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Local: Alesp - Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo
Data: 21/06/2023
Foto: Fernando Nascimento / Governo do Estado de São Paulo
Week 28: Local | 2018 Project 52
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This abandoned shopping trolley is on the way to my local train station. I wish I had started doucmenting it's demise earlier, it is however NOT part of my ongoing project involving my mobile phone [obviously] and shopping trolleys, it's about the places on the edge where life is just a cursory glance away, used but not loved, inhabited, but empty, hence it belongs in my urban landscape set.
Thought this was interesting - Bagels in Trinidad with a little local touch - see the saltfish and smokeherring? Very popular and tradiitonal local breakfast choices. They used to just have it with the bake (fried bread) but I guess people wanted it on their bagels too. The saltfish, called buljol normally, is made with onions, tomatoes, peppers etc.
From the window of Pizza Boys, Point Lisas in Trinidad. Pizza Boys is a local large franchise - and not just of pizza. They started a long time ago, with 2 different types of eateries - Pizza Boys, and then Burger Boys. Then they merged, and became Pizza/Burger boys. They also started a new franchise later on called Vie de France, which was all about sandwiches on good breads and croissants and desserts. And coffee, good coffee, but then they let the coffee go to yet another creation - Rituals, which has little and big coffee bars all over the country now, including on campus and in the airport. I prefer the old Vie de France coffee.
Swansea Market "is the largest covered market in Wales and could be considered the original farmers’ market."
...'Food Wales', Colin Pressdee
As well as Swansea Market, regular farmers' markets are held throughout Swansea Bay and Gower
Local Winchester artist, dubbed ‘Winchester’s Banksy’, has recently caused a stir. The artist named ‘Hendog’ has slowly been spreading his art throughout the city as his first piece, based underneath The Handlebar Café on St Catherine’s hill, received applause from the locals.
Photo memories Vietnam holiday 2008
Arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) as start of the tour.
Visited the famous Cho Binh Tay market, The old post office,
some war museums in the city center including a walk around the reunification Palace.
Sidetrip from the city is a daytrip to the Cao Dai Temple and the
Cu Chi Tunnel complex
Next part of the tour is heading south to the Mekong Delta and Can-Tho, including a visit to the floating market.
From the Mekong delta the tour is heading north again, visiting coastal places Phan-Thiet, Nha-Trang and qiu-Nhon.
Hoi-an and Hue are both Unesco World Heritage sites and well worth to visit.
Passing the DMZ-zone, the scenery changes quickly.
The Phong-Nha and Tan-Coc caves are amazing.
Almost at the end of the tour, we bumped into the crazy Hanoi traffic in the old city center.
The citytour included a visit to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum,
the Army museum and best of all ice coffee at 'Highlands Coffee'
Last part included Unesco World Heritage at Halong Bay
Stop-over in Hong-Kong on the way Home !
09203 draws into Newport with a trip freight, possibly between Alexandra Dock Junction (ADJ) and East Usk yards.
the wagons are mainly steel carrying bogie varieties - sliding hood BYA/BRA "Nissen Huts" and Tiphook international sliding curtain varieties.
Seen at Culiacán's downtown, Sinaloa (Mexico).
Learn more about Mexico's chicken buses at my travelog.
A short circular walk around Bickerstaffe Moss (half good tracks, half jungle) had the bonus of a fine display from the local lepidoptera community. A Gatekeeper (aka Hedge Brown) and a Red Admiral seen near Colliery Plantation and a Ringlet and Peacock seen by a pine copse close to the turf farm at Ferny Moss.
Standing Up, Speaking Out: Local Power and Women's Rights
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
It was a policy born of a shining promise-that decentralized governments would help empower tens of millions of women in developing countries. But has shifting more power and resources to the local level really improved women’s lives? Has it resulted in more girls going to school, more pregnant women receiving a doctor’s care, more women owning the land they till, and more women playing their rightful role in all levels of government?
Promoted by many donor organizations, decentralization is intended to make government more effective and accountable by bringing it closer to the people. For women who have been excluded from political decision-making, decentralization theoretically allows them to challenge how resources are allocated in their communities, including services like basic health care, access to water and education.
For more information: www.idrc.ca/en/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Défendre ses droits ! Prendre la parole ! Les pouvoirs locaux et les droits des femmes
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
On avait fondé beaucoup d’espoirs dans la décentralisation. En effet, on pensait qu’elle contribuerait à l’autonomisation de dizaines de millions de femmes dans les pays en développement. Mais le transfert de pouvoirs et de ressources à l’échelon local s’est-il réellement traduit par une amélioration de la condition des femmes ? Par un plus grand nombre de fillettes sur les bancs d’école, de femmes enceintes ayant accès à un suivi médical, de femmes possédant les terres qu’elles cultivent, de femmes qui jouent le rôle qui leur revient au sein des divers ordres de gouvernement ?
De nombreux bailleurs de fonds promeuvent la décentralisation, car elle est censée rendre le gouvernement plus efficace et plus responsable en le rapprochant de la population. Les femmes ayant été exclues de la prise de décision politique, la décentralisation devrait en théorie les aider à s’élever contre la façon dont la répartition des ressources se fait dans leur collectivité, notamment en ce qui concerne les besoins fondamentaux que sont l’accès à des services de santé de base, à l’eau et à l’éducation.
Pour plus de renseignements : www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html