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You're welcome to use this image on your website... please link to www.theideadesk.com. Contact chris@iqoncept.com for the non-watermarked version. One person succeeds and holds the word Succeed while others lay crushed under the word Fail, symbolizing how a successful person wins in life and competitors may lose
The Get Global Student Club along with the Department of Global Studies and Geography held its first Diversity Dinner, “Dinner in El Salvador,” on Friday evening, November 16, 2012. Senior Geography major, Danny Bautista, moderated the evening. Bautista, of Salvadoran ethnicity and who lived in El Salvador as a child, shared Salvadoran cuisine as well as cultural and geographical facts. Some 30 students, faculty, and Bautista family members enjoyed this successful evening—the first in a series of planned “Diversity Dinners.” With funding provided by the HCLAS Dean’s Office as well as the Office of the Provost, this series of diversity events aims to broaden understanding across cultural divides and to foster student curiosity in our increasingly globalized world.
After a successful previous two decades Mercedes managed to start the 1990s in a good way.
L441LVV was a silver Mercedes C220 Auto Not Found on the DVLA site, but the last MOT Expired on 31 August 2019. I suspect it has had a certificate of destruction issued since then.
L788KRP was a red Mercedes E200 1998cc last taxed on 27 April 1994 as listed as exported.
L345GJD is a Central London registration that produces no results.
L784KRP comes up as Not Enough Information, which suggests it was given a personalised registration. In the same series as L788KRP.
All apart from L345GJD were Northampton registered.
With the successful completion of the first project, the CBK,
dS + V, Alderman Lucas Bolsius, the WBR and the counsel of
Kralingen-Crooswijk commissioned the Ubehave Foundation for a cariffiti based project for the Graffitibriljanten project in Rotterdam.
The theme of this second project is “Idols and Icons ‘
resulting in two murals on the passage Sophiakade – Berkelplein in
Kralingen Rotterdam. The two murals of 10 x 10 m giving a total of 32
portraits of idols and icons from the past decades: from Gandhi to
2Pac Shakur and Muhammad Ali to Johan Cruyff.
The main goal of this project is to create new impulses in the neigherborhood.
Not only the works themselves, but even more through cooperation
between artists and youths.
Produced by the artists for this project Cariffiti composite group,
comprising:
Ras Elijah: Artist from Curacao. Has global
experience in making murals for, among other
bars, restaurants and shops.
Meres: Graffiti artist from Queens, New York City. Manages 5
Pointz (formerly known as the Phun Factory), where a pilot for over 15 years legal
graffiti may be written.
Nina Valkhoff: Dutch creative lady from a well known rotterdams artists nest has several murals in Rotterdam
and its surroundings under her belt.
Ken Kenetic: visual artist was responsible for the composition and making sure the composition was fit/measured/aligned on the loose panels
This is a photograph from the Clane and Rathcoffey Parishes annual 10KM and 5KM Road Races and Fun Runs which were held in Clane village, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Sunday 19th of October at 14:30. This year's event follows on from the very successful staging last year (see link to photographs below). The organisers offer both a 5km and 10km race and the event provides an opportunity for runners, joggers, and walkers of all abilities to take part in the event. The 5KM has a particular emphasis on family entrants. There was a wonderful atmosphere around the Village as both races started and finished on the main street outside the parish hall. The directly out-and-back routes provided an opportunity for a fast time on a good course and made for a great finish line atmosphere as runners, joggers, and walkers crossed the line. Great praise must be extended to the whole organising committee who organised a very efficiently run event. The events provide some runners with an opportunity to have a final race effort session in the week leading up to the Dublin City Marathon.
Event Management and Electronic Timing was provided by Irish company Precision Timing. Their website is here with links to results from the race www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer
This photograph is part of a larger set of photographs taken at today's event. Photographs were taken at the start, 400 meters gone, 400 meters to go, 1km gone, and at the 9KM/4KM mark. The URL of the full set of photographs is www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157636717081724/
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Overall Race Summary and Logistics
Participants: There were about 200 competitors combined in the two events.
Weather: The weather was very changeable for all of the events. During the 10KM race there was a heavy rain shower around the area of the 6KM mark but this didn't actually fall in the town. There was a strong headwind against competitors in the 10KM on the return part of the course between 6KM and 8KM.
Race Course:
This summary includes information on both the 5KM and 10KM races.
Both races start in the same place - just outside the Race HQ on the main street of the town. The races then proceed north eastwards out the Dublin Road towards Straffan and Celbridge. Just after 400 meters the races take a left up a small local road and proceeds along this road until it takes a tight left hand turn at the end of the lane at Capdoo goo.gl/maps/aPo26 (Google Streetview). The route proceeds until it shortly meets the Clane-Kilcock Road - College Road R407 goo.gl/maps/SGcPa. Both races will divert into Clane Business and Industrial Park goo.gl/maps/EQMf0 . The 5KM turns around and returns on the same route to the finish. However the 10KM race continues (taking a left) back onto College Road. Soon afterwards it passes the famous entrance to Clongowes Wood College on the right the race takes the next left (goo.gl/maps/zUhrJ) and brings runners onto the road known locally as the 'Long Road' (R408 Between Rathcoffey and Prosperous) at this point goo.gl/maps/fHKr2. The race proceeds northward until runners meet the Clane Kilcock Road once again. With the exception of the partial run into the Industrial Estate the race returns to the finish on the main street in Clane via the same route as the outward part of the route.
Location Map:
Clane Parish Hall (Race HQ) goo.gl/maps/MgakJ
Start and Finish Location of both races goo.gl/maps/0wiZp
Refreshments:
There was a really wonderful array of refreshments provided in the parish hall after the race for all participants.
Some Useful Links Associated with this Race Event
Facebook Page of the Clane and Rathcoffey Parish: www.facebook.com/ParishOfClaneRathcoffey (May require Facebook login)
Homepage of the Parish of Clane and Rathcoffey: www.claneparish.com/2013/09/parish-run-sunday-20th-octobe...
Garmin Connect GPS Trace of the 2013 Clane 10KM Race: connect.garmin.com/activity/391624847
Garmin Connect GPS Trace of the 2013 Clane 5KM Race: connect.garmin.com/activity/381169067
Boards.ie Athletics Forum Discussion on the 2013 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057062190
Our Flickr Set of Photographs from the 2012 Clane 5KM and 10KM Races: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631820732362/
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
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It looks like the Eiffel tower sellers will not be successful with these two guys. But a new victim is already climbing up the stairs...
With the successful completion of the first project, the CBK,
dS + V, Alderman Lucas Bolsius, the WBR and the counsel of
Kralingen-Crooswijk commissioned the Ubehave Foundation for a cariffiti based project for the Graffitibriljanten project in Rotterdam.
The theme of this second project is “Idols and Icons ‘
resulting in two murals on the passage Sophiakade – Berkelplein in
Kralingen Rotterdam. The two murals of 10 x 10 m giving a total of 32
portraits of idols and icons from the past decades: from Gandhi to
2Pac Shakur and Muhammad Ali to Johan Cruyff.
The main goal of this project is to create new impulses in the neigherborhood.
Not only the works themselves, but even more through cooperation
between artists and youths.
Produced by the artists for this project Cariffiti composite group,
comprising:
Ras Elijah: Artist from Curacao. Has global
experience in making murals for, among other
bars, restaurants and shops.
Meres: Graffiti artist from Queens, New York City. Manages 5
Pointz (formerly known as the Phun Factory), where a pilot for over 15 years legal
graffiti may be written.
Nina Valkhoff: Dutch creative lady from a well known rotterdams artists nest has several murals in Rotterdam
and its surroundings under her belt.
Ken Kenetic: visual artist was responsible for the composition and making sure the composition was fit/measured/aligned on the loose panels
"Georgia is one of our most successful partners and democratic transformation achieved by the country in recent years is gratifying" noted Mark Green, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at a meeting with Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia at the USAID Headquarters (HQ) in Washington D.C today.
Parties reviewed the projects implemented in Georgia with USAID support and discussed the prospect of intensified cooperation in the education sector, which is a key priority of the Government of Georgia. Prime Minister spoke about the reform initiatives planned in the sector and stressed the significance of support from partners, including the USAID, within the process of their implementation.
Commitment of the Government of Georgia towards democratic and economic reforms was praised. Parties discussed the projects, which may fall within the focus of USAID in the sector of agriculture, along with the small and medium enterprise (SME) development. Attention was paid to the programs implemented in the occupied regions of Georgia with financial support of the USAID, which create new jobs and enable for future development among the population employed in the sector of agriculture.
Parties underlined the successful cooperation, which is evidenced by the volume of funding provided by USAID to Georgia so far in excess of 1.5 BLN USD. Referred initiatives facilitate the economic growth, institutional building, increased energy security, improved education, higher engagement of the internally displaced people (IDP) and residents of settlements along the occupation line, etc.
Mark Green noted that USAID will continue to fund the programs in support of Georgia, which are aimed at facilitating the democracy, free market and pro-western orientation of the country.
Mamuka Bakhtadze and Mark Green viewed the memorial images of USAID staff fallen in various past missions. Prime Minister of Georgia invited the USAID Administrator to Georgia.
Are you wondering about a successful Istanbul travel agency that will actually make you stay worthwhile? Well, Oskar Tours provide the right services for you that will guarantee an effortless and comforting trip, along with highly experienced workers on staff that will provide ultimate satisfaction. Despite being one of the many travel agencies in Istanbul, Oskar Tours, as a premier travel agency Istanbul, provides a whole new different experience that makes one very comfortable to be consulted with. Customized forms of travel packages are available in Oskar Tours that provides the best experience in all forms of travel, be it hotel accommodation, or touring details. It also makes sure that lunch, dinner and other food arrangements are made at the best of their ability. Group travels are also possible, and other forms of details are available in their website. It is a licensed travel agency in Istanbul that provides a comprehensive tour, showing the culture of the country. International clients are well taken care of, and places like Sultanahmet, Hippodrome, blue mosque, Topkapi palace, Hagia Sophia are shown. For more information: www.oskartours.com
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Throwing a bunch of ingredients into a crock pot can make for a tasty dinner. (with leftovers of course)
Chicken, crushed tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, assorted spices, wine, gnocchi, cooked on low for 8 hrs. Came out really good.
(just to clarify the gnocchi was cooked separate and added at the end)
Kyrgyzstan women are an example not only for young girls but also for all men and women of all ages. They prove that it is never too early or too late to do what you love to do and achieve your dreams.
Read inspiring stories of 12 strong and inspiring Kyrgyz women here.
Photos: UNDP Kyrgyzstan / Janarbek Amankulov
LION MD. GANI MIAH BABUL, A SELFLESS SUCCESSFUL FIGURE
Lion Md Gani Miah Babul is a well known and enlightened name to the media, media worker, education sector and the common people of Bangladesh. He has special contribution and recognition in the different aspects of society. Though a teacher he is recognized to all as a successful organizer, writer and columnist. He was engaged in writing from his student life and was active in politics being inspired by Bangabandhu to implement the cause of our liberation. During his engagement in politics he actively advocated for the welfare and fundamental rights of the students rather than being a sycophant of the political party. He was the VP of the Student parliament of Agriculture Training Institute, Sherpur and the Chairman of Bangladesh Agriculture Diploma Endeavor Council. He was also the Central Chairman of Bangladesh Diploma Agriculturist Association. He was a meritorious student. Lion Md Gani Miah Babul has obtained BA, BAGEd, Dip-in-Agri degrees. Besides his research on agriculture, he conducted extensive research on religion. He earned name and fame by his writing on contemporary affairs, social problem, public awareness and feature as well as by his spiritual writing and research. Personally, Lion Gani Miah Babul is actively involved in social, cultural, sports and religious organization. From his passion for writing from student life he worked for different national and regional papers remarkably of which Daily Khabar, Daily Ganamukh, Daily Muktasangbad, Dainik Janasangbad where Lion Gani Miah Babul worked as a journalist. At present Lion Md Gani Miah Babul has continued his work from the first class dailies to the weekly magazines irrespectively.
Lion Md Gani Miah is working as a silent social worker in love with the people and the land. He is always a smiling face in standing by the poor community. He helps the father burdened with an unmarried daughter and provides the poor students with educational materials. He has already established school, madrasah, masjid, Islamic library and other quality institutions in his area to disseminate the light of knowledge. He has written many educative books. Lion Md Gani Miah Babul, son of Md Ismail Hossain and Ayesha Khatun, came of an aristocratic family in village: Tepirbari of Upazila: Sreepur of Gazipur district, not far from Dhaka. He has 1 daughter and 2 sons and a successful man in also family life.
Lion Md Gani Miah has long involvement with Lionism in which he already was awarded MJF award. Through this club he has provided eye treatment to a large number of people in different areas including own area. Lion Gani Miah Babul is now a well known poet of the country whose poem has caught attention of the society both home and abroad. His writing about social awareness has already been popular online crossing the boundary of the country to the Bangali living worldwide. Lion Md Gani Miah is involved in many social, cultural and sports organization. Of them he is now the Chairman of Bangabandhu Research Council, Kabi Sangsad Bangladesh , Kasm Ali National Ideal School, Sreepur, Bangladesh Sarkari Maddhyamik Sikkhak Samity ( Krishi ), Late Kasm Ali Bari Jame Masjid of Tepibari Pacchimpara of Sreepur under Gazipur district, Masjid based library in Tepirbari West Para Jame Masjid. Lion Gani Miah Babul is also Central Joint Secretary of a well known social organization ‘Nirapad Sarak Chai’ and also he is advisor of Nirapad Sarak Chai of Gazipur district branch. He is now involved with a number of newspaper and related organization of whom Sangbad Sangstha and Online Daily, Fair News Service Ltd FNS of which he is executive Director, Chief Advisor Sahitya Online Anyadharadotcom, Chief Advisor, Weekly Nabajagaran and Weekly Lokaloy. Besides journalism he also has made involvement with reporters union such as he is the executive Chair man of National Journalist Union, Chief Advisor, Gazipur District Reporters Club, Advisor, Rural Journalist Foundation (RJF). He is not only known as a poet rather he has played important role in organizing the poets and he is the Chairman of Poet Council. He is also the member of Jatiya Kabita Parishad, Advisor of Gazipur District Branch, executive member of Poet Gobinda Academy. He is playing important role to accelerate the lionism of which he is the Region Chairman of Lions Club International, 315 B-2, Bangladesh, President, Lions Club of Dhaka, Paltan. He is the advisor of Social, Environmental and Human Rights Implementation Organization, Executive Member, Diploma Krishibid Institution, Chief Advisor, Kasm Ali Sriti Sangha, Sreepur, Gazipur, Publicity Secretary, Gazipur District Public Welfare Association, Dhaka, Auditor, Bangladesh Govt Secondary Teachers Association. He has been given numerous awards remarkably:
Honorary Gold Medal-2002 in social work, Human right medal -2005 as the best organizer, Nawroz Honorary medal-2006 as the best organizer, Chitrolok Honorary medal-2006 as the best organizer, Jhumur Honorary medal-2006 as the best organizer, Gazipur District Reporters Club Honorary medal-2006, Swadhinata Dibos Honorary medal-2007 as the best organizer, Juba Sakti Honorary medal-2007 as the best organizer, Sachetan Nagarik Samaj Honorary medal-2007 as the best organizer, Jubashakti Sammanana Honorary medal-2007 as the best organizer, RJF Honorary medal-2007 as the best organizer, DHR Honorary medal-2007 as the best organizer, Head International Award Honorary medal-2008 as the best organizer, Shabdashilan Sahitya Honorary medal-2008, Weekly Aparadh Bichitra Honorary medal-2008 as the best organizer, Kabi Shamsur Rahman Sriti Honorary medal-2009, Bangladesh Sangbadik Kalyan Samity Honorary medal-2010 as the best organizer, Asia Chhinomul Human Rights Honorary medal-2011 as the best organizer, Maulana Akram Kha medal-2011 as the best organizer, Lions Club Governor medal-2011 as the best organizer, Lions Club International MJF medal-2012 as the social worker, Shishir Bindu Anti Drug Honorary medal-2012 as the best organizer, Falguni Honorary medal-2012 as the researcher, Palli Barta Honorary medal-2012 as the best organizer. Lion Gani Miah Babul has caught attention of the public and the govt by his roundtable discussion of which some are remarkable such as, Price hike of essential, how can the suffering of people can be lessened, Powerful local govt is the bearer of development, Our duty to defend our liberation and sovereignty, Hope and reality about liberation war, Role of Police and public media in human rights development, Role of mass media for a free, fair and neutral election, role of freedom fighters in overcoming the present political crises.
Books written or edited by Lion Gani Miah Babul:
Children education rhyme and story, Nimantran, Shuvrata Chale Gache, Ekti Kabita, Bhalobaste baste, Sidar-biddhasta Bakultala, Nil Jale Prem, Ekti Baktriter Pangtimala, Agriculture book for class nine, Kichhu Kotha, Assisting book for admission to Agriculture Diploma.
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on June 4 2016 -
On June 4 2015, Ethiopian people patriotic front guard
( EEPFG) achieved a very successful meeting in Nürnberg.
There were more than 150 party members and other Ethiopians who want to be a party member participated on the meeting.
The meeting was started at 2:00 pm by Ato Kasahun, he highlighted the moderators of Nürembeg meeting as well as the main agendas of the meeting.
Ato Kasahun from Nürenberg , Ato Yohannes Biru from Frankfurt, Ato Rodas Tesfaye from Offenbach and Meto Aleka Telahun Gudeta moderated the Meeting.
The main agendas of the Nürnberg meeting were;
• Quarterly reports of the party
• 2015/16 Amnesty international and Human right watch report about Ethiopia
• Report from Offenbach / Frankfurt sub groups of Eppfg and reports from Wuzburg and around Eppfg sub group
• In addition to the above mentioned agendas Ato Kasahun also gave the chance to the participant and collect points and questions for discussion.
The meeting was started by Ato Leul Kesis brief quarterly report of the party. He mentioned the party political activity in Germen as well as other countries .On his report he also briefed the participants EPPFG is working with other opposition political groups in America, Australia and other European countries and accomplished a lot of political activity. According to Ato Leul's brife those coordinated political activity helped our straggle to eliminate the current brutal government of Ethiopia.
Ato leulel also on his second report briefly reported ;
He organized party members as a group to work under the umbrella of Eppfg in there districts and around ; beside that he also clearly presented the responsible leaders of those subgroups of the party.
On his brief he clarified the newly formed group will help to exercise decentralize form of party leadership and also it will help to facilitate the party political activity effectively and efficiently.
Next to him Ato Rodas Tesfye of Hessen on his behalf forward information about the Offenbach/ Frankfurt Krise group.
He informed members listed under Offenbach/Frankfurt group as soon as possible report to him and to arrange meeting in the next two weeks time. In addition he also mentioned members listed in this group obliged to attend next meeting to recruit organizer of this group; Ato Rodas also strictly said that "members who will not report or attend the next meeting the decision made by the attended members also applied on the others."
After Ato Rodas informative notice Meto Aleka Telahun Gudeta briefly answered questions raised from the participant.
Amongst the questions raised;
•Members around Nürembeg have difficulties to organize themselves as well as to contact leaders easily. What is the solution and who is responsible to organize?
•What is the problem we are not protesting against all this inhuman activitys done by weyne?
Meto Aleka Telahun on his answer forward his excuse for not organizing Nürembeg party members but he will do all his best on the next consecutive weeks and promised to report the results on the next meeting.
Beside that he also answered most of the questions that directly forwarded to him.
Next to that Ato kasshun called for a pause for 15 minute and after that ....
Ato Kasahun presented a brief report of Amnesty international and human rights watch 2015/16 Report.
According to his presentation; amongst 160 counters that included in amnesty international report and 90 countries in human rights watch report Ethiopia is one of the top ranked country which human right is violated.
Both organization tried to see human right violation before and after election 2015 in Ethiopia.
Amongst the lists of human right violations included in both organizations report;
• Mass arrest
• Detention of opposition party members
• Detention of journalist
• Killing of opposition party leaders
are a few of them that the current dictator and brutal government of WYANE are doing on his own people.
While Nürembeg meeting taking place Ato Yosefe Abebe from California called and presented his view in a tele conference to the participant.
On this tele conference conversation he and his party appreciated EPPFG'S current political activity and promised to work more strongly than before to strengthen the straggle against weyane.
He also tried to answer the question raised from Ato Zelalem Debebe of Hessen, Ato Dawite and Ato Tsegaye Mergia.
Beside that Ato Leule and Meto Aleka Telahun invited Ato Yosef to be part of one of our regular meeting gust and Ato Yosef on his part promised to present the invitation to his party and will forward the answer as soon as possible.
Next to tele conference with Ato Yosef Ato Musse and Ato Michael presented a report about their group meeting that held 16.04.16.
On their meeting they discussed different agendas.
According to Ato Muse's reporter the major area they discussed were:
• About Ethiopian migration;
• Current problems in oromiya region;
• Ethiopian famine;
• Government direct interference in religious group.
• and about their next meeting.
W/t Mulatua and wrt Tarikua
Also presented about women's participation in EPPFG major political activity,
Both presenters strongly mentioned their participation is not satisfactory and also tried to motivate other women to join them in the process of straggling WEYANE regime.
Generally in Nürnberg there were many members of EPPFG including supporters and new members of the party participated on the regular quarterly meeting. On this Meeting the party had deeply discussed the Current political Agendas and debated on different political issues concerning Ethiopian current situation. Finally, alternative solutions were also forwarded by the leaders as well as members of the party to liberate the country from such a racist and brutal regime.
In general the meeting was successfully ended after having a common consciences that unify other opposition who have common goal and the country to bring freedom and Peace to Ethiopian society.
God Bless Ethiopia!!!
By-Secretary
Today I was fortunate to witness a successful Peregrine attack and this was no ordinary kill as the Peregrine literally picked a duck off the surface of the River Parrett. This was a true first for me. At WWT Steart Marshes, Somerset there are Peregrines about during the winter, so as is normal for me, I made sure that I was on site before dawn. I was surprised locate not one but 3 birds on one of the National Grid Pylons that carry electricity from the Hinkley Point Power Station. Anyway one bird flew off almost as soon as I arrived. The other two were preening and completing short flights around the pylon. As the sun came up, the behaviour of one bird changed. It started to look far more alert and was looking up and down the river from its lofty position on the pylon. After about 5mins, it was gone, straight into the stoop, rapid acceleration and down towards the river. I followed this through the camera but I was now looking direct into the sun, so I just could work out what the target was. I didn’t realise that it was after a duck (Teal, I think) on the surface. The Peregrine missed on the first pass, but the managed to grab the duck by the head on the second pass and lift it clean out the water. I really though that the duck was going to be too heavy and that it would be dropped. But no, the Peregrine tucked that dead duck up underneath and flew off accompanied by other Peregrine for a tasty breakfast. The sequence started at 08:19:48 and finished at 08:20:48. One of the best 60 seconds of wildlife watching I have ever had, I just wish that I wasn’t looking into the sun for most of the sequence.
Almost 3500 internally displaced people have been successfully relocated from the UN Protection of Civilians site in Juba to a new site within the community in a joint effort between the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and humanitarian agencies.
“This is the first movement of displaced people of this magnitude out of the UN Juba protection site. Almost all of those relocated were women and children,” said the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS, David Shearer. “They had expressed a strong desire to leave the UN site and to be reunited with their husbands and other family members. Early indications and, in my discussions with those who moved, is that they are pleased to be back in the wider community.”
The combined effort to relocate the families to an existing site at Mangateen in the central city followed an UNMISS-negotiated end to sporadic fighting between various groups within the UN protection camp over the past few weeks that threatened vulnerable civilians inside. Once a resolution was reached and people expressed a desire to leave, humanitarian agencies and UNMISS worked quickly and cooperatively to establish temporary housing at Mangateen along with clean water, sanitation and health services.
“All those involved in the relocation process realized the seriousness of the situation given the large number of vulnerable women and children being moved. It was a true team effort to carry out the massive logistical task of transporting and supporting these families in a new location within just a few days,” said David Shearer.
The Mangateen site has traditionally been managed by the South Sudan Government’s Relief and Rehabilitation Commission and it will continue to do so. Humanitarian agencies will provide additional assistance on request.
“I am particularly grateful for the Government’s rapid response to this situation which ensured that people were able to be safely moved and accommodated back in the community,” said David Shearer.
“Hundreds of thousands of people fled to UN protection sites across South Sudan out of fear for their lives during the ongoing conflict. But these camps are not a good long-term option for families,” said David Shearer. “If people have the trust and confidence that the environment is safe enough for them to voluntarily return home, UNMISS is poised to assist them. But providing that confidence in the security situation very much lies with the Government.”
Photo: UNMISS / Eric Kanalstein
Soldiers lying toe-to-toe into the ditch beside a road. There are still vehicles driving up and down the road. The soldiers are all still wearing their equipment. Most of them look relaxed but no-one is smiling.
The Battle of Menin Road (September 1917), commanded by Brigadier-General Fitz-Clarence, brought a successful halt to the German advance on Hooge.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD. Australians resting on their way to the front line.']
The protest was followed by Public Interest Litigation by ESG, which blocked the privatisation of Agara Lake, and set the tone for scrapping the policy, and also for developing schemes for managing all lakes of Karnataka State as Commons.
Photo by Leo Saldanha
As the first year at Moore Elementary School is wrapping up, we stopped by to capture some of the fun. Whether it was students reading in the classrooms, hanging on the new playground, or having their faces painted after school, we saw just a few reasons why everyone is so excited about Moore Elementary School.
Newly renovated in 2015, Moore Elementary School serves the families of Beaverdale, Merle Hay and the neighborhoods of northwest Des Moines. The $6.6 million renovation includes a new gymnasium, playground, state-of-the-art classrooms, technology and security.
Zen Master (Roshi) Bernie Glassman is a world-renowned pioneer in the American Zen Movement. He is a spiritual leader, published author, accomplished academic and successful businessman with a PhD in Appliied Mathematics. Dr. Glassman currently teaches and travels, giving talks and workshops on spiritual practice, socially responsible business and international peacemaking. He is the founder and co-spiritual director of the Zen Peacemakers.
Personal and Education
Bernie Glassman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1939. His parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe and he grew up in a Jewish family with a strong socialist and Communist orientation. After graduating from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, he went to work for McDonnell-Douglas in California in the early 1960s as an aeronautical engineer, concentrating on sending unmanned flights to Mars. He also obtained a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from UCLA. Currently Bernie has two grown children and one grandson.
Zen Training and Teaching
In 1967, Bernie began his Zen studies with Taizan Hakuyu Maezumi Roshi, Founder of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. He became a Zen teacher--Sensei Glassman--in 1976. In 1980 he founded his own Zen Community of New York in the Bronx, New York. He started the Greyston Bakery, at first staffed by Zen students, as a livelihood for the Community, and then made it a vehicle for social enterprise in Yonkers, 3 miles north (see below). In 1995 Bernie Glassman received inka, or the final seal of approval, from his teacher and became known as Roshi Glassman. During that year and in 1996 he served as Spiritual Head of the White Plum Lineage, comprising hundreds of Zen groups and centers in the US, Latin America and Europe, as well as the first President of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association of America. His Dharma Family includes dharma teachers, zen priests, zen preceptors, zen entrepeneurs, Christian clergy, Rabbis, Sufi Sheiks and multi-faith peacemakers.
Social Enterprise
Bernie became a social entrepreneur in 1982, articulating a vision that socially responsible businesses can have a double bottom line: generating profits and serving the community. The Greyston Bakery was the first such venture, but it was merely one piece of a larger socially responsible business model which he developed, known as the Greyston Mandala (the Sanskrit mandala can be loosely translated as circle of life), a network of for-profits and not-for-profits working together to improve the lives of individuals and the larger inner city community of southwest Yonkers. Greyston, which celebrates its 25th anniversary on June 11, 2007 (during which time it will honor its founder), provides permanent housing, jobs, job training, child care, after-school programs and a host of other supportive services to a large community of formerly homeless families, advancing the principles of empowerment, empathy, and responsible action. Its main components are:
* Greyston Bakery. Founded in 1982 in the southwest corner of Yonkers, a poor neighborhood beset by high unemployment, violence and drugs, the bakery began to hire people that conventional businesses had deemed “unemployable.” It trained its employees in bakery crafts and soon they were producing some of New York's most expensive, high-end cakes and tarts sold in the city's fanciest eateries. In 1990 it began to produce brownies for Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and its revenues shot up dramatically. Since its humble founding, the bakery grew into a successful $6 million business with more than 75 employees. Its hiring remains to this very day "First come, first served," and much of its profits are recycled into seed money for its sister not-for-profits, thus making the entire network more sustainable and financially independent.
* Greyston Family Inn. This is Greyston's housing and support services arm. Since 1986 it has developed hundreds of low-cost permanent apartments for homeless families, a large child care center, and tenant support services as well as after-school programs, providing wraparound support to families trying to come out of the cycle of unemployment, homelessness, and public assistance.
* Maitri Center and Issan House. Opened in 1997, Maitri is a medical center serving 150 people with AIDS-related illnesses. It was among the first facilities in the country to provide alternative care therapies to people with HIV/AIDS. Issan House provides housing for many of Maitri's patients.
The entire Greyston Mandala (as of 2007) hires 175 people and serves at least 1200 men, women and children annually in southwest Yonkers. Its model of integrating for-profits, not-for-profits, and spirituality has been studied by many other nonprofits and cities across the country as well as in universities. Bernie Glassman served as Founder and President/CEO of Greyston from 1982 till he left it in 1996.
Spiritually-Based Social Action and Peacemaking
In January of 1994, while leading a bearing witness retreat in Washington, DC, on the occasion of his 55th birthday, Bernie decided to create the Zen Peacemaker Order, for Zen practitioners dedicated to the cause of peace and social justice. Subsequently, the concept was broadened to become an international, interfaith network called the Peacemaker Community, stressing the integration of spiritual practice and social action through Three Tenets:
* Not-knowing, thereby giving up fixed ideas about ourselves and the universe;
* Bearing witness to the joy and suffering of the world; and
* Loving action for ourselves and the world.
Together with his wife and co-founder, Sandra Jishu Holmes, Bernie left Greyston in the end of 1996 and became President of this large community of spiritually-based activists. He took a leave when his wife died in 1998, but from 2000 till 2004 he continued serving as President, devoting his energy to developing the Peacemaker Community and supporting various social action and peacemaking projects in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and the United States. This organization is now known as Zen Peacemakers.
In 2004 Bernie Glassman began to develop a training campus to teach people the skills of spiritually-based social enterprise and peacemaking called the Maezumi Institute, in Western Massachusetts. In addition, he began to look into new opportunities for social enterprise programs, During 2005 he tried to develop such programs in partnership with local not-for-profits in Greenfield and Turners Falls. Finally, in early 2006, he co-founded the PathMakers Partnership with Entrepreneur Joe Sibilia and Sheriff Michael J. Ashe.
PathMakers Partnership
The PathMakers Partnership is a joint effort of the Zen Peacemakers, Gasoline Alley Foundation and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office to provide housing, jobs and life support services to homeless families and the formerly incarcerated. Zen Peacemakers is overseeing the whole project. The Gasoline Alley Foundation is developing the businesses to provide jobs while Zen Peacemakers is providing the housing and support services, as well as a spiritual nonsectarian vision of the interconnectedness of all life. Part of that vision is a personal pathmaker program for each individual being served, so that s/he can become not just financially independent, but actually pursue a path that brings them into relationship and into community.
Bernie's role in the Partnership is to serve as President of the Partnership and to represent Zen Peacemakers in partnership meetings, articulate the vision for the entire integrated model, and attract more people and resources to the project. Bernie has already obtained a commitment from the Enterprise Foundation to fund the Partnership's first housing project, which will consist of 50 - 80 family units. Due to his construction background in Greyston, Bernie supervised the search for housing properties and the decision that resulted in one final property. Until now he has personally supervised the hiring of the architect and construction project manager, and these report to him. He supervises the acquisition of the initial property and its massive renovation. He is also supervising the development of the pathmaker program for the people to be served by the Partnership. In addition, Bernie does almost all the fundraising and resource development required by Zen Peacemakers for this project. On weekends, when not leading a program, he enjoys refining the website of the organization.
Awards
Bernie was awarded the Ethics in Action Award by the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester and the E-chievement Award by Tom’s of Maine. He was named Man of the Year by the Westchester Coalition of Food Pantries and Social Entrepreneur of the Year by Business Week in 1993. He is a founding board member of the Social Ventures Network, a network of businesses committed to social change, and continues to serve as one of its spiritual leaders.
Publications
Bernie is the co-author, with Rick Fields, of Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Living a Life that Matters (Bell Tower, April 1996), and the author of Bearing Witrness: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Making Peace (Bell Tower, May 1997) and Infinite Circle: Studies in Zen (Shambhala Publication, 2002).
As the first year at Moore Elementary School is wrapping up, we stopped by to capture some of the fun. Whether it was students reading in the classrooms, hanging on the new playground, or having their faces painted after school, we saw just a few reasons why everyone is so excited about Moore Elementary School.
Newly renovated in 2015, Moore Elementary School serves the families of Beaverdale, Merle Hay and the neighborhoods of northwest Des Moines. The $6.6 million renovation includes a new gymnasium, playground, state-of-the-art classrooms, technology and security.
As the first year at Moore Elementary School is wrapping up, we stopped by to capture some of the fun. Whether it was students reading in the classrooms, hanging on the new playground, or having their faces painted after school, we saw just a few reasons why everyone is so excited about Moore Elementary School.
Newly renovated in 2015, Moore Elementary School serves the families of Beaverdale, Merle Hay and the neighborhoods of northwest Des Moines. The $6.6 million renovation includes a new gymnasium, playground, state-of-the-art classrooms, technology and security.
Photographer: Diane Drogowski
Title: A Successful Dive
Subject: Caspian Tern
Photo: A Caspian tern catching a fish by diving into a pool.
A group of Afghan soldiers from Kandak 6/1/205 follow a Canadian from B Company, 1 R22eR BG back to the combat outpost near Nakhonay where they started the day.
Un groupe de militaires afghans du Kandak 6/1/205 suivent un militaire canadien de la Compagnie B du GT 1 R22eR pour retourner au poste avancé de combat près de Nakhonay, où ils ont commencé la journée.