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8-year old Kaiky; what future is there in store for him...?
Can we change his World? Maybe, with a little help from our friends?
We have now reached USD$3.190,00 with our Flickr Christmas Campaign, “Reaching for a Star”, that’s almost 32% of our total aim and still rising...
That will purchase some of the equipment needed for our new shelter, but there’s still a long way to go.............................
Good people!
We are preparing a new shelter for some of the street kids from the centre of São Paulo. This is a partnership project with a young Norwegian lady who has decided to join us and make the street kids her life too! The house is already purchased and now it needs to be equipped. This will be a small, family-structured project, one which has proven itself from my own experiences as a long-term foster parent for many street kids these last 14 years, two of whom are now young adults and will be assisting with the running of the shelter.
I will be the mentor for these young apprentices.
Our main aim is to implement foster-care as an important facility for recuperated street children in Brazil. Today many kids are doomed to live the rest of their childhood in an institutional setting due to the lack of structured family alternatives.
The shelter aims to tackle small numbers of children coming off the streets, where Hummingbird will be their reference for positive social reintegration and their pathway to a new family structure.
Equipping a home, as you all well know, is no easy task for any family, but we aim to have the home up and running by February/March 2007. If you feel this cause worthy please don't hesitate to make your contribution to the Reaching for a Star Campaign:
To give you just some idea of our needs:
Fridge: $700,00
Gas Cooker: $700,00
Washing Machine: $600,00
Installation of two bathrooms: $2.800,00
Installation of kitchen: $1.500,00
Kitchenware: $1.000,00
TV / Video / DVD: $750,00
Computer: $900,00
Mattresses and bedclothes: $1.200,00
Furnishings: $2.000,00
etc. etc.
As you can imagine, the needs, even for the basic necessities, are many, but if we reach the $10.000,00 target for the Reaching for a Star campaign (plus a little more), we will have installed the house ready for use. A little from many will make all the difference.
Please help us to help more kids leave the streets and certain death!
I'm sure you would if you knew them...........
Thank you!
Gregory
Founder - Children At Risk Foundation – CARF
''You won't be there alone.''
''Who else?''
"Jennie, their housekeeper's daughter."
"A girl!" Leo said. "Victor, I need a suit."
Leo had rarely asked for anything, so Victor didn't brush it off. He took Leo to town, and they visited a tailor, a hatter and a shoemaker.
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Half a year had passed since Sean got a prosthetic leg when Victor first spoke of returning to the city. Victor hated leaving the regularity of country life, and he felt perfectly happy staying that close to Sean. But Leo was growing up. It was clear the boy needed new friends and something to occupy his inquisitive mind (and to divert it from pranks). It would be wrong to kill that lively nature with the spine-breaking toil of a farmer. Victor didn't want his foster son to be an illiterate village fellow who knew nothing about the world outside, he firmly decided to give Leo an education. They'd leave for the city. With a bit of luck Victor would find a good job, raise some money and hire a teacher or even send Leo to school.
Sean hated the thought of Victor leaving the farm, but what could he do?
He could do something, though. The idea struck one sleepless night. Sean was a well-educated man himself, he had a large library at home and a desire to do something important in his life. Why not become that teacher Victor had been talking about? In time he might even start a school for the local children. Leo would be his first student. He, and Guinevere, the housekeeper's daughter.
Sean could barely wait for the morning to speak his mind to Victor.
Tuesday, July 17th 2018
Grantham Station
Colas Class 60 60095 runs light engine while changing ends with a Rectory Junction - Lindsey tanker train.
Note: Taken through window.
In July I started doing some extra work for the supervisor at my current job, I thought I wanted to learn about operations in a department, to build my resume to be a manager or just a worker bee in the field. I quickly learned that with no experience, I would not be able to match my current salary, and I didn't like it to much. But I needed to finish my degree, being one class away and with all the interruptions in the past.
In August my co-worker had enough, she was done, and applied for a new job. I continued to do operations work in my off time, to make a better decision, if this is my was my future or not: health care admin. I can tell I realized it wasn't. But I worked with my best friend and we had a good time, and with the gym. I just continued to work and not care about moving onto something else.
In September the University I am getting a master's through called me and asked if I plan on perusing a Doctorate Degree, and when I thought about it, NO I wasn't. I wanted to finish this degree and just get another job, I needed this change.
In October, I began interviewing, and again asked about getting a PhD. I thought I would be happy with getting that Master's in Public Health i always wanted. Becoming a University employee I could for very cheap.
In November I was at Drill, and I am ready to get out of the military. I was asked what I see myself doing in the future. I immediatley responded with: I hate my weekends being taken with the Army-with more rank more of my week will be taken. I want a University Job, so I can go back to school for a PhD. Dr. Dobberstein sounds so much better than CPT Dobberstein.
Today, the HR man said sort of the same thing. Dr. Dobberstein does sound pretty neat, must be the Dr D. He also encouraged me to to that in something I become interested.
Today I accepted a position at the School of Public Health. I am hoping to begin a PhD in epidemiology or general public health .
So today and the next few weeks or years things are changing.
Inspired by Joey I will spend my hair to Locks Of Love, a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.
(Photo made by my son)
Django : We cannot change Nature
Remy : Change is Nature, Dad !! The part that we can influence.
Django : Where are you going ?
Remy : With Luck, Forward !!
-- Ratatouille (2007)
See this locomotive in the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgLq4Hd9BJ0&feature=youtu.be
Not a particularly good shot, but there was something atmospheric about this member of the crew changing the lights from the red flashing tail marker to a front disc lamp.
Here, preserved London and North Eastern Railway B1 61306 'Mayflower' is seen at London Victoria on the Cathedrals Express from Victoria to Eastleigh.
The LNER B1 Classes were built by the Thompson company between 1942 and 1952 as a mixed traffic equivalent of the highly successful LMS Black 5 and the Great Western Hall Class locomotives. The class made their initial start on the Great Eastern Mainline between London Liverpool Street and Ipswich, Harwich and Norwich, becoming an immediate success and being employed on London - Harwich 'Boat Trains', and the cheap construction costs ultimately resulted in 410 members of the class being built. The locomotive's had a relatively short life span much like many of the later LNER designs, with the final examples being withdrawn between 1961 and 1967 with only two members of the class preserved, including B1 number 61264 and 61306, which was initially never named but later donned the name of 'Mayflower' in preservation after the demise of original name bearer 61379.
61306 was in fact a British Railways built example, emerging from the North British Locomotive Works in 1948 after Nationalisation of the Railways earlier that year, and worked a charmed life in the Hull area throughout the 1950's before being transferred to Bradford in 1967 and withdrawn soon afterwards. The locomotive was immediately bought for preservation at Carnforth, where it was given the name 'Mayflower' and painted into LNER Apple Green, a livery it never wore due to the lateness of its construction. It was then transferred to the Great Central Railway between 1978 and 1989 before going into overhaul until 2006. The locomotive has recently undergone a 2 year overhaul at Washwood Heath in Birmingham and has returned in British Railways Apple Green similar to that worn by 60163 Tornado between 2009 and 2010.
Malabry, Paris tramline 10. The same tram with at left the doors open and at right the doors closed. The lights above the doors change colours when opening / closing the doors. The same happens inside the trams at the ceiling.
Glorious changes in colour and texture at this time of year. The smaller scale in some ways can be as impressive as the landscape views ....
Andreas changing rolls of film.
On our walk round the Ellenbogen, the most northern part of Germany, on the first day of the new year, my mate Andreas just took along his crop camera, a tiny Mamiya 645. Real men are carrying big cameras like a RZ :-)
Mamiya RZ67 with Mamiya Sekor 127mm f3.5
Kodak TriX in Rodinal
Negative captured with a DSLR and developed in LR5.7
The driver of SNCV / NMVB 6013 has to change the points by hand in order to take the route via the lesser used route over the ship canal on 23 April 1984.
The newly renovated BC Place Stadium, now with a new cable-supported retractable roof. The roof is the biggest of its kind in the world, with each of the support masts measuring 47 meters tall.
The stadium is home to the Vancouver White Caps FC and BC Lions.
I couldn't help but notice the other day that the new stadium is also much brighter and lively. A new architectural lighting system provides dynamic lighting to events hosted at this venue. In this picture, the stadium is illuminated with colours that are representative of the Vancouver White Caps FC for game day. Rogers Arena truly pales in comparison.
© Frederick Lin. All rights reserved.
Each night, I throw my change into a growler sitting on my kitchen counter. Today, I wasted over an hour doing what the machine at the bank can do in a couple of minutes, when I really should have been cleaning.
I met this old lady at a department picnic while she was taking care of her cattle. Faces like hers are always so intriguing.
I noticed this change in the logo in my notification emails... I think I like the old one better. :/
Moscow, Russia Oct 10 2010
Volunteers jump for joy after recycling in Park Kuzminki to draw attention to climate change and to urge politicians to pass clean energy policies.
On 10/10/10, there will be over 7,000 similar climate action events taking place in in 188 countries around the world as part of “The Global Work Party.” This synchronized international event is organized by 350.org, and is expected to be the largest day of climate action in history.
Photo credit: 350.org
Copyright info: This photo is freely available for editorial use and may be reproduced under an Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Акция в парке Кузьминки-Люблино - одном из крупных природных парков Москвы -
по ресайклингу (раздельные уборки мусора, прием раздельно собранного мусора
от населения и сдача в переработку)
Pendant Copenhague, retrouver l'actu de la COP 15 comme si vous y étiez en live et à la demande sur cop15.panda.org/fr et sur www.planete-attitude.fr
Step 1 - Find the string on your belt.
Step 2 - Pull the string on your belt, and the mask pulls down into your costume.
Step 3 - Amaze the audience with the fact that your face has changed.
Change from within - that is what we all need. Especially Keralite women and men. We are a society which is terribly gone wrong with its double standards.
This is an interesting way to change the system. First change yourself and then change the system.
The photo is taken from kannur. I don't remember the auto drivers name or why I was in kannur. But the auto driver told me that he is tired of the dowry system and he wrote it against it. And he said, he didn't just stop at just writting some crap like most of us. He does exactly like what he has written.
(I am going to post all most all the photos I have taken till date to flickr and put down my opinions along with them. I think certain people will definitely get hurt ! )
info: DSC_8302, Levels, USM with GEGL library
And thus I bring you my favourite family car of all time, bar none, all things considered, king of the hill, lord of the manor, master of all it surveys, the Range Rover P38! :D
Why do I love this car so much when the original was a classic that changed the world of motoring? Because it combined an updated version of that original winning design with some of the perks and premiums of the 1990's. The Classic Range Rover is indeed a fantastic machine, and one of those rare instances where sense and logic perforated into the ranks of British Leyland. But by the time I was born in the early 90's the car was very much looking its age, a tired 60's design mixed with what was starting to become a comparatively under-equipped interior. The only way the Range Rover was going to survive the 90's was to shape up, and thus in 1990, Rover Group (the descendant of British Leyland) put together a plan to design a new car under the chassis codenumber P38A (or just P38 for short). Four years of development and £300 million later, the car was launched to a whirlwind of critical acclaim.
Launched in 1994, the Range Rover P38 was the last Land Rover machine to be designed by Rover, and included the very best in cutting-edge technology to mix the go-anywhere do-anything raunchiness of the Classic, with the luxury and majesty of an upmarket saloon car. The first major difference between the old and new was the option of engines. For those who didn't intend to take these cars to the mountains and go driving off cliffs, then there was the humble BMW 2.5L V8, but for those who wished to conquer Everest and still have enough time in the day to lacerate the rest of the Himalayas, there was the original 4.5 & 4.6L Rover V8 from the original. Another later addition to this fray of power units was what was later dubbed the 'Overfinch', which was powered by a 5.7L General Motors V8, for if you wanted that extra edge. Jeremy Clarkson once demonstrated the power of the Overfinch by having a drag race with a Ford Focus, whilst pulling a trailer upon which was another Ford Focus, to which the Range Rover won by an absolute mile!
However, what people were interested the most was on the inside. The interior of the Range Rover P38 was very much similar to that of the original, with 5 seats, good space in the boot, and various other trim options depending on your preference. However, the new Range Rover came with a more personal touch, this being dubbed the 'Autobiography' service. For a little extra, Land Rover would happily fill out your preference for any optional extras or personalising of your machine. Leather on the seats, wood veneer, paintwork, these were just some of the features that you could select, not to mention the number of gadgets you could insist on as well, including reclining seats, on-board engine management systems, SATNAV, remote control locking that also resets the seats to their original position, etc. The car is also incredibly safe too, a 6-foot, 3 ton block of steel hurtling through the countryside, and the high driving position meant that you could feel a sense of security and comfort as you looked down on lesser mortals in their normal cars.
So, to summarize, the Range Rover P38 is the best car in the world bar none because it is big, safe, comfortable, very well equipped, extremely reliable, powerful, beautifully designed and all around the best thing anyone could possibly drive...
...if they could afford it!
The problem with the P38 is that it is a very, very, very expensive car to both buy and run. At £40,000 it wasn't an easy car to get your hands on when new in 1994, especially after a massive recession, and if you went for the Long-Wheelbase 'Vogue' or SE (Special Equipment) versions, you'd be forking out more towards £50,000, and if you went for an 'Autobiography' job or an Overfinch if you were really edgy, you'd have to be an eccentric millionaire!
Next was actually running it. These days when you come across Range Rover P38's you'll find that most people have the 2.5L BMW engine because of the fact that it was less expensive in terms of fuel consumption. The Rover V8 and Overfinch versions on the other hand, you'd be very lucky to get yourself 9 Miles to the Gallon out of them! You'd be spending more time at Petrol Stations than anywhere else!
And then there's the image when owning a Range Rover. Today modern Range Rovers are very mundane cars in comparison to what they were back in 1994. If you owned a brand new P38 back in 1994, everyone would notice, and everyone would hate you! They'd hate you on a cellular level, on an atomic level even! If you were a person on the street, you'd think 'Egotist', if you were an environmentally minded person, you'd think 'Planet homicidal murderer', if you were any other motorist, you'd think 'Wideboy'. The fact that you had the audacity to go out and buy a gas guzzling luxury SUV which chewed up petrol at 9MPG, had an interior lined with 4 cows and half the New Forest, and was generally a bigger car than theirs in more ways than one, they would absolutely loathe you!
However, the seeds with the P38 were sown and the Range Rover found itself into the hands of a newer, wider ranging audience, this audience being the celebrities and superstars of the 1990's TV and Music scene. No person with a regular salary could possibly risk the Range Rover, but the new money lapped them up like warm milk. With this new demographic in mind, Land Rover very much changed their attitude on the Range Rover, moving it from being a practical ground-covering all terrain vehicle to an item of 'bling-bling'. In 2002 the P38 was replaced by the newer L322, and it was clear from the start that this new Range Rover was built not to climb mountains, but to climb over legions of fans as they huddled around the celebrities of Hollywood and Dubai. Chances are a modern L322 Range Rover and the later L405 have never seen a muddy puddle, and chances are they never will, but their comfortable lives in the spotlights of celebrities can all be owed to the endearing design of the original P38 that dominated the 1990's, and brought that original British Leyland dream of an international conquering car to reality...
...24 years late mind you but ho hum...