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I used finger nail wraps to cover my ugly beige hearing aid with freaking awesome skulls on a silver background.
Also, a book about genetic diseases provides the background.
Rite Aid Store Pharmacy Drug Store Pics by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube. Rite Aid Pharmacy Drug Store.
Park Managers Russell Johnson of York River and Bill Jacobs of Chippokes Plantation learning by doing. Photo by John Gresham
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Rite Aid #11235 (16,052 square feet)
2460 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes, VA
This location opened in fall 2007 and was originally located here; it was originally an Eckerd, which was built and opened in 2004 and was originally located here. Outside signage was replaced in July 2021 and the store closed on January 18th, 2024.
Part of our teacher PD was updating our first aid certificates. Some things I learnt that have changed since I last did a first aid course: A portable defibrillator that talks to you, no longer look for a pulse, 30/2 not matter who (30 chest presses to 2 breaths).
Cadets from learn how to apply bandages and tourniquets, insert nasopharyngeal tubes, perform the Heimlich maneuver, and relocate casualties during first aid training with assistance from Army medics from the 3rd Infantry Division.
Rite Aid #11272 (closed) [10,464 square feet]
5300 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA
This location opened in fall 2007 and closed in spring 2018; it was originally an Eckerd, which was built and opened in 1998 and was originally located here.
Niankoro Yeah Samaké, né le 27 février 1969 est un entrepreneur social est politicien de Mali. Il est actuellement le maire de la commune rurale de Ouélessébougou (Mali et le vice-président de la Ligues des Maires de Mali. Il a co-fondé la fondation « Mali Rising ». Il est candidat dans l'élection présidentielle du Mali en 2012, qui a été interrompue par le coup d'État.
1 Jeunesse et éducation
Le 8e des 18 enfants nés de Tiecourafing Samaké qui a eu trois épouses, Niankoro Yeah Samaké est né dans le petit village de Ouélessébougou, où lui et sa famille vivaient dans une pauvreté profonde. Samaké se souvient comment sa mère liait les estomacs de Samaké et ses frères et sœurs pour apaiser leur faim. En dépit de leurs conditions matérielles, Tiecourafing, le père de Yeah, a insisté pour que tous ses enfants reçoivent une éducation, ne voulant pas les faire souffrir de l’obscurantisme de l'analphabétisme. Une exception dans une commune où seulement 15 % de la population a fréquenté l'école, la vision du père de Samaké a grandement contribué à l'ascension, plus tard dans la vie, de la famille en Ouélessébougou. Samaké raconte : « Mon père savait que nous ressentirions la privation de temps en temps, mais la chance n'était pas avec nous, de toute façon. Quand je grandissais, il était difficile de survivre. 45 % des enfants maliens mouraient du paludisme, de diarrhée et de maladies évitables. Nous connaissions les défis pour rester en bonne santé, mais nous avons cru dans la détermination de notre sage père de nous avoir éduqués. Il est un héros pour moi, et tous les sacrifices en valaient la peine. En plus de Samaké en tant que maire, l'un de ses frères enseigne la physique à l'université et certains autres frères de Samaké occupent des emplois dans le génie agricole et l'éducation.
Samaké a terminé le lycée à Bamako, et a continué ses études à l’École Normale Supérieure de Bamako (ENSUP), où il a reçu un baccalauréat avec l'anglais comme seconde langue. Après avoir terminé l'école, ne trouvant pas d'emploi, Samaké a travaillé comme bénévole des enseignants dans son village les trois années suivantes. Il s'est chargé pendant cette période de travailler en tant que guide linguistique et culturel pour le Corps de la Paix et Ouélessébougou Alliance. En 2000, une famille américaine a parrainé sa venue à l’Université Brigham Young (BYU) pour une éducation américaine.
1.1 Université Brigham Young
Grâce à des contacts que Samaké a établis en travaillant comme traducteur, il a acquis le parrainage de venir aux États-Unis pour poursuivre ses études en 2000. l a été accepté à l'Université Brigham Young (BYU) dans le programme de politique publique. Au cours de son temps à BYU, Samaké a rencontré son épouse Marissa Coutinho, originaire de l'Inde qui a étudié des systèmes d'information à BYU. Pendant son séjour à BYU, Samaké a effectué un stage à l'Organisation des Nations unies.
2 Carrière et politique
2.1 Fondation «Mali Rising»
Après avoir obtenu une maîtrise en politique publique en 2004, Samaké a été recruté comme directeur exécutif de la Fondation Daily Dose, maintenant connue sous le nom de la Fondation Mali Rising (MRF). L'objectif de la Fondation Mali Rising est d'améliorer les possibilités d'éducation des enfants vivant dans des zones rurales du Mali, Afrique de l'Ouest. Ils font cela en construisant des écoles dans les villages où les écoles n'existent pas, ainsi que la formation des enseignants et des ressources d'apprentissage et de matériels. Grâce à son travail avec la Fondation, Samaké a aidé à construire 12 écoles au Mali au cours des six dernières années, au service de 1500 élèves âgés de 13 à 17 ans. Les écoles sont un partenariat entre MRF et le village. La Fondation travaille directement avec les villages, en exigeant que le village donne gratuitement de la terre, du travail, et 20 % des coûts de construction pour l'école, tandis que la Fondation Mali Rising fournit l'autre 80 % des coûts de construction. Les écoles sont faites avec des briques d'adobe, qui restent plus fraiches sous le soleil chaud d'Afrique. La mission, selon Samaké, a réussi parce que le MRF est partenaire avec les villages pour la construction des écoles, au lieu de travailler par l'intermédiaire du gouvernement central, une philosophie qu'il veut apporter à la présidence. La fondation Mali Rising facilite également les expéditions médicales et dentaires. Leurs missions médicales ont aidé plus de 4000 patients, avec 300 chirurgies, et leurs missions dentaires ont touché au moins 1000 personnes. La Fondation a été impliquée dans d'autres projets aussi, comme le don d'ordinateurs aux écoles secondaires et aux universités.
2.2 Maire
En raison de son travail dans le développement avec la Fondation Mali Rising, Samaké est devenu connu et respecté au Mali. En 2009, Samaké raconte comment l'actuel maire, qui avait déjà été au pouvoir pendant 10 ans, a été candidat à la réélection pour un troisième mandat.
À cette période, moins de 10 % de la population de Ouélessébougou payaient leurs impôts et les salaires étaient en retard de 6 mois. Samaké a postulé pour le poste de maire de Ouélessébougou sous le partis Union pour la République et la Démocratie (URD). Ouélessébougou comporte 44 villages. Le nom de Samaké a été inscrit en tête d'une liste de 23 candidats pour les postes du conseil. Samaké a gagné avec 86 pour cent du vote. En tant que maire Samaké s'est focalisé sur la corruption et l'augmentation de la transparence du gouvernement. En 2009, le recouvrement de l'impôt de 44 villages a été classé 170e sur 174 municipalités au Mali, en termes de développement économique, de transparence du gouvernement et de gestion. En un an, Samaké a contribué à mettre Ouélessébougou dans le top 10 des villes au Mali. Le mandat de Maire Samaké a ainsi vu une augmentation significative des recettes fiscales. Avant son élection comme maire, moins de 10 % de la population payait ses impôts. À la fin de l'année 2010, la collecte des impôts avait atteint 68 %, et il est prévu d’atteindre entre 80-90 % par la fin de 2011. Pendant son mandat de Maire, Samaké a été élu vice-président de la Ligue des maires du Mali (704 maires dans le pays). En décembre 2011, Samaké a coordonné avec la Ligue de l'Utah des cités et villes pour amener plusieurs maires du Mali en Utah, afin qu'ils puissent acquérir de meilleures pratiques gouvernementales. Il a également exercé des pressions et obtenu une augmentation des ressources du gouvernement central pour construire un nouvel hôpital, un premier lycée dans la région, un nouveau système de la pompes de eau, pour remplacer les anciens puits d'eau, et un champ de panneaux solaires, le plus grand en Afrique de l’ouest. Aussi inclus dans son bilan de maire, Samaké, avec des fonds provenant du gouvernement, a également fourni des fonds d’un montant de 5 millions de CFA (environ $10,000 USD) pour réparer et équiper les écoles existantes avec des pupitres et des fournitures scolaires.
Samaké aide aussi à faciliter des expéditions médicaux et dentaires de partenaires américains. Ses missions médicaux ont aidé plus de 4000 patients incluant 300 chirurgies et leurs missions dentaires ont aidé au moins 1000 personnes.
2.3 Candidat: élection présidentielle malienne de 2012
Candidat à l’élection présidentielle malienne de 2012. Si aucun parti n'obtient plus de 50 pour cent des voix, un second tour est organisé entre les deux meilleurs candidats, qui ont deux autres semaines de campagne électorale. Cette deuxième élection a lieu le 13 mai 2012. Le jour d’ouverture est le 8 juin.
Depuis le 21 mars, 2012 l'état de l'élection présidentiel de 2012 est en question au cause d'un coup d'état qui a renversé le gouvernement malien. Yeah Samake a dit fermement que les élections doivent toujours avoir lieu. "La démocratie doit aller en avant. Nous devons assurer que nous retournons pouvoir au peuple à Mali. Ce pouvoir ne doit pas rester dans les mains du militaire."
Samaké, décidé de se présenter à la présidence après l'actuel président, Amadou Toumani Touré, est venu à Ouélessébougou pour l'inauguration du champ de panneaux solaires. Samaké a changé ses commentaires prévus pour l'inauguration, et a prononcé un discours passionné sur la décentralisation du pouvoir et appelant le président à faire plus pour le peuple du Mali. Après cet incident, ses partisans l’ont convaincu de se présenter pour la présidence. À cause du succès de Ouélessébougou, avec Samaké en tant que maire, ainsi que sa critique ouverte de la présidente et la « vieille garde » du Mali, il est devenu un orateur apprécié dans son pays.
Samaké et ses partisans ont formé le Parti de l'Action Civique et Patriotique (PACP) pour soutenir sa campagne. La devise de PACP (la partie de Samaké) met l'accent sur les valeurs de patriotisme, la citoyenneté, la décentralisation, la liberté, la démocratie, les droits de l'homme, et la bonne gouvernance.
Samaké se focalise sur une plate-forme de décentralisation et de lutte contre la corruption. Sur la base de ses expériences en tant que maire, Samaké déclare que le moyen le plus efficace pour gouverner est d'inspirer la confiance et la participation des citoyens au niveau local.
La Campagne de Samaké est également centrée sur l'amélioration de l'éducation. Samaké a déclaré, « L'éducation est la clé de ce que je fais ». « La corruption et la pauvreté extrême sont liées entre elles par le manque d'éducation ». Le Mali, selon Samaké, a besoin de construire des milliers d'écoles au cours des cinq prochaines années pour accueillir les élèves, ainsi que d’embaucher et de former des enseignants et fournir des livres et l'électricité. La seule façon de le faire, a-t-il dit, est de laisser chaque village responsable de son propre avenir. Selon Samaké, ce n'est pas l'affaire du gouvernement central au Mali de fournir une éducation, mais chaque communauté a besoin de superviser son système d’éducation. « Dans le village, le chef, les parents des élèves, sont plus investis dans la réussite des élèves que le président du pays.».
S'il est élu, le but de Samaké est de faire que le Mali soit indépendant de l'aide étrangère dans les trois prochaines années. « Cela enrichit certains individus et n'atteint pas les gens qui ont le plus besoin," Samaké a dit. "Si l'aide étrangère pouvait résoudre nos problèmes, ils auraient dû être résolus maintenant. Je suis très intéressé à mettre fin à la dépendance de l'aide étrangère. Nous ne deviendrons jamais une nation libre si nous mangeons à la paume des autres nations. ». Samaké soutien aussi que l’augmentation du développement économique sera un outil efficace contre le terrorisme islamique.
Dans un effort pour lutter contre la corruption dans le système électoral, Samaké ne collecte pas de fonds au Mali, où les fonds politiques sont connectés à des faveurs politiques, mais essaie plutôt de lever des capitaux aux États-Unis et à travers des dons en ligne.
2.4 Candidat: Élection Présidentielle de Mali 2013
Les français sont intervenus en Mali en janvier 2013 en réponse aux rebelles qui avançaient vers le sud. Avec le danger plus réel, les français ont envoyer des soldats pour combattre les rebelles. d'Autres nations africaines de ECOWAS ont joigné.
Le Ministre de l'Administration Territoriale Moussa Sinko Coulibaly a annoncé que Mali tiendra les élections démocratiques le 7 juillet 2013. S'il n'y a pas un candidat avec plus de 50 % des votes, une deuxième finale élection sera tenue le 21 juillet entre les deux premiers candidats.
Samake à indiqué qu'il sera un candidat dans ses élections.
3 Vie personnelle
Samaké et son épouse Marissa ont deux enfants : Keanen, 5 ans et Carmen, 3 ans.
La femme de Samaké, Marissa Coutinho Samaké, est indienne, mais elle est née et a grandi à Bahreïn. Elle étudié Brigham Young University pour son baccalauréat en systèmes d'information. Ils se sont mariés en août 2004.
Samaké et sa famille sont les seuls membres de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours au Mali. Samaké a d’abord rencontré l'Église à son travail avec le Corps de la Paix et Ouelessebougou Alliance.
Un bénévole du Corps de Paix lui a donné un Livre de Mormon en anglais, qu'il a lu. Plus tard, aux États-Unis, il a voulu être baptisé, mais a d'abord été refusé en raison de la politique mormone sur le baptême des citoyens des pays islamiques. Le Mali est à 90 % musulman, et l'Église craint que, s'il s'est converti au mormonisme sa vie puisse être en danger. Après que les dirigeants de l'Église soient convaincus que le Mali est un pays de liberté religieuse, il a été baptisé en 2000 à New York. Il rapporte qu'il n'a fait face à aucune discrimination au Mali en raison de sa nouvelle foi.
U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Davis
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted its second annual C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference Feb. 2-4 at Caserma Ederle, headquarters of U.S. Army Africa, in Vicenza, Italy.
The communications and intelligence community event, hosted by Brig. Gen. Robert Ferrell, AFRICOM C4 director, drew approximately 80 senior leaders from diverse U.S. military and government branches and agencies, as well as representatives of African nations and the African Union.
“The conference is a combination of our U.S. AFRICOM C4 systems and intel directorate,” said Ferrell. “We come together annually to bring the team together to work on common goals to work on throughout the year. The team consists of our coalition partners as well as our inter-agency partners, as well as our components and U.S. AFRICOM staff.”
The conference focused on updates from participants, and on assessing the present state and goals of coalition partners in Africa, he said.
“The theme for our conference is ‘Delivering Capabilities to a Joint Information Environment,’ and we see it as a joint and combined team ... working together, side by side, to promote peace and stability there on the African continent,” Ferrell said.
Three goals of this year’s conference were to strengthen the team, assess priorities across the board, and get a better fix on the impact that the establishment of the U.S. Cyber Command will have on all members’ efforts in the future, he said.
“With the stand-up of U.S. Cyber Command, it brings a lot of unique challenges that we as a team need to talk through to ensure that our information is protected at all times,” Ferrell said.
African Union (AU) representatives from four broad geographic regions of Africa attended, which generated a holistic perspective on needs and requirements from across the continent, he said.
“We have members from the African Union headquarters that is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; we have members that are from Uganda; from Zambia; from Ghana; and also from the Congo. What are the gaps, what are the things that we kind of need to assist with as we move forward on our engagements on the African continent?” Ferrell said.
U.S. Army Africa Commander, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, welcomed participants as the conference got under way.
“We’re absolutely delighted to be the host for this conference, and we hope that this week you get a whole lot out of it,” said Hogg.
He took the opportunity to address the participants not only as their host, but from the perspective of a customer whose missions depend on the results of their efforts to support commanders in the field.
“When we’re talking about this group of folks that are here — from the joint side, from our African partners, from State, all those folks — it’s about partnership and interoperability. And every commander who’s ever had to fight in a combined environment understands that interoperability is the thing that absolutely slaps you upside the head,” Hogg said.
“We’re in the early stages of the process here of working with the African Union and the other partners, and you have an opportunity to design this from the end state, versus just building a bunch of ‘gunkulators.’ And so, the message is: think about what the end state is supposed to look like and construct the strategy to support the end state.
“Look at where we want to be at and design it that way,” Hogg said.
He also admonished participants to consider the second- and third-order effects of their choices in designing networks.
“With that said, over the next four days, I hope this conference works very well for you. If there’s anything we can do to make your stay better, please let us know,” Hogg said.
Over the following three days, participants engaged in a steady stream of briefings and presentations focused on systems, missions and updates from the field.
Col. Joseph W. Angyal, director of U.S. Army Africa G-6, gave an overview of operations and issues that focused on fundamentals, the emergence of regional accords as a way forward, and the evolution of a joint network enterprise that would serve all interested parties.
“What we’re trying to do is to work regionally. That’s frankly a challenge, but as we stand up the capability, really for the U.S. government, and work through that, we hope to become more regionally focused,” he said.
He referred to Africa Endeavor, an annual, multi-nation communications exercise, as a test bed for the current state of affairs on the continent, and an aid in itself to future development.
“In order to conduct those exercises, to conduct those security and cooperation events, and to meet contingency missions, we really, from the C4ISR perspective, have five big challenges,” Angyal said.
“You heard General Hogg this morning talk about ‘think about the customer’ — you’ve got to allow me to be able to get access to our data; I’ve got to be able to get to the data where and when I need it; you’ve got to be able to protect it; I have to be able to share it; and then finally, the systems have to be able to work together in order to build that coalition.
“One of the reasons General Ferrell is setting up this joint information enterprise, this joint network enterprise . . . it’s almost like trying to bring together disparate companies or corporations: everyone has their own system, they’ve paid for their own infrastructure, and they have their own policy, even though they support the same major company.
“Now multiply that when you bring in different services, multiply that when you bring in different U.S. government agencies, and then put a layer on top of that with the international partners, and there are lots of policies that are standing in our way.”
The main issue is not a question of technology, he said.
“The boxes are the same — a Cisco router is a Cisco router; Microsoft Exchange server is the same all over the world — but it’s the way that we employ them, and it’s the policies that we apply to it, that really stops us from interoperating, and that’s the challenge we hope to work through with the joint network enterprise.
“And I think that through things like Africa Endeavor and through the joint enterprise network, we’re looking at knocking down some of those policy walls, but at the end of the day they are ours to knock down. Bill Gates did not design a system to work only for the Army or for the Navy — it works for everyone,” Angyal said.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Searyoh, director general of Defense Information Communication Systems, General Headquarters, Ghana Armed Forces, agreed that coordinating policy is fundamental to improving communications with all its implications for a host of operations and missions.
“One would expect that in these modern times there is some kind of mutual engagement, and to build that engagement to be strong, there must be some kind of element of trust. … We have to build some kind of trust to be able to move forward,” said Searyoh.
“Some people may be living in silos of the past, but in the current engagement we need to tell people that we are there with no hidden agenda, no negative hidden agenda, but for the common good of all of us.
“We say that we are in the information age, and I’ve been saying something: that our response should not be optional, but it must be a must, because if you don’t join now, you are going to be left behind.
“So what do we do? We have to get our house in order.
“Why do I say so? We used to operate like this before the information age; now in the information age, how do we operate?
“So, we have to get our house in order and see whether we are aligning ourselves with way things should work now. So, our challenge is to come up with a strategy, see how best we can reorganize our structures, to be able to deliver communications-information systems support for the Ghana Armed Forces,” he said.
Searyoh related that his organization has already accomplished one part of erecting the necessary foundation by establishing an appropriate policy structure.
“What is required now is the implementing level. Currently we have communications on one side, and computers on one side. The lines are blurred — you cannot operate like that, you’ve got to bring them together,” he said.
Building that merged entity to support deployed forces is what he sees as the primary challenge at present.
“Once you get that done you can talk about equipment, you can talk about resources,” Searyoh said. “I look at the current collaboration between the U.S. and the coalition partners taking a new level.”
“The immediate challenges that we have is the interoperability, which I think is one of the things we are also discussing here, interoperability and integration,” said Lt. Col. Kelvin Silomba, African Union-Zambia, Information Technology expert for the Africa Stand-by Force.
“You know that we’ve got five regions in Africa. All these regions, we need to integrate them and bring them together, so the challenge of interoperability in terms of equipment, you know, different tactical equipment that we use, and also in terms of the language barrier — you know, all these regions in Africa you find that they speak different languages — so to bring them together we need to come up with one standard that will make everybody on board and make everybody able to talk to each other,” he said.
“So we have all these challenges. Other than that also, stemming from the background of these African countries, based on the colonization: some of them were French colonized, some of them were British colonized and so on, so you find that when they come up now we’ve adopted some of the procedures based on our former colonial masters, so that is another challenge that is coming on board.”
The partnership with brother African states, with the U.S. government and its military branches, and with other interested collaborators has had a positive influence, said Silomba.
“Oh, it’s great. From the time that I got engaged with U.S. AFRICOM — I started with Africa Endeavor, before I even came to the AU — it is my experience that it is something very, very good.
“I would encourage — I know that there are some member states — I would encourage that all those member states they come on board, all of these regional organizations, that they come on board and support the AFRICOM lead. It is something that is very, very good.
“As for example, the African Union has a lot of support that’s been coming in, technical as well as in terms of knowledge and equipment. So it’s great; it’s good and it’s great,” said Salimba.
Other participant responses to the conference were positive as well.
“The feedback I’ve gotten from every member is that they now know what the red carpet treatment looks like, because USARAF has gone over and above board to make sure the environment, the atmosphere and the actual engagements … are executed to perfection,” said Ferrell. “It’s been very good from a team-building aspect.
“We’ve had very good discussions from members of the African Union, who gave us a very good understanding of the operations that are taking place in the area of Somalia, the challenges with communications, and laid out the gaps and desires of where they see that the U.S. and other coalition partners can kind of improve the capacity there in that area of responsibility.
“We also talked about the AU, as they are expanding their reach to all of the five regions, of how can they have that interoperability and connectivity to each of the regions,” Ferrell said.
“(It’s been) a wealth of knowledge and experts that are here to share in terms of how we can move forward with building capacities and capabilities. Not only for U.S. interests, but more importantly from my perspective, in building capacities and capabilities for our African partners beginning with the Commission at the African Union itself,” said Kevin Warthon, U.S. State Department, peace and security adviser to the African Union.
“I think that General Ferrell has done an absolutely wonderful thing by inviting key African partners to participate in this event so they can share their personal experience from a national, regional and continental perspective,” he said.
Warthon related from his personal experience a vignette of African trust in Providence that he believed carries a pertinent metaphor and message to everyone attending the conference.
“We are not sure what we are going to do tomorrow, but the one thing that I am sure of is that we are able to do something. Don’t know when, don’t know how, but as long as our focus is on our ability to assist and to help to progress a people, that’s really what counts more than anything else,” he said.
“Don’t worry about the timetable; just focus on your ability to make a difference and that’s what that really is all about.
“I see venues such as this as opportunities to make what seems to be the impossible become possible. … This is what this kind of venue does for our African partners.
“We’re doing a wonderful job at building relationships, because that’s where it begins — we have to build relationships to establish trust. That’s why this is so important: building trust through relationships so that we can move forward in the future,” Warthon said.
Conference members took a cultural tour of Venice and visited a traditional winery in the hills above Vicenza before adjourning.
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This is my first aid bag I take with me to rugby, camping, long hikes, ect... matches assorted band-aids, a glove, biohaz bag, saftey pins, rolaids, hand warmers, mixed pain meds, sciossors, aligator clamp, tweezer, strei-strips, stuff for bug bites, wipes for cleaning out wounds, floss, lip balm, tape, tissue, tooth picks, brush ups, zip ties, needle nose pliers, gauze, burn ointment
Rite Aid Pharmacy, Brookfield, CT 8/2014 by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.
On 3 December 2015, during an official gala, the awards were presented to the winners of the “Lens on development” photographic competition by Konrad Pawlik, Undersecretary of State at MFA, and Martyna Wojciechowska, Editor-in-Chief of National Geographic Poland. / 3 grudnia 2015 roku, podczas uroczystej gali, pan Konrad Pawlik, Podsekretarz Stanu w MSZ i pani Martyna Wojciechowska, Redaktor Naczelna magazynu National Geografic Polska wręczyli nagrody laureatom konkursu fotograficznego „Rozwój w obiektywie”.
Foto: Karolina Siemion-Bielska
Fourth Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets begin to apply a patch to simulate an open chest wound during first aid training at Fort Knox, Ky., June 29th, 2023. During Cadet Summer Training, Cadets learn practical first aid methods to confidently know how to help each other in the field. | Lanie Guinn, Ball State University, CST Public Affairs Office
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, sanitary measures have been deployed to help protect refugees’ safety.
Food and cash distributions have also been spaced out to avoid the regular assembly of crowds of people.
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Ruby Wax was born 19th April, 1953, Ruby Wachs in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of Jewish parents who left Austria in 1939 because of the Nazi threat. She later majored in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ruby Wax said I couldn't stand being a nobody. America put too much value on being tall and blonde. So I used laughter to make people take notice.
Ruby Wax came to England in 1977 and Ive been grateful ever since. (OK so I wasnt even born then but I make up for it now!)
Ruby always wanted to be famous, so decided to become an actress. She didn't get in to RADA but was awarded a place at the Scottish equivalent, before later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside Helen Mirren, getting all the wench parts.
I really could never find my niche. I was a terrible actress, I couldn't sing, I couldn't do characters, I couldn't do an English accent and I lived in England, so I was narrowing it down'
She started off writing for Not the Nine O Clock News.
She met French and Saunders at a party and worked alongside them a number of times, on television in Happy Families, at charity events such as Hysteria and notably the sitcom Girls on Top. Apparently meant to be a kind of female Young Ones, French, Saunders and Wax all co-starred and co-wrote this ITV series. Ruby played Shelley Dupont, a stereotypically loud American dying for a career in show business. Not a huge hit, Girls on Top nevertheless gave the trio the chance to find their feet in comedy.
Ruby eventually got a chat show after drunkenly interviewing Michael Grade (who was head of Channel 4 at the time) in a tent at the Edinburgh festival. She subsequently made a range of programmes (most featuring her name in the title!) but as I have only seen a selection I can only write about the ones I know
In the 1988 show Ruby's Celebrity Bash, Ruby 'interviewed' stars including Joanna Lumley, Patricia Hodge and Felicity Kendall. More staged and rehearsed than Rubys more recent interviews, they included acted bits and prepared one-liners to the cameras. But although the interviews are set up they are still hilarious. Ruby breaks into Joanna Lumley's house - smashing windows and then hiding behind her sofas!! She gets thrown out but returns later with a ladder and calls up into the window, before climbing up and breaking in again. Joanna Lumley's character is very much a premonition of Patsy, who ends up in a mental institution and has cupboards filled with alcohol! The show was very much pre-Abfab, and an early and unusual role for Joanna in comedy at the time. Ruby Wax later became the script editor for Absolutely Fabulous, coming up with many of the one-liners.
In 1992 Ruby did a stand-up comedy show at the Wimbledon Theatre, now available on video as Wax Acts. Written by Ruby, it consists of amusing monologue and observational comedy. Her description of childbirth is almost enough to put you off for life, pain-wise she says, 'it's like sitting on the Eiffel tower and spinning' - ouch indeed!
Ruby's Health Quest (1995) followed Ruby as she went in search of alternative medicines, advice and treatments in aid of seeking perfect health. Several years ago she took a BBC director's course, people will get sick of me and my ego will have to be removed, but I'd still like to express my view of the world.
Ruby Wax has experienced episodes of depression for most of her life, but it wasn't until she finally checked into a clinic, that she realised how widespread mental health problems are: "It's so common, it could be anyone. The trouble is, nobody wants to talk about it. And that makes everything worse."
Divorce twice and is currently married to television producer and director Ed Bye, who produces some of the series of her long time friends and working partners, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Wax and Bye have three children together, daughters Marina and Madeline, and one son, Max.
A Cadre member helps guide Cadet James Gilreath, Davidson College, 4th Regiment, Advanced Camp, through a first aid simulation at Fort Knox, Ky., June 29th, 2023. During Cadet Summer Training, Cadets learn practical first aid methods to confidently know how to help each other in the field. | Lanie Guinn, Ball State University, CST Public Affairs Office
Rite Aid Pharmacy, Brookfield, CT 8/2014 by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.
A Cadre member helps guide Cadet James Gilreath, Davidson College, 4th Regiment, Advanced Camp, through a first aid simulation at Fort Knox, Ky., June 29th, 2023. During Cadet Summer Training, Cadets learn practical first aid methods to confidently know how to help each other in the field. | Lanie Guinn, Ball State University, CST Public Affairs Office
Cadets from 4th Regiment, Advanced Camp, watch a Cadre member demonstrate how to find a pulse on the patient during first aid training at Fort Knox, Ky., June 29th, 2023. During Cadet Summer Training, Cadets learn practical first aid methods to confidently know how to help each other in the field. | Lanie Guinn, Ball State University, CST Public Affairs Office
Rite Aid #3948 (14,668 square feet)
10 Willow Oaks Boulevard, Hampton, VA
Opened in August 2015
The peninsula's sole Rite Aid featuring the most current standalone building design is this one in Hampton. The decor is the same as I had just seen in their nearby Pembroke Avenue location, except lacking that one's original tile floor. The lighting in here is also much softer, utilizing circular LED lights instead of the other's fluorescent tubes. While not as exciting to me as a 90s Rite Aid this one still does have a nice sophisticated look to it.