CRY San Diego Bi-Weekly Bulletin, 26th September 2005
In this Issue
Topic for this issue: Universal Children's Day
What is happening at the SD Action Center?
Quote for the fortnight
CRY Trivia
Non-CRY Trivia
Volunteer Contributions
Topic for this Issue: Universal Children's Day (20th November)
By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way which each considers appropriate. The date 20 November, marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
Declaration of the rights of a child (abridged)
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person, and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas the United Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Whereas the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth,
Whereas the need for such special safeguards has been stated in the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924, and recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the statutes of specialized agencies and international organizations concerned with the welfare of children,
Whereas mankind owes to the child the best it has to give
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/25.htm
What is happening at the SD Action Center?
- Tentative date fixed for the On-the-spot CRY Painting Competition: Sat, Nov 19, 2005. This is to coincide with Universal Children's Day on Nov 20 and Children's Day in India on Nov 14.
- SD CORE team meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 to hash out details of the painting competition.
- Member news: Krish joins Qualcomm, Bakul and Ashwin are back from their trip (though Bakul is planning a trip to India, to the envy of everyone else!), Lalitha back from Peru (Pics, people?), Sunit joins MBA program.
Quote for the fortnight
"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."
-Helen Keller
CRY Trivia
It was in November 2002 that CRY, Child Relief and You America, Inc., was registered as a US Non Profit Corporation. Seattle, RDU, Boston, Richmond & Lexington were the first action centers to pledge their support to CRY America.
Non-CRY Trivia (From Knowledgenews)
Sand dunes can sing!
A 9th-century Chinese manuscript tells of a time when people "would climb Mt. Ming-Sha-Shan and slide together down the sand. The sound made by the sliding was like the rolling of thunder." Marco Polo, crossing the Gobi Desert in the 13th century, heard singing sands, too, which filled the air "with the sounds of all kinds of musical instruments, and also of drums and the clash of arms." Even Charles Darwin puzzled over sand music in Chile.
The music, which only about 30 dunes in the entire world make, can be heard for miles and sound as loud as a low-flying airplane. Songs can last for as long as 15 minutes.
Now, scientists are getting closer to explaining the mystery. French scientists have discovered that grains of singing sand are different from ordinary ones. They're round, with a smooth coating of silicon, iron, and manganese. With this coating, even small amounts of sand can sing. But once it wears away, the sand loses its voice.
Scientists suspect that during sand avalanches, the cascading grains jostle each other and vibrate at a synchronized frequency. Soon the whole face of the dune vibrates in step like the membrane of a gigantic loudspeaker, producing a low, unearthly tune. And unearthly may be exactly right. Astronomers and geologists believe that the sands of Mars may be even more alive with the sound of music than the singing sands of Earth.
Volunteer Contributions
Inviting contributions from volunteers (articles, thoughts, poems etc). Please forward to the volunteer coordinator (Lalitha Krishnamurthy).
Editor:
Kavita Jaswal
(For CRY San Diego)
Topic for this issue: Universal Children's Day
What is happening at the SD Action Center?
Quote for the fortnight
CRY Trivia
Non-CRY Trivia
Volunteer Contributions
Topic for this Issue: Universal Children's Day (20th November)
By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way which each considers appropriate. The date 20 November, marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
Declaration of the rights of a child (abridged)
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person, and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas the United Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Whereas the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth,
Whereas the need for such special safeguards has been stated in the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924, and recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the statutes of specialized agencies and international organizations concerned with the welfare of children,
Whereas mankind owes to the child the best it has to give
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/25.htm
What is happening at the SD Action Center?
- Tentative date fixed for the On-the-spot CRY Painting Competition: Sat, Nov 19, 2005. This is to coincide with Universal Children's Day on Nov 20 and Children's Day in India on Nov 14.
- SD CORE team meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 to hash out details of the painting competition.
- Member news: Krish joins Qualcomm, Bakul and Ashwin are back from their trip (though Bakul is planning a trip to India, to the envy of everyone else!), Lalitha back from Peru (Pics, people?), Sunit joins MBA program.
Quote for the fortnight
"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."
-Helen Keller
CRY Trivia
It was in November 2002 that CRY, Child Relief and You America, Inc., was registered as a US Non Profit Corporation. Seattle, RDU, Boston, Richmond & Lexington were the first action centers to pledge their support to CRY America.
Non-CRY Trivia (From Knowledgenews)
Sand dunes can sing!
A 9th-century Chinese manuscript tells of a time when people "would climb Mt. Ming-Sha-Shan and slide together down the sand. The sound made by the sliding was like the rolling of thunder." Marco Polo, crossing the Gobi Desert in the 13th century, heard singing sands, too, which filled the air "with the sounds of all kinds of musical instruments, and also of drums and the clash of arms." Even Charles Darwin puzzled over sand music in Chile.
The music, which only about 30 dunes in the entire world make, can be heard for miles and sound as loud as a low-flying airplane. Songs can last for as long as 15 minutes.
Now, scientists are getting closer to explaining the mystery. French scientists have discovered that grains of singing sand are different from ordinary ones. They're round, with a smooth coating of silicon, iron, and manganese. With this coating, even small amounts of sand can sing. But once it wears away, the sand loses its voice.
Scientists suspect that during sand avalanches, the cascading grains jostle each other and vibrate at a synchronized frequency. Soon the whole face of the dune vibrates in step like the membrane of a gigantic loudspeaker, producing a low, unearthly tune. And unearthly may be exactly right. Astronomers and geologists believe that the sands of Mars may be even more alive with the sound of music than the singing sands of Earth.
Volunteer Contributions
Inviting contributions from volunteers (articles, thoughts, poems etc). Please forward to the volunteer coordinator (Lalitha Krishnamurthy).
Editor:
Kavita Jaswal
(For CRY San Diego)
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