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Jennifer Keesmaat is committed to creating places where people flourish. Having poured her coherent, comprehensive, and collaborative approach into cities throughout North America – and doing the same in her role as the Chief Planner for the City of Toronto – Keesmaat speaks with passion on her belief that now is the time to engage in city building and take ownership of our shared future.
Over the past decade Keesmaat has worked in municipalities across Canada – including Moncton, Halifax, Mississauga, Peterborough, London, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, and Vancouver – on the development of site plans, urban design guidelines, official plan reviews, corridor studies, culture plans, secondary plans and university campus master plans. Her planning practice is characterized by an emphasis on collaborations across sectors, and broad engagement with municipal staff, councils, developers, business leaders, NGO’s and residents associations.
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St Peter, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
Churchyard.
Thomas Boulton (1844-1880).
This bowlder was placed here by Alderman Isaac Watt Boulton J.P. of Stamford House Ashton under Lyne in affectionate remembrance of his eldest son Thomas Boulton who was for 9 years a warden of this church born November 5th 1844 and died at sea February 5th 1880 on board the H.M.S.S. Kinfauns Castle whilst on a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope to recruit his health. His remains were committed to the deep in Lat 11° 30' south Long 2° 30' west February 6th 1880.
South Sudanese women are urging the UN and international community to support their meaningful participation and leadership in all political, governance and security structures.
The call to help secure 35 percent representation, as required by the peace agreement, was made to the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix during his visit to the country.
The women’s groups said political leaders were not committed to the full implement the peace deal. They described the lack of progress on security sector reform as “worrisome” and demanded urgent action on constitution-making and the establishment of strong governance institutions to advance elections.
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Hey {{ first_name or 'there' }},
Let's talk HABITS!
EVERY result comes down to the habits you’re committed to keeping on a daily basis – the good and the bad.
I’ve felt the effects of BOTH sides, as I’m sure you have, too.
There have been times when I skipped my workouts (for longer than I’d like to admit).
And times when I ate dessert after dinner… every night.
And didn’t drink enough water … and didn’t get enough sleep … and you know the drill.
Not only do you feel like crap, but your productivity, motivation, and focus suffer BIG time.
Our habits have a powerful impact on our productivity and success …
… not to mention everything else in our lives.
I wanted to share some of my PERSONAL habits that I’ve built over the years. For me, being consistent with my personal habits – no matter how busy I am – is what allows me to 10X everything else.
Here’s what’s working for me RIGHT NOW:
Meditation at least 10 mins a day (first thing in the morning - it gets my day off to the right start)
Working out 5x per week – no matter what. I work out in the mornings before breakfast, 20 or 30 minutes, following free videos on YouTube. I mix it up with weights, cardio, yoga and Pilates.
Drinking a lot of water (filling my water bottle at least 3 times a day)
Doing something for personal growth EVERY day
Getting outside in nature. I love foraging for nutrient-dense wild foods as it helps me slow down and connect.
Capping coffee at 2 cups a day (currently on an oat milk flat white kick)
Walking with my dog Millie every day (so we can get our Vitamin D and sunshine!)
Bed by 10:30 pretty much every night
You know what’s funny?
I had to actually “think” about what my habits were since they have become so automatic.
And that’s the goal, right?
I know what it’s like to be so consumed with work that you “don’t have the time” to work out or get back on track with your habits.
But… it’s ALL about making it a priority.
→ You already know what you need to do if you’re not already doing it.
I've got a resource that might help you - my FREE Habit Trackers - which you can download here. These trackers might be the motivation you need to stay on track.
What’s one personal habit you’re going to commit to getting back to?
Email me back and let me know for accountability!
Make it an amazing day,
Chloe x
Committed To Memory: A History of Johnstown in Objects
Heritage Discovery Center, Johnstown PA 2016
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Thunder On the Ohio. I saw a big lens and went to meet it after the show was over. I had seen some of "StentDocs" photos online. I'd remembered the unusual handle. Great to meet a fellow FlickR photographer who is so skilled and see them in action. He was joined by his significant other whose name I didn't catch. I see another enthusiast in the background of this photo. If you know you, you can tag him!
Committed To Memory: A History of Johnstown in Objects
Heritage Discovery Center, Johnstown PA 2016
Johnstown Area Heritage Association (JAHA)
Committed To Memory: A History of Johnstown in Objects
Heritage Discovery Center, Johnstown PA 2016
Johnstown Area Heritage Association (JAHA)
The Niihau Incident
This is one display of many of the Niihau Incident in the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum about the Niihau Incident, low resolution picture is attached.
For many years I have been aware of the WWII Niihau Incident (a special Hawaiian Island), quoted from Wikipedia and this URL: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_incident
The Japanese pilot then sought and received the assistance of the three residents of Japanese descent on the island in overcoming his captors, finding weapons, and taking several hostages. Eventually, Nishikaichi was killed by Niihauans Benehakaka "Ben" Kanahele and his wife Kealoha "Ella" Kanahele;[1] Ben Kanahele was wounded in the process, and one of Nishikaichi's supporters, Yoshio Harada, committed suicide.
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Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (Con):
Jihadi crimes committed in the name of the Islamic State are completely incompatible with the British way of life, so I welcome the plans announced by my right hon. Friend to seize British passports from dual nationals, and to remove rights of residency in the UK from foreign nationals known to have been fighting with ISIL in Iraq and Syria, in order to keep such people from committing terrorist atrocities in the UK. What progress have the Government made concerning jihadis with only British citizenship, whom my constituents believe have forfeited their right to return to the UK, even though they may be rendered stateless if deprived of citizenship?
The Prime Minister:
First, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his great work representing the people of Dudley South for the past four years and all the work he has done. He is absolutely right that people in Dudley South—indeed, people across our country—take the basic view that if someone leaves this country, travels to the heart of Iraq, declares they are in favour of some so-called Islamic state, and that is the country they want to be part of, they should effectively forfeit their right to come back and live in Britain. That is what people feel, and they feel it deeply, which is why it is right to consider how we can have legal powers not just to strip dual nationals of their British citizenship or to exclude foreign nationals, but to prevent British citizens who make those statements from coming back to our country.
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-09-03/debates/14090345...
St Baldricks Brevard at The Avenue Viera by commercial photographer Rich Johnson of Spectacle Photo. Dedicated to the St. Baldrick's Foundation Events on the Space Coast of FL and raising awareness for Childhood Cancer. The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
Jennifer Keesmaat is committed to creating places where people flourish. Having poured her coherent, comprehensive, and collaborative approach into cities throughout North America – and doing the same in her role as the Chief Planner for the City of Toronto – Keesmaat speaks with passion on her belief that now is the time to engage in city building and take ownership of our shared future.
Over the past decade Keesmaat has worked in municipalities across Canada – including Moncton, Halifax, Mississauga, Peterborough, London, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, and Vancouver – on the development of site plans, urban design guidelines, official plan reviews, corridor studies, culture plans, secondary plans and university campus master plans. Her planning practice is characterized by an emphasis on collaborations across sectors, and broad engagement with municipal staff, councils, developers, business leaders, NGO’s and residents associations.
Photos by Luana Siciu (luanasuciu.com)
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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 31, 2017) Sailors assigned to Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) stands by as a fuel probe incomes during an underway replenishment with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187). Rushmore is underway off the coast of Southern California participating in a series of qualifications and certifications as part of the basic phase of training in preparation for future operations and deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Monford/Released)
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Jan Zajíc (3 July 1950-25 February 1969) was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest. He was a student at the technical college, specializing in railroads, and was also interested in poetry and humanities.
One of the very few photos of Jan ZajícIn 1969 he took part in a hunger strike and a commemoration ceremony by students for Jan Palach near the statue of Saint Wenceslas in Prague. It was probably this event which planted the idea of becoming Palach's successor in Zajíc's mind.
On the day of the twenty-first anniversary of the Communist takeover (25 February 1969), he travelled to Prague accompanied by three other students. His intention was to warn the public against the forthcoming political "normalization" of the country. He had several letters challenging the people to fight against the Soviet military occupation of the Czechoslovak Republic. Around 1:30 in the afternoon he walked into the passageway of the building at No. 39 on Wenceslas Square and ignited his chemical-soaked clothes. He was unable to run out of the door, and collapsed and died in the hallway.
The secret state police prohibited his burial in Prague because they feared demonstrations, such as the ones that followed the burial of Jan Palach. He was later buried in his hometown of Vítkov.
The memorial to Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc in front of the National MuseumAfter the Velvet Revolution, a bronze cross was set into the ground in front of the National Museum in Wenceslas Square to honor both Palach and Zajíc. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
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For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karimaâs contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDPâs Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
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Hundreds of protesters rallied near Brayton Point Power Plant and called upon Governor Deval Patrick to close the electricity-generating power plant in Somerset. 44 of the participants committed non-violent civil disobedience and were arrested for trespassing on the plant’s grounds. The plant is one of the largest electricity generating plants in New England, using a combination of low-sulfur coal, natural gas, or oil and diesel fuel to generate 1,528 megawatts of electricity. Demonstrators asserted that in 2010, the plant emitted 6 million of tons of carbon dioxide, making it one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases in all of New England and that annually the plant emits 15,000 pounds of mercury, arsenic, lead, and other hazardous air pollutants into the air. Participants called on Governor Patrick to shut down the plant as soon as possible, while guaranteeing the plant workers and community a just transition.
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For those people who committed a criminal act, be it shoplifting, breaking and entering, etc, THIS is one place that they would have seen the inside of...the charge office at Rice Lane nick.
Indeed, the place would have echoed with the sound of earthy language from both prisoner and officer alike...especially the phrase "turn yer pockets out!"
Unlike the city that gave us the first computer and Belle Vue (I'm talking about Manchester of course) Liverpool doesn't HAVE a police museum and this would be the perfect place for it (either that or Westminster Road) but I think that Copperas Hill would be the ideal venue because, unlike Rice Lane, it has somewhere to park the odd old police vehicle or two.
Nobody may like the police on Merseyside (or perhaps that's a generalisation) but policing has just as big a part to play in our local history as education and public health.
Anyway, this is a close up of entrance to something that no-one wanted to see the inside of...the charge office.
The band committed the inexcusable faux pas of helping themselves at the buffet after being told 'help yourselves' by the person who booked us...a stony confrontation between the lady whose 40th wedding anniversary bash was being held and the band ensued after we were shown the meagre helpings that had been plated up for us and which we hadn't been told about. Good job Pete wasn't with us as he's vegetarian...I don't think he'd have appreciated being given a slice of ham.
This is one of the downsides to playing such events - you travel two and a half bloody hours or so to a gig with a get-in time of 4.30 with no chance to grab a bite at teatime because of the gig timing and venue (The Village Hall, Arse End Of Nowhere, Wilts) and when you do get fed it's as if people think the band doesn't get hungry.
It's bloody irritating and it's bloody rude too.
On the other hand at many gigs like this you do get to meet some really nice people who treat you like one of the guests - ie with kindness and respect.
If anyone reading this was there, I really don't give a flying one - maybe you can tell the lady in question to be a little more generous in future.
You'd think after 40 years of marriage she'd have become a little less uptight.... she's the one with the red balloon by the way.
Jennifer Keesmaat is committed to creating places where people flourish. Having poured her coherent, comprehensive, and collaborative approach into cities throughout North America – and doing the same in her role as the Chief Planner for the City of Toronto – Keesmaat speaks with passion on her belief that now is the time to engage in city building and take ownership of our shared future.
Over the past decade Keesmaat has worked in municipalities across Canada – including Moncton, Halifax, Mississauga, Peterborough, London, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, and Vancouver – on the development of site plans, urban design guidelines, official plan reviews, corridor studies, culture plans, secondary plans and university campus master plans. Her planning practice is characterized by an emphasis on collaborations across sectors, and broad engagement with municipal staff, councils, developers, business leaders, NGO’s and residents associations.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Air Force Colonel Linell A. Letendre is promoted to Brigadier General and will assume the position as the 11th Dean of Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, October 17, 2019. “I am both awed and excited about the opportunity to lead our amazing faculty and staff as the 11th Dean of Faculty,” Letendre said. “As Academy educators, we remain committed to graduating officers with the leadership capabilities and sophisticated thinking that will revolutionize future warfare.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong)
One of the first Canadian women who enlisted into the Royal Canadian Air Force committed suicide less than a year later.
miniHazelTen days after her 29th birthday, Hazel Winnifred Webb Seymour left a steady job with the Bell Telephone Company of Canada to enlist in the Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. The unit operated under the motto: “we serve that men may fly.”
Ten months later, she swallowed three bottles of cleansers (iodine, cresol and carbolic acid) while in the hospital for hysteria. She died on September 10, 1942.
When she joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Webb Seymour seemed like the perfect candidate. She was healthy, high-school educated, the right age and height, and well-trained in administrative duties. She was married, and had been for seven years, but the couple had no children as he was deployed overseas.
Her early days in the Air Force reinforced her aptitude for the job. One test resulted in the comment:
“One of the best on the course – always cheerful and will make a wonderfully reliable and good N.C.O. Suitable for a difficult station.”
An “assessment of character” completed in March 1942 also contained high praise: “industrious, capable, willing worker,” “highly resourceful,” and “merits accelerated promotion.”
Four months later, Seymour was admitted to the Station Hospital with something so serious, she stayed for eight days. From then on, she went in and out of hospitals, both civilian and military, until her suicide.
During an inquest about her death, Flight Lieutenant Allan Campbell Blair described what happened in the final three days of her life.
“It was considered that before she should be discharged on the grounds of this nervous disorder that it would be worthwhile to give her another chance and to this end was admitted to Station Hospital again to be kept under observation and the be employed doing small jobs about the hospital which was thought might be of benefit to her. She was apparently responding and there was, in my opinion, no need to restrict her freedom about the hospital. There was no evidence or intentions from her that she was planning self destruction. On September 10, at 1205 hours as Dr. Williams and myself were leaving the hospital we encountered her in the hall holding an iodine soaked stained towel to her mouth and she stated that she had just drunk three bottles of poison….”[1]
After she died, her mother wrote to the military needing help.
“The funeral refund has not been sent to me and I really need that amount to help with my winters’ coal, if I can get any.”[2]
Despite those pleas, the only cheque to the family reimbursed $154.16 they paid for Webb Seymour’s funeral.
March 29, 2014. Boston, MA.
The Women's Dinner Party a benefit for Fenway Health.
Fenway Health presented Elyse Cherry, CEO of Boston Community Capital (BCC), with the Dr. Susan M. Love Award. Boston Community Capital has a mission of building healthy communities through socially responsible investment. Personally committed to economic justice and equality, and to health equality for women and families throughout Boston and the Commonwealth, she has served as CEO for 16 years, during which time Boston Community Capital has invested in child care facilities serving nearly 10,000 children and health care facilities providing care to over 66,000 patients.
The University of Texas at Austin and the Embassy of France have committed to an agreement to establish an endowment to support research collaborations and strengthen academic cooperation between UT Austin and France.
“Global engagement is an essential component of The University of Texas at Austin’s educational and research missions,” said UT Austin President Gregory L. Fenves. “This partnership will strengthen the important relationship between Texas and France and benefit citizens in both nations.”
The Dr. Cécile Dewitt-Morette France-UT Endowed Excellence Fund will solidify the commitment between France and UT Austin to support scholarship that will lead to generations of joint discoveries and deepen the historical ties between the people of France and Texas.
“The Embassy of France is committed to encouraging sustainable cooperation between French and American universities to foster new discoveries as well as students’ and researchers’ mobility,” said Gérard Araud, ambassador of France to the United States. “This new France-University of Texas at Austin program, named for the famous physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette, will open new perspectives of cooperation in all fields of science and humanities.”
The endowment will honor the life and work of the late mathematician, physicist and UT Austin professor Cécile DeWitt-Morette, who was born and educated in France. A recipient of the French Legion of Honor, DeWitt-Morette leaves a trans-Atlantic legacy as a researcher, educator and champion for improving global science relations. During her storied career, she held the Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor Emerita in Physics at UT Austin and founded L’École de Physique des Houches, a school that has produced more than 25 winners of the Nobel Prize and the Fields Medal.
At a time of tremendous turmoil and progressive opportunity, we invite you to participate in a historic convening of organizations and individuals committed to social, racial and economic justice. On June 17-19, in Chicago, after the party primary season and before the party conventions, we seek to bring together activists committed to a different kind of agenda: a People’s Agenda that can enhance and expand issue campaigns and hold all elected officials accountable to popular demands for justice, equality and freedom. We envision this Summit as further deepening the relationship between participating organizations rooted in principled anti-corporate politics, development of community leaders, direct action not based on partisan identification, and strategic organizing to build power. The Summit itself will include plenary and workshop sessions devoted to key issues such as the Fight for 15, mass incarceration and criminal justice reform, voting rights and expanding democratic participation, a tax on Wall Street speculation to fund human needs and jobs, climate justice toward a sustainable economy, improved Medicare for All, the fight for free and debt-free higher education, secure retirement through expanding social security, ending HIV/AIDS, achieving Constitutional pay equity for women, and ending deportations and support for DREAMers, among others. We take action in Chicago against the big money system of politics that expands the power of the wealthy and corporations at the expense of the people. We also celebrate with music and a “festival of joyous rebellion.” And we plan how to move our People’s Agenda nationally and locally to help build the broad movement for people and the planet. — June 17-19, 2016, McCormick Place, Chicago #pplsummit
photo: Jaclyn Higgs, National Nurses United
The Maryland National Guard is committed to protecting and preserving it’s natural resources. The MDNG Environmental Office and the Department of Natural Resources are working to clean out and restore the Honor Grove next to the Fallen Warrior Memorial at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Md. Earth Day 2016, members from the Environmental Office, cadets from the Freestate ChalleNGe Academy, and Maryland Army National Guard soldiers plant Dogwood and Hawthorn saplings to create the treelined path to the Honor Grove. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Thaddeus Harrington, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office)