2023 Photo 332/32 This pair of white ibises were among two dozen of the birds that were using the roof of a Jacksonville Beach, Fla., pediatrician's office for a perch. c.2023 | John M. Hudson

José Joaquín Arazuri, (1918-2000) vivió en su ciudad natal, Pamplona a la que dedicó una importante faceta de su vida: la de historiador de la ciudad.

Este médico pediatra, de carácter afable, por cuyas manos pasamos miles de pequeños pamploneses, fue famoso por su labor de historiador de Pamplona: su colección de más de 22.000 fotografías de la ciudad y la edición de los libros "Pamplona calles y barrios", "Pamplona antaño", "Pamplona estrenó siglo" y "Pamplona Belle Époque".

En 2010, la familia hizo entrega del archivo fotográfico al Archivo Municipal de Pamplona. Muchas de ellas, propias, y otras recibidas de fotógrafos profesionales y aficionados de la ciudad, abarcan desde el año 1862 hasta 1995, en distintos formatos.

En 1992, el Ayuntamiento de Pamplona le concedió la Medalla de Oro de la ciudad en reconocimiento a su labor.

En Junio de 2001, se le dedica esta estatua, sita en el paseo con su nombre, obra de Rafael Huerta (fallecido en diciembre de 2022).

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José Joaquín Arazuri, (1918-2000) lived in his hometown, Pamplona, to which he dedicated an important facet of his life: that of historian of the city.

This pediatrician, of affable character, through whose hands we pass thousands of small Pamploneses, was famous for his work as a historian of Pamplona. His collection of more than 22,000 photographs of the city and the edition of the books Pamplona streets and neighborhoods, Pamplona yesteryear, Pamplona premiered century and Pamplona Belle Époque.

In 2010, the family handed over the photographic archive to the Municipal Archive of Pamplona. Many of them, own, and others received from professional and amateur photographers of the city, range from 1862 to 1995, and in different formats.

In 1992, the City Council of Pamplona awarded him the City’s Gold Medal in recognition of his work.

In June 2001, this statue was dedicated to him, located on the promenade with his name, the work of Rafael Huerta (died in December 2022).

Yesterday, I attended a protest in Chicago because of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. Rittenhouse murdered two protestors at a Black Lives Matter rally in Wisconsin last summer with an assault rifle he was too young to even own and claimed as a white entitled piece of crap that he was "in fear of his life." The judge and jury sided with him.

I attended 15 Black Lives Matter rallies just a state away in Chicago, Illinois in that summer and none of them were violent. In fact, most of the footage I've seen of people "looting" at different protests in my country has been white opportunists who took advantage of the protests.

Here, we have two sides of the story of America. In Washington, Trump made sure Black Lives Matters protestors were tear gassed just before proselytizing with his upside down Bible. (It's ok, Trump-we know you don't really care what a Black Jesus had to tell people, anyway). In some states in this country, it is actually legal to hit protestors with your car...just make sure they aren't protesting against wearing masks, getting vaccinated, actually counting votes, or against a woman's right to choose things for her body. The police seem to love protecting those people. (Several of our police unions also don't feel the police should have to get vaccinated themselves)

So, we have an America where you can murder a protestor and, just like the cops do, say you were "afraid for your life" to get out of taking any kind of responsibility. Meanwhile, the GOP caused treason, were planning to murder congress people in the January insurrection, tried to intimidate people counting votes to the point of planting fake votes and even planning bombs to go off in key states (Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona), and let's not forget how they shouted death threats in Tennessee at pediatricians recommending kids wear masks in school to stay safe. That apparently is just fine, though. Everything is fine...nothing to see here. Just an entire system built on doing whatever it takes to suppress people of color, the differently abled, and women and getting away with it.

Meanwhile, we have a "Democrat" who is, as I thought he might end up being when I voted for Bernie to be the candidate instead, just Trump lite-going along with the status quo. He's a few less calories as Trump but perhaps just as deadly to those who aren't in power. Biden's statement about trusting the justice system is laughable. There's a reason why Biden was elected and it wasn't white people. We all need to come up with candidates that are truly progressive and break these racist systems down.

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The hippo head is the work of my cousin Eric. Like struggling actors who moonlight as Starbucks barristas to support themselves, he's a sculptor who moonlights as a pediatrician.

I guess I like this face mold after all! I resisted the Style Glam doll for months, but then really liked the pale girl who came in denim (now in the pink vest). The MTM is the prettiest to me, but this tall one is in second place now.

Style Glam 2015, Terrific Teal #29 Fashionistas, Made to Move

Denim Fashionistas 2015 on older pink Raquelle Fashionistas body, Pediatrician Barbie on MTM Bambi body.

All in original outfits except the girl in the fuzzy vest.

May 30 2023

Poor Sick Kiddo

Su nombre Keylin Johana Medina, edad: aunque usted no lo crea tiene 11 anos, aunque parezca de 5. Tristemente vive en la pobreza extrema como muchos en nuestro pais. En diciembre 2014 la conocimos en Balcanes, un area marginada de Choluteca, en Septiembre 2015 fuimos a esa misma area a celebrar el dia del nino y la volvimos a ver y nos enteramos de su condicion. Hoy 26 de septiembre parte del equipo de Brighter Lives la visito, le llevamos ropita, zapatos, mochilas, y otras cosas mas, pero lo mas importante era tener un acercamiento con su familia y saber mas de ella. Sabemos que la generosidad de nuestra gente es grande y nos ayudaran para tratar de cambiar su vida. Primero planeamos llevarla a un medico pediatra, necesitamos saber porque no crece, porque no puede caminar mucho, porque no habla tanto. Keylin nos necesita, por favor si tienen ideas, si quieren ayudar, contactenos, les mantendremos informados. Muchas gracias. HER NAME: KEYLIN JOHANA MEDINA, AGE: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE IS 11 YEARS OLD, EVEN SHE LOOKS LIKE 5. SHE LIVES ON EXTREME POVERTY AS MANY HERE IN HONDURAS. WE MET HER LAST YEAR ON CHRISTMAS DELIVERY, ON SEPT. 2015 WE WENT AGAIN TO THIS AREA AND WE SAW HER AGAIN, WE REALIZED HIS CONDITION AND GOT INTEREST ON HER., SO TODAY WE WENT EARLY TO VISIT HER WITH SHOES, CLOTHES AND OTHER THINGS FOR HER, BUT OUR AIM WAS TO KNOW HER STORY. OUR PLAN IS TO VISIT THE PEDIATRICIAN SO HE CAN TELL US HER REAL CONDITION, WHY SHE IS NOT GROWING UP? WHY SHE CAN'T WALK AS GOOD AS A NORMAL PERSON? WHY DOESN'T SHE TALK THAT MUCH? IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, IF YOU WANT TO HELP HER, JUST GET IN CONTACT WITH US, KEYLIN NEEDS US. THANK YOU!

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One week has passed since we came to Chau Doc. I got called “in” at the last minute, because somebody was unable to go. It happens!

I had no idea who was going. Did not know a single person on the team. That did not faze me. I should be used to it by now. This is my 62nd trip, half with Interplast and the rest with other organizations.

It didn’t take long before we all knew each other. We joined in airports, talked, drank coffee and learned each others names.

We are a great team!! We have a wonderful leader that keeps us all in line. Anesthesia has yet to leave anybody asleep too long. The translators have a job I wouldn’t want for any money in the world! They are everywhere, all the time, helping with everything, regardless if it is their job or not. Patients are well cared for by the pediatricians. They are ready for us in the morning so we can start our day.

We are an international group of medical people. We do medicine the same way all over the world. At least five countries are represented. You should listen to us talk!!

We are blessed with good help in the operating room. Scrub people from the hospital are doing a great job. They are interested in learning, helping with turnovers and end of day cleaning.

We have had a great patient load so far. Cleft palates and lips every day. A surgeon’s dream!! Still, we are not able to do all the patients, so we are all looking forward to coming back next year and do some more.

It’s a good feeling to be able to help children all over the world. It’s a never ending job and I am glad to be part of the team.

Isum

noun

ˈi-zəm

: a distinctive doctrine, cause, or theory

2

: an oppressive and especially discriminatory attitude or belief

we all have got to come to grips with our isms—

Joycelyn Elders

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Minnie Joycelyn Elders is an American pediatrician and public health administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994.

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And no, I'm not joking, the doctor's name IS Dr. Needle - FOR REAL! LOL! Now can you just imagine, here's a guy who goes through all the medical training to become a doctor with a name like that, and then, to top it all off, he specializes as a pediatrician =o Seriously, what was he thinking? That kids are just going to be so excited to go see "Dr. Needle?" I have to believe that at some point in his career, someone has pointed out the irony of it all.

My youngest had to get a flu shot today. He's a big boy, but of course, is milking the sore arm for all it's worth! They gave him a Snoopy bandage, which isn't really "cool" at his age, but he didn't complain all that much.

Despite this book's age, the collection of twelve essays contained within its covers discuss important ideas in Jewish education, many of which were far ahead of their time. The figures, from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries, include scholars, educators, philosophers, and a pediatrician, and they taught in many different language, though Hebrew would become the standard thanks to the Zionist movement and after the establishment of the State of Israel. The writings and theories covered include those of N.H. Wiesel, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi Israel Salanter, A.D. Gordon, Janusz Korczak, Franz Rosensweig, Martin Buber, Rabbi Kook, and Sarah Schenirer. This book, therefore, surveys trends in Jewish education and thought during periods of profound change in Jewish history and culture; their relevance are not lost in the book's age (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1964).

Poor Ari. He had fever all weekend. Peaked at 103.9. Was feeling fine all day yesterday, until late last night into the early morning he wasn't doing to well. I called his pediatrician's office and they let him in right away. The wait wasn't as long as I would've expected, being the beginning of the flu season. We left with Ari having an ear infection- both ears, worse in his left ear. He is on an antibiotic and ear drops.

We are so fortunate to have the pediatrician we have for the boys. Their doctor always makes us feel welcome. Being new parents is a bit daunting, but the moment we bought Ari to his first 2 week visit. He made us feel as the best parents Ari can ever have. The entire office is always friendly and concerned to your needs.

Dedicated to the late Filipina pediatrician Dr. Fe del Mundo, Harvard medical school's first female medical student. Google Doodle honors her 107th birthday today.

Fe Villanueva del Mundo, OLD ONS OGH, (born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; 27 November 1911 – 6 August 2011)[1] was a Filipina pediatrician. The first woman admitted to Harvard Medical School,[2][3] she founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines.[4] Her pioneering work in pediatrics in the Philippines while in active medical practice, spanned eight decades.[3][5] She gained international recognition, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1977. In 1980, she was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines, and in 2010, she was conferred the Order of Lakandula. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fe_del_Mundo

Adorama variable grade RC paper was used here. Autotoned to improve coloration.

Nurse practitioner Nan Madden and Pediatrician Dr. Greg Melnick at the pre clinic.

Cebu City Team Members Rotary Philippines "cleft lip" "cleft palate" surgery children volunteers Canada USA ward recovery "operating room" nurses doctors surgeons anethetists pediatrician cebuano service helping "service above self" volunteer rotarians

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have to take the little one to the Pediatrician this morning. I fear she may have a ear infection, so were getting it checked out. I'll check on streams during nap time. HBW!

Rosie had a couple of sick days and a visit to the pediatrician. The bandage was given in exchange for a little blood, her Iron is low, we have to work on that. Also working on our chess game. We've been playing a lot lately. Leaving the board out and set up inspires us to play every day. There's no shortage of opponents, when friends stop by they notice the set up and immediately want to play. My brother even took a break from Clash of Clans to play some chess with her.

We're Here is visiting blurry backgrounds

ODC is playing games

Pediatrician Pamela Rapiti of CA checking patients before surgery at the Benh Vien Da Khoa Trung Uong Can Tho Hospital. Operation Smile's 20 year anniversary in Vietnam. (Operation Smile - Marc Ascher)

On one wall in Maternity is this board, a collection of objects one particular South Bay pediatrician removed from the ears, noses, and throats of various children during his career. It kind of makes you want to run screaming from parenthood to look at.

George had to go to the Dr's office, he has a sinus infection. It isn't slowing him down any.

Fishing boat. N.Makri marina.

Photo taken Friday, 6th July, 2012. Greetings from Greece!

Dedicated to my good flickr friend Margareta (Hirike), Pediatrician, and her daughter Barbara, in Zagreb, Croatia.

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After some medication and a nap, she is ready for some tea and toast. She even has a little energy to cruise the internet.

Doll: Style Glam Leah 2015 on Made to Move Asian Body 2016

Pajamas: Bought on Ebay (no time to sew right now)

Blue chair: Pinchusion from Joanne's

Anacin box: made by me

Tea cup and spoon: Hobby Lobby

Green plate and glass: vitnage Barbie

Toast: Rement

LapTop: from Pediatrician Barbie 2016

Blanket: Madeline

Pillows: made by me

Sofa and Lamp: Barbie, around 2005

Asian Screen: Pictue frame from a flea market

Rug: from a flea market

Table: 1:12 scale dollhouse kitchen table

Vase: flea market

some green for today - hggt :)

Óleo metalizado sobre tela de 80X60

Autor: Vilchez

Fotografía: Vilchez

Idea original: Vílchez

Gracias a estos colegas míos del sector de la medicina por colaborar en este óleo con su peculiar visión del mismo,,,

Una obra quizás cruda e inusual por el contenido, difícil cometido el como representar la enfermedad a través de la pintura, expresar con pinceladas el dolor y el sufrimiento.

Juan Salvador

In this oil I will answer all your comments, doubts and appreciations ,,,,

Thanks to these four colleagues from the medical sector for collaborating on this oil with their peculiar vision of it ,,,

In original size you can appreciate all the details and even the threads of the canvas ,,,,,

A work perhaps crude and unusual for its content, difficult to commit to how to represent the disease through painting, expressing pain and suffering with brushstrokes.

Juan Salvador

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--Tarea ardua y detallada reflejar el sempieterno enemigo del galeno, mantener la próspera llama de la vida, curar en lo insaciable, acompañar en lo incurable, desdibujar la angustia mientras los enseres de la agonía mantienen el recto y curvilíneo inexorable camino hacia el bienestar. Cuando la patología se convierte en enfermedad y cuando la enfermedad en la forma de sufrir. Actuar con celeridad, recurrir a lo material, proporcionar salud al que la ha perdido y favorecer que su estoica espera se convierta en su necesaria felicidad. Útil es, entonces, y por siempre lo será, donar ayuda al que la precisa, calmar dolor, no más.

Juan Salvador Jr (Pediatra y oncólogo infantil)

- Arduous and detailed task to reflect the everlasting enemy of the doctor, to maintain the prosperous flame of life, to heal in the insatiable, to accompany in the incurable, to blur the anguish while the belongings of agony maintain the straight and curvilinear inexorable path towards well-being . When the pathology becomes disease and when the disease in the form of suffering. Act quickly, resort to the material, provide health to those who have lost it and encourage their stoic hope to become their necessary happiness. It is useful, then, and forever will be, to donate help to those who need it, to relieve pain, no more.

Juan Salvador Jr (Pediatrician and child oncologist)

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--DOLOR

Cielo y tierra truecan sus colores naturales por el sanguinolento venido a blanquecino. Frío e inquietante telón de fondo donde se escenifica el drama del sufrir.

La esperanza se atavía con los ropajes de una brigada de proyectiles aéreos que descienden en certera y rectilínea trayectoria. Algunos se desangran prematuramente, en un afán por anticipar el remedio al tormento. Otros, de mayor contención, se reservan para sembrar el bálsamo en el contacto directo.

Un velón de pabilo prolífico y ramificado prende luz que no agoniza, lejana emisaria del aun distante bienestar.

Dos diminutas y negras figuras humanas reflejan el estar de la aflicción, manteniéndose en un paciente segundo plano.

En el reino del dolor, rige la oscuridad estéril, el olor acre, el sabor amargo, el sonido del triste adagio; y su abrazo nos aleja del arco iris.

Juan González (Médico)

--PAIN

Heaven and earth exchange their natural colors for the bloody turn to whitish. Cold and disturbing backdrop where the drama of suffering is staged.

Hope is dressed in the garments of a brigade of aerial projectiles that descend in a certain and rectilinear trajectory. Some bleed prematurely, in an eagerness to anticipate the remedy for the torment. Others, more restrained, are reserved for sowing the balm in direct contact.

A prolific and branched wick candle lights a light that does not agonize, a distant emissary of still distant well-being.

Two tiny, black human figures reflect the state of grief, keeping patient in the background.

In the realm of pain, sterile darkness rules, the acrid smell, the bitter taste, the sound of the sad adage; and his embrace takes us away from the rainbow.

Juan González (Doctor)

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--"El dolor. Es imposible representar gráficamente el dolor. Podemos expresar verbalmente su magnitud en frases como “Me duele mucho” pero, ¿sabemos qué color tiene el dolor? Y ¿qué forma tiene? ¿cómo se determina su contorno? ¿Vamos a limitarnos a retratar su expresión?. Lo primero que me llama la atención de esta obra es la falta de horizonte, esa línea que, para los que somos de costa, separa el mar del cielo. Lo tangible de lo que no lo es. Y es esa falta de horizonte lo que lleva a cualquier obra de arte al universo primitivo de las primeras pinturas que hicieran manos humanas: Lascaux, Altamira. En un espacio contínuo podemos adivinar el dolor; colores cálidos (áridos más bien), objetos punzantes con doble cualidad (herir, curar). El árbol-vela de la vida que se consume mientras el tiempo congela jeringuillas, gotas y cápsulas que no terminan de caer. Y es en ese árbol en el que se produce la transformación en vara de Esculapio, donde la serpiente que rejuvenece y cura dispuesta al abrazo adquiere forma de catéter. En la oscuridad de las cuevas se pintaban animales; se trataba de que la magia que infería el chamán a las pinturas se tradujera en una buena cacería y, con ello, la supervivencia del clan. Ahora la magia cura al artista y, de paso, al espectador."

Pepe Guisado (Enfermero)

- "Pain. It is impossible to represent pain graphically. We can verbally express its magnitude in phrases such as" It hurts a lot "but, do we know what color pain is? And what shape is it? How is its contour determined? Let's limit ourselves to portraying his expression. ”The first thing that strikes me about this work is the lack of horizon, that line that, for those of us from the coast, separates the sea from the sky. What is tangible from what is not . And it is this lack of horizon that takes any work of art to the primitive universe of the first paintings made by human hands: Lascaux, Altamira. In a continuous space we can guess the pain; warm colors (rather arid), sharp objects with double quality (wound, heal). The tree-candle of life that is consumed while time freezes syringes, drops and capsules that do not finish falling. And it is in that tree that the transformation into the rod of Aesculapius takes place. , where the snake that rejuvenates and heals willing the hug takes the form of a catheter. Animals were painted in the darkness of the caves; it was about the magic that the shaman inferred to the paintings to translate into a good hunt and, with it, the survival of the clan. Now magic heals the artist and, incidentally, the viewer. "

Pepe Guisado (Nurse)

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Para el sanitario que vive a diario la lucha contra el dolor ajeno, resulta mas cruda la idea de reflejar de forma gráfica esta vivencia. Personalmente me parece muy angustiosa el haber utilizado esos colores fuertes y esa sensación de daño inminente y cruel de esas jeringas que, cual espadas de Damocles, penden de todas partes como si no se pudiera escapar de ellas...y asi es tantas veces! El tiempo, que pasa inexorable y ajeno al drama humano, cápsulas de medicamentos que vagan sin rumbo, y los hombres-médicos, voñuntarios, cooperantes o lo que sean - empequeñecidos por una tarea ingente como es la de aliviar el dolor y la enfermedad y la soledad del que sufre...Esta obra siento que desborda pesimismo, y ausencia de esperanza en un final mejor. Echo en falta una luz de esperanza humana o del mas allá.

Javier Martínez de la Ossa (Médico anestesista)

For the health worker who lives the fight against the pain of others on a daily basis, the idea of ​​graphically reflecting this experience is more crude. Personally, I find it very distressing to have used those strong colors and that sensation of imminent and cruel damage from those syringes that, like Damocles swords, hang from everywhere as if they could not be escaped ... and so it is so many times! Time, which passes inexorably and oblivious to human drama, drug capsules that wander aimlessly, and men-doctors, volunteers, aid workers or whatever they are - dwarfed by an enormous task such as alleviating pain and disease and the loneliness of the sufferer ... I feel that this work overflows pessimism, and the absence of hope for a better ending. I miss a light of human hope or beyond.

Javier Martínez de la Ossa (Anesthesiologist)

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es difícil plasmar el dolor artísticamente , entre otras cosas porque si se evidencia demasiado la gente no lo va a mirar ,

de forma natural el dolor ,repele...es un recurso tb natural de protegernos contra esos dolores que no los produce un objeto punzante , como el miedo, la impotencia , la soledad, y mil sentimientos más que vemos/sentimos reflejados en cualquier expresión de dolor .

Salvador tú trabajo me parece una idea genial,

y precisamente para que deje de ser un impacto social el dolor ajeno , hay que mostrarlo....

María Tudela, (Enfermera)

It is difficult to capture pain artistically, among other things because if it is too obvious people will not look at it,

pain naturally repels ... it is a natural resource to protect ourselves against those pains that are not produced by a sharp object, such as fear, impotence, loneliness, and a thousand other feelings that we see / feel reflected in any expression of pain.

Salvador, your work seems like a great idea to me,

And precisely so that the pain of others ceases to be a social impact, it must be shown ...

María Tudela (Enfermera)

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Peditrician on Made to Move Body

Blue Polka Dot Dress Fashionista on old Raquelle Fashionista body

What are people calling this face mold?

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Janusz Korczak (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), a Polish-Jewish educator, children's author, and pediatrician. After many years working as director of an orphanage, he refused freedom and stayed with his orphans and was sent from the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp, during the Grossaktion Warsaw of 1942.

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Today I had to take my daughter to the doctor so he could help us out with this barky-cough she has had for the last couple of days. Good thing I still had my camera with me from being at my son's field day. Because of that I was able to capture this look I got as she clinged to me for dear life when I sat her on the examining table.

When I look at this picture I can see her saying something like: "I'm not getting a shot today, right, right?"

What does that face say to you?

Camera info:

Nikon D700 | 24-70mm (ƒ/2.8) @ 24mm @ ƒ/2.8 | ISO 1000 | 1/160s

Kana works as a nurse at a local hospital and has come to take care of her big sister. Always the one with a biggest heart, Kana is the perfect nurse.

I just found that glass shelf at Target in the bathroom section. I happened to be walking by an end cap and immediatly thought of plants. These are all plants that I found or assembled for my greenhouse diorama. I recently found the vase on the shelf at a thrift store.

Doll on left: Made to Move Lea wearing the new Asian Nurse unifrom and a sweatshirt from a dog grooming Teresa I found at the Salmavtion Army years ago.

Doll on right: Doll: Style Glam Leah 2015 on Made to Move Asian Body 2016

Vase on shelf: Recent thrift store find (at my church)

Ceramic Cat: flea market find a few years ago

Orange Pot: vintage Barbie

Boxes: made by me

Bag: Liv

Robe: repro Barbie

Pajamas: Bought on Ebay (no time to sew right now)

Blue chair: Pinchusion from Joanne's

Anacin box: made by me

Blue mug: Rement

Green glass: vitnage Barbie

Toast: Rement

LapTop: from Pediatrician Barbie 2016

Blanket: Madeline

Pillows: made by me

Sofa and Lamp: Barbie, around 2005

Asian Screen: Pictue frame from a flea market

Rug: from a flea market

Table: 1:12 scale dollhouse kitchen table

Vase on floor: flea market

June 22, 1987. Jen's birth was going badly. I knew it was going VERY badly when they hit the little button that summoned the pediatrician. No pulse on the monitor and they needed to do an emergency C section. But there were two already going on and no gas passer was available. So the doc went in after her. Took a pair of scissors and cut Bec open fore to aft, reached in and pulled Jen out. The sound was like the sound of giblets coming out of a turkey. As she delivered she was limp and blue. The doc cut the cord and handed Jen over his head to the team waiting behind him. He then said "valium" and the nurse shot Bec up. It was completely silent in the room except for the clock. I could hear the clock. Every tick that occured in silence meant Jen wasn't breathing. After about 10 ticks I took the shot on the left. The journalist in me I suppose. After about 10 more ticks there came this little squeak and then another one and then a full cry. About two minutes after that, I took the shot on the right--just after they handed Jen, now stable, to Bec. Mommy and daughter's first pic together. People may talk badly about military medicine, and when I hear it, I always think of these two pics taken 26 years ago and how the OB and Peds team brought my little girl into the world. No complaints from me.

Happy Birthday, Jen.

Her APGAR score was a "2" btw.

He's extremely alert the Pediatrician was impressed how much he was looking around. I told her I estimate his IQ around 130 if I had to ballpark it.

Doll: Style Glam Leah 2015 on Made to Move Asian Body 2016

Pajamas: Bought on Ebay (no time to sew right now)

Blue chair: Pinchusion from Joanne's

Anacin box: made by me

Tea cup and spoon: Hobby Lobby

Green plate and glass: vitnage Barbie

Toast: Rement

LapTop: from Pediatrician Barbie 2016

Blanket: Madeline

Pillows: made by me

Sofa and Lamp: Barbie, around 2005

Asian Screen: Pictue frame from a flea market

Rug: from a flea market

Table: 1:12 scale dollhouse kitchen table

Vase: flea market

The pediatricians assistant

takes Jacks vitals...and Jack is

so damn good!

had to take my son to get a mandatory flu shot yesterday, or else he wouldn't be allowed back in school.. as luck would have it.. awaiting us in the parking lot of the pediatrician was this front loader.. couldn't have been a better reward for taking the flu shot like a man

;-)

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The YIMBY movement has a major win in Cambridge, even as many neighbors cry foul

Eliminating single-family zoning was a massive win for those who cheer: "Yes in My Backyard!" Still, skeptics abound.

Spencer Buell February 15th, 2025, 3:48 PM

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CAMBRIDGE — It was a great night to be a YIMBY.

Spirits were high here after dark as officials passed a sweeping new ordinance that will end single-family zoning in the city and, its extremely enthusiastic backers say, point a firehose of developer money at the city’s most burning need: new housing in one of the priciest places in the world.

It was one of the “Yes in My Backyard” movement’s most ambitious projects to date, one backers hope can trigger a deregulatory spree in other cities big enough to put a dent in a housing market that has spiraled upward and out of control. It was also one of its most controversial, greeted with skepticism by those who see this approach as a massive giveaway to private real estate and doubt it can actually make Cambridge, already one of the densest places in the state, more affordable.

At City Hall, there were the young YIMBYs, like those among the 10 Harvard students from a group called the Harvard Undergraduate Urban Sustainability Lab, or HUUSL (pronounced like “hustle”), who had come to watch the vote.

There were casual YIMBYs who called in to say they hoped new housing would make it easier to get a Cambridge apartment or keep rents from spiking every year.

And there were the more hardcore YIMBYs, like the chatty and zealous members of A Better Cambridge, the city’s most visible and best organized YIMBY group that has pushed, very hard, to make it easier for developers to build bigger.

YIMBYs of all stripes.

“The door has been opened,” said Fred Watts, a 33-year-old data scientist who lives in Kendall Square, and who came to City Hall to see the ordinance passed. “There’s going to be a hundred city councils hopefully seeing our demonstration saying this is possible and worthwhile.”

The YIMBYs are coming, to the suburbs

The ordinance, which has been tweaked over many months, is something of a compromise. It will allow developers to build six-story residential buildings citywide, including in places where only single-family homes had been allowed, without needing a special permit. But they can do so only if they agree to allot 20 percent of the units in them for “affordable” housing. Otherwise they can build up to four stories.

Other rules were added during months of debate, including minimum amounts of green space needed in the developments, and a rule that six stories can only be built under the law on lots that are at least 5,000 square feet.

A hotly debated effort among councilors earlier this year to allow only three stories, and an additional three only if developers added the “affordable” units, failed by a one-vote margin in January.

Last week’s version passed 8-1. Only Councilor Catherine Zusy opposed it, calling it a “recipe for random development at the whim of developers.”

Debate over the sweeping zoning reform, which all sides agree is likely to set in motion a major change in the cityscape, had been contentious, even as it played out largely among the most passionate advocates on either side. (Even city councilors who voted to pass the ordinance lamented that too few low-income residents had been consulted, or even knew, about the zoning-reform options on the table.)

Some of the critics feared giving developers this much freedom to build would do little to make Cambridge more affordable, and might only drive home and apartment prices higher, while lining the pockets of investors or people who already own homes.

Residents evacuated Cambridge condo building amid structural issues. Now they’re worried it may have to be demolished.

“It hurts my heart when I hear people who are renting say they want this proposal to maintain their rent,” said Sara Nelson, a 52-year-old Cambridge resident who is a pediatrician in Chelsea and works with families who are being battered by the housing crisis.

“It’s not realistic. It’s a dream.”

She has tried to convince officials to use public funds to, for example, offer zero-interest loans to low-income families looking to buy in the city or pay to build affordable housing directly.

“Prices aren’t going to go down unless there is a non-market influence put into it,” Nelson said, adding, with a laugh, “My family thinks I’m a socialist, but that’s OK.”

To others, the solution offered by loosening zoning was just common sense.

Emma Bouton, 27, said she felt lucky to have found an apartment at all in Cambridge when she moved into her unit near Fresh Pond last summer, given how competitive the market is.

She’s getting married this year, and thinking about raising a family here, but can’t imagine doing so with rents rising every year and too few less-expensive options nearby. Walking her dog in the neighborhood, she has been struck by the number of big lots occupied by only one home.

“I just think about what it would mean to be able to have a multi-story apartment building there,” Bouton said. “What would it mean for more families to be able to live in Cambridge and have more supply bring the cost down for all the renters here?”

The vote last week had come with somewhat of a deadline, as failure to pass it might have meant having to wait months to try again.

Councilor Patricia Nolan said, before the meeting started, that she thought there was still more room to refine it, but that there was enough momentum, and pressure from the YIMBY movement, that waiting longer to tweak the rules wasn’t feasible.

“I am really excited and thrilled that we’re going to do something. It’s just unfortunate it’s not the best proposal that we had on the table,” she said.

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As the votes came in, a crowd of YIMBYs in a gallery viewing area leaned over a railing to record it on their phones. There was halting applause and a single, “Woo!”

An after-party was held across the street, at 730 Tavern, although it hadn’t been planned ahead of time. Actually the whole thing had been “organized by private developers,” one of the revelers said, grinning.

It was a joke, but distrust in the industry and a belief that the YIMBY movement overall is too much in the thrall of real estate investors has been at the center of the debate here as the movement began zeroing in on Cambridge.

Clara Wellons was one of those skeptics.

Born 38 years ago in a house on Green Street in Cambridge — literally in the house, as her mom favored a home-birth — she said she and her parents have for her whole life been battling with what she described as rapacious building developers intent on turning Cambridge into a hub for luxury high-rises. She worried about neighbors having less say in what gets built and where that might lead.

“What I see happening to not just my neighborhood, but to Cambridge, is Kendall Square,” Wellons said, referring to a neighborhood where large glass towers have sprouted. “It’s kind of a mini-New York City. I love New York, but my parents came to Cambridge to have a family. They wanted to have clean air and a healthy environment.”

To the YIMBYs, though, many concerns about the law during its drafting were at best misguided, or at worst, disingenuous.

“They’re always coming up with arguments that at the end of the day are meant to just stop anything from happening,” said Dan Eisner, a Cambridge resident who strongly supported the up-zoning push.

“People have this inherent distrust of developers. You see that in places like Cambridge because there’s this anti-business mentality in progressive communities. They don’t trust people who make a lot of money,” Eisner said. “They don’t want to see developers make money. Well, that’s kind of what makes the world go round.”

Jack's eight month checkup was this afternoon...I always clear my schedule when he has a checkup...sure, I want to see the results of his growth from the last visit to our pediatrician and of course I want to know he is healthy. But selfishly I love going to the pediatricians office because I get great lighting with my off camera flash in the examining room. I have tons f shots from today and past visits. Shots from past visits can be seen in my "Project 365 Jack" set.

Strobist info:

Canon Speedlite 580EX two feet behind camera set to 1/4 power bounced off the cieling triggered by Cactus V2 trigger and remote.

Same spot, different perspective...

Had the "still not talking" appointment with his pediatrician this week...next stop is continuing speech therapy, and a four month wait to see a developmental pediatrician...

He is such an interesting kid, and so loving...he hadn't seen the piano in a while, and hence, the great big grin...

A new ray of craziness !!! :))

In the first grade, my favorite class was sports class, where the teacher used to teach us some ballet moves, with tiny white ballet slippers... so I dreamed that I want to be a ballerina...

Then, when classes became more serious... I liked science, physics, math.... etc... and there was always that question that everyone asked: “what you would like to be when you grow up ?” ... I always answered “a pharmacist of course, like my father !!”...

And the dreams flowed one by one... doctor, pediatrician, plants scientist, veterinarian, basketball player, adventurer discovering the mountains, globetrotter, pilot, décor engineer, flowers gardener, Olympic swimmer, diver, guitar or violin player, PHOTOGRAPHER !!! ..........

The only thing I didn’t dream about is Software Engineering !!! :))

Well, I don’t say I didn’t achieve my first dream, IT Engineering is so close to Ballet, isn’t it ??

Only one thing changed, the “Tip Tip Toe” became “Type Type Crash the monitor if the computer got the hiccup !!!” :))

And so you see, I’m still a ballerina !!! .... but in another field :D

I say... everyone of us got the right major and personality that suit him/her very well at work, but inside... we are all what we dreamed about, they all come back to us in certain moments :)

About the photo:

- Model: My feet

- Shooter: Baby Alpha working by herself

- Edit: Photoshop, darkening the edges and spotlight the center, contrast and frames

- Note: I wasn’t really standing on my toes, I was sitting on the bed, and raised my feet up, hehehe :D ..... well, I’m not that bad in it, I can do that....... maybe for one or two seconds !!! :))

- Celebration: Alpha-200 is now ranked as #1 in Sony cameras !!! …. YES, Go baby !!! :D … Congratulations for all Alpha-200 owners !!! ;)

And ... Life is Beautiful ♥

Nikon F100 || Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 || Kodak Portra 160NC

I fell in love with this film. Every shot on the roll has superb color tones, saturation and depth, especially in skin tones. I have lots of shots to post from this roll. Snapyappy .... shop away and give this a try!

We've been back and forth between a lot of different doctors' offices this year, and I confess this pediatrician's office is my favorite to visit because it's like stepping into a time warp. This could just as easily be my own childhood pediatrician's office.

I processed this using Cara's Jack Film preset, with just a couple of small tweaks by me. I couldn't have dreamed up more perfect processing for this subject myself. Cara has converted a few of her most popular presets from lightroom to ACR (Adobe Camera Raw), and I've been playing with them this week and really enjoying them. Lightroom users seem to get most of the preset fun, so I really appreciate the conversion. If you are interested, you can buy both the ACR and lightroom presets here.

HSS!

A true journey back in time, the Skolfield-Whittier House was home to three generations of a prominent Brunswick family with careers in seafaring, medicine and education. Among the former residents are Alfred Skolfield a successful sea captain, Dr. Alice A.S. Whittier, Maine’s first female pediatrician, and Dr. Frank Whittier, one of America’s first forensic pathologists.

Closed and unheated for sixty years, the house remains almost exactly as it was in 1925 when it was last a occupied full-time. It has everything from the receipts used in the house’s construction in the 1850s to the 1920s spices in the kitchen pantry. Its seventeen rooms are viewed during personalized guided tours that provide an unparalleled glimpse into nineteenth-century upper-middle-class life in Maine. Closed for nearly two years, it reopened in 2011 after a major electrical rewiring of the mansion’s first floor.

Dr. Lewis takes a quick coffee break before her next patient arrives.

2016 Pediatrican Barbie on MTM body

2015 Style Asian Barbie on MTM body

Room: Littlechap cardboard structure, Remco, 1960s

Accessories: mix of Mattel, Rement, and things I made

Dr. Lewis gives Keara advice for recovery - basically don't use that arm for anything or get it wet. Take ibuprofen as needed and let her body heal. And in the future, wear a helmet and hold onto the handlebars!

Dolls:

Barbie Pediatrician on Made to Move Body

Fashionistas #62 Petite Kira mold - Summer 2017

Clothes:

Pediatrician outfit including laptop

Made to Move Skateboarder body, shirt, shoes

MTM leggings

Littlechap doctor's office

Additional details/accessories added

When autumn comes, it doesnt ask

It just walks in where it left you last

And you never know when it starts

Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart

I don't want summer to end. :'(( School starts a week from today...how depressing is that? But on a happier note I start my new job at the pediatrician's office tomorrow :) I'll be working 9-5 every day this week..! :)

Oops...nothing new to upload today. This is from Hilton Head in June...I miss it dearly. It's the sister picture to this...I guess the only difference was it started getting darker here. Today Logan and I went tubing in Helen, GA...a must do. It was way too crowded; there must have been at least 300+ people on the river. But now we can say we did it, at least. :) Then we went to Kroger and he, Preston and I put 50 cents each into those little twisty machines that have the cheap little toys and got these precious mustaches...that are awesome. :) Haha :D Today was neat-o.

PS...AHHHHH!!!! Flickr just notified me that I have uploaded 170 pictures and in order to see all of my photos after I upload 200, I have to upgrade to pro. Lame :( If someone wants to buy me a pro account, I'd love you forever. I'm not sure who in their right minds would buy someone else an account, but I'm just offering the suggestion...I would DEFINITELY love you forever. :)

(Day 61/365, July 30, 2010)

I couldn't decide between two dolls, so I did both.

This game was started by Kybu.

Game: Snap a pic of your doll, and tell us 10 facts or less about them. It can be any kind of doll!

If you see this, consider yourself tagged. :)

Also include a song that you think suits your doll's unique personality.

Elizabeth Whitney:

Song from Elizabeth’s favorite old TV show, the Mary Tyler Moore Show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuuYvQsN-ak

1) I’m often called “Stick” because of my thin frame. In fact, Leslie chose Bogostick for her flickr name partly because of me. Nearly everyone in town has a nickname.

2) I have my own show with KDON Radio called the Green and Happy Show (named after my favorite t-shirt). I play my favorite songs from the ‘60s every Saturday at noon. We also sell mugs with green smiley faces to promote my show.

3 I am single, but I was once engaged to the owner of Boolster’s Brew, Christian “Booley” Langland. We met when I was 18, but my sister Emily (who raised me) disapproved of our engagement. Thus, he married his first love, Maddy, now the owner of the Crafty Rat. We spend holidays together, and their children are like my children….literally (see next 2 facts).

4) The crayon family portrait in my living room was drawn by Booley and Maddy’s oldest child, Katie. Tulley and I are included in it.

5) I adopted Tulley nearly 8 years ago. My plan never involved being a single mother, but when Booley and Maddy decided to try their hand at fostering, their new daughter clung to me instead. By the way, I intend to speak to a pediatrician about why she’s not aging or growing like the rest of the town’s children.

6) My sister and I frequently argue about why I’m still single: I blame the influence of her Victorian ideals. She blames my "unhealthy attachment" to Booley and his family. I also blame Poppy Parker.

7) I take anti-anxiety medication prescribed by my therapist for my jealousy of Poppy Parker and her army of pivotal friends who are taking over our town. My therapist also helps me communicate with my sister, Emily.

8) I used to be a Jewel Secrets Whitney (circa 1986). I filed a formal petition with Leslie to update me so that I could compete with the newer, more popular people in town. Has it helped? Well, I’m still single, while Poppy has another new boyfriend this week. That’s okay, though, because that leaves me time to clean out my freezer and babysit Booley and Maddy’s children.

9). I might be obsessed with Kate Middleton/Princess Kate. I’m a little behind in my plan to follow her lead, but I’ve already got the kid --I just need the prince.

10) My house is a bit cluttered, but I can't throw away anything related to Paris, France, where I want to travel some day.

SOOC for Shades of Yellow Friday.

Late post today and I'm sorry I haven't been around to comment on your photos. My oldest daughter started getting sick Wednesday night. She woke up this morning with a 103.1 temp. I took her to the pediatrician and was told that he thinks she has strep throat and H1N1. Even though he didn't test her for either one because a strep test would make her throw up and a flu test is a waste of money because of their lack of reliability (according to the doctor)....he is treating her for both. He gave her an antibiotic for the strep and Tamiflu for H1N1 because she has asthma. I got little to no sleep last night because I was so worried about her. Now I'm just worried, confused, and frustrated. I guess if she starts improving quickly we will know that it is strep and the antibiotic is working. If she doesn't, then we have to assume that she has the flu. You know what they say about assume............

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. :0)

p.s. Thank you all for the wonderful comments and birthday wishes for my son on his photo yesterday. He had a great day and is looking forward to his party tomorrow (which we will hopefully still be able to have.... fingers crossed).

If you ride a Motorcycle you will know that taking your "Baby" (Motorcycle) to the Mechanic is like taking your Baby to the pediatrician , you want to have a good , experienced , not too old not to young

Don't forget to check the BTS Video : Behind The Scenes Video

It was fun to watch these military helicopters play around over our city of Chicago in preparation for the NATO summit which will take place here next month. I don't really feel safer for it but it's very fun to watch.

It is a sad reminder to me though, that we are losing our rights one by one.

It's a constitutional right here in this country for us to bear arms...but we can't here in Chicago. It's true, look at our crime rates...only the idiot gang bangers and the police have weapons-oh, and now these guys in the helicopters.

That's right...the 'land of the 'free'' is losing rights at an alarming rate. Sort of like the rain forest, our rights are being mowed down for money and power as quickly as anyone can figure out a way to do so!

Our constitutional right to assemble is gone-or at least it will be...

Just in time for NATO...so Mayor Rahm can 'keep control' and 'peace'.

Excerpts from: www.bluestatepress.com/politics3/news_038.htm:

"The U.S. Constitution forbids laws "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

But that's not stopping Rahm Emanuel.

If Chicago's mayor has his way at a January 18 City Council meeting, local ordinances will be twisted into tools of repression, ready to be used against any organization or group of individuals that wants to express dissent.

It won't take much for a protester to be labeled a criminal in Emanuel's Chicago--using a sound system or carrying a banner that wasn't registered in advance, not providing an official marshal for every 100 people attending a rally, letting a demonstration last more than two hours.

Emanuel's proposals are supposedly in preparation for demonstrations expected at a joint summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations and the NATO military alliance that will take place in May. But the shredding of civil liberties isn't temporary, as Emanuel once claimed. It will be permanent if the City Council goes along--and the impact will be felt by unions, community groups, antiwar activists, social justice advocates and more..."

"...THE ASSAULT on civil liberties underway in Chicago isn't the exception. There are plenty more examples, and they run straight to the top of political system in the "world's greatest democracy."

On the last day of 2011, Barack Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)--one provision of which grants the military, at the discretion of the president, the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens." end quote for now.

(That's right, on NEW YEARS EVE, commonly known as one of the biggest party days in the USA...he snuck this one past us. Knowing that the masses of blind citizens would be drinking and being stupid, welcoming 2012 rather than paying attention to the morons in charge, Obama signed this one into law. Dumb citizens, sure...but devious and despicable leadership as well.

And HOW do they justify the ridiculous removal of what our nation supposedly was founded on...these 'inalienable rights' that we supposedly all have as humans?)

begin excerpts from article again here: "..it's amazing how easily peaceful protesters can be painted as dangerous extremists.

Consider the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), a law quietly passed in 2006 at the behest of the agriculture and biotech industries. AETA labels as "terrorist" anything done "for the purpose of damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise," as well as "economic damage" to such an enterprise. Activists say the law is so broad that they could be targeted just for secretly videotaping abuses against animals at factory farms, since this could affect companies' bottom lines.

That's how peaceful protest gets conflated with terrorism..."

Ok, ending quotes from that particular article now...but we DO remember of course, that there is a multi billion dollar war on terrorism, right? And that for every dollar printed to support this bogus war the Federal Reserve, our central bank, gets to charge us, the citizens of the USA, interest for it?

I have long suspected many in our government as being untrustworthy. I don't think this is such a far stretch of the imagination. One need look no further than our own mayor to see that loyalties easily may lie far from home.

During the Gulf War Rahm (who studied dance and arts here in the states, but never joined the US armed forces) volunteered for the Israeli Defense Forces as a civilian helping to maintain equipment (OK, I didn't work hard for that information, it was stolen straight from Wickipedia). Why would we expect him to have loyalty to THIS country, THIS constitution, THIS intention? Evidently he's more willing to put his safety on the line in another country...and not the one he holds office in.

But then, he learned well who to be loyal to....look no further than his father. (" His father, Benjamin M. Emanuel, is a Jerusalem-born pediatrician who was once a member of the Irgun, a Jewish paramilitary organization that operated in Mandate Palestine." Yes, sorry, another blatant rip off from cheesy Wickipedia. :) ) I'm not trying to bash any other country, I'm merely pointing out that loyalty of our mayor might be stronger to a country that Chicago is not technically a part of. I would think that would be a cause for concern among citizens here.

A master of words (literally, he got a M.A. in speech and communications from Northwestern University...none of his studies here in the states had anything to do with politics as far as I could find-but don't quote ME on that...he did work with Obama...) and a political force who makes removing our rights sound like a great idea to the masses-Rahm was the obvious choice for Chicago, one of the most crooked political arenas in the entire nation. Well done, Rahm, well done. Heck, you even held your title by changing the rules so you didn't have to actually LIVE in the city that you were put in charge of. Obviously rules have no meaning in your life...unless you're handing them out to others to restrict their rights. I have to wonder...how does this benefit YOU? Or is it something bigger than you that you are working for? And WHAT could that be?

We were at Bathurst base Hospital to see Johnny's Pediatrician Dr McCrossin.Johnny sees him twice a year.

Check out the teeth on these Cambodian girls. See my previous photo for more examples.

I've seen such perfect teeth in all third world countries I've visited. Lack of refined carbohydrates (bread and sugar in particular) and constant exposure to sunlight during pregnancy and into adulthood (very high levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream), reduce dental decay to almost non-existent levels plus create strong, dense, well-formed jawlines and teeth.

Sunscreen is unheard of, and dentists don't exist here. Flouridation does not exist. Until the recent arrival of NGOs and charities, toothbrushes and toothpaste did not exist either.

Toothbrushes have caused an epidemic of hepatitis among the villagers, because a toothbrush is inevitably shared among family members. This was pointed out to me by none other than Dr Beat Richner, the famous Swiss pediatrician who founded several pediatric hospitals in Cambodia.

Teeth go bad as soon as someone moves into a larger city, and adapts to Western food (sugars, soda, juices, bread and so on).

At this particular school, I found that the supporting charity had brought in toothbrushes and flouride toothpaste, and was feeding the children (as young as 6) cheap, nutrient-free MSG-laden pot noodles (I kid you not) and giving them full-sugar soy-soda. (and to add insult to injury, soy is a known estrogenic endocrine disrupter).

Koh Ker primary school, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia

Nikon D850