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from Beyond The Gutter fanzine, issue #1 (1988)
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The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) has created a new national chapter in Kenya to bolster advocacy around key issues affecting women and girls in a strategic and innovative manner.
Kenya joins 20 other countries to launch a national chapter in line with continental commitment’s for gender equality and women’s empowerment, an initiative spearheaded by the African Union (AU), the Federal Republic of Germany and UN Women. The network is an action-oriented movement of African women leaders to transform sustainable peace, security and development issues in the continent.
The event was attended by a cross-section of civil society organisations, development partners, and Government of Kenya representatives including the Ministry of Public Service and Gender (MPSYG) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MPSYG Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Margaret Kobia welcomed the Kenyan chapter’s creation as an accelerator for women’s rights:
“The launch [will] enjoin women leaders in the country to the women leaders’ platform in Africa for transformative change at both country and regional level; and in particular, inform and create urgency towards securing Generation Equality. If we do not do this now, it will take close to 200 years to achieve equality.”
The launch is timely as global development conversations begin to converge on gender. 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action for advancing women’s rights, the 20th Anniversary of UNSCR1325 as well as the five-year milestone for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Against this backdrop, AWLN will focus efforts on priorities at the heart of the women’s empowerment movement. This means extending beyond leadership issues and navigating the country’s efforts in combating gender-based violence, promoting the role of women in conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding and securing economic empowerment.
Photo by Luke Horswell/ UN Women Kenya
Frame:*crust bikes* bombora
Headset:*chris king* nothreadset
Rim:*velocity* blunt ss
Fronttire:*ultradynamico* mars race
Reartire:*ultradynamico* cava race
Handle:*nitto* all road bar plus
Stem:*thomson* g2 stem
Bartape:*camp and go slow* trout bar tape
Seatpost:*nitto* 83
Saddle:*wtb* volt
Crank:*shimano* fc-rx810
Pedal:*mks* sylvan gordito
Bar end:*NITTO* BEACH CLUB×BLUE LUG ec-01 bar end
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We blame housekeeping for an issue. While cleaning flooring, kitchens, and baths are significant to decrease food resources employed by cockroaches and useful, they can get inside and cause an infestation for some other explanations.
"I am a trained midwife. I had a good job but unfortunately I ended up in an abusive relationship and my ex partner beat me so much that I suffered brain damage. Following my injuries I became very depressed and turned to alcohol as a way of coping, but ultimately this cost me my job. I found another job through an employment agency and tried to get back on my feet again but I suffered many set backs.
The next door neighbour in my apartment block befriended me and seemed like a good guy but it turned out he was a drug addict and this put a strain on our friendship. He would often hurl insults at me calling me an alcoholic suggesting I was worthless. Suffering from depression and low self esteem I turned to alcohol again. It wasn't long before he stole everything of value I owned including my car, selling it to fund his drug habit. With no car I had trouble getting to work and lost my job due to my poor punctually. This cycle continued for some time and was unable to pay my rent which made me homeless.
I was on my own on the streets. My parents have sadly both passed away and my siblings didn't want anything to do with me so . It was not an easy time but I discovered The Big Issue magazine and it changed my life. I sell the Big issue magazine for $7 and this gives me a small but steady income. I really can't thank the Big Issue enough for the opportunity it's given me and the support i've received during this season of my life. I'm alcohol free slowly turning my life around."
Fashion156.com editorial shot, All items by Emma Anderson
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As you probably know already, i've been shooting for the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art- my biggest photographic assignment to date.
This is a shot from Prawns Pee,
"Prawn’s Pee is hewn from the idea of a daily newspaper. This temporary publishing house which annexes the old Daily Record building in the city centre, will produce daily limited editions of hand-printed paper works, and also feature editions in formats such as flexidisk. A variety of artists and writers have been invited to submit work to Prawn’s Pee, with the hope of focusing on the creation of an art form through a layering and muddling of ideas. The daily editions will function in a state of flux between pieces of work in their own right and as representations of practices as a whole. The loose parameter of format will allow for a wide range of works to be produced, while retaining a common thread of their temporal situation."
if you'd like to see more shots from the festival, check my facebook
(When boredom strikes, take pictures! Today it's my feeble comic collection, it want's to grow, it really does, there's just no funding.)
As the title states, my various single issues.
I need to catch up on Walking Dead, the last issue I read was 50....
Photo By Rachel Larue
Cynthia Green, shoe repair/fabric worker at the Central Issuing Facility on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, demonstrates how she removes the nails form a shoe received from the factory to prepare it for modifications for Tomb of the Unknown guards. The process to change the shoes so it is more suitable for the Tomb Guards takes at least several days.
Abb. 26 in: SCHIPPMANN, Klaus (1971). Die iranischen Feuerheiligtümer. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York. ISBN 3 11 001 879 9
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The first capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Pasargadae lies in ruins 40'40 kilometers from Persepolis, in present-day Fars province of Iran.
Pasargadae (from Ancient Greek: Πασαργάδαι from Persian: پاسارگاد - Pāsārgād) was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great who had issued its construction (559–530 BC); it was also the location of his tomb. It was a city in ancient Persia, located near the city of Shiraz (in Pasargad County), and is today an archaeological site and one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Cyrus the Great began building the capital in 546 BC or later; it was unfinished when he died in battle, in 530 or 529 BC. The remains of the tomb of Cyrus' son and successor Cambyses II have been found in Pasargadae, near the fortress of Toll-e Takht, and identified in 2006.
Pasargadae remained the capital of the Achaemenid empire until Cambyses II moved it to Susa; later, Darius founded another in Persepolis. The archaeological site covers 1.6 square kilometres and includes a structure commonly believed to be the mausoleum of Cyrus, the fortress of Toll-e Takht sitting on top of a nearby hill, and the remains of two royal palaces and gardens. Pasargadae Persian Gardens provide the earliest known example of the Persian chahar bagh, or fourfold garden design (see Persian Gardens).
The most important monument in Pasargadae is the tomb of Cyrus the Great. It has six broad steps leading to the sepulchre, the chamber of which measures 3.17 m long by 2.11 m wide by 2.11 m high and has a low and narrow entrance. Though there is no firm evidence identifying the tomb as that of Cyrus, Greek historians tell that Alexander believed it was. When Alexander looted and destroyed Persepolis, he paid a visit to the tomb of Cyrus. Arrian, writing in the second century AD, recorded that Alexander commanded Aristobulus, one of his warriors, to enter the monument. Inside he found a golden bed, a table set with drinking vessels, a gold coffin, some ornaments studded with precious stones and an inscription on the tomb. No trace of any such inscription survives, and there is considerable disagreement to the exact wording of the text. Strabo reports that it read:
Passer-by, I am Cyrus, who gave the Persians an empire, and was king of Asia.
Grudge me not therefore this monument.
Another variation, as documented in Persia: The Immortal Kingdom, is:
O man, whoever thou art, from wheresoever thou cometh, for I know you shall come, I am Cyrus, who founded the empire of the Persians.
Grudge me not, therefore, this little earth that covers my body.
The design of Cyrus' tomb is credited to Mesopotamian or Elamite ziggurats, but the cella is usually attributed to Urartu tombs of an earlier period. In particular, the tomb at Pasargadae has almost exactly the same dimensions as the tomb of Alyattes II, father of the Lydian King Croesus; however, some have refused the claim (according to Herodotus, Croesus was spared by Cyrus during the conquest of Lydia, and became a member of Cyrus' court). The main decoration on the tomb is a rosette design over the door within the gable. In general, the art and architecture found at Pasargadae exemplified the Persian synthesis of various traditions, drawing on precedents from Elam, Babylon, Assyria, and ancient Egypt, with the addition of some Anatolian influences.
Pasargadae was first archaeologically explored by the German archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld in 1905, and in one excavation season in 1928, together with his assistant Friedrich Krefter (de). Since 1946, the original documents, notebooks, photographs, fragments of wall paintings and pottery from the early excavations are preserved in the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC. After Herzfeld, Sir Aurel Stein completed a site plan for Pasargadae in 1934. In 1935, Erich F. Schmidt produced a series of aerial photographs of the entire complex.
From 1949 to 1955, an Iranian team led by Ali Sami worked there. A British Institute of Persian Studies team led by David Stronach resumed excavation from 1961 to 1963. It was during the 1960s that a pot-hoard known as the Pasargadae Treasure was excavated near the foundations of 'Pavilion B' at the site. Dating to the 5th-4th centuries BC, the treasure consists of ornate Achaemenid jewellery made from gold and precious gems and is now housed in the National Museum of Iran and the British Museum. After a gap, work was resumed by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization and the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée of the University of Lyon in 2000.
Sivand Dam controversy.
There has been growing concern regarding the proposed Sivand Dam, named after the nearby town of Sivand. Despite planning that has stretched over 10 years, Iran's own Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization was not aware of the broader areas of flooding during much of this time.
Its placement between both the ruins of Pasargadae and Persepolis has many archaeologists and Iranians worried that the dam will flood these UNESCO World Heritage sites, although scientists involved with the construction say this is not obvious because the sites sit above the planned waterline. Of the two sites, Pasargadae is the one considered to be more threatened. Experts agree that the planning of future dam projects in Iran will merit an earlier examination of the risks to cultural resource properties.
Of broadly shared concern to archaeologists is the effect of the increase in humidity caused by the lake. All agree that the humidity created by it will speed up the destruction of Pasargadae, yet experts from the Ministry of Energy believe it could be partially compensated for by controlling the water level of the reservoir. Construction of the dam began April 19, 2007.
(Wikipedia)