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My only experience of children's day is from Animal Crossing but I really like the carp streamers.
These are folded from murano paper and painted with ink after folding. Definitely need to improve my brush work!
Diagram here: www.dropbox.com/s/jbbr4wsxlokpfcm/KoiDiagram_EWilliams.pd...
Childrens' Day at the Royal Thai Air Force, Bangkok
The Airbus Corporate Jetliner, or A319CJ, is a long range corporate jet development of the A319 airliner which competes directly with the Boeing Business Jet and dedicated long range corporate jets such as the Bombardier Global Express and Gulfstream V. Airbus launched the A319CJ at the 1997 Paris Airshow and the first A319CJ rolled out of Dasa's Hamburg A319/A321 assembly hall in October 1998. The airframe was then due to be fitted with belly auxiliary fuel tanks and flight test instrumentation prior to making a first flight in May 1999. Certification is planned for mid 1999 with the first customer delivery due in November that year. Unlike the Boeing Business Jet, which combines the 737-700's airframe with the 737-800's strengthened wing and undercarriage, the A319CJ is designed to be a minimum change development of the A319. This means, according to Airbus, that the A319CJ can be easily converted to an airliner, thus increasing the aircraft's potential resale value. The first A319CJ is powered by IAE V2500s but CFM56s are also available, while the A319's containerised cargo hold means that the CJ's auxiliary fuel tanks can be easily loaded and unloaded, giving operators flexibility to reconfigure the aircraft for varying payload/range requirements. Like the rest of the A320 single aisle family (plus the A330 and A340), the A319CJ shares Airbus' common advanced six screen EFIS flightdeck with sidestick controllers, plus fly-by-wire flight controls. At mid 2002 Airbus had selected five cabin outfitters for the aircraft - among which Lufthansa Technik in Germany, Jet Aviation of Switzerland, and Air France Industries. Airbus will supply green A319CJ airframes to the outfitters for interior fitment. Interiors weigh around 3.8 tonnes (8500lb) and cost $US4-10m. Outfitting will typically take four to six months. The first A319CJ order, announced in December 1997, was placed by a Kuwaiti individual. Among the later customers are the Italian, French, and Venezuelan Air Forces, Taiwan's Eva Air, and Qatar Airways.
Today is the United Nations' Universal Children's Day, which was established in 1954.
(Most countries have their own Children's Day too, on other dates..)
"We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind."
~We the Children: End-decade review of the follow-up to the World Summit for Children Report of the Secretary-General (2001)~
(More information: www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/ / Norwegian: www.fn.no/Aktuelt/Kalender/FNs-internasjonale-barnedag)
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The International Children's Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries,
usually (but not always) on June 1 each year. The ICD had its origin in Turkey in 1920
(April 23, 1920) and later in the World Conference for the Well-being of Children
in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925.
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Vigili del Fuoco e Unicef per il "Children's Day" Piazza del Campo (Siena) - Italy
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Sagami Giant Kite Festival
A traditional special event from the 19-century. The kite is about 14 meters on a side and weighs about 1 ton - the biggest one in Japan.
The Giant Kites of Sagami are called "Sagami-no-Oodako", the large Japanese kites flown by the Sagami Giant Kite Preservation Association in Shindo, Kamiisobe, Simoisobe, and Katsusaka regions of Sagamihara City, which is located in the middle of Kanagawa Prefecture. On May 4 th and 5th this year’s Sagami Giant Kite Festival, which is an annual event, will be held at the Sagamigawa riverbed.
Childrens' Day at the Royal Thai Air Force, Bangkok
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and Warbird performer.
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Crew: 1
Length: 15.06m
Wingspan: 9.96m
Height: 4.88m
Powerplant: 1x F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan
Max speed: Mach 1.2
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Children's Day at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Bangkok
The Cessna T-37 Tweet (designated Model 318 by Cessna) is a small, economical twin-engined jet trainer and attack aircraft type which flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force (USAF) and in the air forces of several other nations. The A-37 Dragonfly variant served in the light attack role during the Vietnam War and continues to serve in the air forces of several South American nations.
The T-37 served as the U.S. Air Force's primary pilot training vehicle for over 52 years after its first flight. After completing Primary in the Tweet, students moved on to other advanced Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps or Allied trainers. With a total of 1,269 Cessna T-37s built, the USAF retired its last T-37 in 2009.
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Happy children on Children’s Day: 8-year old Luana, 7-year old Paloma and 9-year old Taina.
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Children's Day 2018 at the National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, was an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of both the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation of combat aircraft—a sleek monoplane design making extensive use of metal in its construction and powered by a powerful radial engine.
Perhaps best known as the predecessor of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, the P-36 saw little combat with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was nevertheless the fighter used most extensively and successfully by the French Armee de l'air during the Battle of France. The P-36 was also ordered by the governments of the Netherlands and Norway, but did not arrive in time to see action before both were occupied by Nazi Germany. The type was also manufactured under license in China, for the Republic of China Air Force, as well as in British India, for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF).
Axis and co-belligerent air forces also made significant use of captured P-36s. Following the fall of France and Norway in 1940, several dozen P-36s were seized by Germany and transferred to Finland; these aircraft saw extensive action with the Ilmavoimat (Air Force) against the Soviet Air Forces. The P-36 was also used by Vichy French air forces in several minor conflicts; in one of these, the Franco-Thai War of 1940–41, P-36s were used by both sides.
From mid-1940, some P-36s en route for France and the Netherlands were diverted to Allied air forces in other parts of the world. The Hawks ordered by the Netherlands were diverted to the Dutch East Indies and later saw action against Japanese forces. French orders were taken up by British Commonwealth air forces, and saw combat with both the South African Air Force (SAAF) against Italian forces in East Africa, and with the RAF over Burma. Within the Commonwealth, the type was usually referred to as the Curtiss Mohawk.
With around 1,000 aircraft built by Curtiss itself, the P-36 was a major commercial success for the company. It also became the basis not only of the P-40, but two other, unsuccessful prototypes: the YP-37 and the XP-42.
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Twelve Curtiss Hawk 75 fighters were ordered from the United States and transferred to Thailand in 1937, now called Fighter Type 11. They were in service until 1949.
SPECIFICATIONS
Single-seat fighter monoplane
Manufacturer: Curtiss Wright Corporation Inc.
Engine: One 840 hp Wright Cyclone
Span: 11.37 m
Length: 8.71 m
Height: 2.84 m
Gross weight: 2,800 kg
Maximum speed: 438 km/h
Service ceiling: 9,700 m
ARMAMENT:
2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
1 x 590 kg bomb
Source: Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force
The Education Act, 1877 provided free education for children from 5 to 15, but attendance was compulsory only for children between 7 and 13, for half the year. This reflected the importance of children’s labour in a largely rural economy. In 1900, attendance became compulsory for the whole year. Teaching opened a new area of employment for women.
Children's Day is celebrated in New Zealand on the first Sunday in March each year. It honours children as a taonga (Māori for treasure) and is a day families can relax and share in activities that honour this.
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The United Nations General Assembly declared 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
The theme for the International day for poverty eradication 2005 is "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals - empowering the poorest of the poor".
I reckon that if we ALL do our little bit (and I mean little bit!) those goals could be attained. At the rate we are going they certainly won’t. Many drops make an ocean, and every drop counts. Like the many drops that form the ocean, many individuals make humanity. In that same way, every individual contribution, however small, adds up.
So how about YOU?
Only YOU can make a difference!
Let’s make the world a brighter place for ALL our children!
Like the happy feelings brought forth in these delightful paintings created during the open-air workshops at the orphanage, Lar Maria & Sininha, by our great and heartwarming community artist, Ordalina
Helping us to realize our objectives is part of the road to success. Without your help we are nothing!
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The Notting Hill Carnival actually began in St Pancras and moved around until it found its home. From town halls it has now grown to a huge event and gets royal approval
Carnival's roots date back to the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833 when the first Caribbean carnival was held in Trinidad.
Black Caribbeans took to the streets for their own carnival party, with song, dance and costumes.
Over the next century, carnival developed into a strong Caribbean tradition, particularly in Trinidad, where the five disciplines of carnival were established.
When the first significant numbers of West Indian immigrants came to the UK in the 1950s, they brought their musical traditions.
But what began with harassment of individual black men by white gangs blew up into a full-scale riot in August 1958 which continued for weeks.
The following year, carnival's first British incarnation took place in St Pancras Town Hall, organised by West Indian Gazette editor Claudia Jones.
For several years it was held in various halls but settled in Notting Hill in 1964, thanks to the vision of local social worker Rhaune Laslett.
As other West Indian immigrants and white locals joined the festivities year on year, carnival grew to its current huge proportions.
It even got the Royal seal of approval when Notting Hill performers began the parade on the Mall which represented the finale of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
It still retains a strong Caribbean flavour, with colourful costumes and the pulsing sounds of calypso and soca.
From: www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/07/25/carnival...
Kualoa Ranch, O‘ahu.
Koinobori, carp-shaped wind socks are hung from tall poles in Japan and Hawai‘i on May 5th. They are a symbol that commemorates Boys' Day, Tango no Sekku (端午の節句). Recently, this special day has evolved and is now recognized as Children's Day or Kodomo no Hi (こどもの日).
These koinobori were quite large at about 30 feet long.
More information here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobori
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo_no_hi
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Takisanji, Aoki River, Okazaki, Aichi Japan
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In Japan, sometime in April families with boys fly these carp outside their homes. The carp symbolize the desire of families for their sons to become strong and healthy, like carp swimming upstream. They are flown through May 5th, Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day). The carp flying here are used ones that have been donated. They can be quite expensive, $500-$3000 for three or four together with a pole to fly them from. Some of them are woven with real gold.
Trying to look inside a bubble.
Yesterday, 1 June, was Children's Day in China. This meant parks were full with families as the parents took there children out for a special day. I'm sure KFC and McDonalds were also packed but we didn't go there. Here's a few shots I took while at Nanhu Park in Nanning. Happy Children's Day everyone!