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Over 270 union leaders and activists took part in the UNI Commerce Global Conference in Berlin.
The conference revolved around the 4 pillars of the 2017-2021 UNI Commerce Action Plan:
Building Union Power in the Global Commerce Sector
Including You!
E-Commerce, Digitalisation, & the Future World of Work
Building Union Power in the Retail Supply Chain
A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, lands on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward, homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia, while training underway about five miles north of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. The 270-foot medium endurance cutter’s primary missions normally consist of counter-drug and migrant interdiction, enforcing federal fishery laws, and search and rescue. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Luck.
also an attempt to bend the torso forwards.
blurry sorry but you can see it just hits the front and doesnt lock,
I adopted my new pooch Coco last June 2010 from The Lost Dogs' Home.
I popped in to try and find a new buddy as my last pooch had passed away and I needed a new companion.
I was thinking a small dog as I have always had Daschounds or Jack Russells. Wow how did I manage to come home with a 23kg German Short Haired Pointer?
It was those chocolate eyes staring at me and her beautiful chocolate coat.
I went outside to think about it and placed a deposit. I cried as soon as i left the gates. I went straight to the markets bought a new dog lead, collar and food and hightailed it straight back to The Lost Dogs' home to rescue the beautiful Coco.
She now has a loving home and while a little timid at first she now loves the beach and gets lots of pats as she has her daily walk down Swan Street. She is such a joy to have as a pet.
I think there is something about rescue dogs, they give you so much love because deep down they know you have saved them :)
Thank you
Janelle Forward
Osprey on Armand Bayou, Pasadena, Texas. Note the in-camera cropping (as in I was too slow to center it properly).
Past:Forward was an international conference about commemoration and remembrance, and marked the start of the celebration of 75 years of freedom in Brabant.
This particular year is considered as a turning point: the established ways of commemorating and celebrating were weighed, but possible new approaches were discussed to build new future forms of commemoration after 2019. The provincial Commemoration of Brabant’s Fallen in Waalre will be treated as a case study.
Together the relationship within a broader European context was investigated. Hereby taking in consideration commemorating and remembering in relation to other conflicts and genocides besides the Second World War. Past:Forward brought together an international, intercultural and intergenerational crowd. The conference was prepared and carried out in close cooperation with a team of Dutch young professionals.
The Miller Center invited students, faculty and the public to hear President Teresa A. Sullivan discuss "The Way Forward" from the controversial events that unfolded at U.Va. this past summer, her perspectives on larger trends and challenges facing all of American higher education, and how the University can create a model for public universities that will survive and thrive in this era of rapid change.
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
Nora Roberts
These past few months have become the most exhilarating summer of my life. I was lucky enough to do a photography internship with the Smithsonian CFCH. I learned so much more than I thought initially and met some incredible souls whose lives literally made my jaw drop.Between my friends and this job, I was surrounded by such wonderful and inspiring people and was precisely what I needed after a roller coaster of a year.
At the end of the day all I can truly do is smile because of the little lessons that I learn everyday and the reminder that it only take a little to go a long way and from here, I'm only moving forward.
Dance at Oberlin is proud to present Fall Forward, an annual tradition featuring student and faculty choreographed works of varying genres. Under direction of Visiting Assistant Professor Alice Blumenfeld, the evening took audience members through an array of styles such as flamenco, hip-hop, and circus. A piece by Krystal Butler, member of the world- renowned modern dance company Pilobolus, premiered in the second half.
Photo by John Seyfried
We recently had a week’s holiday to take – Jayne’s job dictates my holidays – we went through the usual process of leaving it late and then desperately selecting a shortlist of cities where we thought the weather might be ok, after a reasonably short flight and we can fly from the north of England. Budapest was the chosen destination.
Budapest is touted as possibly the most beautiful city in Europe and we had a stream of people tell us that it was fantastic. It is. I was looking forward to getting there, no agenda other than walking, photographing the sights and trying to get off the beaten track. We certainly walked – over 70 miles – I photographed it ( I’m a bit embarrassed to say how many shots but it was a lot ) but I’m not sure we got off the beaten track as much as I wanted to.
We flew over Eastern England (and home actually – a first for us) and out over Europe. It was a late afternoon flight on a stunning day, one of the more interesting flights I’ve had. I was glued to the window watching the world go by, wondering about all of lives being played out beneath us. It was dark when we arrived. We were staying on the Buda or Castle Hill side of the city. What we didn’t know was, we were staying in one of the most prominent hotels in the city, sat on the hilltop overlooking Budapest. The Hilton sits on an historic sight and features in every photo taken of the Castle District from Pest. We had time to get out before bedtime and photograph the Matthias Church next door – floodlit – like all of the major buildings in Budapest.
Unfortunately after leaving the best weather of the year in the UK, Budapest was forecast to be a bit dull and cool – not what we wanted. There was occasional sun over the first two days but it was generally grey. Now I have to admit, I let the dullness get me down, I took photos because I wasn’t sure how the week would unfold but I was fairly sure that I was wasting my time. The photos would be disappointing and if it was sunny later we would have to revisit all of the famous landmarks again to get something that I was happy with. This is essentially what happened. The next four days were gorgeous and we did revisit, more than once all of the places that we walked to in the first two days. This meant that we didn’t have the time to go “off piste” or venture further afield as much later in the week.
The sun was rising before seven and we were staying in the best location for watching it rise. By day three I was getting up at 6.00 (5.00 our time) and getting out there with my gear. By day four I was using filters and tripod, not something I usually bother with despite always having this gear with me, and dragging it miles in my backpack. One morning I was joined by a large and noisy party of Japanese photographers, they appeared to have a model with them who danced around the walls of the Fisherman’s Bastion being photographed. Once the orange circle started to appear above the city they started clicking at the horizon like machine guns. We all got on well though and said goodbye as we headed off for breakfast – still only 7.15am.
By 8.00am everyday we were out on foot wandering along the top of Castle Hill wondering where to go that day. We tend to discover the sights as we walk on a city break, frequently discovering things as we head for a distant park or building and research it afterwards with a glass of wine. It works for us. We walked out to Heroes’ Square and beyond, returning by less well known streets. We walked along the Danube to Rákóczi Bridge a couple of times then back into Pest using a different route. Having been under the thumb of Russia for so long and considering its turbulent past there are lots of large Russian style monuments, tributes to great struggles, or the working man – very socialist and very much like Prague in a lot of respects. The Railway stations were also very similar to Prague, you could walk across the tracks and no one bothered. In the main station, now famed for the migrant crisis a few weeks previously, there was a mixture of very new and very old rolling stock from the surrounding countries, all very interesting. Considering that this station is the first thing some visitors to the city will see it is an appalling state. One side of the exterior is shored up and fenced off. This contrasts with the expensive renovation work that has been well executed in the city centre. It really is like stepping into the past when you enter the station building. It all seems to work efficiently though, unlike the UK.
Transport in Budapest is fascinating. Trams everywhere, trolley buses, ancient and new, bendybuses, again, very old and very new, the underground metro, yellow taxis in enormous numbers and of course the river and boats. This never ending eclectic mix seems to operate like clockwork with people moved around in vast numbers seamlessly. The trams looked packed at any time of day. Anyone dealing with tourists seemed to speak very good English, which is just as well as we didn’t have any grasp of Hungarian. Cost wise it was a very economical week for us in a capital city.
Once the weather (or light, to be precise) improved, I cheered up and really enjoyed Budapest. A common comment after visiting is that , although you’ve “done Budapest” you wouldn’t hesitate to go back, which isn’t always the case after a city visit. As ever, I now have a lot of work to do to produce a competent album of work. I think I will end up discarding a lot of the early days material – but then again, I’m not renowned for my discarding skills.
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