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Teams compete in various events on Saturday, April 17, 2021 during the annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. During Sandhurst, 44 teams representing four U.S. service academies and 16 ROTC programs compete against one another in a variety of military related contests. (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Tyler Williams)
Teams compete in various events on Friday, April 16, 2021 during the annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. During Sandhurst, 44 teams representing four U.S. service academies and 16 ROTC programs compete against one another in a variety of military related contests. (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Hannah Lamb)
Midland's Ethan Kirby competes in the 400m Ambulant Boys T20 during the 2018 School Games held at Loughborough University
VFS Makeup Design for Film & Television grads compete in the student competition at the 2009 Canadian Makeup Show, placing 3rd in the Glamour category and winning the Grand Prize in the SFX/CSI Theme category.
Read about the event here: www.vfs.com/blog/2009/04/08/grand-prize-winner-at-the-can...
Learn more about VFS's one-year Makeup Design for Film & Television program here: vfs.com/makeupdesign
i've been fascinated by the beauty of concentration in board games... this would be something i wanted to draw if i could...
CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Hundreds of Soldiers, Airmen, civilians and their families from the Camp Zama community kicked off Army Birthday Week with sports, games and tournaments designed to build camaraderie and esprit de corps throughout U.S. Army Japan Command. For five days dozens of units from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will compete in various challenges to test their cumulative strength, speed, endurance and dexterity. From team sports, golf scrambles and swim relays to bowling tournaments, relay races and free throw competitions, the Army Birthday Week events offer a variety of team competitions and individual contests that maximize appeal across the entire sports spectrum.
The “Not in My Squad” challenge offered the most unique competition appearing in this week’s lineup. Nine representatives from Camp Zama’s Army and Air Force units endured a series of physically draining events spread along a three-mile route. The teams worked together to carry five-gallon cans of water to each event where they performed various exercises comprising hundreds of pushups, situps, pullups, tire flips and kettle bell curls. The challenge concluded with a role-play scenario that tested the teams’ cumulative knowledge about how to handle a sexual harassment incident.
A unit that wins first place in a specific event earns five points, while second and third place finishes earn three and two points respectively. Every unit that participates in an event earns one point.
As of June 15, 2016, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion maintains the lead with 35 points. The 441st Military Intelligence Battalion holds second place with 29 points and Medical Department Activity-Japan pulled into third place with 27 points. U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) remains in fourth place with 23 points. Since Monday USARJ has earned third place in the soccer tournament, second place in the "Not in My Squad" challenge, and first place in the swim relay.
On Friday, June 17, all teams will convene at the Camp Zama High School sports complex to compete to foot races and cheer on their comrades in the annual tug-of-war bout and soccer match between the JGSDF’s Central Readiness Force U.S. service members stationed Camp Zama.
U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, U.S. Army Japan
Teams compete in various events on Friday, April 16, 2021 during the annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. During Sandhurst, 44 teams representing four U.S. service academies and 16 ROTC programs compete against one another in a variety of military related contests. (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Stephen Litterini)
Halloween fun: Molly the Giant as Molly Mouse
Molly begged me to be able to compete in a Cutest Dog Contest, so I let her, after all she is pretty adorable. If you would like to help her win the contest, she says you must LIKE the sponsor which is Pet Me Scratch Me Doggie Daycare and then LIKE her photo specifically. You can find them at this link: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.282989475068621.73672.1...
You will need a Facebook account to participate. Molly sends a bunch of puppy kisses your way for helping out!
Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
48 teams from across the world compete in the USMA Sandhurst military skills competition at West Point, New York. Saturday, April 30, 2022. (US Army photo by CDT Tyler Williams)
100 Cars Compete in the Largest Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Ever
Mooresville, NC - goo.gl/S9UbRh The 2014 @OUSCI was a bit different in many ways than years past. First off, the event took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and secondly, the event was turned into a 2-day event. The two days turned out to be just what the doctor ordered as there were over 100 cars competing in the event.
@DetroitSpeedInc brought out the DSE 1970 #Camaro Test Car driven by Kyle Tucker and the DSE 2012 "White Monster" Camaro Test Car driven by Ryan Mathews. The two cars were stationed at Optima Alley during the @SEMAshow preparing for the event that took place the two days after SEMA.
There was a large contingent of DSE "Equipped" cars at this year's event. Everything from modern muscle to old 1960's original muscle were on hand ready to put the Detroit Speed suspension to the test during two grueling days of cone carving and high speed road course action.
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational is a points based competition that is looking for the top street car in the country. The competition consists of the Detroit Speed sponsored "Road Rally," the speed-stop challenge, the autocross, the design and engineering challenge as well as the @BFGoodrichTires Hot Lap Challenge.
Saturday was the first day of the competition and started out with the autocross and speed-stop challenge. The competition was fierce and non-stop as competitor after competitor staged and prepared to lay it all on the line to be named the ultimate street car. Following a full day of action, the Detroit Speed Road Rally kicked off and cruised to Shelby American, Inc.
Sunday was the BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge. The challenge was broken into 3 classes of competition, the novice, the advanced and finally the expert class. Each class was chalk full of DSE "Equipped" cars. It was a thrill to look up and down the staging area and see the DSE "Equipped" decal on so many amazing street machines. Ryan and Kyle ran hard in this event with Ryan finishing in 2nd place. Ryan and Bryan Johnson had their usual battle of 5th gens. It is great to see two DSE "Equipped" cars running up front in 2nd and 3rd place. The competitiveness between these two gentlemen is undeniable. The respect they have for one another is truly admirable and it shows out on the track as they battle neck and neck at virtually every event.
This has been by far the best OUSCI yet and we look forward to competing in the years to come. Congratulations to Danny Popp for his overall victory, Brandon Ranvek for his 2nd place finish and to Betim Berisha for finishing 3rd. We would also like to congratulate Bryan Johnson on capturing Detroit Speed's "Fastest Fifth Gen" award and for finishing in 4th place. DSE's own Ryan Mathews captured 5th place while Mark Stielow captured the Detroit Speed "Fastest American Iron Pre-1980" award in his amazing DSE Equipped Hellfire Camaro. Mark's Hellfire is an amazing build that he isn't afraid to get dirty. That's our kind of builder and vehicle, performance driven and track proven.
OUSCI 2014 Highlights
• This was the largest OUSCI ever with over 100 cars competing in the new 2-day format
• Bryan Johnson finished 4th overall and captured the Detroit Speed "Fastest Fifth Gen" Award in his DSE Equipped 2013 Camaro
• Mark Stielow won the Detroit Speed "Fastest American Iron Pre-1980" award in his DSE Equipped Hellfire 1969 Camaro
• Ryan Mathews finished 2nd in the BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge and 5th overall in the DSE 2012 "White Monster" Camaro Test Car
• Congratulations to Jakey Sampson for putting down two great road course times for being only her second time on a road course
DSE “Equipped” Competitors at the 2014 OUSCI
Ryan Mathews - DSE 2012 "White Monster" Camaro Test Car
Kyle Tucker - DSE 1970 Camaro Test Car
Bryan Johnson - 2013 Camaro
Billy Utley - 1972 Nova
Mark Stielow - 1969 Camaro
Jake Rozelle - 1969 Camaro
Jordan Priestley - 2011 Camaro
Bob Bertelsen - 1969 C10
Cheryl Herrick - 1967 Nova
Sam Farrington - 1966 Chevelle
Brandy Phillips - 1972 C10
Deb Farrington - 1964 Chevelle
Tim Strange - 1969 Camaro
Dave Tucci - 1970 Mustang
Jakey Sampson - 2010 Camaro
#bfgoodrichtires #BFGRacing #DSEEquipped #Camaro #Chevy #detroitspeed #Chevelle #OUSCI #DriveUSCA
competing in the 400m Final at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Photos: Matthew Murnaghan/ Canadian Paralympic Committee
100 Cars Compete in the Largest Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Ever
Mooresville, NC - goo.gl/S9UbRh The 2014 @OUSCI was a bit different in many ways than years past. First off, the event took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and secondly, the event was turned into a 2-day event. The two days turned out to be just what the doctor ordered as there were over 100 cars competing in the event.
@DetroitSpeedInc brought out the DSE 1970 #Camaro Test Car driven by Kyle Tucker and the DSE 2012 "White Monster" Camaro Test Car driven by Ryan Mathews. The two cars were stationed at Optima Alley during the @SEMAshow preparing for the event that took place the two days after SEMA.
There was a large contingent of DSE "Equipped" cars at this year's event. Everything from modern muscle to old 1960's original muscle were on hand ready to put the Detroit Speed suspension to the test during two grueling days of cone carving and high speed road course action.
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational is a points based competition that is looking for the top street car in the country. The competition consists of the Detroit Speed sponsored "Road Rally," the speed-stop challenge, the autocross, the design and engineering challenge as well as the @BFGoodrichTires Hot Lap Challenge.
Saturday was the first day of the competition and started out with the autocross and speed-stop challenge. The competition was fierce and non-stop as competitor after competitor staged and prepared to lay it all on the line to be named the ultimate street car. Following a full day of action, the Detroit Speed Road Rally kicked off and cruised to Shelby American, Inc.
Sunday was the BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge. The challenge was broken into 3 classes of competition, the novice, the advanced and finally the expert class. Each class was chalk full of DSE "Equipped" cars. It was a thrill to look up and down the staging area and see the DSE "Equipped" decal on so many amazing street machines. Ryan and Kyle ran hard in this event with Ryan finishing in 2nd place. Ryan and Bryan Johnson had their usual battle of 5th gens. It is great to see two DSE "Equipped" cars running up front in 2nd and 3rd place. The competitiveness between these two gentlemen is undeniable. The respect they have for one another is truly admirable and it shows out on the track as they battle neck and neck at virtually every event.
This has been by far the best OUSCI yet and we look forward to competing in the years to come. Congratulations to Danny Popp for his overall victory, Brandon Ranvek for his 2nd place finish and to Betim Berisha for finishing 3rd. We would also like to congratulate Bryan Johnson on capturing Detroit Speed's "Fastest Fifth Gen" award and for finishing in 4th place. DSE's own Ryan Mathews captured 5th place while Mark Stielow captured the Detroit Speed "Fastest American Iron Pre-1980" award in his amazing DSE Equipped Hellfire Camaro. Mark's Hellfire is an amazing build that he isn't afraid to get dirty. That's our kind of builder and vehicle, performance driven and track proven.
OUSCI 2014 Highlights
• This was the largest OUSCI ever with over 100 cars competing in the new 2-day format
• Bryan Johnson finished 4th overall and captured the Detroit Speed "Fastest Fifth Gen" Award in his DSE Equipped 2013 Camaro
• Mark Stielow won the Detroit Speed "Fastest American Iron Pre-1980" award in his DSE Equipped Hellfire 1969 Camaro
• Ryan Mathews finished 2nd in the BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge and 5th overall in the DSE 2012 "White Monster" Camaro Test Car
• Congratulations to Jakey Sampson for putting down two great road course times for being only her second time on a road course
DSE “Equipped” Competitors at the 2014 OUSCI
Ryan Mathews - DSE 2012 "White Monster" Camaro Test Car
Kyle Tucker - DSE 1970 Camaro Test Car
Bryan Johnson - 2013 Camaro
Billy Utley - 1972 Nova
Mark Stielow - 1969 Camaro
Jake Rozelle - 1969 Camaro
Jordan Priestley - 2011 Camaro
Bob Bertelsen - 1969 C10
Cheryl Herrick - 1967 Nova
Sam Farrington - 1966 Chevelle
Brandy Phillips - 1972 C10
Deb Farrington - 1964 Chevelle
Tim Strange - 1969 Camaro
Dave Tucci - 1970 Mustang
Jakey Sampson - 2010 Camaro
#bfgoodrichtires #BFGRacing #DSEEquipped #Camaro #Chevy #detroitspeed #Chevelle #OUSCI #DriveUSCA
Just over 50 years before the Paralympic Games began, Eyser, who had two arms and one leg, competed in gymnastics events at the 1904 Olympics and made history for winning six medals, including three gold ones. He achieved gold in the parallel bars, vault, and rope climbing; earned silver in "combined four events" and pommel hourse; and received bronze in the horizontal bar. He is one of only three athletes to win more tha five medals at the 1904 Olympics.
Sometime during his childhood, Eyser was reporteredly involved in a train accident that resulted in much of his left leg being amputated. The exact date and nature of Eyser's injury is unknown, but it is documented that soon afterward he began using a prosthetic made of wood or cork.
Teams compete in various events on Friday, April 16, 2021 during the annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. During Sandhurst, 44 teams representing four U.S. service academies and 16 ROTC programs compete against one another in a variety of military related contests. (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Angeline Tritschler)
It was funny going back to Leake Street after six years, after Banksy's shows in 2008. And how time moves on, now in the middle of the second decade of the twenty-first century, street art has exploded, Banksy is still the king, but hundreds of people now engage in this burgeoning art form. Furthermore street art has become an intersection between the illegal anti-establishment graffiti movement and a more dominant movement of artists who find the street, or public walls to be more exact, a starting point for artistic ambition and self-promotion. All these things were evidence in the Femme Fierce street art event in Leake Street today, organized by a street artist agency, in celebration of International Women's Day, women street artists and in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness.
You could smell the event from a distance, spray paint fumes quickly filled the tunnel and billowed out of it at both ends, like whipped cream churning out the ends of an éclair just punctured by the first hearty bite. The only thing to compete with the spikiness of the fumes was the occasional waft of herb, being smoked by one or two here or there. There was a real energy to the event; the industry of so many artists was a fascination. The artists were at study of focus, spraying here, spraying there, sometimes applying complicated stencils, sometimes consulting their scaled down versions drawn or sketched in notebooks. Most would frequently take a step back; take a moment to contemplate their work, before going back to the wall to add detail. A team of beat boxers came with a couple of speakers and provided a suitably urban soundtrack to the event.
The coincidence of the event with what turned out to be the first day of Spring added to the sense of carnival. The warmth and happiness of touristy South Bank, just a stone's throw away from the tunnel, helped add to the sense of bonhomie and wonder. Spectators, sometimes with dogs or bikes in tow, slowly worked their way through the tunnel, in either direction, tiptoeing around canisters of spray paint, ducking under the range of each other's viewfinders. A range of colours, religions and ages were represented. A six-year-old boy had a go at spray painting himself, his dad looking proudly on. A quartet of Muslim women, dressed in burkhas giggled with excitement.
Up above the far end of the tunnel, one could see faces peering through the wire mesh from Station Approach, inscribed with curiosity, fascination and confusion. Some decided to join the day's celebration, others went on their way. There was also edginess to the event, resulting from being enclosed in a most insalubrious environment, together with London's great unwashed.
All the time, of course, spray paint was being deposited on to the wall, works of varying qualities, taking shape and form. The cornucopia of images and colours left on the walls of Leake Street as the evening drew to an end, a fitting legacy of an inspired event.
compete in the vollyball during the Sainsbury's 2014 School Games at the Sugden Sports Centre, Manchester. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday September 6, 2014. Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire.
CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Hundreds of Soldiers, Airmen, civilians and their families from the Camp Zama community kicked off Army Birthday Week with sports, games and tournaments designed to build camaraderie and esprit de corps throughout U.S. Army Japan Command. For five days dozens of units from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will compete in various challenges to test their cumulative strength, speed, endurance and dexterity. From team sports, golf scrambles and swim relays to bowling tournaments, relay races and free throw competitions, the Army Birthday Week events offer a variety of team competitions and individual contests that maximize appeal across the entire sports spectrum.
The “Not in My Squad” challenge offered the most unique competition appearing in this week’s lineup. Nine representatives from Camp Zama’s Army and Air Force units endured a series of physically draining events spread along a three-mile route. The teams worked together to carry five-gallon cans of water to each event where they performed various exercises comprising hundreds of pushups, situps, pullups, tire flips and kettle bell curls. The challenge concluded with a role-play scenario that tested the teams’ cumulative knowledge about how to handle a sexual harassment incident.
A unit that wins first place in a specific event earns five points, while second and third place finishes earn three and two points respectively. Every unit that participates in an event earns one point.
As of June 15, 2016, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion maintains the lead with 35 points. The 441st Military Intelligence Battalion holds second place with 29 points and Medical Department Activity-Japan pulled into third place with 27 points. U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) remains in fourth place with 23 points. Since Monday USARJ has earned third place in the soccer tournament, second place in the "Not in My Squad" challenge, and first place in the swim relay.
On Friday, June 17, all teams will convene at the Camp Zama High School sports complex to compete to foot races and cheer on their comrades in the annual tug-of-war bout and soccer match between the JGSDF’s Central Readiness Force U.S. service members stationed Camp Zama.
U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, U.S. Army Japan
I'll get another photo with our signature fog — although this isn't the most wonderful time of the year for fog.
Cadets compete in the 4th Brigade Ranger Challenge at Fort Pickett, Va., Oct. 20. (Photos by Michael Maddox, Cadet Command Public Affairs)
Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
More than 200 high school students from 12 teams competed in the Maryland National Guard annual Joint Service Junior ROTC Field Meet on April 13, at Gunpowder Military Reservation in Glen Arm, Md.
Century High School, home of the Knights in Sykesville, Md., won the over all competition in ten different events that tests the students level of physical fitness and ability to work together and leadership.
“We placed second two years in a row, this year we were determined to win,” said Cadet Capt. Michael Donellan from Sykesville, Md. “It was a great meet, it was well organized and a lot of fun. This year we won six individual events.”
The schools were from all across the state representing all branches of service and their Junior ROTC programs, including the Freestate Challenge Academy. Each team consisted of 20 students, but only eight could compete at one time and at minimum of two of the students had to be females. The events consisted of a physical fitness test, first aide, rope bridge, egg toss, tire flip, leadership reaction course, tug of war, Humvee pull, issy dizzy and an obstacle course.
“This is a fun way for the students to come together, compete and develop their leadership and communication skills,” said Lt. Col. (ret.) Bruce Kale, event coordinator and retired member of the Maryland National Guard. “These are good kids and they come from all different backgrounds with one goal: to be the best that they can be.”
Winters Mill is the only other high school in Carroll County to offer Junior ROTC and they competed in the meet. Century High School received approval from the U.S. Army and the Carroll County Board of Education to offer Junior ROTC in 2005.
Teams compete in various events on Friday, April 16, 2021 during the annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. During Sandhurst, 44 teams representing four U.S. service academies and 16 ROTC programs compete against one another in a variety of military related contests. (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Stephen Litterini)