LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire Department is proud to honor the achievements of seventy LAFD uniformed and civilian members who have successfully completed the demanding process of promoting in rank or status within the Department.

Expressing her pride in their accomplishments, City of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley oversaw a formal promotion ceremony at the LAFD Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

Individually honored at the event were:

Deputy Chief:

Jason Hing

Jaime Moore

Battalion Chief:

Shin Black

Matthew Conroy

Benjamin Culp

Donald Dillenberger

Aaron Guggenheim

Sloane Joseph

Adam Knabe

Damon Leach

Kyle Rausch

Thomas Raymond

Eric Roberts

Arturo Tarango

Shawn Tukua

Brian Wall

Captain II:

Amy Bastman

David Dunivan

Leon Dunn

Dustin Gates

Brian Harris

Milton Johnson

Wonmeen Jun

Craig Kuykendall

Ronald Landers

Ruben Lopez

John Marasco

Eric Matillo

Jeffrey Sambar

Roberto Sanchez

John Smith III

Nathan Sweet

Edward Tumbleson

Jennifer Wilcox

Jesse Wong

Captain I:

George Anderson Jr.

Abel Avalos

Daniel Balzano

Henry Chavez

Joseph Cunningham

Christopher Klimpel

Mark Perine

Anthony Randolph

Justin Randolph

James Sharlein

Casey Stevens

Christopher Swailes

Robert Villa

Fire Helicopter Pilot III:

Cherif Amin

Anthony V. Cecola

David Habib III

Jonith Johnson Jr.

Joel A. Smith

Fire Helicopter Pilot I:

Kyle Brantner

Scott Keelin

Alexander Kriewall

Paramedics:

Jacob Anderson

Steven Bui

Marc Correy

Kevin Lumada

Christopher Vu

Civilians:

Rebecca M. Alvarado (Executive Administrative Assistant II)

Alina Bieschke (Hazardous Materials Specialist)

Mariano Bucag (Senior Management Analyst I)

Nicole Castro (Management Analyst)

Jennifer Corona (Senior Management Analyst I)

Vidal Garcia (Fire Protection Engineer Associate IV)

Minh Le (Hazardous Materials Supervisor)

Deanna Minatiskan-Vargas (Senior Administrative Clerk)

Aleta-Jean Orozco (Secretary)

Photo Use Permitted via Creative Commons - Credit: LAFD Photo | Gary Apodaca

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Promoting Mathematics Learning

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One of the main objectives of the European Union is to promote economic, social and territorial cohesion between regions. The reformed EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 comes at a pivotal moment. Recent years of austerity have seen rising unemployment and widening inequality, especially in peripheral regions, with youth, women and ethnic minorities worst affected.

Making over €350 billion available to invest in Europe's regions, cities and the real economy, the reformed Cohesion Policy is the EU's principal investment tool to deliver the Europe 2020 goals: creating growth and jobs, tackling climate change and energy dependence, reducing poverty and social exclusion. Once member states’ national contributions and the leverage effect of financial instruments are taken into account, the impact is likely to be over €500 billion.

Launching a new partnership with the European Commission, with the participation of the OECD, Salzburg Global’s program is timed to help key stakeholders understand the rules and results-oriented focus of the reformed Cohesion Policy and ensure maximum impact for these investments. It will build on our longstanding European program which has featured over 15 sessions devoted to the EU’s development and expansion, grounded in our location at the crossroads of East and West.

The 2014 program will focus on ways in which regional development policy and complementary instruments can enhance competitiveness and effective governance at local, regional and transboundary levels.

Participants will examine tools for environmentally sustainable innovation, human capital development, creation and financing of SMEs and the transition to a low carbon economy. They will compare practical projects and mechanisms that have delivered successful outcomes for competitiveness and inclusive growth, in and beyond Europe, in order to identify transferable tools and connect stakeholders who are leading cutting-edge work around the world.

The program will be held from May 17 to May 22, 2014 in Salzburg, Austria, with a one day, high-level pre-session meeting on May 17-18, focusing on European competitiveness, the shift to low carbon economies, and the role of sustainable cities.

This is a photograph from the annual Rita and Robbie's Christmas 5KM promoted by Navan AC and held at Claremont Stadium Navan in Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland on Thursday 27th December 2018 at 12:00. Just under 500 people took part making it one of the best attendances for this event in recent years. The weather for racing this year was a complete contrast to the weather from last year. In 2017 the weather was very cold with the frost from the night making road conditions icy and slippery. This year the race was held in relatively mild conditions with little or no breeze. All in all a perfect December day. There was an excellent club representation from around County Meath and surrounding areas.

The race started outside Claremont Stadium on the Robinstow Road and finished on the tartan track within the grounds of the stadium. The race followed a well known and historic 5km route which takes in the Navan Trim road moving onto Beechmount before turning back onto Navan Robinstown road back to the stadium. This route was used many times in the past for previous races hosted by the Navan Clubs. This photograph is part of a large set of photographs from today's race which is available on Flickr here at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157674916720797

The race is dedicated to Rita Brady and Robbie Byrne who are both stalwards of athletics in Navan with both having given a lifetime of service to the promotion of athletics in the town of Navan and beyond. Both of their involvement with Navan-based athletics can be traced back not just in years but in decades - back to the 1940s, 50s and 60s and in more recent times. The race today is a suitable way of honoring their work and dedication.

Race timing and event management was provided by MyRunResults (www.myrunresults.ie)

This photograph is part of a set of photographs from the start and finish of the race.

I got promoted! Actually it is the rank I enlisted with but they screwed up the paperwork and didn't know I was an E-2 upon enlistment and a good thing for me.

I left for basic training on a flight from Ohare in Chicago IL and got stuck on a seat next to a guy who looked like Charlie Manson and he talked all the way to texas about how much fun it would be. Do you think we'll get a maching gun to shoot? I can't wait to go to war! I'm gonna do this and that and the other thing. OMG I wished the guy would just shut up, but on and on we went. Even to this day I don't have a clue where we landed but remember getting off the plane and all these sergeants were there with clipboards and screaming at us assholes to form up in ranks, but nobody knew what that meant except me because I had four years of Army ROTC training in high school. Didn't help much in this situation, but we finally managed to get into a line and they put us on busses and took us to the Air Base for more processing and more paperwork to fill out and sign. We were super tired and it was like O dark O'clock when we finally got to our barracks only to find more shit to listen to even though some guys were falling asleep as they stood. That's when we met SSgt Lundsford. We got a speech about duty, honor, country..then an ass chewing like you wouldn't believe about how we were grabastic pieces of shit, but how he would help us become fucking human beings worthy of serving in the armed forces of our country...on and on it went, he picked out a few people to personally villify and knock around, but finally we got to go to our bunks and sleep. It was around 3am (0300). Too bad that revelie was at 0600, and we got a rude awakening with SSgt Lundsford screaming lots of nasty stuff and dumping bunks over spilling the sleeping occupants on "his" shiny floor and fucking it all up! He checked his roster and asked if anyone had ROTC training and I almost raised my hand, but heard him mumble...oh, we don't have any..good...I hate those assholes and love to fuck with them, so I put my almost raised hand back down. It was a wise decision too.

My plane buddy who looked like charlie manson looked alot different when he got his beard and head shaved off, but he still went on about how he was going to be a war hero. But that only lasted two days. He was so frightened by the TI he ran across the upper floor of the barracks on the second day and right throught the window and screen...I saw his body hit the grass outside the barracks and roll off in spasms. They called an ambulance and took him away...not that big a hero I guess. Another guy tried the same thing the next day but couldn't manage to break throught the glass and screen. But after these guy were weeded out we got down to the business of...marching alot and playing robots. I liked it.

Animal From the Muppet Movie Promoted on Fruity Cheerios Breakfast Cereal. The Back cuts out to create a Stage and Cardboard Puppets of the Muppets Characters! This Fruity Cheerios Cereal Box Features Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew! With Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube. Pictures Taken February 2014

At the Rankin County Business Expo in Pearl, Mississippi College graduate and professional studies recruiter Mark Davis works the crowd. The event on November 13 took place at the Clyde Muse Center on the Hinds Community College Rankin campus in Pearl.

President Kagame promotes 721 Cadet Officers to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant

President Kagame promotes 721 Cadet Officers to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant

On March 14, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department proudly promoted 45 members to the below listed positions:

Assistant Chief:

Battalion Chief Kristina Kepner

Battalion Chief:

Captain II Luis Aldana

Captain II Monica Hall

Captain II:

Captain I Joseph Angiuli

Captain I Erik Scott

Captain I Michael Coffey

Captain I Dustin Clark

Captain I Kairi Brown

Captain I Todd Cremins

Captain I:

Apparatus Operator Scott Kingsland

Engineer Pedro Jimenez

Firefighter III/Paramedic/EIT Robert Barna

Firefighter III Fernando Pattison

Firefighter III Brian Harris

Apparatus Operator Travis Humpherys

Engineer Kenneth Williams

Engineer Jared Kearns

Firefighter III/Paramedic Amy Bastman

Firefighter III/Paramedic Erik Williams

Firefighter III Kevin Easton

Firefighter III/Paramedic Cathleen Gilbert

Firefighter III/EIT Jeffrey Sambar

Apparatus Operator Raul Cabrera

Firefighter III Michael Nelson, II

Firefighter III/EIT Carlos Mejia

Apparatus Operator Louis Polanco

Engineer Andrew Balandis

Apparatus Operator Alex Garcia

Apparatus Operator:

Firefighter III/Paramedic Alex Barcelona

Firefighter III Kent Gladinus

Firefighter III Graham Mileham

Firefighter III/Paramedic Michael Henderson

Engineer:

Firefighter III Patrick Perez

Firefighter III Kongrit Tiengerd

Firefighter III Engel Luistro

Firefighter III Mark Zizi

Firefighter III Carlos Limon

Firefighter III/Paramedic Jefferson Pytell

Firefighter III Makar Pashabezyan

Firefighter III/Paramedic Michael Miller

Firefighter III/Paramedic Jarrett Barton

Firefighter III/Paramedic Michael Correy

Firefighter III/Paramedic Nicholas Durepo

Inspector I:

Engineer Chi Lam

Firefighter III/Paramedic Henry Medina

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This is a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon which was held on Saturday 29th August 2015 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 12:00. This is the third year of the event. The race is organised and promoted by Tullamore Harriers AC. The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter Tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course. 2013 seen the first year of the event as the club commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs.

The race was perfectly organised. The weather was good for racing but there was a very strong headwind for the first 6 miles of the race which made the conditions difficult. The weather was dry and warm except for the torrential downpour at around 1:45pm which cleared the whole finish area of spectators and runners. There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each. In total almost 700 participants took part. This was higher than the 568 participants who completed the race which is almost 150 more than the 2013 event.

We have a large set of photographs from today's race at the start and the finish until the 2-00 finish time. They are available on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157655560294853

Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2855

Our photographs from the 2014 Half Marathon on Flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/

Our photographs from the 2013 Half Marathon on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/

Half Marathon Route on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/ie/tullamore-l/half-marathon-tullamore-r...

2014 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2136

2013 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1448

Tullamore Harriers on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tullamore.harriers?fref=ts

As mentioned above this race half marathon started in 2013 and celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". The Quinlan Cup which will be awarded to the winning club team. For more than 40 years the Harriers Quinlan Cup was the most prestigious event on the road racing calendar. Having started as a cross-country race back in 1957, it became a road race in 1967 and remained so until 2000 when the race was last held. During its reign as a blue-ribband event the Quinlan Cup was won by the likes of John Treacy and Eamonn Coughlan.

Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.

USING OUR PHOTOGRAPHS - A QUICK GUIDE AND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS

Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?

Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.

BUT..... Wait there a minute....

We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.

This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?

You can download this photographic image here directly to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. Have a look for a down-arrow symbol or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.

I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?

If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.

Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.

In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.

I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?

Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.

Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs

We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?

The explaination is very simple.

Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.

ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.

Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?

As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:

     ►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera

     ►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set

     ►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone

     ►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!

You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.

Don't like your photograph here?

That's OK! We understand!

If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.

I want to tell people about these great photographs!

Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets

These 6 position players from the 2017 AA Binghamton Rumble Ponies have all been promoted to the 2018 AAA Las Vegas 51s.

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire Department is proud to honor the achievements of seventy LAFD uniformed and civilian members who have successfully completed the demanding process of promoting in rank or status within the Department.

Expressing her pride in their accomplishments, City of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley oversaw a formal promotion ceremony at the LAFD Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

Individually honored at the event were:

Deputy Chief:

Jason Hing

Jaime Moore

Battalion Chief:

Shin Black

Matthew Conroy

Benjamin Culp

Donald Dillenberger

Aaron Guggenheim

Sloane Joseph

Adam Knabe

Damon Leach

Kyle Rausch

Thomas Raymond

Eric Roberts

Arturo Tarango

Shawn Tukua

Brian Wall

Captain II:

Amy Bastman

David Dunivan

Leon Dunn

Dustin Gates

Brian Harris

Milton Johnson

Wonmeen Jun

Craig Kuykendall

Ronald Landers

Ruben Lopez

John Marasco

Eric Matillo

Jeffrey Sambar

Roberto Sanchez

John Smith III

Nathan Sweet

Edward Tumbleson

Jennifer Wilcox

Jesse Wong

Captain I:

George Anderson Jr.

Abel Avalos

Daniel Balzano

Henry Chavez

Joseph Cunningham

Christopher Klimpel

Mark Perine

Anthony Randolph

Justin Randolph

James Sharlein

Casey Stevens

Christopher Swailes

Robert Villa

Fire Helicopter Pilot III:

Cherif Amin

Anthony V. Cecola

David Habib III

Jonith Johnson Jr.

Joel A. Smith

Fire Helicopter Pilot I:

Kyle Brantner

Scott Keelin

Alexander Kriewall

Paramedics:

Jacob Anderson

Steven Bui

Marc Correy

Kevin Lumada

Christopher Vu

Civilians:

Rebecca M. Alvarado (Executive Administrative Assistant II)

Alina Bieschke (Hazardous Materials Specialist)

Mariano Bucag (Senior Management Analyst I)

Nicole Castro (Management Analyst)

Jennifer Corona (Senior Management Analyst I)

Vidal Garcia (Fire Protection Engineer Associate IV)

Minh Le (Hazardous Materials Supervisor)

Deanna Minatiskan-Vargas (Senior Administrative Clerk)

Aleta-Jean Orozco (Secretary)

Photo Use Permitted via Creative Commons - Credit: LAFD Photo | Gary Apodaca

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promoting his new series Mind Games

20 November 2018, Kitale, Kenya - Workers at Victorian Foods Fish Factory clean frozen Nile Perch fish from Lake Turkana as part of the process to obtain Nile Perch products produced, transported and distributed by Kitale based Kenyan company Victorian Foods. Victoria Foods employs more than 300 locals to fish the perch, which is then filleted and transported through cold storage to Kitale, where it is processed and shipped around the

country and abroad.

Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Luis Tato. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO.

Portable toilets in the Foro Lindbergh, Mexico City.

Staff of the Vienna-based organisations helping to promote the Sustainable Development Goals at the Vienna International Centre. Vienna, Austria. 12 May 2017

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Promoting the MCS Drama Group and "If You’re Glad, I’ll Be Frank" By Tom Stoppard at the Edinburgh Fringe.

This photograph was made at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2013.

The performers and their associates work very hard and put on a great show! Their work deserves the very best backing and support.

This image appears in the Edinburgh Style pool.

This is a photograph from the 3rd round of the 2017 Pat Finnerty Memorial 5KM Road League which was held in Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 17th May 2017 at 20:00. The Road League is promoted and organised by Mulligar Harriers Athletic Club and sponsored by local sponsors including O'Brien's Renault dealership. This is a very well established as an annual event which takes place on every Wednesday night in the month of May. Following on from the great weather from last week's race this evening's racing seen a more changeable evening. There were some heavy showers earlier in the dead and the sky showed the possibility of rain. There was a strong headwind facing the runners in the first kilometer of the race. As this was the third out of four races in the league there were slightly less participants tonight. Just under 200 participants took part in the race which runs a traffic free course over a mix of road and hilly forest trail.

Timing and event management was provided by http://www.myrunresults.com/. Their website will contain the results to today's race.

The full set of photographs is available at: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157683845935536

Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?

Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.

BUT..... Wait there a minute....

We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.

This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?

You can download this photographic image here directly to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. Have a look for a down-arrow symbol or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.

I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?

If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.

Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.

In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.

I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?

Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.

Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs

We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?

The explaination is very simple.

Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.

ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.

Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?

As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:

     ►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera

     ►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set

     ►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone

     ►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!

You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.

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LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire Department is proud to honor the achievements of seventy LAFD uniformed and civilian members who have successfully completed the demanding process of promoting in rank or status within the Department.

Expressing her pride in their accomplishments, City of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley oversaw a formal promotion ceremony at the LAFD Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

Individually honored at the event were:

Deputy Chief:

Jason Hing

Jaime Moore

Battalion Chief:

Shin Black

Matthew Conroy

Benjamin Culp

Donald Dillenberger

Aaron Guggenheim

Sloane Joseph

Adam Knabe

Damon Leach

Kyle Rausch

Thomas Raymond

Eric Roberts

Arturo Tarango

Shawn Tukua

Brian Wall

Captain II:

Amy Bastman

David Dunivan

Leon Dunn

Dustin Gates

Brian Harris

Milton Johnson

Wonmeen Jun

Craig Kuykendall

Ronald Landers

Ruben Lopez

John Marasco

Eric Matillo

Jeffrey Sambar

Roberto Sanchez

John Smith III

Nathan Sweet

Edward Tumbleson

Jennifer Wilcox

Jesse Wong

Captain I:

George Anderson Jr.

Abel Avalos

Daniel Balzano

Henry Chavez

Joseph Cunningham

Christopher Klimpel

Mark Perine

Anthony Randolph

Justin Randolph

James Sharlein

Casey Stevens

Christopher Swailes

Robert Villa

Fire Helicopter Pilot III:

Cherif Amin

Anthony V. Cecola

David Habib III

Jonith Johnson Jr.

Joel A. Smith

Fire Helicopter Pilot I:

Kyle Brantner

Scott Keelin

Alexander Kriewall

Paramedics:

Jacob Anderson

Steven Bui

Marc Correy

Kevin Lumada

Christopher Vu

Civilians:

Rebecca M. Alvarado (Executive Administrative Assistant II)

Alina Bieschke (Hazardous Materials Specialist)

Mariano Bucag (Senior Management Analyst I)

Nicole Castro (Management Analyst)

Jennifer Corona (Senior Management Analyst I)

Vidal Garcia (Fire Protection Engineer Associate IV)

Minh Le (Hazardous Materials Supervisor)

Deanna Minatiskan-Vargas (Senior Administrative Clerk)

Aleta-Jean Orozco (Secretary)

Photo Use Permitted via Creative Commons - Credit: LAFD Photo | Gary Apodaca

LAFD Event: 040123 - Promotional Ceremony

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This is a photograph from the 6th annual running of the Meath Spring Half Marathon and 10KM Road Races and Fun Runs which were promoted and hosted by Bohermeen Athletic Club at Bohermeen, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 12th of March 2017 at 11:00. The half marathon consists of a 11KM and 10KM repeated loop around the roads of Bohermeen and Oristown. The 10KM race just completes the 2nd part of the half marathon. The finish line is on the running track within Bohermeen Community Center. The course is a fast fair course with a few small hills. Last year the course was 'reversed' which just meant that the traditional course changed to accomodate the large number of participants and the narrow country roads on which both the race participants and race traffic must both share before, during and after the race. Most runners agreed that this made the course much faster as a result. There was almost a total of 1,000 participants in both races.

The other great variable in road racing - the weather - was dry, clear but rather windy. At several parts of the course there was a stiff headwind which made these sections that bit more difficult. Temperatures were around a seasonal 10C for this time in March in Ireland.

Bohermeen AC is steeped in Irish athletics history since 1927 and it is this experience and exceptional community spirit and volunteering which has made this event today so successful. Having now organised the event for six years running it is certain that the event will continue to grow and expand become one of the mainstays on the Irish athletic club road racing calendar for many years to come.

This race takes place about one month after the Bewley's 10 Mile Road Race in Trim (just down the road from Bohermeen). Indeed these races truly kick-start the whole road racing season of fixtures amongst the clubs in Meath who are now famous for the quality and standard of the road races staged and organised.

The race is supported by substantial local sponsorship from businesses in the local area. McNally Logistics and Transportation are the main sponsors of this year's event. The company specialises in national and international haulage.

Timing and event management was provided by http://www.myrunresults.com/. Their website is here [www.myrunresults.com/] and will contain the results to today's race.

Some useful Internet links related to the race

MapMyRun GPS Trace of the Route in 2016: www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/988503627

Google Streetview of the Race Start: goo.gl/maps/rtj1X

Google Streetview of the Race Finish and Race Headquarters: goo.gl/maps/qVttR

Photographs from previous events

Our Flickr Photograph set from the 4th Spring Marathon 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157665850980555

Our Flickr Photograph set from the 4th Spring Marathon 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157648897769373

Our Flickr Photograph set from the 3rd Spring Marathon 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157641717197563

Our Flickr Photograph set from the 2nd Spring Marathon 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632906920970/

Our Flickr set from the 1st Spring Marathon (2012) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157629146137284/

Photographs from the 2013 event from our friend Paul Reilly [pjrphotography.zenfolio.com/p670974697]

USING OUR PHOTOGRAPHS - A QUICK GUIDE AND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS

Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?

Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.

BUT..... Wait there a minute....

We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.

This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

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Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.

In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.

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Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.

Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs

We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?

The explaination is very simple.

Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.

ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.

Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?

As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:

     ►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera

     ►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set

     ►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone

     ►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!

You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.

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Staff of the Vienna-based organisations helping to promote the Sustainable Development Goals at the Vienna International Centre. Vienna, Austria. 12 May 2017

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Fort Buchanan, PR- With the intent of promoting the balance , morale and wellbeing among its workforce, families and the military community across the island, the US Army Reserve-Puerto Rico (1st Mission Support Command) celebrated a Sports Festival and a 5k run, 19 Nov at Fort Buchanan.

The event was funded with the Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) monetary award that the 1st MSC received last year.

The Sports Festival included many activities for the family, such as an obstacle course, Gotcha paintball, water slide, rock climbing wall and others events.

“We really appreciate not only the participation of the 1st MSC soldiers, but also the participation of the whole military community. I hope you enjoyed this event,” said Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernández, commander of the US Army Reserve-Puerto Rico, 1st Mission Support Command.

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Angel Rios, from Carolina, PR, came with his family to participate in the event.

“This type of activities is very important for the military community. It maintains the family balanced and the good relations among soldiers,” said Rios who was accompanied by his wife and two children.

As part of the benefits of participating in the event, the command distributed promotional items to all registered participants. A gym bag, an aluminum water bottle, a hat and shirts were part of the coveted articles received by the participants.

The main event of the day was the 5k run, which started at 4:30 p.m.

The overall winner of the race, with 18 minutes, 31 seconds, was Dennis Rodriguez, a University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo campus, student, who is the son of Orlando Rodriguez, a federal employee.

“This is the first time I participate in this type of event at Fort Buchanan, but I really enjoyed the race. I tried to run fast from the beginning, until I found my place in the group. Fortunately, I was able to maintain my pace the whole time,” said Rodriguez.

The overall winner for the female category was Sgt. 1st Class Saby Calo, 1st MSC Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, with 23 minutes and 59 seconds.

“It was challenging because there was another female that I thought was going to pass me. But I liked it very much. I think this race should happen again next year,” said Calo.

Sgt. 1st Class Sammy Santiago, assigned to the 268th Transportation Company, was the first 1st MSC male service member crossing the finish line.

“This was a very good run. I found the last 800 meters to be more challenging because there was a hill. But other than that, I feel happy to be able to make a good representation of the 1st MSC”, said Santiago who has been mobilized twice to Iraq.

“This is a great event because I had the opportunity of bringing my children and creating great family bonding,” said Santiago.

There were many service members, families and members of the military community who participated in the day’s events.

There were over 160 participants registered in the race, with several male and female categories.

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promoting her new movie "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island"

The Mt. Carmel Monastery is a historic house located at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-part frame house, the main block of which was built about 1790 and restored in 1936-37, and consists of a two-story structure with a moderately pitched gable roof. The entire house, devoid of any extraneous ornamentation, reflects the austerity of the life of the Carmelite nuns who are believed to have used this house as their residence. The monastery was founded on October 15, 1790, by four Belgian Carmelite nuns, three of them former natives of Charles County. In 1831 the nuns then in residence were ordered to transfer the convent to Baltimore, Maryland, and this property was abandoned. In 1933 an organization called the Restorers of Mt. Carmel in Maryland, formed to aid in the restoration of the site.

The monastery is still the active home of the discalced (shoeless) Carmelite Nuns of the Carmel of Port Tobacco. The Carmelite life is a call to prayer, tempered with hard work and shared community. As there is a great need in the Church for both Marys and Marthas, the Carmelite is called to be that Mary--serving the Church by prayerfully sitting at the feet of our Lord. She is the intercessor in an age that cries out for intercession.

The public is invited to visit the monastery. The grounds and the church are open to all. Mass is held daily at 7:15 a.m. in the red brick church. There is also a gift shop that is filled with religious and informational items as well as objects that are hand-crafted by several of the nuns. The nuns rely solely on the generosity of the public for their survival. The gift shop is one source of revenue for them. The shop is often not staffed and works on the honor system. So, be sure to bring plenty of small bills or you can also write a personal check.

The nuns spend most of their day sequestered so that they can tend to their primary mission of prayer and intercession. They are happy to receive prayer requests. When visiting the Monastery, you may leave items or communications for the nuns via a turnstile that is located inside the building.

The Mt. Carmel Monastery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Chairman Lobna Mohamed Helal, Deputy Governor, Central Bank, Egypt, Inspirational speaker Ayman Cheick-Lahlou, CEO, Cooper Pharma and Moderator Manal Wardé, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, Middle East and North Africa, Oxfam speak during the Innovation Lab 1 during the IMF conference Opportunity for All: Promoting Growth, Jobs, and Inclusiveness in the Arab World on Monday, January 29 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Ryan Rayburn/IMF Photo

AM I PAYING TO BE PROMOTED?

No. You are paying for the seminars, and while I strongly encourage everyone to be present for the seminars, it is not required. You may show up for the second half only. But, again, I strongly encourage everyone to be present for the seminars. It helps us with organization, expresses to the instructors that you are interested in learning, and fosters a team oriented environment.

WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS FOR BEING PROMOTED?

Under the Capital flag you must demonstrate the 3 Ts: time on the mat, toughness and technique. Visualize a triangle, where technique is on top. On the bottom are time and toughness. Those who are very tough might have the time requirement reduced (but not below the minimum). Those with a great deal of time might have the toughness requirement reduced. Also, other variables may be taken into consideration. For example, one of our newest members is beginning his Jiu-Jitsu journey at 70 years young! Modifications will be made to ensure his journey is both challenge and rewarding!

WHAT ARE THE TIME REQUIREMENTS?

A blue belt takes an average of 1.5 years. A purple belt takes an average of 5 years. A brown belt takes an average of 7 years. A black belt takes an average of 10+ years. Most of the practitioners who tested for black belt had between 12 and 17 years of experience, and the pass rate was about 50%.

WHO MAKES THE DECISION FOR ADVANCEMENT?

Three instructors, including at least one black belt, must approve any promotion.

WHY DOES THE FORMAT KEEP CHANGING?

It’s been consistent for the last two years. However, we do expect that slight changes will be made as time goes on. We always seek feedback from students, peers and our instructors to make things better. The current format is: seminars (optional), sparring, promotions, gauntlet (optional), and group picture.

ETIQUETTE

At promotions events every practitioner should wear a laundered Capital branded white training kimono. This is the equivalent of wearing formal attire for a special occasion, like a wedding. Also, it is extremely impolite to ask an instructor about being promoted.

WHAT DOES THE NAVY BLUE BAR MEAN?

Royce Gracie and the Valente Brothers wanted to honor Helio Gracie’s life and legacy by wearing the navy blue belt that Helio wore. Going forward they are asking representatives to wear the navy bar (excluding white belts and new black belts). For more information about Grandmaster Helio Gracie’s decision to wear the navy belt visit: graciekentucky.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-did-grandmaster-h...

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR PUTTING A NAVY BAR ON MY BELT?

The easiest thing to do is purchase athletic tape: www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&...

I BELIEVE YOU MADE AN ERROR REGARDING MEMBER X, BY PROMOTING/NOT PROMOTING HIM….

Think about a Jiu-Jitsu competition. Is it possible, from time to time, for the referee to make an error? Of course! It is also possible for the decision makers at our semiannual gatherings to make errors. However, as practitioners progress, more scrutiny is applied to their rank, and ultimately 40 - 60 black belts will test them. At that time practitioners must demonstrate the complete stand-up self-defense curriculum, striking, clinching, grappling and philosophy (the 753 Code).

I caution those who dwell on the rank progress of others, especially as it compares to their own. Instead I encourage you to apply your vigilance to your own journey in the gentile art.

DO I NEED TO BE AT THE PROMOTIONS EVENT?

To be promoted to the next color belt, yes. Technically, to be promoted with stripes on the purple and brown belt, also yes. However, we needed to honor time constraints at Saturday's event, and stripes for deserving practitioners will be awarded this week and in January.

IS THE GAUNTLET HAZING?

What is the difference between a healthy ritual and hazing? What in fact is hazing? According to Wikipedia: "Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.” Does the gauntlet qualify?

Couldn’t we define the gauntlet as a rite of passage? Google defines a rite of passage as, "a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone's life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death.” While I don’t know of any peer reviewed research articles, the overwhelming consensus is that there are tremendous psychological benefits to being included in a rite of passage.

There’s also acknowledging that our ritual is far less dangerous than the activities which led to it. Whether it’s the rigorous exercise, intense sparring rounds, competitions or the black belt test. In fact, Professor Pedro Valente noted that we are training to be effective in a proven fighting system. To take a hit is not only to be initiated, it's an essential component of our training.

I am not familiar with many of the reasons why people haze, and personally, I have never been involved in a hazing ritual. The gauntlet is our rite of passage; a tradition handed down to us by our elders. I am opposed to taking away or intensifying the gauntlet tradition. Our tradition is about the student, and I don’t believe that practitioners at Capital MMA experience some perverse pleasure in seeing people suffer. Rather, we are celebrating with the newly inducted.

I believe that the gauntlet tradition should only be carried on in the presence of the black belt instructors, exclusively at our semiannual promotions events. Also, it is our charge as black belts to educate junior members of our tradition, and how we conduct ourselves during the rite of passage. Injury, abuse and humiliation are never our objectives.

Finally, this tradition is, and always will be, optional. However, our requirements for being promoted are not. The rigor, intensity, and sacrifice experienced by senior practitioners is significant.

On 6 August, 2015 the LAFD promoted 63 members, celebrating their achievement with their family and friends present. The promotions were as follows:

6 Fire Captain I to Fire Captain II

26 Firefighters/Engineers to Fire Captain I

9 Firefighters to Engineer

8 Firefighters to Fire Inspector

14 Firefighters to Firefighter/Paramedic.

Congratulations to all for your hard work!

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Parents celebrating her successes in Middle School and promoting to high school.

To promote employability and entrepreneurship among Papuan youths in Bintuni Bay Area of West Papua, the ILO and BP, one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies, has developed a public-private partnership. The aim of this partnership is to strengthen and enhance business management and development of three companies facilitated and established by BP in Bintuni area.

Under the internship programme, six university students are sent to West Papua to provide assistance and build the management system in industrial engineering, human resources, marketing communications, accounting and business legal. Meanwhile, a total of 12 young Papuan technicians are sent to Jakarta to join the air conditioning service skills training.

For further information about the ILO activities in Indonesia, please visit: www.ilo.org/jakarta

Copyright: ILO/G. Lingga (2017)

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

Promoting Argntina

Allan Bell, Minister for the Treasurry, Isle of Man. Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director, Transparency International. Luc Frieden, Minister of Justice, Luxembourg. Moderator: Anthony Gooch, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, OECD. Jean-Daniel Gerber, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Switzerland. Jeffrey Owens, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD.

Guy Ryder, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation.

OECD Forum, 24 June 2009.

www.oecd.org/forum2009

© OECD

Sudan. Khartoum. An elderly women learning to walk again at the ICRC-supported government limb-fitting centre, which also trains prosthetic/orthotic technicians.

Anti-personnel landmines and other explosive remnants of war strike blindly and senselessly, and the victims are usually civilians. Landmine injuries can be particularly devastating for women; given that they are more likely to be valued for their physical appearance and ability to perform domestic tasks, they may be deemed unmarriageable, or their husbands may desert them.

© ICRC / B. Heger/V-P-SD-E-01619 / www.icrc.org

Intercultural artisans fair during the International Roma Day in Tirinia, Albania

Read more about Roma in Europe and Central Asia: europeandcis.undp.org/ourwork/roma

Designer: Zhang Jingzhong (張景中)

1959, November

Promote the industrialisation of the commune; Realise mechanisation in agriculture

Cujin gongshe gongyehua; shixian nongye jixuehua (促进公社工业化；实现农业机械化)

Call nr.: BG E50/27 (IISH collection)

More? See: chineseposters.net

Staff of the Vienna-based organisations helping to promote the Sustainable Development Goals at the Vienna International Centre. Vienna, Austria. 12 May 2017

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Photo copyleft by Frederick FN Noronha. Creative Commons 3.0, attribution, non-commercial. May be copied for non-commercial purposes. For commercial purposes, contact fn at goa-india dot org.

Takeshita Street (竹下通り Takeshita-dōri?) is a pedestrian-only street lined with fashion boutiques, cafes and restaurants in Harajuku in Tokyo, Japan. Stores on Takeshita Street include major chains such as The Body Shop, but most of the businesses are small independent shops that carry an array of styles. The shops on this street are often a bellwether for broader fads, and some are known as "antenna shops," which manufacturers seed with prototypes for test-marketing.

Takeshita Street was a reliable place to go and purchase fake Japanese and American street brand goods from the early 1990s to 2004. Since 2004, a stronger metropolitan government stance on counterfeit merchandise has led to a decrease of such items being available to the public.

Located directly across from the exit of JR Harajuku Station, Takeshita Street is very popular with young teenagers, particularly those visiting Tokyo on school trips, or local young people shopping for small "cute" goods at weekends.

Harajuku is known for the patrons that visit the area every Sunday. Every Sunday, many young people dress in a variety of styles that include gothic lolita, visual kei, and cosplay, among others and spend the day in Harajuku socializing. The fashion styles of these young people frequently vary and are rarely conformist to one particular style and are usually a mesh of many. Most young people gather on Jingu Bridge, which is a pedestrian bridge that connects Harajuku to the neighboring Meiji Shrine Area. [1] However, Harajuku is not just known for its Sunday visitors. It is also a well-respected fashion capital of the world renowned for its unique street fashion.[2] Harajuku street style is promoted in Japanese and international publications such as Kera, Tune, Gothic & Lolita Bible and Fruits. Many prominent designers and fashion ideals have sprung from Harajuku and incorporated themselves in to other fashions throughout the world. Harajuku is also a vast shopping district that includes luxury western designers like Louis Vuitton, Harajuku native designers, and affordable shops catered to youths.

Since 1942 Mental Health America of Hawaii (MHA- Hawaii) has been Hawaii’s leading mental health education and advocacy organization.

MHA-Hawaii has promoted mental wellness, reduced stigma, prevented the problems associated with mental illness and improved the care of people with mental health challenges.

Congratulations to the 2014 Awardees

OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY LEADER- Pua Kaninau-Santos’

Pua’s son died by suicide in 2003 when he was 18. Since then, she has worked tirelessly with the State Department of Health to develop suicide prevention programs and to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide.

OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT LEADER- Lesley Slavin

Lesley has been a state leader in working with girls who have experienced trauma and helping youth who “fall through the cracks” because they have both developmental disabilities and mental health challenges. She is Chief Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division, Department of Health.

OUTSTANDING BUSINESS LEADER- Times Supermarket

Times Supermarket has taken leadership in hiring people with severe mental illness as “Courtesy Clerks” at several of their stores, thus giving these individuals an opportunity to gain the hope and self-confidence that are so vital to their recovery.

OUTSTANDING CONSUMER ADVOCATE- Scott Wall

Scott has bipolar disorder; he has been hospitalized innumerable times and lived in homeless shelters for extensive periods. For the past five years, Scott has been an articulate advocate at the legislature to improve services to people with mental illness or housing problems.

OUTSTANDING YOUTH CONSUMER ADVOCATE- Krystalynn Kado

Krystalynn has struggled with bullying, depression and self-harm and has had to cope with the tragic suicide of a close family member. She now is a model for others by speaking out about her own experiences. She currently works in the PACT Hana Like Home Visiting Program.

OUTSTANDING FAMILY ADVOCATES- Kawika and Laurie Kahiapo

Kawika and Laurie are models and leaders in the autism movement. In facing and overcoming the hurdles of raising a child on the autism spectrum who is now 23 years old, they have forged a path to increase understanding, education and resources for families.

Source: livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/11849

Academic staff of three Schools of the University have been working together to assist

a Hunter Valley school in its efforts to establish a 'Health Promoting School'.

The Schools of Health, Medicine and Education have been working co-operatively to help Kurri Kurri Public School develop approaches to creating a greater awareness of health issues, particularly of heart health through an innovative curriculum for Year 6 school students.

The initiative is in response to parent requests for health education programs to be conducted in conjunction with the curriculum and are to be linked with the school canteen in an effort to provide healthier food choices. Local community groups are offering their support of the program. A $500 donation for development has been provided by the Alcan Aluminium Smelter.

The program was launched recently by the Mayor of Cessnock, Alderman Maree Callaghan. Support for the program was provided by the University's Department of Health and Physical Education. Students John Russell, a member of the Newcastle

Breakers Soccer Team; Jane Nixon, under 21 Hockey Representative and Mark Curry, Australian Country Cricket Representative, provided examples of games which are fun to play and which form a basis for a healthy lifestyle.

The program is currently being evaluated, with pre-testing underway at Kurri Kurri public School. A control is being conducted at Telarah Public School. The Department of Health and Physical Education is coordinating the health related fitness testing which is being supervised by lecturer, Dr Ashley Woodcock. Student attitudes to health and their self-reported behaviours are being measured by a questionnaire developed by Dr Ron Plotnikoff from the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the School of Medicine. Gains in knowledge are being monitored by Mr Phil Williams from the Department of Holistic Health. Phil, who is co-ordinating the University involvement, says that community involvement in the program is high. He says that the Coalfields Healthy Heartbeat Project and the Newcastle Branch of the Heart Foundation are working together to provide a range of programs which have been requested by parenrts of Year 6

students.

"These range from courses which provide skills for selecting and preparing low fat foods, exercise and stop smoking programs," Phil says. "I believe the co-operation and participation by Kurri Kurri Public School, the local community and the University Schools of Health, Medicine and Education is unique. Even though the project is still

in its pilot phase, I anticipate that the ideas and principles generated will be disseminated to other schools in the area: he says.

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To promote employability and entrepreneurship among Papuan youths in Bintuni Bay Area of West Papua, the ILO and BP, one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies, has developed a public-private partnership. The aim of this partnership is to strengthen and enhance business management and development of three companies facilitated and established by BP in Bintuni area.

Under the internship programme, six university students are sent to West Papua to provide assistance and build the management system in industrial engineering, human resources, marketing communications, accounting and business legal. Meanwhile, a total of 12 young Papuan technicians are sent to Jakarta to join the air conditioning service skills training.

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The Los Angeles Fire Department is proud to honor the achievements of five LAFD uniformed members who have successfully completed the demanding process of promoting in rank within the Department.

Expressing her pride in their accomplishments, City of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley oversaw a formal promotion ceremony at the LAFD Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park on Friday, May 12, 2023.

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Assistant Chief Luis Aldana

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Ms. Mari Blanding, 678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, South Carolina National Guard, was promoted by her father, Sgt. Maj. (R) Ernest McKinzie Jr., September 7, 2019, Eastover SC, to Chief Warrant Officer 2. In attendance, her sister, Ms. Jacqueline McKinzie, Daughter Zasha Bennet, husband Staff. Sgt. (P) Walter Blanding, mentor Maj. Samatha Montgomery and Capt. (P) Ashley Young. Congratulations to CW2 Blanding and her promotion!