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Just through feeding her cow on Brachiaria grass and proper maintenance, a smallholder farmer in western Kenya has improved her milk yield more than two-fold.
Photo Credit: AVCD/M. Njiru
Participants introducing each other and voicing their expectations for the workshop. photo credit ILRI/Muthoni Njiru
Shoppers Value Foods (39,500 square feet)
50 South Airport Drive, Springer Plaza, Highland Springs, VA
This location opened on October 17th, 2014 and closed in April 2022; it was originally Winn-Dixie #956, which opened on May 24th, 1984 and closed in summer 2005. It became a Farmer's Foods on May 1st, 2006, which closed in May 2014.
Not really, but that was my first thought when I saw it on the floor in a kitchen. Surely something not to go 'no frills' on?
LEICA MINILUX F2.4 40mm ILFORD PAN100
Q1: What kind of a place is Lo-Sheng Sanatorium?
In 1927, the General Governor of Taiwan started to build Losheng Sanatorium for the quarantine and treatment of leprosy patients. With the force of sanitary police and the medical officers, the general investigation, quarantine, and imprisonment of the leprosy patients were conducted thoroughly in the period from1934 till the end of colonial governance of Japan. As a result, Losheng Sanatorium became the institution of compulsory quarantine as well as life-long imprisonment for the leprosy patients. Now, we consider Losheng Sanatorium as the epitome of the hundred-year sanitary history in Taiwan. It is the only historical mark that can testify the epidemic prevention history of Taiwan, and it is also the best place for us to do the introspection of the human rights of the patients.
Q2: What is the Hansen's disease?
Leprosy, also called the Hansen's disease，is a chronic bacterial disease infecting the skin and nerves in the hands and feet and, in some cases, the respiratory system. In 1873, a Norwegian doctor, Hansen, discovered the pathogenesis of this disease, hence the name Hansen's disease. Leprosy virus is hard to cultivate even in the lab, so the contagiousness is extremely weak. Almost everyone (90% of the human beings) has the natural immunity against leprosy virus. Human is the main infection source of the Hansen's disease, and the upper respiratory tract is the major route of infection. The latent period is spans from three to five years, but could be as long as 40 years. The Hansen's disease is easier to spread in the environment with poor public sanitation facilities. Currently, the good sanitary condition in Taiwan ensures that the Hansen's disease almost has no contagiousness, and there is also effective cure for the disease.
Q3 Why was there a compulsory quarantine policy in the past?
At the beginning of the 20th century, because of the improvement in sanitary condition, the Hansen's disease was almost extinct in Europe and America. However, the Japanese government desired to imitate the militarism of German government, so when they faced the large amount of the domestic leprosy patients, they regarded those patients as "the national humiliation", and began to draw up "the prevention law of Leprosy "in 1907. They planned to isolate the leprosy patients from the society, trying to create the illusion in which the Hansen's disease was extinct.
Q4 What is the influence of the compulsory quarantine policy?
In order to justify its compulsory quarantine policy, the Japanese government exaggerated the contagiousness of the Hansen's disease, and propagandized it to the society with force. They educated people that leprosy was extremely horrible, and used the police force and the spy system to "arrest" the patients and put them in hospitalization. This discriminating experience of being arrested in front of their families, friends, neighbors as well as the ingrained infamy of this policy prevented the Hansen's patients from going back to the society even after the compulsory quarantine policy was relieved. It was a tragedy for those patients to have homes they dared not return to.
Q5 Why is Taiwanese government tearing down the Losheng Sanatorium？
In 1994, Taipei City's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) System has planned to build a depot on the site where now the Sanatorium is. Chen Jing-Chuan, (陳京川) the ex-director of Losheng was opposed to this decision, and did three surveys among the patients to see what they thought and needed, shortly before he got demoted and reprimanded. Ever since then, the patients had no access to the MRT construction plans and its related discussions.
Q6 Why is it a mistake to build the depot on the Losheng site？
The MRT depot was originally planned to be built on the mountains behind Fu-Jen Catholic University(輔仁大學), but the plan was changed by local politicians. This is wrong for the following reasons:
1. Waste of money: 3/5 of the depot site needs to be built on flatland; therefore $90 million (USD) will be spent on flatting and improving the soil.
2. Disaster for the environment: What comes after flatting the mountains is a ten-story-tall retaining wall, which destroys the natural environment.
3. Safety concern: the future depot will be situated upon earth faults.
4. Ravaged historical site: the Losheng Sanatorium is an important cultural asset for people in East Asia. The depot construction will turn all this treasure into dust.
5. Ordeal for patients: the patients are forced to leave the place they spent their lives, suffering mentally and physically from the displacement.
6. Autocratic decision-making: the MRT Department never inquired the needs of Losheng patients--the 'residents' of the site—which is a violation of fundamental human rights.
Q7 Why should the Losheng Sanatorium be a World Heritage?
1. The Losheng Sanatorium has witnessed the inhumane treatment (such as discrimination and compulsory quarantine) the leprosy patients had undergone through 70 years of governmental oppression. It is a live showcase of Taiwan's colonial past, history of public health and suppressed human rights.
2. The Losheng Sanatorium is one among the few leprosy sanatoriums left. Its architecture has a mixture of Japanese and Gothic style, along with houses and Buddhist shrines built by the patients. The Sanatorium retains its painfully organised structure as an embodiment of its colonial past.
3. The Losheng Sanatorium has met many requirements for World Heritage. One UNESCO committee member who visited Losheng has commented that the Sanatorium is qualified at a World Heritage site. He mentioned one World Heritage site, the Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years, to exemplify the value of human rights.
4. The international trend of cultural assets conservation emphasizes an 'organic' perspective of preserving, which means not only the architecture is preserved, but also its relationship established by people who lived in it. The Losheng Sanatorium is embedded with history and lifelong memory of the patients, therefore partial preservation would tarnish the integrity of its value. Moreover, the Losheng Sanatorium is a reminder of inhumane quarantine and mistaken political measures for the world to see. Forced displacement is nothing less than another persecution for human rights.
Q8 How does the Taiwanese government plan to settle the patients?
In 2002, the new housing projects was initiated, but instead of 'houses' which were earlier promised to the patients, the new director gave them two tall buildings with modern hospital facilities. It became clear that the new administration team intended to run a hospital business and make money. The patients had no choice but to be removed to another place designed for quarantine.
The skyscraper-ish hospital buildings were designed mainly for housing short-term patients; therefore it has inadequate space for residents to move around freely. Moreover, the hospital management team forbids the patients from bringing with them personal belongings, from cooking, and from coming over to the front building—a discriminative policy.
Q9 How are leprosy patients treated in other countries?
In 2001, the Japanese government formally apologised to the maltreated leprosy patients, and devised reimbursement laws to give them the justice and honor they long missed. Take the example of National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien (日本長島愛生園): it retains its old architecture and natural environment for educational purposes; the patients live in well-organised houses; intercom facilities were implemented in the sanatorium for patients who have lost their sight. Every patient has nearly two nurses to take good care of them.
Q10 How come we did not speak out in the initial stages of planning? Why stand out now?
In fact, the depot plan has received severe critiques through the decade, from scholars and social groups alike. In 1994, the Taiwanese Bureau of Health has decided the project would brutally disrupt the patients' lives, or even pose life threatens. In the same year, the Losheng residents started their perpetual war against the violence.
Long before the depot construction was initiated, Loshen's ex-director and history professionals have demanded a large-scale inspection of Losheng's position as a historical site. The scholars appealed to the MRT Department that they should spare the Losheng Sanatorium, while they unanimously agreed the entire site should be preserved. However, the officials were rough enough to terminate the process of inspection, and decided the Sanatorium should be torn down entirely.
It was not until 2004, when Prof. John K.C. Liu (劉可強教授) came up with a symbiosis plan, and when the Concil of Cultural Affairs (文建會) has deemed the Sanatorium a historical spot, that the MRT Department was pressured to rethink the possibilities of preservation.
We sincerely appeal to the governmental officials that they should take the problems seriously. People have eyes to see and ears to listen; we will not be fooled or threatened for life.
Q11. Will MRT Shin-Jhong line not able to function if Losheng sanatorium is not torn down?
A11: Liu, Ko-Chiang, a professor in the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning in National Taiwan University (NTU), has long proposed a "Concurrent Construction Program of Losheng Sanatorium and MRT" in December, 2004. This plan not only proposes to preserve the whole area in Losheng, but let the MRT function well. It achieves the four-win situation for the historical site, the MRT, the patients in Losheng, and the HuiLong community. Also, this plan has been evaluated by the Taipei MRT bureau as "technically applicable". However, after the resignation of the whole Cabinet, no more committees were to be hold, the government commissioner in charge of this plan denied it with an official document without any negotiation, and the concurrent construction program has been put aside ever since.
In 2006, the 90% reserve plan proposed by the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA, 文建會) was evaluate as applicable by Mott MacDonald Group. (欣陸工程顧問公司) However, the Executive Yuan turn down this proposal from CCA without any explanation in less than one month.
If we reserve Losheng sanatorium, it will not necessarily be the obstacle which hinders the MRT service. What we are upset about is the governmental monopoly of technical resources and legal rights behind the curtain, and they blame the Losheng patients for delaying the MRT. If the government keeps ignoring its flawed policy, sweeping things under the rug, and putting off its own political duty, the government will wipe out the entire historical Losheng sanatorium. Such unwise arrogance from our government only damages the rights of patients in Losheng and every citizen.
Q12. According to the Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei (DORTS, Taipei, 台北捷運局), curved rail in the 90% plan will cause derailment, is it true?
A12: The altered curvature in 90% plan has no connection with the commuters. What the 90% plan affects is the allocation of the workshop; more specifically, the plan only changes the curvature of rails which vacant carriages may go in and out. Unless the DORTS intends to make carriages enter the workshop with a high speed, or they want some passengers to participate parties held in the workshop occasionally; otherwise security is not the issue in this plan. In fact, this is exactly why the government does not want to discuss the 90% plan openly. Besides, when Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (謝長廷) was the minister of Executive Yuan, the 90% was evaluated as an applicable plan.
Q13. According to the media and Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei (DORTS, Taipei, 台北捷運局), the 90% preservation plan will delay the construction of MRT for two to three years and result in a two to three hundred billion NTD (approx. 760 million USD) increase in budget, is that true?
A13. In the press release issued by the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA, 文建會) in Jan. 23, 2007, it was mentioned: "according to recent news, some local representatives and organizations in Taipei City and Taipei County claimed that the 90% Losheng preservation plan proposed by CCA will severely delay the MRT construction. Hereby CCA reiterates that the 90% preservation plan, evaluated by Hsin-Lu cooperation, will lengthen the construction period for about four months, and appends a three billion budget to it. It is not true to say the MRT construction will be delayed for two to three years."
Q14. The Losheng sanatorium has its own value to be preserved, and the human rights of the patients are also important; but what about the rights of other citizens?
A14. The Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei (DORTS, Taipei, 台北捷運局) constantly uses phrases such as "Significant National Construction", "Asserting the Public Interests", and "One Million People's Rights of Using MRT", all of which portray the Losheng sanatorium as a troublemaker consisting of a tiny group of people, who aim at obstructing the construction of MRT. Such tactics downplay the issue of Losheng, simplifying the problem here as "the majority matters." However, we are surprised that our ruling party, who has been proud of its concern about human rights, should say such things.
If we acknowledge that the Losheng sanatorium is an important asset that not only belongs to people in Taiwan, but also to all other countries where quarantine on Hanson disease was ever imposed. The Losheng sanatorium, therefore, becomes heirloom for the entire humanity. If the Taiwanese government is willing to change its attitude and positively promote human rights, then Losheng sanatorium can not only provide another greenbelt for the citizens, but also help transform the HuiLong community into an emblem of human rights.
History repeats itself. If today we turn a deaf ear to the plights of Losheng patients, tomorrow we might ourselves experience governmental violence. In democratic countries, such as Japan, the society would usually wait till all-round plans are devised, so that the disadvantaged minority could be attended of their needs. Likewise, we urge the government in Taiwan to be responsible enough to handle the Losheng dispute with due respect to culture, history, and human rights; not only those of the patients, but also of us people.
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Losheng Sanatorium(Traditional Chinese: 樂生療養院; pinyin: lèshēng liáoyǎngyuàn) is a hospital for lepers, which is located in Sinjhuang, Taipei County. During 1930s, this hospital was the only public sanatorium for leprosy patients in Taiwan and also the first leprosy hospital in Taiwan.
Losheng, named Rakusei Sanatorium for Lepers of Governor-General of Taiwan (臺灣總督府癩病療養樂生院, Taiwan Sōtokufu Raibyō Rakuseiin?) originally, was built in 1929 during Japanese colonial period and served as an isolation hospital for leprosy patients at that time. The Japanese government forced leprosy patients to live in this hospital. The first 5 buildings can offer more than 100 patients.
In 2001, due to the construction of Taipei Rapid Transit System, the authorities planed of Xinzhuang (Sijhuang) Line to transform Losheng to a community hospital, thus put an end to its dedicated hospitalization and care for leprosy patients. Many students, urban planners and NGO tried to protect this sanatorium from that time.
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They were having a Christmas sale: it was supposed to be buy one, get one of equal or lesser value free, with the Christmas books at 50% off, but he gave me 50% off everything. :)
I'll list the books here as I get them registered.
• 0 to 10 (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Activities for Books 1-4 (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down by Forrest Griffin & Erich Krauss
• Bed Bugs (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• The Big Hat (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Bow-wow! (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Death Beneath the Christmas Tree by Robert Nordan
• どうぶつえん by 大高 成元
• Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki
• Floppy Mop (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Frogs (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Fun in the Sun (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Funny Bunny (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Go, Bus (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• I Saw Esau by Iona & Peter Opie
• かぐやひめ by 柳川 茂
• Lolly-Pops (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• モンスターズ・インク by うさぎ出版
• にんぎょひめ by ザ・ダイソー
• OK, Kids by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Pip and Pog (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• The Red Car (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• The Red Hen (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Rub-a-Dub (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• The Sad Cat (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• サイレンカー [のりもの えほん] by ザ・ダイソー
• Santa Paws by Nicholas Edwards
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Summer (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• Tower of London by Christopher Hibbert
• つるのおんがえし by 武鹿 悦子
• Up, Pup (Bob Books) by Bobby Lynn & John R. Maslen
• U.S. Samuraïs in Bruyères by Pierre Moulin **
** given to the library, unregistered.
Waneka Landing, Lafayette, Colorado.
Satellite antenna dish in full view - a violation of the HOA rules.
However, the over-zealous HOA's have been trumped by the US government on satellite dishes. I hope we eventually abolish HOA's totally. Most buyers don't realize just how many of their property rights they give up when moving into an HOA regulated house. Yes, they do some good but it's not worth the loss of freedom. Mostly the dues go to friends of the HOA members who do property management and/or landscaping.
Which is more important to property values? No control so homeowners can do what they please, accepting that sometimes homeowners may do something to reduce the beauty fo the neighborhood? Or tight control like a Stalinist stae where everything is highly regulated by a central committee?
Rockville Maryland. March 30 2017. Around two dozen activists and supporters affiliated with a group named Help Save Maryland rallied in front of Carver Educational Services Center to challenge the Montgomery County School Board response to an alleged rape incident at Rockville High School involving a 14 year old girl and two older reportedly "illegal aliens" from El Salvador. The HSM folks I interacted with were approachable, polite and largely respectful of my activities of documentation. On the other hand, the speechifying by the group exemplified 'dog whistle' bigoted politics in every way you could imagine. One speaker even shouted out Takoma Park, DC and San Francisco as bastions of anti-Montgomery values that were infecting our County. Anti Immigrant? Check? Anti LBGTQ? Check. Hippies Destroyed Western Civilzation? Check! A dozen or so counter demonstrators mobilized by Indivisible Maryland quietly protested HSM.
Kathmandu (Nepal)
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage property is inscribed as seven Monument Zones. These monument zones are the Durbar squares or urban centres with their palaces, temples and public spaces of the three cities of Kathmandu (Hanuman Dhoka), Patan and Bhaktapur, and the religious ensembles of Swayambhu, Bauddhanath, Pashupati and Changu Narayan. The religious ensemble of Swayambhu includes the oldest Buddhist monument (a stupa) in the Valley; that of Bauddhanath includes the largest stupa in Nepal; Pashupati has an extensive Hindu temple precinct, and Changu Narayan comprises traditional Newari settlement, and a Hindu temple complex with one of the earliest inscriptions in the Valley from the fifth century AD. The unique tiered temples are mostly made of fired brick with mud mortar and timber structures. The roofs are covered with small overlapping terracotta tiles, with gilded brass ornamentation. The windows, doorways and roof struts have rich decorative carvings. The stupas have simple but powerful forms with massive, whitewashed hemispheres supporting gilded cubes with the all-seeing eternal Buddha eyes. - Read more: whc.unesco.org/en/list/121
Please be aware... I am no stamp expert. Posted titles here are either what I was told when acquiring these or are from a simple Google search. I make no claim as to them being 100% accurate but I make an effort to be as factual as I am able when posting. There may well be some duplication of type or variety, but I try not to double post any single items. My feeble brain may slip on that from time to time. These are all from my semi worthless collection from over the years. Little to no value exists in most (if not all) of them. They are just a hobby.
Save the Dream and Qatar Airways fly high at Pisa Marathon to inspire young people through sport.
Save the Dream and Qatar Airways joined forces at the 19th Pisa Marathon this week to engage and inspire young people around Italy through the positive values of sport.
“So often, you are so close to who you want to be, you don’t even realize it. You feel like it’s so far away and it is right there in front of you.” —Sue Bryce
I’ve been taking a lot of online photography workshops lately and am LOVING it. The one I’m currently on is about experimental portraiture by Sue Bryce and Lara Jade, and something that Sue said in an episode I recently watched has been on my mind for a few days now. She said that she had been talking with her friends about their values and her friends were surprised that photography didn’t make it onto her list until #7. Her explanation for this is that, for the style of photography that she does, the importance is in the feeling of beauty and power that she is able to give her clients by seeing a photograph of themselves that was taken once she breaks through all of their insecurities and nervousness. That’s not the type of photography I usually do, but I love and respect it tremendously. The world needs more of it.
But that begs the question: What DO I do then? What are my values? Why are those things important? How do they connect to each other?
I don’t have direct answers to all of those questions yet. But it’s a great something to sit on and daydream about. Here are some thoughts towards my values:
1—Meaningful relationships. Several months ago, doing a monthly goal setting challenge from my friend and spiritual life coach, Ivy Rose Latchford, I realized that this is one of the most important things to me in life. There is SO much in this world, but none of it matters if we don’t have meaningful relationships. With ourselves, with our friends, our families, our homes. With nature. With the universe.
2—Catharsis. I think this is what we all look for every day, and it’s what I strive to offer through all of my artwork. But also not only through my artwork, but through every word I speak, every action, for myself if not also for others. We must find it in the smallest of details. The first sip of your latte in the morning. The sun suddenly breaking through the clouds. I use specifically luxurious pens when I write in my journal because they make me feel like what I’m saying is that much more meaningful.
3—Artistic expression. This falls heavily into the catharsis category, but even for the most joyous, innocent person, I think it’s important to make art. Art is the truest pieces of our own selves that we can put out into the world and leave behind. Above our children, who are their own beings. Above photographs of important moments in our lives, because we have lived so many more days. Above all else. The art we create is the window into our souls for whoever is already out there looking for someone who understands and whomever we leave behind in this world.
Looking to open their third express-exterior wash on a road with a traffic count of only 25,000 cars per day, owners Robert Black and Carlos Marban knew they needed a higher ticket average for the investment to make sense. Push the limits in customer value with an innovative 5-step drive-through exterior detail service.
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Co-CEO, Investcorp
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I guess curb appeal is important when you're selling a jeep too. Or maybe the owner is just a gardener. This jeep was a quarter mile away from our motel so I got to enjoy it several times over the weekend.
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