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On May 27th, Colombia votes in the first round of a pivotal presidential election. Driven by voter discontent with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and distrust of traditional political parties, the field is crowded with scores of candidates from across the ideological spectrum—most running as independents. Polls show the election is fluid and wide open.
Still, behind the unsettled horse race is a set of pressing and serious challenges. Colombia’s next president will have to find a way to fight corruption and organized crime, stem the growing tide of coca production, jump start economic growth, and effectively manage the difficult implementation of the peace accord with the FARC. Perhaps above all, the country’s once solid political consensus is badly frayed; what are the prospects for reducing polarization in Colombia and achieving greater national unity and purpose moving forward? For a discussion of the country’s main challenges, the Inter-American Dialogue is pleased to welcome a distinguished panel of Colombian analysts and political figures.
Stormy circumstances are inevitable. Although our first reaction may be to run from the problem, we can instead ask God to teach us how to trust Him to navigate us through the storm.
When life feels like a storm-tossed sea
With crashing waves of pain and grief,
Turn to the Lord and trust in Him,
He’ll give you peace and bring relief. —Sper
Better to go through the storm with Christ than to have smooth sailing without Him.
He commands and raises the stormy wind, . . . and He brings them out of their distresses. —Psalm 107:25,28
The Collections and the Albums
The photos are distributed in a vaguely chronological order, so one option for the visitor is to go through the gallery one photo at a time or even one thumbnail-page at a time. However, the photos are grouped into various collections and albums, according to the following scheme, which allows for perhaps a better way of navigating the gallery. Each link corresponds to either a collection [bold type] or an album [numbered]:
1 Tenerife and Dakar, Early 1920s. (3 photos.)
2 CFL, 1924-1944. (8 photos.)
3 Ubundu (Ponthierville), 1924–1944. (4 photos.)
4 Kalemie (Albertville), 1924–1944. (13 photos.)
5 Kindu, 1920s?. (3 photos.)
6 Marseille–Daar es Salaam, 1930. (21 photos.)
7 Photo Drossopulos, 1930. (11 photos.)
8 Casimir Zagourski, 1930–1940. (4 photos.)
9 Nyamlagira, 1938. (4 photos.)
10 Kisangani (Stanleyville), 1939. (12 photos.)
11 Kivu, 1938–1944. (15 photos.)
12 Rwanda and Burundi, 1939–1944. (8 photos.)
13 Kabasha Escarpment, 1941–1944. (6 photos.)
14 Lake Kivu, 1941–1944. 17 photos.)
15 Bukavu, 1941–1944. (8 photos.)
16 Ruzizi River and Kamaniola Escarpment, 1941–1944. (10 photos.)
17 J. Bouchonville, ~1944. (42 photos.)
18 Photo Hutsebaut, 1950s. (3 photos.)
19 S. Skulina, 1950s. (3 photos.)
20 Kisangani (Stanleyville), 1950s. (17 photos.)
21 Various, 1938–1958. (28 photos.)
The Search Engine and the Tags
If you are looking for something specific (for example, photos taken in Ubundu), I think that the best option is to use the Search engine located at the top of any page of the gallery, even on the Map.
Another option is to look at the Tags page. Just click Tags whenever you are on any one of the photo pages. Once you are on the Tags page, you can access all the tags that have been applied to the photos, and you can even search through multiple tags. When you are searching for tags, keep in mind that I made all possible efforts to use not only contemporary place-names but also their corresponding old colonial names when applicable. For example, searching for Ubundu and/or Ponthierville will yield the same results.
The Maps
Unless otherwise indicated, all photos in this collection are geotagged, which means that their shooting locations can be seen on various maps—
• To see the whole collection of geotagged images on the Flickr maps, click Map.
• You can also see the collection in Google Earth via loc.alize.
• On any photo page, click the place-name or the little map located somewhere on the right of the comment box. This feature, unfortunately, has become practically useless.
Good luck and welcome to the gallery! Suggestions are welcome.
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13 November excellent city walking weather
More wandering in Madrid, a beautiful city. Much of it built in the style of Hausman's Paris, around the same period. The grand blvd. is 100 years old this year. There are four "ports" each looking a bit like the Arc de Triumph.
The pic below gives a glimpse, would have been better without the truck, of the area we are in. On the left is the Bank Espana, behind the truck is city hall, the truck is also obscuring a lovely fountain; there are many here.
Naturally Madrid has shopping districts and good shops. One area looks much like Madison Ave. in New York. Many if not all of the famous (read expensive) marks are here as well as some local ones new to the explorers, M and C2-QB
A comment on the hat I am wearing. It is a Worth and Worth, New York hat maker of long standing, that C2-QB got for the trip. Jacobs hat. Thought it would be perfect for the cooler days we anticipated along the Camino. Did not work out that way as the hat is a bit too warm with a fully grown in head of hair. Less of a problem for me. Have promised to return it to its rightful owner.
Lunch was at Cortes Ingles. Paella, Pinchos, and Gazpacho. The former came from their bar. The latter was from the supermercado part of the store. My favorite brand, Andalle, in a carton looking like a US milk carton. Just brought it to the table and asked for four glasses. No fussing, not a problem. They just marked up the price. A lot.
Dinner at a restaurant M had found mentioned in the three guide book sources she brought along. Short walk from the hotel. We got there just in time for their 8:30 opening. By 8:40 they were turning people away and having them come back after 10. Surprisingly seems like most of the other eaters were locals or at least not English speakers.
Excellent wine, seafood, fish soup with garlic on toast, salad, chicken with a ratatouille and desert. All for just a bit more than we paid for a small lunch at Cortes. This is a place we will go back to.
A visit to the Prado. Just the highlights, George navigated brilliantly.
Goya - amazingly prolific. KB not impressed with his brushstrokes, much of the work looked not that much better than paint by numbers. His series of dark paintings, the Paintings Negra were depressing but interesting. Reminded me of the potato eaters.
Velasquez - a court painter of clearly excellent technique who must have wanted to explode. Portraits after boring portraits. M liked seeing the costumes; a good observation. Hard to imagine a more boring way to spend your life doing these high quality oils.
Hieronymous Bosch - El Bosco in Spanish - was a clear standout. The Garden of Earthly delights being worth a visit in itself. Clearly Dali just copied his ideas and marketed very well. Every piece by El Bosco was interesting, even though most were the same theme of sin and redemption or fires of hell.
A few great Raphael's. Why is he so important in the history of painting? What did he bring to the party? Realism? Comments welcomed.
Very slowly the Navigator of the Seas sails from her berth at the PTA passing Amsterdam's central station towards the North Sea. At Ijmuiden she will leave the North Sea canal that connects Amsterdam with the ocean.
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Lone fisherman in wooden makoro carefully setting a net amidst many Hippos, where fish concentrate. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Sunday Morning Pine Creek Bird Watch with Rafa - Up at first light- 6am - we’d had some heavy storms overnight - after breakie and coffee Rafa and I headed round the water gardens and park looking for more Hooded Parrots. Got to see a few and also lots of red winged parrots, a bower, lots of blue faces honeyeaters, a great view of a Koel calling and many of the other usual suspects.
On the road by 8:30, back up the Kakadu highway to Barramundi Gorge - you can get in there now with a 2WD. It was tough work with the boys they were over the heat and the slippy rocks and sand on the 1km walk in and back - even my dad was struggling again, he is getting older for sure!
We started in paperback forest - superb and we all go a great view of a Mertens Water Monitor. I’ll be encouraging Miguel to submit his shot to the NT field nats comp next year! It was boardwalks, sand and then slippy sand rock - some nice pandanus groves in the creek through the paperbarks. We should have worn regular shoes and not thongs - that did not help.
We had an awesome hour in the swimhole. My dad swam out to the waterfall - the boys and me went about ⅓ of the way there and hung out on some rocks - Miguel was tired but Rafa with his noodle would have gone the distance!
After a snack, photos and some encouragement we headed back to the car - it was fly central and Miguel was the one struggling - Rafa did incredibly well. It really is a spectacular swim hole. We headed to to old Jim Jim road and stopped at the dried out river bed of South Alligator for our lunch at 2pm. From there it was a quick drive back to the Arnhem Highway and home with a unsucessful stop at the Mary River gravel pits - not too much water there at all apart from a dirty puddle.
E was home soon after - she had a great time at Mt. Bundy and the yoga retreat - I hope she can get motivated to do her yoga at home on a daily basis.
After a quick clean up Miguel and my dad had a great time with his electrical experiment kit - he really seemed into it. E did the shop as we needed an $80 spend before the end of Sunday for our $50 discount at Coles and I did bread, sauerkraut, ginger beer, general tidy up and pack away gear. It was a lot simpler with the cabin stay! We had a frozen veggie biryani for dinner - and the great news was everyone liked it Miguel didn’t like the mustard seeds in the past.
I have to say so proud of both my boys this weekend, it was 40C, we did the 2 rockiest, steepest, slipperiest trails we’ve done. The Twin Falls one had not been walked by another person, based on the fallen trees for what must have been a while, the ranger were extremely impressed they made it walking the whole way.
On top of this my 76 year old dad made the trip and for my part I managed to navigate the ute through Jim Jim creek at 70cm depth, enough to come over the top of the bonnet and have some other 4WDers comment on how surprised (read stupid) we were for attempting it with a snorkel! Well now I know the old ute can do it!
"I am a sailor, you're my first mate
We signed on together, we coupled our fate
Hauled up our anchor, determined not to fail
For the heart's treasure, together we set sail
With no maps to guide us, we steered our own course
Rode out the storms when the winds were gale force
Sat out the doldrums in patience and hope
Working together, we learned how to cope.
Life is an ocean and love it a boat
In troubled waters it keeps us afloat
When we started the voyage there was just me and you
Now gathered round us we have our own crew
Together we're in this relationship
We built it with care to last the whole trip
Our true destination's not marked on any chart
We're navigating the shores of the heart"
~John McDermott~
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When the map has less than clear mile markers, you use the old fashioned string-along-the-trail method to guesstimate.
Kari pauses on her way out to the rooftop gardens of The Met during a perfect summer afternoon in September.
Le club de rugby malouin entretient des relations privilégiées avec ses homologues du village de Penclawdd, près de Swansea, au Pays de Galles. Vendredi 29 mai, une délégation forte de 55 personnes a été reçue à l'Hôtel de ville par l'adjointe de la municipalité chargée des sports, Claire Guinemer.
Après avoir visité le château et le traditionnel échange des cadeaux le responsable gallois Andrew Williams s'est déclaré « ravi de l'accueil ».
Une rencontre entre les équipes des U14 des deux clubs aura lieu à l'hippodrome ce samedi, à 16 h.
L’école de rugby de Saint-Malo reçoit le club gallois de Penclawdd / 29 – 31 mai 2015.
Après avoir rendu visite à Jersey mi-avril, les joueurs et joueuses de l’École de Rugby de Saint-Malo poursuivent leurs échanges internationaux en accueillant une vingtaine de jeunes du club gallois de Pen-clawdd, du 29 au 31 mai prochain.
À l’initiative de cet échange, Jeremy Taylor, un ancien joueur d’origine galloise, aujourd’hui bénévole au pôle Jeunes du XV Corsaire. La saison dernière, ce fervent supporter du XV du poireau, avait emmené les enfants du club malouin découvrir « son » club et « sa » région.
Pen-clawdd est un village de 3 000 habitants, en bordure de l'estuaire de la Loughor River. C’est une zone de pêche littorale très réputée dont la spécialité culinaire est le bara lawr (algues hachées, présentées sous forme de pâte, que l’on peut déguster avec du lard).
Sur le plan rugbystique, le club de Pen-clawdd a été créé en 1888 et a formé, tout au long de son histoire, des joueurs dont quatre sont devenus internationaux. Seul pub de la commune, le club house du Penclawdd RFC a une véritable fonction sociale. Sportivement, l’équipe locale se classe en deuxième division Ouest (ce qui correspond, en France, au niveau de Fédérale 2).
« L’an dernier, les enfants avaient passé un magnifique séjour. L’accueil chaleureux de nos hôtes gallois n’est plus à démontrer», se souvient Laurent Hoste, directeur de l’E.D.R. Et d’ajouter en souriant : « Là-bas, la mer est au bout du terrain. Un luxe qui ne laisse pas de marbre des corsaires comme nous ».
Au cours de ce séjour, les jeunes rugbymen français avaient joué contre leurs homologues gallois. Ils avaient également assisté à la rencontre Pays de Galles / France, dans le cadre du tournoi des six nations et ils avaient pris le temps de visiter la région, notamment une ancienne mine de charbon.
Le week-end prochain, les jeunes corsaires du XV malouin auront à cœur de faire découvrir la côte d’Émeraude à leurs correspondants. Par ailleurs, ils ont déjà préparé les crampons pour en découdre avec les jeunes donks de Pen-clawdd, surnom qui leur est donné en raison des nombreux ânes vivant à l’état sauvage dans les herbus de l’estuaire.
Il y a fort à parier que les rencontres ne manqueront pas d’engagement de part et d’autre !
Penclawdd (Welsh: Pen-clawdd) is a village which is situated in the north of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, Wales. Penclawdd is most famous for its local cockle industry which goes back for many years to Roman times. It falls within the Penclawdd electoral ward. It is one of the larger villages on the Gower Peninsula. Part of the village is perched on a high location, enjoying panoramic views over the Loughor estuary and surrounding Gower countryside, while the main part of the village stretches along the edge of the estuary. Being so close to an estuary, Penclawdd is thriving with wildlife. It is plentiful in birdlife and with wild horses that roam the estuary.
Up until the end of the 19th century Penclawdd was a thriving sea port. The village was renowned for coal mining and its extensive tinplate, copper and brass works. There was a time when Penclawdd had a forge, twenty grocers, three butchers, three drapers, four fish and chip shops, eleven pubs, a cinema, the still remaining three chapels and a church and a busy railway station. The original railway platform still remains today. Also, built in 1807, a now derelict Hermon Chapel was used to help ships navigate the estuary.
Composer Karl Jenkins was born and raised in Penclawdd.
Penclawdd RFC
Penclawdd RFC, nicknamed the Donks, have a long history in rugby union. Penclawdd RFC officially formed in 1888, but rugby has been played in the village since the 1880 / 1881 season, the same year as the founding of the Welsh Rugby Union. In its formative years the club had no permanent pitch, but played on suitable available ground in various areas of the village. Haydn Tanner is one of the club's most famous players, playing for Wales and the British Lions in 1938. Willie Davies, another famous Penclawdd international went North and played for Bradford Northern in the 1930s, and also went on to represent Britain in rugby league.
The club is still thriving today, recently celebrating 125 years of rugby being played at Penclawdd and the first team is currently competing in the Division 2 South West league of the WRU, the 2nds in the Swansea and district league, and the Youth play in the osprey rugby trust leagues.
Local delicacies
Cockle harvester and donkey in 1951
Penclawdd is most famous for its local cockle industry which goes back for many years to Roman times. This is one of the only industries to survive. These cockles are collected from the extensive sandy flats in the Burry Estuary and the cockles harvested there are sold worldwide. Samples of these famous cockles can be purchased at the stalls in Swansea Market and locally in the village itself. Up until the 1970s the cockles were gathered by women using hand-rakes and riddles (coarse sieves) with the help of donkey carts, often braving very hard conditions. Now they are harvested mostly by men, still by hand but using tractors or Land Rovers. The original small, family-owned factories in Penclawdd have been demolished and cockles are now processed in two large, modern factories in the nearby village of Crofty; the product is largely exported to continental Europe.
Other local delicacies include laverbread (laver seaweed Porphyra umbilicalis washed and boiled; it is eaten dipped in oatmeal and fried in bacon fat) and salt marsh lamb. All of these and more examples of Welsh cuisine are sold at an award winning local Penclawdd produce market.
There are various industrial units in Crofty nearby, which are in various stages of decay, being very run down, especially on the New Rd, as they are in desperate need of repair..
TIANJIN/CHINA, 26SEPT08 - Participants at the Navigating through the Global Skills Crisis session in the Tianjin WorkSpace 2008 at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 in Tianjin, China.
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An Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC in corporate Stagecoach beachball livery operating route 69 from Winchester & Bishops Waltham to Fareham. Seen departing Wickham for it's destination - Fareham railway station.
Delivered to Stagecoach South's Winchester depot, as a spare for the Enviro 400 MMCs on route 64 (Winchester - Alresford - Four Marks - Alton), it can often be found on route 69 when not needed elsewhere.
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A traumatic brain injury patient walks through a virtual reality scenario at the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment Laboratory at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland, in March. Cameras track the patient’s movements and supply data to physical therapists. Similar approaches seeking to optimize treatment are being explored through the White House Precision Medicine Initiative, which aims to provide clinicians with new tools for treatment selection, taking into account differing symptoms, environments and lifestyles.
(U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)