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To me there is nothing more romantic in Amsterdam than the houseboat, a variety of houseboats can be seen across the city’s canals some dating back over a century and some purpose built multilevel caravan affairs that were introduced in the 70’s to help with overcrowding in the city core.
This recent addition to the houseboat family pictured here early morning is known as a woonark or a houseark in English, it is built on a floating platform and typically has nothing that would identify it as a boat like a motor or wheelhouse.
Houseboats initially were utilized by those that couldn’t afford land prices but with the houseark sometimes built over multiple floors and complete with adjoined terraces and gardens this demographic has completely changed.
Once the domain of the underprivileged now one of the most in demand addresses in Amsterdam depending on your ligplaats a permit that entitles a houseboat owner to moor their home in a certain spot and these ligplaats are in high demand and limited in number making a prime location on a main canal as expensive as a house on some lesser canals.
I took this on Sept 10th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 35mm 30 sec f/4.5 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
St James’ Court has a historical provenance dating back to Tudor England and the court of Queen Elizabeth I. It is during this tumultuous period that a prestigious landowner and treasurer to the Queen, Lord Dacre, drew up a scheme to build almshouses on the “Tothill Fields” of Westminster.
The small cottages known as the Emmanuel Almshouses were built on the current site of the hotel, to house and educate 20 underprivileged children. This charitable endeavor prospered over the years, culminating in five schools, identifiable by their distinct blazers as Bluecoat, Greencoat, Greycoat and Browncoat schools. In 1701 the cottages were replaced by ‘the most picturesque Almshouses in London’.
Then in 1897, a retired military man, Major Pawley, who learned his architectural trade in the Royal Engineers, acquired the site. The proposed construction of eight redbrick prestigious townhouses was drawn up, at great cost, and to the highest of architectural standards. These are the buildings that make up the two Taj hotels today, Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, and St. James’ Court A Taj Hotel.
Due to its outstanding location right in the heart of London’s royal, cultural, political and social elite, Major Pawley’s vision was to create an oasis of calm and sophistication for the aristocratic and political establishment, who would not only pay to stay but who would also relish in its exclusivity. Thus began the most sought after and fashionable London address for prominent guests to enjoy a home away from home experience, in walking distance of all the most significant locations: Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, St James Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.
Each townhouse was named (the Almoners, Dukes, Regents, Queens and Priors) in keeping with its fascinating historical legacy; names that they hold to this day. All maintain the patina of their yesteryears, but in distinctly individual and contemporary style.
Text Ref: www.stjamescourthotel.co.uk/about/historyandheritage/
St James’ Court has a historical provenance dating back to Tudor England and the court of Queen Elizabeth I. It is during this tumultuous period that a prestigious landowner and treasurer to the Queen, Lord Dacre, drew up a scheme to build almshouses on the “Tothill Fields” of Westminster.
The small cottages known as the Emmanuel Almshouses were built on the current site of the hotel, to house and educate 20 underprivileged children. This charitable endeavor prospered over the years, culminating in five schools, identifiable by their distinct blazers as Bluecoat, Greencoat, Greycoat and Browncoat schools. In 1701 the cottages were replaced by ‘the most picturesque Almshouses in London’.
Then in 1897, a retired military man, Major Pawley, who learned his architectural trade in the Royal Engineers, acquired the site. The proposed construction of eight redbrick prestigious townhouses was drawn up, at great cost, and to the highest of architectural standards. These are the buildings that make up the two Taj hotels today, Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, and St. James’ Court A Taj Hotel.
Due to its outstanding location right in the heart of London’s royal, cultural, political and social elite, Major Pawley’s vision was to create an oasis of calm and sophistication for the aristocratic and political establishment, who would not only pay to stay but who would also relish in its exclusivity. Thus began the most sought after and fashionable London address for prominent guests to enjoy a home away from home experience, in walking distance of all the most significant locations: Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, St James Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.
Each townhouse was named (the Almoners, Dukes, Regents, Queens and Priors) in keeping with its fascinating historical legacy; names that they hold to this day. All maintain the patina of their yesteryears, but in distinctly individual and contemporary style.
Text Ref: www.stjamescourthotel.co.uk/about/historyandheritage/
Hiking after work for a cause. We hiked to raise funds for the underprivileged. It was
fun mingling with co-workers outside office. The afternoon weather was perfect and to
witness a beautiful sunset was worth the hike.
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"In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed jack is King! "
Saw this 4 story (shot this from the 2nd floor to cut out the clutter at the ground level) condo type house in the Sta Ana area while in traffic. The color and the height of the "condo" just grabbed me.
Recommend you view this Large On Black . Thanks for your visit and comments.
Earl Sullivan was the owner since 1964 and run the club partially as charitable sports club. Not a great boxer himself his biggest contribution was drawing underprivileged kids from street crime to straigthen up their lives. The club produced some champions and many sports figures and NHL stars were members. The oldest boxing gym in Canada -1943. (under different name and location) is still run as non-profit, but Sullivan died in 1999. Mural Ben Lory in Nov, 2020.
678. TMR Toronto 2021-Apr-18, P1460595. Uploaded 2021-May-07. Lmx -ZS100.
Amritsar (Inde) - Cet homme est un Nihang, un moine-guerrier sikh. Les Nihangs sont de redoutables combattants et cavaliers émérites. Ils se considèrent comme les descendants du Khasla. Un ordre militaro-religieux fondé à la fin du XVIIè siècle, pour s’opposer au pouvoir moghol qui martyrisait le peuple sikh. Si leur fonction guerrière n’est plus qu’un lointain souvenir, de nombreux sikhs perpétuent la tradition des armes en s’enrôlant dans la police et l’armée.
Aujourd’hui, les épées, lances et poignards des Nihangs n’ont qu’une fonction purement symbolique. Mais ces moines-militaires conservent une place importante au sein de la communauté sikhe. Leur fonction religieuse se limite à participer à tous les pèlerinages et fêtes religieuses pour transmettre oralement les textes sacrés. Ils ont également une mission sociale auprès des déshérités à qui ils distribuent nourriture et vêtements.
The Nihangs, Sikh warrior monks
Amritsar (India) - This man is a Nihang, a Sikh warrior monk. The Nihangs are formidable fighters and skilled riders. They consider themselves the descendants of the Khasla. A military-religious order founded at the end of the 17th century, to oppose the Mughal power which martyred the Sikh people. Although their role as a warrior is a distant memory, many Sikhs carry on the tradition of arms by enlisting in the police and the army.
Today, the swords, spears and daggers of the Nihangs have only a purely symbolic function. But these military monks retain an important place within the Sikh community. Their religious function is limited to participating in all pilgrimages and religious festivals to transmit the sacred texts orally. They also have a social mission with the underprivileged, to whom they distribute food and clothing.
On peut découvrir sur le sentier du Cosmopolitan Culture Park la tête du CosmoGolem, le premier et à ce jour unique exemplaire en pierre de ce géant symbole des Droits des Enfants. Une sculpture de dix mètres constituée de vingt-cinq blocs de marbre pesant plus de quatre cents tonnes. Une tête ouverte pour libérer vos pensées, pour garder un esprit critique.
Le projet CosmoGolem a pour ambition de donner une voix et une identité aux enfants défavorisés. Il exprime l’espoir et la foi en l’avenir. Plus de quarante CosmoGolems ont depuis lors été construits dans le monde. Du Zimbabwe à la Belgique, d’Inde en Équateur, le CosmoGolem donne un visage aux droits des enfants.
You can discover on the path of the Cosmopolitan Culture Park the head of the CosmoGolem, the first and to date only stone example of this giant symbol of Children's Rights. A ten-meter sculpture made of twenty-five blocks of marble weighing more than four hundred tons. An open head to free your thoughts, to keep a critical mind.
The CosmoGolem project aims to give a voice and an identity to underprivileged children. It expresses hope and faith in the future. Over forty CosmoGolems have since been built worldwide. From Zimbabwe to Belgium, from India to Ecuador, the CosmoGolem gives a face to children's rights.
Past couple of years was incredibly difficult for many of us, yet, as a human race, together we have marched on.
On the years ahead we will face many more challenges, but again, as a human race we will move forward.
The irony is that many in the privileged world is denying the opportunity they have in hand. Whereas, the underprivileged can only wait and watch and suffer.
Many of us will have to pay the price for their sins, perhaps not in this lifetime but the next. Many of them are already paying the price in this lifetime for the sins of ours.
From all of this, we will move on, at least for now. In all of this we forgot that Knowledge and Wisdom are not the same. Today we all know everything, yet be none the wiser.
No one has seen tomorrow, but we all know it will come. I wish we all could do something better today such that we have a better tomorrow.
I wish all of you a Very Happy New Year of 2022. Lets act together, however small it is, to make a better tomorrow.
With this I will post the last image of this year, which I was extremely fortunate to witness and capture. I have already posted a few of them before, but this one is the culmination of exposure blending of 51 images (17 images each of -1, 0, +1 EV).
Once again, Best Wishes for a Happy New Year.
An old Kashmiri woman in the market of Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Poor, old with multiple wrinkles yet looks content with life!
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The City Palace, Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Construction started soon after the establishment of the city of Jaipur under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from Amber, in 1727. Jaipur remained the capital of the kingdom until 1949—when it became the capital of the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan—with the City Palace functioning as the ceremonial and administrative seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur. The construction of the Palace was completed in 1732 and it was also the location of religious and cultural events, as well as a patron of arts, commerce, and industry. It was constructed according to the rules of vastushastra, combining elements of Mughal and Rajput architectural styles.[1] It now houses the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and continues to be the home of the Jaipur royal family. The royal family has around 500 personal servants.[citation needed] The palace complex has several buildings, various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, and offices of the Museum Trust.The MSMS II Museum Trust is headed by chairperson Rajamata Padmini Devi of Jaipur (from Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh).[3] Princess Diya Kumari runs the Museum Trust, as its secretary and trustee. She also manages The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School in Jaipur. She founded and runs the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation to empower underprivileged and underemployed women of Rajasthan. She is also an entrepreneur. In 2013, she was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from the constituency of Sawai Madhopur.
On peut découvrir sur le sentier du Cosmopolitan Culture Park la tête du CosmoGolem, le premier et à ce jour unique exemplaire en pierre de ce géant symbole des Droits des Enfants. Une sculpture de dix mètres constituée de vingt-cinq blocs de marbre pesant plus de quatre cents tonnes. Une tête ouverte pour libérer vos pensées, pour garder un esprit critique.
Le projet CosmoGolem a pour ambition de donner une voix et une identité aux enfants défavorisés. Il exprime l’espoir et la foi en l’avenir. Plus de quarante CosmoGolems ont depuis lors été construits dans le monde. Du Zimbabwe à la Belgique, d’Inde en Équateur, le CosmoGolem donne un visage aux droits des enfants.
You can discover on the path of the Cosmopolitan Culture Park the head of the CosmoGolem, the first and to date only stone example of this giant symbol of Children's Rights. A ten-meter sculpture made of twenty-five blocks of marble weighing more than four hundred tons. An open head to free your thoughts, to keep a critical mind.
The CosmoGolem project aims to give a voice and an identity to underprivileged children. It expresses hope and faith in the future. Over forty CosmoGolems have since been built worldwide. From Zimbabwe to Belgium, from India to Ecuador, the CosmoGolem gives a face to children's rights.
Hamnoya. Sea mist and sunrise.
Christmas is almost upon us, a brightly coloured marker jutting out from the final pages of the 2018 yearbook. And for many people in this highly connected and commercialised world, where consumerism is everything, it's easy to lose sight of the true meaning of this festive season. The birth of Santa.
So whether you're busy adding a modern twist to the parable of the three wise men chasing that star all the way to Bethlehem by following an elderly couple through an overcrowded shopping mall for 20 minutes in order to claim their parking space, or if you've woken up in a stable after that final drink at the office party, it's good to reflect on what's important.
And so to all of you out there in Flickrland, I wish you every happiness. Thank you for your friendship, good humour and incredible support. You're the reason that I've continued to post and share my thoughts on here.
On a final note, many of you know what I do for a day job when I'm not busy snapping away or emptying the somewhat limited contents of my mind into my Flickr stream. We have many kids in our hospital wards at this time of year, some of whom will have a very different experience of this season, so please spare a few seconds to think of them and their families.
And finally, a very special mention to Dunia Osorio, one of my longstanding Flickr contacts who runs a charity called Brighter Lives which helps underprivileged kids in her home country of Honduras. Please check her out and visit her website if you have a few moments to spare. It's people like Dunia who truly embody the spirit and meaning of Christmas.
Change what you can change, be kind to others and take a moment to remember those less fortunate.
Happy Christmas, folks.
The City Palace, Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Construction started soon after the establishment of the city of Jaipur under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from Amber, in 1727. Jaipur remained the capital of the kingdom until 1949—when it became the capital of the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan—with the City Palace functioning as the ceremonial and administrative seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur. The construction of the Palace was completed in 1732 and it was also the location of religious and cultural events, as well as a patron of arts, commerce, and industry. It was constructed according to the rules of vastushastra, combining elements of Mughal and Rajput architectural styles. It now houses the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and continues to be the home of the Jaipur royal family. The royal family has around 500 personal servants.[citation needed] The palace complex has several buildings, various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, and offices of the Museum Trust.The MSMS II Museum Trust is headed by chairperson Rajamata Padmini Devi of Jaipur (from Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh). Princess Diya Kumari runs the Museum Trust, as its secretary and trustee. She also manages The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School in Jaipur. She founded and runs the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation to empower underprivileged and underemployed women of Rajasthan. She is also an entrepreneur. In 2013, she was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from the constituency of Sawai Madhopur.
The City Palace, Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Construction started soon after the establishment of the city of Jaipur under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from Amber, in 1727. Jaipur remained the capital of the kingdom until 1949—when it became the capital of the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan—with the City Palace functioning as the ceremonial and administrative seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur. The construction of the Palace was completed in 1732 and it was also the location of religious and cultural events, as well as a patron of arts, commerce, and industry. It was constructed according to the rules of vastushastra, combining elements of Mughal and Rajput architectural styles. It now houses the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and continues to be the home of the Jaipur royal family. The royal family has around 500 personal servants.[citation needed] The palace complex has several buildings, various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, and offices of the Museum Trust.The MSMS II Museum Trust is headed by chairperson Rajamata Padmini Devi of Jaipur (from Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh). Princess Diya Kumari runs the Museum Trust, as its secretary and trustee. She also manages The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School in Jaipur. She founded and runs the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation to empower underprivileged and underemployed women of Rajasthan. She is also an entrepreneur. In 2013, she was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from the constituency of Sawai Madhopur.
Varanasi (Inde) - Le bidonvilles indiens, sont des refuges pour les déshérités et les parias. Ce sont aussi des asiles pour les nombreux travailleurs mis à la rue par la crise du logement. En Inde les programmes immobiliers mis en place par les promoteurs ne sont destinés qu’aux familles fortunées. Les bidonvilles sont donc des alternatives -sorte de logements sociaux-, pour les chauffeurs de taxis, les petits commerçants ou les employés de bureau. On y trouve également des fonctionnaires qui se logent ici dans des abris de fortune.
Les blanchisseurs (dhobi wallah) sur cette photo, organisés en coopérative, vivent aussi dans le bidonville de la Kharbuza. Les lavoirs sont implantés à proximité du bidonville sur des terrains qui ne sont pas encore convoités par les promoteurs.
The slum, an alternative to the housing crisis
Varanasi (India) - Indian slums are refuges for the underprivileged and the outcasts. They are also shelters for the many workers put on the street by the housing crisis. In India, real estate programs set up by developers are only intended for wealthy families. Slums are therefore alternatives - a sort of social housing - for taxi drivers, small traders or office workers. There are also small civil servants who live here in makeshift shelters.
The washermen (dhobi wallah) in this photo, organized in a cooperative, also live in the Kharbuza slum. The wash houses are located near the slum on land which is not yet coveted by developers.
The City Palace, Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Construction started soon after the establishment of the city of Jaipur under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from Amber, in 1727. Jaipur remained the capital of the kingdom until 1949—when it became the capital of the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan—with the City Palace functioning as the ceremonial and administrative seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur. The construction of the Palace was completed in 1732 and it was also the location of religious and cultural events, as well as a patron of arts, commerce, and industry. It was constructed according to the rules of vastushastra, combining elements of Mughal and Rajput architectural styles. It now houses the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and continues to be the home of the Jaipur royal family. The royal family has around 500 personal servants.[citation needed] The palace complex has several buildings, various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, and offices of the Museum Trust.The MSMS II Museum Trust is headed by chairperson Rajamata Padmini Devi of Jaipur (from Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh). Princess Diya Kumari runs the Museum Trust, as its secretary and trustee. She also manages The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School in Jaipur. She founded and runs the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation to empower underprivileged and underemployed women of Rajasthan. She is also an entrepreneur. In 2013, she was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from the constituency of Sawai Madhopur.
During the 29th Annual Fleetweek celebration in New York City Memorial Day weekend, while crossing the Hudson River to get the USS Kearsarge LHD-3 docked at Pier 88 via New York Waterway Ferry as the sun was setting was able to capture this image of the W57 Building in Hell’s Kitchen referred to by some as great pyramid building though not really a pyramid nor a tetrahedron, but definitely unique addition high-rises in the skyline. There is essentially a building frenzy going on throughout the city, with the greatest concentration on the island of Manhattan, particularly in neighborhoods where in the past wouldn’t be considered candidates for high rise apartment buildings, Hell’s Kitchen, the East Village, the area surrounding the Highline Park and even though there is a lot of opposition in this area in particular Greenwich Village. So a walk in Hell’s Kitchen today is possible and quite pleasant, now a very gentrified area, many couples and families occupying the modernized tenements, the eateries lining 9th Avenue and the streets , so it was no surprise to see real estate developers buy up property and begin to build up.
Growing up in the 1970-1980’s, Hell’s Kitchen was not a place to venture to, after getting out of the Lincoln Tunnel, one definitely avoided turning westward, rather turning eastward and all the raunchiness and sleaziness of 42nd Street and Times Square may have been uneasy on the eye, but the risk of harm to oneself was considerably less than venturing into Hell’s Kitchen. So where did the name Hell’s Kitchen come from? The area, roughly bound between 34th and 57th Streets as the southern and northern borders and Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River east to west, from the mid 1800’s until the 1980’s was known for gruesome murders, the Irish mob, speakeasies and just plain violence. In the 1850’s a surge of Irish and German immigrants settled in this part of the city primarily because of its proximity to the Hudson River Docks, slaughter houses, lumber yards and the Hudson River Railroad which would become New York Central because the tracks ran down Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. Remember this part of the city was still the northern outskirts at that time and this kept the uneducated and unwelcomed immigrants away from the well to do folks who lived to the south and east. After the Civil War, gang of youths literally ruled the area. A gang referred to as Hell’s Kitchen gang was in constant battle with not only the New York Police Department but rival gangs such as the Gorillas, the Parlor Mob and the Gophers. When the Lincoln Tunnel was built, many of the tenements met their doom, as much of the area was cleared. The area though continued to linger as the gangs and their violence contributed to lower property values and rents, so it remained an alcove for the underprivileged. After World War II a new wave of immigrants moved in from Puerto Rico. Poor they banded together to form their own gangs that were in conflict with the Irish gang that still roamed the area. The storyline in Westside Story is based on this area and those conflicts. More buildings went down when the Port Authority Bus Terminal was built to accommodate not only the building but the ramps directly to the Lincoln Tunnel. The last gang of notoriety in the area was the Irish gang referred to as the Westies which I remember was one of the reasons to avoid the area while I was growing up and actually as an adult as their reign of terror which included drugs, murder, arson, theft, extortion, gambling, loan-sharking and illicit nightclubs lasted well into the late 1980’s. For anyone who saw the area back then and I know a few of you fellow flickr’ers lived here in the past, what it has become today is so different.
So this beautiful unique structure, W57 now adorns the skyline just north of the sea passenger terminals and a block south of the old IRT Powerhouse (Interborough Rapid Transit Powerhouse) that now belongs to ConEd is what’s referred to as a paraboloid according to Bjarke Ingels of the Danish architectural firm of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) that designed W57.
HDR taken with Olympus E-5 using an Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD lens, raw images processed in Photomatix Pro, cleaned up in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
1.) To this day I happen to think that Muhammed Ali is "THE GREATEST" boxer and finest Athlete of ALL TIME. there are 100's of other good fighters, but NOBODY else comes close in boxing.
("I don't have to be what you want me to be; I'm free to be what I want"), the poetry (his ability to compose rhymes on the run could very well qualify him as the first rapper)
Ali brought beauty and grace to the most uncompromising of sports....Floating, stinging, punching, prophesying, he transformed his sport and became the most adored athlete in the ENTIRE WORLD, living or dead.
"Master of "The Sweet Science"
mention his name and EVERYBODY knows who Ali is"
2.) Jackie Joyner-Kersee
In every revolution -- and surely the explosion of women's sport is nothing less -- there is a leader. Whether vocal or silent, whether by purpose or happenstance, there is a figure whose shadow falls across an era and whose footprints mark the path for others to follow. In ways that could be measured, Jackie Joyner-Kersee was one of the greatest Olympic athletes in history, and in ways that could not, she was a rare combination of courage and grace, of power and vulnerability. A generation of women looked into her face and saw something they had never before seen in sport, and they were drawn to it.
"You could see that she loved everything she did and that she invested every ounce of strength she had in it," says Mia Hamm, who was 12 when Joyner-Kersee narrowly missed winning a gold medal in the heptathlon at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. "You saw her and
you got the idea of what a woman athlete should be. At the time it seemed almost like she wasn't responsible for just her sport, but for all of women's sport."
Hamm's words ring true. Joyner-Kersee is Sports Illustrated For Women's Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century not just because she was one of the best performers in track and field history, but also because the energy of her athleticism and personality wrapped itself around all of women's sport at precisely the time when it began to grow.
she won a silver medal in the heptathlon in the 1984 Olympics and gold medals in the 1988 and 1992 Games. She also won a gold medal in the long jump in 1988 and a bronze at the 1992 Olympics. Joyner-Kersee is the heptathlon world record-holder and American record-holder in the long jump. Her sister-in-law is the late track star Florence Griffith Joyner. A sufferer of exercise-induced asthma, Joyner-Kersee officially retired from track and field in 2001 at age 38. After her retirement, she started the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center Foundation to encourage kids in her underprivileged hometown to play sports.
3.) Jim Brown will always be a MARVEL of mine....Jim Brown is to running backs what Superman is to cartoon heroes. Standing 6-foot-2 and packing 230 hard pounds on his square-shouldered frame, he was an explosive fullback, combining outstanding speed with awesome power.
Brown played only nine seasons for the Cleveland Browns -- and led the NFL in rushing eight times. He averaged 104 yards a game, a record 5.2 yards a pop. He ran for at least 100 yards in 58 of his 118 regular-season games.
And MOST IMPRESSIVE.... (he never missed 1 game in his Entire Career) LOL!!!!!
Amazingly, football might not have been Brown's best sport. Some say he was a more talented lacrosse player, and he is the only person to be inducted into the halls of fame for pro football, college football and lacrosse.
4.) Barry Bonds* Go Ahead, put an asterisk after his name if you want to.
To Me is The BEST BASESBALL SLUGGER OF ALL TIME" with or without steriods.....Bonds currently holds the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762, and is also the all-time career leader in both Walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). He holds numerous other records, including the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001, and a record Seven Most Valuable Player Awards.
5.) Tom Brady* His career is relatively young and the Man Stands so far Above any other NFL Quarterback its "ridiculous" LOL......:))
To Me Brady is one of the best quarterbacks of OUR era. He has won three Super Bowls (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX), two Super Bowl MVP awards (XXXVI and XXXVIII), and has been invited to four Pro Bowls, and has the most touchdowns in a season. Brady was named to the AP All-Pro Team, and as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, in 2005. He also helped set the record for the longest consecutive win streak in NFL history with 21 straight wins over two seasons. PLUS Im nominating him as The MVP of this years Super Bowl with The Patriots going 16-0 in the regular season :))
He has already been named "Sportsman of the Year" This year, by The Sporting News for the second time in his career. He was also named Male Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press, the first time he has received that honor, and the first time an NFL player has been honored since Joe Montana won in 1990.
6.) Tiger Woods...."The king of swings on the green"
The son of an African American Army officer father and a Thai mother, he learned to play as a child. His father, Earl, served as his teacher and mentor. Around the age of eight, Woods showed off his skills. He grew Up to be The Best Golfer EVER!!!!!!
At the tender age of 21 Tiger became first African American to win the U.S. Masters at Augusta in 1997—with a record score of 270. He won six championships in 2005 and was voted the PGA Tour Player of Year for the seventh time in nine years.
He also won the World Golf Championship and US PGA Championship in August 2007. The next month, Woods’ winning ways continued, garnering the top spot at the BMW Championship and The Tour Championship. He was named Player of the Year by the other participants in the PGA Tour and won his eighth Arnold Palmer Award for being the lead money earner on the tour.
7.) Roger Federer has to be The Baddest Man on a Tennins Court!!!!
The undisputed king of tennis was in the news for bagging the 40th title of his career. For Swiss Champion Roger Federer there's no stopping. The show has just begun and he's here to stay.....In 1999, Federer was the youngest player (18 years, 4 months) in the ATP Ranking's year end Top 100.
He became the first player to win Grand Slam events (Wimbledon & US Open) the year after having won three Grand Slam events in the same year.
Federer is the first player to win four Tennis Masters Series titles in one season; he also is only the third player to have won all four North American ATP Masters Series events in a career. Federer became the first man to reach four consecutive Grand Slam finals since Andre Agassi reached four finals between 1999 (French Open) and 2000 (Australian Open), winning three titles. He bettered the result by reaching and winning the final of Wimbledon in 2006 to make it five consecutive Grand Slam finals (won four out of five).
Federer won four consecutive titles at one event for the first time on June 18th, 2006 at the Gerry Weber Open and tied Bjorn Borg's record of 41 straight grass-court wins with a 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych. He repeated this feat by winning his fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship on July 9th, 2006, beating Rafael Nadal in the final.
8.) Micheal Jordan....c'mon say it..LOL...MJ..I wanna be like Mike!!!!
Did U ever drink "GATORADE"???? or lace Up a pair of Nike's????
Well in my Estimation Jordan is almost single handedly responsible for Us All doing these things.........What Kid growing Up anywhere in the WORLD has never heard of him????
By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time -- although a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game inevitably fails to do justice to the man. A phenomenal athlete with a unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, improvisational ability and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar!!!!!
Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five NBA MVP (Most Valuable Player) awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances and three All-Star MVPs, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA record for highest career regular season scoring average with 30.1 points per game, as well as averaging a record 33.4 points per game in the playoffs. In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century.
Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam. He is currently a part-owner and Managing Member of Basketball Operations of the Charlotte Bobcats in his home state of North Carolina.
9.) Wilma Rudolph
The first American woman ever to win three gold medals in the Olympics, Wilma Rudolph overcame major obstacles to make her mark in the record books and in life.
She was named United Press Athlete of the Year (1960), the AP Woman Athlete of the Year (1960, 1961) and received the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete (1961). She has been inducted into the Women's Sports Hall of Fame and named one of five sports stars selected as America's Greatest Women Athletes by the Women's Sports Foundation, she is in the Black Sports Hall of Fame and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Rudolph gave women's track a strong boost in America.
10.) Billie Jean King
One of the best female tennis players in history, she brought women's tennis - and women's sports in general - into prime time. In the 1970s, during the infancy of the Equal Rights Amendment, she helped establish a player's union and professional women's tour and fought for equal pay.
In 1967 she was selected as "Outstanding Female Athlete of the World". In 1972 she was named Sports Illustrated "Sportsperson of the Year", the first woman to be so honored; and in 1973, she was dubbed "Female Athlete of the Year".
She was the first female athlete to win over $100,000 prize money in a single season. Billie Jean King spoke out for women and their right to earn comparable money in tennis and other sports. Her constant lobbying and commitments have broken many barriers.
Billie Jean King established the first successful women's professional tennis tour. She founded tennis clinics for undeprivileged children. For her contributions to tennis as President of Tennis-America, Billie Jean King was awarded the National Service Bowl.
11.) Martina Navratilova
Perhaps the greatest women's tennis player of all time who set a new standard for women's achievement in sports. In addition to revolutionizing physical training in her sport, she courageously became one of the first star athletes to publicly disclose her homosexuality.
Nobody, ever, has had such a glittering trove of numbers. As a pro since 1973, she played the most singles tournaments (380) and matches (1,650), and won the most titles (167) and matches (1,438) with a won-lost mark of 1,438-212. She won more prize money, $20,344,061, than all but Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras.
Her doubles feats, attesting to a grandeur of completeness, were as sparkling: played the second most tournaments (286) and the most matches (1,111), and won the most titles (162) and matches (989) with a won-lost mark of 989-122. Throw in infrequent but very positive mixed doubles: played 27 tournaments, won 8 with a won-lost of 94-19. Overall for this three-way stretcher: played the most tournaments (693) and matches (2,874); won the most titles (337) and matches (2,521) with a 2,521-353 won-lost. Thus she battled .872 in singles, .890 in doubles, and .832 in mixed--.877 for everything. It means she won 48.6 percent of all the tournaments she entered. Whew Weeeeee, she a Bad Girl!!!!! :))
12.) Kobe Bryant......"The Golden Boy"
Bryant rose to national prominence in 1996 when he became the first guard in league history to be drafted out of high school, and led a wave of high school basketball players skipping college for the NBA. Bryant and then-teammate Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. Since O'Neal's departure following the 2004 season, Bryant has become the cornerstone of the Lakers' franchise, and was the NBA leading scorer during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.
Bryant's individual scoring accomplishments posted resulted in the finest statistical season of his career. The season included many spectacular individual performances including a game on December 20 in which Bryant scored 62 points despite playing only three quarters against the Dallas Mavericks. Entering the fourth quarter Bryant had, by himself, outscored the entire Mavericks team 62-61, the only time a player has done this through three quarters since the advent of the 24-second shot clock. When the Lakers faced the Miami Heat on January 16, 2006, Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal made headlines by engaging in handshakes and hugs before the game, signifying the end of the feud that had festered between the two players since O'Neal's acrimonious departure from Los Angeles. A month later, at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game, the two laughed and joked together on several occasions. On January 22, Bryant scored 81 points in a 122-104 victory against the Toronto Raptors, who finished with a 27-55 season record and were among the worst defensive teams in the league. In addition to breaking the previous franchise record of 71 set by Elgin Baylor, his point total in that game was the second highest in NBA history, surpassed only by Wilt Chamberlain's legendary 100-point game in 1962.
Also in January, Bryant became the first player since 1964 to score 45 points or more in four consecutive games, joining Chamberlain and Baylor as the only players ever to do so. For the month of January, Bryant averaged 43.4 per game, the eighth highest single month scoring average in NBA history, and highest for any player other than Chamberlain. By the end of the season, Bryant had also set Lakers single-season franchise records for the most 40-point games (27) and most points scored (2,832), among others. Bryant won the league's scoring title for the first time, posting a scoring average of (35.4). Bryant finished in fourth-place in the voting for the 2006 NBA Most Valuable Player Award, but also received 22 first place votes — second only to winner Steve Nash, and by far the highest number of first-place votes Bryant had ever received in his career.
Late in the season, it was reported that Bryant would change his jersey number from 8 to 24 at the start of the 2006-07 NBA season. 24 was Bryant's first high school number, before he switched to 33. After the Lakers' season ended, Bryant said on TNT that he wanted 24 as a rookie, but it was unavailable, as was 33, retired with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Bryant wore 143 at the Adidas ABCD camp, and chose 8 by adding those numbers. He had also worn number 8 as a child in Italy, as a salute to Mike D'Antoni, who was one of his early idols and wore number 8 as a professional basketball player in Italy.
13) Randy Moss The Best Damn Wide Reciever of All Time!!!!
I could say a million things about this man, but his play speaks for Itself :))
He finished 2007 with 98 catches and 1,493 yards receiving....He is TRULY #1 at his position in the NFL.
He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 1998, and played the first stage of his career in Minnesota before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland Raiders. On April 29, 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick.
[WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY SMOKING???? LOL]
Rookie record 17 TD catches.
He is third only to Anquan Boldin and Bill Groman for most rookie receiving yards with 1,313.
Moss has caught 120 TD passes through 10 seasons, 5th most in NFL history. He trails Jerry Rice, Cris Carter, Terrell Owens, and Marvin Harrison, all of whom have played more seasons than Moss.
Has caught 13 or more TDs in a season 5 times. He trails only Terrell Owens and Jerry Rice in such seasons.
Is the only player other than Jerry Rice to catch 17 or more TDs in a multiple seasons (Moss accomplished the feat in 1998, 2003 and 2007).
Moss has had 4 seasons in which he averaged at least one receiving TD a game: 1998 (17 TDs in 16 games), 2003 (17 TDs in 16 games), 2004 (13 TDs in 13 games), and 2007 (23 TDs in 16 games). He is the only wide receiver in NFL history to do so.
He had back-to-back 100 catch seasons, in 2002 and 2003. He joined Sterling Sharpe, Jerry Rice, Herman Moore, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, and Rod Smith as the only receivers to accomplish this feat.
At the end of the 2006 season, Moss averaged approximately 11.2 receiving TDs per season, an NFL record.
He had 1,000+ yards in each of his first 6 seasons, setting an NFL record.
In 2003, Moss became the second player in NFL history to average 100 yards and one TD per game in a 16 NFL game season, scoring 17 touchdowns and 1,632 yards.
In 2007, Moss became the only player in NFL history to record four 100+ yard games in his first four games with a new team.
Moss has eclipsed the 1,000 yard receiving mark 8 times in his career. He is tied for 3rd all-time in that statistic.
Also in 2007, Moss set a record with 16 touchdowns in his first 10 games with a new team.
In 2007 he set the a NFL record for most touchdown receptions in a regular season, with 23.
This 40 acre property in Barrie was bought from Royal Victoria Hospital in 1999. Named after the house on the property, 'The Gables', which was a summer camp for Toronto underprivileged children between the 1920's and 1962. Following that it was bequeathed to the RVH, the hospital shut down the house and it was torn down in 1974.
This kid lit up the place when she arrived pretty much at end of the event :) she was all smile and giggles and was wearing her birthday dress way before her actual birthday :) when kids are hyper its really hard to frame them :) but with few damages to knee and hand was able to get these shots :)
At times like this I wished I could record it as a video and not just shots :) coz the fun was worth watching in full animation while her face was glowing when she hit the pins
Canon 40D, Canon 50mm 1.4 , 1/250s f/3.5 ISO320 50mm
6 shots in comment ...
I was tagged by Nikonjim.
I found this harder than I expected.
This is two self portraits of me at 25 and at 50. The younger me, a high school teacher, had bought his first SLR (a Ricoh K2) a year before and the older me is sitting in a train photographing my reflection in the glass.
Ten things you probably don't know about me
1. I grew up in a staunchly Christian, conservative home. I am neither of those now.
2. I tend to avoid conflict where I can. My diplomacy sometimes irritates my wife.
3. I met my wife when we taught black children in an underprivileged school in South Africa. She was a single mother and I offered to babysit her children when she was sick (it made a good impression).
4. I met one of the Robben Island prisoners who was in prison with Nelson Mandela. His son went on to become the president of South Africa after Mandela. I was humbled by his compassion and lack of bitterness.
5. I have sat in a small room at night giving extra lessons in Mathematics while people were singing in the street outside: "Bulala amaBhulu". I asked my pupils what it meant and they said, sheepishly "Kill the white people..." It actually means "Kill the Boers" but it is technically the same thing. I waited till the street was quiet before I went home.
6. I have strong convictions about honesty and respect for religion and the differences between peoples.
7. My talent is to be better than average at most things that I do but never excellent. This has been true in sport, school, music and art. Maybe photography is the one?
8. I once confronted a Special Branch security policeman and asked him to return some library books. He had taken them from one of my pupils during a raid on an after-hours school program. This was not one of my best ideas and didn't end well for me. This may be what prompted me to go back to school to study computer science.
9. I attended the bris (circumcision) of my best friend's firstborn and forgot to look away at a critical moment in the ceremony. I had to sit down very quickly to avoid fainting.
10. My wife is my staunchest ally and best friend. She is also brave and fierce. My sons used to say she was strong "like a Russian bull". We still don't know where they got that from.
I tag:
I'm going to Ghana tomorrow to teach in an orphanage and coach tennis to underprivileged children.
Be lucky everybody and happy shooting. See you in a month.
Nikon D40 | Sigma 10-20@10mm | ƒ9 | 6s | ISO200 | Tripod | 2-stop h + 2-stop s grad
Climate change and rising temperatures make summers unbearable in Karachi where daily power cuts drive masses to the beaches especially from crowded underprivileged areas. For the women it is even harder as they need to be fully covered at all times. I was lucky to capture the moment of joy this woman felt as she walked with open arms against the cool breeze.
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It is located between rue de la Grange-Batelière to the south and rue du Faubourg-Montmartre to the north.
Established in 1846 by the Société du Passage Jouffroy, under its current name, the Passage Verdeau is located in the extension of the Passages des Panoramas and Jouffroy .
Set back, Passage Verdeau has always suffered from comparison with the passages it extends and has long remained underprivileged. Yet it is one of the clearest, with a high herringbone canopy and a sleek neoclassical design.
However, the opening of the Hôtel Drouot has attracted many antique dealers who have taken up residence there and the passage has since attracted many collectors of old books or old postcards
"Okay. Let me tell you a story.
One day a very wealthy man took his son on a world-hopping trip visiting "underprivileged" countries, with the firm purpose of showing his son how “poor people” live. On their return from the trip, the father asked, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?"
"Oh, yeah."
"So, tell me, what do you learn?"
The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden, and they have a river with no end in sight. We have imported lanterns in our garden, and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard, and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on, and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve one another. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father stood, speechless.
"Thank you, Dad, for showing me how poor we really are." - Terry Hershey
The City Palace, Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Construction started soon after the establishment of the city of Jaipur under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from Amber, in 1727. Jaipur remained the capital of the kingdom until 1949—when it became the capital of the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan—with the City Palace functioning as the ceremonial and administrative seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur. The construction of the Palace was completed in 1732 and it was also the location of religious and cultural events, as well as a patron of arts, commerce, and industry. It was constructed according to the rules of vastushastra, combining elements of Mughal and Rajput architectural styles. It now houses the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and continues to be the home of the Jaipur royal family. The royal family has around 500 personal servants.[citation needed] The palace complex has several buildings, various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, and offices of the Museum Trust.The MSMS II Museum Trust is headed by chairperson Rajamata Padmini Devi of Jaipur (from Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh). Princess Diya Kumari runs the Museum Trust, as its secretary and trustee. She also manages The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School in Jaipur. She founded and runs the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation to empower underprivileged and underemployed women of Rajasthan. She is also an entrepreneur. In 2013, she was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from the constituency of Sawai Madhopur.
The landfill in Payatas, The Philippines, is notoriously known the world over as Smokey Mountain. For over 35 years, the smoking dump site has grown to become a stark and heart-tugging reminder of the desperate conditions of humanity.
On a daily basis, children pick through newly arrived garbage to collect material to sell. The earnings made by one child are not enough to even buy food for the day. Hence, entire families are forced to climb the mountain each day, hoping to earn enough to feed everyone. Children as young as four years old are forced to work in this daily struggle for survival.
On 10 July 2000, after a period of heavy rain, a trashslide occurred in the Payatas dump claiming over 200 lives, including many children. The tragic victims were the scavengers and sorters at the dump site and those living in the nearby shanties. While the authorities instituted better management of the site after the tragedy, many continue to depend on scavenging as it is their only means of livelihood.
Fortunately, there are caring organisations such as The Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation, run by Judge Lorenzo B. Veneracion (former Manila judge and Charter President of Rotary Club Quezon City North). They operate a much-needed charity project to alleviate the sufferings and to help reduce their dependence on scavenging as a livelihood. Among their supporters are FusionExcel International, which has previously donated funds towards this worthy initiative.
The Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation currently provides food to these underprivileged children, now numbering over 500 children daily. This figure used to be 2000 children per day, but support and donations have been getting harder and harder to obtain. The foundation hopes to be able to feed 5000-10,000 children every day if it can raise additional funds. There are over 20,000 children living on Smokey Mountain. Intending to function as more than a soup kitchen,the foundation embarked on a Literacy
Program for the Payatas children. Most of the children are not attending school, but helping, at their tender age, to support families. Nevertheless, most of the children dream of becoming teachers, nurses or doctors. Sadly, their dreams are hindered by the reality of poverty and its vicious cycles. Through the educational component of the project, the Foundation hopes to break the cycle.
In addition, programs are also on-going for Health Care Services and Skills and Livelihood Training are being conducted for the adults.
The landfill in Payatas, The Philippines, is notoriously known the world over as Smokey Mountain. For over 35 years, the smoking dump site has grown to become a stark and heart-tugging reminder of the desperate conditions of humanity.
On a daily basis, children pick through newly arrived garbage to collect material to sell. The earnings made by one child are not enough to even buy food for the day. Hence, entire families are forced to climb the mountain each day, hoping to earn enough to feed everyone. Children as young as four years old are forced to work in this daily struggle for survival.
On 10 July 2000, after a period of heavy rain, a trashslide occurred in the Payatas dump claiming over 200 lives, including many children. The tragic victims were the scavengers and sorters at the dump site and those living in the nearby shanties. While the authorities instituted better management of the site after the tragedy, many continue to depend on scavenging as it is their only means of livelihood.
Fortunately, there are caring organisations such as The Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation, run by Judge Lorenzo B. Veneracion (former Manila judge and Charter President of Rotary Club Quezon City North). They operate a much-needed charity project to alleviate the sufferings and to help reduce their dependence on scavenging as a livelihood. Among their supporters are FusionExcel International, which has previously donated funds towards this worthy initiative.
The Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation currently provides food to these underprivileged children, now numbering over 500 children daily. This figure used to be 2000 children per day, but support and donations have been getting harder and harder to obtain. The foundation hopes to be able to feed 5000-10,000 children every day if it can raise additional funds. There are over 20,000 children living on Smokey Mountain. Intending to function as more than a soup kitchen,the foundation embarked on a Literacy
Program for the Payatas children. Most of the children are not attending school, but helping, at their tender age, to support families. Nevertheless, most of the children dream of becoming teachers, nurses or doctors. Sadly, their dreams are hindered by the reality of poverty and its vicious cycles. Through the educational component of the project, the Foundation hopes to break the cycle.
In addition, programs are also on-going for Health Care Services and Skills and Livelihood Training are being conducted for the adults.
Vaswati Misra
Vaswati’s love for dance began as a young child of 7, she received training first under the tutelage of Smt Reba Vidyarthi and then had the good fortune to be groomed by the great kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj. An immensely talented dancer by the age of ten Vaswati was already dancing on stage. Performing both as a soloist as well as with her husband, dancer Krishan Mohan Misra she was acclaimed both for her command over the technique of the dance form as well as her expressieve qualities.
A successful choreographer and a soloist of repute Vaswati performed in prestigious festivals like Baba Allaudin Khan Samaroh, Bindadin Kathak Mahotsav, Khajuraho, Orchha Mahotsava, Nishagandhi Festival, Sangeet Natak Akademi’s 50th celebration, Qutub Festival and travelled to U.S.A, Japan, South Africa, latin America, the Middle East, Mexico and entire Europe.
In 1979 Vaswati joined the Sriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra as a teacher and was there for eight years, in 1989 she held the post of Kathak Guru at the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi was there again for eight years, in 1997 she resigned from Kathak Kendra and two years later, combining her passion for performance and education she set up an arts education centre the Pandit Shambhu Maharaj Kathak Academy as the educational wing of Dhwani, continued to grow with additions of a repertory and Zaroorat, a school for the underprivileged.
Dhwani Group
Dhwani is a cultural organization founded by leading proponents of Kathak, Shri Krishan Mohan Misra and Vaswati Misra in 1984.
It seeks to preserve and promote the performing and fine arts traditions of India by organizing choreographed dance, theatrical and musical performances of the highest caliber.
Trained under the auspices of the maestro- Pt Birju Maharaj himself, Vaswati Misra has perfected the technique and grammar of Kathak through her career spanning 40 years. Her choreographed pieces have been widely acclaimed by audiences and connoisseurs across the globe. Over the years, Vaswati Misra and Dhwani has built a reputation for collaborating with a diverse profile of artists and performers- from indigenous and folk artists to children from challenging backgrounds, from the greatest maestros, writers and actors of our times to young debutants- many of whom have been nurtured into accomplished performers in their own right.
Each performance by Dhwani is crafted to perfect the interpretation of sound and beat, the balance of strong yet lyrical body movements, powerful foot-work and subtle expressions. They are unique in their highly contemporary and aesthetic interpretation of a very traditional form.
Dhwani is empanelled with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Ministry of Culture and CID UNESCO.
Concept Note
Founded by dancer and choreographer, Vaswati Misra, The DHwani Repertory is made up of dancers whose versatility, virtuosity and dynamic movement quality, owes itself to the training imparted by Vaswati Misra. Their performances resonate with a long history of cultural traditions and are the result of explorations into elements that make Kathak the dance form that it is. Herself, an accomplished artiste of the Lucknow Gharana of Kathak, Vaswati finds inspiration for her choreography within the structural boundaries of Kathak as it has grown and developed over the countries.
Concepts like Bhaav bataana (the expression of a mood, seated on stage) Padhant, (where the mood and feeling inherent in mnemonic syllables are explored) or forms based on traditional musical genres like gats, taraaanaas and kavits are recreated in a matter that often fuse the perceived boundaries between dance and music, the traditional and the contemporary.
At the Ananya Dance Festival, The Dhwani Repertory will present an eclectic selection of some of its shorter works as well as some excerpts from production like Jeevan and Kalpataru.
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This image above is a vintage postcard featuring a group of people playing a lawn game at the Canadian Legion Memorial Camp in Semiahmoo Bay, British Columbia. The photo appears to date from around the 1960s. The Canadian Legion Memorial Camp was located on the Semiahmoo Native Reserve Land near White Rock, BC. The facility was established for the enjoyment of Canadian Legion members and their families. It officially opened during the month of June in 1955.
This image captures a group of senior citizens, playing an outdoor game of shuffleboard. The game involves using cue sticks to push discs across a court marked with a scoring diagram toward the opposite end.
Activity Details
Game Type: This is a vintage black and white photo of people engaging in the leisure sport of floor shuffleboard.
Participants: Several people are actively playing or watching, with most appearing to be older adults, a demographic with whom shuffleboard is a popular activity, especially in places like Florida.
Equipment: The visible equipment includes the court lines, stacks of discs, and the long cue sticks used to move the discs. The buckets visible at the front of the court are likely used to hold extra discs or other game items.
Setting: The game is taking place outdoors on a smooth, level surface, possibly concrete or a specially made court.
The above postcard was sent from - / WHITE ROCK / 1962 / JUL 10 / 11 AM / B.C. / - machine cancel
In 1934 the New Westminster Rotary Club moved their camp for underprivileged children from Boundary Bay to White Rock, onto leased Semiahmoo Native Reserve land.
In 1957 the Legion had spent $15,000 to upgrade the facilities to accommodate 34 guests through 12 weeks of summer.
The Legion opened the campgrounds to day picnickers at 50 cents per day, or a season pass to one dollar.
(23 June 1955) - Summer Camp Opened by Legion for Veteran at Semiahmoo Reserve - www.newspapers.com/article/surrey-leader-summer-camp-open...
(10 May 1956) - Canadian Legion Memorial Camp Brightened, Semiahmoo Bay, B.C. - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-canadian-legion-m...
(27 May 1969) - Openings Remain at Canadian Legion Memorial Seniors' Camp, Semiahmoo Bay, B.C. - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-opening-rema...
More at the Food For Thought cafe!
"Food for Thought is a quirky little indie diner where you can get great comfort food at a fair price, have fascinating conversations, find new friends and discover simple ways to give back to the local and global community.
We believe in serving the community. Part of Food for Thought’s profits go into social causes that we support - including School of Thought’s Financial Aid Scheme for underprivileged students. Tap water is also served free here but you have the option to donate to international well-building projects instead so that other people may have free water someday as well. We also try to work as much as possible with local farmers, local cottage industries and collectives to support small businesses with a heart. "
~Confucius
Thats exactly what these kids did whole day :) and this part of game was actually more fun coz they could jump and fall safely without breaking a bone :) and oh boy u should have seen how much these kids enjoyed it ;)
So well this is the picture for today just simple kids enjoying tr simple life with simple games : )
Have a great day friends
Canon 40D, Canon 10-22mm USM , 1/250s f/5.0 ISO200 10mm
5 more fun shots in comment :)
In view of the large number of children and adults who remain uncovered by present educational programmes, it is felt that some innovations are needed in primary education to provide quality education at low cost which would ensure high attendance and retention as well as a high rate of success. Several innovative programmes have been initiated in primary education by both governmental and non-governmental agencies to achieve these aims.Pre-primary education helps children transition from home to formal schooling.Many a times in underprivileged families, parents do not have the education necessary to teach children foundational literacy, reading, and mathematical skills.
The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has developed this programme. This caters to children 8-10 years of age who could not get admission in formal primary schools. Thus the learners are older children who never attended school. The programme covers grades 1-3.
RN fleet tender Messina was launched by Richard Dunston Ltd at Thorne, Humberside in 1982 as HMFT Messina A107, one of a quartet of 29m RN fleet tenders of the Manly Class, the others being Manly, Mentor, and Millbrook. She was attached the Royal Marines in Poole as a training vessel before being de-commissioned after a little over a decade of service. There followed a short commercial career before being purchased by the Pride of Bristol Trust in 1994.
Since 1994 she has acted as a community boat. Operated by the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Old Comrades Association. They provided a means whereby members could use their training and experience to provide a useful service to the local community and charities. Underprivileged and special needs groups were assisted, as were local schools and cadet/scout organisations providing sea going, firefighting, ship and boat handling, first aid and general team building experiences. Also subjects such as the maintenance of the ship were covered. In all it must have been a really useful local asset.
Time has moved on and during the summer of 2022 she moved to the Royal Navy Museum in Hartlepool which was where I came across her as I was taking my lunch break. I had a good chat with the crew who were more than impressed with their recent addition.
Photographed on my iPhone.
The essence of our work lies in the interest taken in and the knowledge of the personal situation of each child or young person right from the first moment he or she is in contact with our organisation.
It is in deepest regret and sadness that I inform you of Roney's cold-blooded murder on the early morning hours of January 15th. May he find peace wherever his journey has taken him.......
IMPORTANT NOTE:
On June 27th. we also lost our beloved Claudiney.
Schools and colleges have become centres for job training. Economy crashes, you crash, too. Students trained for specialised jobs are unemployed and found straying into alleys foraging for leftovers. Children are victims of the rigid schooling system. We have to rethink the fundamental principle form of education for our children.
...me, I was being smacked on the butt, for not going to school, church or even not doing my homework. Well, life began at home as now I understand that everything has a name. The words 'negative' as well as 'positive' has a a strong implication in my early life upbringing.
Note: I used the largest organ - the very skin as background.
Is there anything cooler than kids who rock? Sadly, with music programs being pushed aside in public schools, fewer and fewer kids get access to music education. Rock for Kids in Chicago, IL is doing something about it. Since 1988 Rock for Kids has been providing music education & instruments to homeless and underprivileged kids in the Chicago area. Their work ensures that all kids get the chance to exercise their RIGHT TO ROCK!
Tiny Revolutionary is honored to partner with Rock for Kids on this tee & donate $10 from the sale of each directly to them.
Ordalina, our arts facilitator, has magical abilities to engage almost any child or young person in her painting lessons.
It is in deepest regret and sadness that I inform you of Roney's cold-blooded murder on the early morning hours of January 16th. May he find peace wherever his journey has taken him.......
We need your Change more than ever now, to bring about justice so that Roney's death will not have been in vain.
I photographed her at sadarghat launch terminal, one of the many underprivileged children of Dhaka. I did take several photos of her along with her friend, but she wanted a solo portrait. A lot of photographers go in that part of Dhaka to document life. I did not ask for her name. While I was editing at home, a certain sadness engulfed me, she knows she may never see this photo but she wanted look her best may be people who get to see this will say what a pretty little girl! .
One-of-a-Kind Townhouse: $18,000 -- Three stories of pure luxury overlooking Manhattan's skyline, as is befitting a movie star of Gene's caliber. An exquisite handcrafted design that comes complete with the Gene Stardust Memories Doll, this home is completely furnished in vintage style and is illuminated with recessed lighting. The frosted glass doors close and this townhouse becomes a beautiful
mahogany armoire. Portion of the proceeds will be donated to Habitat for Humanity, an organization that provides
housing for underprivileged families.
Apparently, this was auctioned off in Vegas and won by a non-collector.
The Harley-Davidson uCron Speeder is a 2019 creation inspired by a futuristic vision of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. You will soon be able to purchase this MOC from the Creations for Charity store to display on your shelf while supporting children in need.
Creations for Charity is a nonprofit organization that hosts an annual fundraising event where builders from around the world donate custom LEGO creations to be sold in their store. The proceeds are used to buy new LEGO sets for underprivileged children worldwide during the holidays.