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On Florence Nightingale's Birthday , and as we celebrate Nurses week ...and as we thank those in health care . I though I would post the pledge so many of us nurses recited just after being capped and pinned .
We, the citizens of Singapore,
pledge ourselves as one united people,
regardless of race, language or religion,
to build a democratic society
based on justice and equality
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity
and progress for our nation.
#SGPledge2025
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I Pledge Love...
I Pledge Honestly...
I Pledge Forgiveness...
To myself!!
I've spent my entire life following the rules. I think its about time I followed my own rules!! Haha! :o)
Can also be seen On Black
L’œuvre Pledges ("Promesses") de KALLIOPI LEMOS installée dans la cours du Château des Ducs de Bretagne à Nantes est une allégorie des voyages et des espoirs des exilés.
Elle représente un bateau turc abandonné après avoir transporté des migrants vers les îles grecques. Il est recouvert de milliers de "tamata", ces offrandes votives fabriquées à la main et déposées par les migrants dans les églises orthodoxes afin de surmonter les défis du voyage incertain qui les attend.
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And, when the stream
Which overflowed the soul was passed away,
A consciousness remained that it had left,
Deposited upon the silent shore
Of memory, images and precious thoughts
That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
(William Wordsworth)
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
On September 8, 1892 a Boston-based youth magazine "The Youth's Companion" published a 22-word recitation for school children to use during planned activities the following month to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Under the title "The Pledge to the Flag", the composition was the earliest version of what we now know as the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'm guessing that at least 50% of you are probably thinking... now why would he share an out-of-focus photo of Knysna (with some Protea flowers in the foreground)?
Then there will probably be some of you who feel that both the flowers and the background should be in focus... because that's what we landscape photographers strive for right... to capture everything front-to-back in sharp focus?
I also suspect that there will be a few people who feel that if they had to choose between the two... then it should be the town that's in focus instead of the flowers.
I tried all the various options... but I decided to settle on this option. :)
Firstly it was quite windy... so focus-stacking didn't work here... so getting a photo with both the flowers and the town in focus was a complete impossibility.
Then I asked myself... what is the primary subject of this photo? The foreground or the background? For me it's definitely the flowers in the foreground. So I focussed on those.
But maybe I should go back to this exact same spot in better light and when the wind has died down completely... and do this properly? What do you think? ;)
Orsini's Fortress and the roofs of Sorano (Grosseto)
Sorano nacque come antico possedimento della famiglia Aldobrandeschi, ma il territorio comunale era già abitato sin dal periodo etrusco, come dimostrano i notevoli ritrovamenti di insediamenti e necropoli antiche. Dopo il matrimonio tra Anastasia, ultima erede degli Aldobrandeschi, e Romano Orsini nel 1293, il controllo di Sorano passò alla famiglia Orsini. Il centro seguì le vicissitudini storiche e politiche della vicina Pitigliano, dove era situata la residenza dei conti, e gli Orsini si impegnarono a potenziarlo fornendolo di fortificazioni efficaci, che resero Sorano un rifugio sicuro dagli attacchi nemici: più volte infatti, nel corso del XV secolo, i senesi posero la fortezza di Sorano sotto assedio, senza però mai riuscire ad occuparla. Alla fine del XVI secolo, con la caduta della contea degli Orsini, Sorano passò in mano ai Medici, che lo inglobarono nel Granducato di Toscana agli inizi del secolo successivo assieme alla vicina Pitigliano.
Sorano was founded as an ancient possession of the family Aldobrandeschi, but the municipality was inhabited since Etruscan times, as proved by remarkable findings of ancient settlements and necropolis. After the marriage of Anastasia, the last Aldobrandeschi's heir, and Romano Orsini in 1293, control of Sorano passed to the Orsini family. The municipality followed the historical and political vicissitudes of the nearby Pitigliano, where was located the residence of the counts, and the Orsini pledged to strengthen it by providing it with effective fortifications, which made Sorano a safe haven from enemy attack more often in fact, during the XV century, the Sienese laid the fortress of Sorano under siege, but were never able to occupy it. At the end of the sixteenth century, with the fall of the Orsini's County, Sorano passed under the Medici, who englobed it in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany at the beginning of the next century, together with nearby Pitigliano.
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☆ Pledge Week 2
Sunshine, sisterhood, and Sigma Xi Psi 🌸So grateful for the amazing bonds I’m forming with my line sisters and big sisters during rush week! ✨ The assignments are fun, the company is even better, and there’s no place I’d rather unwind than by the pool!!
Breakers' Alex Pledger. Burger King NZ Breakers Awards Evening, Spencer on Byron Hotel, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Thursday 5th May 2011. Photo: Anthony Au-Yeung / photosport.co.nz
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An estimated $12.95 million worth of wild life animal skins were burned during the 2006 Tibetan New Year festival. Tibetans use animal skin for the decoration of traditional dress.
As a result, millions of dollars worth of animal furs and skins were destroyed as a pledge of sorts. Some say Tibetans in Tibet are advocating a clean environment and loving animals as per the Buddhist way of life.
From an environmental point of view, religion has been a positive and successful force influencing the relationship of Tibetans with their environment. But from other perspectives, religion can be seen as promoting dogmatic behavior with little long-term understanding. The majority of Tibetans have never learned about the environment, nor the ecological science and doctrine behind it. Tibetan Ecology Foundation wants to more deeply explain environmental science to Tibetans and rest of the world by publishing Wild Tibet: Tibetan Mammals and the Landscape of the Tibetan Plateau.
www.tibetanecology.org/Wild_Tibet/Wild_Tibet_Conservation...
Whilst looking through some of my grandma's papers at my cousin's place the other day we found this enigmatic tintype image - my great grandmother was involved in the temperance movement, and I guess that this photo would seem to commemorate a family member taking the pledge to abstain from alcohol. However, I am not entirely certain about this, and would appreciate any suggestions.
As a ritual for the New Year Days,
They come to the temples, and
From the hawkers stall they buy
These fancy little bags
Then fill with hefty wishes,
Their promises, or vows herhaps
And hang on tree branches,
With them, their words in the air.
Such are easy pledges and cheap,
Unaware whether they are going to keep.
The bags remains there in abeyance,
Unattended, uncared and so faded with time.
Just wonder if their words still survive?
For some are, but more
Will come back and hang new ones,
Without bothering to untie
So to unlock those previous ones,
Whereby lies heaping on lies.
A pledge is a promise to be honoured, and
It will be a sin if it is not
Commissioned and fulfilled when you can.
I don't pledge, surely
Don't need those silly bags either, simply
Becasue I know my words are to keep when I can.
Edwin Leung
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Spent the entire day at the beach with my amazing Big Sister Serenity and my line sister Esme. Cant wait to bond even more over our shared love for gaming and all the adventures to come. So grateful to have met these incredible sisters! 🎮💖
I was glad to see she finally fully rezzed. She's a gorgeous cat & very smart. I'm glad she's with us.
Pigs vs. Cows Crate for Guy's Kickstarter.
Graphic design by Guy Himber, and printed by me on a BrickArms Crate.
Custom printed on all sides (except the bottom).