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Members of the Army Field Support Battalion- Kandahar formed a mobile redistribution property assistance team to assist members of Task Force Lone Star, a part of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, with the turn in of their theater provided equipment. TF Lone Star is sending troops home as part of the surge recovery and the team went to Forward Operating Base Farah to assist them with turning in and transferring equipment ranging from generators, tactical vehicles, to mobile kitchen trailers. While there the team also participated in many of the holiday events hosted by the unit.
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Test Director Steve Chappell (NASA) prepares to enter the water to assist with the crew's EVA
Photo credit: Mark Widick
On Friday 10th August 2012, the Korean Cultural Centre UK was filled with football fans cheering for Korea. The Korean team faced Japan in the Bronze Medal Football Match.
There was an electric atmosphere in the KCCUK, complimented by the sound of the chanting and drumming of the supporters.
At half time 3 lucky winners recieved signed Kpop CDs by Big Bang.
Despite being from Suffolk. OK, I was born in Norfolk, supported Norwich all my life, but I cannot ignore the fact that Lowestoft is inside the county border of Suffolk. No, despite being from Suffolk, I have never been to the Dedham Vale.
Well, apart from one time when I took the folks to Flatford Mill, and that is as constable as it gets.
So, I got the idea of spending a few days in East Anglia, see some churches, meet some friends and in Norfolk, maybe see a Kingfisher.
I wrote a list out, but the 'must see' was Stoke-by-Nayland.
So, after the slight detour to Boxted, I drove the few miles to Stoke, I saw the church tower from some distance away. I found a place to park near the short lane leading to the church. Right, should be good.
Then I saw the van parked outside the porch, but that would not be a problem, would it? But it did. The lighting company who were installing stage lights near the altar looked professional, and were just standing around talking when I went in. Can I get through here please? I asked. No, we're busy. But you're just talking, I won't be long. But we might hit you on the head!
In the end he relented but stated that he would not be held responsible for any accidents. It left a sour taste in my mouth to be honest, but the glory of the church more than made up for the rudeness.
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Perhaps only St Peter and St Paul at Lavenham has a grander exterior than this mighty ship. But Lavenham's setting is thoroughly domesticated. Here, in the wild hills above the Dedham Vale, St Mary lifts its great red tower to heaven, and nothing can compare with it.
John Constable loved this tower, and it appears several times in his paintings, not always in the right place. Simon Jenkins, in England's 1000 Best Churches, says that when the bells of Stoke-by-Nayland ring, all Suffolk stops to listen. All Essex too, perhaps, since this church is right on the border between the two counties.
St Mary is pretty much all of a piece, in the 15th century, although there are some older bits, and a great deal of rather undistinguished 19th century work. But the glory of the church is the red brick tower, completed about 1470 and surmounted by stone spires, reminiscent of Bungay St Mary, away on Suffolk's northern borderland. There are fine views of this from many places, and from many miles away. Close to, it is immense; Stoke by Nayland is, after all, a small village rather than a town, and the setting of cottages only enhances the sense that this tower is enormous. The buttresses are laced with canopied image niches - how amazing it must have looked before the 16th century reformers removed all the statues! Tendring and Howard shields flag up the dead people we'll meet inside.
On the north side there is a dinky little Tudor porch (although it would be rather more imposing against a smaller church); but the south porch, which is the main entrance, is rather more of a curiosity. It was entirely refaced by the Victorians, and at first sight you might even think it 19th century, but the windows and corbels reveal to be one of the earliest parts of the church, an early 14th century addition to the building that was then replaced in the late 15th century. There are two storeys, and the parish library is still kept in the upper one. The corbels include an Annunciation, and what may be Moses. There are images below; hover to read captions, and click on them to see enlarged.
A serious distraction from all this is straight ahead of you. St Mary has the best late 15th century doors in Suffolk, eclipsing even Otley. The figures are remarkable; they stand proud of Gothic turrets and arches. They seem to represent a Tree of Jesse, effectively Christ's family tree, with Mary at the top and ancestors back into Old Testament times beneath. I think the figures in the border are disciples and apostles - in which case I could identify St Paul with his sword (although it might be St Bartholomew with his flencing knife) and St John the Evangelist. Medieval doors haven't survived at all widely in East Anglia, and it is exciting to see them at such close quarters.
Preserve the illusion of the medieval one moment longer. Step through the doorway, and turn immediately to the west. The tower arch is superb, a soaring void that lifts to roof level. The fine font on its huge pedestal seems tiny in such an open setting. The parish has done well in removing all the furnishings from the west end. This is quality work, on a cathedral scale. This vastness swallows all sound. The font stands in tiny isolation, although it is actually on a massive Maltese cross pedestal and would dwarf furnishings in many smaller churches.
The font is curious, to say the least. Four of the panels show conventional evangelistic symbols, but three of the other four are unfamiliar. One is an angel, but the others are a woman in a cowl carrying a scroll beside a tree, a man with a sack pointing to a book open on a shelf, and a man with a scroll at a lectern. The iconography is unfamiliar; I wondered if they might be representations of Doctors of the Church. Click on the images to enlarge them.
Looking up, you'll see that several 15th century corbels survived the Victorian restoration. One on the northside shows a ram caught in a thicket from the Abraham and Isaac story, and opposite it is a pelican in her piety. Images are in the left hand column. The splendid glass in the west window is by the O'Connors, and it may detain you for a moment, but eventually you must turn eastwards and realise that, from here, St Mary is all pretty much all Victorian inside. It is done well, it is well-kept and well-used, but it is all a bit dull I am afraid. You can't help thinking that the minister has a much better view than the congregation.
A couple of points of interest in the nave are an unusual memorial board for dead children - In Memory of Our Children Now With Jesus it says - which I liked very much, and a north chapel, now set out for weekday services and private prayer, that was an early 14th century chantry chapel for the Peyton family. A little ikon sits above the simple altar.
The church has two large memorials, one in the south chancel chapel and the other in the north chancel chapel. The one to the south is to Lady Anne Windsor, originally one of the Waldegraves who we have met at Bures, who died in 1615. Her alabaster effigy lies between her two daughters who kneel at her head and her son at her feet.
Across the chancel lies Sir Francis Mannock, 1634. It is believed to be by Nicholas Stone. The Mannocks were a recusant family of Giffords Hall, who were responsible for the survival of the old faith throughout the penal years at Withermarsh Green. There is an image of him in the column on the left.
Curiously, Sir Francis's wife Dorothea does not lie with him, but under a brass set in the floor not far away. It is offset by an architectural niche. Mortlock thought Stone may have been responsible for this as well, and it certainly suggests that the Renaissance did not entirely bypass protestant England. There are several other brasses, including a substantial one near the priest door to Sir William Tendring, one of the donors of the 15th century rebuilding. I do like the jolly lion at his feet. Don't miss the chrysom child engraved on a nearby ledger stone. His grim-faced wife Katherine lies nearby, and Mortlock points out how remarkable it is to see a figure of this period wearing rings.
The full drama of St Mary is best appreciated from a distance. But there is much here that makes a visit worthwhile, many of them apparently understated survivals that would shout in your face in a smaller church. I decided I liked St Mary a lot after all, and silently commended the parish for not installing one of those awful craft shops familiar from other large Suffolk churches. I stepped outside to the sound of a village football match immediately to the north of the graveyard. Very A E Houseman.
Members of the local community of King Robert Farm, a suburb of Monrovia in Liberia, are listening to a team of psychosocial workers of Action Contre la Faim (ACF) during an emotional debrief.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa produces an increasing number of affected people beyond those infected and dead.
Survivors, families, children, and health workers are dealing with the stress and trauma left behind by the disease. Psychosocial support is an approach that helps victims of Ebola to cope with stress and fosters resilience in communities and affected individuals.
Twice a week a team of four psychosocial workers and a supervisor visit King Robert Farm to meet the only survivor and affected families in this village.
UNMEER has provided 9 cars to ACF to help it reach communities for contact tracing and psychosocial work.
King Robert Farm, Montserrado, Liberia, on 2 February 2015
Photo: UNMEER/Martine Perret
Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the New York National Guard’s 24th Civil Support Team conduct a training exercise at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York on March 11, 2021 to test team members capabilities. National Guard Civil Support Teams are trained to detect chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosive materials and report on potential threats to civil authorities. The 324th Civil Support Team, based at Fort Hamilton is one of two in the New York National Guard and focuses on the New York City metropolitan area. U.S. Army photo by Connie Dillon.
Osh Johnson, seen here making traditional Diné (Navajo) fry bread, is a good example of how this Indigenous peoples' movement grew: through banding together in support of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota people whose land the Oceti Sakowin Camp sits atop and who's youth and water everyone is focused on protecting.
Cllr. James O'Sullivan supporting local business
Greystones, Co. Wicklow
September 2011
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Found a fairly rare Minolta X-1 and tested it out last weekend. Overall I'm very pleased. The metering seems to be ok and mechanically it works great. This photo was shot with a 100mm f2.5 MC Rokkor lens.
Friends, family, military peers join local community civic leaders at a mobilization ceremony for the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard at the Maxwell Center, Goldsboro, North Carolina, Aug. 17, 2019. The battalion’s 500 Soldiers are scheduled to deploy to the Middle East as part of the regular rotation of forces in support of Operation Spartan Shield to sustain theater readiness to conduct unified land operations and to support partner nations in making the region safer. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard)
Members of B Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, with some members of D Company, 2nd Battalion, 104th General Support Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard performed maintenance on rotary aircraft in support of Hurricane Harvey relief operations September 5 at Austin Armed Forces Reserve Center at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Approximately 200 Pennsylvania Guardsmen with a variety of skills and assets, including aviation, maintenance and transportation, continue to provide aide to the affected areas in Texas. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. George Roach)
The Jezabels,
supporting Skunk Anansie.
9th November 2012,
Sala Razzmatazz,
Barcelona.
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Friends, family, military peers join local community civic leaders at a mobilization ceremony for the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard at the Maxwell Center, Goldsboro, North Carolina, Aug. 17, 2019. The battalion’s 500 Soldiers are scheduled to deploy to the Middle East as part of the regular rotation of forces in support of Operation Spartan Shield to sustain theater readiness to conduct unified land operations and to support partner nations in making the region safer. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard)
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples and Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia, in collaboration with the Evangelical Alliance in the Department of Religious Assistance from the General Staff, Ministry of Defense, Bucharest conducted Operation Helping Hands for the Holidays, a gift-giving event, in Bucharest, Romania on Monday, December 15.
“We are reaching out to the community and asking our Sailors to donate and volunteer and connect with them. It affects both communities in positive ways,” explained NSA Naples Command Chaplain Cmdr. Manuel A. Biadog, one of the organizers.
The event in Romania is one of the five organized this year, the other four taking place in Italy. Each box contained small toys, school supplies, and other useful items for the children.
(Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office)
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Up to $3.5 million to support communities in finding local solutions to the overdose crisis was announced by Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, at the 2019 Union of BC Municipalities convention.
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Port Huron sunset behind a piece of the Blue Water Bridge.
I wish I could have slowed down time that evening. The colors in the sunset were so beautiful.
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California Army National Guard's Bravo Co. 1-126th Aviation Regiment, Delta Schooners, based out of Stockton, flew two of their CH-47 Chinooks to the Marines Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., high in the Sierra mountains, March 28, 2014, to support Hawaiian-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines conducting high elevation training. More than 600 snow clad Marines armed to the teeth and packed for an extended stay in snow conditions were airlifted to their landing zones in multiple insertions. During the operation Utah Army National Guard's 1-211th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion AH-64 Apache helicopters circled above providing protection to the Marines who were made up of weapon and mortar platoons, to name a few. During the trip there and back Vertical Magazine had a photography onboard shooting air-to-air images for upcoming publication. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Wade)
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40), also known as the "Rawhide", is a United States Navy fleet logistics support squadron based at Naval Air Station Norfolk. Commissioned in 1960, it is only one of two active fleet logistics squadrons in the Navy
Members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 82nd Civil Support Team unload their equipment from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during an emergency response training exercise with personnel from the Sanford Underground Laboratory at the Homestake Mine in Lead, S.D., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (SDNG photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theanne Tangen)(RELEASED)