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Pictures of the Day: Air Force Reservists Come Home

CitizenSugar — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:12 -0700

The new plan for US withdrawal from Iraq would have US troops out within three years, with withdrawals set to begin next Summer if it's agreed upon. But, these troops had their big homecoming this week.

Troops from the Homestead Air Reserve Base returned to Miami after a six-month deployment to Iraq. The reservists' mission was to provide security at Kirkuk airbase. Judging from the pictures, their loved ones are so glad to have them back.

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Look What's on the Preservation List of 11 Endangered Places

CitizenSugar — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:00:38 -0700

The National Trust for Historic Preservation just released a list of 11 endangered sites chosen from almost 70 nominees. The list's goal is to protect significant buildings and locations. Of the approximately 200 places listed by the organization in the past 20 years, only six have been lost. The head of the Trust says, "The 11 represent the different kinds of historic places in different parts of the country. It's a representative list." Take a peek at where they're trying to save.

Boyd Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
California's park system (made the list because of $1.2 billion worth of deferred maintenance.)
Charity Hospital and adjacent neighborhood, New Orleans, Louisiana
Great Falls Portage, Great Falls, Montana
Hangar One, Moffett Field, Santa Clara County, California
Lower East Side, New York (once home to immigrants and the working class in the 19th and early 20th centuries — gentrification and development threatens historic churches, theaters, schools and tenements.)
Michigan Avenue Streetwall, Chicago, Illinois
Peace Bridge Neighborhood, Buffalo, New York
The Statler Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas
Sumner Elementary School, Topeka, Kansas (the centerpiece of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.)
Vizcaya and the Bonnet House, Florida

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Picture It: The Polytheistic Kalash Tribe of Pakistan

CitizenSugar — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:00:13 -0700

When I ran across these jaw-droppingly striking pictures, I couldn't believe I'd never heard of the Kalash Tribe — and I wanted to rectify that immediately. The tribe lives nestled in the North-Western Province of Pakistan. Protected by the Hindu Kush mountain range lives this culture of people Muslims call Kafirs or “infidels”.

Among the region known as Kafiristan lies the town of Brir, considered one of the last remaining settlements of the Kalash — or “wearers of black." Its inhabitants consider themselves the direct descendants of Alexander the Great. The 3,500 souls are the last enclave of pagan tribespeople.

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Incredibly, the Kalash have not changed much over the centuries. They make their own wine, elevate animals to religious status and believe in mountaintop fairies. To find out more about the tribe,

Happy Pictures of the Day: Homecoming at Camp LeJeune

CitizenSugar — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:25:34 -0700

An afternoon break — the pictures sort of speak for themselves. I just can't help but adore these happy pictures of troops coming home yesterday to Camp Lejeune, NC.

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Pictures Tell the Story in Myanmar, Life After the Cyclone

CitizenSugar — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:00:15 -0700

Pictures are starting to come out of Myanmar following the cyclone though media is discouraged. One CNN reporter remaining anonymous says, "They have no drinking water whatsoever. When you don't have drinking water and you are forced to drink out of puddles and drinking reservoirs contaminated by dead bodies... It is a very dire situation."

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Aid has started to trickle in though UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has spoken harshly to the junta. He says it's time to "put its people's lives first. This is not about politics. It is about saving people's lives. There is absolutely no more time to lose."

If you're inspired by the pictures, here are tons of ways to help.

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