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Top row: the 12 mm eyes I bought.
Bottom row: my Byurl's default eyes.
I am sincerely doubting if they even are 14 mm! The size difference is so huge, they could be 16 mm for all I know.
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Werner Schärer, Director Pro Senectute Switzerland speaking at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 19, 2017
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Differences include me beefing up the barrel and gas system, the addition of port "holes", I moved the mag-well and magazine back, along with some other subtle differences.
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‘A Garden Party To Make A Difference’ - See the Prince's gardens at Clarence House, and his neighbours at Lancaster House and Marlborough House.
Imagine if you were unable to touch or kiss your newborn baby. This is an ordeal thousands of families, whose child arrives too soon, too small or too sick, are forced to go through each year. But you can help. By baking and selling cupcakes, you’ll be raising funds to help support families during what can be a very lonely and frightening time, and to provide a brighter future for their babies.
Some facts and figures:
• There is a shortage of 1,150 nurses to care for the 70,000 babies in need of specialist hospital care in England. Less than a third of units have enough nurses to meet minimum standards.
• Neonatal units are working way above recommended occupancy levels meaning there is no safety net for peaks in the number of babies being admitted to units.
• Families of babies admitted to specialist hospital care face a crippling financial strain on top of the normal costs of having a new baby.
• Over half of parents face the prospect of not being able to stay near their baby in hospital due to a shortage of overnight rooms for families.
Cake A Difference is the annual fundraising initiative from Bliss, the special care baby charity. Bliss offers guidance and information at a critical time in families' lives, funds ground-breaking research and campaigns for babies to receive the best possible level of care regardless of when and where they are born. Cake A Difference 2011 takes place from 14-20 February 2011. For more ideas on how you can support Bliss contact katiaw@bliss.org.uk
Go ahead, bake my day!
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1,831,000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is Portuguese (as well as Spanish) for "flowers".
Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi.
On 12 December 1992, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred, killing 2,500 people in and around Maumere, including islands off the North coast.
HOMO FLORESIENSIS
In September 2004, at Liang Bua Cave in western Flores, paleoanthropologists discovered small skeletons that they described as a previously unknown hominin species, Homo floresiensis. These are informally named hobbits and appear to have stood about 1 m tall. The most complete individual (LB1) is dated as 18,000 years old.
HISTORY
Portuguese traders and missionaries came to Flores in the 16th century, mainly to Larantuka and Sikka. Their influence is still discernible in Sikka's language, culture and religion.
The Dominican order was extremely important in this island, as well as in the neighbouring islands of Timor and Solor. When in 1613 the Dutch attacked the Fortress of Solor, the population of this fort, led by the Dominicans, moved to the harbor town of Larantuka, on the eastern coast of Flores. This population was mixed, of Portuguese and local islanders descent and Larantuqueiros, Topasses (people that wear heats) or, as Dutch knew them, the 'Black Portuguese' (Swarte Portugueezen).
The Larantuqueiros or Topasses became the dominant sandalwood trading people of the region for the next 200 years. This group used Portuguese as the language for worship, Malay as the language of trade and a mixed dialect as mother tongue. This was observed by William Dampier, an English privateer visiting the Island in 1699:
These [the Topasses] have no Forts, but depend on their Alliance with the Natives: And indeed they are already so mixt, that it is hard to distinguish whether they are Portuguese or Indians. Their Language is Portuguese; and the religion they have, is Romish. They seem in Words to acknowledge the King of Portugal for their Sovereign; yet they will not accept any Officers sent by him. They speak indifferently the Malayan and their own native Languages, as well as Portuguese.
In 1846, Dutch and Portuguese initiated negotiations towards delimiting the territories but these negotiations led nowhere. In 1851 the new governor of Timor, Solor and Flores, Lima Lopes, faced with an impoverished administration, agreed to sell eastern Flores and the nearby islands to the Dutch in return for a payment of 200,000 Florins. Lima Lopes did so without the consent of Lisbon and was dismissed in disgrace, but his agreement was not rescinded and in 1854 Portugal ceded all its historical claims on Flores. After this, Flores became part of the territory of Dutch East Indies.
During World War II a Japanese invasion force landed at Reo on 14 May 1942 and occupied Flores.
After the war Flores became part of independent Indonesia.
ADMINISTRATION
Flores is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province. The island along with smaller minor islands are split into eight regencies (local government districts); from west to east these are: Manggarai Barat (West Manggarai), Manggarai Tengah (Central Manggarai), Manggarai Timur (East Manggarai), Ngada, Nagekeo, Ende, Sikka and Flores Timur (East Flores). Flores has 39.1% of the East Nusa Tenggara provincial population as of 2010, and the most Indonesians of all islands in the province.
It is the island with the 9th most Indonesians. Among all islands containing Indonesian territory, it is the 10th most populous after Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bali, Madura, Lombok, and Timor.
FLORA AND FAUNA
The west coast of Flores is one of the few places, aside from the island of Komodo itself, where the Komodo dragon can be found in the wild, and is part of Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kelimutu National Park is the second national park designated on Flores to protect endangered species. The Flores giant rat is also endemic to the island, and Verhoeven's giant tree rat was formerly present. These giant rodents are considered examples of island gigantism.
Flores was also the habitat of several extinct dwarf forms of the proboscidean Stegodon, the most recent (Stegodon florensis insularis) disappearing approximately 12,000 years ago. It is speculated by scientists that limited resources and an absence of advanced predators made the few megafaunal species that reached the island subject to insular dwarfism.
CULTURE
There are many languages spoken on the island of Flores, all of them belonging to the Austronesian family. In the centre of the island in the districts of Ngada, Nagekeo, and Ende there is what is variously called the Central Flores Dialect Chain or the Central Flores Linkage. Within this area there are slight linguistic differences in almost every village. At least six separate languages are identifiable. These are from west to east: Ngadha, Nage, Keo, Ende, Lio and Palu'e, which is spoken on the island with the same name of the north coast of Flores. Locals would probably also add So'a and Bajawa to this list, which anthropologists have labeled dialects of Ngadha.
The peoples of Flores are almost entirely Roman Catholic Christians, whereas most other Indonesians are Muslim. As a consequence, Flores may be regarded as surrounded by a religious border. The prominence of Catholicism on the island results from its colonisation by Portugal. In other parts of Indonesia with significant Christian populations, such as the Maluku Islands and Sulawesi, the geographical divide is less rigid and Muslims and Christians sometimes live side by side. Flores thereby also has less religious violence that has sporadically occurred in other parts of Indonesia. There are several churches on the island.
TOURISM
The most famous tourist attraction in Flores is Kelimutu, a volcano containing three colored lakes, located in the district of Ende close to the town of Moni. These crater lakes are in the caldera of a volcano, and fed by a volcanic gas source, resulting in highly acidic water. The colored lakes change colors on an irregular basis, depending on the oxidation state of the lake from bright red through green and blue.
There are snorkelling and diving locations along the north coast of Flores, most notably Maumere and Riung. However, due to the destructive practice of local fishermen using bombs to fish, and locals selling shells to tourists, combined with the after effects of a devastating tsunami in 1992, the reefs have slowly been destroyed.
Labuan Bajo (on the western tip of Flores) is a town often used by tourists as a base to visit Komodo and Rinca. Labuanbajo also attracts scuba divers, as whale sharks inhabit the waters around Labuanbajo.
The Luba and Bena villages include traditional houses in Flores, Bena is also noted for its Stone Age megaliths.
Larantuka, on the isle's eastern end, is known for its Holy Week festivals.
ECONOMY
In addition to tourism, the main economic activities on Flores are agriculture, fishing and seaweed production. The primary food crops being grown on Flores are rice, maize, sweet potato and cassava, while the main cash crops are coffee, coconut, candle nut and cashew. Flores is one of the newest origins for Indonesian coffee. Previously, most Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) from Flores was blended with other origins. Now, demand is growing for this coffee because of its heavy body and sweet chocolate, floral and woody notes.
WIKIPEDIA
Saw these two in a field out in the Forest. They were on a small holding and not roaming free. I had to balance on a muddy bank whilst trying to focus my lens through a wire fence from a distance. It's the same small holding that has the miniature ponies and whilst trying to get photos of the foals last summer doing exactly the same balancing act, I ripped a new blouse I was wearing. Anything to get the shot - lol
I think they may be Jacob sheep but if someone knows differently then please let me know
Just about 30 minutes difference between this and the previous image. The change in the light never fails to impress me. I think I like this one... I could have brought out the foreground, raised the contrast, saturation etc etc, but that's not how I shot it. That's not my style of photography. If I'd had a 3-stop grad rather than a two I might have used it, possibly. It was twilight after all.
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Comments gratefully received. Thanks.
Kalighat Kali Temple (Bengali: কালীঘাট মন্দির) is a Hindu temple in West Bengal, India dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. It is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas.
Kalighat was a Ghat (landing stage) sacred to Kali on the old course of the Hooghly river (Bhāgirathi) in the city of Calcutta. The name Calcutta is said to have been derived from the word Kalighat. The river over a period of time has moved away from the temple. The temple is now on the banks of a small canal called Adi Ganga which connects to the Hoogly. The Adi Ganga was the original course of the river Hoogly (the Ganges). Hence the name Adi (original) Ganga.
WORSHIP
The temple is visited by pilgrims from all over India irrespective of sectarian differences. The thousands of pilgrims who flock daily to the Kalighat temple treat Kali very much like a human mother, bringing her their domestic problems and prayers for prosperity, and returning when their prayers are fulfilled to express their gratitude. Their attitude towards the Goddess is guided by their religious traditions and training, their spiritual and intellectual capacities, and the guidance of their temple priests.
LEGEND
Kalighat is regarded as one of the 52 Shakti Peethas of India, where the various parts of Sati's body are said to have fallen, in the course of Shiva's Rudra Tandava. Kalighat represents the site where the toes of the right foot of Dakshayani or Sati fell. Legend has it that a devotee discovered a luminant ray of light coming from the Bhāgirathi river bed, and upon investigating its source came upon a piece of stone carved in the form of a human toe. He also found a Svayambhu Lingam of Nakuleshwar Bhairav nearby, and started worshiping Kaali in the midst of a thick jungle.
Kalighat is also associated with the worship offered to Kali by a Dasanami Monk by name Chowranga Giri, and the Chowringee area of Calcutta is said to have been named after him.
HISTORY
The Kalighat temple in its present form is only about 200 years old, although it has been referred to in Mansar Bhasan composed in the 15th century, and in Kavi Kankan Chandi of the 17th century. Only two types of coins of Chandragupta II, who incorporated Vanga in the Gupta Empire, are known from Bengal. His Archer type coins, which became the most popular type of coinage with the Gupta rulers after Kumaragupta I, have been found in Kalighat. This is evidence of the antiquity of the place.
The original temple was a small hut. A small temple was constructed by King Manasingha in the early 16th century. The present temple was erected under the patronage of the Kaliprasad Dutta of Hatkhola Dutta Bari with the help of Santosh Roy Chaudhury of Sabarna Roy Chowdhury family of Barisha. It was completed in 1809 by Santosh Roy Chowdhury and his grand son.Kaliparasad Dutta had given Rs.25,000/- to Santosh Roy Chaudhury to build the Mandir.Sabarna Roy Chowdhury family is the original owner of this temple.Halder family of kalighat is called the 'sebadas' of this temple In the 1960s a committee was formed for the administrative management of the temple with representation from the Government.
THE IMAGE OF KALI
The image of Kali in this temple is unique. It does not follow the pattern of other Kali images in Bengal. The present idol of touchstone was created by two saints - Brahmananda Giri and Atmaram Giri. Three huge eyes, long protruding tongue made of gold and four hands, which all are made of gold too. Two of these hands holding a scimitar and a severed head of the asura king 'Shumbha'. The scimitar signifies Divine Knowledge and the asura (or, human) head signifies human Ego which must be slain by Divine Knowledge in order to attain Moksha. The other two hands are in the abhaya and varada mudras or blessings, which means her initiated devotees (or anyone worshiping her with a true heart) will be saved as she will guide them here and hereafter.
TEMPLE DETAILS
SOSTHI TALA
This is a rectangular altar about three feet high bearing a small cactus plant. Beneath the tree, on an altar three stones are placed side by side - left to right representing the goddesses Shashthi (Sosthi), Sitala and Mangal Chandi. This sacred spot is known as Sosthi Tala or Monosha Tala. This altar was constructed by Gobinda Das Mondal in 1880. The place of the altar is the Samadhi of Brahmananda Giri. Here all the priests are female. No daily worship or offering of Bhog (food offering) is done here. The goddesses here are considered as part of Kali.
NATMONDIR
A large rectangular covered platform called Natmondir has been erected adjacent to the main temple, from where the face of the image can be seen. This was originally built by Zamindar Kasinath Roy in 1835. It has been subsequently renovated often.
JOR-BANGLA
The spacious varandah of the main temple Facing the image is known as Jor Bangla. Rituals occurring inside the sanctum sanctorum are visible from the Natmondir through the Jor-bangla.
HARKATH TALA
This is the spot adjacent to the Natmondir, southwards meant for Bali (sacrifice). There are two Sacrificial altars for animal sacrifices side by side. These are known as Hari- Kath.
The bigger one is for buffalo sacrifices and the smaller one for goats and sheep. The animals are sacrificed with a single stroke of the scimitar and there is very little cruelty to animals when compared to the professional abattoirs.
RADHA-KRISHNA TEMPLE
This temple is known as Shamo-ray temple and is situated inside the temple at the west side of the main temple. In 1723, a settlement officer of Mushirabad district first erected a separate temple for Radha-Krishna. In 1843 a Zamindar called Udoy Narayan Mondal erected the present temple in the same spot. The Dolmancho was founded in 1858 by Madan Koley of Saha Nagar. There is a separate kitchen for preparation of vegetarian Bhog (food offering) for Radha-Krishna.
KUNDUPUKUR
This is the sacred tank situated in the south-east of the temple outside the boundary walls. Present area of the tank is approximately 10 cottahs. In the past it was bigger and called 'Kaku-Kunda'. In 16th century 'Sati-Ango' ( the right toe of Sati) was discovered from this tank. This tank is well known for its power to bestow the boon of a child. The water from this tank is regarded as sacred as that of the Ganges. Efforts at draining the water from the tank for cleaning has failed in the past showing the possibility of a subterranean with Adi Ganga.
ASSOCIATED TEMPLES
NAKHULESHWAR MAHADEV TEMPLE
This Shiva temple is dedicated to the consort of Maa Kali. It is situated in Haldar Para lane on the opposite side of the temple behind the police station. This temple is also very old and mentioned in the history.
The four Shiva temples inside the temple were constructed by different shebait families who retain control over them.
WIKIPEDIA
Cartoon by A(lexander) S(tuart) Boyd for Punch, 1896.
AS Boyd (1854-1930) is one of the minor but still excellent artists of the 1890s. In his work can be seen the influence of the seminal magazine "The Graphic".
On the left a fine representation of a Hansom cab with its cabby on his seat behind the vehicle.
The 2013 Classic Cinderella Doll is photographed new in her unopened box.
The 2013 Classic Cinderella doll has many differences from the 2012 model, most of which are improvements in my view. She has the same face as the 2012 doll, but her hair and dress are significantly changed. Other changes are seen once the doll is removed from the box. Once I do that, I will provide a full review.
The packaging for the dolls is much improved. The box art has been completely redesigned, with beautiful decorations unique to each Princess (actually for each movie), and a cameo of the animated movie character. The boxes are the same height and width, but are 1/2'' flatter, making them smaller and lighter.
The 2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection, released on June 10, 2013. They consist of 11-12'' articulated dolls of the 11 official Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Merida, as well as Princes, Villains and Sidekicks. I now have all 11 Princesses, Queen Elinor, Charlotte and Gaston. I will photograph them boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also post reviews and comparative photos.
Classic Disney Princess Cinderella Doll - 12''
US Disney Store
Released online June 10, 2013.
Purchased online June 13, 2013.
Received June 24, 2013.
$14.95 (was on sale for $10 at time of purchase).
Hand sorting at the Oromia dry mill. Electronic sorting can take the worst off-color defects, but hand sorting is by far the most effective way to get rid of defects.
HUMPHREYS GARRISON — Joining millions of people around the world, about 250 members of the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys community, along with 100 students and adults from Pyeongtaek City, participated in Make a Difference Day by helping to clean up Deog Dong San City Park, in Pyeongtaek, Oct. 23.
According to Denise Chappell, the Army Community Service volunteer coordinator and project officer for the event, “Make a Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others; a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.”
The program was created by USA Weekend Magazine 20 years ago and has become an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of October.
This was the third year in a row that the garrison partnered with the local community to participate in the program.
At the park, volunteers from the Bright Society-Goodwill, Cooperation and Service Shinhan High School Chapter, Pyeongtaek City’s Park and Green Belt Management Division and People-to-People International Shinhan High School Chapter, were waiting with gloves and trash bags, ready to get started.
In addition to picking up trash, there was also a need to help build a nicer walking trail, which required some of the volunteers to carry stone and shale, which were leveled out by other helpers. This was used to provide better traction for those who walk the trail on a regular basis.
U.S. Army photos by Steven Hoover
For more information on U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys and living and working in Korea visit: USAG-Humphreys' official web site or check out our online videos.
Photo by John Urban.
After a restful weekend, the team was re-energized and looking forward to a full day of patients today. Our first case was a baby, 7 months old, with a significant cleft palate and lip running all the way to his nostril. This little baby was adorable - a love bug. As we talked to him and his mom, he kept laughing and smiling. What a sweetie! His gum line was protruding out of his mouth, almost like a little snout, and if he'd had his teeth in they would have been sticking straight out. As a mother, it must be terribly hard to have such an adorable baby whose face may repel others. We could tell he was such a sweet and loving child.
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During October, November and December, I visited 54 churches in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire; and St Andrew here is the 53rd of them I have posted.
I visit these churches because I enjoy them, and really begin to notice details and differences and similarities. There are no two churches the same, and what you see on the outside gives no hint of what you might find on the inside.
I must thanks many people for firing my passion for churches and church photography: many were members of the Guess Where UK (GWUK) group here on Flickr. Some are published
authors on ecclesiastical architecture, or run websites dedicated to churches or make stained glass. Passion comes from many directions, I love fining out the history of a church and its parish, the changes the church might have gone through, and during the visit maybe meeting a warden, vicar or parishioner who is fiercely proud of their church, and overjoyed that you have chosen to visit their church, and are only too happy to point out things of interest.
My plan this day was to visit Woodbridge, as a friend had recently posted shots of both parish churches, and both looked well worth a visit. It is this point that I should point out that other than on a train, I had passed through Woodbridge only on two occasions, driving to Sutton Hoo, and had never passed through the centre. So it came as a surprise to find that Woodbridge is a bustling, thriving and downright busy town. I waited in a line of traffic inching through the town, until I came to a junction pointing to a car park; there was a queue to get in. I could see the spires of the two churches, but as I wnet further through the town, I got further away from the churches, until I was out of the town, and did not feel inclined to turn round and join the line of traffic waiting get get back into the town.
So I drove on, as I was driving to Ufford anyway, and that lay a little further north.
There is almost no break in buildings between Woodbridge and Melton. As I drove over the crossroads at the centre of town, I was on the lookout for a church, and a little further I saw the spire of St Andrew. I found a place to park, got my camera.
Inside, it was clear this was a wholly Victorian church, but there is nothing wrong with that, it has a fine barrelled roof, and what looked like an ancient font, taken I now know from the "old" church which I did not visit, even after seeing a road called Old Church Lane, or something.
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To see Melton from the railway line, it is not the most enticing of places, but be reassured that it has not decided to challenge Great Blakenham for the title of Suffolk's most industrialised village. Once you get beyond the detritus of riverside industry, it is a very pleasant place. You could argue that Melton today is an industrialised suburb of the town Woodbridge, but the village street still feels reassuringly rural, especially since the bypass was built. Until ten years ago, this thundered under the weight of traffic to and from the American bases, on the other side of the River Deben from here.
Now, the Americans are gone from East Suffolk.And it isn't just the madness of the Cold War which has touched Melton. For an older generation of Suffolkers, Melton was the home of the East Suffolk county lunatic asylum, later St Audrey's Hospital, which along with the railway provided 19th century jobs here in abundance.
As the village expanded towards Woodbridge, it left its little medieval church alone out in the fields; rather than spend their money on a restoration to enlarge it, the Parish decided to build a completely new church, in the new heart of the village. This happened more frequently in Norfolk than it did in Suffolk - St Andrew is really quite unusual. But I must say that this is not a building I admire. The architect was Frederick Barnes, best known for those wonderful railway stations which he built on the line between Ipswich and Cambridge, but the Kentish Ragstone he used here is wholly inappropriate for a Suffolk village. Be that as it may, the new St Andrew is a well-used, well-loved church, and there is much evidence of this inside its rather dimly-lit interior.
The great feature of the interior is the late medieval font which was brought here from the old church. It is one of Suffolk's 13 seven sacrament fonts, one of only ten that have surviving imagery. It is slightly more battered than many of its companions, but it is particularly interesting for its unique 8th panel, which shows the martyrdom of St Andrew. It also has a characterful 'last rites' panel, with a chamberpot and a pair of slippers under the dying man's bed, as at Badingham. This font must have been one of the last of the series; the vinework under the bowl is reminiscent of that on the font at Walsoken in Norfolk, one of the very last fonts to be made in England before the Reformation intervened.
As was fashionable, the church has a long, low north aisle, its darkness alleviated by the dormer window which lights it. There is some good turn of the century glass, especially the Kempe window to St Andrew and St Etheldreda flanking the risen Christ. She is here because this parish was in the liberty of St Etheldreda - that is to say, the living was in the gift of the monks of Ely, and this parish was in the Diocese of Ely after the Reformation. The St Audrey of the hospital is the self-same St Etheldreda, a medieval contraction of the name. In the window, she holds Ely Cathedral as it would look some one thousand years after her death.
Further west, the screen might well be the work of Cautley, installed as it was in 1934 when he was at the height of his influence as Diocesan Architect. Beyond, the chancel has an Anglo-catholic twilight feel to it, which is probably not typical of the current style of the liturgy here.
Melton parish was the birthplace of one of the great unsung heroes of English urban history. Edwin Lankester was a mid-19th century doctor and social scientist. He recognised a correlation between poor water supply and the London cholera epidemics of the 1850s, and was able to show that proper sewerage and water treatment could lead to the complete eradication of the disease. It is him we have to thank for our modern plumbing systems, and he devised what is still today the standard test for the purity of drinking water. As coroner for the county of Middlesex, he was the first to insist that every death should result in a doctor issuing a medical certificate. He was howled down in parliament on the grounds of cost, but today this is standard practice.
His son, Ray Lankester, was an even more famous scientist, whose brilliant work as a rationalist and zoologist was later to be misused by militant atheists. Lankester Junior was one of just eleven friends to be present at the funeral of Karl Marx, an unlikely association for a rural Suffolk parish.
Simon Knott, June 2008
More than 100 Soldiers, Civilians, Retirees and Family Members joined Korean volunteers today for the second annual Humphreys Make a Difference Day at Deog Dong San Park in Pyeongtaek.
The volunteers spent the morning picking up trash, raking leaves and conducting beautification projects under the watchful eyes of the Pyeongtaek City Parks and Greenbelt Management Division.
Following the work the volunteers enjoyed lunch, a performance by the ShinHan Middle School traditional dance team and a post-work awards ceremony.
U.S. Army photos by Bob McElroy
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Approximately 130 Soldiers, Family Members, Retirees and Civilian volunteers joined about 60 Korean volunteers Saturday morning for the first-ever Make A Difference Day in Korea at Deog Dong San park in Pyeongtaek.
USA Weekend Magazine created Make a Difference Day about 18 years ago as national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors, according to their website, www.usaweekend.com/diffday/aboutmadd.html. Make A Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October.
The volunteers spent the morning picking up trash, cleaning out storm drains and ditches and performing beautification projects around the park.
Following the work session, volunteers enjoyed lunch and a traditional Korean dance performance by students from Shin Han High School.
U.S. Army photos by Bob McElroy
For more information on U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys and living and working in Korea visit: USAG-Humphreys' official web site or check out our online videos.
So che anche uno scimmione dalla fronte sporgente e con le sopracciglia perennemente aggrottate ed una mammutthina tondeggiante dagli occhi sbarrati possono stringersi e sentire che va bene così, che la loro è una famiglia.
Perché stare assieme è sapere guardare alle differenze con serenità, eventualmente sfruttandole come punto di forza per aiutare a superare i danni e le ferite della propria storia personale.
Perché stare assieme è saper chiedere scusa quando si riconosce di aver sbagliato ed inavvertitamente ferito proprio a causa dell’unicità tipica di ciascuno, è sapersi esporre con onestà senza temere un giudizio tagliente, è avere la fiducia che lo sguardo dell’altro saprà essere anche compassionevole e comprensivo, perché l’affetto sincero sa lenire ogni ferita e non sa serbare rancore.
Abbandonarsi alla comprensione ed alla cura reciproca non significa ignorare ciò che divide e che ci pare spesso come un difetto, ma significa crescere assieme tenendosi per mano.
A volte è vero che in certi momenti servono due mani e la presa si può anche lasciare per qualche tempo, ma quando il contatto vero è stato sperimentato, anche solo per un momento, resta sempre la forza di credere che nuovamente, dopo del tempo, si potrà tendere la mano ancora sapendo che l’altro tornerà a stringerla.
On Sunday, 9/30/2018, the keynote event for the WeListen Fall Conference 2018 was William Kristol and Neera Tanden in a dialogue hosted by Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr.
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