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First Minister Peter Robinson prepares to lay one of the 230 wooden crosses which were planted in the grounds beside Parliament Buildings to commemorate the 230 soldiers killed in Afghanistan so far.
Activists and Capitol Hill visitors show support for the members of the House of Representatives staging a sit in on the House Floor demanding a vote on gun legislation, during a demonstration near the Capitol in Washington, D.C. June 22, 2016. Photo by Livia Hyams/Greenpeace
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I highly recommend listening to The Internets Song.
Really good music. I think you might become a fan.
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Approximately 230 personnel from the Virginia Department of Military Affairs provide support to the inauguration of Terry McAuliffe as the 72nd Governor of Virginia, Jan. 11,2014, in Richmond, Va. Soldiers from the Virginia Army National Guard, Airmen from the Virginia Air National Guard and members of the Virginia Defense Force provided support through a variety of missions including ceremonial music and the firing of a 19-gun salute with artillery howitzers. A formation of Virginia Guard Soldiers and Airmen also led the inaugural parade. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Individual supports are crafted for each figure in order to display them and keep them in place without damaging them. This figure has a brushed perspex stand to match the shelves on the main display stand. The support goes into an existing hole in the back of the figure.
A huge crowd gathered to listen to Kevin Rudd apologise. They weren't quite as enthusiastic when Brendan Nelson spoke.
Airmen from the 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, Ca., apply medical assistance to military and civilian volunteers and mannequins during an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support Health Response Team exercise simulating an urban earthquake in the SOUTHCOM AOR on Travis AFB, 9 Feb. 2011. The mission of an EMEDS team, which includes physicians, nurses, and a variety of medical technicians, is to rapidly deploy and provide forward stabilization, primary care, and dental services to support a population-at-risk of 3,000 to 5,000 people. Released (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
Show your support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by buying packages of pink M&Ms! Benefits the Susan G. Komen foundation.
Photographed my dell, a friends hand and a broken window in New Kensington. Threw them all together and tah-dah! lol
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. McHale, Deputy Commanding General—Support for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, came to visit the Soldiers, Civilians and contractors of the 401st Army Field Support Battalion—Kandahar. He met with many of the people responsible for maintaining and providing maneuver units with various types of tactical vehicles.
About the 401st:
The 401st Army field Support Brigade gives our Soldiers, Sailors, Airman, and Marines, the tools and resources necessary to complete the mission. If they shoot, drive it, fly it, wear it, eat it or communicate with it, the 401st helps to provide it. The brigade also assists coalition partners with many of their logistical and sustainment needs. The brigade will also handle to responsible disposition of equipment in Afghanistan as the mission here changes. The 401st is the single link between warfighters in the field and Army Materiel Command.
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British Hajj Delegation 2012. Volunteer Doctors support pilgrims (Hajjis) during Hajj 2012 (1433H) providing support & medical aid. 18th October - 4th November 2012. Copyright R.Mogradia | www.cbhuk.org
IJmondhaven, IJmuiden, Holland on 13th December 2012.
IMO number :9583782
Name of ship :BRAVE TERN
Call Sign :9HA3020
MMSI :229044000
Gross tonnage :15328
DWT :9033
Type of ship :Offshore Support Vessel
Year of build :2012
Flag :Malta
First supports for the RCC Conveyor are in place at the Paradise Dam Site on the Burnett River. Note the reinforcement upstream which will be secured to the vertical concrete membranes. View from the left bank on the edge of the Goodnight Scrub.
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My 2013 Classic Jasmine 12'' Doll has been completely deboxed. She is standing, supported by a Kaiser doll stand (not included with the doll), and is photographed from various angles. Here the low sun is casting a long shadow of Jasmine, ending in her silhouette.
The 2013 Classic Jasmine doll has many differences from the 2012 model, and yet looks very similar. She is now more movie accurate and overall a more attractive doll. The only major change is to her legs, from fully articulated hard plastic legs to rubber legs with internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. But since her outfit covers her legs almost entirely, these changes are not immediately noticeable. There are minor changes to her outfit and accessories, the biggest changes being the return of her triangular earrings, the removal of her overskirt, and the introduction of a pattern in the glitter of her outfit. The features that haven't changed are her head, face, hair, skin color, shoes, torso and arms.
Following is a detailed comparative review of the 2013 Classic Jasmine Doll versus the 2012 Classic Jasmine doll. The review is divided in various physical categories.
Head and Face: The 2012 and 2013 Classic Jasmine dolls have identical heads and almost identical faces. She is large almond shaped brown eyes that are glancing to her upper right. She has silver and pink eyeshadow, and thick black eyeliner with two short thick black eyelashes over the corner of each eye. There are thick black eyebrows that are arched at the ends. She has a small straight nose. She has a closed mouth smile with full pink lips. Her cheeks are lightly blushed with pink rouge. She has pronounced cheekbones, and a large protruding forehead. Overall, she is very movie accurate, except for her high forehead.
There are three small differences in their faces, that may be due to factory variances. One is that the new Jasmine's face is a little less shiny, although that may be due to my washing with alcohol to clean off some blemishes. Another difference that the new Jasmine has slightly darker and fainter pink upper eyeshadow. Finally she has slightly darker pink lips.
Hair: The 2013 Classic Jasmine doll has the same hair as the previous model. It is jet black, long and mostly straight. It is formed into a long ponytail that hangs almost to her knees, and tied at two points with black rubberbands. It is parted in the middle, and pulled away from her forehead without the use of any hair product, so it is soft and smooth throughout. The ends of the ponytail is curled and a little messy. I tried to make it neater by combing it, but wasn't very successful. The hairdo is fairly movie accurate, but should come down over her forehead a lot more, and should be tied with blue bands rather than black ones.
Outfit: The 2013 Classic Jasmine doll's outfit is very similar to the old one, with some significant differences. Her teal satin top is now slightly bluer, is scalloped at the top and bottom, has a design covered in silver glitter, and has a purple gem at the top. It still has off the shoulder straps. The pants bottom is made of the same material, with the same silver glittery pattern. The waistline is still V-shaped, but is now more modest. It is only about 1/4 inch higher than before, but no longer shows her belly button. The waist can be pulled down a bit, but will still just barely show her belly button. Ariel's costume also had a similar change this year, in that her bellybutton now barely shows above the waist of her tail, and can be covered up by pulling up the tail a bit. A fairly big change was the removal of the sheer organza overskirt and the large teal gem at the waist. I don't miss those so much, since they are not in the costume of the movie character.
Shoes: They have identical light blue green flat shoes with a curved toes. It is very movie accurate, but looks a lot better on the flat feet of the 2012 doll, rather on the angled feet of the 2013 doll.
Accessories: The 2013 Classic Jasmine doll has large solid triangular earrings of shiny gold, and a hoop necklace of the same material. They are great looking and very movie accurate, and a significant improvement over the older doll's jewelry. The 2012 doll had hoop earrings with three small spheres inside, and a hoop necklace, all of which were a flat gold color. They have the same light teal satin headbands, but the 2013 doll is now missing the large blue green gem, so is less movie accurate in that regard.
Body: Her body is fully articulated in the arms, but now has the rubber legs of 2011 and earlier dolls, which has internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. Her hip joints allow her to sit down with her legs together and her back straight up, unlike the 2012 doll with the fully articulated but defective legs. But her knees can only bend about 40 degrees, so her legs stick out when she is sitting. The leg joints are also much stiffer, so she is in a much more natural position when placed standing in a Kaiser doll stand. Her angled rubber feet also make her about 1/4 inch taller than the 2012 doll, who had flat feet.
Packaging: The packaging for the dolls is much improved. The box art has been completely redesigned, with beautiful decorations unique to each Princess (actually for each movie), and a cameo of the animated movie character. The boxes are the same height and width (13'' H x 6'' W), but are 1/2'' flatter, making them smaller and lighter. Jasmine's new box has images of Aladdin's Lamp and the Royal Palace in a purple background.
Classic Disney Princess Jasmine Doll - 12''
US Disney Store
Released online June 10, 2013.
Purchased online June 13, 2013.
Received June 24, 2013.
$14.95 (was on sale for $10 at time of purchase).
2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection
Released online on June 10, 2013. They consist of 11-12'' articulated dolls of the 11 official Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Merida, as well as Princes, Villains and Sidekicks. I now have all 11 Princesses, Queen Elinor, Charlotte and Gaston. I will photograph them boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also post reviews and comparative photos.
DUP Assembly candidate for East Londonderry Gregory Campbell supporting a local business in Coleraine as part of the Federation of Small Businesses "Small Business, Big Vote" campaign.
UN officially launched its Joint Programme to support the government to strengthen the national social protection system and improve public finance management, Vientiane, Lao PDR. © ILO.
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Each year my friends and I do a car boot sale to raise funds for an animal charity. We are all friends through walking our dogs which is why we choose animal charities. We also try to support the lesser known charities, the ones that need all the help and funding they can get.
This year we have chosen to support a fairly new charity called Nowzad Dogs. The founder, Pen Farthing was a Marine posted in Now Zad, the Helman Province in Afghanistan. There he came across a dog fight where the dogs had had their ears and tails cut off with a knife so they could fight for longer as there would be no 'superficial' wounds. Pen broke up the fight and rescued, what would be his first dog who he named Nowzad. Little did he know where this would lead him in the future. Pen has written 2 books about his dogs and the charity, both sad but inspiring.
We have had so many donations we had a 'pre car boot' sale at my house where we raised £173. 27. We will be doing the real car boot at Peacock Meadow in Plympton on Sunday May 29th. If you can make it come along it would be great to see anyone from flickr.
Here is a bit more information about the charity, copied from the charity web site, for anyone interested.x
The lads of 5 Troop, Kilo Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines arrived in the war torn town of Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan in November 2006. Their mission was to provide stability for the local people during a period of ever decreasing security.
And as one of the Royal Marines – Sergeant “Pen Farthing” was soon to realise, it wasn’t only the local people that needed their help. For some of the many stray dogs of Now Zad they now had a guardian for the first time in their lives.
Pen takes up the story….“When we first arrived in the town of Now Zad I broke up a dog fight that was taking place right outside our remote compound. What I didn’t know was that one of those fighting dogs would then befriend me! I couldn’t say no to those big sad eyes, the now very former fighting dog, became my buddy and found himself a name – Nowzad”.
Soon the first ever dog warden of Now Zad, was looking after two more dogs “RPG” and “Jena”, strays that were very under nourished and didn’t look like they would survive the onslaught of the approaching Afghan winter.
Unbelievably they then gained “Tali” who crept in under the gate carrying 6 little puppies followed by an injured “AK” bringing up the rear. And then to complicate matters “Jena” had 8 puppies as well – life was just a little busy at the best of times in the compound that the Marines called home for nearly three months in the heart of the Taliban tribal belt.
In a quiet corner of the base Pen and two fellow Marines Dave & John built the dogs a modest dog run of sorts and for the dogs added safety they added on a mortar shelter to hide in, which luckily also provided some warmth during the extreme cold of the long winter nights.
The dogs went from scavenging food one day to eating two decent meals a day courtesy of the left over military rations that the Royal Marines didn’t eat!
Pen had already decided that he was going to try and get the dogs to a better life. But being stuck in the small town of Now Zad he had very limited communications with the outside world. With the help of his wife back in the UK they managed to track down an animal rescue centre in the far north of the country.
The only problem was that the Royal Marines had to get the dogs to the safety of the rescue but they couldn’t use military transport as it was against regulations.
As Pen explains “So the difficult task of persuading a local Afghanistan driver to take the dogs all the way to the rescue in the north – a journey of several days – began. Eventually we found a taxi that would take the dogs some of the way to Lashkar Gar and then they would be exchanged with another driver for the journey to Kandahar and then swapped yet again into another vehicle for the drive to the rescue. We had a few issues with this as we knew that the vehicles would be stopped by the Taliban at road blocks and for that reason the driver wouldn’t let us put the dogs in cages, (a very British thing to do – definitely not an Afghan method of transporting dogs), so we had to tie the dogs up with rope and put the puppies into small crates, (Jena’s puppies went into an old bird cage!), not something we were entirely comfortable with – but what else we were to do?
I knew if the vehicle doors were opened without the driver paying attention then there was a chance one or two of the dogs would escape…”
When the vehicle left for the epic journey carrying the dogs of Now Zad that had been, for the last three months, a source of comfort for some of the lads and had given them a sense of achieving something positive, the feeling of whether they had done the right thing was at the front of their minds. Not knowing what would happen to the dogs next was only slightly comforted by the fact that if they had left the dogs in Now Zad death would probably come sooner rather than later from starvation or cold. They might even have succumbed to one of the frequent attacks by the Taliban.
Travelling to the rescue had at least given the dogs a shot at a safe and cared for life. It was something the Royal Marines were willing to risk. Living in Now Zad was no life for the dogs.
Finally via a phone call from back home the lads found out the fate of the dogs; Tali, Jena and Nowzad and 13 of the 14 puppies had made the animal rescue. RPG and AK had escaped when the car door was left open. One of the puppies had been stolen.
The Royal Marines’ celebrations were tainted with sadness. They had no idea where RPG and AK had escaped and there was no way they could go looking for them.
May 2007
Dog owners the world over heard of the determination and compassion that Pen, Dave and John has shown in their attempts to rescue the dogs and so the charity Nowzad Dogs was formed during May 2007. The charity is registered in the UK – number 1119185.
The charity is mostly run by volunteers with the sole aim of improving the welfare of the animals of Afghanistan; especially the dog population. This aim is to be achieved through education of the local people of Afghanistan. Without their support and understanding then we have no hope. Afghanistan is a country full of potential. The Mayhew Animal Home in London supports a vets training scheme for participants from developing countries and the Nowzad Dogs charity fully supports it. Through the fantastic support of donors to Nowzad Dogs we are continually striving to support the many cries for help we receive from servicemen and women that have against orders taken in a stray puppy or rescued a dog or cat from cruelty.
December 2007
The charity supported the funding of Jena during her journey to the US to be re-homed within a loving family and for Nowzad and Tali to join Pen with his wife in the UK. What nobody expected was the overnight celebrity that Nowzad and Tali would become.
As Pen explains.. “It seems so unreal that just a few months ago in one of the most dangerous places on earth, I would find Nowzad hiding under a camp bed while the Taliban mortared us or be surprised as he plunked himself down next to me while I was cleaning my rifle. At times I had no idea how I would facilitate transporting the dogs to the safety of the rescue, to be honest I thought it was just an out of reach fantasy.
Not for one minute did I ever expect or think that one day I would be sat in an old store in the depths of Battersea cats and dogs home, having make up applied (tell anybody and I’ll find you!), waiting to be interviewed by Celina Scott about how we managed to orchestrate the rescue of Nowzad, Tali and Jena to loving homes on live television as guests on the Animal Rescue Live show along with Joy from the Mayhew Animal Home and after the fantastic video introduction put together by the BBC camera team we were invited onto the bench to be interviewed by Celina.
The video had been shot a few weeks before at the quarantine centre and Nowzad played his part well – not eating any of the camera crew and looking all sweet and innocent – if only they knew!
Although we only had a few minutes of airtime it went really well and I hope we managed to get the message across!”
The news of the two four legged Afghan refugees spread and to cap it all during March 2008 Nowzad & Tali were selected for the “Friends for Life” award as finalists along with their adopted owners Pen & Lisa. So a trip to the NEC in Birmingham to appear along with the other finalists at Crufts in the main arena was booked for the 9th March 2008. Pen and Lisa were not sure that Nowzad & Tali would cope well with the pressure and noise of the main arena at Crufts so training sessions were the order of the day, which with the help of a local dog training group went extremely well to everybody’s surprise. Queuing up for the main arena was a bit nerve racking but Nowzad & Tali were as good as gold, (as long as they were kept occupied with small smelly treats!).
Then the time came to stroll out looking calm and collected into the main arena with all the noise and lights. Were Nowzad and Tali worried?
Not in the slightest.
The two former Afghan strays were brilliant and took it all in their stride. Lisa along with Tali accepted a finalist’s trophy from the Crufts representative under the spotlight. Just a shame the BBC only put about 2 minutes of the actual “Friends for Life” final on the TV – Nowzad and Tali were in the ring for over 15 minutes! A big thank you to all who voted for us, rumour has it that that Nowzad & Tali almost won!
Lisa sums it all up… “No way did I ever think that Nowzad & Tali would one day go from the war torn town of Now Zad to staying in a posh hotel room at the Hilton so they could appear at Crufts, the biggest dog show in the world. Just how mad is this world of ours?”
The present
The charity is growing at a steady rate, our mailing list of supporters is increasing daily and the charity has had fantastic assistance from dog owners the world over who have offered their time in promoting the charity and its aims. We have also seen a steady increase in the demand for information from Service men and woman that need help with a stray dog or cat that has found its way into their lives. Nowzad and Tali have also now been immortalised in writing in the inspiring book of their story that has been described as a cross between ‘Marley and Me’ and ‘Bravo Two Zero’. ONE DOG AT A TIME describes the epic challenge of attempting to rescue two Afghan strays to their new forever homes thousands of miles away. Published by Ebury Press it can be brought here.
Help us to support these programs as well as the rescues by buying a copy of Pen’s book’s ‘One Dog at a Time’ and ‘No Place like Home’.
Order your signed paperback of ‘One Dog at a Time’ and ‘No Place Like Home’ here.
In late 2009 Nowzad Dogs took over the role of the Baghdad Animal Rescue organisation that was operating in Iraq, gaining the experience of its founder Louise. Serving as a contractor deep in northern Iraq in 2005 Louise could not bear to ignore the plight of the feral cats around her. The urge to give a decent life to a dying kitten thrust into her arms inside a bin bag was too much and Simba Al Tikriti the kitten, after being treated with human antibiotics, became the first of many cats and dogs to be saved by the self-confessed animal rescue machine.
Today the charity is operating at full capacity – assisting with the rescues of companion animals is still our core work but now the charity is also looking at methods of promoting animal welfare including humane options for dealing with the out of control stray dog population.
Please look around the Nowzad website for details of all our projects and for ways you can make a difference for the strays of Afghanistan.
For up to date information on all that is happening within the charity please click on our news page and remember to check out Pen’s video of his visit to the shelter here.
If you have an idea to promote the charity or want to help (even if just to display a poster for us) then please let us know!
We couldn’t walk away – we hope you won’t either!
The 157th Operations Support Squadron conducts a change of command ceremony, June 10, 2022 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, in which out-going commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Corrigan relinquishes his command to Lt. Col. Sean Renbarger. U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Ferrario, 169th Operations Group commander, officiates the passing of the unit colors to signify to the Airmen of the squadron the significance of this formal event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
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Bird's eye view from the roof of Adnams Brewery. The Women's Tour, Southwold, June 15th 2016
Supporting the mountain and back-country, these are the critters that can save your life!
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... I have used tissue support with tyvek between that and a layer of cotton twill which will hold all in place. Front view.
Pair of boots, handmade for Sir Edmund Hillary by Robert Lowrie - purveyor of expeditionary equipment to gentlemen.
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La Parisienne, 6.5 km run, women's event funding breast cancer research, starting at 10h at the foot of the Eiffel Tower
Dr Vardanush Petrossian, a medical doctor with a specialisation in nutrition, has always dreamed of running her own healthy food-focused café. Using her own savings, she opened the Ingredient Café in Yerevan, Armenia. Now, with the support of EU4Business and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Women in Business Programme, Vardanush’s café is expanding. Find it on Facebook @ingredientcafe!