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2naSalit's Journal****February Photo Contest Finals****
Welcome to the Final round to select the winner of the February Photo Contest!!Please remember to keep this thread kicked for visibility! Thanks!
The theme this month was Back to the Future: Stuff that used to be considered the cutting edge of technology - things, places, etc which at one time were the awesome newest tech on earth and now are abandoned to the past.
These are the finalists based on the results of the two preliminary polls.
Note: This contest is posted in GD with permission from Skinner.
An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia or to a linked Gallery and included in a DU Calendar that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.
This poll is open for 72 hrs.
#1 Wind Power!
#2 Without a nail in 1647
#3 The day the Singing stopped
#4 Roots of Power
#5 Latest in Bridge Technology
#6 Dreamscape Arcade
#7 Astronomical Clock (1410 AD)-- Ready for the Time Machine
#8 Reading and writing and arithmetic
*****February Photo Contest Preliminaries Thread #2*****
Come vote for your favorite photos! There are two threads to vote in so make sure you check out both and please help keep these polls kicked.
Poll Thread #1: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027635734
The theme this month was Back to the Future: Stuff that used to be considered the cutting edge of technology - things, places, etc which at one time were the awesome newest tech on earth and now are abandoned to the past.
This is the preliminary vote on all entries then there will be a final vote based on the results of these two polls.
Note: This contest is posted in GD with permission from Skinner.
An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia or to a linked Gallery and included in a DU Calendar that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.
#1 Reading and writing and arithmetic
#2 Juicer
#3 In Case Of Fire
#4 Astronomical Clock (1410 AD)-- Ready for the Time Machine
#5 The Old Bombay Mills
#6 Roots of Power
#7 Old Red
#8 The day the Singing stopped
#9 Wind Power!
*****February Photo Contest Preliminaries Thread #1*****
Come vote for your favorite photos! There are two threads to vote in so make sure you check out both and please help keep these polls kicked.
Poll Thread #2: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027635797
The them this month was Back to the Future: Stuff that used to be considered the cutting edge of technology - things, places, etc which at one time were the awesome newest tech on earth and now are abandoned to the past.
This is the preliminary vote on all entries then there will be a final vote based on the results of these two polls.
Note: This contest is posted in GD with permission from Skinner.
An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia or to a linked Gallery and included in a DU Calendar that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.
#1 circa 1810
#2 Freeze Frame
#3 Dreamscape Arcade
#4 Here's Looking at You
#5 Without a nail in 1647
#6 Balcony Seats
#7 Transmission Interrupted
#8 turn it up
#9 Darlene's Antenna
#10 Latest in Bridge Technology
*******February Photo Contest Theme*******
Hey everybody, it's time to announce the theme for the February Photo Contest!
The theme is:
Back to the Future
The general concept:
Stuff that used to be considered the cutting edge of technology - things, places, etc which at one time were the awesome newest tech on earth and now are abandoned to the past.
Be creative! Have fun!
The submissions and comments for submissions threads will close either when 30 submissions have been received or timing becomes an issue, whichever comes first.
Submit Entries Here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/103650145
Comments Thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/103650144
Some things to bear in mind...
Please keep your entry no larger than 1024 pixels in its longest dimension and under 675K in file size. If you need help posting a photograph or with image sizing, just ask.
The winner of the contest agrees to host the next month's contest (or recruit someone else to host the contest), and pick the next month's theme. The host of the monthly contest cannot enter the contest they are hosting.
The Submission & Comment threads will be posted in the Photography Group. The Preliminary polls and Final Contest poll will be posted in GD per Skinner’s permission.
Complete set of contest rules can be found here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/103614595
Soliciting Suggested Themes For February Photo Contest--UPDATED
Hi everyone, this is my virgin run at hosting the contest and I would like to see what should be the theme. I have some ideas to offer but someone might have something better. Since it's winter and February at that, I was hoping to incorporate a February tone with something fun.
So here we go...
I will decide Monday or Tuesday and take the next steps shortly afterward.
ETA: I changed three of the selections (#7) because those option didn't work. Feel free to change your selection if you like.
I'll leave this up for the weekend at least.
2na
Former Forest Supervisor: Why I Resigned Over a Public Land Dispute
An essay by Gloria Flora tangled with this issue over 20 years ago. It was a case study in my graduate work, I met her right after she resigned, a very impressive woman of incredible intellect who gave up her retirement because of this crap.
"...The term “cowboy welfare” didn’t materialize out of thin air. Grazing allotments on public land are privileges, not rights, subsidized by fees 93% cheaper than private pasture in the West. Many small and mid-sized ranching operations can’t pencil out if they are not using subsidized grazing on public lands.
That’s an extremely stressful realization and a symptom of artificially controlled markets, corporate mergers of meat-packers (there are only four in the U.S.) and a globalized economic system that no longer rewards American values of pluck and boot-straps. It’s not the fault of environmentalists, East Coast liberals or a federal agency. There are larger forces at work here. Fighting symptoms does not cure the disease.
---SNIP---
A whole lot more at link...
http://time.com/4172653/oregon-standoff-public-lands/?xid=fbshare
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