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United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
I'm not sure the Mumbai Mayor's campaign to use Gandhi's words to make the city clean really worked.
Well at least this pigeon at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus isn't listening.
And if Gandhi didn't work there is also the sign on the right which promises manacles for those who spit, piss or litter.
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
A street sweeper maintain cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. © ILO/Minette Rimando.
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United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
In a lot of cases, you may require to go for the meticulous #dental #cleaning along with the regular dental hygiene practices in order to achieve proper cleanliness of your oral cavity. In this scenario, you can go for the use of mouth rinse or oral care gel containing chlorhexidine (CHX).
In a lot of cases, dentists suggest the use of products which contain CHX in order to obtain dental cleanliness. A few conditions in which the use of CHX may be recommended may include:
•denture stomatitis
•gingivitis
•mucositis
If you want to get rid of plaque, the anti-plaque agent which you can consider as the best one is CHX. The way it works is quite impressive. #CHX is generally positively charged. It sticks with the negatively charged sites. Those sites may include:
•hard dental tissues
•pellicles
•soft tissue
•cell walls of microorganisms
•biofilm
After the application, CHX tends to stay in the oral cavity for longer period of time.
Meticulous use
Good news is that CHX can help you maintain healthy ecological balance of oral bacteria in the mouth. This way, the general health of your oral cavity can be taken care of in an effective way. Here, you will have to make sure that CHX is being applied meticulously. CHX is normally included in the #mouthrinses and oral care gels. You can get the product of your choice in order to take care of your general oral health.
Some drawbacks
While CHX is quite effective for oral health, there are a few drawbacks which you need to take into consideration. Some of those drawbacks include:
•An unpleasant aftertaste
•Lost sense of taste in the mouth
•Possibility of discoloration in teeth and other restorations
Things to be taken into consideration
Generally, motivating people for using oral care gels and products can be quite effective. However, it has to be ensured that you are going for the product which is composed of mild-tasting preparation in order to avoid stains on teeth. These products have lower concentration of CHX. Other additives are also added to enhance effectiveness of product. According to a number of studies, mouth rinses with 0.1 % CHX of composition and oral care gels containing 0.2 % CHX of composition are highly effective for oral health. Hence, the use of products with high concentration CHX may not provide you with the benefits you look for.
In general, you need to visit your dentist biannually in order to keep your oral health maintained well.
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
If cleanliness is next to Godliness wouldn't angels take showers and wouldn't they get nekkid to do it? And aren't there boy and girl angels with boy and girl parts? Or are angels like sexless plastic dolls?
This piece is Inspired by an angel Julie Glass showed me. It had breasts. For some reason I'm cranking out tallywhacker art these days so I put one on my angel.
Tallywhacker on a voodoo doll www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/4831148272/
Tallywhacker on General Robert E. Lee. I made two pieces about him
www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/4863327248/
www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/4875464401/
P.S. I still think God is female. Working on a piece of art about that.
Angel with tallywhacker 1
The Bagmati River runs through the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and separates Kathmandu from Patan. It is considered holy by both Hindus and Buddhists. A number of Hindu temples are located on its banks.
The importance of Bagmati also lies in the fact that Hindus are cremated on the banks of this holy river, and Kirants are buried in the hills by its side. According to the Nepalese Hindu tradition, the dead body must be dipped three times into the Bagmati River before cremation. The chief mourner (usually the first son) who lights the funeral pyre must take a holy river-water bath immediately after cremation. Many relatives who join the funeral procession also take a bath in the Bagmati River or sprinkle the holy water on their bodies at the end of cremation. The Bagmati River purifies the people spiritually.
HISTORY
The Bagmati River is considered the source of Nepalese civilization and urbanization. The river has been mentioned as Vaggumuda (वग्गुमुदा) in Vinaya Pitaka and Nandabagga. It has also been mentioned as Bahumati (बाहुमति) in Battha Suttanta of Majjhima Nikaya. An inscription dated 477 AD describes the river as Bagvati parpradeshe (वाग्वति पारप्रदेशे) and subsequently in Gopalraj Vanshavali.
COURSE
The Bagmati originates where three headwater streams converge at Bāghdwār (Nepali: बाघ bāgh = tiger; द्वार dwār = gate) above the southern edge of the Shivapuri Hills about 15 kilometres northeast of Kathmandu. Here the Bagmati is wide and swift with a high load of suspended solids, giving it a grey appearance. The river flows southwest about 10 km through terraced rice fields in the Kathmandu Valley.
Resistant rock strata interrupt the flow in places, including at Pashupatinath Temple. Beyond the temple, the river flows south until joined by the larger west-flowing Monahara River, then turns west itself. After entering Kathmandu's urban area more tributaries enter: relatively unpolluted Dhobī Kholā and sewage-laden Tukucha Khola.
Then the river bends south and the Vishnumati enters from the right at Teku Dovan. The Vishnumati also rises in the Shivapuri Hills, some 6 kilometres west of the Bagmati's source. It flows south past Nagarjun Hill and Forest Reserve, Swayambhu Stupa and Durbar Square in Kathmandu. As it passes the centre of Kathmandu, this tributary becomes heavily polluted and choked with trash.
Flowing generally south although with many curves, the Bagmatai reaches the edge of the Kathmandu Valley and enters Chobar Gorge near the Dakshinkali temple complex. The gorge cuts through the Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya. The Bagmati also crosses the lower Sivalik Hills before reaching the Terai, then crosses into India at Dheng. It flows across Bihar districts Sitamarhi, Sheohar , Muzaffarpur where the Lakhandei joins it ,Darbhanga and finally Khagaria where Kamala river joins it just after meeting it Bagmati joins Koshi.
GEOGRAPHY
The Chobar gorge cuts through the Mahabharat Range, also called the Lesser Himalaya. This 2,000-to-3,000-metre
range is the southern limit of the "middle hills" across Nepal, an important cultural boundary between distinctive Nepali and more Indian cultures and languages, as well as a major geological feature.
The basin of the Bagmati River, including the Kathmandu Valley, lies between the much larger Gandaki basin to the West and the Kosi Basin to the east. These adjacent basins extend north of the main Himalayan range and cross it in tremendous gorges, in fact the Arun tributary of the Kosi extends far into Tibet. The smaller Bagmati rises some distance south of the Himalaya. Without glacial sources, its flow is more dependent on rainfall, becoming very low during the hot season (April to early June), then peaking during the monsoon season (mid-June to mid-August). In these respects the Bagmati system resembles the (West) Rapti system lying between the Gandaki basin and the Karnali basin in the far west of Nepal.
POLLUTION
In Kathmandu, the Bagmati River is a very pretty river, at its origin, but it gains large amounts of untreated sewage, and large levels of pollution of the river exist due primarily to the region's large population. Many residents in Kathmandu empty personal garbage and waste into the river. In particular the Hanumante khola, Dhobi khola, Tukucha khola and Bishnumati khola are the most polluted. Attempts are being made to monitor the Bagmati River system and restore its cleanliness. These include "pollution loads modification, flow augmentation and placement of weirs at critical locations". The Friends of the Bagmati is an organisation set up in November 2000. According to its website, its aim is "to reverse the degradation of the Bagmati river." In 2014, Bagmati River is claimed to be almost pure after a long effort of 14 years. Every Saturday, Gurkha Army, Nepal Police and General Public gather to clean the waste and sewage from the river.
FLOOD
There is no effect of flood in most of the areas that it touches, but it has caused widespread sufferings to the people in Terai and northern districts of Bihar. In 1993, people have seen the worst destruction by this river. Poor water management, lack of proper weather forecasting and awareness were the main cause of mass destruction.
ANCIENT SHRINES
The Temple of Pashupatinath, dedicated to Shiva, stands on an outcrop above the river north of Kathmandu. It is considered to be one of the holy places of Hinduism. Before the Pashupatinath the river flows Gokarneswor Temple at Gokarna, located at the north of the Kathmandu Valley. This is, too, a holy temple where the people of Kathmandu valley go for worshipping for the eternal peace of Father viz at "Kushi Aausi".
Public baths have been built supplied by a small hot spring. Nearby are two small structures that over the last many centuries were shrines, first to Buddha and then to Hinduism. There a many sculptures along the walls. One sculpture fragment shows the remnant of a Buddha triptych, a Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas.
WIKIPEDIA
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
This series of 18 classroom posters was printed in 1937 by the Educational Art Company in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
They hang in a single wooden frame deep enough to hold all 18 posters, with an open top that makes it easy to pull out the stack of posters and move a new poster to the front. Over a 9-month school year, the 18 posters would have been enough for the teacher to put a new poster on display every two weeks or so. Some posters are specific to holidays, while others extol virtue or warn against vice.
I offer great thanks to local artist Gregg Luginbuhl for loaning me this vintage collection so that I could photograph it and post it here as an act of preservation. We cannot find any other record of these posters having existed — apart from its description in a 1937 Library of Congress catalog that gives us the actual name of the series of posters (which is not printed on the collection itself):
“Oh what fun—school’s begun. [Citizenship posters]”
When Gregg hangs the posters, it always seems to be “Learn from Nature” that migrates most often to the front.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
File name: 10_03_000658b
Binder label: Soap
Title: Soap for all nations. Cleanliness is the scale of civilization. Did you ever try B. T. Babbitt's Best? [back]
Created/Published: N. Y. : The Hatch Lith. Co.
Date issued: 1870-1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 16 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Children; Wash tubs; Washboards; Household soap
Notes: Title from item.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
A street sweeper maintain cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. © ILO/Minette Rimando.
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Yet another scene which made me hang my head in shame as an Indian. I was amazed at the sheer cleanliness of Y/Jogjakarta train station's precincts. So admirably clean! The paintwork is fresh, the plinthed traction engine is sparklingly pristine- in India you will have election posters, people spitting and peeing all over the place, trash, vendors stray dogs, beggars-- you name it. I am nearly 60 now, and I think the thought of seeing my own country this neat and clean is but a far pipe dream. Sad. (Y/Jogjakarta, Indonesia, May 2018)
I'm not taking morning showers anymore since my cleanliness will soon be wasted on first period PE. We're doing swimming now. I've set my alarm to 6:30 AM which means I can stay up 'til 10:30 and get my 8 hours!
I folded a few cranes today during school. What my friend and fellow scout, Vy Pham wants to do is to have people donate to Japan and give them a crane as a reward. (Basically, she's selling them for w/e.) It makes sense. The people over there would benefit much more from money rather than paper birds. What would the Japanese Girl Scouts do w/ them once we send them over? I had a daydream they'd throw them at clowns.
I especially like the lighting in this one. Heh.
I researched Vietnamese-American superhereos. When I just look up Asian-American comic book superheroes in general, most are all Korean (Ryan Choi) or Japanese (Karate Kid). First, I got Bengal from Daredevil (Not really a hero, though. Way back in the late 1980s.) They all came up as minor characters in the comic. (Yes, I checked both DC and Marvel.) I don't think there will ever be a major comic series that revovles entirely around an Asian hero. :< (Secret Identities: The Anthropology of Asian American Superheroes is an exception. I never read it myself, but I reccommend it to anyone that wants to renew their pride in their background.)
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held its second edition of the Umuganda Cleanliness Campaign in Juba in collaboration of with Juba City Council authority.
UNMISS staff committed to offer support to the City Council of Juba in its effort to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. Military, Police and Civilian members of UNMISS based in Juba participated to this civic event started from Seven Day’s Roundabout to Gudele road.
Speaking at the sight, UNMISS chief David Shearer said, “ its very important that we are not just seen to be driving around in cars but we actually working with the people and helping the people of South Sudan.”
Appreciating the presence of the Mayor and deputy mayor being at the sight, he said, “its excellent to see them thank you very much for turning and thank you for spending your morning picking up rubbish which is not nice I understand but it is something that I think we contribute to South Sudan.”
Deputy Mayor Thiik Thiik Mayardi directing his speech to South Sudanese, “you should come out and join us to do cleaning. It is not our responsibility alone or the UN; it is our collective responsibility to clean our city so that each everyone who is coming to South Sudan will know that South Sudan people are clean people. But I am really regretting because they are not anything.’’
Acting Mayor Silvestro Minibala said “ our priority in Juba City Council is sanitation to keep the environment clean. And today’s work is different than the previous work that we have been doing because today we the big man UN representative in South Sudan David Shearer. David Shearer thank you very much for coming thank you very for involving in our campaign.”
Thierry Tremblay, UNMISS chief of environment and Occupational Safety & Health said “Well, it is very important cause you know, like basically managing garbage is important for human health so what we are trying to do is making sure that we contribute to city’s effort in cleaning the city to prevent disease, environmental pollution. So it is really our efforts or contribution support the city in basically improving the state of the environment here.”
Participants carried their own reusable water bottles and are also encouraged to wear long pants and a sun hat. Gloves, dust masks and garbage bags were being provided by UNMISS. Officials from the Juba City Council.
UN Photo: Isaac Billy
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
To celebrate World Environment Day the UNMISS is launced its Umuganda Camp Cleanliness Campaign to make the mission’s camps and the surroundings cleaner, greener, healthier and more environmentally efficient.
Photo: UNMISS / Eric Kanalstein
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
A street sweeper maintain cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. © ILO/Minette Rimando.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
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the two are synonymous
last summer while in london, i inquired in a chemist shop for a cake of american soap. "this is what we always give to those people from your country he said"
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
For bringing awareness about cleanliness Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Movement has left no stone unturned. This was proved today at the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi where convergence of 1000 students from various schools of Delhi who are members of Sulabh School Sanitation Club, along with member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan participated in the event. The crowd gave a big round of applause when Shri Vijay Goyal, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Mrs. Amola Pathak joined these school children in this walkathon carrying replicas of toilet pots over their heads and slogans of cleanliness drive in their hands with the message “Toilet for All by 2019”. The unveiling of the replica of India’s largest toilet pot was another attraction of the day. All these events were part of celebrations of International Toilet Festival in view of ‘World Toilet Day’ that falls tomorrow: November 19, 2014.
Around 2000 people including 1000 school children, 200 liberated and rehabilitated manual scavengers from Alwar and Tonk (Rajasthan), 100 widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi and women from Mewat (Haryana) and others from all walks of life actively took part in the event and made a HUMAN CHAIN to create awareness about the importance of toilets in keeping with ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation joined the students in this HUMAN CHAIN.
On this occasion students released 1000 balloons in the air with the message of cleanliness drive.
During the event Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak called upon the participating students and others for a PLEDGE to make India clean.
The largest tri-coloured Flag of India was unfurled with pride in Connaught Place when Dr. Bindeshwer Pathak, icon of Sanitation along with 2000 people including erstwhile untouchables of Alwar and Tonk, Rajasthan and widows of Vrindavan and Varanasi recited “JAN-GAN-MAN’. This was part of the International Toilet Festival being celebrated by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation.
On the occasion Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Sanitation Club’s member students from six countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the dais and lighted the Lamp.
Hon’ble Shri Karan Singh Tanwar delivered a motivational speech on Clean India Drive (Swachch Bharat Campaign).
Sulabh International Founder, Dr. Pathak addressed the audience and said that our aim is to create awareness about toilets and sanitation. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of having a toilet built in every household by 2019, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak said that the country will finally realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of total sanitation.
"Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to have emphasised this much on the issue of sanitation. Even the developed countries have not emphasised as much," he said. Lamenting the fact that previous governments did not adopt the "Sulabh model" he expressed hope that the Modi Government will replicate it, which he claimed will help the government in achieving its objective of total sanitation.
"Our model has helped in putting an end to large scale open defecation in many areas apart from liberating many manual scavengers. The Alwar and Tonk model should be replicated all over the country," he said.
A skit “Ghar Ghar Alakh Jagane Wale” was played to show the importance of Sulabh Shauchalayas in our lives.
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5349/1, 1930-1931. Photo: MGM. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.
American film star Joan Crawford (1904-1977) had a career that would span many decades, studios, and controversies. In her silent films, she made an impact as a vivacious Jazz Age flapper and later she matured into a star of psychological melodramas.
Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in 1904, in San Antonio, Texas. Her parents were Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry labourer. By the time she was born, her parents had separated. The young Lucille was bullied and shunned at Scaritt Elementary School in Kansas City by the other students due to her poor home life. She worked with her mother in a laundry and felt that her classmates could smell the chemicals and cleaners on her. She said that her love of taking showers and being obsessed with cleanliness had begun early in life as an attempt to wash off the smell of the laundry. Her stepfather Henry Cassin allegedly began sexually abusing her when she was eleven years old, and the abuse continued until she was sent to St. Agnes Academy, a Catholic girls' school. By the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. Lucille LeSueur worked a variety of menial jobs. She was a good dancer, though, and she entered several contests, one of which landed her a spot in a chorus line. Before long, she was dancing in the choruses of travelling revues in big Midwestern and East Coast cities. She was spotted dancing in Detroit by famous New York producer Jacob J. Shubert. Shubert put her in the chorus line for his show 'Innocent Eyes'(1924) at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. Then followed another Schubert production, 'The Passing Show of 1924'. After hours, she danced for pay in the town it-spot, Club Richman, which was run by the 'Passing Show' stage manager Nils Granlund and popular local personality Harry Richman. In December 1924, Granlund called Lucille to tell her that Al Altman, a NYC-based talent scout from MGM had caught her in 'The Passing Show of 1924' and wanted her to do a screen test. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) offered Crawford a contract at $75 a week. On New Year's Day 1925 she boarded the train for Culver City. Credited as Lucille LeSueur, her first film part was as a showgirl in Lady of the Night (Monta Bell, 1925), starring MGM's most popular female star, Norma Shearer. Crawford was determined to succeed, and shortly after she also appeared in The Circle (Frank Borzage, 1925) and Pretty Ladies (Monta Bell, 1925), starring comedian ZaSu Pitts. She also appeared in a small role in Erich von Stroheim's classic The Merry Widow (1925) with Mae Murray and John Gilbert. MGM publicity head Pete Smith recognised her ability to become a major star but felt her name sounded fake. He told studio head, Louis B. Mayer, that her last name, LeSueur, reminded him of a sewer. Smith organised a contest called 'Name the Star' in Movie Weekly to allow readers to select her new stage name. The initial choice was 'Joan Arden', but after another actress was found to have a prior claim to that name, the alternate surname 'Crawford' became the choice. She first made an impression on audiences in Edmund Goulding's showgirl tale Sally, Irene, and Mary (1925). The film, which co-starred Constance Bennett and Sally O'Neil, was a hit. Joan's popularity grew so quickly afterwards that two films in which she was still billed as Lucille Le Sueur: Old Clothes (Edward F. Cline, 1925) with Jackie Coogan, and The Only Thing (Jack Conway, 1925) were recalled, and her name on the billings was changed to Joan Crawford. In 1926, Crawford was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, and she starred opposite Charles Ray in Paris (Edmund Goulding, 1926). Within a few years, she became the romantic female lead to many of MGM's top male stars, including Ramón Novarro, John Gilbert, and action star Tim McCoy. She appeared alongside her close friend, William Haines in the comedy Spring Fever (Edward Sedgwick, 1927). It was the second film starring Haines and Crawford (the first had been Sally, Irene, and Mary (1925), and their first onscreen romantic teaming. Then, Crawford appeared in the silent horror film The Unknown (Tod Browning, 1927), starring Lon Chaney, Sr., who played Alonzo the Armless, a circus freak who uses his feet to toss knives. Crawford played his skimpily-clad young carnival assistant whom he hopes to marry. She stated that she learned more about acting from watching Chaney work than from anyone else in her career. Her role as Diana Medford in Our Dancing Daughters (Harry Beaumont, 1928) elevated her to star status. Joan co-starred with Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian, and her spunky wild-but-moral flapper character struck a chord with the public and zeitgeist. Wikipedia: "The role established her as a symbol of modern 1920s-style femininity which rivaled Clara Bow, the original It girl, then Hollywood's foremost flapper. A stream of hits followed Our Dancing Daughters, including two more flapper-themed movies, in which Crawford embodied for her legion of fans (many of whom were women) an idealized vision of the free-spirited, all-American girl." The fan mail began pouring in and from that point on Joan was a bonafide star. Crawford had cleared the first big hurdle; now came the second, in the form of talkies. But Crawford wasn't felled by sound. Her first talkie, the romantic drama Untamed (Jack Conway, 1929) with Robert Montgomery, was a success. Michael Eliott at IMDb: "It's rather amazing to see how well she transformed into a sound star and you have to think that she was among the best to do so."
In the early 1930s, tired of playing fun-loving flappers, Joan Crawford wanted to change her image. Thin lips would not do for her; she wanted big lips. Ignoring her natural lip contours, Max Factor ran a smear of colour across her upper and lower lips. It was just what she wanted. To Max, the Crawford look, which became her trademark, was always 'the smear'. As the 1930s progressed, Joan Crawford became one of the biggest stars at MGM. She developed a glamorous screen image, appearing often as a sumptuously gowned, fur-draped, successful career woman. She was in top form in films such as Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, 1932), Sadie McKee (Clarence Brown, 1934), No More Ladies (Edward H. Griffith, 1935), and Love on the Run (W.S. Van Dyke, 1936) with Clark Gable. Crawford often played hard-working young women who found romance and success. Movie patrons were enthralled, and studio executives were satisfied. Her fame rivalled, and later outlasted, that of MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Among her early successes as a dramatic actress were The Women (George Cukor, 1939), Susan and God (1940), Strange Cargo (1940), and A Woman’s Face (1941). By the early 1940s, MGM was no longer giving Joan Crawford plum roles. Newcomers had arrived in Hollywood, and the public wanted to see them. Crawford left MGM for rival Warner Bros. In 1945 she landed the role of a lifetime in Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945). It is the story of an emotional and ambitious woman who rises from waitress to owner of a restaurant chain. The role gave her an opportunity to show her range as an actress, and her performance as a woman driven to give her daughter (Ann Blyth) everything garnered Crawford her first, and only, Oscar for Best Actress. The following year she appeared with John Garfield in the well-received Humoresque (Jean Negulesco, 1946). In 1947, she appeared as Louise Graham in Possessed (Curtis Bernhardt, 1947) with Van Heflin. Again she was nominated for the Best Actress award from the Academy, but she lost to Loretta Young in The Farmer's Daughter (H.C. Potter, 1947). Crawford continued to choose her roles carefully, and in 1952 she was nominated for a third time, for her depiction of Myra Hudson in Sudden Fear (David Miller, 1952) opposite Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. This time the coveted Oscar went to Shirley Booth, for Come Back, Little Sheba (Daniel Mann, 1952). In 1955, Crawford became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company through her marriage to company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alfred Steele. Crawford married four times. Her first three marriages to the actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1929–1933), Franchot Tone (1935–1939), and Phillip Terry (1942–1946) all had ended in divorce. After his death in 1959 she became a director of the company and in that role hired her friend Dorothy Arzner to film several Pepsi commercials. Crawford's film career slowed and she appeared in minor roles until 1962. Then she and Bette Davis co-starred in Whatever happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962). Their longstanding rivalry may have helped fuel their phenomenally vitriolic and well-received performances. Crawford's final appearance on the silver screen was in the bad monster movie Trog (Freddie Francis, 1970). It is said Bette Davis commented that if she had found herself starring in Trog, she'd commit suicide. Anyway, Joan Crawford retired from the screen, and following a public appearance in 1974 withdrew from public life. Turning to vodka more and more, she became increasingly reclusive. In 1977, Joan Crawford died of a heart attack in New York City. She was 72 years old. She had disinherited her adopted daughter Christina and son Christopher; the former wrote the controversial memoir 'Mommie Dearest' (1978). In 1981, Faye Dunaway starred in the film adaptation Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry, 1981) which did well at the box office. Joan Crawford is interred in a mausoleum in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
Sources: Stephanie Jones (The Best of Everything), Michael Elliott (IMDb), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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"Hanukkah - Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights - Photograph some form of light festive or unusal light"
Well... it's also about the eternal struggle against (mental) filth and shortage of oil :-)
So here's a nearly empty bottle of lubricant oil and remedies for cleaning!
- and perhaps presented in an unusual "low key" light?
Hooray! it's SOOC! :-D
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 8, 2020) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Alejandro Gracias, from Durham, North Carolina, cleans and sanitizes the top of a damage control locker during a "Clean-X" aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Clean-X is an hour-long, ship-wide event conducted to ensure the cleanliness of the ship is up to or exceeding standards. Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and, as 7th Fleet command ship, actively works to foster relationships with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matt Hall)