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Leo suffers real anguish just playing a game...I like to think he takes after me......a little :)
Sticking to b&w for a little continuity but oh the decision was difficult. Hopefully it is the most difficult decision I shall have to make this day - unlike so many others who remain in my heart and my mind for all sorts of different reasons x
Model: Skye McLeod Fairywren
Bento Mesh Head: Catwa Tala
Bento Mesh Body: Lara by Maitreya
Body Tatt: FLEURS by Fallen Gods
Skin Applier: YS&YS
Ensemble: Eve Temptation (incl. Hair & Crown) by irrISIStible
Voodoo Arm Snake: Arcadia Asylum
Apple Earrings: :CANDY:
Necklace: FLEURS by Fallen Gods (part of a skin applier & ensemble)
Eyeshadow: Tilia by Zibska
Lip Color: Belinde by Zibska
Pose: Thinking by ACEmporium
Background Trees LAQ
I love this shot. I think it is just about right in many aspects. Truly a "Grand Unified Theory" moment for me.
Large may make you dizzy but you can see the darts!
[#34 on Explore. Thank you!]
beneath the humming lifeblood of munich central station, a tale of two desires unfolds. a lonesome traveler strides, his path divergent from the beckoning "festwiese" sign, where echoes of oktoberfest revelry call. it's a silent narrative of choices and reflections—literally. his mirrored self, a ghostly silhouette, appears to glance towards the festivities, a doppelgänger drawn to what might have been. in this transient corridor of life's crossroads, every footfall is a story, a singular journey against the tide, a personal odyssey within the city's heartbeat.
George Orwell: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
Let’s manipulate information and control behavior. Let’s alter thoughts and behavior. Let’s manipulate brain function. Let’s use nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and big data to alter the cognition of humanity. We will not only attack what they think, but also the way they think—the very way their brains processes information. We will influence their decision-making, we will change their behavior.
It’s a war on the brain and the way it functions. Indeed, the human mind is the new battlefield. Psychological operations…psychological warfare…cognitive warfare…yet the war isn’t really for your mind, but for your soul—for your eternity.
The boot: satan’s plan for humanity. It will step on your mind, it will crush your soul. It will hold you down, it will oppress you. If you take the Mark, it will stamp on your face for ever.
A technocratic dystopia, a digital gulag is coming for you. Take the microchip, become a human hybrid—owned by patent, easily controlled. Transhumanism: the dawning of a new era. A dystopian nightmare of Biblical proportions!
Jeremiah 25:31 “His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring his case against all the nations. He will judge all the people of the earth, slaughtering the wicked with the sword. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
As we are spoiled for choice we try to find a solution for the problem but unfortunately, the right of selection also brings the duty of decision. Find out more: www.pietschy.de/the-dilemma-of-choice/
Latest Up Date on the Cathedral Fate: i.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/92812241/chr...
Back Shot July 2016
On day out with my Flickr/Blip freind. July 23, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
Cathedral Sq on a walk around to the city catching up on what's happening. It sure was a bitter cold wind.
Info on the rebuild of Christchurch: www.otakaroltd.co.nz/?gclid=CIDz4oSw8NMCFQoQvQodnyEDtA
Today I had the immense privilege of listening to two prestigious experts in their field, with a common research object and practice, meditation. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche who is a Tibetan Buddhist master and meditation teacher, and Dr Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry who is well known for his research on the brain and meditation, and is a friend of the Dalai Lama. They talked us about meditation, how it can help decision makers. The conference was a pleasant dance between teachings about meditation, small meditation exercises, and scientific facts that confirm the importance of the meditation practice for more awareness for better decision-making.
Big thank you to my colleagues Carles Blas Chloé Dengis who invited these two persons and organised the conference so well.
Oslo City Hall (Rådhuset) houses the city council and the administration of Oslo.
City Council Hall, the room in which the City Council meets (Bystyresalen) is semi-circular.
It is clad in oak and tapestries, the most noticeable of which was designed by Else Poulsson, the niece of the architect.
Woven by Else Halling, it depicts St. Hallvard and the seven virtues.
The artist hoped the design would remind the city's politicians of ethics and good decisionmaking.
Momma raccoon went over the side of the boardwalk railing into the swamp minutes ago.
Her babies waited and debated. It's a long way down to the Corkscrew Swamp from the top of the railing.
Finally, they took the plunge and followed Momma.
Best seen from the boardwalk.
Today I had the immense privilege of listening to two prestigious experts in their field, with a common research object and practice, meditation. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche who is a Tibetan Buddhist master and meditation teacher, and Dr Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry who is well known for his research on the brain and meditation, and is a friend of the Dalai Lama. They talked us about meditation, how it can help decision makers. The conference was a pleasant dance between teachings about meditation, small meditation exercises, and scientific facts that confirm the importance of the meditation practice for more awareness for better decision-making.
Big thank you to my colleagues Carles Blas Chloé Dengis who invited these two persons and organised the conference so well.
Netherlands, Amsterdam, Spaardammerbuurt, Zaanstraat, Het Schip (uncut)
Allthough Dutch industrialization started very slow it had picked up a lot of speed after the first World war and the urbanization and housing problems that always go with this kind of societal change were severe in Holland too. In the big cities (Rotterdam and Amsterdam) the number of inhabitants had quadrupled since 1850 and most workers lived in atrocious circumstances. The social housing building corporations (made possible by the Woning wet (Housing law) of 1901 tried to remedie this by providing affordable quality housing.
One of these corporations was ‘De Dageraad’ (The Sunrise) in Amsterdam. It was a socialist corporation which worked closely with the socialist city alderman Wibaut. There was of course a certain logic to that but in this case the Dutch ‘Verzuiling‘ (Pilarization) was the defining factor here.
Why? Dutch society was very much segregated at that time along religious and political lines. People lived in their own vertically integrated pillars: a Roman Catholic one, a Dutch Reformed one a and Socialist (Labour) one. And this vertical integration was tight - it involved close cooperation between the pilar's organizations and institutions and the fostering / enforcing of the normative unity inside it.
To enable (national) political decision making, the societal upper level of the pillars were bridged. It involved a process of dealing with opposing ideologies / thought systems by largely skirting around the essence of them and respecting them by the making of complex and balanced (and sometimes bland) compromises.
This mode of decisionmaking is colloquial known as ‘polderen’ (consensualism). Allthough the pillars have crumbled, ‘polderen’ is still present and sometimes poses strong ethical problems. The Dutch labour-conservative (PvdA–VVD) coalition government is for instance currently trying to compromise about a policy issue that boils down to wether refugees have human rights or not.
Back to housing in Amsterdam in the first decades of the 20th century. The joint aim was not only to create appropriate housing, but to celebrate the worker and the workers’ movement. Elegant ‘arbeiderspaleizen’ (workers’ palaces) had to be build and they found the architects of the ‘Amsterdamse school’ (Amsterdam school) would fit that bill very well.
Depicted here are the sculpted sweeping lines of “Het Schip” (the ship), the show piece of ‘De Dageraad’ and a typical example of Amsterdam School architecture. It’s a building block which integrates houses, a school and a post office. It was completed in 1921.The nickname was selected because its morphology – it kinda looks like a ship.
The sculpted and 'non-rational', expressionistic architecture of the Amsterdam school was the romantic reaction to the then emerging rational forms of early modernist building design (by Berlage for intance). The Amsterdam School architects saw buildings as sculptures and works of art in their own right. The function of a building came second. Elaborate and sweeping brick constructions were often used. Organic forms were a strong inspiration. There’s a strong link to the Arts and Craft and Art Deco movement. In the 1925 world exhibition in Paris (L'Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes), Amsterdamse school architects designed the Dutch pavilion - the building and its interior.
There was however a unabashed modern aspect to the Amsterdam school, but it is hidden in the construction – on crucial points in the building reinforced concrete provides the necessary strength.
The Ship was designed by Michel de Klerk, one of the most prominent architects of the Amsterdam School. He died early (at 39) and never saw Het Schip completed.
# 100 of the Amsterdam album
Shot during another wonderful Amsterdam afternoon with Leun.
Rechts oder links, welche zuerst?
Following pictures in the first comment :o)
Seen in the Leipzig zoo.
Today I had the immense privilege of listening to two prestigious experts in their field, with a common research object and practice, meditation. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche who is a Tibetan Buddhist master and meditation teacher, and Dr Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry who is well known for his research on the brain and meditation, and is a friend of the Dalai Lama. They talked us about meditation, how it can help decision makers. The conference was a pleasant dance between teachings about meditation, small meditation exercises, and scientific facts that confirm the importance of the meditation practice for more awareness for better decision-making.
Big thank you to my colleagues Carles Blas Chloé Dengis who invited these two persons and organised the conference so well.
How should we write the address on our business cards? Do physical addresses matter in today's world? Do we want to brag about the fact that we have cool offices in the Clove Building? Could we leave out the word "street" from our address if it looks better?
Democratic decision making is not efficient but it is fun.
Netherlands, Amsterdam, Spaardammerbuurt, Hembrugstraat/Zaanstraat, Het Schip. (uncut)
Allthough Dutch industrialization started very slow it had picked up a lot of steam after the first World war and the urbanization and housing problems that always go with this kind of societal change were severe in Holland too. In the big cities (Rotterdam and Amsterdam) the number of inhabitants had quadrupled since 1850 and most workers lived in atrocious circumstances. The social housing building corporations (made possible by the Woning wet (Housing law) of 1901 tried to remedie this by providing affordable quality housing.
One of these corporations was ‘De Dageraad’ (The Sunrise) in Amsterdam. It was a socialist corporation which worked closely with the socialist city alderman Wibaut. There was of course a certain logic to that but in this case the Dutch ‘Verzuiling‘ (Pilarization) was the defining factor here.
Dutch society was very much segregated at that time along religious and political lines. People lived in their own vertically integrated pillars: a Roman Catholic one, a Dutch Reformed one a and Socialist (Labour) one. And this vertical integration was tight - it involved close cooperation and normative unity inside the pillars.
To enable political decision making, the societal upper level of the pillars were bridged. It involved a process of dealing with opposing ideologies / thought systems by largely skirting around the essence of them and respecting them by the making of complex and balanced (and sometimes bland) compromises.
This mode of decisionmaking is colloquial known as ‘polderen’ (consensualism). Allthough the pillars have crumbled, ‘polderen’ is still present and sometimes poses strong ethical problems. The Dutch labour-conservative (PvdA–VVD) coalition government is for instance currently trying to compromise about a policy issue that boils down to wether refugees have human rights or not.
Back to housing in Amsterdam in the first decades of the 20th century. The joint aim was not only to create appropriate housing, but to celebrate the worker and the workers’ movement. Elegant ‘arbeiderspaleizen’ (workers’ palaces) had to be build and they found the architects of the ‘Amsterdamse school’ (Amsterdam school) would fit that bill very well.
Depicted here are the sculpted sweeping lines of “Het Schip” (the ship), the show piece of ‘De Dageraad’ and a typical example of Amsterdam School architecture. It’s a building block which integrates houses, a school and a post office. It was completed in 1921.The nickname was selected because its morphology – it kinda looks like a ship.
The sculpted and 'non-rational', expressionistic architecture of the Amsterdam school was the romantic reaction to the then emerging rational forms of early modernist building design (by Berlage for intance). In the Amsterdam School architects saw buildings as sculptures and works of art in their own right. The function of a building came second. Elaborate and sweeping brick constructions were often used. Organic forms were a strong inspiration. There’s a strong link to the Arts and Craft and Art Deco movement. In the 1925 world exhibition in Paris (L'Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes), Amsterdamse school architects designed the Dutch pavilion - the building and its interior.
There was however a unabashed modern aspect to the Amsterdam school, but it is hidden in the construction – on crucial points in the building reinforced concrete provides the necessary strength.
The Ship was designed by Michel de Klerk, one of the most prominent architects of the Amsterdam School. He died early (at 39) and never saw Het Schip completed.
Today I had the immense privilege of listening to two prestigious experts in their field, with a common research object and practice, meditation. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche who is a Tibetan Buddhist master and meditation teacher, and Dr Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry who is well known for his research on the brain and meditation, and is a friend of the Dalai Lama. They talked us about meditation, how it can help decision makers. The conference was a pleasant dance between teachings about meditation, small meditation exercises, and scientific facts that confirm the importance of the meditation practice for more awareness for better decision-making.
Big thank you to my colleagues Carles Blas Chloé Dengis who invited these two persons and organised the conference so well.
Robin who will even come indoors to eat meal worms. It pondered which mealworm to take and amused me.
It is still very much a wild bird and visits every day with its mate.
Do not use without my permission. Thank you.
An innovator brainstorming.
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Making a decision.
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Some decisions may seem black or white - but new research shows that the colours can actually affect people's judgement - perceptions of right or wrong which could have important practical implications.
A recent study found that exposure to monochrome leads people to think in a 'black and white' manner and hold more extreme, polarised views..............
Read More: Many shades of justice......
www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/why_decision-making....
www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Education/Universities/Many-shad...
Beach Life, Port Erin, Isle of Man
Making a decision.
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Writing dates in a 2017 calendar.
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The road is wobbly.
No one likes my boot-shoes except me. They have tassles. Why don't people like tassles?
Get a tassled shoe. We're not living in a non-tassled shoe world anymore. Get a tassled shoe.
(If you somehow get what I just vaguely referenced, you are winrars)
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Elsewhere, I am:
Business man thinking at the airport.
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From Left to Right:
Melissa Salyk-Virk, Moderator
Senior Policy Analyst, New America International Security program
David Sterman,
Author, Decisionmaking in the Counter-ISIS War
Senior Policy Analyst, New America International Security program
Dr. Joshua Geltzer,
Fellow, New America International Security program
Former Senior Director for Counter-Terrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Alexandra Stark
Senior Researcher, New America Political Reform program
A favorite book, first reading as ebook,
second reading on paper. That’s not one of the rules though.
"The universe is a machine where you have been placed, and like a machine the outcome can be known. Every battle has already been won or lost. All that is left is for you to choose your side." ~Unknown Author
January 20, 2010
Shades of Life
Like someone of you know I'm rather unhappy with the Moleskine's paper reduction in quality in the last years. I'm using the Pocket diary since 2001, but this year I decided to change. The paper has become a too poor quality now.
I made some tests with other notebooks and calendar books, but it was hard for me to decide where I should lay my focus on for my basis of decisionmaking.
www.flickr.com/photos/98657307@N00/sets/72157641343924993/
At least I decided which criterias are important for me: I want a calendar, one page for each day, black cover, A6. The calendar print shouldn't be too obstrusive and the paper's quality should be better than the actual moleskine's paper quality.
Now I decided to use a teNeues Cool Diary from the next year on. I've had some good years with my Moleskines, but now it's time to separate. We'll see if the Cool Diary and I will make a good match.
I also flirted with the Letts Lecassa, but the lines in the calendar are too black.
The kids live in a sleep-deprived culture. Our society has been very cavalier about our disregard for needing sleep. Changing school times is just a small piece of the discussion.
So yeah... Last night was bad. I couldn't sleep no matter how hard I tried, so I stayed up texting a friend of mine because he was sick and not able to sleep either. We kept each other company. I tossed and turned and just gave up.
Then I thought... I started to pray. Not the regular, "Our father, who art in heaven..." but I just started talking.... It was kind of nice to just talk. Then I directed it towards my aunt. I spent a good half an hour to an hour doing that. After I was finished, I just lied still and waited until the alarm went off.
But the weird thing was... I was completely hyper and energetic running on empty. My friends were getting a bit annoyed/scared haha.
Anyway, I'm off to teach karate! I have to be a hard-ass tonight =/ Well, oh well. It's their promotional tomorrow.
Anyway, now that teaching is over... I have more and more shit to deal with. Have you every felt so useless as your best friend tells you how much she wants to die? I have. I feel it right now. If she goes through with this, it will be another death on my hands, more blood. Another death I had to sit by and watch because there was nothing I could do. What's wrong with me? I used to be so good at helping people.
And now I don't know if she's listening.
"As I look out outside
I can see the rain about to start
The air is damp but warm
And I remember how you used to feel
And I see your face
My cold reflection scares me at this hour
How I wish I could sleep
If only I could slow my mind a bit
(Chorus)
Then when I see you I forget the pain
And melt away with you
Only a day is passed and
I can't help but feel that I've lost you
Your room confines my thoughts
And then my worries drift when I'm with you
But I don't want to live
I never know just when we'll meet again
(Chorus)
What is it that feeds this
Haven't I learned enough from yesterday
I really don't need this
Haven't I had enough of this today
Then I sit at home
My walls reflect how my life is so bleak
And I feel so alone
I break down and call you 'cuz I'm weak
If I can see what you are
If I could blow away my clouded sight
Realize you made me a fool
If I mean nothing what else can I say
(Chorus)
I've lost you
I've lost you."
("Only A Day" by Goldfinger)