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Specks of hail can be seen in the foreground. This slow moving supercell produced hail larger than the size of golfballs.
I am always attracted towards certain emotions while photographing, such as happiness, excitement, sadness and love.
Motherhood is one of the best relationship that exist in this world, not only it gives you protection during your childhood, but throughout your life. She is someone who can ONLY understand whats going on inside your head, what do you want, regardless of her own happiness and needs.
This picture reminds me of my own childhood, the time I spent with my mother, the time i never knew ......
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Elementary and high school students from Prahova and Dambovita counties and high school students from Bucharest gathered on May 15 at the U.S. Embassy Bucharest for a presentation on environmental protection, organized in partnership with MaiMultVerde Association and Peace Corps Romania. More @ go.usa.gov/ThGH
Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; along with actor Forest Whitaker, who is UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative, visited one of the Protection of Civilians (POC) camps at the UN compound in Juba. Tents at the camp serve as makeshift homes to a population of more than 30,000 people displaced by conflict and ethnic strife in the South Sudanese capital Juba. Strengthening the protection of children affected by armed conflict was one of the points of focus for the 22-24 June joint visit to South Sudan.
A young girl at the POC camp during the visit.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
23 June 2014
Juba, South Sudan
Photo # 593046
On Saturday, August 27, 2016, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons celebrated their annual Blue Dream Summer Gala in Southampton. This year's honoree was the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children. Vice President Joe Biden and family attended the event. Chris Cuomo, CNN Journalist served as Master of Ceremonies.
(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:
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)
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”
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:
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:
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Workshop host:
Hannahville Indian Community:
“Keepers of the Fire”
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)
Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community Department of Culture, Language and History: Potawatomi Language website
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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)
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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
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
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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
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Melissa Simpson
USFS Ecologist
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Florence, Wisconsin
715-528-4464 ext. 139
mdsimpson@fs.fed.us
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Nathan Wright
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
Herbal Lodge, owner
Petoskey, Michigan
www.linkedin.com/in/nathanjohnwright
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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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This feature was first published in a slightly different format in a Maltese transport magazine. The text is a little out of date, given recent events in Malta., but this is what I wrote in 2008:
"The small County Durham firm, Armstrongs of Ebchester, contributed four coaches to the Maltese bus fleet. In this feature we focus on ‘twins’ UUP 2/3N, Bedford YRQs with Plaxton Elite II bodies, which were new in 1974. In the main picture from the collection of Dave Herron, we see them together at Ebchester garage in 1977. The pair passed to Lockeys of West Auckland in 1978 and thence with that operator’s business to OK Motor Services in 1982.
They were exported to Malta in 1984. The first picture by Dave Farrier shows UUP 2N in green livery as Y-0607 in 1991. The heavy binds provided some protection against the sun but ventilation was a problem on the ex-UK coaches. The second picture by Stuart Harvey shows the same bus sixteen years later. Ventilation has improved and, like many Elites, it has gained a new front panel and simpler, more contemporary side trim.
The third picture by the author shows UUP 3N in 2007 in its current guise as FBY 016 in the fleet of George Farrugia Coaches of Victoria. It previously operated as Y-0466 on Malta and Y-0921 on Gozo. It retains non-opening side windows and many original Plaxton fittings, with additional Duple Dominant-style chrome trim".
See my complete set of Malta Bus Photo Features here:
www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/sets/72157631903411...
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Setting a creosoted telephone pole on fire is generally considered a bad thing. So part of our job is painting a ring of fire around any hazards like that, then going around with the water packs to squirt out the inner edge of the flame. By the time the main fire front arrives, there's a nice safe black buffer zone around it.
Exploring these old asylums is a unique experience. The feeling I get going through, seeing and imagining, is rather complex. One word wont do justice. But a number of words work: Peaceful, creepy, strangely nostalgic, comfortable, sad, insane, hopeful.
The things I find the most intriguing are not the architectural details of the exteriors nor the absolute symmetry of the interiors. It's the views of the exteriors from the interiors. One can not help but feel connected to those who were in these walls, hoping for peace within themselves. The windows themselves I find to be so honest as to the situation there. The view out the windows is vast and open and freeing, but between the patient and that view is a complex grid of protection. This is very symbolic, in my opinion, of mental illness, the mental health system, and all it involves
Current listening (to fit the mood of this piece):
Boards Of Canada- The Color of the Fire
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan attended the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) Meeting on March 1, 2017. Seen here making remarks is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Deputy Director, Daniel Ragsdale.
Photographer: Donna Burton
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One of these is placed on the outside edge of each wheel, between the tyre and the rim to protect the tyre from the tracks.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers assist passengers with taking biometric facial recognition photos prior to boarding a flight at Houston International Airport on February 12, 2018. ..Photographer: 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.
Because you know it's dangerous to go alone, so take this.
Interesting design, this is nothing what I was expecting to draw... I had intended to do a circle with flames coming out of it, but I got a flowery star instead. I guess the hand and mind weren't quite in unison.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection honors officers and agents who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for the nation by participating in a united 5K run in their honor in Washington, D.C on May 13, 2017.
Photographer: Donna Burton
A photgraphic safari in Frognerparken in Oslo. The titles are my own and are based on my first reaction when seeing the statues.
This was a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) vehicle. DEP was absorbed into the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as of July 1, 2012.
If you want to use this image, ask permission PRIOR to use. Don't be a thief - under most circumstances, I'm quite reasonable.
Copyright 2012 - Alan B.
Stereo viewing projected aerial photos. L-R: Blakey Lockman, Shawna Bautista, Connie Mehmel, Roy Magelssen, Debbie Hollen, Karl Dalla Rosa. Regional Office Forest Health Protection site visit with the Wenatchee Service Center. Wenatchee, Washington.
Photo by: Darci Dickinson
Date: June 12, 2018
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Wenatchee Forest Insect and Disease Service Center.
Source: Darci Dickinson collection; Wenatchee, Washington.
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
More than 1.3 million people in Mali have fled their homes since 2012. In 2022 alone, over 410,000 additional people were displaced, with few chances of returning home. More than 60% of forcibly displaced people are children.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan attended the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) Meeting on March 1, 2017.
Photographer: Donna Burton
That is special about the DB 23 058 so that the loco is fully operational. Because a train protection system for a steam locomotive is a complex matter. The system must be able to stop the engine and turn off quasi the steam of it. Locorama Romanshorn, Switzerland, Apr 25, 2010.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa Thursday, August 11, 2011.
Secretary Clinton discussed the ongoing international humanitarian response, as well as how the crisis in the Horn of Africa shows the urgency of investing in sustained food security through efforts such as Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.