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Life is a circle in many assorted characteristics – this means that where there is a beginning there will be always an end and vice verse. This also applies to us humans: We cannot survive without an intake of food and fluids – the gasoline for our beautiful engine called ‘body’. But what is the exhaust gases for the cars is body waste for us.
Ever since we needed to find a way to deal with our personal waste and during evolution there obviously came a moment when mankind decided that “one’s business” cannot be done at every place for whatever reason. And while most of us can enjoy the serenity of an own flush toilet at home these days, it was a very public matter in the past.
With the rise of early city building the rulers had to find a solution for the feces and in most of the cases, they were simply thrown into rivers, seas or in ditches. It is known that the Romans had latrines where many people had to sit next to each other and share the place. Additionally, the human waste was used to color fabric, for tanning and to dye leather – something most of us might consider disgusting these days. The ammonia which is inside the urine made these places economically very important for trade.
The Roman emperor Vespasian which ruled AD 69–79 decided that it was a good idea to introduce a tax on the usage of public toilets and therefore we say “money does not stink” until today and can imagine that the inhabitants were not very much pleased with the decision of their ruler.
In 1596 Sir John Harington invented the flush toilet but it was quickly forgotten shortly after and the first flush toilets were only installed three centuries later. And as with many things that make people’s lives easier a lot, it was still a luxury to have an own toilet let alone a flush toilet until the middle of the 20th century. One had to use the one in the backyard or in the staircase which was used by everybody else as well.
Today, we many of us can hardly imagine sharing this spot and the idea of using public ones is usually regarded as repelling. The toilet became a place of silence and serenity. One can spend one’s time with digressive thinking, reading newspapers or books, browsing online, phoning or even playing games.
In the west, we can barely imagine how it must have been in the past when there was no privacy and the improper handling of the issue because of poor sanitation which allows the water to be polluted caused diarrhea and other sicknesses like cholera. Unfortunately, there are still many people in this world suffering and dying by this until today.
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About this Photo: It was taken during a recent winter hike in the North Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks near our home. Our backyard is part of the ancient forest found in the reservation.
The sound of the gentle rushing water drew me to this picture. Photographers tend to reply on their eyes (sense of sight) in their work. In this case, my ears (sense of hearing) attracted my interest.
In any case, I liked how the snow lined the stream and how some autumn leaves decorated both sides of the stream. For this reason, I entitled this photo "Fall Flows into Winter."
Upon returning home with my photos from the hike, I decided to do some research on this particular location and discovered something interesting. It seems that this was a favorite trading post where Late Woodland Indians (from the Whittlesey Focus I believe) exchanged their ornate jewelry and other treasures with early White explorers who visited Northeast Ohio in the late 1600's and early 1700's. One story claims this very location (by the little waterfalls) is where the term "Indian giver" was coined. It seems that a Late Woodland Indian chief (named Wahoo or was it Yahoo) reneged on a trade he made with a French trapper named Jacques LePew. Originally, the Indian chief gave LePew a wolf he had tamed and befriended for a pair of Gucci designer sunglasses.
In any case, as Paul Harvey would say, and now you know the rest of the story. Good day.
I've been thinking about a way to clean the bottom of the fish tank. Then, on the morning news, I saw a woman cleaning the snow off the windshield of her car. Ah ha!
Driving to my place my sister, Sheila, made a stop at Home Hardware and we were in business.
Click on photo below to see video of happy fish swimming in a nice clean tank.
I was just in the Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia with Charity:Water building wells to provide clean drinking water to the poor in remote villages. The conditions are dire and the relief provided by these wells was so immediate and gratifying to see. Kids will no longer be at risk for dysentery, and women will no longer need to walk for hours to fetch water from dirty sources miles away. This means that not only will the entire community be healthier, but everyone can now attend school. A mere $20 provides clean drinking water for one person for 20 years. I would be honored if you donated and helped these folks out: www.charitywater.org/
For Our Daily Challenge - Things I Would Keep - Clean Water San Miguelle is peppered with many fountains, great doors, door knockers, gardens, just a fabulous colonial city in the Mexican highlands. Put a visit on your life to do list, for sure.
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The effects of dirty water and poor sanitation cost countries more than provision of clean water and improved sanitation. Feed the Children supports communities to access clean water and improved sanitation facilities. A child from Lonjezo Community Based Child Care Centre , in Dowa district, central region of Malawi accessing clean water from a borehole installed by Feed the Children under Tiwalere project.
Credit: Feed the Children / Amos Gumulira
People affected by the drought carry wheat bags from a government run food depot. The Afar Region is one of the hardest hit, with all 32 of its woredas (districts) classified as a nutrition ‘priority 1’ affecting an estimated 1.7 million people (80 per cent pastoralists), including 234,000 under-five children. March-9-2016. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Mulugeta Ayene
Children in Barguna, Bangaldesh watch YouTube video responses of people who told me to provide this village with clean & safe drinking water. Clean water project implemented with Save the Children.
You can see the full video here:
Unilever's latest advertising campaign promotes clean water with beautiful, surreal print posters.
The ads show how the Pureit water purifier can apparently transform murky water, using the disorienting perspective of a 'water's-eye-view'.
The posters depict supposedly normal rural and urban settings, but objects that are seemingly floating in the sky are actually on the surface of the astonishingly clear water, with soft ripples revealing the truth.
Take a look at the print campaign here and tell us what you think.
Matthews River, Alaska. South Slope of Brooks Range
"Longline" is a term used when a person ties a rope to the bow and stern of a canoe and walks the shoreline, or shallow water, pulling the watercraft. By shortening or lengthening the line on each end the canoe can be directed into a favorable current to guide it.
And, when you do walk the canoe you better make sure you have a paddle to go downstream. Without it, you cannot navigate and have to walk the canoe down, also. "Up a creek without a paddle" is a reality !!!!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Setting up to fail is a phrase denoting a no-win situation designed in such a way that the person in the situation cannot succeed at the task which they have been assigned. It is considered a form of workplace bullying.[1] There are also situations in which an organization or project is set up to fail[2][3], and where individuals set themselves up to fail.[4]
The first known documented use of "set up to fail" was in 1969 in the United States.[5]
In the workplace
Setting up to fail is a well-established workplace bullying tactic.[6][7][8] One technique is to overload with work, while denying the victim the authority to handle it and over-interfering;[9] another is the withholding of the information necessary to succeed.[10]
If a person puts another individual (usually a subordinate) in a stressful situation in which failure is almost certain, this may be an aspect of bullying wherein the outcome can then be used to discredit and blame the victim.[11] Sometimes, this may involve the bully covertly sabotaging and undermining an objective that may have otherwise been achievable. This type of bullying may be the result of the projection of the bully's own feelings of inadequacy onto the victim.[12]
There can be cases where an employee is set up to fail because the stated goals of the task are considered harmful to the organization; an internal investigation is one example. Institutions may protect themselves by "going through the motions" of a sham investigation in which the findings conveniently fail to find any evidence of wrongdoing by the authorities involved with setting up the investigation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setting_up_to_fail
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Sometimes it's just shitty work, sometimes it's Government corruption. Sometimes, it's both. Louisville's Mayor Fischer, "What happened to all our trees?" Kentucky Governor Bevin, "What trees?" The DEP, "Huh?" The EPA, "We did our job". What's that funny smell? Mayor Fischer: "Geosmin".
Take two Fukitol's as prescribed, don't litter & curb your dog - it's the law.
Welcome to "Little West Virginia", aka "Kentuckistan". : )
I was visiting my host family's shamba (farm) and saw these friendly girls and women. We chatted in Swahili and they told me how they have to walk to a well on the other side of the village to get water. The girls loved having their photos taken and looking at them on my camera, too.
Drought affected people carry wheat donations to a rented corrugated iron store, which will be used until their camels arrive from a distant place. The Afar Region is one of the hardest hit, with all 32 of its woredas (districts) classified as a nutrition ‘priority 1’ affecting an estimated 1.7 million people (80 per cent pastoralists), including 234,000 under-five children. March-9-2016. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Mulugeta Ayene
Annotated Waterkeeper Alliance Rick Dove Lee coal ash pond Neuse river
Photo credit: Rick Dove, Waterkeeper Alliance
Oct 10, 2016
Design for Water is a special project that evolved from a workshop held at AKTO design and Art College in Thessaloniki, Greece on February 20th - 21st, 2013.
The workshop titled "Social Design" was conducted by Michael Thompson otherwise called "Freestylee" and Maria Papaefstathiou.
The purpose of this workshop is to help students channel their creativity into tools that can impact their community and the wider world in a positive direction. Also, to communicate on how to use poster designs as a vehicle for change.
We choose the topic "The Clean Water Crisis" as a platform to build awareness around the subject and to support FACE Africa's effort in Liberia.
FACE Africa is an organization working in Liberia to resolve the clean water crisis that is so prominent in that West African country.
Our facebook page is:
Lower Neuse Riverkeeper Travis Graves photo of flooded H.F. Lee facility
Photo credit: Travis Graves, Lower Neuse Riverkeeper
October 10, 2016
An ongoing UNICEF supported borehole drill in Musle Kebele of Kore Woreda. The borehole drilling site was identified through combining remote sensing technology with conventional methodologies (hydrogeology and geophysics). March-9-2016. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Mulugeta Ayene
Beneficiaries of Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Kampong Chhnang Province. The project promotes the use of safe water and hygiene, stops open defecation, constructs improved latrines, and maintains the water points.
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The southern shore
Issyk-Kul (Russian: Иссык-Куль, Issyk-Kulj) is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume (though not in surface area), and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in the Kyrgyz language; although it is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes.
Issyk-Kul Lake is 182 kilometres (113 mi) long, up to 60 kilometres (37 mi) wide, and its area is 6,236 square kilometres (2,408 sq mi). It is the second-largest mountain lake in the world behind Lake Titicaca in South America. It is at an altitude of 1,607 metres (5,272 ft), and reaches 668 metres (2,192 ft) in depth.
About 118 rivers and streams flow into the lake.
(Wikipedia)
People affected by the drought carry wheat bags from a government run food depot. The Afar Region is one of the hardest hit, with all 32 of its woredas (districts) classified as a nutrition ‘priority 1’ affecting an estimated 1.7 million people (80 per cent pastoralists), including 234,000 under-five children. March-9-2016. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Mulugeta Ayene
Pond water is a great source of drinking water because of its low iron content. In this region, Save the Children USA builds something called a Pond Sand Filter which helps turn pond water into safe and clean drinkable water.
This photo was taken near a recently constructed pond sand filter. I tried the water myself - it ain't bad at all.
This photo is a supplement to a couple of videos I have on YouTube where you get to vote on how I help Save the Children USA, you can see it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTP6CtSGzik
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People affected by the drought carry wheat bags from a government run food depot. The Afar Region is one of the hardest hit, with all 32 of its woredas (districts) classified as a nutrition ‘priority 1’ affecting an estimated 1.7 million people (80 per cent pastoralists), including 234,000 under-five children. March-9-2016. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Mulugeta Ayene
The woman had a more simple yet important message on the other side of her protest sign. I had no problem asking her to show me that.
There weren't as many people as there had been on April 15. I was able to get right into the thick of the crowd and get photos and videos, unlike when I arrived a little too late on April 15 for the Tax Day March.
Samuel Godfrey (centre right) Chief WASH, UNICEF Ethiopia gives a briefing for his colleagues the progress of the borehole drills in Musle Kebele of Kore Woreda March-9-2016. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Mulugeta Ayene
Taye Mekasha (Right) explains the progress of the borehole drill to Samuel Godfrey Chief WASH (Left) UNICEF Ethiopia in Musie Kebele of Kore woreda March-9-2016. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Mulugeta Ayene