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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shain Quinn 343rd Training Squadron security forces apprentice course instructor, teaches handcuffing techniques to a trainee during the field operations block of training at the U.S. Air Force security forces apprentice course at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Annex, Texas, March 2, 2023. The field operations course is designed to teach basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen. (U.S Air Force photo by Jerome S. Tayborn/RELEASED)
Soldiers from the 759th Military Police Battalion practice basic special reaction team skills, June 11 at Range 60. The battalion hopes to certify a 20-person SRT this fall. MPs have been training since January to be a part of the team. Fort Carson has not had a certified SRT since January 2011.
Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State, Kathleen Reen, Internews Vice President, global internet initiatives, U.S. Mission Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Mulrean and Internet Freedom Fellows Michael Anti, Grigory Okhotin and Bronwen Robertson participated in a Human Rights Council side event March 7, 2013 entitled "Securing Human Rights Online."
For more information about the Internet Freedom Fellows Program see: internetfreedomfellows.com
U.S. Mission Photo by Yves Bouvie
This dwelling is sitauted securely within a lava cliff overlooking Sycamore Canyon. The view from within this dwelling is perhaps one of the most spectacular sights I have ever experienced in northern Arizona. One can reach this site by beginning at Chino Valley, Arizona. Heading north through the city of Chino Valley, turn right onto Arizona highway 70 or Perkinsville Road. Continue on Highway 70 until you reach National Forest Road 181 (4x4). Turn right and continue for twelve miles on this diaboloical passageway until you reach the trailhead for Sycamore Canyon. Instead of going on the trail into the canyon, turn right and cross a dry wash and climb about twenty minutes to the right up and over the lava saddle. Upon reaching the top, descend about two hundred meters towards the left and you will find these archaeological delights.
These structures were built and occupied in the early 1300's.
One final note, even for experienced hikers, a walking stick is strongly recommended. And, it is very wise to check the weather whilst driving in monsoon season as the last twelve miles can often be impassable from July through September..
1-17-2016
Drilled case and secured the Everbilt Bright Brass Decorative Corners with screws
Master Tools Display Case
Item No. 09801
Inside dimentions:
19 3/4"L x 5 7/8"W x 4 5/8"H
Everbilt 5/8 in. x 1-3/4 in. Bright Brass Decorative Corners with screws attached
bought at Home Depot
Model # 19734, Internet # 204485782, Store SKU # 1000020949
All secured. The leather straps secure to the chest with removable chicago screws in case I need to remove them later for repairs or maintenance
Saw this sculptural wall image in the restaurant Buena Vista in Frankfurt. After some research on the Internet, I found out that the original is a fantasy image by Luis Royo titled "Man with wings". There is a signature on this wall image, which states that the artist is a man (?) named Todoric. Unfortunately I didn't find a hint, who this artist might be. I guess I'll have to ask the owners of the restaurant, because I'd really love to know more about this image. It's really fascinating.
Ich habe dieses Relief/Wandbild im Restaurant Buena Vista in Frankfurt gesehen. Nach einigem Recherchieren im Internet fand ich heraus, dass das Original dazu ein Fantasy-Bild mit dem Titel "Man with wings" von Luis Royo ist. Auf dem Wandbild ist eine Signatur zu finden, die aussagt, dass der Künstler (oder vielleicht die Künstlerin?) ein gewisser Todoric ist. Leider fand ich keinen Hinweis darauf, wer dieser Künstler sein könnte. Ich werde wohl die Inhaber des Restaurants fragen müssen, denn ich würde wirklich gern mehr über dieses Bild erfahren. Es ist wirklich faszinierend.
In an effort to align with the USAID Digital Strategy and recognize USAID Missions, Bureaus and partners that are empowering countries in a digital age, USAID launched the 2022 Digital Development Awards (the Digis), the fourth round of these awards. The Digis recognize and celebrate USAID-funded projects and activities that use digital technology to sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems in order to improve measurable development and humanitarian-assistance outcomes. After receiving nearly 200 applications from USAID Missions around the world, five winners were selected for the 2022 Digital Development Awards, including USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia: Digital Asia Accelerator, implemented by DAI’s Digital Frontiers.
As one of the fastest growing regions, the Indo-Pacific provides significant opportunities for businesses and citizens to participate in the digital economy. However, the region’s rapid digital transformation means that people and businesses without internet access or the necessary digital skills are being left behind from this new economic reality. Cyber attacks, combined with low awareness of cybersecurity issues, are a growing threat to the digital safety of citizens and businesses.
To respond to this need, USAID/RDMA developed the Digital Asia Accelerator (DAA). Implemented by DAI’s Digital Frontiers and part of the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership (DCCP), DAA used three main approaches to reach key audiences in Southeast Asia and Mongolia. These approaches included working with partners like Microsoft and WhatsApp for Business to provide targeted digital upskilling and cybersecurity support through training and coaching, creating opportunities for the MSME community to learn about digital policies that would affect their businesses to help them effectively engage policymakers on these issues, and partnering with artists, local media, and companies like Meta to develop creative communication campaigns to raise awareness and build capacity among citizens to employ key cybersecurity practices and hygiene.
One specific project was a Mongolian-based contest, “Only Mine,” aimed to raise awareness of cybersecurity. The contest partnered with Love Frankie, a social impact agency, and Viral Partners, a marketing and advertising firm to design and implement the campaign, which reached nearly 3 million Mongolians online. The dance contest winners, Tamir and Byamba, choreographed and filmed a video to the contest’s theme song, with lyrics centered on cybersecurity education. After the video won, its viral presence online helped push cybersecurity awareness and education across different cities and communities of Mongolia.
When asked how they utilized the dance as a story-telling opportunity, Byamba shared, “We wanted to help others realize that this is an invasion of personal space.”
The Accelerator’s ability to convene large-scale policy forums with leaders from participating countries, combined with an emphasis on youth engagement through informative educational content hosted on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, allowed the project to reach an expansive and diverse set of stakeholders.
Photo Credit: Khasar Steppe for USAID
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 13, 2018) - Sailors secure Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1634 as it enters the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) during a certification exercise (CERTEX). The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 conduct CERTEX as the final evaluation in a series of training exercises which ensures readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Mortensen) 180413-N-XK398-107
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USAID Administrator Smith attended the African Green Revolution Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, where she launched a "A Food-Secure 2030," calling on donors to be bold and do their part to achieve a world free from acute hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. The U.S. Government has already invested more than $6.6 billion in global food security and nutrition efforts through Feed the Future. The Global Food Security Act - the largest development authorization the U.S. Congress has made in a decade - signals the U.S. Government's enduring commitment to global food security and nutrition. Photo Credit: USAID
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 23JAN15 - participants captured during the session Securing Open Societies in the congress centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2015.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/Benedikt von Loebell
The playground again. There's a kind of mesh net thing made of chains, like a rope ladder only wider, that kids can climb up. This is but a few links of the whole. I'm not entirely convinced that the focus is spot-on, but it seems to look OK. Another thing to remember to check, should I ever find myself in this situation again.
The top-seeded Army West Point Women’s Basketball team won its third Patriot League title with a 69-51 victory over No. 3 Loyola on Saturday evening at Christl Arena. Army secures the Patriot League’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will make its third appearance in the dance, following trips in 2006 and 2014.
Army extends its winning streak to 19 games and improves to 29-2. The Black Knights’ 29 win tie the 2009-10 Lehigh squad for the most total wins in Patriot League history. Loyola finishes the year 16-16 after the setback.
Senior Kelsey Minato earned Patriot League Tournament MVP honors for the second time in her career after scoring 25 points and shooting 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. Classmate Aimee Oertner and sophomore Janae McNeal joined Minato on the league’s all-tournament team, as Oertner posted a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double, to go along with four blocks, and McNeal totaled 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Sophomore Destinee Morris netted eight points off the bench, while classmate Aliyah Murray and freshman Madison Hovren each contributed four points.
Diana Logan led Loyola with 15 points, while Colleen Marshall and Bri Betz-White also scored in double figures, with 12 points and 11 points, respectively.
Minato knocked in a three-pointer 2:28 into the contest to give Army a 5-2 advantage before sinking all three free-throws after being fouled on a long-range attempt with 5:03 to play in the first quarter. Her three foul shots made the score 10-4.
Oertner registered three blocks in the first 2:19 of the evening to limit Loyola’s offense early, as the Greyhounds were held to nine points in the opening frame.
McNeal converted lay-ups on consecutive possessions to cap a 9-0 Army run and extend the margin to 10 points, 14-4, with 3:41 remaining in the first period. The Black Knights went on to outscore the Greyhounds, 13-5, over the final 6:48 of the opening frame, as the hosts led, 20-9, at the end of one.
Logan scored the first seven points of the second quarter to begin a 9-0 run that brought Loyola back to within two, 20-18, with 6:45 left until halftime. Logan buried her second triple of the half to extend the scoring run to 12-0 and give the Greyhounds their first lead of the game, 21-20, with 6:12 remaining in the second period.
Army answered back with 10 straight points of its own, including three-pointers from Minato and Morris, to build the advantage to nine points, 30-21, by the 2:39 mark. Morris drained her second three-pointer of the quarter with 19 seconds remaining in the half to make the score 33-23 heading into the break.
The Black Knights maintained a 10-point advantage until building the lead to 14 after a pair of free-throws from Minato and a bucket from Oertner that came with 4:04 on the clock in the third quarter.
McNeal added lay-ins 22 seconds apart to build the hosts’ lead to 17, 47-30, before seven unanswered points from Loyola brought the Greyhounds back to within 10, 47-37, entering the fourth period.
Oertner netted four quick points to begin the fourth quarter and Minato hit a triple at the 7:59 mark to bring the score to 54-41. Loyola didn’t come any closer than 11 for the last 7:59 of the contest.
“This team has never ceased to amaze me this year,” said head coach Dave Magarity. “It’s mind blowing that we are 29-2 and the way we got here, the teams we beat and we thought we put together a pretty tough schedule with Albany, the conference champion in the America East, Quinnipiac won the MAAC regular season and they were huge wins for us and put us in position to get the one-seed as things worked out for us with the tiebreaker over a great Bucknell team.
“This group of young ladies has just accomplished so much with 99 wins over four years at this level is incredible and they just continue to do what it takes. You don’t want it to turn into a cliché with being a team of destiny, but we put together the right pieces. Janae McNeal and the junior class with Aliyah Murray and the Morris twins, as well, and I consider my coaching staff the best in America. It’s the best coaching staff I’ve ever had and I’ve had some pretty good coaches."
Story by Harrison Antognioni/Army Athletic Communications. Photos by Eric S. Bartelt/Pointer View and John Pellino/DPTMS VID
The Field Secured Container Vessel is a pretty obscure ship, which breaks with the conventional triangular shape of imperial ships. Building the cargo in the bubbles was interesting, as I wanted to achieve a skeletal look which still filled up most of the sphere. The bubbles can however be left out, and the ships should be able to function as book stands.
The MoC is based on the excellent Renders from Fractalsponge and the few other illustrations I could find. It is not UCS-Scale, but I went for a similar amount of detail.
I was allowed to go inside the main hospital building of Northern State Hospital for the Insane, as well as the dorm for the training nurses and the chapel. I took over 200 pictures and its going to take me awhile to go through and sort out the good ones. But here are some of the best. I will be uploading more in the near future.
Troels Oerting Jorgensen, Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum capture during the Session "Securing Connected Systems" at the Annual Meeting 2019 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2019. Congress Centre - xChange.Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
After Kroth had found Agmund’s hidden treasure and had securely gotten the treasure back to Havenhill, he decided to see if he could follow the carving that he found to see what it led to. After traveling a short time into the forest with his squire, Lanseril the two came upon an unmarked grave. The pair dig up the grave, with the hopes being able to Chalced a decent burial. After digging up the grave, they found that it was a mass grave for six dwarfs. Buried with the dwarfs was a small scroll case which contained a short scroll. The scroll was a note to anyone that found the bodies that made it clear that this grave contained the bodies of Chalced and his crew of skilled architects. At the end of the brief note there was a short message after the signature that caught Kroth’s attention as being particularly odd. It read:
As a symbol of Roawia, Duke Nervig gave a gift of the corner stone of Mikithdar.
Kroth was reminded of everyone that was searching for the sword of King Karlamac and that the last person to have known to possess it was Duke Nervig. Kroth and his squire headed back to Havenhill. After making sure that Havenhill was secure and that the dwarfs would be respectfully put to rest, he packed up a tribute share of the treasury for Jhirian Eindrik as well as the head of the serpent and decided to head to Mikithdar to present his treasure to the leader of his Province. After an uneventful journey to Mikithdar Kroth secured his possessions in Jhirian Eindrik’s keep and since he was not due for an audience until the next day, Kroth and decided to see if he could find the corner stone of Mikithdar. After wandering the city perimeter for much of the afternoon and talking with residents of that part of the city, they were able to find portion of the city that the architects were going to be working which then lead them to find a long sealed over entrance to the understructure of the city. The pair returned after dusk, opened the hatch and Lanseril lowered Kroth into the tunnel. After clearing away some of the slime and growth that had grown down there Kroth found a sword that was inside a golden case. Kroth pulled the sword from the case and seemed that even in this dim light that the blade was true and still sharp. Kroth climbed out of the hole and now had to decide which story to lead with when he spoke with Jhirian Eindrik.
Victorian Christmas card, 1889-1890, with sentiment by Fannie Pulket
A pretty little sailing boat
Floats upn the river
Held secure by loving hands
May thy life-bark ever
In swirling waters harboard be
Such is my Christmas wish for thee
Funny, funny Zefi Famelis designed the t-shirt Frank is wearing. It reads, "He's SECURE in his manhood." And, sitting there with cuddly Denzel, he definitely is.
Secure your place on one of the Cent Cols Challenge 2013 event here --> www.rapha.cc/cent-col-challenge-deposit
Attachment theory describes several behavioural systems, the function of which is to regulate human attachment, fear, exploration, care-giving, peer-affiliation and sex. Attachment is defined as any form of behaviour that results in a person attaining and retaining proximity to a differentiated other. The primary caregiver is the source of the infants stress regulation and, therefore, sense of safety and security. Attachment theory emphasises the role of the parent as mediator, reflector and moderator of the childs mind and the childs reliance on the parent to respond to their affective states in ways that are contingent to their internal experience, a process often referred to as secure base/safe haven functioning. Within the close parent-child relationship neural networks dedicated to feelings of safety and danger, attachment and the core sense of self are sculpted and shaped. These networks are conceptualised as internal working models of attachment.
Characteristic patterns of interaction operating within the familys caregiving-attachment system give rise to secure, insecure and disorganized patterns of attachment. These discrete patterns have been categorized using the Strange Situation research procedure, which observes the young childs behaviour when separated and reunited with his or her primary caregiver. Attachment patterns are represented in the childs internal working models of self-other relationships. Secure attachment is promoted by the interactive regulation of affect, which facilitates the recognition, labelling and evaluation of emotional and intentional states in the self and in others, a capacity known as reflective function or mentalization. The recognition of affects as having dynamic, transactional properties is the key to understanding behaviour in oneself and in another. The child comes to recognize his or her mental states as meaningful self-states via a process of parental affect mirroring and marking. Secure children are able to use sophisticated cognitive strategies to integrate and resolve their fear of separation and loss.
When the parent is unavailable, inconsistent or unpredictable, the infant develops one of two organized insecure patterns of attachment: avoidant or ambivalent-resistant. These defensive strategies involve either the deactivation or hyper-activation of the attachment system. Deactivation is characterized by avoidance of the caregiver and by emotional detachment. In effect, the avoidant child immobilizes the attachment system by excluding thoughts and feelings that normally activate the system. Hyper-activation is manifested by an enmeshed ambivalent preoccupation with the caregiver and with negative emotions, particularly anger. However, in common with the avoidant child, the ambivalent child appears to cognitively disconnect feelings from the situation that elicited the distress. Disorganised-disoriented attachment is discussed below.
Attachment research, then, demonstrates that discrete patterns of secure, insecure, and disorganized attachment have as their precursor a specific pattern of caregiver-infant interaction and their own behavioural sequelae. Repeated patterns of interpersonal experience are encoded in implicit-procedural memory and conceptualized as self-other working models of attachment. These mental models consist of generalized beliefs and expectations about relationships between the self and key attachment figures, not the least of which concerns ones worthiness to receive love and care from others.
In sum, the care-giving environment generally, and the infant-caregiver attachment relationship particularly, initiate the child along one of an array of potential developmental pathways. Disturbance of attachment is the outcome of a series of deviations that take the child increasingly further from adaptive functioning. Child abuse and cumulative developmental trauma violate the childs sense of trust, identity and agency and have pernicious and seminal influences on the developing personality. In essence, internal working models of early attachment relationships provide the templates for psychopathology in later life, which may include violent, destructive and self-destructive forms of behaviour. In attachment theory, the main purpose of defence is the regulation of emotions. The primary mechanisms for achieving this are distance regulation and the defensive exclusion of thoughts and feelings associated with attachment trauma.
Early trauma in the form of abuse, loss, neglect and severe parent-child misattunement compromises brain-mediated functions such as attachment, empathy and affect regulation. From an attachment theory perspective, patterns of attachment are encoded and stored as generalized relational patterns in the systems of implicit memory. These are conceptualized as cognitive-affective internal working models which are seen as mediating how we think and feel about ourselves, others and the relationships we develop. Although open to change and modification in the light of new attachment experiences, whether positive or negative, these non-conscious procedural models, scripts or schemas within which early stress and trauma are retained, tend to persevere and guide, appraise and predict attachment-related thoughts, feelings and behaviours throughout the life cycle via the implicit memory system. Psychopathology is seen as deriving from an accumulation of maladaptive interactional patterns that result in character traits and personality types and disorders.
Disorganised attachment may occur when the childs parent is both the source of fear and the only protective figure to whom to turn to resolve stress and anxiety. In such instances, neither proximity seeking nor proximity avoiding is a solution to the activation of the childs attachment and fear behavioural systems. If the trauma remains unresolved and is carried into adulthood, it leaves the individual vulnerable to affect dysregulation in interpersonal conflict situations that induce fear, hate, shame and rage. In such cases, alcohol and illicit drugs are often resorted to as a maladaptive means of suppressing dreaded psychobiological states and restoring a semblance of affective equilibrium.
Findings show that disorganised attachment developed in infancy shifts to controlling behaviour in the older child and adult, reflecting an internalized mental model of the self as unlovable, unworthy of care and support, and fearful of rejection, betrayal and abandonment. Disorganised attachment is associated with a predisposition to relational violence, to dissociative states and conduct disorders in children and adolescents, and to personality disorders in adults. This state of mind constitutes a primary risk factor for the development of borderline, anti-social and sociopathic personality disorders. The rate of such disorders in forensic settings is particularly high. Clinically, dissociated traumatic experience is unsymbolized by thought and language, being encapsulated within the personality as a separate, non-reflective reality which is cut off from authentic human relatedness. The information contained in implicit memory may be retrieved by state-dependent moods and situations. Dissociated archaic internal working models are then activated, influencing and distorting expectations of current events and relationships outside of conscious awareness, particularly in situations involving intense interpersonal stress. In such situations, the self is felt to be endangered, thereby increasing the risk of an angry and potentially violent reaction.
Cairo, 2005
That's a security guard watching over crowds enjoying the Great Pyramids.
I traveled to Egypt by myself but as part of an escorted tour. One of our companions everywhere the bus went while in Cairo was a dapper fellow, who, briefly, opened his jacket to reveal the gun he was carrying underneath. That actually made us feel more, rather than less, secure.
Day 112/365
Week 14 Theme: Something Mexican (hey I was born in Mexico, so this counts)
* We all have a story to tell. Our life story. It is an even better story when the after is better than the before. That is my story. I grew up in a very secure home. My parents loved me and raised me in a nurturing home. I had a great sister and 2 older brothers to look up to. It wasn't perfect, but it was a safe and secure Christian home. My parents were even missionaries to Mexico. They weren't rich monetarily but they made up for it in their love for us kids.Yet even at an early age I knew that no matter how secure my home and family were, I was not secure. I knew that I was not worthy of a perfect and Holy God. Even my little egotistical actions and lies of a kid were enough to keep me from His presence. I also knew that He loved me so much that he sent Christ to come die for those sins. I just wasn't sure what I could do. So, I asked the best theologian I knew - my dad. He explained that it was as simple as asking God to forgive my sins and accept Him as my Savior. It was that simple. Simple enough for me to grasp it that day many years ago. That day God saved me and became my friend for eternity. I'd be lying if I said all has been great since then. I've had many years of anger toward God. But that had nothing to do with God, it was when my ideas of what He was supposed to do interfered with his plans for my life. It was also when I looked at others as my exclusive role models and ended up being disappointed by them. Christians aren't perfect, we have just accepted His forgiveness. I being one of the most imperfect, sinful people out there. Yet when I have let Him control my life and lead me, I have had incredible peace and security! No matter what happens to me, I know He is in control and has me by the hand leading and protecting me. In Him I am completely Secure!
If you'd like to see other 2 word story videos that are presented much better than mine, go to www.2WordStory.com (yeah, I stole the "before and after" line from the website. Thought it fit perfectly.)
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Attached to one of the rails on the shoulders of the Corktown pedestrian bridge over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, a padlock named "Secure", with the fading names of Julie and Joel. According to the Ottawa Citizen: "This practice of accessorizing the railings of bridges with love-locks traces back, apparently, to a tragic Serbian romance-gone-wrong during World War I. Since the turn of the century the social phenomenon, minus the tragic element, has gone real-life viral. Most major cities now have a bridge with tons of unopenable locks on them..."
Enniscorthy edged by battling Bangor by Roger Corbett
Bangor produced an excellent performance against a strong Enniscorthy side to once again come from behind and secure a semi-final place by 14-10.
In contrast to last week, the weather and pitch conditions at Upritchard Park were good. However, Bangor’s preparations got off to a bad start when centre Mike Aspley aggravated an injury in the pre-match warm-up and was unable to play. A quick re-shuffle saw Chris Morgan come in from full back as his replacement, and Adam McCusker taking up the full back role. For Enniscorthy’s part, they came to this fixture on the back of a good run of results in the Leinster League Division 1A, and sitting in second place in that table.
A mistake by Bangor right from the referee’s whistle at kick-off looked to have handed the visitors an opportunity to take the initiative. However, having won the ball back, McCusker put a superb kick deep into the Enniscorthy twenty two that left the defence no option but to put it into touch. The Bangor line-out was taken cleanly by Curtis Stewart, and a maul was formed that surged towards the Enniscorthy line before Jamie Clegg dropped with the ball and scored the game’s first try after just 4 minutes. Mark Widdowson made the conversion, and the score was 7-0.
Within 3 minutes the lead could have been extended when Enniscorthy were penalised for a high tackle. However, this time Widdowson’s kick drifted wide of the posts.
If Bangor thought things were going their way, this soon changed as Enniscorthy gathered themselves and started to gain confidence through a lengthy period of possession, aided in some part by Bangor’s readiness to kick when in possession themselves. The Enniscorthy attack was now causing Bangor headaches, with the result that the penalty count started to rise. Eventually these repeated infringements around the breakdown led to a yellow card being shown to James Henly. Enniscorthy saw this as their opportunity to capitalise, and laid siege to Bangor’s line. Bangor doggedly held their line despite conceding further penalties, and having to defend the resulting line-out and drive combination by Enniscorthy. As Henly’s 10 minute period in the sin bin came to an end, Bangor had somehow managed to hold off the Enniscorthy attack, and had actually managed to turn over the ball, giving them a chance to clear their lines and gather their breath. However, in a bizarre series of events, Ricky Armstrong’s clearance kick was charged down and bounced back towards the Bangor line, only to be gratefully accepted by one of the big Enniscorthy forwards who was still getting to his feet from the preceding ruck. With barely two steps to the line, he touched down for the try, leaving the Bangor players confused and dejected after working so hard to prevent the score. The conversion was missed, keeping Bangor narrowly ahead by 7-5, after 23 minutes.
For most of the remainder of the first half, Enniscorthy kept play in Bangor’s half. Bangor looked dangerous on the counter attack, with some good runs by the wingers Davy Charles and Mark Widdowson. For Enniscorthy’s part, they had several good scoring opportunities but either knocked-on or missed a pass at the crucial moments. A half time score of 7-5 would have been gladly taken by Bangor but, as 40 minutes approached, a lapse in concentration while in their own twenty two, led to a missed tackle which was clinically exploited by Enniscorthy, allowing them to run in for their second try which, although unconverted, gave the lead by 7-10 as the sides turned around.
As has been the case in many other games, Bangor’s second half performance moved up a gear, and it was now the visitor’s line that was coming under attack. Within the first 10 minutes, Bangor looked to be in a good scoring position, but the Enniscorthy defence was equal to Bangor’s first half display. Although unable to break through at this time, Bangor were now looking more confident as the initial Enniscorthy charge appeared to be stuttering. This certainly looked the case when, after 25 minutes had elapsed, the Enniscorthy kicker elected to go for the posts from close to the half way line – a strange decision given the relatively poor conversion attempts earlier. Once again the kick was missed, but Bangor had at least been pushed back into their own half.
As the game entered the final 5 minutes, it was beginning to look like Enniscorthy would hold firm and take the win. However, in a repeat of the exemplary performance displayed at Clonmel in the previous round, Bangor simply lifted their game again and mounted a surge against their tiring opponents. With just 2 minutes of normal time remaining, Jamie Ball gathered the ball at the half way line, and then passed it to Clegg on his left. Leading by example, Clegg went straight, taking the ball past the 10 metre line and drawing the approaching Enniscorthy defender. A well-timed pass to his left was equally well-received by Widdowson on the wing, who rounded his opposite number and sprinted for the line. With little space to work with and the full-back still to beat, Widdowson produced the speed and footwork necessary to take him over the line, to the left of the posts. He then managed to add the icing on the cake with another well-struck conversion which put Bangor ahead by 14-10.
The moments immediately after scoring are particularly dangerous, and with Enniscorthy now throwing everything they had, the remaining couple of minutes were incredibly tense – for both sets of supporters. To Enniscorthy’s credit, they skilfully kept recycling the ball – almost like sevens rugby – bringing the game back into Bangor’s twenty two. But in the end, it was just too much, with Bangor eventually managing to turn the ball over and close out the game, bringing despair and delight in equal measure on the faces of the opposing players.
To the Bangor supporters who had been unable to travel to the game at Clonmel, and who had not fully appreciated the performance there, this brought everything that had been said into focus, and with it the realisation that Bangor now have the ability to go all the way in this competition. With Ulster rivals Clogher Valley and CIYMS, and Leinster high-fliers Dundalk now joining Bangor in the semi-finals, the next hurdle will be equally challenging, but having beaten two of the strongest junior sides in Ireland, confidence is high and everything is now to play for.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, G Irvine, J Henly, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Stewart, R Armstrong, J Morgan, M Widdowson, C Morgan, M Weir, D Charles, A McCusker
Subs: O McIlmurry, F Black, M Crockford, J Ball, M Thompson
Bangor scores: J Clegg (1T), M Widdowson (1T, 2C)
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 24JAN14 - Bob Corker, Senator from Tennessee (Republican), USA gestures during the session 'Securing US Competitiveness' at the Annual Meeting 2014 of the World Economic Forum at the congress centre in Davos, January 24, 2014.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Moritz Hager
Securing the bigger medium module in vertical position. Poznań.
Ślizg – spirit of Vistula River
Maurycy Gomulicki 2015
Sculpture: Concrete, polyconcrete with fluorescent stones, 17 m long, aprox. 20 T + 24 T fundament weight
Wybrzeże Gdyńskie, Żoliborz, Warsaw, Poland
Done as a part of the Associations Project – in collaboration with Bęc Zmiana Foundation and Lafarge in Poland.
main credits:
Bogna Świątkowska – curator
Magda Grabowska – producer
Magdalena Kicińska – project sponsor / producer
Jędrzej Zdziechowski – project coordinator / engineer
Aldona Wcisło – technologist
Jakub Boroński – technologist
Grzegorz Olech – cast forms
Big thanks to the Fighters:
Poznań:
main working team: Sylwek, Przemo, Romek, Robert, Łukasz & Grzesiek.
supporting workers: Adrian, Patryk, Paweł, Piotrek, Michał, Piotr & students (Wojtek, Hubert & Arek) heavy duty crew: Krzysiek, Wojtek, Paweł, Radek, Jacek & Leszek
Warsaw:
montage & finishing working team:
Remik, Krystian, Marcin, Pinky, Sylwek, Paweł), Jarek & Students (Łukasz, Paweł & Rafał)
Also my Big Thanks to other front liners: Adam Garguliński, Kasia Krapacz & Piotr Drewko
Special Thanks to Sylwek Koprowicz for Consequence & Great Energy, Magda Grabowska who perfectly coordinated the Mess & Honza Zamojski who hosted me in His Poznań Den.
My True Gratitude to everybody else who devoted his attention, time & sweat to the creation of the Beast.
– without U it would be impossible.
Full list of collaborators in project description.