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At one point, we were uploading and sharing pics on a semi-regular basis. One day we turned around, and it had been over a year since we contributed any photos. Although we still watched our friends' photostreams, we seemed to never sit down and keep our pics updated. As time went by, we continued to take pictures and they piled up, waiting to be posted and organized; trips to Mexico (multiple), holidays, updates w/ careers and students, a trip to Barbados. So much happening, and no update to Flickr.
It was during the trip to Barbados in April of this year that, apparently, a little us was conceived (musta been the rum). Initially, this was not as exciting news as one might think. Anyone who knows us knows we (and let's be honest here... She) have experienced six failed pregnancies, including an ectopic resulting in a burst fallopian tube and emergency surgery.
Karen promptly scheduled a doctor's visit for 8 weeks and then a 'post-' visit to Mexico for the expected 7th failed pregnancy. Lo and behold, the report from her OB/Gyn (who rocks) said that there was good growth and soon enough, a heartbeat (never had that)! We spent the first four months waiting for the other shoe to drop... and going to Mexico, where at least one of us thoroughly enjoyed the local tequila.
Fast forward a couple of months, and we've FINALLY started to think this might happen. To say we're scared ****less doesn't even cover it, but we've also pleasantly discovered what it feels like to be excited as well.
We've missed interacting w/ all of you, and can't think of a better way to reinvigorate our picstream. We'll be posting and trying to catch up w/ all the pics.
Built ca. the 1870s, this Italianate structure contributes to the Kingston Stockade Historic District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The building on the left features an eave cornice manufactured by the Mesker Bros. Iron Works of Saint Louis.
Kingston, New York is a lovely, small Hudson Valley city located about 60 miles south of Albany, and about 30 miles northwest of Poughkeepsie. It serves as the shire town of Ulster County, and traces its establishment to 1652 during the Dutch Colonial period.
Ten things that contribute to the atmosphere of this unique town: grachts, typical houses, omnipresent bikes and bike riders, boats, cheese shops, prostitutes in windows, places offering marihuana, flower markets, tolerance to sexual minorities... and Schiphol Airport.
International Conference on the IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme: Sixty Years and Beyond – Contributing to Development. IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 30 May 2017.
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
By migrating to urban areas in search of better life opportunities, people in developing countries are increasing their risk of diabetes and other metabolic disorders, shows a study.
“Our findings indicate that people who leave a rural lifestyle for an urban environment are exposed to high levels of stress and tend to have higher levels of the hormone cortisol,” said one of the study authors Peter Herbert Kann from Philipps University in Marburg, Germany.
“This stress is likely contributing to the rising rates of diabetes we see in developing nations,” Kann added.
Chronic exposure to the stress hormone cortisol is one of the factors that can raise a person’s risk of developing diabetes and other metabolic problems.
Cortisol can counteract insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar, and slow the body’s production of it.
To test the theory, researchers examined rural and urban population from one ethnic group — the Ovahimba people of Namibia in southwestern Africa.
Among the urban residents, 28 percent of the people had diabetes or other glucose metabolism disorders. The rate was less than half that for rural residents.
The urban dwellers also had significantly higher cortisol levels than their rural counterparts.
The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). To know more visit www.yogagurusuneelsingh.com pic by Vijay Gautam
At 9:02PM on July 3, 2025, the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the 12900 block of W Corcoran St to find flames showing from three one-story homes. Fireworks were still actively detonating in the area, contributing to the spread of the fire and threatening nearby brush and structures. Crews initiated a defensive operation to ensure firefighter safety while working to contain the fire.
The flames ultimately involved four primary homes, multiple attached and detached ADUs, and a parked vehicle on four total properties. Knockdown was declared at 9:51 PM, approximately 53 minutes after the initial report.
The fire left one person dead and five others injured. An approximately 30-year-old man was found deceased after the fire was extinguished. A 33-year-old woman was critically injured and transported to the hospital. Four others were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene and declined transport to the hospital.
Multiple animals were also injured. California Highway Patrol officers transported at least one injured dog directly to an emergency veterinary hospital, and Los Angeles Animal Services was requested to assist at the scene.
A gas leak was identified at one of the homes, prompting a response from the gas company. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was also called to manage live electrical wires that had fallen behind the initial three properties.
More than 130 firefighters responded, along with specialized units from LAFD Arson, LAFD HazMat, LAPD Bomb Squad, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, and the Mayor’s Crisis Response Team. The American Red Cross is working to assist displaced residents.
© Photo by Austin Gebhardt
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IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTE: AMERICA, WE SING BACK! community event at the All Souls Unitarian Church at 1500 Harvard Street, NW, Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 28 September 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Opening Remarks
Gustavo Velasquez, Director, Office of Human Rights (speaker)
Sarah Browning, Director, Split This Rock (background)
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Robin Wright moderates the conversation during Discussion 1 of "Saudi Arabia's Crackdown on Freedom of Expression: Targeting Women's Rights Activists."
Discussion 1: The detention of Loujain Al-Hathloul
Walid Al-Hathloul and Lina Al-Hathloul
Brother and sister of Saudi activist and social media commentator Loujain Al-Hathloul
Watch the first discussion here.
Discussion 2: The crackdown on freedom of expression and women’s rights activists
Omaima Al-Najjar
Saudi activist and blogger currently living as a political refugee in Italy
Safa Al-Ahmad
Award-winning Saudi journalist and filmmaker who has directed and produced documentaries for PBS and BBC
Watch the second discussion here.
Moderated by
Robin Wright
Contributing writer, The New Yorker;
Distinguished Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
Co-hosted by
PEN America and the Project on Middle East Democracy
Thursday, May 23, 2019
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
SEIU
1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
Photo credit: April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited the Indonesian exhibits on display at the International Conference on the IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme: Sixty Years and Beyond - Contributing to Development. Vienna, Austria 31 May 2017
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Contributing Building - West DeLand Residential District - National Register of Historic Places
NRIS #92001617
Built ca 1914
Style: Colonial Revival
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Visit our Flickr presence, showcasing our ever-evolving catalogue and our spirit of giving. Our gallery is expansive, but we’re always willing to grow further, driven by the desires of our esteemed clientele. Check our current selection at wsimages.com/
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Light is at the heart of our photographs. Understanding the nuances of light’s interaction with the camera is critical to our craft. The temperature, intensity, source of light, ISO, aperture, speed, camera type, lens type, focal length, and filters… the combinations are myriad and multilayered, revealing the beauty in even the darkest of scenes.
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James O'Brien rides Playguns Royal Moon at the San Antonio Ranch Gelding Stakes & Sale.
Contributing Building - McIntosh Historic District - National Register of Historic Places
NRIS #83003550
Built ca 1891
From left, Michael Ray, Drew Ray, Beth Ray, Katherine Hall and Stephanie Pritchard. (contributed photo)
Traceries of the east window designed by Sir Ninian Comper, c1950, also known as 'the Bride's Window' after newly weds at the church following the War were asked to contribute funds towards it's installation.
Holy Trinity would have been the star attraction in any other town or city, it is a majestic cruciform 15th century Perpendicular church with a tapering central tower and spire, the second of Coventry's famous 'Three Spires'. However it has always been overshadowed by larger neighbours, having been encircled by no less than three separate cathedrals through it's history, a unique distinction! Holy Trinity was founded by the monks of the adjoining priory to act as a parish church for it's lay tenants, thus it is ironic that it has long outlived the parent building.
The earliest part is the north porch, which dates from the 13th century, but the majority of the building dates from a more ambitious phase in 15th century Perpendicular style. The 15th century rebuilding has given us the present cruciform arrangement with small transepts and extra chapels on the north side giving an overall roughly rectangular footprint. These chapels were some of many in the church that served the city's separate guilds in medieval times.
The church has gone through much restoration, most notably the rebuilding of it's spire after it was blown down in a storm in 1665. The east end of the chancel was extended in 1786 (in sympathetic style) and much of the exterior was refaced in the early 19th century in then fashionable Bath stone (which clashes with the original red sandstone).
The church luckily escaped major damage during the Coventry Blitz in 1940, largely thanks to the vigilance of Canon Clitheroe and his team of firewatchers who spent a perilous night on the roof tackling incendaries. The main loss was the Victorian stained glass in the east and west windows, which were replaced with much more fetching glass in the postwar restoration.
The most recent restoration involved the uncovering of the 15th century Doom painting over the chancel arch in 2004. Hidden under blackened varnish since it's rediscovery in the early Victorian period, it has now been revealed to be one of the most complete and important medieval Last Judgement murals in the country. There is further painting contemporary with this on the exquisite nave ceiling, painted a beautiful dusty blue with large kneeling angels flanking coats of arms on every rafter.
There are only a handful of monuments and most of the furnishings date from G.G.Scott's 1850s restoration (as does the magnificent vaulted ceiling high above the crossing) but there are some notable medieval survivals in the rare stone pulpit and the brass eagle lectern, both 15th century, along with a fine set of misericords originating from the former Whitefriars monastery church. Just a few fragments of medieval glass survive in the north west chapel.
The church is happily normally open and welcoming to visitors every day.
For more detail on this church see it's entry on the Warwickshire Churches website below:-
warwickshirechurches.weebly.com/coventry---holy-trinity.html
I've started this site to run in my free time!
It'll be packed with DSLR basics, photography tips, news, reviews, and even a customized Amazon.com powered photographer's store. I'm currently looking for photographers who are willing to volunteer to become a contributor to the site. What this means is that you will be able to write and publish your own posts under your name. Now this site is fairly new, therefore, I'm asking for photographers who would like to publish content in exchange for a link back to their site.
Your post topics can include:
-Techniques
-Tricks in post production
-Advice/tips on specific fields of photography
-Tips on photo editing
-Experiences that other photographers could learn from
-Anything photography related
At the end of every article you write will be a link back to your Flickr, Facebook fanpage, or portfolio site. This will allow readers to view your work and will give you credit for the content that you contributed. You are also welcome to include your own photos as examples. I will let you know the required photo sizes if you do choose to blog.
POST RULES:
* Articles should be a roughly 500 words.
* Link to your portfolio, FB fanpage, or Flickr at the end of your article.
* The article you submit needs to be one of a kind and not already posted somewhere else on the web.
If anyone is interested in being a contributor on this website, please submit an entry article to: Photographymadesimplestaff [at] gmail.com
Contributed by Dr. Semir Vranic, University of Sarajevo. Diagnosed in a-30-year-old male on his right thigh (subcutaneously).
Absolute truth for today’s world careless consumption driving untenable production that driving changes in temperature and weather patterns and that’s Hotter, Hungry World. Hungry world will contribute millions of desperate people. Desperate people do desperate things: They riot, they fight over food, they overthrow governments, and the mass migrate to food-secure countries.
We believe humanity in need of Climate Responsible Community, Climate Compatible Development and we must get Each baby Caring to Each particle of Resources.
To Combat the Climate Change and Global Warming Threat
Please, save a drop of water daily, during all water related activities
Please, plant at least a Native tree annually at own home or community
Please, let’s waste not single particle of food
Please, let’s waste not single particle of any resource
Please, keep off electric appliances one minute daily
Please, suspend travel by personal car once a day
Please, keep a day in a week luxury free
Please, do not throw away the waste wherever you like
Please, No more junk food
Please, Avoid one time
Please, Buy items made from recycled materials
Please, Prefer land phone instead of your cell
Please, save one minute to think on Climate Change and Environment
You Can Reduce CO2 Emissions, Plant Native Trees Worldwide
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Great Dixter Gardens, East Sussex, UK: These historic Grade 1 gardens, which surround a medieval manor house, are truly inspirational. They have the most amazing, vibrant, and imaginative planting schemes I have ever seen in a garden anywhere! The level of visual detail and ‘complexity’ in the planting schemes is awesome: with so many different plants all contributing to the overall picture. I often stand for many minutes in this garden just ‘taking in the scene’. The more I look, the more I see and the more I appreciate the level of planning and effort that has gone into creating this visually dynamic country garden.
Although all the plants look very natural growing together, as though they have almost planted themselves in their growing positions, to get a garden looking this good with such exuberant colors and dense planting requires a very high level of maintenance indeed.
The attention to planting detail at Great Dixter even goes down to the superb arrangements of plants in containers located at strategic points throughout the garden. These are a fantastic combination of plant varieties, forms, colours, textures - and with brilliant use of foliage too.
Considering the gardens are built around a medieval English manor house (parts of which date back to the 15th century), the visitor could assume Great Dixter was just another conventional English garden. Whilst the garden structure (much of which was originally designed by the celebrated architect Edwin Lutyens ) has many conventional elements such as topiary, box and yew hedging, garden rooms, etc., the planting schemes developed by the late Christopher Lloyd are far more dynamic than the Gertrude Jekyl ‘muted palette harmonious approach’. In fact, some of the colour combinations in this highly influential and innovative garden are quite shocking, but most of the time they work really well and bring a great energy, vibrancy and life to the garden.
Photo Details: This photo shows a cool color combination of plants in containers, with silver foliage and also a hint of red to bring life to the display.
Location: Dixter Road, Northiam, East Sussex, TN31 6PH, UK.
The gardens are situated near the village of Northiam, about ten miles north of the coastal town of Hastings and to the north-west of the picturesque ancient town of Rye.
OSGB Map Reference: TQ821251
© 2012 ukgardenphotos
"Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness." – George Washington
The Iris Foundation has the ambition to fundamentally contribute to the contemporary cultural life of St. Petersburg, the wider region, Russia and the international cultural world.It has taken the admirable initiative to expand its success of the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow and convert St. Petersburg’s New Holland Island into a cultural district. MVRDV developed a strategy to gradually redevelop the historic structure and add a new volume dedicated to Modern Art. Inside the new structure a series of activators are collected, being released in summer activating the district. New Holland Island as curatable space, the informal and contemporary inside the monumental city, a cultural Trojan Horse. The historic buildings are treated with upmost respect as imposed by the UNESCO environment and economically upgraded in a gentrification strategy comparable to organic urban renewal on a larger scale.
Only what evolves stays vivid and contemporary
For more information read the project text on www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/newhollandisland
Contributed by Dr. Semir Vranic, University of Sarajevo. Diagnosed in a-30-year-old male on his right thigh (subcutaneously).
“We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.” – Roger Ebert
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Discover the mesmerizing realm of William Stone Images, your destination for Limited Edition Fine Art Prints. Journey into our collection of Fine Art Photography Prints & Luxury Wall Art at: www.wsimages.com/fineart/
Stand on the precipice of a transformative journey with WSImages. Seize this extraordinary opportunity to fuel empowerment and growth by contributing a donation towards our relentless support of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Invest in a brighter future. Your generosity fuels our trajectory, allowing us to create an ecosystem in which SMEs can flourish. Your investment (international payments processed) , transferred into account
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Together, we hold the power to shape the world. Your donation is the spark that drives the engines of change, bringing entrepreneurial dreams to life. With your steadfast support, we can empower these enterprises, laying a solid foundation for sustainable growth, job creation, and economic prosperity.
Be a part of this revolution in success. Every contribution, regardless of its size, is a building block towards a thriving future for businesses and communities alike.
Join us. Redefine boundaries, shatter growth ceilings, and become a change catalyst. Act now, invest in our shared progress.
From us to you, our sincere thanks for being a vital force in our journey and an advocate for SMEs.
Visit our Flickr presence, showcasing our ever-evolving catalogue and our spirit of giving. Our gallery is expansive, but we’re always willing to grow further, driven by the desires of our esteemed clientele. Check our current selection at wsimages.com/
Our services extend to capture unforgettable moments through wedding photography and videography. Visit: randrphotographs.com/
We occasionally offer luxury fine art at discounted rates. Keep an eye on: www.wsimages.com/clearance/
Rest assured, every print dispatched from us passes through a stringent quality control process. Our gallery-quality images come with a lifetime guarantee, delivered to your doorstep in pristine condition.
Although our Flickr images are lower quality to protect copyright, our full-size 4096x pixel photos can be ordered in museum-grade quality. Use the voucher WS-100 for a discount and reference the unique code at the bottom of the photo description when contacting us: www.wsimages.com/contact/
Follow our past journeys and future plans at: www.wsimages.com/news/
Experience the exquisite selection of fine art photography for sale in our galleries. Our stunning photographic works of art, produced using only the finest materials and archival methods, are available in limited and open editions.
Explore our equipment: www.wsimages.com/about/
Check out our latest work at: www.wsimages.com/newaddition/
Light is at the heart of our photographs. Understanding the nuances of light’s interaction with the camera is critical to our craft. The temperature, intensity, source of light, ISO, aperture, speed, camera type, lens type, focal length, and filters… the combinations are myriad and multilayered, revealing the beauty in even the darkest of scenes.
We do cloud/website development and hosting, explore our services - cloudstands.com/
At William Stone Images, three passions drive us: the pursuit of beauty, the quest for the perfect picture, and the thrill of new photographic styles and equipment.
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Join us in congratulating the Paratroopers who have contributed greatly to the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Iraq. The CJFLCC-I is Iraq's leading ground train, advise, and assist element.
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Transformation
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TransFormation was created in 2007 with the goal of offering an annual intensive workshop for professional dancers. Throughout the last 11 years, TransFormation has become a landmark in the Montreal dance scene as a highly anticipated and indispensable event. Cherished by artists for its intensive format, TransFormation contributes to focusing on precise objectives over the span of a couple of weeks. It is also a rare occasion to meet, exchange and network with other artists from Montreal, Quebec, Canada and throughout the world, who all share the same passion.
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TransFormation is a contemporary dance intensive for professional dancers, choreographers, professional teachers and emerging artists. A variety of technique classes, workshops and creation laboratories are offered on an à la carte basis encouraging the artists themselves to choose a programming which would best fit their pursuit of their unique artistic development.
Dancers develop their own distinct way of working, bringing a singularity and their own particular colour to the creations they take part in. Consequently, the contemporary dancer must not only explore new techniques but also new “states of body”. Transformation is a place that offers the opportunity to acquire and incorporate new tools, to improve critical sense and refine one’s personal aesthetic choices.
TransFormation brings together dancers from different horizons and with different views and interests. Together these factors make for a very unique and enriching experience. Every year dancers leave with an appreciation for the fluidity of interpersonal relations between the dancers, choreographers and faculty as well as the intense concentration of the workshop and the atmosphere of artistic freedom that is felt in the different studios during TransFormation.
The program reflects the dancer’s commentaries, views and interests in the new paths of contemporary creation along with the human and artistic experience of its director Lisa Davies and its founders Catherine Viau and David Pressault. The choice of faculty is based on a desire to offer a space of real transformation.
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Contributing Building - Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District - National Register of Historic Places
NRIS #75000211
Built 1888
Style: Tudor
Architect: Dudley Newton and Charles Eamer Kempe
Georgia will continue to contribute to international efforts in addressing large movements of migrants and refugees - regardless of our small size or our own security challenges. - was a key note message in the speech delivered by H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia at a High Level Meeting on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants held at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters today. Prime Minister also noted that 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched one year ago, from that very UN tribune, with a pledge that "no one will be left behind".
"With this statement the UN Member States committed to address the consequences of a migrant crisis which was already leaving millions stranded. Yet forced displacement has since then only increased, with a staggering 300 million international migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons registered this year. Against this backdrop conflicts and insecurity in parts of Africa and the Middle East continue to drive mass exodus, and the death toll of migrants crossing borders continues to climb. Millions globally are still at risk of being left behind" noted the Prime Minister of Georgia.
Head of the Government of Georgia stressed that burden of forced displacement has not bypassed Georgia.
Since the early 90s, Georgia's regions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia have witnessed several waves of ethnic cleansing under occupation by the Russian Federation. Approximately 400 000 persons have been forcibly displaced - when Georgia's entire population makes up only 4 million. Prospects of their safe return are grim with ongoing creeping annexation and installation of barbed wire fences along the occupation line. Meanwhile, ethnic Georgians in the occupied territories continue to suffer from daily discrimination. It is simply not possible to turn a blind eye to this, and to what is going on worldwide" added the Prime Minister of Georgia.
As noted by the Head of Government, Georgia has already received more than 4 000 asylum seekers from various parts of the world, e.g Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Egypt, and Somalia. Georgian Universities offer educational programmes for students from displaced communities. "We are committed to continuing our assistance in the educational sphere, together with interested partners, including donor countries or organisations that can provide financial support to this initiative" added the Prime Minister of Georgia.
In his opinion, International Organisation for Migration, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and other international agencies have made immense efforts to alleviate the plight of victims. But the gravity of the situation requires a coordinated political response - the situation now is unprecedented. "We need to address the root causes of forced displacement to ensure the situation does not get out of control. We need to be proactive rather than reactive, prevent escalation of conflicts and preclude further waves of displacement. The question is: where do we start? Violation of international law is one of the root causes of conflicts. If we make sure that all actors abide by the law and strictly observe their commitments, we can start moving towards a more peaceful world. We can start preventing crises and the mass exodus that ensues from the millions affected. At the Istanbul World Humanitarian Summit this May we committed to promote a new approach and support the emergence of safe, dignified, and durable solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons. The right to safe return is a basic human right and it must be guaranteed, irrespective of political differences" concluded the Prime Minister of Georgia.
Read the full transcript here: gov.ge/files/57811_57811_889460_StatementonAddressingLarg...
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Barlonyo (also Bar Lonyo, meaning "field of wealth" in Luo) is a village in northern Uganda near Lira town. Here follows the text of the remembrance book for the massacre of 2014, made by residents themselves.
The survivors perform regularly an re-enactment of what happened in their village. The pictures were made in November 2016, at the same time while the International Criminal Court (ICC) was starting the trials of the main suspect of the massacre, former LRA commander Dominic Ongwen.
THIS MEMORY BOOK IS BASED ON DOCUMENTATIONS OF THE MASSACRE CONDUCTED BY THE JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION PROJECT (JRP), IN ADDITION TO FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HELD BY COLLABORATIVE TRANSITIONS AFRICA (CTA).
CTA CONTRIBUTES TO BUILDING LASTING PEACE AFTER VIOLENT CONFLICT IN AFRICA BY AIDING INNOVATIVE, LOCAL, INITIATIVES AND IDEAS OF SURVIVORS TO HELP THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES COPE AND RECOVER.
FOR ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE SEE CTA WEBSITE WWW.CTAFRICA.ORG
Barlonyo martyr village
Before the War
Since 1986, a civil war has taken place between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Before the war the Langi people of Lira district and the people of Barlonyo made a living by farming and taking care of the livestock.
Barlonyo means “place of wealth”; a piece of land where people can be wealthy with hard work. Previously, life around Barlonyo was characterized by hunting, fishing, traditional dances and storytelling, and the cultivation of crops, small businesses and cattle rearing,
The civil war lead to the creation of displacement camps in Lira and disrupted their way of life.
After a government offensive called “Operation Iron Fist” in late 2002, Lira district became even more insecure. The LRA began attacking civilians in Lira district and as a result, nearby civilians in Lira voluntarily created Barlonyo camp between September and November 2002. Barlonyo is 26 km north of Lira town and sits next to the River Moroto.
In the afternoon of 21 February 2004, over 300 people were murdered in less than three hours and thousands were displaced to neighbouring camps.
This book is to remember and honour the lives of those who were killed and affected by the massacre. It is also meant to recognize how Barlonyo has moved forward after the massacre, and to memorialize their story so the next generation in Barlonyo does not allow such an atrocity to happen again.
Timeline of massacre events:
Times are approximated based on eye-witness testimony
5:00 pm
300 LRA gather in the fields outside of Barlonyo to receive attack instructions from Okot Odhiambo. According to one soldier who participated in the raid, Odhiambo told the LRA soldiers: “I have received order from the high command of the LRA. You are to kill every living Thing. Kill the old people, kill the adults, kill the government soldiers, and abduct all the young children and boys.”
Several civilians spot the rebels and try to alert the camp. The LRA becomes suspicious of the civilians who had run Back to the camp and they started to shoot in their direction. The rebels fired an RPG (Rocket-Propelled Grenade) toward the detach. At this time one person is shot.
5:30 pm
The LRA, headed by 7 fighters, splits into 3 groups. One group attacks the militia detach and sets it on fire. 28 soldiers and some of the family members were in the barracks and all were killed in the attack. The groupe attacking the detach then continues on the main camp.
The camp residents did not realize that the detach was being attacked and were doing activities such as bathing, cooking, drinking and playing cards when the LRA arrived. The other two groups surrounded the main camp and begin massacring civilians and abducting others. There were over 300 LRA rebels with 100 guns, a bomb, two J2s, Ak-47 and clubs and sticks. A small gap of fighters on the western side of the camp allows some civilians, Amuka and LDU to escape. Some hide in the bushes and others run to Ogur.
7:30 pm
After the massacre was over Odhiambo blew his whistle, gathered the rebels under a tree, and tied all of the new abductees to the tree. At least 24 people were kidnapped and taken to carry looted goods or serve in the rank and file of the LRA. They marched their captives, most laden with heavy food stuffs and luggage to the river Moroto (3 km away).
8:30 pm
Several people struggled to cross the deep river and were punished for their caution. One woman spilled millet as she stumbled, and was promptly chopped to death with a panga. Twenty people were killed by the LRA at the River Moroto by smashing their heads and stabbing them with bayonets. The group carries on into Okwang.
By the end of the massacre over 300 residents of Barlonyo were shot, mutilated with pangas, beaten to death with sticks or pierced with bayonets. Many others were burned to death after following instructions to enter their homes. Those who tried to escape were killed. No one was spared and after only three hours, the LRA retreated from the camp.
Remembering the dead:
There is a cement mass grave and memorial statue commemorating the massacre of Barlonyo camp. As seen above, the official government record claims that only 121 were massacred at Barlonyo even though the death toll was over 300 people according to community members and the camp commanders list. The actual number can never be known, as many lost were young children or left no one to account for them.
Every year a prayer ceremony takes place on 21 February to remember the massacre. Representatives from the government attend and the entire community comes together to pray for the massacre victims: “The prayer ceremonies are good because people from other places come together. It makes them know people love them, council them, it makes them normal.”
Some survivors hold on to some of the possessions of los friends and family members as a way of remembering them. For those who did not have their hut burned down, objects such as ID cards, cooking pots, and clothing are a way to remember their lost loved ones.
A group of Barlonyo community members performs dramatic performances about the massacre to both visitors and the people of Barlonyo. The performances are done by a local youth group as a way of bringing people together and coping with the massacre. “It makes them remember what happened here. It helps them with their trauma… It’s not just for the sake of playing but bringing people together.”
As the Barlonyo community moves on after the massacre, men and women are worried about poverty, hunger and sickness in their daily lives. One Barlonyo resident said: “We ne3ed institutions at Barlonyo to remember. Hospitals, security, education, better memorials.”
Not only can institutions serve as a memorial to the massacre, but they can help the Barlonyo community recover from their experiences and flourish in the aftermath of the civil war. The needs described on the next page were based on a series of conversations with the people of Barlonyo.
. Boreholes – we need more water, the stream is dirty
.Children with disabilities needs to be able to go to school
. A better health centre
. “Churches, schools, youth centres”
. Support for the EVI’s remaining in Barlonyo
.Sensitization centers/programs
.Agriculture projects that increase productivity
. “Repair the roads”
.Income generations activities
.Graves were not cemented properly
.We need a fence to protect the memorials
.”A child cannot afford the cost of books.”
.Compensation for the killed should come from the government
.”NGOs and the government should supply these things.”
Today the people of Barlonyo are returning to their ancestral homes. They focus on cultivating their gardens, providing for their families, and educating their children.
Without fulfilling community need, like provision of hospitals and schools, the community will continue to face many challenges. “We want our children to know the impact of the massacre.”
“It is important to remember the past while also looking towards prospects for the future. The Barlonyo community needs to remember their past while having the opportunity top provide for the next generation of Barlonyo. The task before Barlonyo today is to thrive in the villages while giving respect to the loved ones they have lost. Many people explained the importance of memory to them as a way for the children to know their ancestors, as well as a lesson so that a tragedy like Barlonyo never happens again.
It is becoming so that they cannot remember really… We need to remember the massacre and to give it to our children so that they can remember our beloved ancestors.
It is with this spirit of remembrance alongside the need to move forward that characterizes Barlonyo and the aftermath of the massacre today.”
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This is a photograph from the 2nd round of the 2017 Pat Finnerty Memorial 5KM Road League which was held in Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 10th May 2017 at 20:00. The Road League is promoted and organised by Mulligar Harriers Athletic Club and sponsored by local sponsors including O'Brien's Renault dealership. This is a very well established as an annual event which takes place on every Wednesday night in the month of May. Following on from the great weather from last week's race this evening's racing was no different - a beautiful summer evening with little or no breeze. About 220 participants took part in the race which runs a traffic free course over a mix of road and hilly forest trail.
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Barlonyo (also Bar Lonyo, meaning "field of wealth" in Luo) is a village in northern Uganda near Lira town. Here follows the text of the remembrance book for the massacre of 2014, made by residents themselves.
The survivors perform regularly an re-enactment of what happened in their village. The pictures were made in November 2016, at the same time while the International Criminal Court (ICC) was starting the trials of the main suspect of the massacre, former LRA commander Dominic Ongwen.
THIS MEMORY BOOK IS BASED ON DOCUMENTATIONS OF THE MASSACRE CONDUCTED BY THE JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION PROJECT (JRP), IN ADDITION TO FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HELD BY COLLABORATIVE TRANSITIONS AFRICA (CTA).
CTA CONTRIBUTES TO BUILDING LASTING PEACE AFTER VIOLENT CONFLICT IN AFRICA BY AIDING INNOVATIVE, LOCAL, INITIATIVES AND IDEAS OF SURVIVORS TO HELP THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES COPE AND RECOVER.
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Barlonyo martyr village
Before the War
Since 1986, a civil war has taken place between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Before the war the Langi people of Lira district and the people of Barlonyo made a living by farming and taking care of the livestock.
Barlonyo means “place of wealth”; a piece of land where people can be wealthy with hard work. Previously, life around Barlonyo was characterized by hunting, fishing, traditional dances and storytelling, and the cultivation of crops, small businesses and cattle rearing,
The civil war lead to the creation of displacement camps in Lira and disrupted their way of life.
After a government offensive called “Operation Iron Fist” in late 2002, Lira district became even more insecure. The LRA began attacking civilians in Lira district and as a result, nearby civilians in Lira voluntarily created Barlonyo camp between September and November 2002. Barlonyo is 26 km north of Lira town and sits next to the River Moroto.
In the afternoon of 21 February 2004, over 300 people were murdered in less than three hours and thousands were displaced to neighbouring camps.
This book is to remember and honour the lives of those who were killed and affected by the massacre. It is also meant to recognize how Barlonyo has moved forward after the massacre, and to memorialize their story so the next generation in Barlonyo does not allow such an atrocity to happen again.
Timeline of massacre events:
Times are approximated based on eye-witness testimony
5:00 pm
300 LRA gather in the fields outside of Barlonyo to receive attack instructions from Okot Odhiambo. According to one soldier who participated in the raid, Odhiambo told the LRA soldiers: “I have received order from the high command of the LRA. You are to kill every living Thing. Kill the old people, kill the adults, kill the government soldiers, and abduct all the young children and boys.”
Several civilians spot the rebels and try to alert the camp. The LRA becomes suspicious of the civilians who had run Back to the camp and they started to shoot in their direction. The rebels fired an RPG (Rocket-Propelled Grenade) toward the detach. At this time one person is shot.
5:30 pm
The LRA, headed by 7 fighters, splits into 3 groups. One group attacks the militia detach and sets it on fire. 28 soldiers and some of the family members were in the barracks and all were killed in the attack. The groupe attacking the detach then continues on the main camp.
The camp residents did not realize that the detach was being attacked and were doing activities such as bathing, cooking, drinking and playing cards when the LRA arrived. The other two groups surrounded the main camp and begin massacring civilians and abducting others. There were over 300 LRA rebels with 100 guns, a bomb, two J2s, Ak-47 and clubs and sticks. A small gap of fighters on the western side of the camp allows some civilians, Amuka and LDU to escape. Some hide in the bushes and others run to Ogur.
7:30 pm
After the massacre was over Odhiambo blew his whistle, gathered the rebels under a tree, and tied all of the new abductees to the tree. At least 24 people were kidnapped and taken to carry looted goods or serve in the rank and file of the LRA. They marched their captives, most laden with heavy food stuffs and luggage to the river Moroto (3 km away).
8:30 pm
Several people struggled to cross the deep river and were punished for their caution. One woman spilled millet as she stumbled, and was promptly chopped to death with a panga. Twenty people were killed by the LRA at the River Moroto by smashing their heads and stabbing them with bayonets. The group carries on into Okwang.
By the end of the massacre over 300 residents of Barlonyo were shot, mutilated with pangas, beaten to death with sticks or pierced with bayonets. Many others were burned to death after following instructions to enter their homes. Those who tried to escape were killed. No one was spared and after only three hours, the LRA retreated from the camp.
Remembering the dead:
There is a cement mass grave and memorial statue commemorating the massacre of Barlonyo camp. As seen above, the official government record claims that only 121 were massacred at Barlonyo even though the death toll was over 300 people according to community members and the camp commanders list. The actual number can never be known, as many lost were young children or left no one to account for them.
Every year a prayer ceremony takes place on 21 February to remember the massacre. Representatives from the government attend and the entire community comes together to pray for the massacre victims: “The prayer ceremonies are good because people from other places come together. It makes them know people love them, council them, it makes them normal.”
Some survivors hold on to some of the possessions of los friends and family members as a way of remembering them. For those who did not have their hut burned down, objects such as ID cards, cooking pots, and clothing are a way to remember their lost loved ones.
A group of Barlonyo community members performs dramatic performances about the massacre to both visitors and the people of Barlonyo. The performances are done by a local youth group as a way of bringing people together and coping with the massacre. “It makes them remember what happened here. It helps them with their trauma… It’s not just for the sake of playing but bringing people together.”
As the Barlonyo community moves on after the massacre, men and women are worried about poverty, hunger and sickness in their daily lives. One Barlonyo resident said: “We ne3ed institutions at Barlonyo to remember. Hospitals, security, education, better memorials.”
Not only can institutions serve as a memorial to the massacre, but they can help the Barlonyo community recover from their experiences and flourish in the aftermath of the civil war. The needs described on the next page were based on a series of conversations with the people of Barlonyo.
. Boreholes – we need more water, the stream is dirty
.Children with disabilities needs to be able to go to school
. A better health centre
. “Churches, schools, youth centres”
. Support for the EVI’s remaining in Barlonyo
.Sensitization centers/programs
.Agriculture projects that increase productivity
. “Repair the roads”
.Income generations activities
.Graves were not cemented properly
.We need a fence to protect the memorials
.”A child cannot afford the cost of books.”
.Compensation for the killed should come from the government
.”NGOs and the government should supply these things.”
Today the people of Barlonyo are returning to their ancestral homes. They focus on cultivating their gardens, providing for their families, and educating their children.
Without fulfilling community need, like provision of hospitals and schools, the community will continue to face many challenges. “We want our children to know the impact of the massacre.”
“It is important to remember the past while also looking towards prospects for the future. The Barlonyo community needs to remember their past while having the opportunity top provide for the next generation of Barlonyo. The task before Barlonyo today is to thrive in the villages while giving respect to the loved ones they have lost. Many people explained the importance of memory to them as a way for the children to know their ancestors, as well as a lesson so that a tragedy like Barlonyo never happens again.
It is becoming so that they cannot remember really… We need to remember the massacre and to give it to our children so that they can remember our beloved ancestors.
It is with this spirit of remembrance alongside the need to move forward that characterizes Barlonyo and the aftermath of the massacre today.”
Survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency in Lira District have appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold part of the trials of former Joseph Kony's LRA commander Dominic Ongwen at Barlonyo site where the rebels reportedly massacred 300 people in 2004