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This is pretty terrible and was taken relatively late at night, but I had to somehow capture the happy epiphany I had on Tuesday this week.
I went out to dinner and saw the Vow with a couple girlfriends on Valentine's Day, and it was so incredibly great. I haven't had that much silly fun in a long time. I got home and started jumping around my room and taking pictures to express this burst of happiness before going to sleep (way too late).
On Wednesday I woke up with a newly optimistic view about my current life and what I think the future will hold. I haven't felt this free and genuinely good in what feels like a really long time.
The past is the past. All I want now is to move forward with peace of mind and high, happy hopes.
Mother-of-two Mwanasha is optimistic about her family's future thanks to a UK aid supported programme. Mwanasha, and thousands of other women like her living in remote areas are able to access contraceptives, giving some of the world's poorest women the power to decide if and when to have a child.
MDG Countdown 2012 will showcase innovative projects and programmes to highlighting how coordinated development work is making a real difference. Visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/mdgcountdown2012 for more information.
Rwanda’s private sector players are optimistic of business and investment opportunities that will come with Rwanda hosting the upcoming Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) that will take place during this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM 2020).
This was revealed today in a breakfast meeting organized by RDB (Rwanda Development Board) and the Private Sector Federation (PSF) to engage members of the private sector on the opportunities that they stand to take advantage of by participating at the CBF.
CBF will bring together between 1,000 to 1,200 business and government leaders from all Commonwealth countries for a dialogue on practical ways to enhance trade and investment.
The forum will be structured around plenary sessions and interactive workshops over three days, and will also facilitate B2G and B2B discussions at the very highest levels, addressing key themes that affect the 54 diverse Commonwealth member nations.
Speaking while making her remarks, Clare Akamanzi, the RDB Chief Executive Officer said:
“I have every confidence that you agree with me that CBF 2020 presents a unique platform for us to market Rwanda as the best destination for investments. Indeed, we look forward to the private sector signing deals and partnerships on projects that will contribute to the sustainable economic growth of our country through profits, jobs, and increasing Rwanda’s exports. Just to give you some context, over 2.4 billion people live within the Commonwealth Marketplace, and this year will see US$ 1 trillion worth of trade realised within the Commonwealth for the very first time. This means that we have a limitless market for our Made in Rwanda products and services and there shouldn’t be reason not to export more quantities to these countries.”
Robert Bapfakulera, the PSF Chairman said:
“It is important for us to ensure that the CBF leaves a lasting and positive legacy, with Rwanda at the centre of Commonwealth trade for its two years as Chair-in Office. To achieve this, the private sector must be fully prepared to optimise the Commonwealth trade opportunity-for business, investment and trade. CBF is an extremely unique platform for us to meet strategic partners and do great business.”
CHOGM 2020 will take place in Kigali from 22nd to 28thJune and will have four main forums which are Commonwealth Business, People’s, Women and Youth forums.
Former Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is expecting a baby.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova announced her retirement in February 2020 and was engaged to a British businessman in December of that year. Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova announced on social media that she was optimistic about her 35th birthday.
This design I created was inspired by a fortune I found in my cookie. "Today is a lucky day for those who remain cheerful and optimistic." I just love this fortune!!
Well what a wet day!
But no matter how much rain him above throws at us, the boys and lasses from Bristol still know how to have a great day out. The Bristol Harbourside Rally & Running Day 2009 was what one would deem as a “Wash Out”, with high winds and torrential heavy showers for much of the day, some vehicle owners, stall holders and the general public decided to stay at home (Unfortunately), which was a bit disappointing, but the SWPG was still there in force (4 Vehicles), and still managed to operate in service all day.
Well done to the lads at the BVOC (John Hitchings & his crew), who despite the torrid conditions still managed to put on a great day, and us Bristolians can be proud off!
There were only about 60 or so vehicles which turned up, even though they were turning away entries last week when numbers reached the 100 mark. What amazed me is the amount of vehicle owners, who decided to disappeared halfway through the day and go home??
Anyway I did manage to get some half decent pictures (and not one of my Tiger ;-), in between all the rain. Let’s just hope we get better weather for Cheltenham next week ;-), and it would be nice to see some of the “Lads” (You know who you are ;-) from the Potteries down for what should be a belting one off occasion.
We do like to be optimistic in the South West, but not many takers for these buses today.
Rwanda’s private sector players are optimistic of business and investment opportunities that will come with Rwanda hosting the upcoming Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) that will take place during this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM 2020).
This was revealed today in a breakfast meeting organized by RDB (Rwanda Development Board) and the Private Sector Federation (PSF) to engage members of the private sector on the opportunities that they stand to take advantage of by participating at the CBF.
CBF will bring together between 1,000 to 1,200 business and government leaders from all Commonwealth countries for a dialogue on practical ways to enhance trade and investment.
The forum will be structured around plenary sessions and interactive workshops over three days, and will also facilitate B2G and B2B discussions at the very highest levels, addressing key themes that affect the 54 diverse Commonwealth member nations.
Speaking while making her remarks, Clare Akamanzi, the RDB Chief Executive Officer said:
“I have every confidence that you agree with me that CBF 2020 presents a unique platform for us to market Rwanda as the best destination for investments. Indeed, we look forward to the private sector signing deals and partnerships on projects that will contribute to the sustainable economic growth of our country through profits, jobs, and increasing Rwanda’s exports. Just to give you some context, over 2.4 billion people live within the Commonwealth Marketplace, and this year will see US$ 1 trillion worth of trade realised within the Commonwealth for the very first time. This means that we have a limitless market for our Made in Rwanda products and services and there shouldn’t be reason not to export more quantities to these countries.”
Robert Bapfakulera, the PSF Chairman said:
“It is important for us to ensure that the CBF leaves a lasting and positive legacy, with Rwanda at the centre of Commonwealth trade for its two years as Chair-in Office. To achieve this, the private sector must be fully prepared to optimise the Commonwealth trade opportunity-for business, investment and trade. CBF is an extremely unique platform for us to meet strategic partners and do great business.”
CHOGM 2020 will take place in Kigali from 22nd to 28thJune and will have four main forums which are Commonwealth Business, People’s, Women and Youth forums.
This little fellow showed up in our backyard recently. He has no out-door kitty skills. He is sweet and refuses to be engaged by Kitty's through-the-window aggression. He appears to take her hissy fits as acts of friendly playfulness. It amazes us how open-hearted he is.
One night he jumped up on the barbecue to cry at me through the window. I went over to see what he wanted and heard Anton go, "Oh, it's raining! That's what he's telling us." And that was it. He was telling us it was raining, letting us know, saying, "Mommy! Daddy! It's raining! Let Me In!" My heart broke a bit. It hurts to keep him out.
He will look at me through the window, open-eyed, as if he doesn't understand why we don't let him in. He found us and he is happy. A very happy little one.
I remember the first time I fed him. He was so happy he purred out loud and ate like crazy.
He likes to walk in front of me and often tangles himself in my legs as he leaps ahead on the narrow path of stepping stones, tail high. He feels so connected, he feels home and it hurts my heart. For I know he is an indoor cat. He has other fur siblings. Someone is missing their cat, and he was so thin.
How long has he been on his own? How long has he been starving and cold? How long can I keep him outside? I worry about his health, and I worry that he might have something contagious. I change my clothes when I visit with him, then change again when I go back inside. But I am walking on the same wet ground he does, then walk on my floors and carpet. The same floors and carpet Kitty walks on. He seems healthy, so I am keeping my fingers crossed for all of our sakes.
I walked the neighborhood tonight handing out little flyers with my phone number on them, trying to find his home.
Hey, howdy, and many many thanks to the Flickr friends who've offered their kindness and support through the past few months of my sister's illness. She has turned another corner (fingers crossed) and is back on her treatment program... and so far, is managing to get the care she needs as an outpatient. (No more visits to the hospital for me... at least for a while. Whew. I am hospitalphobic so this is a great relief on a selfish level, as well as on my sister's behalf.)
Still many metaphorical rivers to cross. But. So far so good.
A very optimistic bit of street art. On this bicycle counter somebody added a 'fixie counter' at the bottom.
Extremely well made. Nice one. The numbers are ridiculously overdone, however.
From the top in Danish:
You are cyclist number xxx
today.
Of xxxxxxxx since 15 June 2009
You are fixie number
xxxx
today
The Optimistic Suburbia Workshop took place at ISCTE-IUL from may 18th to may 22nd 2015. Fotografia de Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
I think, that's skeptical optimism in my look..
CREDITS:
photo by: BacK
editing: me
model: me
camera: Canon EOS Rebel XTi (BacK)
location: Chorrillos, Viña del Mar (V Región, Chile)
Visit this Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/back_back/
he has amazing photos!
Call me Snake offers an optimistic provocation – ‘imagine what could be here’ by Judy Millar. On a walk into the city October 3, 2015 Christchurch New Zealand.
The work is comprised of vibrant graphics of Millar’s looped paintings, which are adhered to five intersecting flat planes, and draws inspiration from the forms found in pop-up books. The colourful piece will add a dramatic and rhythmic counterpoint to the city’s current urban landscape — a mix of flattened sites, construction zones and defiant buildings that have stood through the quakes. The work employs theatricality, playfulness and visual trickery, whereby the viewer is unsure about the work’s flatness or three-dimensionality; and it has been designed to offer a different perspective from each angle. The bright colours interrupt the grey of the work’s surrounds, and as buildings pop up around it,
SCAPE 8, New Intimacies curated by Rob Garrett was a contemporary art event which mixed new artworks with existing legacy pieces, an education programme, and a public programme of events. The SCAPE 8 artworks were located around central Christchurch and linked via a public art walkway. All aspects of SCAPE 8 were free-to-view.
The title for the 2015 Biennial – New Intimacies – came from the idea that visually striking and emotionally engaging public art works can create new connections between people and places. Under the main theme of New Intimacies there are three other themes that artists responded to: Sight-Lines, Inner Depths and Shared Strengths.
For more Info: www.scapepublicart.org.nz/scape-8-judy-millar
Call me Snake offers an optimistic provocation – ‘imagine what could be here’ by Judy Millar. On a walk into the city October 3, 2015 Christchurch New Zealand.
The work is comprised of vibrant graphics of Millar’s looped paintings, which are adhered to five intersecting flat planes, and draws inspiration from the forms found in pop-up books. The colourful piece will add a dramatic and rhythmic counterpoint to the city’s current urban landscape — a mix of flattened sites, construction zones and defiant buildings that have stood through the quakes. The work employs theatricality, playfulness and visual trickery, whereby the viewer is unsure about the work’s flatness or three-dimensionality; and it has been designed to offer a different perspective from each angle. The bright colours interrupt the grey of the work’s surrounds, and as buildings pop up around it,
SCAPE 8, New Intimacies curated by Rob Garrett was a contemporary art event which mixed new artworks with existing legacy pieces, an education programme, and a public programme of events. The SCAPE 8 artworks were located around central Christchurch and linked via a public art walkway. All aspects of SCAPE 8 were free-to-view.
The title for the 2015 Biennial – New Intimacies – came from the idea that visually striking and emotionally engaging public art works can create new connections between people and places. Under the main theme of New Intimacies there are three other themes that artists responded to: Sight-Lines, Inner Depths and Shared Strengths.
For more Info: www.scapepublicart.org.nz/scape-8-judy-millar
@grickle how about... an optimistic ice cream truck driver in winter.
-It's a tough sell, but he doesn't mind a challenge. @misshemmett
If you would like this doodle as a signed print for your very own, head on over to the Grickle store!
Rwanda’s private sector players are optimistic of business and investment opportunities that will come with Rwanda hosting the upcoming Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) that will take place during this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM 2020).
This was revealed today in a breakfast meeting organized by RDB (Rwanda Development Board) and the Private Sector Federation (PSF) to engage members of the private sector on the opportunities that they stand to take advantage of by participating at the CBF.
CBF will bring together between 1,000 to 1,200 business and government leaders from all Commonwealth countries for a dialogue on practical ways to enhance trade and investment.
The forum will be structured around plenary sessions and interactive workshops over three days, and will also facilitate B2G and B2B discussions at the very highest levels, addressing key themes that affect the 54 diverse Commonwealth member nations.
Speaking while making her remarks, Clare Akamanzi, the RDB Chief Executive Officer said:
“I have every confidence that you agree with me that CBF 2020 presents a unique platform for us to market Rwanda as the best destination for investments. Indeed, we look forward to the private sector signing deals and partnerships on projects that will contribute to the sustainable economic growth of our country through profits, jobs, and increasing Rwanda’s exports. Just to give you some context, over 2.4 billion people live within the Commonwealth Marketplace, and this year will see US$ 1 trillion worth of trade realised within the Commonwealth for the very first time. This means that we have a limitless market for our Made in Rwanda products and services and there shouldn’t be reason not to export more quantities to these countries.”
Robert Bapfakulera, the PSF Chairman said:
“It is important for us to ensure that the CBF leaves a lasting and positive legacy, with Rwanda at the centre of Commonwealth trade for its two years as Chair-in Office. To achieve this, the private sector must be fully prepared to optimise the Commonwealth trade opportunity-for business, investment and trade. CBF is an extremely unique platform for us to meet strategic partners and do great business.”
CHOGM 2020 will take place in Kigali from 22nd to 28thJune and will have four main forums which are Commonwealth Business, People’s, Women and Youth forums.
At the Birmingham Social Media Cafe on October 29th 2010, we asked people what they were optimistic about.
It's a spin-off from newoptimists.com. We asked scientists 'what are you optimistic about?' — and their answers are now in a brilliant book.
amzn.to/thenewoptimists
At the Birmingham Social Media Cafe on October 29th 2010, we asked people what they were optimistic about.
It's a spin-off from newoptimists.com. We asked scientists 'what are you optimistic about?' — and their answers are now in a brilliant book.
amzn.to/thenewoptimists
At the Birmingham Social Media Cafe on October 29th 2010, we asked people what they were optimistic about.
It's a spin-off from newoptimists.com. We asked scientists 'what are you optimistic about?' — and their answers are now in a brilliant book.
amzn.to/thenewoptimists