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October arrives this week and with it comes a slew of public programs at the Society. Here is what is on tap this week:
First, on Wednesday, 1 October, there is a Brown Bag talk starting at 12:00PM. Come by to hear Sean Moore of the University of New Hampshire present "Reading Locke on the Plantation." This examines the well-known paradox of early Americans asserting their desire for freedom while, at the same time, enslaving others. The project examines how the African diaspora underwrote the dissemination of British books of literature and philosophy while considering the political theory of Locke. This talk is free and open to the public.
Also on Wednesday is "The Trials of Old New England Towns in a New Nation," an author talk featuring independent scholar Mary Babson Fuhrer. In this talk, Fuhrer will discuss the remarkable stories of conflict and transformation that reshaped local communities in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Her research with various diaries, letters, and account books form the basis of her recent book, Crisis of Community: Trials and Transformation of a New England Town, 1815-1848. This talk is open to the public with a $10 fee (no charge for Fellows and Members). Please call 617- 646-0560 or click here to register. There is a pre-talk reception at 5:30PM and the program begins at 6:00PM.
On Thursday, 2 October, is this season's first edition of the History of Women and Gender seminar series: "Enslaved Women and the Politics of Self-Liberation in Revolutionary North America." This paper, presented by Barbara Krauthamer of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, examines enslaved women's strategies for gaining freedom through escape, focusing on their escape from bondage and their concomitant movements to various sites in the Americas. Comment is provided by Kate Masur, Northwestern University. This talk takes places at Harvard's Schlesinger Library, begins at 5:30PM, and is free and open to the public, RSVP required. Subscribe to receive advance copies of the seminar papers.
And on Saturday, 4 October, join us for a free tour through the public space in the Society's building at 1154 Boylston Street. The tour is free and open to the public and begins at 10:00AM. If you would like to bring a larger party (8 or more), please contact Curator of Art Anne Bentley at 617-646-0508 or abentley@masshist.org.
Hard to believe that we are already in the last week of September, but so it is. With the closing of the month comes the dawn of seminar season here at the MHS, and while there are only a couple of programs this week, it signals the coming of a much busier October. Here is what's on tap:
On Tuesday, 23 September, come by for this year's first installment of the Immigration and Urban History seminar series, "The Importance of Place and Place-makers in the Life of a Los Angeles Community: What Gentrification Erases from Echo Park, 1950s-Present." In this talk, Natalia Molina of the University of California – San Diego, examines and discusses the history of the Los Angeles neighborhood, Echo Park, shaped by its Leftist, Communist, and gay residents. Ms. Molina's project asks what the role of history is in the neighborhood's evolving identity. Comment provided by Judith Smith, University of Massachusetts – Boston. The talk begins at 5:15PM and is free and open to the public, though RSVP is required. You can also Subscribe to receive advance copies of the seminar papers.
Also on this week is the final event in a series of teacher workshops called "Old Towns/New Country: The First Years of a New Nation." This edition of the workshop takes place at the Framingham History Center on Friday and Saturday, 26 and 27 September. Please complete this registration form and send it with your payment to: Kathleen Barker, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215. There is a $25 charge to cover lunches both days; program and material costs have been generously funded by the Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation.
And on Saturday, 27 September, is another free tour at the Society, "The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society." This 90-minute docent-led tour is free and open to the public and begins at 10:00AM. There is no need to make reservations for individuals or small groups, but parties of 8 or more should contact the MHS prior to attending a tour. For more information, please contact Curator of Art Anne Bentley at 617-646-0508 or abentley@masshist.org. While you're here you will also have the opportunity to view our current exhibition, "Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country: Massachusetts Women in World War I." This exhibit is open Monday-Saturday, 10:00AM-4:00PM, free of charge.
As always, be sure to keep an eye on our online events calendar to see what other programs are coming up at the Society. We hope to see you here soon!
The Mysteries of the Elisha W. Smith, Jr. Logbook, 1853-1857: Part II
By Andrea Cronin, Reader Services
In a prior blog post I discussed a note on the inside cover of the logbook of the schooners Flying Dragon (1853) and William Freeman (1857), which identified the log keeper as Elisha W. Smith. This particular logbook contains a mystifying collection of logs, sketches, poems, engravings, and literary clippings. The engravings caught my attention with the bright crayon colors. A scrapbooker clipped, hand-colored, and pasted images into this logbook. Intrigued by the scrapbook curation, I hoped that identifying the engravings would tell me when the creator fashioned this curious assemblage.
After coming up empty searching Google Books and Internet Archive for the poems and literary clippings within the volume, I examined the engravings in closer detail. The informative images depict locations such as the White Mountains and Lapland and highlight the creator's clear interest in travel. Other selections within include maps, images of sailing ships, more distant locations and depictions of native peoples.
Then I spotted a timeworn masthead of a literary magazine pasted under the engraving of travelling Laplanders. Through the wear and tear I could clearly read the words "Gleason" and "Companion." The Gleason's Literary Companion masthead appeared several times in the scrapbook. The inclusion of an official "citation" made my day. I researched the Literary Companion and found that Frederick Gleason published this literary magazine from his Boston home near Franklin Park from 1860 to 1870. He also published several other pictorial magazines during his career. The MHS does not hold Gleason's Literary Company but does hold Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion (1851) and several of Gleason's engravings.
Satisfied that I had discovered the origin of the engravings, I remained curious about the scrapbook's creator. Who put the care into selecting, coloring, and pasting these images into the logbook? In my final post, I will delve into discovering the scrapbooker's identity.
Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch, Post 36
By Elaine Grublin
The following excerpt is from the diary of Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch.
Friday, Sept. 8th
The convention, spoken of above, finished its work with the contradiction of nominating a war candidate, Gen. McClellan, with a peace platform. Meanwhile, continued successes near Mobile, & the taking of Atlanta, Georgia, indicate the probability that we may have peace without buying it by the surrender of union or of the national honor pledged to the blacks.
Friday, Sept. 30th 1864
Success has continued to attend the national arms, in the victory of Sheridan over Early in the Shenandoah Valley. The political campaign is waged too with much ardor. Night before last, a great 'Union & Lincoln' meeting in Boston was assailed by rowdy violence. The side-candidate, Fremont having withdrawn, the contest is now between Lincoln, representing those who seek peace through war, & McClellan, with those who seek peace through compromise. As I see neither honorable ground for compromise, nor hope of its success, I am for Lincoln.
The Art of Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen
On 27 January 1880, the Apollo Club of Boston, an all-male chorus, performed Mendelssohn's Oedipus at Colonus at the Boston Music Hall. The program for that concert featured this beautiful design by Danish illustrator Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen (1840-1920). It is one of the 51 black-and-white ink illustrations that make up part of the Apollo Club records, on deposit here at the MHS since 2012.
The Apollo Club was founded in 1871, incorporated in 1873, and is still going strong. In fact, it is Boston's oldest active male chorus and the second oldest continuously active male singing group in the country. Throughout its long history, the club has performed at many notable occasions, including the funeral of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner in 1874, the centennial celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1875, and the memorial service for President William McKinley in 1901.
Arthur Reed, the club's first secretary, commissioned Ludvig S. Ipsen to design covers and page details for concert programs and publications. Ipsen was quite a "get" for the Apollo Club. After training as an architect in Copenhagen (not to mention serving in the Danish Army engineer corps during the Second Schleswig-Holstein War), he had immigrated to the United States in 1867 and soon made a name for himself in Boston as a designer of book covers, book plates, posters, etc. His illustrations appeared in volumes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, but arguably his most important and best-known work was the illustrated edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese published in 1886.
Ipsen designed 130 program covers for the Apollo Club over 23 years. His illustrations include historical and mythological figures, as well as musical instruments and notes, trees and flowers, cherubs, birds, ribbons, seascapes, etc., all carefully composed and depicted in amazing detail.
Ipsen also designed the Apollo Club seal, still used by the organization today.
Many memorials of Ipsen and reviews of his illustrations note that he worked at a time when advances in printing technology made the reproduction of images faster and cheaper, and original hand-drawn artwork for mass-produced books was in decline. But Ipsen found a receptive audience in the Apollo Club, and the result is a beautiful and skillful synthesis of music and art.
Calling all graduate students!
Are you studying American history or some other related subject? Are you interested in meeting fellow students and faculty members who work in your field? Then consider attending a special Graduate Student Reception at the Massachusetts Historical Society this week. Beginning at 6:00PM on Thursday, 18 September, this event is a great way to network with your peers in the area, tour our historic building at 1154 Boylston Street, and to learn about the range of resources available to support your work, including MHS fellowship programs. This event is free for graduate students and faculty members, though RSVP required by September 17. Email kviens@masshist.org or phone 617-646-0568 with your name and affiliation. Indicate whether you are a graduate student or faculty member. We hope to see you there!
Also at the Society this week, we continue our exhibition of World War I photographs, letters and memorabilia with "Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country: Massachusetts Women in World War I." As always, the exhibit is open Monday – Saturday, 10:00AM – 4:00PM, free of charge. And on Saturday, 20 September, stop by at 10:00AM for "The History and Collections of the MHS," a free 90-minute tour of the Society's building. The tour is free and open to the public. No reservation is required for individuals or small groups. Parties of 8 or more should contact the MHS prior to attending a tour. For more information please contact Curator of Art Anne Bentley at 617-646-0508 orabentley@masshist.org.
The Western Front Recedes: The St Mihiel Operation
In the autumn of 1918, the Great War in Europe was nearing its termination after four years of fighting. Beginning in August of that year, the Allies launched what became known as the Hundred Days Offensive, a series of attacks against the Central Powers which pushed the Western Front and the German lines out of France and, ultimately, resulted in an armistice. One such two-day offensive occurred near the French town of St. Mihiel on 12-13 September. The action was carried out by the 26th Infantry Division under the command of Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards.
The 26th was formed by Edwards in the summer of 1917 and the first units of the Yankee Division sailed in September, "the first fully formed American division in France." Over the next several months the division undertook training in France with their English and French counterparts so that they could acclimate to life in trenches and amidst hostile fire.
Fast forward to September 1918. Edwards and his division were in the area of St. Mihiel as a result of several months of fighting on the move in the northeast of France. Despite the rain and mud that slowed down some units from reaching their start line the night before the offensive, "the attack came off without any major hitch, following a tremendous artillery barrage during the early morning hours of September 12, 1918."
Here at the Society are the Clarence Ransom Edwards papers, within which are several reports providing details about the operations performed by the 26th Division. One intelligence report, dated September 11 to September 12th, 1918, 16 o'clock to 16 o'clock, states that
The enemy, surprised by our attack, and with all communication to the rear out by our artillery fire, offered what resistance he could during the day, chiefly with his machine guns. In the open country the resistance was very weak. In the woods his machine gun nests proved fairly effective. The first day's objective was reached before 22 o'clock.
These intelligence summaries, along with correspondence, memoranda, and other materials in the Edwards papers provide detailed insight into some of the operations of the "war to end all wars" and also highlight some of the personal drama between Edwards and his military colleagues. If you would like to learn more, visit the MHS library and see them for yourself!
-Shay, Michael E., Revered Commander, Maligned General: The Life of Clarence Ransom Edwards, 1859-1931. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, c.2011.
It seems that summer is trying to reassert itself here in September but it is quiet and cool at the MHS. There is but one public program on the calendar this week in the form of a Brown Bag lunch talk on Wednesday, 10 September. Come by at noon for "Sculpting the Citizen Soldier: Civil War Memory and the Life Cycle of Monuments," presented by short-term research fellow Sarah Beetham, University of Delaware. In this talk, Dr. Beetham will explore how Civil War citizen soldier monuments have factored into community life in the century and a half since the war's end. Soldier monuments have been interpreted and interpreted, vandalized and hit by cars, amended and moved to new locations. How do these interventions affect our understanding of post-Civil War memory? This talk is open to the public free of charge.
There is also a free tour this week on Saturday, 13 September, starting at 10:00AM. "The History and Collections of the MHS" is a 90-minute, docent-led tour that allows visitors to see all of the public spaces at the Society while learning about the art, architecture, history, and collections in the building at 1154 Boylston. The tour is free and open to the public with no reservations required for individuals or small groups. However, groups of 8 or more should contact the MHS before attending the tour. For more information, please contact Curator of Art Anne Bentley at 617-646-0508 or abentley@masshist.org.
And while this September is pretty quiet here at the MHS, seminar season is nearly upon us. Be sure to keep an eye on the online events calendar to see all of the public events on tap later this month and into October.
"Signed, sealed and delivered": The Treaty that Ended the Revolutionary War
By Amanda A. Mathews, Adams Papers
"On Wednesday the third day of this Month, the American Ministers met the British Minister at his Lodgings at the Hôtel de York, and signed, sealed and delivered the Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the King of Great Britain." John Adams reported this news to the President of Congress on September 5, 1783 and congratulated Congress on the "Completion of the work of Peace."
It was eight o'clock in the morning when John Adams along with Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, met the British peace negotiator, David Hartley, at his residence in Paris and months of negotiations, first the previous year leading to the preliminary peace treaty, and then in earnest from April until the end of August culminated in this definitive treaty.
While this was no doubt a significant moment—after all, eight long years of war were officially ending with complete American independence—the signing was more of an anticlimax for Adams. His immediate feelings, as he revealed to Abigail the following day, were that as the definitive treaty was no more than "a Simple Repetition of the provisional Treaty," they had "negotiated here, these Six Months for nothing." Nevertheless, Adams understood that given the political realities of their position relative to Great Britain, "We could do no better Situated as We were."
The key provisions of the Treaty of Paris guaranteed both nations access to the Mississippi River, defined the boundaries of the United States, called for the British surrender of all posts within U.S. territory, required payment of all debts contracted before the war, and an end to all retaliatory measures against loyalists and their property. Throughout John Adams's term as minister to Great Britain in the 1780s, he and the British foreign secretary, the Marquis of Carmarthen, regularly discussed the actions each side saw as breaches of and a failure to fulfill the treaty—a debate that went unresolved until the signing of the Jay Treaty in 1794.
When editors at the Adams Papers Editorial Project are asked to name our favorite document in the immense collection that is the Adams Family Papers, John Adams's copy of the Treaty of Paris, is certainly a top choice. This duplicate original in the Adams Papers is the only original not in a government archive. One can easily imagine that the legal- and legacy-minded John Adams was keen to retain a copy of this founding document over which he had so long toiled so far from his home for his posterity. Of particular interest are the seals—as there was no official seal for the American commissioners to use, each used whatever was convenient to him. See here for a full discussion of the Boylston family coat of arms, which Adams used as his seal on both the preliminary and definitive treaty and for more on Adams's thoughts at the conclusion see the newly launched digital edition of Papers of John Adams, volume 15.
Image: First and last pages of the Definitive Peace Treaty between the United States and Great Britain (Treaty of Paris), September 3, 1783, Adams Family Papers.
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n. 1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.
2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
3. A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
4. (Zool.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams.
Like stakes which strut by the water side.
v. t. 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.


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Syria troops, Hizbullah advancing on Qusayr: NGO
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 'pro-regime militia and Hizbullah fighters' are moving into the Qusayr area, held until now by rebel forces
AFP , Thursday 9 May 2013
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Fierce clashes between rebels and fighters loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad's regime raged Thursday around insurgent-held Qusayr in central Syria, a monitoring group said.
An army officer told AFP the military seized control of Shumariyeh village near the town of Qusayr.
"The Syrian army seized back control of Shumariyeh in the Qusayr countryside, and troops are currently on their way to the village of Ghassaniyeh," which has been under rebel control for more than a year, the officer said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the claim.
"Backed by pro-regime militia and HIzbUllah fighters, the army is advancing in the Qusayr area," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
"They have superior firepower and their campaign to take back Qusayr is fierce," he added.
Backed by fighters loyal to powerful Lebanese Shiia movement Hizbullah, that supports Al-Assad, the Damascus regime launched an intensified bid last month to retake Qusayr.
The town fell out of regime control more than a year ago, but has faced daily shelling and frequent aerial bombardment.
It is strategically located near the Lebanese border and just south of Syria's third largest city, Homs, which lies on the road linking Damascus to the coast.
Rebels battling to topple Al-Assad's regime have long claimed that Hizbullah was involved in Syria's fighting. The movement's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, acknowledged last week that members of the group were fighting inside Syria. He also suggested that key Al-Assad backer Iran and other states could intervene to support the Damascus regime against rebels.
Nasrallah is scheduled to deliver a speech later Thursday.
Lebanon has suffered a spillover of Syria's raging conflict, with frequent cross-border shelling targeting the north and the east of the small Mediterranean country.
On Thursday, three shells hit Hermel in eastern Lebanon, and two others hit Masharia Al-Qaa nearby, a security source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Fighting also raged in flashpoints across Syria, among them Barzeh in northern Damascus, said the Observatory, which relies on a broad network of activists, doctors and lawyers for its reports.
More than 70,000 people have died in the Syrian conflict, the United Nations says.
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Strawberry Creek Ranch is one of the most beautiful wedding venues in the world and its right here in our backyard in Granby Colorado.
Saturday night July 18th at Strawberry Creek Ranch was another amazing night. We had beautiful weather, a beautiful bride and a beautiful wedding celebration and Masters Memories was there to capture some beautiful memories.
July 17th at the University Club of Denver was beautiful in Pink and Blue.
Lauren & Brandon's night was amazing and Masters Memories was there to capture a lot of the fun.
Jaynie celebrated her sweet 16 with family and friends on July 16th and Party Booth was there.
It was a night to remember for our Quinceañera Miss Virginia.
Great family friends and food for this birthday celebration.
Masters Memories was there to capture some photo booth fun.
Friday night, July 10th, 2015 at The Barn at Raccoon Creek, Aaron and Anna made a commitment to each other before God, Family and Friends.
There was an amazing time of food and fellowship and Masters Memories Photo Booth was there as well.
The were certainly "Still Celebrating!" in Boulder on Friday Night and Masters Memories was there to capture the fun!


This is a sort of "grown up" version of mac and cheese, but I think kids would like it too! I found it on MyRecipes.com and barely had to change a thing (just made two things gluten free)!
Cook your pasta according to the instructions on the package.
Meanwhile, mix flour and 1/2 cup of the milk in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring until smooth.
Gradually add the rest of the milk while stirring. Bring to a boil for two minutes while stirring constantly. Stir in the butter.
Remove from heat and let stand for 4 minutes.
Stir in the salt and pepper. If there are lumps of flour still in there, strain into a glass bowl using a mesh strainer. Put the pasta back in the pot it was cooked in and pour the cheese sauce over the top and mix together.
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This looks amazing, I def. need to give this recipe a try!!!!
It's one of my favorites so far!


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Hello, I have an issue with an old HP pavillion desktop computer. The power button seems faulty, but that could be an easy fix later. My main issue is that upon conducting two of the power pins with a peice of metal, the computer will come on , and the fans will spin. However, it seems when I connect my P7 wire , which should supply power to the CPU, the computer will not start in this manor. As well, after the P7 is plugged in, the computer wont start in the manor for quite some time after its unplugged. Not sure if this is a power button issue, an issue with my mobo, or PSU or CPU. any advice is greatly appreciated.
short the pins of the power button together only momentarily. If the pc does not come on then you have a motherbd or power supply issue. You can the short the green wire on the large 20 or 24 pin motherbd connector from the power supply to any of the black wires right next to it. Leave the jumper in place. If the pc boot up now then you have a motherbd issue. If not it could still be either or both and you would have to test the psu manually or test the motherbd with a known good psu.
I don't completely understand the second part of what you're trying to say , I don't have any solid green wires coming off of my PSU or motherboard.


Posted by streetcarman1 on Tue Mar 6 20:33:34 2012, in response to Re: So, if the dollar bill were eliminated..., posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Mar 6 20:25:17 2012.
"???????????????? You never heard of debit/credit cards? "
Yes...have you ever heard of PAY BY CASH? guess not...guess you don't get out much from the bunker.....like Olog.
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National Grid has outlined how renewables could participate in the UK's Capacity Market, unveiling technology-specific de-rating factors that range from 1–15%.
However National Grid's Daniel Burke warned that there remains a long way to go before renewables can participate in CM auctions, not least because of the need for policy reform.
Any introduction of renewable energy into the CM would require regulatory overhaul from BEIS and market regulator Ofgem, matters which, Burke said, mean it is "quite feasible" to "take some time".
With a proof of concept, Engie and Connected Power have integrated their second-life EV storage system into the distribution system of TenneT in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.


Yipee, my month is finally here!! I love it when May arrives...:) Apart from being my birth month(Ye ye, that's why I am named May!!!), the warm weather, color and sunshine, what's not to love about that??
We had an eventful week, with the kids being home for Easter holidays. The final countdown to the first holy communion of my son and daughter has begun. Next Sunday, at this time, my husband and I should be playing gracious hosts to 25 odd guests who will be sharing in our joy. More on the event will follow the coming week with pictures and stories about the entire celebration.
This week, we headed over to Koblenz, 200 kms from where we live to witness the Bundesgartenschau that was held. In Germany, the federal garden show is held once every two years. I love garden shows. right from my childhood days. Being a lover of plants,back home I used to grab the opportunity to visit a horticulture show of any kind. On arrival in Germany, I missed these colorful events, but then, every village has flowers popping out their windows, doors, yards and houses which in turn is a visual treat to the eyes.
I am grateful for a family who understands my love for flowering plants and accomodate my need to visit these places. They patiently tag along side me as I exclaim and wonder at the gorgeous colors and shapes of the petals.
The garden show runs from April to October. But I hurried along this week before the tulips withered out and went out of season. I know, tulip fields are plenty in neighboring Netherlands, but honestly, I do not know whether I will ever reach there. So, we hurried up this week, cause, even a tiny patch of tulips were enough to satisfy my soul.
Beautiful pictures!!! Just LOOK at all those flowers. So pretty.
Oh! WOW! How beautiful! My mother is a May baby too. It's a beautiful month is S.C. BUT your flowers WOWZA!!!!!!
The colour of all of those flowers is wonderful. I can understand why you need to drive so far to enjoy the beauty.
Happy SIMC and have a great week.
Thank you for sharing this magnificent tulip extravaganza with us. It's been a few years now since I've been able to go to Butchart Gardens which isn't too far away near Victoria, British Columbia. I love it most in the early Spring when the tulips are in bloom and , again in June, when the roses are in riotous color and fragrance. Retirement has now limited my travel dollars so I must live vicariously throuogh blogging friends such as you who are kind enough to share your amazing photographs.
Have a superb week ahead!
Part of the charm of Northern Europe is the flowers. I recall a summer I spent in Western Russia. Flowering fields everywhere! Enjoy your springtime!
They are all so beautiful but the third one down is my favorite, I like how the flowers seem layered..the ones growing closer to the ground and the taller tulips.
Wow - wow - wow! Amazingly colorful and happy :) THank you for sharing!


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Péter Pölöskei (born 11 August 1988, in Budapest) is a Hungarian football player.

Career
After leaving Ferencvárosi TC, Poloskei joined Coventry City on trial during August 2012, where he played in Coventry's pre season. However, after considering offering Poloskei a one-year deal, Coventry decided not to offer Poloskei a full-time contract.

After his trial ended at Coventry, Poloskei joined Leeds United on trial in September 2012, and scored on his début for the club in Leeds Development Team's 3–1 victory over Wigan Athletic. His ex Ferencvárosi TC Manager Bobby Davison tipped Poloskei to be a hit at Leeds United should he get a permanent deal.
He currently plays for Debreceni VSC

In August 2019, Pölöskei joined Soroksár SC. On 8 January 2020 the club announced, that he had left the club. Pölöskei had suffered from several injuries and only managed to play 10 games in total, scoring two goals for the club.

References

External links

Player profile at HLSZ

1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian footballers
Association football forwards
BKV Előre SC footballers
Szombathelyi Haladás footballers
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
Rákospalotai EAC footballers
Debreceni VSC players
Pécsi MFC players
Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC players
Soroksár SC players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Nemzeti Bajnokság II players


GNC BEYOND RAW LIT vs. Performance Lab SPORT Pre-Workout presents a face-off between two top-notch pre-workout products for people who want to get great muscle pumps and optimum overall health.
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Let us not forget what happened a decade ago today. We were here at Kanohi-Power and BionicleZone back then, and we all lived though 9/11/01 as a community. Ten years later, we are still here, members are still here -- and the site, the members, and the world are just a little less innocent because of that day exactly ten years ago. Although the forum are not online, we're still a community that has lived through a difficult time and it is important to remember all those who lost their lives.


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Nerissa Nields
writing it up in the garden
The Barn Project
30 Poems in November
Christopher Reeve and West Cummington Church
"There are four things we all need. We need to love, and we need to be loved. We need to know and we need to be known."
And I do. I want you to know who I am. That's why I write. I want to be loved. That's why I sing. But as I was sitting in church yesterday, listening to the parson preach, I thought, "Is that really all? Because I seem to need desperately to know that there will be enough mangos, salmon and butternut squash in my refrigerator for the rest of my life. I need to know that I will always be able to pay my heating bills. I need to know that if I or Tom gets sick, I will have a way of paying for it."
I want to be set for life.
The minister is Stephen Philbrick, Parson (a word which means–drum roll please– "person,") of the Congregational Church in West Cummington, MA. Tom and I discovered this church in early 2004 and have been coming here as often as possible ever since. Tom had a party last January, shortly after we began dating, to introduce me to his spiritual friends. Ann, Andy and Susan represented the Catholics; Rick the Buddhists, and Sharon was batting for the Baptists. Sitting next to Spiritual Friend Fran Henry, I said, "And where do you practice your form of spirituality?"
"At this little church near where I live. The minister is a poet and a shepherd," said Fran.
That was enough for me to want to check it out. A poet and a shepherd? Sold.
The first time we visited, Stephen, a strong man in his fifties, wore a kind smile that made me feel he wanted to be friends but would wait for us to let him know we were ready. He was also wearing a big button saying, "This church affirms all marriages." Another plus. I was comfortable. Fran was there, sitting next to Stephen's wife, Connie, a potter like my beloved Aunt Elizabeth. Connie had huge beautiful eyes that looked straight at me, clear and welcoming.
But what won me over completely was the music. After a moment of silence at the beginning of the service, a small white haired woman named Penny, her back to us, began playing the piano and humming along softly. She was singing to herself, to God, maybe to us, inviting us into some kind of private meditation. And I felt the elusive Holy Spirit; that intangible Presence I've been looking for all these years. Sometimes I find the Spirit in an unacceptable receptacle, like a Grapevine church full of people who are going to vote for George W. Bush. I am not proud of my prejudices against fundamentalists. I recognize that my level of charity is that of a particularly unevolved Neanderthal, but there you have it. Think of it as a kind of spiritual tone-deafness. In order for me to come to God, God needs to be packaged in a way I can tolerate. God must know this, because She certainly has sent me wonderful teachers over the years in various guises: books by Marcus Borg and Thomas Merton, lectures by Thich Nhat Hanh, funky churches and spiritual centers all over the country that, for whatever reason, felt good but not quite like home.
Penny let me know I was home. She played "How Can I Keep From Singing" and "Abide with Me" and led African American spirituals, the kind my parents taught us when we were kids, singing around the kitchen table with an acoustic guitar. She stood on her tiptoes and sang with her head thrown back and joy pulsating out of her dancer's body.
Then Stephen began preaching, mixing personal anecdotes with interpretations of the Bible I could get with (God as Superego in the Garden of Eden; Jesus, in saying He has come not to unify but to divide, as an "individuator"—encouraging us each to be true to our own peculiar Light), mingling scripture from the Tao and the Baseball Book of Wisdom with all the Gospel preachers (including the Gospel of Thomas.) This was the church I'd been looking for since reading M. Scott Peck's A Different Drummer in 1990, a book which calls on churches to be havens for community building in our suffering, fragmented post suburban world.
Stephen also shared his poetry with us:
I am water,
You are clay
I am what the world needs
But you are what it is made of.
When we meet: mud, and muddy water;
Thickening, loosening, even (a little) panic.
Waiting for each to settle,
Within each.
It is a gospel of courage and honesty that he preaches. He preaches against the Iraq war, but he also preaches against the knee jerk reaction some of us liberals have of demonizing the US, automatically assuming our government means harm. He laments the war on terror by pointing out that by calling it a war on evil, we ignore the evil within ourselves: "The evil in ME; we can learn this anywhere, from any argument we've ever had with someone we love." He goes on to say that we can learn this from Jesus: "if we know ourselves we will realize we are the children of God (yes, just as we really are.)" We have within us heavens and hells aplenty, but it is not what goes into our mouths that creates sin. It's the hate that comes out of our mouths. The deeds that we do, the words that we say.
"This is not America bashing. This is a native son grieving."
Tom and I left the church shaken. Our minds had been exercised, along with our hearts and our spirits. I have been to wonderful churches that exercised my mind. I have been to wonderful churches that exercised my spirit. Likewise, my heart. But never all three at once. We felt so happy, so full of joy, so deeply seen and loved it was almost hard to take. We told our friend Ann Turner about the experience. She nodded, and talked about the first time she felt God's presence in that kind of way. "It felt like 'savage joy' and that it was so fierce, strong, and all- encompassing, that God knew I couldn't take it in all at once. That He had to let me feel the joy of his presence in little bits, suited to the small handbag size of my heart."
She told us about someone who was praying, and he was so filled with the joy of God's presence, that all of the buttons on his waistcoat popped off as his chest expanded. That's how I felt leaving West Cummington.
While we were tearing down after the Iron Horse last Saturday, I said to Dave Hower," I envy you getting to be in so many bands. I am going to miss playing with Katryna so much."
"You could be in other bands, too," he pointed out.
I shook my head. "Somehow, that would feel like cheating to me," I said. "Maybe what I'll do is see if I could do some music at my church."
The next evening, at 8pm, Penny called me up. "Nerissa, we've been talking. Any time you'd like to do music at West Cummington, we'd love to have you. In fact, I'm going away next week. Will you take over?"
So yesterday, Tom and I made our now familiar trek up the mountains to the little white church with no bathroom. Tom drove. On my lap were copies of the two hymnals and the folk song supplement, plus my own copy of Rise Up Singing. I still hadn't decided what to do. I don't play piano, so "Abide with Me" was going to be a challenge. But I'd circled Cris Williamson's "Song of the Soul," and also my favorite from the Christmas Revels, "Lord of the Dance," and of course "Amazing Grace." I also ventured my own "Give Me A Clean Heart," a song I'd swiped from an amazing church in Amherst I went to once called Hope Church.
"I've never been more nervous in my life," I told Tom.
"Why?" he said. "You do this all the time. You'll be great."
I shook my head emphatically. "It's totally different. This feels like service. If I screw up in The Nields, I'm just making a fool of myself. If I screw up at church, I'm letting down the whole congregation. It's disrespectful."
Tom looked at me and grinned. "You think what you did last night at the Railway Cafe in North Adams wasn't service? Besides, I was at church a few weeks ago when you were in Philadelphia. Penny forgot the words to one of the hymns and the chords too and she laughed and everyone laughed. No one's going to care if you screw up. It just reminds all of us that we're human."
This made me feel better, and I remembered the first time I'd ever performed my own songs. I was fifteen and in high school, an all girls' school called Madeira in Northern VA. My voice teacher wanted me to sing my own songs for the recital. This would've been fine, except when I got up there to play and sing, I noticed with dismay that my hands were no longer my own; they were trembling as if they had suddenly decided to engage in the Hippie Hippie Shake. Also, I no longer knew any of the words to any of the songs I'd ever sung, let alone the ones I'd written. I looked out in to the mass of teen-age girls, all of whom surely hated me and had been plotting my fall for eighteen months, or at least would giggle about pathetic me on the way back to classes.
"I've never done this before," I said after attempting to put my trembling hands in the general vicinity of the fretboard of my guitar. "And I'm really scared."
The entire auditorium exploded with the applause that only an all girls' school can produce. They clapped courage into me, and I played my first song. They gave me a standing ovation. I haven't really ever had stage fright since then.
We want to be known, Stephen said in his sermon yesterday. We want to love. (And some of us want security.) I signed on this morning and saw that Christopher Reeves had died. Even though, as readers of this blog now know, I prefer Spiderman to Superman, I loved Christopher Reeves. He was an example to me of an intrepid spirit. When I was going through my divorce and feeling very sorry for myself, I had a quotation of his above my desk:
Q: "How do you get through your life without feeling sorry for yourself?
A: Oh, I feel sorry for myself. I allow myself to feel completely miserable and self pitying for exactly one half hour a day. Then I stop. It's essential. But it's equally essential to count your blessings and keep hope alive.
The bad news for me is there's no such thing as being set for life. I would've said, before June of 1995 that Chris Reeves was set for life. Then he was thrown from his horse and suffered a spinal chord injury. Still, he got to live for nine more years with purpose and love; he knew, he was known; he loved and was loved. He made himself see that every day, just as he advocated for others, becoming more and more a vessel for compassion and empathy as the years went on.
The bad news for me is I don't get to lead a life with total security. But I can sing at the West Cummington Church; I can let myself be seen and loved by these people with the kind faces, and better yet, they can teach me to go back out into the world knowing how to see, know and to love. And when I am awake to this, I am so filled with happiness that the buttons burst off my waistcoat.
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Beautiful and thought-provoking as always, N! Congrats for you for mustering the courage and the grace to play at your church…I'm certain they loved you even more after hearing you play and sing. What a neat way to exercise your spirit while Katryna's off adding to the Nields-Chalfant clan.
My 12 and 9 year old cousins are enjoying your music, as I indoctrinate them…they especially enjoy "Your Wish is My Command" on the Live! album…particularly Katryna's "blood and guts and guts and blood."
~Kris
Being at your concerts is like going to church. It's that feeling when people sing all together — even when it's just you and Katryna.
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Beautiful and thoughtful as always, N! So glad you have found a community that is spiritually fulfilling…I had it in college, I found it in LA, I'm working on it in DC. Good for you for mustering your courage and grace to sing at church–I am certain that you were loved and appreciated. What a great way to meet the need to perform while Katryna is off adding to the Nields-Chalfant clan!
Thanks for the Chris Reeve quote…he was an incredible man.
Hi Nerissa!
That's great that you have found a worship community that you can connect to. It's such an important part of one's spiritual life. That's even more wonderful that you felt the Holy Spirit. She can be found in many places, including music.
I also sing in my church's choir and it brings me lots of fufillment as well.
It might be that Christopher Reeve's heartbreak touched us in ways that would have been impossible had it not been for his life-changing accident. Perhaps he was more loved (and more loving), more known (and more knowing) on account of the evil that befell him. None of us are immune to the sort of thing that befell him. Was Christopher Reeve an inspiration to millions of people? Yes he was. Was he greatly beloved on this account? Yes indeed. Did his life make a difference for the better then? Yes it did. Is the world a better place for his having been here among us? Yes it is. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Would Jesus have been nearly so loved throughout the centuries, but for the evil that befell him? I don't think so. It really does seem to be necessary that evil comes. But it does not seem also necessary for us to cave in and succumb to despair and hopelessness. Chrstopher Reeve showed us all that spiritual truth can overcome even heartbreaking incapacity.
We can live hopeful, caring lives too, just like Christopher Reeve, or just like Jesus, loving and being loved, knowing and being known. "Just like Christopher Columbus"… you don't know what you've found.
fivecats says:
It's a trade-off, really, that notion of being set for life. I've thought about it a lot recently in the months since being laid off when my whole world was turned upside down. I was miserable with it, in fact. What was worse, I didn't really even have a clear idea what would make me feel like I was set for life. Tons of money? (That would help) Unreserved love from my wife, kids, cats and dog? (Already have that) The knowledge of when and how I would die and everyone I cared about? (Probably not, come to think of it)
My wife is an artist. She has no health insurance of her own, no steady paycheck and no promise of steady work. When I was out of work, we were dependent upon what we could bring in from her jewelry.
All of which made me spend a lot of time talking with God. Some of it was spent praying in despiration, other time was spent being really, really angry. The thing about God, though, is that He understands all of that. He'd rather we came to him as the imperfect people that we are, confessing all to Him. I view Him as a very loving parent who wants the best for us — only He doesn't talk back to us quite as often nor in quite the ways I wish He would.
Finding a spiritual home is wonderful. Another true home is always a welcome place!
As for songs, try finding The Innocence Mission's "Christ is My Hope". It's an EP they put out a few years ago with simple, beautiful renditions of hymns. I can hear you doing them as well.
I said farewell to Christopher Reeve on my regular blog (http://www.livejournal.com/users/fivecats/94225.html). A picture of one of our cats came out with her fur being Superman blue-black.
Nerissa, you're doing a great job with the blog. Keep up the fantastic writing — and reply to your responses once in a while!
I second the recommendation for The Innocence Mission's Christ is My Hope. Their music is beautiful.
I'm glad you've found what you've been looking for. I've only felt that spiritual completeness a few times, and never at the church of my youth.
Nerissa says:
Hey, I didn't know I was supposed to reply to my responses! Mea culpa. I am in awe of all of you and your wisdom. Thank you for sharing your stories and points of view. I will check out Innocence Mission. Also, did anyone tape Bob Dylan's interview on Morning Edition this morning? I only caught the last two minutes.
NPR has the bob dylan interview archived on their website. Right now it's on the front page but it might move for tomorrow.
i never did enjoy playing my guitar in church but my sister is trying to persuade me to join her when she plays piano. i'm glad you have found a place to call home.
Reading Nerissa's inspiring tale reminds me of the Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead lyricist) line, "Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." Whether it's the parson or the applauding classmates or a quote from a disabled movie star, we come to know more. It's the openness to learning that brings us there.
What Nerissa may not realize is the extent to which how her words do the same for her fans. I get a chill every time I hear, "And a son is delivered at the cusp of the springtime, and the darkness infused with sunshine." And now her blog provides new sources of wisdom and art.
"It's not much, and yet it's everything."
How blessed we all are.
Jeff from Charlotte
Ah, Jeff, one of my favorite Nields songs…and now you have it running through my head (replacing dragon unicorn)…the line that gets me every time is "there are workshops and sharing and painting and singing and dancing and praying, karate, tai chi, there are temples to elephants and gateways to heaven, laughter and cruel tragedy"…after seeing katryna sing these lines at FRFF, they have stuck with me and give me chills every time.
Lauren E-C says:
Nerissa,
Your writing is like a salve. You write with such tenderness and honesty, it fills my heart every time.
Every time I hear you and Katryna sing, it does feel like church. There is such a power and a spirit that encompasses us when you sing–it's quite divine.
And you like Thich Nhat Hanh!! That is so cool! I am in love with that man. He is the cutest little old monk, and he could teach Bush a few lessons. Have you actually gotten to hear him speak? If so, I am very very jealous.
[Hey, I didn't know I was supposed to reply to my responses!]
Well, it's not like you're supposed to, but I've found that the most engaging blogs are those where the author sets out their thoughts for the day/week/whatever and then engages in the follow-up discussion that the readers have concerning those thoughts. In that way the initial monologue becomes a dialogue.
I've seen those dialogues grow and take on a very interesting life of their own.
Your audience here is obviously intelligent, articulate and eager to read and comment. Seems to me to be a great opportunity to see what can happen.
(As for the Innocence Mission, their first CD remains my favorite. They're a husband, wife and brother group from Hershey, PA that still sing in their own home church from time to time.)
popscholar says:
Yay Innocence Mission! I second (or third?) that recommendation (my personal favorite of theirs is GLOW).
And as for Thich Nhat Hanh, my old therapist introduced me to him. I love his line "We're good at planning to live, but not particularly good at living."
popscholar wrote:
"Yay Innocence Mission! I second (or third?) that recommendation (my personal favorite of theirs is GLOW)"
Bruce:
"Glow" was my favorite album from '95. Great pop, by far their best writing, and crisp sounding production light years beyond their first two albums. There's an eerie otherworldly sense of the supernatural in some of their best songs, as for instance "Happy the End."
Someone wrote Being at your concerts is like going to church. It's that feeling when people sing all together — even when it's just you and Katryna.This is more true for me than I can even put into words. I have come to realize that spirituality for me is not about believing in a higher power, but believing in people. Singing in a group of people, friends or strangers, at any sort of folk concert sends chills up my spine and makes me feel more at home than I ever felt in any church I've been to. This is what Falcon Ridge does to me. It is a religious retreat weekend. This is why I bawl during the closing song every year. I feel so loved and so full of hope, that I don't need to believe in anything but the people around me.
I agree with what Nichole said. Oftentimes my "higher power" is the people around me, and even more often than that, it is nature. I believe in God/Goddess/HigherPower, but probably in a different way than most people do. I believe the whole universe is God…that means you, me….the oceans…that tree over there… the sky…and most certainly my cat 🙂 People have come in and out of my life and taught me lessons that oftentimes I have not learned till years later when I was open to the learning. I have come to the realization that everyone I meet has something to teach me, if I am open to it. When we view the universe as being God, we naturally do our best to take care of it, and all the people and beings that live within it… for it is all very sacred. To see the god/goddess in the people we meet is to witness a light that shines within us all. For people who are depressed, that light can almost feel like it's going out…but it is always there, even if it feels like it's down to a flicker. That light is hope…and sometimes when it grows dim, it just needs a little help to grow…but it is always there, and it is an amazing thing to see/experience in eachother.
I am enjoying your Blog Nerissa, it is thought & smile provoking 🙂
"There is always hope"
~Aragorn
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Your choice of "Song of the Soul" to sing at church delights me. On my own blog, I have a design I change seasonally with pictures of my home/family at the top and a small bit of lyrics that speak to me deeply for whatever phase of life I'm experiencing. For over two years, through every change, the lyrics I chose were always yours. But last month when I redesigned I decided to use a line from "Song of the Soul" instead. I would love to hear you sing it.
I am really enjoying your blog.
-Dani
It's interesting that you were so nervous to lead the music at your church, but you're not when you perform professionally. I am a civil engineer, and while I have no qualms about making recommendations to my clients, when my friends ask me how to fix a foundation problem at their house, I worry terribly that they will do what I tell them to do and it won't work. It's not that I don't have confidence in my engineering judgment, but because I know my friends on a personal level (as opposed to a professional level), I worry about how my advice will affect them. I don't mean to make it sound as if I care any less for my clients, but since they generally don't know me personally, the outcome of my advice doesn't affect their personal opinion of me. Does that make sense?
I am very happy that you've found a faith community. I belong to a 'small church community' and I feel that my faith is that much more alive because of the relationships I have formed in that group. Of course, as others have pointed out, community doesn't have to be religious in nature.
Thanks for such a thoughtful blog entry, and thanks to everyone who has posted comments – I've enjoyed reading them!
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The Healthcare industry is witnessing a robust level of growth; according to BMI, Frost Sullivan and the World Bank. In 2015, the total value of the healthcare industry in Vietnam was $13 billion USD. This figure is forecast to increase and reach $24 billion USD by 2020.
With the strength of the Market Expansion Service (MES) platform including distribution chain management and branding, Digiworld has more opportunities in the Healthcare industry than competitors with traditional distribution models. According to Roland Berger, the forecast growth-rate of MES for Healthcare in Vietnam from 2016 to 2021 is to reach 11.1%. The ability to provide market expansion services will help Digiworld stay involved in more stages of the services chain and optimize the highest possible profit margin.
Estimated profit margin of this industry is over 60% as Digiworld is involved in whole stages of the MES chain. Growth-rate is expected to reach 100%/year and is projected to be valued at VND 600 billion in revenue by 2020.
When MWG, FPT Shop directly import from manufacturers, what will happen to distributors such as Digiworld?
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HOME > BLOG > Village water supply systems move communities towards better health and wellbeing
Village water supply systems move communities towards better health and wellbeing
By Chandrika Patnaik
Access to toilets, bathing rooms and clean water ensures safety, convenience and self-respect for village communities in Gumla district of Jharkhand.
Kilsta Dungdung, a resident of Menatoli village fetching water from the third tap.
Photograph by Govind Barik
"Walking half a kilometre in the summer heat to fetch water from the dug well was tiring and time-consuming. I spent at least two hours a day only fetching water. Add to that the time I spent going to bathe in the open, wash clothes and utensils. To defecate away from prying eyes, I had to walk half a kilometre towards the field and look for shrubs," says Sushuma Bilum, 45, Treasurer of Pratima Mahila Mandal in Menatoli village.
But since September 2020, the Menatoli community has been telling a different story. Every household in the village started getting water through three taps. Sushuma is exuberant while talking about the difference it has made, "It changed our lives completely. I can take a bath in the privacy of my bathroom and clean myself properly. I grow tomatoes, peas, bottle gourd, and urad in my field with ease. I don't feel tired anymore. I am able to clean my backyard and cook at my convenience. I am able to attend group meetings on time and participate in discussions."
Bhusditoli village with 50 households and the neighbouring Menatoli village with 15 homes in the Gumla district of Jharkhand faced acute water shortages during summers. Residents walked nearly 500 metres to the field to collect water from the dug well.
Though there are two wells in the area, one dries up completely during the hot summers. The second well has little water. Residents also collected water from a well which lies between both these villages. During summers, people crowded around these wells and spent hours collecting water. These are open wells, and dirty water flows into them during monsoons.
Budheshwar Singh, 38, President of Bhusditoli Village Development Committee (VDC), says, "Apart from acute shortage of water during summers, by using water from these open wells we were exposing ourselves to diarrhoea every time. Women and children suffered a lot. The health issues spiked mostly during the rainy season when dirty water percolated into these open wells. Actually, we did not have a choice but use the water."
In Menatoli village, Sumanti Kerketa, 36, is happy that she and her three young daughters no longer have to go outside in the dark whenever they feel the need to relieve themselves. "My husband used to get anxious each time my daughters, aged 15-10, went out to relieve themselves after nightfall." He would ask Sumanti to accompany their daughters in the dark each time. "It made me extremely tired after a long day fetching water, cooking and looking after my family's needs."
The situation changed soon after they received water directly through taps at home. "We don't have those problems anymore, and my girls are so proud of using the bathing room and toilet at their convenience. Also, guests who visit us enjoy their stay with us as water is available in taps at home freely," says Sumanti.
In April 2021, the residents of Menatoli built a dug well with a raised concrete wall around it under MGNREGS. The water from this well is pumped into the overhead water tank. From here, it is distributed to households in both the villages.
The community completed the construction of the toilets in 2018 through the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin fund from the Government. "It's not only the women in our village who are happy with water supply at home. Elders in our village take a bath and use the toilets within the comfort of their homes. I can't tell you how happy they are," says Budheshwar Singh.
The water tower of Bhusditoli village in Gumla district of Jharkhand.
Santosh Kumar Patra, a Thematic Coordinator in Village Institutions, helped in collecting data for the story. Priya Pillai edited the story.
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