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Edward Snowden should have been at the European Parliament this week to give his testimony

 

Instead, MEPs failed to support a Green call to protect him as a whistleblower. This display of cowardice sends out a negative message that whistleblowers who expose injustice will not be protected.

 

It's a cop-out, from a desire not to "offend" the US, whose own citizens are equally shocked. And it's made worse by the failure to support calls for a suspension of negotiations on an EU-US trade agreement (TTIP) until the US ceases its mass surveillance of EU citizens.

 

Read more at www.greens-efa.eu/nsa-scandal-ep-inquiry-12026.html

 

See our campaign for protection for Edward Snowden, and respect for our privacy

 

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And the EU-US trade agreement

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Photo in action on NSA scandal/asylum for Snowden.

 

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Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks. Priceless.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus listens as Delta Air Lines Executive Vice President and Chief of Operations John Laughter, foreground, speaks during a meeting to discuss matters of mutual concern in the air travel industry at CBP headquarters in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2022. CBP Photo by Glenn Fawcett

Edward Snowden should have been at the European Parliament this week to give his testimony

 

Instead, MEPs failed to support a Green call to protect him as a whistleblower. This display of cowardice sends out a negative message that whistleblowers who expose injustice will not be protected.

 

It's a cop-out, from a desire not to "offend" the US, whose own citizens are equally shocked. And it's made worse by the failure to support calls for a suspension of negotiations on an EU-US trade agreement (TTIP) until the US ceases its mass surveillance of EU citizens.

 

Read more at www.greens-efa.eu/nsa-scandal-ep-inquiry-12026.html

 

See our campaign for protection for Edward Snowden, and respect for our privacy

 

blamethegame.respect-my-privacy.eu/

#blamethegame

 

And the EU-US trade agreement

ttip2014.eu/

  

Photo in action on NSA scandal/asylum for Snowden.

 

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IMPOSSIBLE Frog-Tongue

The Queen Mary - Long Beach, CA.

 

While we were up on the top deck, the light hit the area we were at and I had to pull out the Spectra to grab the light.

 

Temps were in the mid-70s so getting good color wasn't a problem. I just ejected the film and then put it in an empty PZ680 box inside my backpack to develop.

 

Read more on my blog: bit.ly/140Kd2G

Maternity protection in a garment factory in the Philippines. Maternity protection has been a primary concern of the ILO since its creation in 1919. Workplace support for mothers who are breastfeeding has been a basic provision of maternity protection.

  

The Philippines expanded maternity leave benefits in 2019 to align with international labour standards.

 

The ILO also promoted exclusive breastfeeding in the workplace to advance women’s rights to maternity protection and to improve nutrition security for Filipino children. Know more: www.ilo.org/manila/projects/WCMS_379090/lang--en/index.htm

 

Photo ©ILO / E. Tuyay

December 2011

Cavite, Philippines

 

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.

 

I believe this is one of the most fotographed doors in Cuzco. I did not know this when I took it, but later on I found it in a book about Peru and another one about Cuzco and the Sacred Valley.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection hosts the annualValor Memorial and Wreath Laying Ceremony to honor fallen agents and officers in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2018. The event was attended by Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan and other DHS and CBP leadership and families of the fallen.

Keynote Speaker Joe Sarcinella, Esq, Senior Advisor & Liason for Native American Affairs, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense makes comprehensive remarks at the 2015 National Native American Heritage Month Celebration " Growing Native Leaders: Enhancing our Seven Generations" held at the Commerce Department Auditorium coordinated by Enviromental Protection Agency, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Washington D.C. Photo by James Tourtellotte

Diver checking underwater protection of cable at hydroacoustic station HA08 at the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), U.K.

 

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Recognising that hosting mega sport events may pose risks to children, UNICEF and Save the Dream collaborated to promote integrity, child protection, safety and security in sport. Our Ambassador Alessandro Del Piero visited Rio de Janeiro in the second year of the project.

Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations Honor Guard Team compete during National Police Week in Washington D.C. Photo by James Tourtellotte.

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051315: During Police Week U.S. Customs and Border Protection Honor Guard and Pipe and Drum held a ceremonial performance for CBP families of fallen agents and officers.

Photographer: Donna Burton

River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.

These images were taken during the third full week of July, 2016.

 

We took a trip down to the Harbour area, just to acquaint ourselves with the works here. This is a section of the flood protection scheme that I have pretty much ignored -- it's inconvenient for me to access, and others cover it much better.

 

Moving upriver slightly, to a newly constructed walkway, close to Seapoint Court. Nice work done by the guys from Wills Bros Ltd.

However the cynic in me wonders how long it will be before the local druggies shift locations. Although, perhaps it's a wee bit too exposed for them?

 

In the foreground is the Railway bridge, and in the distance we can see some construction works taking place on the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.

That is the site of the old Bray Golf Club -- hotly contested as a (potentially) poorly considered site for a shopping centre development complex, and still an area of ground that has to act as a flood plain in the event of tidal surges.

 

And in the background, the Irish Rail bridge.

This is Phase 1 of the flood defence works here. Phase 2 is scheduled for May-September 2017.

  

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"The main work items on the project consisted of the construction of a reinforced earth embankment with 11m long "cut-off Sheet pile wall" within this embankment and a 90m long Sheet Piled Retaining wall (15m long sheet piles) which were anchored for stability using 16.0m long anchors inclined at a various angles. This Sheet Piled Retaining wall was then clad with Granite Randon Rubble stone and resulted in an impressive 5.0m high stone wall along the river. A reinforced concrete flood defence wall complete with stone cladding was also constructed as well as erosion protection measures including underpinning and rock armour installation within the river during low tides. The scheme was completed with the construction of a footpath complete with railings and street lighting along the entire length."

(Wills Bros. Ltd).

Contract Value: €1.1m.

 

Swans are ubiquitous to the Bray Harbour area. Year on year, the population grows, eagerly fed by willing visitors to the harbour strand front. It's a mutually-sustaining enterprise.

Bad quality because I take this picture with a phone. Those horse are 4years old and 2months old

canon ae-1 // canon fd 50mm // kodak portra 400

ladysmith maritime society marina, vancouver island, bc

just couldn't help myself - the light and reflections were so great that day - had to take a bunch of shots.

Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately 3 miles (5 kilometres) south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near to the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII.

 

The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 

Foundation

 

After a dispute and riot in 1132 at the Benedictine house of St Mary's Abbey, in York, 13 monks were expelled (among them Saint Robert of Newminster) and, after unsuccessful attempts to form a new monastery were taken under the protection of Thurstan, Archbishop of York. He provided them with land in the valley of the River Skell, a tributary of the Ure. The enclosed valley had all the natural features needed for the creation of a monastery, providing shelter from the weather, stone and timber for building, and a supply of running water. After enduring a harsh winter in 1133, the monks applied to join the Cistercian order which since the end of the previous century was a fast-growing reform movement that by the beginning of the 13th century was to have over 500 houses. So it was that in 1135, Fountains became the second Cistercian house in northern England, after Rievaulx. The Fountains monks became subject to Clairvaux Abbey, in Burgundy which was under the rule of St Bernard. Under the guidance of Geoffrey of Ainai, a monk sent from Clairvaux, the group learned how to celebrate the seven Canonical Hours according to Cistercian usage and were shown how to construct wooden buildings in accordance with Cistercian practice.

 

Consolidation

 

After Henry Murdac was elected abbot in 1143, the small stone church and timber claustral buildings were replaced. Within three years, an aisled nave had been added to the stone church, and the first permanent claustral buildings built in stone and roofed in tile had been completed.

In 1146 an angry mob, annoyed at Murdac for his role in opposing the election of William FitzHerbert as archbishop of York, attacked the abbey and burnt down all but the church and some surrounding buildings.The community recovered swiftly from the attack and founded four daughter houses. Henry Murdac resigned as abbot in 1147 upon becoming the Archbishop of York and was replaced first by Maurice, Abbot of Rievaulx then, on the resignation of Maurice, by Thorald. Thorald was forced by Henry Murdac to resign after two years in office. The next abbot, Richard, held the post until his death in 1170 and restored the abbey's stability and prosperity. In 20 years as abbot, he supervised a huge building programme which involved completing repairs to the damaged church and building more accommodation for the increasing number of recruits. Only the chapter house was completed before he died and the work was ably continued by his successor, Robert of Pipewell, under whose rule the abbey gained a reputation for caring for the needy.

 

The next abbot was William, who presided over the abbey from 1180 to 1190 and he was succeeded by Ralph Haget, who had entered Fountains at the age of 30 as a novice, after pursuing a military career. During the European famine of 1194 Haget ordered the construction of shelters in the vicinity of the abbey and provided daily food rations to the poor enhancing the abbey's reputation for caring for the poor and attracting more grants from wealthy benefactors.

In the first half of the 13th century Fountains increased in reputation and prosperity under the next three abbots, John of York (1203–1211), John of Hessle (1211–1220) and John of Kent (1220–1247). They were burdened with an inordinate amount of administrative duties and increasing demands for money in taxation and levies but managed to complete another massive expansion of the abbey's buildings. This included enlarging the church and building an infirmary.

 

Difficulties

 

In the second half of the 13th century the abbey was in more straitened circumstances. It was presided over by eleven abbots, and became financially unstable largely due to forward selling its wool crop, and the abbey was criticised for its dire material and physical state when it was visited by Archbishop John le Romeyn in 1294. The run of disasters that befell the community continued into the early 14th century when northern England was invaded by the Scots and there were further demands for taxes. The culmination of these misfortunes was the Black Death of 1348–1349. The loss of manpower and income due to the ravages of the plague was almost ruinous.

A further complication arose as a result of the Papal Schism of 1378–1409. Fountains Abbey along with other English Cistercian houses was told to break off any contact with the mother house of Citeaux, which supported a rival pope. This resulted in the abbots forming their own chapter to rule the order in England and consequently they became increasingly involved in internecine politics. In 1410, following the death of Abbot Burley of Fountains, the community was riven by several years of turmoil over the election of his successor. Contending candidates John Ripon, Abbot of Meaux, and Roger Frank, a monk of Fountains were locked in conflict until 1415 when Ripon was finally appointed, ruling until his death in 1434. Under abbots John Greenwell (1442–1471), Thomas Swinton (1471–8), John Darnton (1478–95), who undertook some much needed restoration of the fabric of the abbey, including notable work on the church, and Marmaduke Huby (1495–1526) Fountains regained stability and prosperity.

At Abbot Huby's death he was succeeded by William Thirsk who was accused by the royal commissioners of immorality and inadequacy and was dismissed as abbot. He was replaced by Marmaduke Bradley, a monk of the abbey who had reported Thirsk's supposed offences, testified against him and offered the authorities six hundred marks for the post of abbot. In 1539 it was Bradley who surrendered the abbey when its seizure was ordered under Henry VIII at the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

 

The abbey precinct covered 70 acres (28 ha) surrounded by an 11-foot (3.4 m) wall built in the 13th century, some parts of which are visible to the south and west of the abbey. The area consists of three concentric zones cut by the River Skell flowing from west to east across the site. The church and claustral buildings stand at the centre of the precinct north of the Skell, the inner court containing the domestic buildings stretches down to the river and the outer court housing the industrial and agricultural buildings lies on the river's south bank. The early abbey buildings were added to and altered over time, causing deviations from the strict Cistercian type. Outside the walls were the abbey's granges.[citation needed]

The original abbey church was built of wood and "was probably" two stories high; it was, however, quickly replaced in stone. The church was damaged in the attack on the abbey in 1146 and was rebuilt, in a larger scale, on the same site. Building work was completed c.1170.[11] This structure, completed around 1170, was 300 ft (91 m) long and had 11 bays in the side aisles. A lantern tower was added at the crossing of the church in the late 12th century. The presbytery at the eastern end of the church was much altered in the 13th century. The church's greatly lengthened choir, commenced by Abbot John of York, 1203–11, and carried on by his successor terminates, like that of Durham Cathedral, in an eastern transept, the work of Abbot John of Kent, 1220–47. The 160-foot-tall (49 m) tower, which was added not long before the dissolution, by Abbot Huby, 1494–1526, is in an unusual position at the northern end of the north transept and bears Huby's motto 'Soli Deo Honor et Gloria'. The sacristry adjoined the south transept.

The cloister, which had arcading of black marble from Nidderdale and white sandstone, is in the centre of the precinct and to the south of the church. The three-aisled chapter-house and parlour open from the eastern walk of the cloister and the refectory, with the kitchen and buttery attached, are at right angles to its southern walk. Parallel with the western walk is an immense vaulted substructure serving as cellars and store-rooms, which supported the dormitory of the conversi (lay brothers) above. This building extended across the river and at its south-west corner were the latrines, built above the swiftly flowing stream. The monks' dormitory was in its usual position above the chapter-house, to the south of the transept. Peculiarities of this arrangement include the position of the kitchen, between the refectory and calefactory, and of the infirmary above the river to the west, adjoining the guest-houses.

 

The abbot's house, one of the largest in all of England,is located to the east of the latrine block, where portions of it are suspended on arches over the River Skell.It was built in the mid-twelfth century as a modest single-storey structure, then, from the fourteenth century, underwent extensive expansion and remodelling to end up in the 16th century as a grand dwelling with fine bay windows and grand fireplaces. The great hall was an expansive room 52 by 21 metres (171 by 69 ft).

Among other apartments, for the designation of which see the ground-plan, was a domestic oratory or chapel,

 

1⁄2-by-23-foot (14 by 7 m), and a kitchen, 50-by-38-foot (15 by 12 m)

 

Medieval monasteries were sustained by landed estates that were given to them as endowments and from which they derived an income from rents. They were the gifts of the founder and subsequent patrons, but some were purchased from cash revenues. At the outset, the Cistercian order rejected gifts of mills and rents, churches with tithes and feudal manors as they did not accord with their belief in monastic purity, because they involved contact with laymen. When Archbishop Thurstan founded the abbey he gave the community 260 acres (110 ha) of land at Sutton north of the abbey and 200 acres (81 ha) at Herleshowe to provide support while the abbey became established. In the early years the abbey struggled to maintain itself because further gifts were not forthcoming and Thurstan could not help further because the lands he administered were not his own, but part of the diocesan estate. After a few years of impoverished struggle to establish the abbey, the monks were joined by Hugh, a former dean of York Minster, a rich man who brought a considerable fortune as well as furniture and books to start the library.

By 1135 the monks had acquired only another 260 acres (110 ha) at Cayton, given by Eustace fitzJohn of Knaresborough "for the building of the abbey". Shortly after the fire of 1146, the monks had established granges at Sutton, Cayton, Cowton Moor, Warsill, Dacre and Aldburgh all within 6 mi (10 km) of Fountains. In the 1140s the water mill was built on the abbey site making it possible for the grain from the granges to be brought to the abbey for milling.Tannery waste from this time has been excavated on the site.

Further estates were assembled in two phases, between 1140 and 1160 then 1174 and 1175, from piecemeal acquisitions of land. Some of the lands were grants from benefactors but others were purchased from gifts of money to the abbey. Roger de Mowbray granted vast areas of Nidderdale and William de Percy and his tenants granted substantial estates in Craven which included Malham Moor and the fishery in Malham Tarn. After 1203 the abbots consolidated the abbey's lands by renting out more distant areas that the monks could not easily farm themselves, and exchanging and purchasing lands that complemented their existing estates. Fountains' holdings both in Yorkshire and beyond had reached their maximum extent by 1265, when they were an efficient and very profitable estate. Their estates were linked in a network of individual granges which provided staging posts to the most distant ones. They had urban properties in York, Yarm, Grimsby, Scarborough and Boston from which to conduct export and market trading and their other commercial interests included mining, quarrying, iron-smelting, fishing and milling.

The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was a factor that led to a downturn in the prosperity of the abbey in the early fourteenth century. Areas of the north of England as far south as York were looted by the Scots. Then the number of lay-brothers being recruited to the order reduced considerably. The abbey chose to take advantage of the relaxation of the edict on leasing property that had been enacted by the General Chapter of the order in 1208 and leased some of their properties. Others were staffed by hired labour and remained in hand under the supervision of bailiffs. In 1535 Fountains had an interest in 138 vills and the total taxable income of the Fountains estate was £1,115, making it the richest Cistercian monastery in England.

After the Dissolution

 

The Gresham family crest

The Abbey buildings and over 500 acres (200 ha) of land were sold by the Crown, on 1 October 1540, to Sir Richard Gresham, at the time a Member of Parliament and former Lord Mayor of London, the father of Sir Thomas Gresham. It was Richard Gresham who had supplied Cardinal Wolsey with the tapestries for his new house of Hampton Court and who paid for the Cardinal's funeral.

Gresham sold some of the fabric of the site, stone, timber, lead, as building materials to help to defray the cost of purchase. The site was acquired in 1597 by Sir Stephen Proctor, who used stone from the monastic complex to build Fountains Hall. Between 1627 and 1767 the estate was owned by the Messenger family who sold it to William Aislaby who was responsible for combining it with the Studley Royal Estate.

 

Burials

 

Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray

John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray

Abbot Marmaduke Huby (d. 1526)

Rose (daughter of Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester), wife of Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray

Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy

William II de Percy, 3rd feudal baron of Topcliffe

Becoming a World Heritage Site

The archaeological excavation of the site was begun under the supervision of John Richard Walbran, a Ripon antiquary who, in 1846, had published a paper On the Necessity of clearing out the Conventual Church of Fountains.In 1966 the Abbey was placed in the guardianship of the Department of the Environment and the estate was purchased by the West Riding County Council who transferred ownership to the North Yorkshire County Council in 1974. The National Trust bought the 674-acre (273 ha) Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal estate from North Yorkshire County Council in 1983. In 1986 the parkland in which the abbey is situated and the abbey was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It was recognised for fulfilling the criteria of being a masterpiece of human creative genius, and an outstanding example of a type of building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates significant stages in human history. Fountains Abbey is owned by the National Trust and maintained by English Heritage. The trust owns Studley Royal Park, Fountains Hall, to which there is partial public access, and St Mary's Church, designed by William Burges and built around 1873, all of which are significant features of the World Heritage Site.

The Porter's Lodge, which was once the gatehouse to the abbey, houses a modern exhibition area with displays about the history of Fountains Abbey and how the monks lived.

In January 2010, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal became two of the first National Trust properties to be included in Google Street View, using the Google Trike.

 

Film location

 

Fountains Abbey was used as a film location by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark for their single "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" during the cold winter of December 1981. In 1980, Hollywood also came to the site to film the final scenes to the film Omen III: The Final Conflict.Other productions filmed on location at the abbey are the films Life at the Top, The Secret Garden, The History Boys, TV series Flambards, A History of Britain, Terry Jones' Medieval Lives, Cathedral, Antiques Roadshow and the game show Treasure Hunt. The BBC Television series 'Gunpowder' (2017) used Fountains Abbey as a location.

ANPPCAN - the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect - is one of Africa's oldest and largest nonprofit organisations. Based in Kenya, with projects in 23 African countries, ANPPCAN has been honoured by the African Union as a key champion for the rights and protection of children. Please visit www.anppcan.org to learn more about our vision and work.

  

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Commissioner Kevin McAleenan provided remarks at the National Maritime Day Observance ceremony in Washington, D.C. on may 22, 2018. The theme of the ceremony is Maritime Voices! Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

 

Photogrpaher: Donna Burton

Photograph taken on a bitterly cold evening outside the loco shed at Loughborough. On the left 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the right visiting from the NYMR Q6 63395 take advantage of a little warmth from the brazier.

  

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A couple of bison cows walk along side and guide their calves in early spring.

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During a visit to the Family Protection Dept where she emphasized the need to safeguard the security and well being of the family underlining that any violation of the dignity of its members would be a breach of basic human rights.

Amman, Jordan / December 8, 2004

 

خلال زيارة الى ادارة حماية الاسرة بمناسبة اليوم العالمي لحقوق الانسان حيث أكدت جلالتها على أهمية توفير مناخ الأمن والاحترام لأفراد الأسرة وحمايتها، باعتبار أن أي انتهاك لكرامة أفرادها هو اختراق لمبادئ حقوق الإنسان.

عمان، الاردن / 8 كانون الأول 2004

 

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Original Caption: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company's Fairbanks Pipeyard, with More Than 200 Miles of 48-Inch Pipe. Most Lengths Are 50-To 60-Feet near 445 08/1973

 

U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-8067

 

Photographer: Cowals, Dennis, 1945-

 

Subjects:

Fairbanks (Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States) inhabited place

Environmental Protection Agency

Project DOCUMERICA

 

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(Wilson, Michigan) – A native plants restoration and pollinator protection workshop in July 2012 was held at the Hannahville Indian Community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and attended by the representatives of five Michigan and Wisconsin Native American communities.

 

At the end of the workshop, students from the Hannahville Indian School (Nah Tah Wahsh PSA) enjoyed planting saplings including apple trees on April 12, 2012 at the Hannahville Indian Community nation.

 

The planting and a workshop are part of the U.S. Forest Service-funded Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project.

 

With smiles on their faces and dirt on their hands, the students had fun planting the apple tree and cedar tree saplings.

  

Kinomaagewin-Aki: Teachings from the Earth

Videos about the workshop that include the children can be found at:

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

www.WingsAndSeeds.org

 

During the Hannahville workshop, a northern Michigan Native American elder said he believes something is amiss in nature and encouraged tribal communities to join with non-tribal partners for pollinator protection and the restoration of native plants.

 

A crisis is imminent.

 

Honeybees and native pollinators such as bumblebees are declining at alarming rates as the native plants that sustain them are decreasing due to habitat loss via non-native invasive plants.

 

“It is your responsibility – as well as ours – to be tenders of the garden,” said Earl Meshigaud, Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community Tribal Council Member and Culture Department Director. “That’s what we were put here for – to take care of God’s Creation.”

 

The workshop and other related projects like a tribal greenhouse are examples of Native American tribes and the U.S. Forest Service working together to restore native plants and protect pollinators.

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The workshop was entitled:

Kinomaagewin-Aki

Teachings from the Earth

 

A Native Plants Restoration and Pollinator Protection Workshop – For Native American Tribal Communities in Northern Michigan

 

Insights into traditional Native cultural teachings, medicinal plants and challenges facing native plants restoration efforts in Indian country

 

An overview of native plant restoration and pollinator protection efforts among Native American tribal communities

 

Perspectives from the U.S. Forest Service on grant possibilities and technical support

 

Sponsored by the Cedar Tree Institute in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and the Hannahville Indian Community

 

Representatives of 5 tribal communities attended the April 2012 pollinator protection and native plants restoration workshop hosted by the Hannahville Indian Community

 

Represented at the workshop:

The Hannahville Indian Community

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC)

The Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (MITW)

Center for Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University

 

The Hannahville meeting was the third in a series of Zaagkii Project/U.S. Forest Service tribal workshops in northern Michigan.

Prior workshops were held in July 2012 at KBIC and July 2011 at Presque Isle Park in Marquette.

 

The fourth workshop will be on Thursday, Sept. 13 and Friday, Sept., 14, 2012 at Lac Vieux Desert (LVD) near Watersmeet, Michigan.

The LVD workshop will include pollinator protection and native plants restoration information with a focus on wild rice, among other topics.

 

Zaagkii Project sponsors include Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, United States Forest Service (USFS), Marquette County Juvenile Court, U.P. Children's Museum and the Center for Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University

 

The Zaagkii Project is coordinated by the Cedar Tree Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides services and initiates projects in the areas of mental health, religion and the environment.

 

For more info:

 

Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute (CTI)

www.CedarTreeInstitute.org

 

Rev. Jon Magnuson

Director

Cedar Tree Institute

906-228-5494

magnusonx2@charter.net

 

Tom Biron, Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians

tom@reinhardtassociates.net

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project:

Pollinator protection and native plants restoration project with the U.S. Forest Service, U.P. Native American tribes, The Cedar Tree Institute, The Center for Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University, Marquette County Juvenile Court

Zaagkii is Anishinaabe for “The love that comes from the Earth”

www.WingsAndSeeds.org

WingsAndSeeds.org/2011/08/05/efforts-plant-restoration-un...

 

Kinomaagewin-Aki: Teachings from the Earth

wingsandseeds.org/2012/03/08/kinomaagewin-aki-teachings-f...

 

“There’s always been one deep conviction underlying the Zaagkii Project,” Magnuson says. “Restoring the earth is inextricably linked to a healing of the human spirit.”

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The USDA United States Forest Service:

www.fs.fed.us

www.fs.usda.gov/r9

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers

 

Larry Stritch

USDA U.S. Forest Service

National Botanist

Washington, D.C.

 

1-202-205-1279 (office)

email USFS National Botanist Larry Stritch

lstritch@fs.fed.us

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Jan Schultz, USFS

Botany, Non-native Invasive Species

Special Forest Products Program Leader

USDA Forest Service Eastern Region

Milwaukee, WI

1-414-297-1189 (office)

email USFS regional botanist Jan Schultz

jschultz@fs.fed.us

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USFS Eastern Region Native Plant Materials Accomplishments

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: A Native Plants & Pollinator Protection Initiative

www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5353195.pdf

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/nativeplantmaterials/documents/...

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The Pollinator Partnership:

www.pollinator.org

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Workshop host:

 

Hannahville Indian Community:

“Keepers of the Fire”

hannahville.net

 

Hannahville Indian Community

N14911 Hannahville B-1 Road

Wilson, Michigan

49896

 

906-723-2270 (office)

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Hannahville Indian School

Nah Tah Wahsh PSA

Wilson, Michigan

906-466-2952 (office)

www.hannahvilleschool.net

 

Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community Department of Culture, Language and History: Potawatomi Language website

www.potawatomilanguage.org

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Scott Wieting

Environmental Programs Coordinator for the Hannahville Indian Community

906-723-2295

swieting@hannahville.org

hannahville.net/services/details/309

 

Wieting oversees the implementation and management of all tribal environmental protection programs.

He oversees the tribes’ environment-related federal grant programs.

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Workshop Presenters/Related Info:

 

Earl Meshigaud, Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community Tribal Council Member and Culture Department Director

(Contact info above)

 

2012 Zaagkii Project: "Be tenders of the garden" - Hannahville Potawatomi Elder Earl Meshigaud

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvOCHCaM-r8&list=UUL8j3hNz2Xa...

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Dr. Scott Herron, PhD.,

Ethnobotanist (Odawa, Anishinaabe)

Biology professor at Ferris State University

Program Coordinator Wild Rice/Ethnobiology Lab

www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/colleges/artsands/Biological-Science...

231-591-2087

herrons@ferris.edu

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Jan Schultz, Botanist

U.S. Forest Service Eastern Region Botanist

(Contact info above)

www.fs.usda.gov/r9

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers

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Dr. Martin Reinhardt, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Center for Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University

906-227-1397 (office)

mreinhar@nmu.edu

www.nmu.edu/nativeamericanstudies

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Karen Anderson

KBIC Greenhouse Staff

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians

906-524-5757

906-353-6623

www.kbic-nsn.gov

 

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community 16-foot geodesic dome solar-powered native plants greenhouse was built in cooperation with the USDA U.S. Forest Service, Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project and nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan

The wide-range of indigenous plants includes:

Evening primrose, Black-eyed Susan and bee balm

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499

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Stephanie Blumer

USFS Eastern Zone Botanist

Hiawatha National Forest

Escanaba, Michigan

906-643-7900 ext. 155

sblumer@fs.fed.us

www.fs.usda.gov/hiawatha

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Nicole Shutt

USFS Biological Science Technician

Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest

Lakewood Ranger Station

Lakewood, Wisconsin

715-276-6333

nshutt@fs.fed.us

www.fs.usda.gov/cnnf

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Melissa Simpson

USFS Ecologist

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

Florence, Wisconsin

715-528-4464 ext. 139

mdsimpson@fs.fed.us

www.fs.usda.gov/cnnf

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Nathan Wright

Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians

Herbal Lodge, owner

Petoskey, Michigan

herballodge.com

www.linkedin.com/in/nathanjohnwright

www.facebook.com/herballodge

twitter.com/#!/herballodge

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Laura Bermudez

Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1558516746&sk=wall

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Cherice Williams

Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community

Fitness Center Aide

hannahville.net/files/documents/Issue_5_May_2011.pdf

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001272622067

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Sweet Sixteen Apple Tree Saplings:

www.apples.umn.edu/varieties.html

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A German civil protection deployment cleaned and made fit for use the well at a school in Nhangau village, north of Beira. It also set up a water purification system with a capacity to clean up to 10 000 litres of water per hour. Safe drinking water is essential to prevent diseases, such as diarrhea and cholera.

 

© European Union, 2019 (photographer: Christian Jepsen).

Structure protection on Forest Service White Creek Cabin, located at the confluence of White Creek and West Fork approximately 20 miles from Gila Center.

Other means of protecting homes and structures from fire include setting up sprinkler systems in residential areas, thinning trees and removing brush.

 

Credit US Forest Service Gila National Forest

Edward Snowden should have been at the European Parliament this week to give his testimony

 

Instead, MEPs failed to support a Green call to protect him as a whistleblower. This display of cowardice sends out a negative message that whistleblowers who expose injustice will not be protected.

 

It's a cop-out, from a desire not to "offend" the US, whose own citizens are equally shocked. And it's made worse by the failure to support calls for a suspension of negotiations on an EU-US trade agreement (TTIP) until the US ceases its mass surveillance of EU citizens.

 

Read more at www.greens-efa.eu/nsa-scandal-ep-inquiry-12026.html

 

See our campaign for protection for Edward Snowden, and respect for our privacy

 

blamethegame.respect-my-privacy.eu/

 

And the EU-US trade agreement

ttip2014.eu/

 

Photo in action on NSA scandal/asylum for Snowden.

 

"C European Union 2014"

New WAPA linemen train to meet the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's 100-percent attachment requirements, Dec. 2, in Boulder City, NV. The training effort brings together WAPA's fall protection committee and linemen to train new line crew hires and apprentices from all four regions on new equipment, safety measures and fall protection.

 

(Photo by Dave Katich)

 

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