Lamoureux….St Albert….M25-29
553….Sindy Dobson….Kanata….F45-49
554….Siobhan Flynn….Ottawa….F20-29
555….Siobhan Jones….Ottawa….F35-39
556….Siu Hong Yu….Ottawa….M30-34
557….Sky Schryer….Perth Road Village….F20-24
558….Skye Purdy….Ottawa….M20-29
559….Slobodan Delev….Gatineau….M50-54
560….Sofie Mauger….Ottawa….F30-34
561….Sohail Robert….Ottawa….M35-39
562….Sohaila Moghadam….Ottawa….F40-49
563….Solajo Couturier….Gatineau….M30-39
564….Solange Berube….Orleans….F50-59
565….Solita Pacheco….Ottawa….F40-49
566….Somphane Souksanh….Ottawa….F20-29
567….Sondra Macdonald….Ottawa….F20-29
568….Sonia Alexander….Gatineau….F40-49
569….Sonia B Land….Gatineau….F40-49
570….Sonia Baptista….Ottawa….F20-24
571….Sonia Barrette….Vars….F40-44
572….Sonia David….Gatineau….F40-44
573….Sonia Desnoyers….Embrun….F30-39
574….Sonia Granzer….Ottawa….F30-39
575….Sonia Kluck….Ottawa….F20-29
576….Sonia Laneuville….Orleans….F30-39
577….Sonia Lefebvre….Gatineau….F40-44
578….Sonia Leroy….Ottawa….F40-49
579….Sonia Mclean….Rockland….F40-49
580….Sonia Mendes….Ottawa….F35-39
581….Sonia Moioli….Ottawa….F35-39
582….Sonia Raganold….Ottawa….F30-39
583….Sonia Smee….Ottawa….F50-54
584….Sonja Adcock….Gatineau….F50-59
585….Sonja Mcfadyen….Ottawa….F25-29
586….Sonja Renz….Gloucester….F20-29
587….Sonja Schmidt….Almonte….F30-39
588….Sonny Ballinger….Ottawa….M20-24
589….Sony Singh….Ottawa….M35-39
590….Sonya Bisson….Ottawa….F40-49
591….Sonya Coward….Ottawa….F30-34
592….Sonya Oleinikow….Petawawa….F40-49
593….Sophia Giaccone….Ottawa….F20-24
594….Sophia Khan….Carp….F45-49
595….Sophie Amberg….Ottawa….F30-39
596….Sophie Belisle….Ottawa….F25-29
597….Sophie Breton….Ottawa….F20-29
598….Sophie Brunet….Chelsea….F20-29
599….Sophie Caron….L'Orignal….F20-29
600….Sophie Chatel….Gatineau….F35-39
601….Sophie Coupal….Cantley….F35-39
602….Sophie Daz….Ottawa….F20-29
603….Sophie Daze….Ottawa….F25-29
604….Sophie Deslauriers….Gatineau….F30-39
605….Sophie Dumoulin….Greely….F30-39
606….Sophie Forget….Ottawa….F20-29
607….Sophie Gauvreau….L'Ange-Gardien….F20-29
608….Sophie Godbout-Beaulieu….Ottawa….F20-24
609….Sophie Gravel….Ottawa….F40-49
610….Sophie Hollingsworth….Orleans….F30-39
611….Sophie Lebel….Ottawa….F30-39
612….Sophie Lucier….Ottawa….F25-29
613….Sophie Martel….Gatineau….F35-39
614….Sophie Morin….Ottawa….F25-29
615….Sophie Oliver….Ottawa….F40-44
616….Sophie Richer….Gatineau….F25-29
617….Soraya Moghadam….Ottawa….F40-44
618….Soren Antosz….Ottawa….M30-34
619….Sorya Gopalan….Ottawa….F30-34
620….Sotero Ramirez….Ottawa….M40-44
621….Spencer Olson….Ottawa….M35-39
622….Sridhar Erukulla….Kanata….M40-49
623….St Phane Siegrist….Gatineau….M40-49
624….St Phanie Dicaire….Gatineau….F30-39
625….St Phanie Seguin….Orleans….F30-39
626….Stacey Beumer….Ottawa….M40-49
627….Stacey Brennan….Ottawa….F30-34
628….Stacey Fox….Ottawa….F35-39
629….Stacey Grenier….Orleans….F30-34
630….Stacey Lance….Ottawa….F20-29
631….Stacey Lillico….Osgoode….F20-29
632….Stacey Martin Bafi-Yeboa….Ottawa….F30-34
633….Stacey Streng….Carleton Place….F40-44
634….Staci Walsh….Ottawa….F19 & under
635….Stacie Carey….Ottawa….F20-29
636….Stacie King….Cornwall….F30-39
637….Stacy Kauk….Ottawa….F30-39
638….Stacy Levac….Ottawa….M30-34
639….Stacy Wakeford….Ottawa….F40-49
640….Stadig Malcolm….Kemptville….M35-39
641….Stan Baldwin….Orleans….M60-69
642….Stan Druskis….Ottawa….M40-44
643….Stan Sinclair….Prescott….M40-44
644….Stan Staple….Ottawa….M60-69
645….Steacy Kavaner….Gananoque….F40-49
646….Steeve Pratte….Ottawa….M30-39
647….Stefan Beaudoin….Nepean….M40-49
648….Stefan Bilan….Ottawa….M45-49
649….Stefan Lehmeier….Ottawa….M30-34
650….Stefan Reinecke….Ottawa….M35-39
651….Stefan Van Kessel….Ottawa….M30-39
652….Stefania Parnanzone….Ottawa….F20-29
653….Stefanie Green….Brockville….F35-39
654….Stefanny St-Laurent….Chelsea….no age
655….Stella Gaerke….Ottawa….F40-49
656….Stella Lui….Ottawa….F25-29
657….Stenio Tabicas….Gatineau….M30-34
658….Stepha Currie-Mccarragher….Orleans….F35-39
659….Stephan Bazin….Ottawa….F40-44
660….Stephan Cronier….Orleans….M30-39
661….Stephan De Wit….Ottawa….M30-39
662….Stephan Dirnberger….Val-des-Monts….M30-39
663….Stephan Ethier….Ottawa….M35-39
664….Stephan Lemaire….Orleans….M30-39
665….Stephane Barry….Val-des-Monts….M45-49
666….Stephane Bedard….Kanata….M40-44
667….Stephane Bedard….Kanata….M40-49
668….Stephane Blanchard….Gatineau….M30-39
669….Stephane Boudrias….Gatineau….M30-39
670….Stephane Burelle….Orleans….M40-49
671….Stephane Castonguay….Ottawa….M40-49
672….Stephane Gagne….Gatineau….M40-44
673….Stephane Gosselin….L'Ange Gardien….M30-39
674….Stephane Gregoire….Embrun….M40-49
675….Stephane Kelly….Gatineau….M45-49
676….Stephane Kroetsch….Cantley….M25-29
677….Stephane Lavigne….Alexandria….M40-44
678….Stephane LAVIGNE….Alexandria….M40-44
679….Stephane Montpetit….Orleans….M35-39
680….Stephane Parent….Ottawa….M45-49
681….Stephane Perras….Vars….M30-39
682….Stephane Raynaud….Ottawa….M30-39
683….Stephane Siegrist….Gatineau….M40-49
684….Stephane Sirard….Gatineau….M35-39
685….Stephanie Abdon….Petawawa….F30-39
686….Stephanie Bean….Orleans….F25-29
687….Stephanie Bell….Orleans….F35-39
688….Stephanie Berry….Stittsville….F20-24
689….Stephanie Borowyk….Kanata….F25-29
690….Stephanie Bougie….Plantagenet….F20-24
691….Stephanie Brodeur….Ottawa….F30-39
692….Stephanie Brule….Orleans….F19 & under
693….Stephanie Corbett….Ottawa….F30-34
694….Stephanie Cote….Ottawa….F30-39
695….Stephanie Courcelles….Greely….F40-49
696….Stephanie Cowan….Carp….F35-39
697….Stephanie Currie-Mccarragher….Orleans….F30-39
698….Stephanie Dicaire….Gatineau….F35-39
699….Stephanie Dort….Petawawa….F30-39
700….Stephanie Dowling….Ottawa….F20-29
701….Stephanie Ducharme….Orleans….F30-39
702….Stephanie Duhaime….Ottawa….F30-34
703….Stephanie Dunne….Nepean….F50-59
704….Stephanie Earle….Ottawa….F20-29
705….Stephanie Emard….Stittsville….F30-39
706….Stephanie Fortin-Provost….Limoges….F19 & under
707….Stephanie Gauthier….Ottawa….F20-29
708….Stephanie Geary….Ottawa….F20-24
709….Stephanie Gervais….Ottawa….F25-29
710….Stephanie Goods….Ottawa….F30-34
711….Stephanie Gordon….Ottawa….F30-39
712….Stephanie Haley….Ottawa….F20-29
713….Stephanie Hornby….Ottawa….F20-29
714….Stephanie Howard-Davies….Ottawa….F65-69
715….Stephanie Jack….Ottawa….F25-29
716….Stephanie Jeffrey….Deep River….F30-34
717….Stephanie Johnson….Ottawa….F30-39
718….Stephanie Jones….Ottawa….F20-29
719….Stephanie Justus-Aloia….Ottawa….F30-34
720….Stephanie Kellar….Manotick….F19 & under
721….Stephanie Kinsella….Ottawa….F30-34
722….Stephanie Langford….Ottawa….F50-59
723….Stephanie Levasseur….Pembroke….F30-39
724….Stephanie Mcmullen….Gatineau….F30-39
725….Stephanie Mombourquette….Kemptville….F30-39
726….Stephanie Newberry….Nepean….F25-29
727….Stephanie Ouellette….Gatineau….F30-34
728….Stephanie Racine….Gatineau….F30-39
729….Stephanie Reddoch….Martintown….F45-49
730….Stephanie Rivers….Nepean….F50-59
731….Stephanie Robertson….Ottawa….F35-39
732….Stephanie Rose….Kemptville….F30-39
733….Stephanie Seguin….Gatineau….F30-39
734….Stephanie Semeniuk….Ottawa….F30-39
735….Stephanie Strittmatter….Orleans….F25-29
736….Stephanie Vanderpool….Ottawa….F25-29
737….Stephanie Vivier….Ottawa….F30-39
738….Stephanie Zellerer….Kanata….F20-24
739….Stephen Anderson….Ottawa….M30-39
740….Stephen Barry Plotz….Brockviile….M30-39
741….Stephen Bignucolo….Ottawa….M20-29
742….Stephen Bisson….Nepean….M35-39
743….Stephen Boyd….Orleans….M25-29
744….Stephen Budzinski….Orleans….M40-44
745….Stephen Bygott….Cardinal….M30-39
746….Stephen Cadieux….Kanata….M40-49
747….Stephen Chapman….Ottawa….M25-29
748….Stephen Chisnall….Orleans….M19
749….Stephen Clayton….Ottawa….M55-59
750….Stephen Crossman….Ottawa….M20-24
751….Stephen Day….Ottawa….M50-59
752….Stephen Donachey….Ottawa….M45-49
753….Stephen Donoghue….Ottawa….M35-39
754….Stephen Fryer….Nepean….M40-49
755….Stephen Goodman….Kanata….M40-49
756….Stephen Granleese….Ottawa….M50-54
757….Stephen Hunt….Stittsville….M40-49
758….Stephen Inskip….Ottawa….M35-39
759….Stephen Jacobsen….Ottawa….M40-49
760….Stephen Knox….Ottawa….M50-54
761….Stephen Laplante….Ottawa….M50-59
762….Stephen Lee….Nepean….M45-49
763….Stephen Lee….Ottawa….M55-59
764….Stephen Long….Ottawa….M40-44
765….Stephen Lowe….Orleans….M50-59
766….Stephen Mcgibbon….Perth Road….M50-54
767….Stephen Molaski….Kanata….M40-49
768….Stephen Osmond….Ottawa….M20-29
769….Stephen Pinsent….Ottawa….M40-44
770….Stephen Richards….Ottawa….M40-49
771….Stephen Roberts….Kanata….M45-49
772….Stephen Roster….Ottawa….M40-49
773….Stephen Shew….Ottawa….M40-49
774….Stephen Sunquist….Rockland….M35-39
775….Stephen Symons….Ottawa….M20-24
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hertford.net/history/bluecoats.php For some 300 years Hertford was the home of Christ's Hospital and the Bluecoat girls and boys that inhabited it. The name is misleading however, as the institution was not only a hospital but a school, established under Royal Charter. Nor was it, as widely believed, a private school, but a charitable institution established in 1552 by Edward VI. It is unclear when children from the school first came to Hertford, but it may have been during the latter half of the 16th century that The Plague necessitated the removal of children in households in Hertford, Ware and Hoddesdon. From 1682 to about 1684 two parallel rows of cottages were built to house 400 children and attendant nurses. These have since been converted for use as offices and homes.
British Listed building: This is a Grade II listed building.
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Congregation Ohab Zedek, or OZ, as it is fondly known, is more than just a synagogue. Under the leadership of Rabbi Allen Schwartz, the Shul is known for its open doors and big heart. OZ has broad ties with the surrounding Jewish community and its Upper West Side neighborhood as a whole. A random visitor could easily encounter an up and coming scholar from Israel, or members of the local fire station. It is an informal, comfortable, inclusive community.
OZ is a modern Orthodox congregation, but any individual is welcome, regardless of background or means. It is a Shul of interlocking communities--young families who find a relaxed setting on Shabbos morning to introduce their toddlers to services; singles, who famously crowd the steps on Friday night; and seniors, many of whom have been members of OZ for decades. It is home to those tentatively exploring Judaism as well as the most learned, who are stimulated by a broad array of lecturers and classes.
OZ is known for its wide range of Chesed activities, which include a long-time Bikur Cholim group that visits Mount Sinai Hospital each Shabbos and on holidays, as well as its members' regular visits to homebound seniors. Members also subsidize seats for those in need on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
OZ has a proud history. The Shul was founded in 1873 on Avenue B and Houston Street on the Lower East Side as the First Hungarian Congregation Ohab Zedek. After a sojourn on West 116th Street in Harlem, the Congregation moved to its present location at 118 West 95th Street in 1926. Today, as part of a revitalized Upper West Side that has drawn an ever-expanding population of families and young adults, OZ is a vibrant and dynamic Jewish center for prayer, learning and social activities.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: THAT'S HOW I MET HIM (1 of 2) /
ASÍ LO CONOCÍ (1 de 2)
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Morgana: Comiiiing! Une second!
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Morgana: Ya vaaaaaa! Un momento!
COLLABORATION:
- Miercole's Morgana Collaboration
- Morgana y Valo en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
There is no great big ending, no sunset in the sky
There is no string ensemble, and she doesn't even cry
And just as I begin to say that we should make another try
She reaches out across the table looks at me and quietly says good-bye
There is no big explosion, no tempest in the tea
The world does not stop turning round, there's no big tragedy
Sitting in a coffee shop with cheesecake and some apple pie
She reaches out across the table looks at me and quietly says good-bye
Good-bye, said so easily, Good-bye, said so quietly
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye,
just two always strangers avoid each other's eyes
One still make believing, one still telling lies,
she tells me that I'm not to blame
But when I ask the reason why
She reaches out across the table looks at me and quietly says good-bye
Good-bye, said so easily. Good-bye, said so quietly
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
She reaches out across the table looks at me and quietly says good-bye
Good-bye (she quietly says) / sung by Frank Sinatra
Prades, Tarragona (Spain).
“The Hispania” was a company of buses founded in Reus between 1905 and 1909 and that communicated the populations of the Priorat with Reus until year 2004. This one was the bus stop of Prades.
"La Hispania" era una compañía de autobuses fundada en Reus entre 1905 y 1909 y que comunicó las poblaciones del Priorat con Reus hasta el año 2004. Ésta era la parada de Prades.
ENGLISH
Located near the highest point of the Muntanyes de Prades range, of which region it is the capital, the ‘red town’ of Prades, which gets its name from the characteristic red stone of the area, is located in the middle of a plateau at an altitude of 940 m, in a densely forested part of the comarca (roughly equivalent to a county) of Baix Camp in the province of Tarragona.
In the surroundings there are traces of prehistoric settlement, some neolithic, and also of Iberian/Pre Roman times. There is as yet no clear historical record until the time of the Reconquista (the reconquest by Christian forces of territory formerly under Saracen control) in the 1150s. At that time, these mountains were of key strategic importance and served as a defence line against the Saracens who had settled in the area around Siurana. Once Lleida and Tortosa fell to the Christian forces, Siurana was besieged and finally conquered, the Saracens were banished and the territory then settled by the victors. The political centre of gravity of the range then moved from Siurana to Prades, which received its township charter in 1159.
It is important to remember the Counts of Prades were always prominent in matters of internal politics and in the campaigns of expansion across the Mediterranean, and that in the grandest age of the County, as direct descendants of the King, they ranked high amongst the Catalan nobility. Their aristocratic power lasted until Mendizabal’s land disentailment law of 1835 and the title of Count of Prades is still preserved in the line of the Dukes of Medinaceli.
During the War of Separation (also known as the war of the Segadors) in the 17th century, in which Catalonia fought against Spain, the county of Prades was an important war zone. As a result of that war, parts of the walls and the castle were destroyed.
More info: www.prades.es/angles/angles.htm
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CASTELLANO
Situado cerca de la cima de Las Montañas de Prades, de las que ostenta la capitalidad, la villa vermella (rojiza) de Prades se encuentra en medio de un altiplano a 940 mts. de altitud en una zona de gran densidad boscosa de la comarca del Baix Camp en la provincia de Tarragona.
El entorno de Prades conserva indicios de poblamiento prehistórico, con restos de la época neolítica, que llegan hasta los asentamientos iberico--pre-romanos. No se tiene certeza de hechos históricos hasta la Reconquista durante la cual estas montañas constituyeron una pieza clave ya que sirvió como elemento de defensa a los serracenos que se habían establecido en el entorno de Siurana hasta que el Conde de Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer IV, a mediados del siglo XII, después de apoderarse de Lleida y Tortosa, estando Siurana totalmente sitiada, fue reducida y expulsó a los sarracenos y repobló la zona. El centro de gravedad política del macizo, en este momento, se desplazó de Siurana a Prades que el año 1159 recibió una Carta de Población.
Es importante remarcar que los condes de Prades estuvieron siempre presentes en los hechos de la política interior y en las campañas de expansión por el Mediterráneo y que en la época más esplendorosa del condado, como descendientes directos del rey, ostentaron categoría de primer orden entre la nobleza catalana. Su dominio señorial duró hasta la desamortización de Mendizábal en 1835 y el título de Conde de Prades aún se conserva en poder de los Medinaceli.
Durante la Guerra de Separación o de los Segadors (s. XVII), que enfrentó Cataluña con España, el condado de Prades fue un importante centro de operaciones bélicas. Como consecuencia de la guerra, fue destruida parte de la muralla y del castillo.
Más info: www.prades.es/espanol/espanol.htm
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (2 of 5): The movie /
CITA EN EL CINE (2 de 5): La Peli
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Dom: #^__^#
Akari: #^__^#
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Dom: #^__^#
Akari: #^__^#
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
La zona di Capo Altano, altrimenti detta Capo Giordano, è uno scrigno prezioso di endemismi botanici, vale a dire di piante rare se non uniche, dai mille stupefacenti colori e dai mille incredibili, delicatissimi, inebrianti profumi. Essendo il vento dominante quello di Nord Ovest, non vi è traccia di conseguenze dovute all’industria. Il Maestrale, infatti, accudisce paternamente a rivitalizzare un’area di bellezza incredibile, non solo per il tripudio rigoglioso di colori e aromi floreali ma anche per la vastità di un panorama talmente suggestivo da causare stupore, rapimento, crisi esistenziali ed altro.
Arrivare a Capo Altano da Portoscuso, significa percorrere un affascinante tragitto tortuoso tra i ginepri, in compagnia, sulla destra, di configurazioni rocciose che pare racchiudano arcani significati estetici, e sulla sinistra, di una scogliera frangiata e gioiosa (quando il mare è in amore e gioca maliziosi andirivieni ondosi che sfrigolano abbaglianti riflessi intermittenti). Da questa scogliera lo sguardo s’innalza oltre l’immensa distesa di lapislazzolo, sempre solcata da barche a vela, per planare sull’Isola di San Pietro, più bella che mai; e quindi sui dirupi di basalto dorato di Capo Altano; per abbracciare poi, con un sol batter di ciglio, la costa montuosa che dal Pan di Zucchero arriva all’immensa spiaggia di Gonnesa. Tra questa spiaggia e Capo Altano, dalla fine di aprile ai primi di giugno, lo specchio di mare prospiciente è tutto un brulichio di natanti poiché la tonnara è in funzione. Ed è bellissimo ed emozionante assistere, dai sipari di roccia che la scogliera apre sul mare, al ritorno in porto di un lungo e ordinato corteo di battelli mentre le campane di Portoscuso annunciano il risultato positivo della pesca appena avvenuta.
A Capo Altano, dai residui di cemento delle piazzole per cannoni, stonati e inutili retaggi della seconda guerra mondiale, si domina uno dei più fantastici, incredibili paesaggi marini del mondo. Ecco perché, in alcuni ripari sotto roccia, scoperti nei pressi, sono stati rinvenuti reperti testimonianti il viver dell’uomo, in questo luogo da sogno, fin dagli albori dell’antichità paleolitica (18.000 anni da oggi e ancor più).
Anche se è impossibile trovare in Sardegna luoghi vissuti dagli antichi, che non siano paesaggisticamente bellissimi, questo di Capo Altano è veramente fuori dal consueto, anzi, una magnificenza in assoluto. Sostandovi viene da immaginarsi con quanta attenzione l’uomo antico osservasse il passaggio primaverile di branchi sterminati di tonni, che, apparendo in primavera, sempre guizzavano tenendo il fianco sinistro proprio a ridosso dei precipiti dirupi costieri che paiono cascate di lava pietrificata.
Tutta la zona, geologicamente, ha un’età di 575 milioni di anni e il successivo cataclisma lavico, di cui testimoniano le sinuosità pietrificate, pare sia concomitante ad una supposta, mitica, esplosione di un vulcano marino, in un’epoca incerta, forse un centinaio di milioni di anni da oggi.
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I think I may have confused a few people with yesterday's image. I apologize. I posted it with only the title "Platform 9 3/4s". Never thought to explain it given the Harry Potter coverage. Sometimes I'm too geeky. Apologies to everyone who didn't get it. Some people did get it though, and I think some that did get the reference believed it was a joking reference.
I wasn't joking. That is Platform 9 3/4s. Honest. The real thing.
I took that shot in King's Cross Station, which is the train station where J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, has Harry and his friends leave from at the start of each year to travel to Hogwart's School of Wizardry and Witchcraft.
That column is the actual column you see in all the Harry Potter films and read about in the books. When Harry and the Hogwart's students from London leave for their year at Hogwart's they run "into" that brick column. It's a sort of gateway to a special train platform that's hidden in another "dimension" so normal non-magical people (called "muggles") can't see it. The platform is number "9 3/4s" as it lies 3/4s of the way from platform 9. Actually, I think J. K. Rowling called it that because it's just a more interesting name than Platform 9 1/2 or Platform 9A (there actually is a 9A and a 9B Platform in the real world so that really wouldn't have worked).
However there was a problem that was only discovered after the books were published. The column to Platform 9 3/4s is in the older part of King's Cross. The problem is: the older part of King's Cross only goes up to Platform 8. Platforms 9 through 11 are in a modern addition to King's Cross and look nothing like the older section.... and there are no brick columns. As well, Platform 9 lies on the other side of the ticket booth behind a security wall. The kids of Hogwarts couldn't get to the platform without "muggle" tickets, and even if they did their parents definitely couldn't have accompanied them as they do in the books. I suppose magic could have solved all that though.
So the film crew had to fudge it and pretend the landing between Platform 4 and 5 is where Platform 9 3/4's is. And frankly, who's to say that the Wizards didn't add it to King's Cross magically but get the platform location wrong? ;-)
The management of King's Cross didn't have it so easy, though. When the books became popular they were inundated with thousands of children who wanted to see Platform 9 3/4s, but where do you hang the sign?? If in the old section it would be wrong (and goodness, think of all the little children who would be so confused by that encounter they could never again navigate their way through a British Train Station! ;-). Unfortunately, there was nothing to hang a sign on in the new wing, and you couldn't let any kids past the security to see it anyway! So a compromise was come to: Management found a quiet little archway next to the entrance to the new wing where they could hang the sign. Technically it's close to being the right location, but it's not in the new spiffy, steel and glass wing that has no brick columns and it's outside the security area. To finish it off they also took one of the station luggage carts the Hogwarts students use in the books and mounted the rear section to the wall so it looks like it's "passing through" the wall on its way to Platform 9 3/4s.
Hence the title of this shot: "Platform 9 3/4s Official Location"
That's my little guy...turning 3 in 6 days. I'm not sure I'm ready for that. I thought 2 was bad, but 3, it seems so old, so non-toddlerish. He's been acting so old lately. He's sick right now, and told me this morning that he needed "medisum" and has to go to the hospital to get a shot, then said he needed "ear pops" (ear drops) lol. He kisses me when I'm sad and tells me it'll be ok. He usually gets up in the middle of the night and runs to our bed, and I'm ok with this because every morning I'm awaken by him saying "mommy, I sleep good, now give me a hug" and he'll hug me, then say "and a kiss" and I get a big smooch. He's potty trained, which I always hoped for by age 3 but didn't expect it to come so easily. Word of advice for those wanting to train soon, wait til they are ready!!! We tried when he turned 18 months up until recently and we would have saved a lot of stress and messes if we just waited til he was ready for it.
Age 3...that means 2 more years until he goes to school. God help me.
In the old school at St Fagans in 2007, a group of welsh primary school children had to dress and have a day at school exactly as they would have done just before WW1 (less any necessary caning).
Watching them trying to cope with nibbed pens and inkwells was quite good fun, as was listening to the sound of absolute silence in the classroom, and iron discipline dispensed by the (very attractive) schoolmistress, also in period costume.
I had to take this shot without the benefit of a tripod, at a 1/2 second exposure, handheld, so plenty of intensly "arty" blur from the old Ikonta's 105mm f/4.5 Novar lens.
I quite like the result though.
Zeiss Ikonta 521/2 6x9
Novar 105mm f/4.5
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
Secret 4:
Sometimes I just want to pick up the nearest object and slam it into something to get out all the pent-up anger I have, and do serious damage to the people around me, or myself.
And the nearest object happened to be a guitar ^_^ Hm... I wish it looked more like I'm swinging it with REAL anger and about to smash it for real...
El 3 de diciembre se celebra en Argentina el día del médico.
Esas personas que ponen todo para salvar una vida, que se enfrentan a situaciones extremas todos los días.
Para eso se requiere mucho estudio. Pero por sobre todo se requiere vocación.
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On December 3 here in Argentina we celebrate the day of the doctor.
Those people that put everything to save a life, face extreme situations every day.
That requires much study. But above all, it requires a vocation.
Strobist info: SB-900 1/128 power 200mm zoom with 25cm snoot camera right. Triggered by PW.
Not completely happy with today's 365 photo... but that's okay. You can't win them all!
I suppose this is my attempt at getting in the spirit for Christmas (which I'm really not.)
I'm miss home and bucket loads of snow! Scotland is great, but there is no snow (and probably wont be for Christmas! Boooo) Though, there is no shortage of hot chocolate with baileys and curling up under warm blankets, so that is nice!
Song of the Day - St. Vincent (with Andrew Bird) - What Me Worry
(this video makes me react in unexplainable ways... it is probably what I would consider the best video on youtube... so PLEASE watch it! Oh, and also... I fucking LOVE the lyrics, and can relate to them in a big way)
"What me worry? I never do
I'm always amused and amusing you
Sans le fear of impending doom
Life is like banquet food: pleasure to peruse
Do I amuse you, dear? Would you think me queer
if while standing beside you I opted instead to disappear? Disappear
In no hurry I'll sing my tune
All my skies the hue of a ruddy bruise
In my finest threads couture I'll call up my favorite muse
for a drink - half full - or two
Have I abused you, dear? You have had it to here
You say, "Love is just a bloodmatch to see who
endures lash after last with panache"
In the spring I'll dust off my lute, stuff my suitcase full of blues
and stir the dust underneath the thrust of my clicking heels
C'est la vie
What me worry? I never do
Life is one charming ruse for us lucky few
Have I fooled you, dear?
The time is coming near when I'll give you my hand and I'll say,
"It's been grand, but... I'm out of here
I'm out of here" "
Went out for a pretty darn spontaneous shoot this evening...My buddy Shuck called up our two friends Alex and Morgan and asked if they wanted to shoot today....they agreed....
We ended up getting some killer sunset shots in this big open field a few minutes from my house. There will DEFINITELY be more where this came from, so KEEP CHECKING BACK!...also, make sure you check out Shuck's stream...he got some outstanding shots (it was his first real shoot!)
Lets hear what you think!
p.s. this was Alex's first time modeling!....I'd say she did an awesome job!
Canon 5d w/ 50 1.8 II
Natty light with slight fill from reflector
A surrealist story:
It breaks my heart leaving my little tree (and her three new borns) every morning in the loneliness of my kitchen... When I arrive home she looks so unhappy with her fallen leaves... Then I give her some water and clean every leaf with a wet cloth, and at the same time I talk to her and tell her how hard my day was. In the end of this process, that lasts around 10', she looks happier and her leaves get crispy and alive...
I don't think I am the only person on earth doing this...
If I had a dog or a cat I would do the same! :)
This is "Desert Wildflower Towers", one of artist Dale Chihuly's glass art sculptures on display at the entrance to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. The exhibition at the Garden is named "Chihuly: The Nature of Glass" and Chihuly's work is displayed from November 22, 2008 to May 31, 2009. The Nature of Glass exhibit features new and unique works of glass artfully located throughout the Garden. Dale Chihuly is known for his innovative glass sculptures, and his work is immediately recognizable for its grand scale and vibrant colors. This is Chihuly's first exhibition in an outdoor desert environment.
“The artist permits and encourages photography of the artwork in this exhibition for educational and non-commercial use only.”
INFORMATION ON ARTIST DALE CHIHULY:
Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor. Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) in 1959.
In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chihuly lives and works in his 25,000 square foot (2300 m²) studio, nicknamed "The Boathouse" for its former use, on Lake Union. Since losing the vision in one of his eyes in a car accident in 1976, Chihuly (who wears an eyepatch) no longer has the depth perception necessary to handle the molten glass himself. Instead, he conceptualizes each project with paint and canvas and then employs a team of artists to do the work.
About his work: His fascination with abstract nature forms comes from his mother's garden in Tacoma, Washington. One of his sculptures would be prominently displayed on the sitcom Frasier, which is set in nearby Seattle. His love for the ocean and its creatures is also reflected in his art.
Over the past forty years, Chihuly's glass sculptures have explored color, design, and assemblage. Although his work varies in size and color, he is best known for his multipart blown masterpieces. Also interested in Irish culture, he has produced a sizeable volume of "Irish cylinders," which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.
Some of Chihuly's works cover whole ceilings of casinos and hotels, while others are hand-sized abstract flowers. Chihuly uses intense colors to bring his work to life. He is also known for using neon and argon.
Chihuly uses nature as a setting for his pieces, and tries to create his pieces as though they are part of nature. He sometimes entwines his pieces around tree branches and trunks. He also suspends them in space and floats them in water. Although it is not widely known, some components of Chihuly's installations (for example, the stacked aqua-colored chunks that decorate the Tacoma "Bridge of Glass") are made of an acrylic-type material rather than glass.
Source: Wikipedia
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Zaovine, Tara National Park, Serbia.
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La curruca capirotada (Sylvia atricapilla) es una especie de ave paseriforme del género Sylvia dentro de la familia Sylviidae. Es un pájaro de pequeño tamaño de color sobrio y discreto, canto agradable, vuelo ágil, comportamiento activo e inquieto, que se alimenta de insectos y frutas. Habita principalmente en sotobosques y está ampliamente distribuido por Europa. Se trata de una curruca frecuente, y localmente abundante, que está muy repartida por toda España. Descripción Mide entre 13 y 15 cm de longitud, con una envergadura de entre 20 y 23 cm, y un peso de unos 14 a 20 g. Presenta el cráneo levemente aplanado. El pico (en ambos sexos adultos) es negruzco con la mandíbula inferior gris pizarra. Los tarsos y los pies son gris azulado. El iris es de 3,5 mm de diámetro y de color castaño. Plumaje A simple vista tiene un aspecto discreto e insignificante, ya que la sobriedad de su plumaje le permite pasar desapercibido para todo aquel que no haya aprendido a identificarlo, que lo confundirán con el gorrión común cada vez que se lo crucen fugazmente en su camino (ocurriendo esto más veces de lo que cabe imaginarse). El macho, para quien sabe identificar esta especie, resulta inconfundible; el macho adulto presenta sus partes superiores (laterales de la cabeza, del cuello y el pecho) de color verde oliva, o bien puede describirse como un tono pardo grisáceo. El obispillo es gris claro. El vientre blanco. Su cola y las alas son de un gris negruzco. El píleo y la frente son de color negro brillante.2 La hembra se diferencia del macho principalmente por el píleo que es pardo o castaño rojizo. El resto de las partes superiores son pardo oliváceas, y en los lados de la cara hay un tinte grisáceo. El pecho y los flancos son de un tono más pálido, algunas veces con un tinte gris, pero siempre se presenta con un color más pardo que el del macho. Los ejemplares inmaduros son similares a las hembras adultas, con el capirote castaño jengibre. Tal vez se pueda apreciar en la espalda y dorso de las alas un tinte más rojizo que en los adultos. El color de las partes inferiores, como son el pecho y los flancos, se presentan considerablemente más oscuros que en los adultos. Nota: Apenas se observan diferencias entre las distintas subespecies de Sylvia atricapilla, no obstante, morfológicamente sí que podrían encontrarse leves diferencias fácilmente apreciables. Es una especie forestal que cría en terrenos arbolados, umbríos y con denso sotobosque, aunque también pueden hacerlo en parques y jardines con abundante maleza, ya que siempre van de copa en copa, de mata en mata, e inquietamente de rama en rama. Ejemplos donde estas currucas se desarrollan son los robledales, fresnedas y otras formaciones de planifolios. También habitan bosques de coníferas, quejigares y bosques mixtos, monte bravío, huertos de frutales y también olivares. Evitan zonas muy secas por ello son frecuentes en la vegetación de riberas, junto a los arroyos, donde los índices de humedad son mayores y donde los árboles se presentan más desarrollados. Cuando las ciudades ofrecen mayor cantidad de alimento, o por motivos climáticos, etc., recurren a estas, pasando desapercibidas por ser desconfiadas y a la vez activas. Altitudinalmente esta especie ocupa rangos muy dispares, desde el nivel del mar hasta los 1.500 m (en Tenerife), incluso 1.700 m en Pirineos centrales o los 1.800 en el Sistema Central y 1.850 m en las Cordilleras Béticas. Alimentación Fruto del espino común. La curruca capirotada se alimenta de insectos, fruta cultivada y bayas o frutos silvestres. Durante la primavera se centra básicamente en la captura coleópteros y dípteros, aunque no son estos los únicos insectos que caen presa de este pajarillo. A partir del nacimiento de sus pollos se dedican a recoger infinidad de pequeñas orugas y larvas, mas estos también son cebados con cerezas, higos y otros frutos silvestres del tiempo. Durante el invierno ingieren gran cantidad de manzana, aprovechándose de las cosechas más próximas lo que les permite resistir el invierno sin apenas moverse de zonas reducidas. Les gustan los frutos de la hiedra, así como las bayas de las plantas de adorno que encuentran en jardines o parques. Presentes en su dieta podrían estar, el saúco, el espino, el aligustre, la rosa silvestre, la zarzamora, la madreselva, el tejo, el acebo, etc., sintiendo especial predilección por todos ellos. Nido Curruca con hierba seca en el pico para construir su nido. El nido es una construcción muy pobre, "transparente", ligero y escaso en materiales. Normalmente es el macho quien elige el lugar de emplazamiento colocando allí dos o tres hierbas secas, aunque es la hembra quien principalmente lo construye. Entre el macho y la hembra consiguen terminarlo en unos 3 o 5 días generalmente. Los materiales de construcción usados por esta curruca son básicamente hierbas secas, musgo, y raicillas, estando forrado interiormente con pelos y hierba más fina, para lograr un cierto confort. Se localizan escondidos en arbustos u otra maleza, sujetos en ramas débiles y a una altura del suelo que no suele bajar de 80 cm ni subir por encima del 1,70 m. Los polluelos permanecen en el nido durante un periodo de tiempo que oscila en unos 11 y 14 días.Enfermedades Los parásitos que hospedan a Sylvia atricapilla son motivo de las posibles distintas enfermedades infecciosas que pueden afectar a estas aves. Un ejemplo es el parásito de la malaria de la curruca capirotada, que puede hacer bastante daño a la especie si su capacidad de transmisión y dispersión se presenta con demasiada potencia y facilidad. Predadores Como toda pequeña ave de sotobosque, desde que es un simple polluelo la curruca capirotada puede ser presa de todo tipo de vertebrados, pues reptiles, diferentes pequeños mamíferos, y otras aves (como una simple urraca), codician este tipo de capturas. También el ser humano puede convertirse en un "predador parcial" para un gran número de especies de aves, entre ellas la curruca capirotada, pues el dulce canto de estas aves las hace muy atractivas para mantenerlas en cautiverio, y existen todo tipo de prácticas ilegales por medio de las que se captura con redes y otros sistemas a estos pajarillos
I had a shoot yesterday that was billed as a competition between photographers, sort of a "Battle to Win". However, since it took place in the hard core inner city--shooting amongst graffiti laced walls while dodging traffic--I prefer to call this competition 'Urban Combat'.
There were about a dozen photographers and an equal number of models, however as I worked with just a few models, I will post images from those 4 here.
Enjoy!
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UPDATE: Oct 23 ... VOTE FOR ME
It finally happened--the competition website is up and running.
I'd really appreciate if you can take a minute and vote on my pics...just click on the pics (Photographer 11) and then underneath it select the rating...5's would be fantastic. :-)
Note: We were officially allowed to submit 2 pics per model we'd shot with, however at least half of the other photographers went overboard and flaunted the rules entirely, some posting 4, 5, or even 7 pics of several of their models! C'est la vie.
UPDATE: Oct 21
The organizer had a change of heart and thanks to the help of another photographer has decided to let me back in to the competition, saying something about it not being fair to the models if I was not part of this. However, I still have no answers for what happened earlier. :-(
See earlier updates to understand the comments below.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (6 of 9): Shin and Near /
DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (6 de 9): Shin y Near
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 97 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Near: (I heard you... ¬¬)
L: Remember what I told you about patience... ^_^u
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Near: (Te he oido...¬¬)
L: Recuerda lo que te he dicho de tener paciencia... ^_^u
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Day 1 - Reykjavik
VIEW BIGGER - a better perspective
Street art in Reykjavik is so creative - you can spend the whole day just walking the streets. I found a couple of really interesting links that showcase the "wall poetry" as they call it - a must see. Click on the links below.
Reykjavik: Photo tour of Street Art
Reyjkavik: Building & Street Art
I wish I bumped into these links before visiting Reykjavik. Oh well, just another reason to go back to charming Reykjavik.
To see other photos from Iceland album (in-progress), click here.
And if you go chasing rabbits; And you know you're going to fall
what I love about street photography in Tokyo is that you just never know what you are going to see (or, quite often, if what you're seeing is actually happening...)
I had just crossed the street with a group of friends, leaving the madness of a crowded matsuri behind me, and I looked to the right and saw this photo in front of me - all alone with his rabbit and in a world of his own...
A 365 project first for me, which I am not entirely sure I should be ashamed or inspired. Today was a blah day, until one of my friends decided that he wanted to meet up and shoot some pictures around town. Now while thats all hunky dory, he wanted to go to the UW-Arboretum: with the rains and excessive humidity we have had recently I gave him plenty of warning that the bugs would be bad. He ignored my warning and we met up, thankfully he brought insect spray for I have none myself. We trekked through the woods stirring up plenty of bugs, mosquitos were the main concern and they definately made their presence known. Within ten minutes of walking, we stopped in the path to snap a few frames of some mushrooms growing in a neat pattern along the trunk of a slowly dying tree. This was quite the mistake; as we walked closer the tree a swarm of at least two dozen mosquitos came from underneath and started to attack us. We ran from the tree, and back to the path waving our tripods in the air to battle these blood sucking bastards. Eventually we gave in and decided that we would find the way back to our cars, and venture somewhere the bugs had not infested the surroundings with the intent of eating us alive.
We agreed to meet off Bedford for it was free parking, for at least two hours anyway: Also far enough from the majority of the craziness of move-in weekend on campus. I took what I thought would be the easiest way down, which turned out to be a series of unfortunately events. Turns out a train bad back up along the North Shore corridor and at that North Shore was my route to Bedford. Driving aimlessly, I found myself squirming with an upset stomach and decided to just find my way home. Once home I proceeded to take a nap, for three hours: being excessive lazy or maybe just not able to catch up on sleep from the previous nights accounts of being up til 3a.m. I am not entirely sure which one it was.
The light was still overcast, a dark ominus gray covered the sky and I figured there wasnt much going to happen for a sunset but I drove West anyway. Struggling to find a nice vantage point over the main highway to the West, I pulled my car off the road and walked to an overpass and started shooting. Trying all sorts of lenses to see what I could pull into the frame or select FROM the frame that was the most enjoyable for my eyes. As it turns out the skys dull red started to fade, into a multi-tude of blues, grays, and reds. My 18mm was the onlens thatt I could find that was able to capture a good portion of the image, which leads me to the confession.
Tonights image is a first for me, a panoramic: now maybe you read the stories or maybe just look at the tags, or simply just the picture. But this for me is as ground breaking as was when I broke down last summer and cropped an image. Something I swear by that Id never do in my project, as it breaks the rules via POD "picure of the day," should really only be ONE frame. But alas my friend Brian helped me break down and realize that if I wanted a winner shot to remember today by, it was definately the pano. These two shots are seemed together with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, seemlessly a SOOC: but there was a slight contrast adjust with the right side. We debated back and forth for a good 30 minutes if it was the clouds or a slight change in exposure, until I managed to get the right adjust on the contrast. The only way that I could have done this shot without having to do a pano was if I had a full frame sensor and had used my 18mm for one shot vs two, but heck sometimes the cheaper alternative wins.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: AFTER THE CONCERT (3 of 9): L and Near. Part 2 /
DESPUÉS DEL CONCIERTO (3 de 9): L y Near. Parte 2
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 39 of 184) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
L: But you've done it far well, nobody was able to make a check on me already ^^
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L: Pero lo has hecho muy bien, nadie había logrado hacerme jaque hasta ahora. ^^
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
View Bigger On Black For The Full Frigid Feel
I'm having another spring clean...
Check out my eBay listings for a whole lot of photography stuff for sale
The auctions end tonight... around 10pm GMT... don't miss out!
Pentax 67
90mm f/2.8
Fujicolor Pro160S
Pushed to ISO 320.
Gulfoss, Iceland.
2009.
A structure with flexible and transparent rooms: In December 2001, following in-depth debates, the board of the BMW AG has voted in favour of the architectural concept by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. The outstanding concept of the BMW Welt is characterised very much by the unique roof structure and the so-called Double Cone.
The 16,000 m² of cloud roof which emanates from the forming Double Cone is only carried by twelve hinged columns and creates the impression that it is floating. In its basic system, it consists of an upper and a lower girder grillage with a basic grid of five by five metres. Between the layers, diagonal struts are inserted which link the two layers of girder grillage, hereby creating a spatial supporting structure.
The Double Cone which protrudes prominently from the entire building acts as a powerful and dynamic eye-catcher. The cyclone made of glass and steel, winding upwards, ending in the roof which is suspended freely, floating just like a cloud, is created by a dynamic deformation of the two girder layers and constitutes one of the main supporting points of the roof.
The architectural concept of the BMW Welt combines form and function. This is shown in the elegant steel facade, for example, which serves the function of air-conditioning the BMW Welt, among other things. For this purpose, the solar energy which is lead from the roof to the facades contributes to the heating of the building and the ventilation of the building is also implemented with the large wall areas. Enveloping surfaces made of glass create a thermically comfortable surface temperature. Vegetation outside, specifically near the natural ventilation elements bind dust particles and also have a cooling effect.
A Larger view to see them better?
When you are asked, "What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say 'Washington, DC'", what would you say?
Washington Monument?
The Capitol?
White House?
Memorials?
National Mall?
Smithsonial Institute?
Well I think I would say Traffic Chaos. There are so many diversions and roadblocks that even if you have lived your entire life there in the neighborhood you have a good chance of getting lost. I was lost, driving and I was in front of a road block barricade and an officer next to it. I asked him for directions and he kindly gave me the same. The directions involved crossing a one-way street. Unbeknowest to that officer, there was another one in my way, right in the middle of the road, parked car with lights on asking me to turn around. Thanks to the One way, I couldnt get back to the same place again to ask to be rerouted (I should have taken the $10.99 GPS offer). Bottom line? Lets say, I saw the entire DC driving around in a couple of hours, unintentionally :D
The signs above were all photographed on the same morning, while walking around the downtown and tourist areas of DC. On the background is Washington Monument.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
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New Yorkers Protest the US$850 BILLION Wall Street BAILOUT: Wall Street, NYC - September 25, 2008
Phototgrapher: a. golden, eyewash design - c. 2008.
This is actually a GOOD guy. See: billionairesforbush.com/index.php for more information.
Friends,
The richest 400 Americans -- that's right, just four-hundred people -- own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans COMBINED! 400 of the wealthiest Americans have got more stashed away than half the entire country! Their combined net worth is $1.6 trillion. During the eight years of the Bush Administration, their wealth has increased by nearly $700 billion -- the same amount that they were demanding We give to them for the "bailout." Why don't they just spend the money they made under Bush to bail themselves out? They'd still have nearly a trillion dollars left over to spread amongst themselves!
Of course, they are not going to do that -- at least not voluntarily. George W. Bush was handed a $127 billion surplus when Bill Clinton left office. Because that money was OUR money and not HIS, he did what the rich prefer to do -- spend it and never look back. Now we have a $9.5 trillion debt that will take seven generations from which to recover. Why -- on --earth – did -- our -- "representatives" -- give -- these -- robber -- barons -- $US850 BILLION -- of – OUR -- money?
Last week, proposed my own bailout plan. My suggestions, listed below, were predicated on the singular and simple belief that the rich must pull themselves up by their own platinum bootstraps. Sorry, fellows, but you drilled it into our heads one too many times: THERE...IS...NO…FREE... LUNCH ~ PERIOD! And thank you for encouraging us to hate people on welfare! So, there should have been NO HANDOUTS FROM US TO YOU! Last Friday, after voting AGAINST this BAILOUT, in an unprecedented turn of events, the House FLIP-FLOPPED their "No" Vote & said "Yes", in a rush version of a "bailout" bill vote. IN SPITE OF THE PEOPLE'S OVERWHELMING DISAPPROVAL OF THIS BAILOUT BILL... IN SPITE OF MILLIONS OF CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE CRASHING WASHINGTON "representatives'" PHONE LINES...IN SPITE OF CRASHING OUR POLITICIAN'S WEBSITES...IN SPITE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING AROUND THE COUNTRY... THEY VOTED FOR THIS BAILOUT! The People first succeeded on Monday with the House, but failed do it with the Senate and then THE HOUSE TURNED ON US TOO!
It is clear, though, we cannot simply continue protesting without proposing exactly what it is we think THESE IDIOTS should/'ve do/one. So, after consulting with a number of people smarter than Phil Gramm, here’s the proposal, now known as "Mike's Rescue Plan." (From Michael Moore's Bailout Plan) It has 10 simple, straightforward points. They are that you DIDN'T, BUT SHOULD'VE:
1. APPOINTED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO CRIMINALLY INDICT ANYONE ON WALL STREET WHO KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COLLAPSE. Before any new money was expended, Congress should have committed, by resolution, to CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE ANYONE who had ANYTHING to do with the attempted SACKING OF OUR ECONOMY. This means that anyone who committed insider trading, securities fraud or any action that helped bring about this collapse should have and MUST GO TO JAIL! This Congress SHOULD HAVE called for a Special Prosecutor who would vigorously go after everyone who created the mess, and anyone else who attempts to scam the public in future. (I like Elliot Spitzer ~ so, he played a little hanky-panky...Wall Street hates him & this is a GOOD thing.)
2. THE RICH SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THEIR OWN BAILOUT! They may have to live in 5 houses instead of 7. They may have to drive 9 cars instead of 13. The chef for their mini-terriers may have to be reassigned. But there is no way in hell, after forcing family incomes to go down more than $2,000 dollars during the Bush years, that working people and the middle class should have to fork over one dime to underwrite the next yacht purchase.
If they truly needed the $850 billion they say they needed, well, here is an easy way they could have raised it:
a) Every couple makeing over a million dollars a year and every single taxpayer who makes over $500,000 a year should pay a 10% surcharge tax for five years. (It's the Senator Sanders plan. He's like Colonel Sanders, only he's out to fry the right chickens.) That means the rich would have still been paying less income tax than when Carter was president. That would have raise a total of $300 billion.
b) Like nearly every other democracy, they should have charged a 0.25% tax on every stock transaction. This would have raised more than $200 billion in a year.
c) Because every stockholder is a patriotic American, stockholders should have forgone receiving a dividend check for ONE quarter and instead this money would have gone the treasury to help pay for the bullsh*t bailout.
d) 25% of major U.S. corporations currently pay NO federal income tax. Federal corporate tax revenues currently amount to 1.7% of the GDP compared to 5% in the 1950s. If we raised the corporate income tax BACK to the levels of the 1950s, this would give us an extra $500 billion.
All of this combined should have been enough to end the calamity. The rich would have gotten to keep their mansions and their servants and our United States government ("COUNTRY FIRST!") would've have a little leftover to repair some roads, bridges and schools...
3. YOU SHOULD HAVE BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BUILD AN EIGHTH HOME! There are 1.3 million homes in foreclosure right now. That is what is at the heart of this problem. So, instead of giving the money to the banks as a gift, they should have paid down each of these mortgages by $100,000. They should have forced the banks to renegotiate the mortgage so the homeowner could pay on its current value. To insure that this help wouldn't go to speculators and those who tried to making money by flipping houses, the bailout should have only been for people's primary residences. And, in return for the $100K pay-down on the existing mortgage, the government would have gotten to share in the holding of the mortgage so it could get some of its money back. Thus, the total initial cost of fixing the mortgage crisis at its roots (instead of with the greedy lenders) is $150 billion, not $850 BILLION.
And let's set the record straight. People who have defaulted on their mortgages are not "bad risks." They are our fellow Americans, and all they wanted was what we all want: a home to call their own. But, during the Bush years, millions of the People lost the decent paying jobs they had. SIX MILLION fell into poverty! SEVEN MILLION lost their health insurance! And, every one of them saw their real wages go DOWN by $2,000! Those who DARE look down on these Americans who got hit with one bad break after another should be ASHAMED.! We are a better, stronger, safer and happier society when all of our citizens can afford to live in a home they own.
4. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STIPULATION THAT IF YOUR BANK OR COMPANY GOT ANY OF OUR MONEY IN A "BAILOUT," THEN WE OWN YOU. Sorry, that's how it's done. If the bank gives me money so I can buy a house, the bank "owns" that house until I pay it all back -- with interest. Same deal for Wall Street. Whatever money you need to stay afloat, if our government considers you a safe risk -- and necessary for the good of the country -- then you can get a loan, but WE SHOULD OWN YOU. If you default, we will sell you. This is how the Swedish government did it and it worked.
5. ALL REGULATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BE RESTORED. THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IS DEAD! This catastrophe happened because we let the fox have the keys to the hen-house. In 1999, Phil Gramm authored a bill to remove all the regulations that governed Wall Street and our banking system. The bill passed and Clinton signed it. Here's what Sen.Phil Gramm, McCain's chief economic advisor, said at the bill signing:
"In the 1930s ... it was believed that government was the answer. It was believed that stability and growth came from government overriding the functioning of free markets.
"We are here today to repeal [that] because we have learned that government is not the answer. We have learned that freedom and competition are the answers. We have learned that we promote economic growth and we promote stability by having competition and freedom.
"I am proud to be here because this is an important bill; it is a deregulatory bill. I believe that that is the wave of the future, and I am awfully proud to have been a part of making it a reality."
FOR THIS NOT TO REOCCUR, This BILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPEALED! Bill Clinton could have helped by leading the effort for the repeal of the Gramm bill and the reinstating of even tougher regulations regarding our financial institutions. And when they were done with that, they should have restored the regulations for the airlines, the inspection of our food, the oil industry, OSHA, and every other entity that affects our daily lives. All oversight provisions for any "bailout" should have had enforcement monies attached to them and criminal penalties for all offenders.
6. IF IT'S TOO BIG TO FAIL, THEN THAT MEANS IT'S TOO BIG TO EXIST! Allowing the creation of these mega-mergers and not enforcing the monopoly and anti-trust laws has allowed a number of financial institutions and corporations to become so large, the very thought of their collapse means an even bigger collapse across the entire economy. No ONE or TWO companies should EVER have this kind of power! The so-called "economic Pearl Harbor" can't happen when you have hundreds -- thousands -- of institutions where people have their money. When we have a dozen auto companies, if one goes belly-up, we DON'T FACE A NATIONAL DISASTER! If we have three separately-owned daily newspapers in your town, then one media company can't call all the shots (I know... What am I thinking?! Who reads a paper anymore? Sure glad all those mergers and buyouts left us with a STRONG and "FREE" press!). Laws Should have been enacted to prevent companies from being so large and dominant that with one slingshot to the eye, the GIANT FALLS and DIES. And no institution should be allowed to set up money schemes that NO ONE understands. If you can't explain it in two sentences, you shouldn't be taking anyone's money!
7. NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD EVER BE PAID MORE THAN 40 TIMES THEIR AVERAGE EMPLOYEE, AND NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD RECEIVE ANY KIND OF "PARACHUTE" OTHER THAN THE VERY GENEROUS SALARY HE OR SHE MADE WHILE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY. In 1980, the average American CEO made 45 times what their employees made. By 2003, they were making 254 times what their workers made. After 8 years of Bush, they now make over 400 times what their average employee makes. How We have allowed this to happen at publicly held companies is beyond reason. In Britain, the average CEO makes 28 times what their average employee makes. In Japan, it's only 17 times! The last I heard, the CEO of Toyota was living the high life in Tokyo. How does he do it on so little money? Seriously, this is an OUTRAGE! We have created the mess we're in by letting the people at the top become bloated beyond belief with millions of dollars. THIS HAS TO STOP! Not only should no executive who receives help out of this mess profit from it, but any executive who was in charge of running his company into the ground should be FIRED before the company receives ANY help.
8. CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE STRENGTHENED THE FDIC AND MADE IT A MODEL FOR PROTECTING NOT ONLY PEOPLE'S SAVINGS, BUT ALSO THEIR PENSIONS AND THEIR HOMES. Obama was correct to propose expanding FDIC protection of people's savings in their banks to $250,000. But, this same sort of government insurance must be given to our NEVER have to worry about whether or not the money they've put away for their old age will be there. This should have meant strict government oversight of companies who manage their employees' funds -- or perhaps it means the companies should have been forced to turn over those funds and their management to the government? People's private retirement funds must also be protected, but perhaps it's time to consider not having one's retirement invested in the casino known as the stock market??? Our government should have a solemn duty to guarantee that no one who grows old in this country has to worry about becoming destitute.
9. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, CALM DOWN, AND NOT LET FEAR RULE THE DAY. Turn off your TVs! We are NOT in the Second Great Depression. The sky is NOT falling, Chicken Little! Pundits and politicians have lied to us so FAST and FURIOUS it's hard not to be affected by all the fear mongering. Even I wrote to and repeated what I heard on the news last week, that the Dow had the biggest one day drop in its history. Well, that was true in terms of points, but its 7% drop came nowhere close to Black Monday in 1987 when the stock market in one day lost 23% of its value. In the '80s, 3,000 banks closed, but America didn't go out of business. These institutions have always had their ups and downs and eventually it works out. It has to, because the rich do not like their wealth being disrupted! They have a vested interest in calming things down and getting back into their Jacuzzis before they slip into their million thread-count sheets to drift off to a peaceful, Vodka tonic and Ambien-induced slumber.
As crazy as things are right now, tens of thousands of people got a car loan last week. Thousands went to the bank and got a mortgage to buy a home. Students just back to college found banks more than happy to put them into hock for the next 15 years with a student loan. I was even pre-approved for a US$5K personal loan. Yes, life has gone on with little-or-no-change (other than the whopping 6.1% umeployment rate, but that happened last month). Not a single person lost any of his/her monies in bank, or a treasury note, or in a CD. And, the perhaps the most amazing thing is that the American public FINALLY didn't buy the scare campaign. The citizens didn't blink, instead telling Congress to take that bailout and shove it. THAT was impressive. Why didn't the population succumb to the fright-filled warnings from their president and his cronies? Well, you can only say 'Saddam has the bomb' so many times before the people realize you're a lying sack of shit. After eight long years, the nation is worn out and simply can't take it any longer. The WORLD is fed up & I don't blame them.
10. THEY SHOULD HAVE CREATED A NATIONAL BANK, A "PEOPLE'S BANK." Since they're really itching to print up a trillion dollars, instead of giving it to a few rich people, why don't We give it to ourselves? Now that We own Freddie and Fannie, why not set up a People's bank? One that can provide low-interest loans for all sorts of people who want to own a home, start a small business, go to school, come up with the cure for cancer or create the next great invention. And, now that we own AIG - the country's largest insurance company - let's take the next step and PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EVERYONE. MEDICARE FOR ALL! It will SAVE us SO MUCH MONEY in the LONG RUN (not to mention bring peace of mind to all). And, America won't be 12th on the life expectancy list! We'll be able to have a longer lifespan, enjoying our government-protected pension and will live to see the day when the corporate criminals who caused this much misery are let out of prison so that We can help re-acclimate them to plain old ordinary, civilian life -- a life with ONE nice home and ONE gas-free car invented with help from the People's Bank.
P.S. Call your Senators NOW !!! ---> www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Since they voted against passing the extension of unemployment benefits and skipped out to "campaign" to us to be re-elected...call them and tell them you will vote for the other "guy" if they don't get their act together!
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Jul 5, 2012 Explore #31
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