 lately. The giants have climbed back up the stalk and my house is not under threat of being smashed. Not right now. On a lovely Saturday afternoon my husband and I rode our bikes downtown to Atlantic Ale House for Noli tacos and beer. Others had the same idea, their bikes parked across from the cars while they congregated outside around picnic tables, leashed puppies, and cornhole boards. AAH is a small, new establishment, reflective of Johnson City’s development downtown. We were pleased to find that it’s style in no way points to a lack of substance. Our beers were delicious and I tried to make myself sip slowly while waiting for our tacos.
R noted that just across the road are soup kitchens, low income housing, and for brief periods of time before they’re forced to disperse the occasional shanty town. Our city is not stranger than other cities in that signs of financial disparity are everywhere, but there is the peculiar balancing act of still feeling you have access to so much from below the poverty line without lying to yourself. To appreciate the wealth of a cold porter and fish tacos in the sunshine because there is this pleasure to be had for now.
I am starting to believe that our smallness is our greatest strength when we can embrace it. Especially combined with the fact that we’re so much bigger on the inside.
The summer of 2019 is set to be a great year for home-grown festivals taking place across the UK and Ireland. While everyone’s heard of the likes of Glastonbury and Vfest, we’ve curated a list of our top four festivals that you may not have considered. Whether you’re looking for something closer to home, want to soak up the sun and the sounds at the seaside or make a week of it within the Welsh mountains, we’ve got the event and the outfit for you. Tis’ the festival season!
Belsonic, Northern Ireland
Started in 2008, Northern Irelands very own Belsonic is back for another year, bigger and better than ever. If you don’t want to commit to the full festival experience then this is for you. Based in Belfast’s Ormeau Park, the festival consists of 9 separate 1 day events, running from 12th-28th June 2019, meaning you can pick and choose the acts you want to see and stay in a plush city centre hotel instead of roughing it in a tent. This year the line-up features everything from Slash to Stormzy with other big names like Lewis Capaldi, The Killers and Hozier thrown in for good measure!
As the event takes place outside, in Belfast, in June, a rain coat is crucial! Pair this water resistant casual jacket with some pastel blue chinos and a subtle striped t-shirt and you’re set for whatever the weather brings.
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Sea Sessions, Ireland
Calling itself the Surf Music Festival, Sea Sessions combines great music with beach sports to create an experience to remember. Hosted in Bundoran, Co. Donegal, a world-renowned surfing area, and running from the 21st-23rd June 2019 the event presents amazing artists as well as surfing events, barefoot volleyball and beach yoga. The 2019 line up boasts the likes of Two Door Cinema Club, Sigrid and Jax Jones and to top off your perfect summer seaside weekend you can stay in luxury tents with actual beds and campfires for toasting the odd smore.
Such an event calls for an effortlessly casual, surf-ready look. Combine an essential white tee with a pair of chino shorts and layer over our league shirt as nod to the retro trend.
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Rew!nd Festival, Scotland
Who doesn’t want to be transported back to the iconic music of the 80s? Well, with sister festivals taking place in the North and South of England, the Rewind Festival experience is in high demand and it’s easy to see why. There is a wealth of music, comedy and family fun activities, as well as an inflatable chapel that hosts real weddings. Luckily we have a huge range of Summer wedding outfits! The Scottish version, taking place in Scone Palace, Perth from 19th-21st July 2019 is set to play host to legendary performers such as Foreigner and Lulu as well as comedy sets from acts such as Phill Jupitus.
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Green Man, Wales
For a touch of the Boho vibe head to Green Man set in the Brecon Beacons, Wales which is taking place on 15th-18th August 2019. Advertising a range of musical performances, films, literature talks and comedy sets, the festival also plays host to a plethora of visual performers dotted around the site. You can enjoy the mountainous views at the Mountain’s Foot stage while listening to the likes of EX:RE, Marika Hackman and Father John Misty. Additionally, you can book to stay on the campsite for the entire week and use the time to explore the surrounding hillsides, forests and waterfalls that frame the festival.
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In the following section you will find Bikecat Photography galleries by years. Browse through some of the cycling tours we have done in the past.
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Each album contains a selection of the best pictures from the tours. After your tour you will receive a larger selection with the high resolution pictures.
We also can put together a photography coffee table book for the group. Please inquire for this option.I have found the discussion relating to Structural disassociation fascinating with regard to stepping direction. From what I understand you consider that stepping backwards when the attack is in that direction or forwards under that condition to be structurally inefficient without a ‘compensating mechanism’.
Do you consider these movements significantly inefficient to remove their use in some of the Technique situations or are the compensating mechanisms sufficient to leave them in place.
Does your curriculum for instance include the use of these mechanisms within the Forms.
Also, from my understanding the traditional ‘C’ step is considered inefficient. May I ask if there is a compensating mechanism for this movement as I consider the C step an important base manoeuvre?
Certainly everything depends on specifics. However it would not be prudent to intentionally retain inefficient movement simply because you have access to "correcting mechanisms." Basics should be trained as efficiently as possible, and "correcting mechanisms" should be used to re-enforce or correct movement as necessary for the circumstances at hand.
How would you teach proper anatomicl movement without correcting mechanisms, when some movements by necessity are inefficient and require correction?
If you examine the above, I think you'll see my answer is to abandon the "c" step (as I understand it), as grossly inefficient and replace it with proper basics. it will absolutely breakdown your structural integirty.
As far as my understanding goes (limited though it might be) the 'c' step is intended as a manoeuvre to circumnavigate an obstruction such as an opponent’s leg. Admittedly I would only use this in a forward movement – cant see the use going backwards as taught by some, what’s the point of leaving an advantageous position to go round a leg when you could take it with a straight sweeping step back? Anyway, the confusion in my mind may be the difference in what I perform to the correct definition of ‘c’ step. The movement I would perform would be described as a step through via a transitional cat stance – may be this is considered more stable. What do you say!
Doc can you elaborate on this one. What type of stepping motion do you take when moving forward or back in this case? What do you consider to be proper basics?
A little more on the issue of steping backwards from and advancing technique. In general how would you deal with this situation? I know we don't teach students to step back to 6:00 but to move back on a 45 angle.
1. How many years old are you?
2. Assuming you started walking at an average age, how many years have you been walking?
3. When you walk, do you C-step, or ambulate straight forward?
The adductor muscles of the legs -- the muscles in the inside of your thighs -- are meant to stabilize the legs during walking. We have X number of years of them doing just that (X = the number of years you have been hoof