View allAll Photos Tagged optimism
"The spring came suddenly,
bursting upon the world
as a child bursts into a room
with a laugh and a shout
and hands full of flowers"
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Since the 1990s, a more active and open civil society sector has developed across the Russian Federation. While civil society institutions and civic engagement in Russia are not new, the growth of the sector in recent years created hopes that Russian civil society could become the voice for a more effective democratic system, more efficient social services, and a check against corruption and centralized power. At the same time, the increasing interconnectivity between Russian and international civil society institutions created a sense of optimism that an interconnected “Euro-Atlantic civil society” could make positive contributions to difficult geo-political challenges.
Of late, however, these hopes have largely been put on hold. Russian civil society institutions are facing a variety of political and social pressures, and are becoming less connected to international partners. Geo-political relations between Russia and the Euro-Atlantic community have worsened, and international civil society groups and donors have become the object of suspicion as instruments of external interference. At a political level, prior optimism about a “re-set” in Russia-Euro-Atlantic relations has faltered, however, with implications for support for civil society institutions.
There is an urgent need to rebuild bridges and to reestablish a serious dialogue about the role of Russian civil society and relations between diverse civic actors domestically, as well as between Russian organizations and international partners. In cooperation with, and with the generous support of, the Yeltsin Presidential Center and Yeltsin Foundation, this Symposium will address the challenges and opportunities currently facing civil society in Russia as a means to understand the needs and perspective of Russian civil society groups and to consider new approaches to international civil society engagement with Russia.
INTERNET
imagini virtuale culese de pe net
cu râuri confluente şi locuri de popas
în mine au rămas să se-odihnească vulturi
ori geografie ruptă din cele patru vanturi
când întâlnesc prieteni privirile-mi suspină
îmi pare că mai aprig urc trepte în lumină
români de dincolo de Prut
om cu femeie car şi plug câmpul arat şi tot norocul lor
surâsul fetei lor fecioare revarsă primăvară pe ogor.
Decembrie 2011
"Hemerocallis 'Optimism', 2015, Red Violet Daylily, hem-ur -oh-KAL-iss, 23"" E-M D Re Fr Perennial (Wild-G., 1998), Z3, 5.4"" red violet self , Bloom Month 7a, In Bed V2.z07 for 1.9 years
Daylily Optimism - 23"" EM. Re. D. F. 5 3/8"" bloom. Lightly creped and ruffled medium red violet with light burgundy veining. Cream rib runs to green heart. Large star shaped flower."
I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best. I know I drive some people crazy with what seems to be ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked out for me - Jim Henson
"Hemerocallis 'Optimism', 2017, Red Violet [Daylily], hem-ur -oh-KAL-iss, 23"" E-M D Re Fr #Perennial #Monocot (Wild-G., 1998), USDA Hardiness Zone 3, 5.4"" red violet self , Bloom Month 7a, In Garden Bed V2.z07 for 3.9 YEARS.
Daylily Optimism - 23"" EM. Re. D. F. 5 3/8"" bloom. Lightly creped and ruffled medium red violet with light burgundy veining. Cream rib runs to green heart. Large star shaped flower. Fades.
#Hemerocallis #Daylily
The people who make Hallowell Honey trust you to put your money in the cash box and take your honey jar (and not other people's cash). That kind of optimism deserves smiles all around. Portrait of happy KJ; Deer Lane Road, Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin; Saturday, July 8, 2000; Nikon FM, Kodachrome 64.
The finale of the Victoria Drive Business Improvement Association's (VDBIA) Chinese New Year 2021 Shop Victoria Drive contest was a COVID safe celebration held on the new Jones Park Plaza at 38th & Victoria Drive, Vancouver BC. On hand was MLA for Vancouver-Kensington Mable Elmore and MP for Vancouver-Kingsway Don Davies along with Board, staff and volunteers from the VDBIA. Spring was in the air and so was a feeling of optimism as winners were announced and prizes distributed.
"Hemerocallis 'Optimism', 2015, Red Violet Daylily, hem-ur -oh-KAL-iss, 23"" E-M D Re Fr Perennial (Wild-G., 1998), Z3, 5.4"" red violet self , Bloom Month --, In Bed K3 for 2.0 years
Daylily Optimism - 23"" EM. Re. D. F. 5 3/8"" bloom. Lightly creped and ruffled medium red violet with light burgundy veining. Cream rib runs to green heart. Large star shaped flower."
Still two months of winter left, but someone has already given up on the snow. I took this while out on a walk during lunch.
I bumped up the color with Topaz Adjust 5.
Registration & Kickoff at TEDxTehran 2019: Responsible Optimism, July 21, 2019, Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran. Photo: Javid Alipour/TEDxTehran