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I have a controversial opinion about this but hear me out. To me, possibly one of the greatest inventions of mankind. Not because of the destruction they cause but rather the diplomacy that was forced to the table and lives saved in mass.
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A peaceful solution must be found, nuclear war is world destruction. Diplomacy is not easy but it is far better than force! I pray that this deal works!!
NPR - 6 Things You Should Know About The Iran Nuclear Deal
www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/14/422920192/6-th...
New York Times - Iran's Nuclear Program
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Aljazeera - Meet the Men Behind Iran
www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/meet-men-iran-nuclear-deal...
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the nastiest thing in the nicest way ;-)
Isaac Goldberg
HGGT! Climate Change Matters! Resist!
cosmos, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Created for Mystic Challenge Group: Mystic Tribes
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DDG Text 2 Dream Ai work blended in PS Beta 2023.
Three layers in total. Some hand painting.
Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.
Gotta leave town
Got another appointment
Spent all my rent
Girl you know I enjoyed it
Ain't gonna hang around till there's nobody dancing
I don't want to hold hands and talk about our little plans, alright!
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting, give me...
Taken at Fourteen Flames
In the Dutch trading cities such as Amsterdam the continuation of war in Europe was deemed senseless and expensive. These gentlemen became advocats for peace, they gave diplomacy a chance for the ratification of the Treaty of Munster, the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648
Fox_Sionnach
Diplomacy, Cunning, Savagery
"Sionnach is a delicate and graceful creature that symbolizes the beauty and harmony of the natural world."
Volpe_Sionnach
Diplomazia, Astuzia, Selvaticità
"Sionnach è una delicata e graziosa creatura che simboleggia la bellezza e l'armonia del mondo naturale."
Testo tratto da L'oracolo dei Druidi. Lavorare con gli Animali Sacri della Tradizione Celtica. Text taken from The Oracle of the Druids. Working with the Sacred Animals of the Celtic Tradition.
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Nosy Be is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Nosy Be is Madagascar's largest and busiest tourist resort. It has an area of 320.02 km2, and its population was 109,465 according to the provisional results of the 2018 Census.
Nosy Be means "big island" in the Malagasy language. The island was called Assada during the early colonial era of the 17th century. Nosy Be has been given several nicknames over the centuries, including "Nosy Manitra" (the scented island).
The first human inhabitants of Nosy Be were small bands of Antankarana and Zafinofotsy, before the Sakalava people migrated there and became the most numerous ethnic group on the island. These people were joined later by some Comorians, Indians or Antandroy. Nosy Be made first major appearance in Madagascar's history when King Radama I announced that he intended to conquer the whole west of Madagascar. That plan was eventually achieved in 1837 when the Sakalava Kingdom of Boina came into the possession of Ranavalona I upon the defeat of Queen Tsiomeko's army.
The French colonized the island from 1840, founding an outpost named Hell-Ville (from French Admiral de Hell). The 1848 abolition of slavery in the French colonies resulted in a revolt against the French by the Sakalava people, who were extensively involved in the slave trade. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the island was governed by the French as an internal protectorate within the colony of Madagascar. The outpost became an important trade harbor in the Mozambique channel. During the nineteenth century, the French settlers developed cash crop agriculture (mainly sugar cane) and recruited indentured laborers from East Africa. Though it was difficult for the French to control the littoral, they founded a plantation colony in Nosy Be, mainly producing sugar and cash crops. The French used both military force and diplomacy to maintain their position in the island, appointing the former ruler of Nosy Be Binao as the gouverneur principal of the island.
During the Russo-Japanese War Nosy Be became a supply station for Russia's Second Pacific Squadron. The main fleet led by Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky reached Nosy Be on January 9, 1905, where it met a smaller detachment led by Admiral Dmitry von Fölkersam that had arrived already on December 28, 1904. The fleet stayed for two months for refurbishing and coaling, leaving on March 17 to meet its fate ten weeks later at the Battle of Tsushima.
Argentina attacks resisting government offices in Bolivia and Chile.
The two countries are now fully under Argentina's control.
Diplomacy. A game of rhetoric, intrigue and ferocious backstabs. A game more likely to end friendships than any I've encountered. A game that is quite possibly one of the best board games ever created.
For those who have never had the pleasure of partaking in a good game of diplomacy let me provide you with the best explanation I've found for how it works:
The game is set in pre-WWI Europe, 7 major European powers (Turkey, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, France and Britain) battle it out for supremacy. There are 79 regions, 34 of which are supply centers. More supply centers means you can have more armies/navies (units). The aim is to control at least 17 supply centers. Everyone starts off with 3 or 4 units.
With no dice involved, gameplay is all centered on negotiation.
One unit can move into an empty territory to capture it, but to push out an enemy force needs at least 2 units (maybe more if they're defending).
The beauty is that nobody has anything near enough power to work without allies, yet only one person can win. Hence the alliances and betrayals that lace this game.
A hypothetical example of some of the negotiations that could take place one turn: Germany and France have agreed to keep their border demilitarised. BUT Germany has quietly spoken to Britain and agreed to launch a sneak attack on the French coast and sneak a couple of supply centres, catching France off balance. BUT Britain has also spoken to Russia, telling them that German forces will be going Eastwards, and now might be a good time to move into Silesia, and hold Berlin hostage. BUT Russia has guessed Britain might move its fleet to take Sweden when the Russian fleet goes South, and has spoken to France to encourage them to move up North, pillaging the British south coast, and inadvertently messing up the British-German attack which was never going to work, because France had spoken to Austria-Hungary and persuaded them to attack Germany, cutting off support. BUT France had also spoken to Turkey, saying now might be a good time to hit the Austrian-controlled Serbia, and Turkey had then relayed this to Italy, who's now planning a joint attack on Austria-Hungary, as part of their long term plan with Russia to take out both Turkey and Austria-Hungary, unaware than Russia is in league with........
You get the picture. Negotiations can happen anywhere in the house, behind closed doors, with whomever you please. Eavesdropping is allowed and even encouraged, though you better make sure no one catches you doing it. You can manipulate, convince, and betray at a whim. Yet all the while you must be careful not to let your hand slip too quickly and remember that you can get just as much out of an alliance as you can from a stab in the back.
No flapping. No honking.
Just synchronized movement and cold stares.
Black-throated loons — Arctic elegance with surveillance-grade focus.
Shot in Finland. Canon R6 Mark II + RF 100–500mm.
The not-so-subtle feature of international diplomacy.
This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and Hasselblad/63 1xHz-0 drop in filter using Fuji Reala 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
As I said in the last set I posted, I know I’ve posted this before but it’s a museum that I visit regularly and did again on November 26 of 23. Greatest invention of mankind, not because of the destruction they cause but because of the diplomacy and lives saved from fear of their use.
Dubrovnik, is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in southern Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the center of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Situated in an exclave, it is connected to the rest of the country by the Pelješac Bridge. Its total population is 42,615 (2011 census). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town.
The history of the city probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as Ragusa was founded by refugees from Epidaurum (Ragusa Vecchia). It was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire and later under the sovereignty of the Republic of Venice. Between the 14th and 19th centuries, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state. The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy. At the same time, Dubrovnik became a cradle of Croatian literature.
The entire city was almost destroyed when a devastating earthquake hit in 1667. During the Napoleonic Wars, Dubrovnik was occupied by the French Empire forces, and then the Republic of Ragusa was abolished and incorporated into the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy and later into the Illyrian Provinces. Later on, in the early 19th to early 20th century, Dubrovnik was part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austrian Empire. Dubrovnik became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia immediately upon its creation, and it was incorporated into its Zeta Banovina in 1929, before becoming part of the Banovina of Croatia upon its creation in 1939. During World War II, it was part of the Axis puppet state Independent State of Croatia, before being reincorporated into SR Croatia in SFR Yugoslavia.
In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Dubrovnik was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling. After undergoing repair and restoration works in the 1990s and early 2000s, it re-emerged as one of the Mediterranean's top tourist destinations, as well as a popular filming location.
what's up, fern?
can't talk, leroy. I'm busy.
busy doing what?
on twitter. a lot of morons out there needin' to be set straight.
that a fact? rest of your shit is in order then?
sure it is! well, I spose I could maybe use another mattress.
really? is that all?
somethin' you're tryin' to say, leroy?
no no. just glad I don't tweet is all. don't wanna get on the bad side of a heavy hitter like you.
you got that right.
Translation: "Rather negotiate 100 hours for nothing than shoot for a minute"
Helmut Schmidt - former German Chancellor
Frankfurt, Protest against WHO and war
Diplomacy Mission Report from
Grand General, Warlord Ral Hathe: Sometimes diplomacy is best achieved through a show of strength. I have successfully negotiated an alliance with one of the Krish chieftains on Sanza. He will make sure the remaining chieftains fall in line against us staking a hunting game tour across some of our worlds. He has insisted on my participation… This should be fun!
Sometimes it's best to be far away from a possible confrontation. At this point I'm a long long way away.
Hand-held & filter-free on a cliff-top in Pembrokeshire; paradise... ;-)
A casual encounter on territory shared requires the utmost of diplomacy or it can get nasty quickly, especially when it comes to ice cream.
Taken @ Summer Trace
LISTEN: Hell Broke Luce - Tom Waits
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I had a good home but I left
I had a good home but I left, right, left
That big fucking bomb made me deaf, deaf
A Humvee mechanic put his Kevlar on wrong
I guarantee you'll meet up with a suicide bomb
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Big fucking ditches in the middle of the road
You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin' in the hole
Listen to the general every goddamn word
How many ways can you polish up a turd
Left, right, left, left, right
Left, right
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
How is it that the only ones responsible for making this mess
Got their sorry asses stapled to a goddamn desk
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Left, right, left
What did you do before the war?
I was a chef, I was a chef
What was your name?
It was Geoff, Geoff
I lost my buddy and I wept, wept
I come down from the meth
So I slept, slept
I had a good home but I left, left
Pantsed at the wind for a joke
I pranced right in with the dope
Glanced at her shin she said nope
Left, right, left
Nimrod Bodfish have you any wool
Get me another body bag, the body bag's full
My face was scorched, scorched
I miss my home I miss my porch, porch
Left, right, left
Can I go home in March? March
My stanch was a chin full of soap
That rancid dinner with the Pope
Left, right, left
Kelly Presutto got his thumbs blown off
Sergio's developing a real bad cough
Sergio's developing a real bad cough
And hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Boom went his head away
And boom went Valerie huh
What the hell was it that the president said?
Give him a beautiful parade instead
Left, right, left
When I was over here I never got to vote
I left my arm in my coat
My mom she died and never wrote
We sat by the fire and ate a goat
Just before he died he had a toke
Now I'm home and I'm blind
And I'm broke
What is next
To Killybegs Bay in Donegal today and a welcome return to the Tynan Collection! A corvette of the Irish Naval Service lies at anchor in the bay while the photographer kindly ensures that the loom of the oar that helped propel him out to take the shot is in view. What was the occasion for the visit and which of the corvettes was captured by Mr. Tynan?
With thanks to inputs from John Spooner and others, the suggestion is that this image was taken in the 1950s. Possibly during one of the Killybegs Regatta festivals - an event which LÉ Macha seems to have attended almost annually between 1950 and at least the mid-1950s. The photo was certainly taken before 1970 (ship decommissioned), and very likely before 1960 (background of other images in series)....
Photographers: Denis Tynan 1923 - 2010
Collection: Tynan Photographic Collection
Date: Certainly before 1970 (ship scrapped). Probably 1950s (see notes)
NLI Ref: NPA TYN1028
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Persuasion . . .
This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and a Zenza Bronica 67mm SY44•2C(Y1) filter using Rollei RPX 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
This is my 3rd entry to the CCCXII - Category: Small Misc
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